[ALAC] ICANN meeting on Fridays

[Carlton Samuels]

I'm in agreement with Tijani here and for the very reasons he outlined.

Lord knows reducing the burn for a day would have been helpful in a very
personal way. But I think a public board meeting at least 3 times a year
sends a very important signal to the community and gives all of us a chance
to read 'body language' or even witness a voluble dissent when matters come
to the vote.

Yes to continued formal Board committee reports. But I would err on the
side for format like the ALAC's; highlights only and keep it to 5 minutes,
tops.

@Sala, other than a recent grant of a stipend to the Chair, ICANN Board
members DO NOT get paid. Not even a a stipend! I am on record in support
for payment/stipend. Way too much time is required to work effectively for
no compensation.  And it not's because of affordability.

Here's my fundamental problem with that posture of non-compensation. It
undermines the diversity objective by effectively reduces the pool of
prospective Board members from places like where I live.  A very effective
non-intrusive barrier to entry.

- Carlton

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>wrote:

> Dear Folks,
>
> there is currently some discussion amongst the Board and SO/ACs, about
> the Friday session at ICANN meetings.
> The sessions starts at 8:00 with Board Committee Report, then continuing
> with SO/AC Chair Reports and then the ICANN Board Meeting.
> Traditionally, this has been poorly attended and rather boring to sit
> through.
>
> There is discussion whether this could be replaced with written reports
> to be filed on the ICANN Web Site, thus shortening the ICANN week by one
> day. Any note of thanks would take place in the Thursday afternoon
> Public Forum & Wrap up.
>
> The response I have provided so far, is that whilst I am not against
> having our ALAC report published instead of spoken -- for those of you
> who have attended, I have kept my spoken report to less than 3 minutes
> but for some, the reporting is really tedious and long --, I am
> concerned that this would shorten an already packed week. In particular,
> the ALAC Executive Committee meets on Friday afternoon and this is the
> time when we have access to the CEO, COO, CFO etc. This is the time when
> we can really interchange with Senior ICANN staff. I am therefore
> concerned that ICANN not having a morning session on Fridays would mean
> our afternoon session would be scrapped too.
>
> Also, in San José, we also used the Friday morning for LACRALO capacity
> building, so this day was needed.
>
> I'd be interested in your point of view, so that I can relay it to the
> Board members who have asked me my point of view.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
>
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