[NCSG-PC] Fwd: YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Planning for 2018 NCPH Intersessional & GNSO Council strategic planning sessions

Fri Jul 28 14:22:40 EEST 2017

Thanks Ayden,

Much appreciated in response to Stephanie email, I totally concur with
majority of your comments. However  for the intersessional, Cost in terms
of  travel and easier access I suggest we stick to Iceland as the last one
showed, it ticked all the boxes.  So for me the way Iceland has made their
destination very flexible and appealing as a transit hub to Europe, North
America and others, makes it a good choice.  Flight cost and easy transit
from Europe makes it a perfect fit to me.  My 0.000001% addition.

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On 28 July 2017 at 11:57, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this, Stephanie, and for inviting our feedback.
>
> I think the two meetings should be held separately at different times of
> the year, as they serve different purposes and cater to different audiences
> [with some overlap].
>
> I understand that ICANN staff try only to travel during business hours,
> but some of our participants might find it easier to be able to travel to a
> meeting over a weekend and to have the meeting commence on a Sunday. I am
> not sure what others think about this suggestion, particularly those on the
> GNSO Council who would be impacted here, but just putting that idea out
> there...
>
> For the GNSO Council Strategic Planning Meeting, it makes sense to me to
> have this in Los Angeles given it is the closest ICANN office for the
> majority of the likely participants.
>
> For the Intersessional (which I think should continue, though I understand
> that is not a view held by all) I also think Los Angeles makes a lot of
> sense, though I understand the participant profiles vary, and it may be
> very difficult for many of the Intersessional participants to travel to the
> United States. Based on the participant profiles of everyone who attended
> the Intersessional this year, I believe Mexico City would be much easier
> for everyone to travel to [anyone with an existing US or Canadian visa does
> not need a visa to enter Mexico, and for many in Latin America, Mexico’s
> immigration policies are very fair]. It would also be a rather economical
> choice.
>
> Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NCSG-PC] Fwd: YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Planning for 2018 NCPH
> Intersessional & GNSO Council strategic planning sessions
> Local Time: July 27, 2017 9:37 PM
> UTC Time: July 27, 2017 8:37 PM
> From: stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
> To: ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>
>
> Perhaps we ought to discuss this on the broader list as well, just
> forwarding....
>
> Stephanie
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:
> YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Planning for 2018 NCPH Intersessional & GNSO
> Council strategic planning sessions
> Date:
> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:22:29 +0000
> From:
> Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org> <mary.wong at icann.org>
> To:
> Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com> <psc at vlaw-dc.com>, Susan Kawaguchi
> <susankpolicy at gmail.com> <susankpolicy at gmail.com>, Heather Forrest
> <haforrestesq at gmail.com> <haforrestesq at gmail.com>, icannlists
> <icannlists at winston.com> <icannlists at winston.com>, Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben
> <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de> <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de>,
> Anthony Harris <anthonyrharris at gmail.com> <anthonyrharris at gmail.com>,
> Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>, Milan,
> Stefania <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu> <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu>, Marilia Maciel
> <mariliamaciel at gmail.com> <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>, Stephanie Perrin
> <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>,
> Martin Pablo Silva Valent <mpsilvavalent at gmail.com>
> <mpsilvavalent at gmail.com>, Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com>
> <julf at julf.com>
> CC:
> Benedetta Rossi <benedetta.rossi at icann.org> <benedetta.rossi at icann.org>
>
>
> Dear Heather, Susan, Marilia, Stefania, Stephanie, Phil, Rafik, Tony,
> Julf, Wolf-Ulrich, Paul and Martin,
>
>
>
> I am writing to seek your input as we (ICANN staff) begin working with the
> GNSO Council leadership and the NCPH leadership to plan two face-to-face
> meetings that have been approved for FY 2018. One is a 2-3 day strategic
> planning session for the GNSO Council (approved as a pilot project for
> FY2018), and the other is the periodic NCPH Intersessional meeting.
>
>
>
> As the application for the GNSO Council’s strategic planning meeting had
> indicated that this might take place in January 2018, and as the NCPH
> Intersessional has traditionally taken place in January or February, staff
> would like to know if you believe it will be *preferable for these two
> meetings to take place concurrently, such that both meetings can occur
> within the space of a single week in the same location, or if you think it
> will be better to plan them as two separate meetings taking place at
> different times in the year*.
>
>
>
> You may be interested to know that the ICANN process for face-to-face
> meeting planning has been updated (as of June 2017), such that meeting
> requests for location, dates and travel now have to be sent in several
> months ahead of time. For the GNSO Council strategic planning meeting, the
> budget approval requires an ICANN office location, with preference for Los
> Angeles – hence, if you think running both meetings concurrently in the
> same week is better, this will most probably mean that the NCPH
> Intersessional will take place in Los Angeles as well.
>
>
>
> We understand that, as these events are going to take place in calendar
> year 2018, several of you may no longer be on the Council by that time. In
> addition, decisions and programming concerning the NCPH Intersessional is
> the responsibility of the NCPH leadership and not the GNSO Council.
> However, for planning purposes we thought it appropriate to seek as much
> input as possible from those community members who may be most affected by
> the dates and timing, and so we hope you are able to provide us with your
> opinion as to which option is preferred.
>
>
>
> Thanks and cheers
>
> Mary
>
>
>
>
>
>
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