Re: [council] Translations Services

["James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Altho Volker speaks English better than I do on most days, I also support this 
proposal.

Thank you,

J.
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James Bladel
GoDaddy

> On Oct 12, 2014, at 12:32, "john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
> <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> All,
>  
> I wonder if the Council specifically and the GNSO generally has grown and 
> diversified to the point where its meetings ought to deploy real-time 
> translation services.
>  
> The current Council has native German and Swedish and Spanish and Portuguese 
> and Hebrew and Chinese speakers on whose good will we now rely for our 
> English-only meetings.  This diversity likely will only get more so as ICANN 
> becomes the global organization it was chartered to be. 
>  
> We have had the good fortune of having Councillors who are able to handle the 
> proceedings in English, but is that the image we want to portray and does it 
> limit others from even seeking a seat?  Such a move would also help us better 
> make the case for the work of the GNSO and its Council to the expanding 
> number of people who attend these meetings from a growing number of nations.
>  
> I think this might be a good item for the wrap-up session.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Berard