[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:

â—¾8:00a ­ 10a: Complete all group sessions
â—¾10a ­ 12p: ICANN Accountability Forum
â—¾12p ­ 1p: Lunch
â—¾1p ­ 3:30p: IANA Stewardship Transition Forum
â—¾4p ­ 6p: Public Forum
â—¾6p ­ 7p: Board Meeting
â—¾7p ­ : 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 I’m 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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