[EURO-Discuss] Things to discuss

Jeanette Hofmann jeanette at wzb.eu
Sat Jul 7 10:19:23 EDT 2007


Hi Vittorio,

Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> Jeanette Hofmann ha scritto:
>> 1 EURALO board:
>> * We need to elect chairs
>> * We need to clarify the role of the board (is it of a more coordinative 
>> nature or is its role an initializing one?)
> 
> I would refrain from further procedural discussions (also, no other 
> region is making things as complex as us). If we can live with the 
> Bylaws we have (and it was already hard to agree on them), I would 
> suggest that you two pick the person who can be the Chair for this first 
> year, 

This we did already some weeks ago. Wolf is willing to be the chair. I 
would support him as vice-chair. So far, nobody else has expressed 
interest in any of the two positions.



and if it's the only candidate we consider him/her elected... or,
> if you prefer, we can cast our votes in private in the online system, so 
> that there is a track of a formal vote. 

Personally, I prefer a vote to ensure that there is sufficient support 
for Wolf and for me. But I won't insist on it.


Also I think that the issue of
> "who gets 2-year terms" is easy, the five most voted get two years, the 
> others get one.
> 
>> 2 Work plan
>> * We need to discuss what issues we want to adress in the coming months 
>> and we need to agree on what our priorities are. I guess we all agree 
>> that we won't be able to cover all the topics ICANN is dealing with. We 
>> need to be selective, and it would be good to have a discussion on this 
>> list on what matters to us and why.
> 
> We could specifically ask all ALSes to suggest the three most important 
> ICANN-related issues that they see, for example. 

Yes, I support this. But I would ask them to not only list topics but 
also explain why the chosen topics matters most to them.

Also, some of us should
> participate in the ALAC working groups on various issues, that are going 
> to start working soon.

Yes, I agree.
> 

>>
>> What do people think?
> 
> We should meet when we have an agenda that requires an in-person 
> meeting... I have no funding to go either to Geneva or to Warsaw, for 
> example. We should perhaps start by using conference calls, which are 
> less costly.

I think a face to face meeting is important to establish a more trustful 
and constructive working atmosphere. So far, we've argued most of the 
time and disagreed on almost everything. In my experience, face to face 
meetings do help to overcome such deadlocks.
It goes without saying that a face to face meeting needs an agenda, yes. 
I've been told that ICANN would fund a board meeting if all board 
members agree that such a meeting is necessary.
jeanette
> 
> Ciao,



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