[PC-NCSG] Idea for scheduling NCSG Calls in 2015

[Robin Gross]

All,

Looking at the GNSO's Master Calender:
    http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar
We know the GNSO Council will be meeting on the following dates in 2015:
 Feb 11 (ICANN #52 in Singapore)
 March 19  18:00 UTC
 April 16  11:00 UTC
 May 21  15:00 UTC
 June 24 (ICANN #53 in BA)
 July 23  11:00 UTC
 September 3  15:00 UTC
 September 24  18:00 UTC
 October 21  (ICANN #54 in Dublin)

So why don't we calendar our prep calls accordingly now?  The NCSG monthly call intended to focus on GNSO Council Matters can remain on the Tuesday before the Thursday GNSO Council Mtg and would be chaired by the NCSG PC Chair.  And the 2nd NCSG monthly call can dive more deeply into substantive matters depending on the key issues of the moment and NCSG priorities (much broader than council mtg preparation) and it would be chaired by the NCSG Chair.

So we could have a calendar of meetings along the following lines:

1.  The NCSG monthly meeting that is more focused on the GNSO Council Prep could be calendared for the following dates, which correspond to the Tuesday preceding the GNSO Council Thursday calls and the Sunday preceding the GNSO Council Public Meetings.  The timezone of the meeting could be one that is most convenient for members of the NCSG PC.

February 8
March 17
April 14
May 19
June 21(ICANN #53 in BA)
July 21
Sept 1
Sept 22
October 18 (ICANN #54 in Dublin)

2.  The broader or issue specific NCSG monthly call could be calendared approximately 2 weeks later (on a Thursday) and with an opposite time zone as follows:
January 29 
February 26 
April 2 
May 7 
June 11 
July 2 
August 13
September 10
October 8

Of course we can stay flexible and reschedule any of the meetings as needed, but having a general framework and regularity and advance planning will help us to be more effective on these issues, I am sure.  And sharing more of the workload of chairing meetings and rotating time zones will also make it more accessible and less burdensome for participants.

Thoughts?  

Best,
Robin


 



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