Re: [council] Council/Chair interaction

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Adrian,

This came out of our weekend discussions in Cartagena. It is something I stated 
I was interested in doing, and the response was very positive. The idea came 
from my observation that the Council actually has limited interaction with the 
C and SG Chairs, and that tends to leave us somewhat on our own in our "ivory 
tower". I wanted to try and break down some of that and having an area where 
the Council leadership can chat with the GNSO group leaders seemed like a good 
idea.

The aim is just to promote informal discussion. Getting people talking does 
seem to help solve problems.

I don't see how this "widens the Council". Could you please explain that? The C 
and SG Chairs are not being asked to join the GNSO Council.

Thanks,

Stéphane

Le 19 janv. 2011 à 11:26, Adrian Kinderis a écrit :

> What was the reasoning for this? Where did this idea come from?
> 
> I am not sure why they need the input or direct engagement.
> 
> Will this be a public list? If not why not?
> 
> I think it is the role of each councillor to liaise with their SG.
> 
> We are forever widening the Council. More opinions. More inefficient debate.
> 
> I don't agree with this.
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> ...court side at the Australian Open tennis!
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 19/01/2011, at 3:45, "Stéphane Van Gelder" <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Councillors,
>> 
>> I wanted to inform you that I have suggested to your group Chairs that a 
>> mailing list be created to link the C and SG leadership with the Council 
>> leadership.
>> 
>> Their response was very much in favour, so a mailing list will be set up for 
>> the Council leaders (Chair and VC) and the group leaders (Chair and VC).
>> 
>> The idea is to improve informal communications between the group leadership 
>> and the Council.
>> 
>> We are also thinking about a regular conf call at some point, but this is 
>> not set in stone yet.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Stéphane