Re: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and Sunday breakfast
Hi Tim, I'll try and get that information to the Council as soon as I can. Stéphane Le 13 janv. 2010 à 21:51, Tim Ruiz a écrit : > > 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 > > -------- Original Message -------- > 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 :) > > Cheers > Mary > > Mary W S Wong > Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs > Franklin Pierce Law Center > Two White Street > Concord, NH 03301 > USA > Email: mwong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: 1-603-513-5143 > Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php > Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network > (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 > > >>>> > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > Behalf Of Rosette, Kristina > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:21 AM > To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 >> American Red Cross >> >> Office of the General Counsel >> 2025 E Street, NW >> Washington, D.C. 20006 >> Phone: (202) 303-5356 >> Fax: (202) 303-0143 >> HughesDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> -----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 >>> >> > > Attachment:
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