RE: [council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics

["Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James, Paul, all

A couple of suggestions for consideration, that I think are somewhat linked to 
the questions we received from the Board.

How do we make better use of our time at ICANN meetings:
1) in terms of scheduling; and
2) to provide more opportunities for Board/GAC/GNSO Council trilateral 
discussions on substantive topics of common interest.

There should be a better process for developing the ICANN schedule and there 
certainly should be predictability in terms of Council meetings with the ICANN 
Board, ICANN CEO, the GAC and others. If we could agree on a standard schedule 
for meetings A & C, that may help relieve some of the angst that we and staff 
have to endure each time.

On the second point, I really think we would benefit from organized and 
sometimes moderated trilateral discussions, rather than the Board and GAC/ the 
Council and the Board/ and the GAC and the Council having separate discussions 
on the same subject. The continuous back and forth on the IGO acronym and Red 
Cross issues are a case in point. Perhaps this could have been circumvented if 
there had been an opportunity for open communication across the three groups.

Thanks for considering.

Donna

Donna Austin: Neustar, Inc.
Policy and Industry Affairs Manager
Cell: +1.310.890.9655 Email: 
donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Paul McGrady
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:33 AM
To: 'Marika Konings' <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>; 'James M. Bladel' 
<jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>; 'GNSO Council List' <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics

Thanks Marika.

I think what the Board has asked are the very questions that needed to be 
asked.  How will we decide who gets to speak at the Board/Council session?  I 
have (unsurprisingly) thoughts to share and would like to participate.

Best,
Paul

PS: Apologies if this has already been answered in an earlier email.  I am a 
bit behind in my correspondence.

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marika Konings
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:58 AM
To: James M. Bladel <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>>; GNSO 
Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: Re: [council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics

Reminder – the deadline for submission of topics for the joint meeting with the 
Board is today (Wednesday 26 October)!

Best regards,

Marika

From: <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on 
behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Friday, October 21, 2016 at 3:41 PM
To: GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics

Councilors –

Below, please see a note from Board support, including 2 questions the Board 
would like to raise with us during our joint meeting in Hyderabad.

Additionally, please recall my “Call for Topics” from last week, as the agenda 
for our joint meetings needs to be finalized by this Wednesday (26 OCT).    For 
your convenience, Staff has prepared a centralized Wiki page (below) with the 
Draft Agendas for all joint sessions.  Some of these are based on previous 
meetings, so please suggest any edits or changes you’d like to see in India.

https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=62399849[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_pages_viewpage.action-3FpageId-3D62399849&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=7_PQAir-9nJQ2uB2cWiTDDDo5Hfy5HL9rSTe65iXLVM&m=mSLKY6jrbFDpsgA48d3eey3RjCShJfdyNTvSeSVs2ck&s=9WukPQwvG1hAtmLdKAFzB4WfzWPMoxgmzUHXuPDTAXA&e=>
Thank you,
J.

From: Vinciane Koenigsfeld 
<vinciane.koenigsfeld@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:vinciane.koenigsfeld@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Monday, October 17, 2016 at 10:48
To: "jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>" 
<jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Glen@xxxxxxxxx>>, 
"board-ops-team@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:board-ops-team@xxxxxxxxx>" 
<Board-Ops-Team@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Board-Ops-Team@xxxxxxxxx>>, Marika Konings 
<marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics

Dear James,

We are looking forward to seeing you in Hyderabad!

As you know, over the years, the Board has heard from many Groups on the need 
to make the interaction between the Board and Constituency/Stakeholder/Advisory 
Groups at ICANN Public Meetings more effective for both the Groups and the 
Board.

To do this, Board Operations collects, ahead of the Meeting, the questions that 
each Group would like to bring to the Board.

We would appreciate receiving the questions/topics that GNSO might want to 
discuss with the Board during the meeting currently scheduled on Monday 7 
November. The deadline for submission of these topics is Wednesday 26 October.

We are as well taking this opportunity to share with you the Board's questions 
to your Group, for discussion during this meeting.

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD :

1.      What do we (Board and ICANN organization) have to do to make the 
transition work for you?
2.      What do we (Board, ICANN organization and community) need to do to 
advance trust and confidence in what we do?

Best,

The Board Ops team