[council] Fwd: Follow-up to the second JAS WG report

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

Councillors,

FYI, see the message below from the ALAC Chair to Katim.

Stéphane



Début du message réexpédié :

> De : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>
> Date : 27 mai 2011 16:15:27 HAEC
> À : "Katim S. Touray" <kstouray@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>, Stéphane Van Gelder 
> <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>, 
> Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>, ICANN AtLarge Staff 
> <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>, Karla Valente 
> <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>, Gisella Gruber-White 
> <gisella.gruber-white@xxxxxxxxx>, diane.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx
> Objet : Rép : Follow-up to the second JAS WG report
> 
> Dear Katim,
> 
> thank you for your kind email and your suggestion which was received very 
> positively by members of the JAS working group when the discussion came up.
> 
> Both the GNSO and the ALAC charters for this working group include the 
> following sentence:
> 
> "4. All communication to the ICANN Board regarding the work of this Working 
> Group shall be through the respective SO/AC unless expressly approved by the 
> respective SO/AC."
> 
> However, a direct interaction between the various ICANN communities and the 
> JAS working group participants has always been very welcome by the ALAC. 
> After all, the JAS working group is open to all participants, GAC and Board 
> members included.
> 
> Your suggestion was therefore discussed during the ALAC monthly call on 24 
> May 2011. 
> A motion for an invitation of interested parties was presented and voted on 
> by the committee, as follows:
> 
> --- cut here ---
> The ALAC is pleased to note interest from the Board and other stakeholders 
> towards the second Milestone Report of the Cross-community Joint Applicant 
> Support Working Group (JAS WG). To this extent, the ALAC therefore welcomes 
> the organisation of a conference call -- for interested members of the JAS 
> WG, ICANN Board, GNSO, GAC, At-Large and other interested community members 
> -- to discuss the status and way forward for the JAS WG. We also request the 
> creation of a multi-stakeholder meeting on this issue to be held at the ICANN 
> meeting in Singapore.
> --- cut here ---
> 
> A vote was performed with 13 out of 15 ALAC members being present on the 
> call. 
> It resulted in a unanimous 13 yes, 0 objections and 0 abstentions.
> 
> I therefore can give you the green light from the ALAC to proceed forward 
> with setting up such a call, and to consider the request for the creation of 
> a multi-stakeholder meeting on the JAS issue to be held at the ICANN meeting 
> in Singapore.
> I understand that the current standard call times for the JAS working group 
> are Tuesday 13:00 UTC and Friday 13:00 UTC. May I therefore suggest the 
> consideration of any of those future times:
> 
> - Tuesday 31 May 2011 - 13:00 UTC
> - Friday 3 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
> - Tuesday 7 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
> - Friday 10 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
> 
> In the interest of swift synchronization, I am CC'ing this message to Gisella 
> and Karla who will be able to coordinate call participants, but I would 
> kindly ask you that you coordinate the     Board's participant list as well 
> as the GAC's participant list.
> 
> While thanking you again for your suggestion, I look forward to hearing from 
> you soon.
> 
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Olivier Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
> 
> 
> 
> On 23/05/2011 09:50, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :
>> 
>> Dear Katim,
>> 
>> thank you very much for your kind message. From discussions that have taken 
>> place in the JAS working group, I am aware that the group would be very 
>> interested indeed in such an interaction. As far as the ALAC is concerned, I 
>> will ask for this question to be added to the agenda of our forthcoming 
>> monthly call, tomorrow Tuesday. I'll get back to you in due course. 
>> Warmest regards,
>> 
>> Olivier
>> 
>> On 23/05/2011 03:13, Katim S. Touray wrote :
>>> 
>>> Dear Olivier and Stéphane,
>>> 
>>> First, let me congratulate you and your teams, as well as the JAS WG on 
>>> their second report.  I've had the opportunity to go through it, and it's 
>>> quality work.
>>> 
>>> To follow on the second JAS WG report, I would like to ask if you'd be 
>>> interested in organizing a conference call for interested board members and 
>>> the GNSO, GAC, and At-Large reps to discuss the status and way forward for 
>>> the recently released JAS WG report. The idea was presented at the recently 
>>> concluded board retreat in Istanbul that a public meeting on the JAS WG 
>>> report (with the participation of the board and GAC) will be helpful, and 
>>> toward this end, it would be useful to have a conference call.  Please let 
>>> me know if this makes sense to you and let me know when you want to have 
>>> the call, if indeed you want to have it.
>>> 
>>> Again, thanks to all of you and your teams for the great work you're doing 
>>> on the issue!  I hope we'll all be able to come together to have a useful 
>>> program we all can be proud of.  Have a great week, and best wishes!
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> Katim
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
> 
> -- 
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html