<div>Hi Stephanie,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for this. One of the bullet points under topic 2 (Multi-Stakeholder Model) stood out to me:</div><div><br></div><div>“<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16.5px; text-indent: -18px;">The Contracted Parties did not necessarily support having NCSG (or other non-contracted parties) participate on an equal basis in the EPDP.”</span></div><div><br></div><div>Would you mind elaborating on this? Who said this, and is there any background to it that we should be aware of?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again. </div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><div><br></div><div id="protonmail_mobile_signature_block">Sent from Mobile</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div>On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:53 AM, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite">
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">As discussed at the policy meeting in january, the call between the CEO and the NCSG Chair took place on January 31, and the summary notes are attached. These were provided by ICANN staff, and are very high level.
Feedback on what should be discussed in the next call, which will take place sometime between ICANN 64 and ICANN 65, would be appreciated. I would draw to your attention:</font></font></p>
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<li><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">impending budget reallocations are likely to impact us, we need a strategy</font></font></li><li><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I intend to follow up in Kobe in discussions with CEO and the Board what "simplifying" the MS process means</font></font></li><li><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">we need to exercise fiscal prudence and develop metrics for success.</font></font></li><li><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">we have been talking about volunteer burnout for years now at ICANN (actually we ignored the problem during the IANA transition, because we knew everyone would be working insane hours). It is time for us to come
up with some of our own solutions, I doubt anyone is going to do it for us</font></font></li><li><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">there was a lot of focus in our discussion on EPDP, because we were down to the final days on that massive exercise, with many serious issues not fully addressed. We need to discuss a few of the other ongoing
policy developments, we need a break....</font></font></li></ul>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I am happy to try to answer your questions, if I can. This was in my view not a particularly informative call on either side, I will prepare my own briefing note to send ahead with a discussion of our key concerns
the next time; it is not a particularly relaxed conversation so more formal preparation is clearly needed on my part.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">In the meantime, don't forget to suggest topic for discussion with the Board in Kobe....last call!<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Kind regards</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">NCSG Chair</font></font><br>
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