Re: [council] Proposed Agenda Item - Elimination of Friday Public Board Meetings

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

Is someone from Staff able to provide the requested information, whether it be 
on the list or during the next Council meeting?

Stéphane



Le 2 mai 2012 à 20:38, Neuman, Jeff a écrit :

> All,
>  
> Given the announcement yesterday of the elimination of the public Board 
> meetings at ICANN, I would like to put this on the Council agenda as a 
> discussion item.  I would like it if someone from ICANN that is familiar with 
> the rationale behind this decision could give us an explanation of how and 
> why that decision was made. 
>  
> Also, if the ICANN Board can unilaterally declare that all of its meetings 
> will be private, does this set a precedent for its Supporting Organizations 
> to do the same thing?  I have not reviewed the bylaws with respect to the 
> Council in a little bit, but does the Council have the discretion to declare 
> that it will no longer hold a public GNSO Council meeting at ICANN?
> 
> I think there has been enough disapproval expressed within the community in 
> the last day or so that at least merits a discussion of this decision at the 
> Council level.
> 
> Thanks.
>  
> Jeffrey J. Neuman 
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