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

["Tim Ruiz" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Stephane. What/where is the venue for Saturday night that you
referred to? Will transportation be necessary/provided from the hotel
and back?

Tim

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Subject: Re: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner
and Sunday breakfast
From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, January 13, 2010 1:32 pm
To: "Mary Wong" <MWong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

OK, my thanks to all who have commented so far.

It looks like we have clear support for two sessions being put aside in
the agenda, one on Sat evening for dinner, one on Sun morning for
breakfast.


Glen and I will move forward with this.


Please note that I am not here going into the specifics of what these
sessions are for. That is another debate, but one I think we should
have, especially with reference to the Sunday "gripe" session...


Stéphane

Le 13 janv. 2010 à 18:44, Mary Wong a écrit :

Ditto; and while I'd definitely prefer that the breakfast not be a
"gripe session", I wouldn't be opposed to a free-flowing discussion
(which inherently carries the risk of turning into griping, though
perhaps not too much so while under the guiding hands of our magisterial
Chair & Vice-Chairs :)
 
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Mary 
 
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From: "Terry L Davis, P.E." <tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To:"'Rosette,
Kristina'" <krosette@xxxxxxx>, <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Date: 1/13/2010
12:40 PMSubject: RE: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council
dinner and Sunday breakfast

Stephane/Glen

I like both.  The more informal time we have together, the better our
meetings seem to go.

Take care
Terry

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


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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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
> 
> 
> Debra Y. Hughes, Senior Counsel
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [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
>> 
>