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

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

There is a council call scheduled to take place on Jan 29th as well. Not exactly sure why it is so necessary, but maybe just to make sure that councillors are up-to-speed on the the CWG and CCWG?s updates pre-Singapore.

So far there are no motions set to be voted on.

Thanks.

Amr

On Jan 22, 2015, at 11:35 PM, Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG> wrote:

> 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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