RE: [council] Meeting Protocol for Brussels and beyond...

["Mike Rodenbaugh" <icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I continue to share these same frustrations, which I expressed in Seoul.  I
missed Nairobi, as did many other Councilors and community members, so it
should not be taken as an example.  I expect a large crowd for our meetings
on the weekend in Brussels, many of whom will try to practice the speeches
they will then give at multiple public fora during the week, including the
Council meeting on Wednesday.  

So that would be an annoying waste of time and should not be allowed.  It
provides far undue influence to self-interested individuals/lobbyists, who
seek to take advantage of the smaller forum to make their points directly to
Staff and/or the Council.  Council sessions should be for Councilors, only;
observers have plenty of other fora to make their points, including the
public forum at the Council meeting on Wednesday.

Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
tel/fax:  +1 (415) 738-8087
http://rodenbaugh.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Adrian Kinderis
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 5:25 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Council
Subject: [council] Meeting Protocol for Brussels and beyond...


Councilors,

I have been increasingly frustrated at the GNSO Sessions (Saturday and
Sunday) of the ICANN Meetings at how they have often been used as a public
forum session.

Often, these sessions are our only direct access to staff and it is
imperative that we, as elected representatives of our Stakeholder Groups,
have appropriate time to ask questions and seek clarifications to the many
issues before us.

I would like to suggest that there be no questions from the floor during
these sessions. The GNSO, by definition, is representative of the Community.
I would suggest that, should a member of the audience wish to ask a question
that they do it through their elected representative or, perhaps, through
the Chair (not so sure about this though). This would allow a more
structured approach to the questions and also fair allocation and management
of time on each topic.

I also suggest that each Councilor have placards placed in front of them
(doublesided so they can be ) that details both name and representative
Stakeholder Group. An audience member could then simply approach the
appropriate Councilor and request that a question be asked on their behalf.
This would also allow for remote participants to send questions and have
their voices heard (albeit through Councilors). 

I would also like to potentially have allocated seating for the meetings, as
seats are often taken up by "members of the public" and Councilors are
relegated to the bleachers. It is an official GNSO Council meeting and
should be treated as such.

Please don't misinterpret the intention here, I am supportive of audience
participation. I am just trying to get structure and efficiency to our
meetings.

I would be happy to hear thoughts on this.

Thanks and see you all in Brussels.

Adrian Kinderis