Re: [council] GNSO Council Session with ICANN CEO - Sunday 14 july 2013

[Mason Cole <mcole@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I do too.  That looks like a good use of the time.

On Jun 30, 2013, at 12:13 PM, WUKnoben wrote:

> I agree.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Wolf-Ulrich 
> 
>  
> From: Jonathan Robinson
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:17 PM
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [council] GNSO Council Session with ICANN CEO - Sunday 14 july 2013
>  
> All,
>  
> We are scheduled to have a ½ hour session with Fadi Chehade on Sunday 14 July 
> from 09h30 – 10h00.
>  
> This is separate from and in addition to our session with the ICANN board so 
> is an opportunity for the Council to focus on issues relevant to our work and 
> specific to Fadi in his capacity as CEO.
>  
> I talked with Fadi yesterday and we talked about a couple of significant 
> initiatives underway, both typically led by a CEO.  The first is his on-going 
> design and reorganisation of ICANN and the second is his leadership of the 
> ICANN strategic plan.
>  
> My opinion is that these are two significant initiatives that it would be 
> helpful to understand, know more about and have the opportunity to question 
> Fadi directly on. 
> He is likely to bring Akram Atalla with him to the meeting.
>  
> Therefore two questions:
>  
> 1.       Do you agree that the Council could usefully engage with Fadi on:
> a.       Organisation of ICANN ?
> (How does this impact and affect the GNSO?)
> b.      Strategic planning for ICANN?
> (How does this impact and affect the GNSO and how should we be involved?)
> 2.       Within the constraints of a short time, are there other topics we 
> could usefully discuss with Fadi?
> (other than what we will discuss with the board as a whole)
>  
> Thank-you in advance for your input.
>  
>  
> Jonathan
>