RE: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and Sunday breakfast

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

I liked the breakfast and thought it was a good idea (regardless of whether we 
use it for an air-clearing exercise).

K 

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:26 AM
To: HughesDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and 
Sunday breakfast

Thanks Debbie.

If anyone is opposed to the breakfast, please let either Glen or myself know as 
soon as you can.

Thanks again.

Stéphane

Le 13 janv. 2010 à 16:19, <HughesDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Stéphane,
> Breakfast and dinner are a great idea!
> Thanks for working on this.
> Debbie
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:18 AM
> To: Caroline Greer
> Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner 
> and Sunday breakfast
> 
> Thanks Caroline and Wolf for your quick responses.
> 
> To be honest, I think the Sat dinner is a given. We all enjoyed the Seoul one 
> and I never heard anyone say we shouldn't do another one. Plus it was a 
> pay-your-own-way event so really, there shouldn't be much problem with this.
> 
> Glen has already found a possible venue and I am going to make an executive 
> decision ;) to put it on the agenda. If anyone objects within the next couple 
> of days, we can always look at this again. 
> 
> The breakfast is the one I am much less sure of. As a reminder, this was kind 
> of intended to be an informal discussion between ourselves to help anyone get 
> anything they wanted off their chests. In Seoul, this was organised in one of 
> the meeting rooms. Does the Council feel we should do this again for Kenya?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 13 janv. 2010 à 12:56, Caroline Greer a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> Stéphane,
>> 
>> Being a 'newbie' to the group, I would welcome any opportunity for an 
>> informal get-together with colleagues before the meetings proper. 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Caroline.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: 13 January 2010 11:43
>> To: stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: AW: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council 
>> dinner and Sunday breakfast
>> 
>> Stéphane,
>> 
>> I support the dinner which gives more opportunity for unofficisl talks.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> Wolf-Ulrich
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Stéphane Van 
>> Gelder
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 09:01
>> An: GNSO Council
>> Betreff: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner 
>> and Sunday breakfast
>> 
>> Dear Councillors,
>> 
>> I am currently working with Glen on our agenda for the Kenya meeting.
>> 
>> As you may recall, in Seoul we had an unofficial dinner on the meeting's 
>> first Saturday and there we also a Council breakfast on the following Sunday 
>> morning.
>> 
>> For Kenya, the question of these events remains undecided and we are 
>> therefore not sure whether we should include them in the agenda or not. Our 
>> understanding is that there is broad support within the Council for the 
>> Saturday dinner, less certain support for the Sunday breakfast.
>> 
>> What do people think? Should we plan for both the Saturday dinner and Sunday 
>> breakfast, one and not the other, none of the above?
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>