<div dir="ltr">I vote February, sorry for missing the vote.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-11-28 17:53 GMT-05:00 Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I apologise for not voting....no internet access. I vote February.<br>
Stephanie<br>
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Original Message<br>
From: Tapani Tarvainen<br>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 2:43 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
Reply To: Tapani Tarvainen<br>
Subject: NCPH Intersessional timing<br>
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Dear all,<br>
<br>
Poll results from the intersessional timing options were, unfortunately<br>
but not unexpectedly, not conclusive. The choices could have been better<br>
phrased - some people emailed me offlist about that - but time was short.<br>
<br>
As it is, only 1 (can't make it) was clearly defined, the rest were<br>
basically just a scale of preferability, and so averaging them out<br>
makes at least some sense.<br>
<br>
Here's a summary of results, for each category and month averages<br>
(excluding "no opinion" ones) and in parentheses the number of "can't<br>
make it" choices:<br>
<br>
count category Feb Apr-May Aug-Sep<br>
4 Councillors 3.7(1) 2.7(1) 2.0(2)<br>
3 NCSG EC 3.7(1) 3.5(0) 2.0(0)<br>
1 NCSG PC 5.0(0) 2.0(0) 3.0(0)<br>
4 NCUC EC 4.8(0) 3.0(1) 3.5(0)<br>
2 NPOC EC 4.5(0) 3.5(0) 4.0(0)<br>
10 Other 3.3(2) 4.1(1) 3.7(2)<br>
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14 All except "Other" 4.2(2) 3.1(2) 3.4(2)<br>
24 All 3.9(4) 3.5(3) 3.5(4)<br>
<br>
My conclusion is that there's no really strong preference to any,<br>
but February is slightly preferred (especially if we give less<br>
weight to "Other" category, who are less likely to participate).<br>
<br>
A couple of people commented that the latter two choices, but<br>
especially April/May, would depend a lot on the exact date:<br>
there're lots of other meetings and events people will be<br>
participating in that timeframe.<br>
<br>
The time should be decided tomorrow. Before that, we should try to<br>
answer the questions posed by Tony Holmes below.<br>
<br>
For the first one I guess we can answer "no": none of the times impose<br>
severe constraints for us, even though all of them are bad for at<br>
least two council/EC members.<br>
<br>
For question 4 it's not clear-cut, but given the poll results<br>
I'd suggest order would be (1) Feb (2) Aug-Sep (3) Apr-May<br>
(the latter two decided by non-Other category).<br>
<br>
For questions 2 and 3 I'd like to ask you all what other<br>
ICANN/IGF-related events you may be participating in the<br>
timeframes given (to reduce clutter on the list you can<br>
send them just to me and I'll summarize them here).<br>
<br>
Tapani<br>
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Rob/All<br>
<br>
We agreed we will try and nail the date for the next intercessional during a<br>
30 minute call next week.<br>
<br>
To try and avert what Klaus described as 'going around in circles', perhaps<br>
the following approach could help narrow the options prior to that call.<br>
<br>
It appeared that the possibility of tagging an intercessional on to the<br>
front or end of the Copenhagen or Johannesburg meetings was dismissed, which<br>
left us with 3 options on the table at the end of the call;<br>
<br>
- Week beginning February 13th<br>
<br>
- Late April/beginning of May<br>
<br>
- Beyond Johannesburg (effectively late Aug/early Sept)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Suggest as representatives from our respective groups, in advance of the<br>
call we try and respond to Rob on the following questions;<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
1. Do any of those options impose severe constraints on the ability of<br>
your members to attend? If so, what are they and can they be overcome?<br>
<br>
2. During the suggested time frame for late April/beginning of May are<br>
there major conflicts due to other Internet Governance, Regional, standards<br>
bodies, trade association, other, meetings? If so what are they and when<br>
will they take place?<br>
<br>
3. Beyond Johannesburg, late Aug/early Sept, are there major<br>
conflicts due to other Internet Governance, Regional, standards bodies,<br>
trade association, other meetings? If so what are they and when will they<br>
take place?<br>
<br>
4. Can you rank the 3 options on the table in order of preference.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
If it proves possible to do this it may help focus thoughts during our 30<br>
minute call. Just a suggestion.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
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