RE: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - Invitation to a preparatory meeting in Singapore

[carlos dionisio aguirre <carlosaguirre62@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good Idea Bill. ALAC representatives are also unavailable on sunday morning 
because is their meeting day. Perhaps Katim could change the meeting time

Carlos Dionisio Aguirre
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Subject: Re: [council] Re: ICANN Summit on Developing Countries - Invitation to 
a preparatory meeting in Singapore
From: william.drake@xxxxxx
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:20:14 +0200
CC: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: kstouray@xxxxxxxxx



Hi,
Greetings from a UN Commission on Science & Tech for Development meeting in 
Geneva, where I'm listening to government and government talk about the 
negative impacts and need for intergovernmental governance of the Internet, the 
many relevant activities of the ITU, etc.  Seems a good setting to be thinking 
about an outreach meeting focused on developing countries. Katim, may I offer 
two suggestions for your consideration?  
First, we've had four Councilors say they'd like to participate in your 
meeting, and we've not heard yet from Rafik and others who may be as well.  So 
there's clearly interest in what you're doing, which one would think it makes 
sense to cultivate and translate into engagement.  So rather than asking 
SO/AC's to each do internal selection processes that might leave some people 
unhappy and artificially restrict the scope of participation in your effort, 
could you maybe consider just doing an open planning meeting?  The turn-out is 
unlikely to be so large as to make the meeting unmanageable, and you could 
mobilize more energies…
Second, either way, it'd presumably be desirable to schedule it at a time that 
doesn't directly conflict too much for the folks who are most interested in 
contributing.  I don't know what feedback you're getting from other SO/ACs, but 
as you can see, Sunday morning's not great for those of us here.  Any way you 
could maybe do it Saturday morning, Monday afternoon, or something similar?  
Best,
Bill



On May 23, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:Bill,
I answered too quickly before and wrongly, I apologise. I missed the fact that 
participation is limited to 2 people from the GNSO. I can feel the headache of 
trying to select only 2 reps from the GNSO coming a mile away... but I suppose 
we should put out a call for volunteers then?

Stéphane




Le 23 mai 2011 à 17:09, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit :Bill,
As I understand it, this is just a prelim meeting (Katim, please correct me if 
I'm wrong). So the process AFAIK is you just stand up, wave goodbye to your 
fellow council members and walk over to the room where Katim's meeting is ;)

Stéphane




Le 23 mai 2011 à 15:10, William Drake a écrit :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:

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)ICANN and developing
     countries (ICANN's relationship with ccTLDs, international organizations
     of developing countries, governments, NGOs, and businesses in developing
     countries, etc)Participation of Developing
     Countries in ICANN: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way ForwardThe 
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:

What the proposed Summit will
     discuss?Who will be on the panel of
     presenters?The format for the Summit(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 BallroomService: 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>