[NCSG-PC] GNSO Council strategic planning session - first draft agenda for your input

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi Ayden,

Thanks for giving the first shot of comments.
I think the schedule will be around 9 to 18:00 every day, with some event
or free evening. it looks like a usual ICANN meeting :)
my understanding of the first topic is that the council didn't really have
any chance before to discuss its role post-transition with GNSO being a
member of EC. for example, we have to participate on budget something
council didn't really follow that much. also, GNSO operating procedures are
going to be updated to reflect the changes. tbh I am not sure how many
councillors are familiar with GNSO OP and ICANN bylaws and having a clear
understanding of the council role and remit. if we can get that
understanding during the strategic meeting, it will help us for the year.

regarding liaison role, that includes liaison to GAC and it is quite
sensitive since we are still trying to get GAC involved and informed at an
early stage of PDPs. we also have less clarity about the role of current
liaisons to the different WGs and how they can do their job better
(liaisons are critical to keeping council informed about WGs status and
issues).

indeed, we need more planning of our activities and in particular policies
for the coming year and how to manage the workload. We are not doing enough
good job in term of program and project management. the preparation for the
meeting should start soon and not just wait for it to start discussion.
that should start prior to January meeting. I guess we can suggest some
reshuffling and change over time allocations to allow more time for
planning itself.

Best,

Rafik

2017-11-11 22:16 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:

> An 8am start, 10pm finish - we are certainly squeezing a lot into each
> day. And yet it doesn't feel all that strategic a strategic planning
> session to me. We are spending an entire day on what are the roles and
> responsibilities of Councillors and Council leadership, but only three
> hours, on the last day, on "Planning 2018 - Three f2f meetings, 16 days,
> what do we want to achieve in the next 12 months?" That to me sounds like
> the most critical thing that we could work on. I think we need to spend
> less time waxing lyrically about the great work that we, leadership, and
> the liaisons do, and far more time actually planning the year ahead. As it
> stands, there is nothing on the agenda for day 2 which I think we need to
> discuss (even the Council meeting we could have a week earlier or later via
> Adobe Connect). What do others think?
>
> Best wishes, Ayden
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NCSG-PC] GNSO Council strategic planning session - first draft
> agenda for your input
> Local Time: 10 November 2017 7:12 AM
> UTC Time: 10 November 2017 07:12
> From: rafik.dammak at gmail.com
> To: ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>
> hi,
>
> here the details about the strategic planning session for January.  Please
> review it.
> the agenda and topics are quite basic but definitely important.  I am
> working with Heather and Donna to prepare it (just joining it). I will
> share information and specifics when available.
> it will be a topic for discussion in our next council call, so we can
> start a discussion and prepare beforehand.  there is a lot of expectation
> within the council from this first strategic meeting.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com>
> Date: 2017-11-09 13:40 GMT+09:00
> Subject: [council] GNSO Council strategic planning session - first draft
> agenda for your input
> To: GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org>, gnso-secs at icann.org
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> In Part II of the Council meeting on 1 November (in Abu Dhabi), Donna and
> I provided a high-level introduction to the rough draft agenda for our
> January strategic planning session, as developed by me, Donna and James.
>
> We have received funding for 3 full days.
>
> Secretariat team, please could we add this to the November 30 Council
> agenda as a discussion item? Council colleagues, please consider the draft
> and seize the opportunity to make suggestions/ask questions at our next
> meeting.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Heather
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> council mailing list
> council at gnso.icann.org
> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-pc/attachments/20171111/62662a7a/attachment.htm>