Dear SG/C Chairs and fellow Council members, We wanted to follow up with you in preparation for the upcoming Council Strategic Planning Session. For those of you that attended the GNSO's session on priorities that took place on Monday 25 October (see https://72.schedule.icann.org/meetings/tqAirAXQttQ5iPFJg), you know that this was a an opportunity for the GNSO community to share its views and weigh in on some of the topics that are expected to be discussed during this year's SPS. Although we unfortunately ran out of time to explore some of the underlying thoughts and possible suggestions from the community, we wanted to share the responses we received to the poll questions that we asked session attendees. We hope this will provide food for thought for you and your respective groups to think about how we, as the GNSO community, should be addressing these concerns. * 86% of respondents do not think or are not sure that it is feasible for the Council and the GNSO community to work on all the projects identified in the coming year. * 95% of respondents agree that community fatigue is a major issue. * 67% of respondents are of the view that the Council should take a more active oversight role in relation to the implementation of adopted GNSO policy recommendations. Of course, the poll is just a snapshot of the views of those that were in attendance, but we do believe that based on comments that we have also heard elsewhere, they reflect the current sentiment of our community. Acknowledging the issues is an important step on the way to recovery, but now is the time to start focusing on how to get there. We have already heard a number of helpful suggestions, but we would like to encourage you to come prepared to the SPS with concrete ideas and proposals that will assist us in tackling another challenging year. We look forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions during the first session of the SPS, namely the Threats & Opportunities session on Tuesday 9 November. Best regards, Philippe Fouquart, GNSO Chair Sebastien Ducos, Vice-Chair, GNSO Council Tomslin Samme-Nlar, Vice-Chair, GNSO Council _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.