[ALAC] CALL FOR COMMENT: Fwd: [soac-discussion] ICANN/SO-AC LEADERS Brainstorming Collaboration

Wed Oct 2 08:47:47 UTC 2013

Dear all,

please find below a forwarded message from Sally Costerton and David
Olive regarding the follow-up of a meeting that took place over a week
ago. Apologies for not forwarding this right away - but this somehow
fell through.
Evan Leibovitch was on the call and you'll see his intervention voicing
the point of view of many in our community. Nonetheless, please see the
proposal below and comment on:
https://community.icann.org/x/6haMAg

We'll build a Statement from your comments. The Statement is to be filed
by Monday 7 October 2013 so please send your comments by the end of this
week, Friday 4 October 2013. I realise this is a very short timeline,
but this really affects you and your work during the ALAC meetings
rather than ALSes.

Even though - I am surprised to have seen this "Brainstorming Session"
since I thought there already was a Meetings Strategy WG in place to
look at these problematics.

Kind regards,

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[soac-discussion] ICANN/SO-AC LEADERS Brainstorming Collaboration
Date: 	Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:54:00 -0700
From: 	Susie Johnson <susie.johnson at icann.org>
To: 	soac-discussion at icann.org <soac-discussion at icann.org>, Sally
Costerton <sally.costerton at icann.org>, David Olive
<david.olive at icann.org>, Nick Tomasso <nick.tomasso at icann.org>,
Tanzanica S. King <tanzanica.king at icann.org>, Robert Hoggarth
<robert.hoggarth at icann.org>

*E-MAIL SENT ON BEHALF OF DAVID A. OLIVE:*

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Dear SO-AC Leaders:

Thanks to those of you who were able to participate in Thursday's
ICANN/SO-AC Leaders Collaborative Brainstorming Conference Call on the
Buenos Aires Meeting schedule.  An overview of our discussion follows.

The changes call participants agreed to pursue, with further
consultation, for the Buenos Aires Meeting schedule are:

·         Establishing a 90-minute, cross-constituency, subject-based
session developed and run by the SO-AC leadership team and held Monday
afternoon in the main meeting room. Initial thoughts on two potential
topics were:

o   Policy vs. Implementation, and

o   Public Interest Commitment Issues

We would appreciate your reactions on whether or not you would support
holding this session, as well as the potential session topics to be
discussed. If you wish to proceed with this concept, the Policy team is
ready to assist you in organizing your discussions and planning for such
a session, as you deem appropriate. 

·         Running a new gTLD (GDD) track on Monday in parallel to
high-interest topic sessions taking place in the main meeting room.

·         Moving the Public Forum from Thursday afternoon to Thursday
morning in an effort to increase attendance.

·         Adding timeslots for high-interest topics and community
sessions on Thursday afternoon. 

A suggested change that will not be implemented for Buenos Aires is a
full day of SO-AC reports to the community on Wednesday.  Participants
agreed that there is not time to make significant changes to the Tuesday
and Wednesday schedules.

For those of you who were unable to participate in the call, a
transcript AND chat room comments are attached.  A link to an audio
recording of the call is below.

Please provide your thoughts about these ideas at your earliest
convenience but no later than Monday, 7 October. We look forward to your
comments, and a continuing dialogue as we strive to improve the ICANN
Meeting experience for the community.  We'll look to arrange some
specific follow-up calls to discuss the Monday afternoon session in detail.

Best regards,

Sally & David

Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to the President, Global Stakeholder
Engagement

David A. Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support / General
Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters -- Istanbul

*Link to the audio call:*

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https://icann.box.com/shared/static/ejt11w7r63hlxoiwey7g.mp3

*Susie Johnson*

Executive Assistant to

Vice President of Policy Development

*Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)*

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, California  90094-2536

Direct:   +1 310 301 3863

Mobile: +1 310 383 1240

Office:   +1 310 301 5800

www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org/>__

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