AW: GNSO COUNCIL CONCERNS (Was - RE: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - Invitation to a preparatory meeting in Singapore)

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As a council member I support this view.
>From my business and my personal perspective I'm also very much interested in 
>the Summit on Developing Countries in particular with regards to the internet 
>and ICT development aspects.
To ensure council work as planned, I therefore like to suggest that the 
SG's/Constituencies - in case they like to attend the summit preparation - send 
Non-Council-members to this event.
 

Kind regards
Wolf-Ulrich


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        Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Im Auftrag von Neuman, Jeff
        Gesendet: Montag, 23. Mai 2011 16:36
        An: carlos dionisio aguirre; olgacavalli@xxxxxxxxx; william.drake@xxxxxx
        Cc: Katim Touray; stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Betreff: GNSO COUNCIL CONCERNS (Was - RE: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on 
Developing Countries - Invitation to a preparatory meeting in Singapore)
        
        

        All,

         

        I find it a little concerning that meetings are being scheduled during 
the Council sessions.  Years back we deliberately created the weekend sessions 
to avoid conflict with other meetings.  Now, with the new gTLDs, GAC meetings 
and this new session, we have more conflicts than prior to having the weekend 
sessions.

         

        I believe all council meetings should be mandatory for all councilors.  
We are supposed to be the policy arm of ICANN leading the bottom-up policy 
development process.  But we cannot do our job without everyone being present 
even if it means having to forgo other meetings that may be of more interest to 
us.  The weekend sessions are vital to ensuring good discussion and debate on 
the substance so that we can bring those back to our constituencies and 
stakeholder groups.

         

        I truly appreciate the efforts of Katim, the ICANN Board, the GAC and 
others to have this workshop focusing on Developing Countries and this is in no 
way a statement about that session, but am now very concerned at the facts that:

         

        1.        We are starting the meeting at noon on Saturday to 
accommodate Councilors that arrive late

        2.       We may not be meeting on Sunday afternoon given the recent 
announcement of the not-yet-scheduled Sunday afternoon with the Board-GAC; and

        3.       This new session on Sunday morning.

         

        So what time does that leave the Council on the weekend to get 
everything accomplished?  There will be final reports of the PDP-WT, PEDNR, 
IRTP-B, a preliminary issues report for the UDRP, a discussion paper on abusive 
domain name practices, and whatever motions come our way.   

         

        So, what are the next steps?

         

        Best regards,

         

        Jeffrey J. Neuman 
        Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy
        Please note new address:  21575 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling VA 20166     

         

        
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        To: olgacavalli@xxxxxxxxx; william.drake@xxxxxx
        Cc: Katim Touray; stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: RE: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - 
Invitation to a preparatory meeting in Singapore

         

        Katim and All, I`m very interested too. please take me in account.


        Carlos Dionisio Aguirre


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        Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:50:01 -0300
        Subject: Re: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - 
Invitation to a preparatory meeting in Singapore
        From: olgacavalli@xxxxxxxxx
        To: william.drake@xxxxxx
        CC: kstouray@xxxxxxxxx; stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx; 
council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        
        Hi Katim,
        I am also interested in participating in this meeting.
        Best regards
        Olga

        2011/5/23 William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxx>

        Hello Katim

         

        As you might guess from prior discussions going back to Nairobi, I 
would be keenly interested in participating in this meeting, and not only to 
bask in Stéphane's reflected glory.  

         

        Stéphane, what's our selection process?

         

        Best,

         

        Bill

         

         

        On May 23, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Katim S. Touray wrote:

                 

                Stéphane,
                
                I'm sure you'll never be in a room talking to yourself, be the 
star attraction and crowd puller you are!  Leave the worry about getting people 
to show up to us.
                
                A bientot!
                
                Katim

                2011/5/23 Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>

                What and leave me talking to myself all alone in a big meeting 
room? ;)

                 

                Joking aside, I understand the scheduling hell that we all have 
to go through at ICANN meetings so no worries there. I am sure your meeting 
will have some Councillors in attendance, and hopefully some will also stay and 
keep me company as well ;)

                 

                Best,

                 

                Stéphane

                 

                 

                 

                Le 23 mai 2011 à 14:56, Katim S. Touray a écrit :

                         

                        Hi Stéphane,
                        
                        Thanks for your e-mail, and sorry for the conflict.  
ICANN meetings are always like that because there's some much going on.  
However, it would be great if other GNSO Council reps, other than yourself, can 
attend.
                        
                        Have a great week, and best wishes!
                        
                        Sincerely,
                        
                        Katim

                        2011/5/23 Stéphane Van Gelder 
<stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>

                        Thanks Katim.

                         

                        I am copying your message to the GNSO Council list so 
that everyone is aware of this meeting.

                         

                        I note with some dismay, however, that your planned 
meeting on the morning of Sunday 19 will clash with our GNSO weekend sessions. 
This may prevent some Councillors from attending what sounds like a very 
interesting meeting...

                         

                        Stéphane

                         

                         

                         

                        Le 22 mai 2011 à 11:42, Katim S. Touray a écrit :

                                 

                                Dear all,

                                 

                                I am writing to invite you to send two 
representatives from your SO/AC/group to attend a preparatory meeting to help 
organize a proposed ICANN Summit on Developing Countries.

                                 

                                A number of ICANN stakeholders, and myself, 
have been having online discussions since early last month about having an 
ICANN Summit on Developing Countries.  The attached file is the original 
proposal for the Summit, which is aimed at providing the ICANN community an 
opportunity to have an in-depth discussion on developing countries, their role 
in ICANN, and the way forward.

                                 

                                In view of the fact that the Oct. 2011 ICANN 
annual public meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the aim is to have the 
Summit there.  The Summit will include presentations and discussions on the 
following topics:

                                1.      A backgrounder on developing countries 
(what is a "developing country" or "least developed country," socio-economic 
development in these countries, Internet and ICT development in these 
countries) 
                                2.      ICANN and developing countries (ICANN's 
relationship with ccTLDs, international organizations of developing countries, 
governments, NGOs, and businesses in developing countries, etc) 
                                3.      Participation of Developing Countries 
in ICANN: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward

                                The meeting in Singapore will have about 20 or 
so invitees from the SOs, ACs, liaisons, other stakeholders, as well as some 
ICANN board members and staff.  The tentative agenda for the Singapore meeting 
will consist of the following:

                                1.      What the proposed Summit will discuss? 
                                2.      Who will be on the panel of presenters? 
                                3.      The format for the Summit 
                                4.      (S)election of Summit Organizing 
Committee (SOC)

                                Additional details of the Singapore meeting are 
as follows:

                                Date: Sunday, June 19, 2011

                                Time: 09:00-10:30 (90 minutes)

                                Location: Raffles Ballroom

                                Service: Simultaneous Interpretation in French 
and Spanish

                                 

                                Please let me know when you have selected your 
representatives to the meeting, and who they are.

                                 

                                Thank you in advance for your consideration, 
and please do not hesitate to let me know if you need any additional 
information from me.

                                 

                                Sincerely,

                                 

                                Katim

                                 

                                <ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - 
Proposal.doc>