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    <div class="moz-forward-container">these are not bad questions.  I
      think we should ask the Board if they have suggestions for greater
      accountability in our stakeholder group.  Since they are proposing
      to cut CROP funding, how do they propose we inform our members of
      the complexity of ICANN policy issues, and ensure they are
      contributing effectively to the MS model on which ICANN depends? 
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    <div class="moz-forward-container">I think our goals for next year
      should include greater accountability for our actions and
      expenditures.  $$$ may be going out the window with falling
      registrar revenues, and we may be coming back to a world where
      ICANN did not support us for travel and admin.  And nobody would
      wave goodbye.....<br>
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    <div class="moz-forward-container">cheers SP<br>
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            <td>Re: [council] Reminder - topics for meeting with ICANN
              Board at ICANN61</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:33:19 +1100</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td>Heather Forrest <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com"><haforrestesq@gmail.com></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">To: </th>
            <td>Marika Konings <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><marika.konings@icann.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a></td>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, 
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          I hope you've returned home happy and healthy after our time
          in LA.</div>
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        <div>We're behind in communicating our questions/topics to the
          Board for discussion in San Juan. As yet we've had no
          suggestions. Here are three possibilities to seed the
          discussion: </div>
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            <li>SSR2 - the Board has stated on various recent occasions
              that it has 'learned lessons' from its handling of the
              SSR2-RT pause. What specific lessons have been learned and
              how will these affect future Board action?</li>
            <li>Goals - The Board has asked the various community groups
              to identify their most relevant longer-term goals. What
              are the Board's longer-term goals, in view of budgetary
              and market trends?</li>
            <li>The GNSO Council devoted time in January to strategic
              planning for the year ahead. Taking into account a
              continuously high volume of work and the FY19 budgetary
              pressures, we see the need for and benefit of
              prioritisation. Considering the many activities currently
              underway in ICANN, which do the Board consider to be top
              priority? What milestones or achievements is the Board
              hoping to reach by the end of 2018?</li>
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          <div>Best wishes,</div>
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        <div>Heather</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Marika
          Konings <span dir="ltr"><<a
              href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" target="_blank"
              moz-do-not-send="true">marika.konings@icann.org</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder
                    – the GNSO Council leadership team is expected to
                    submit to the ICANN Board proposed topics for the
                    joint meeting at ICANN61. If you have any proposed
                    topics, please share these with the list as soon as
                    possible. Topics are expected to be submitted by 12
                    February at the latest. The Board has suggested the
                    following two topics for its meeting with the GNSO
                    Council:</span></p>
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                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
                    <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What are your key
                        goals in 2018? </span></b><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt"> The Board is interested
                      in this question to make sure that its own
                      priorities are aligned with the community’s
                      priorities.</span></li>
                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
                    <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What are your most
                        relevant longer-term goals?</span></b><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt">  The Board is interested
                      in this question because discussions about
                      longer-term goals and strategic planning will
                      commence soon between the community, the Board and
                      ICANN org.</span></li>
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                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best regards,</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Marika</span><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
                        style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika Konings</span></i></b></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vice
                      President, Policy Development Support – GNSO,
                      Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
                      Numbers (ICANN) </span></i></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email:
                      <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                        <span style="color:#0563c1">marika.konings@icann.org</span></a>  </span></i></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></i></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Follow
                      the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO</span></i></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Find
                      out more about the GNSO by taking our <a
                        href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                          style="color:#0563c1">interactive courses</span></a> and
                      visiting the <a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm#newcomers"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                          style="color:#0563c1">GNSO Newcomer pages</span></a>. </span></i></p>
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