Fully agree with Dotty.

Every time I find it refreshing to hear views of the individual Board Members and discuss the issues at stake.

I think they are also mutually beneficial: on more than one occasion I felt that the Board Members left the breakfast much more knowledgeable.

For Nairobi Peter DG asked to drop the chair/CEO sessions with the ccNSO, this time the breakfast … How is Rod going to interrogate us on contributions if we don’t meet? ;-)

Peter

From: owner-ccnso-council@icann.org [mailto:owner-ccnso-council@icann.org] On Behalf Of Dotty Sparks de Blanc
Sent: zaterdag 5 juni 2010 7:50
To: Chris Disspain
Cc: ccNSO Council
Subject: Re: [ccnso-council] FW: Meetings in Brussels

There is nothing that takes the place of one-to-one, face-to-face communication and discussion.

Large formal group presentation and discussion with Q&A becomes too stylized and "quotable" to hit at the heart of an issue.

If we are going to go this route, we don't need to go half way round the world to do it. We can just log on to some Internet meeting scene.

It's not the same.

Warm regards.

Dotty Sparks de Blanc

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Chris Disspain <ceo@auda.org.au> wrote:

All,

See below. For discussion under AOB on Tuesday's council call.

Cheers,

Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dengate Thrush [mailto:barrister@chambers.gen.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 12:21
> To: Chris Disspain
> Cc: Diane Schroeder; Rod Beckstrom
> Subject: Meetings in Brussels
>
> Dear Chris
> I have commenced a review of the elements at ICANN public meetings
involving the
> Board, many of which are regarded as traditional. I think its
appropriate to review
> whether they are now meeting current objectives, which include
> holding mutually beneficial meetings between the board and sections of
the community,
> and in ways which reflect the diversity of the community and the nature
and timing of
> critical issues. The board's goal is to be apprised of developments in
each area, meet
> the people responsible, and for both groups to get a shared sense of
priorities.
>
> The regularly scheduled breakfast between the Board and the ccNSO
council is such an
> event.
> My sense from the agendas and attendances at the past few meetings is
that this is no
> longer regarded as such a significant event as it once was, and we
should explore
> whether there might be a better way for the Board and the ccNSO
community to
> interact.
>
> I'd be grateful if you could raise this matter with the council and the
community and
> seek views on the best ways for the Board to interact with the ccNSO and
its leadership.
> If there is a sense that the breakfast has had its day, we can dispense
with it and move
> to a new arrangement.
>
> We are also looking at the ways the board interacts with the communities
on Tuesday,
> when traditionally, the Chair and the CEO have visited the ccNSO and
discussed issues
> of current concern. At the same time, other directors have been
scheduled to sit in and
> observe the ccNSO meetings that day.
>
> Your community's views on those mechanisms of exchange are also sought.
>
> I look forward to working with you on ways of improving communications
between the
> board and the ccNSO
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Peter
>
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