Re: [council] Updated Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 7 June 2012 at 20:00 UTC

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

No problem. Sorry for ranting ;)

Stéphane



Le 7 juin 2012 à 14:16, William Drake a écrit :

> Sorry Stephane,  as you say lots of folks are maxed out with multiple 
> simultaneous processes/lists that keep us strapped to the desk for ungodly 
> hours, and sometimes in that context little things slip.  We were on a call 
> last night and realized nobody could remember the final letter or  find in 
> their mail, so I said I'd ask.  But we should have gone dug through the list 
> archive instead of just asking.  Even pros make mistakes…:-(
> 
> Let me double check if people want to discuss or leave it on the consent.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
> 
>> *rant warning*
>> 
>> Bill, it would be nice if people just made a small effort to read the stuff 
>> that's posted to this list!
>> 
>> After the last Council meeting, I followed-up with a note to the Council 
>> listing the action items. One of them was this. I drafted an initial 
>> proposal and sent it to the Council list. There was a very small number of 
>> comments and then nothing.
>> 
>> Understanding that everyone is very busy, and not wishing for anyone to be 
>> blindsided by this, I went to the trouble of sending a reminder to the 
>> Council on June 4. In that reminder, I had wrote the following:
>> 
>> On the IOC/RC, I have not seen any further comments following the initial 
>> draft message that Thomas had sent to the Council list, of which I attach a 
>> copy to this message for reference. As such, this item will be considered as 
>> part of our consent agenda for the June 7 meeting. I will be asking the 
>> Council to approve me sending the note (as drafted by Thomas or as amended 
>> during the June 7 teleconference if there are some comments made then) to 
>> the GAC.
>> 
>> And I attached the draft once again to that email (attached here once again 
>> for reference)!
>> 
>> I'm sure therefore that you can understand my frustration, at seeing you now 
>> imply that the letter has not been seen before and that this has not been 
>> discussed before. That's just the situation I was trying to avoid: us 
>> getting to the consent agenda without having first discussed and agreed 
>> something.
>> 
>> We are all very busy. My job as Chair is to try and move us forward on some 
>> of the live projects we have on. Please help me do that.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> <IOC RC GAC Letter draft.docx>
>> Stéphane Van Gelder
>> Directeur Général / General manager
>> INDOM Group NBT France
>> ----------------
>> Head of Domain Operations
>> Group NBT
>> 
>> Le 6 juin 2012 à 21:27, William Drake a écrit :
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 2.1  IOC/RC DT. (GAC/GNSO Issues Related to International Olympic 
>>>> Committee (IOC) & Red Cross (RC) Names Drafting Team.) Approve sending of 
>>>> note to GAC.
>>> 
>>> Could we please see the letter and briefly discuss it, rather than having 
>>> it in the consent agenda?  A letter to the GAC would seem to merit at least 
>>> a couple minutes...
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>> 
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