[ALAC] Schedule for Thursday during the London ICANN meeting
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Wed May 14 02:20:13 UTC 2014
Don't think I saw this circulated. If it was, I
apologize for the duplicate. Alan
From: http://blog.icann.org/2014/05/thursday-in-london/
Thursday In London
by Steve Crocker on May 12, 2014
When we last met in Singapore, the NTIA
announcement on transitioning stewardship of the
IANA functions was still very fresh and we
adjusted our meeting schedules to begin
constructive discussions in response. The
processes governing these discussions are now in
motion, and we want to support them with open
dialogue with as many stakeholders as possible.
For ICANN 50 in London, we will carve out a
substantial amount of quality time to continue
meaningful dialogue on both the transition of the
IANA stewardship process and the ICANN
Accountability process at the stages those
processes will be in late June. We also want to
support these processes as much as possible by
maximizing remote participation from around the world.
To the latter, we are exploring the possibility
of setting up a series of remote hubs similar to
what was used last month during NETmundial and to great acclaim.
As for the schedule, we are reshuffling the
planned Thursday, June 26 agenda for this meeting
only. Here is the expected schedule:
â¾8:00a 10a: Complete all group sessions
â¾10a 12p: ICANN Accountability Forum
â¾12p 1p: Lunch
â¾1p 3:30p: IANA Stewardship Transition Forum
â¾4p 6p: Public Forum
â¾6p 7p: Board Meeting
â¾7p : Cocktails
I hope that two hours for the Public Forum during
this particular meeting will be adequate as
discussions on the transition and on
accountability would likely, under normal
circumstances, take up a good chunk of that time.
Shortening the Public Forum was not an easy
decision. I, and Iâm sure I speak for the other
Board members, always look forward to the
abundance of input the community shares and the
passion by which you can do so at the end of a
long week. However, some sort of change was
necessary this time, and we consulted with the
leaders of the Advisory Committees and Supporting
Organizations to choose this approach. The feedback was remarkably supportive.
My hope is that this change in the meeting
schedule, and again for this meeting only, is
made with enough notice so that we all can adjust
accordingly. The meetings team will do its best
to identify alternative slots for any Thursday
session disrupted by this change in schedule.
Thanks for your attention to this and I look forward to seeing you in London.
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