A dinner might be okay, but with so many people it would be hard to seat in such a way that everyone could participate in the same conversion. We might be able to arrange workable seating if we used one of our weekend rooms, but we are going to have a lot of buffets during the week, so it would be nice if we could make it a little different menu-wise. Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Kinderis Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:40 PM To: Avri Doria; Council GNSO Subject: RE: [council] GNSO Council meet and greet?
And dinner with informal conversation whilst glossing over and ignoring some major crevices that are appearing in relationships in the GNSO Council between Councillors seems pointless...
I don't think this is a matter for "tearing shreds of each other". I think it is a matter of communicating our concerns.
I believe, with the right governance of the Chair, and strict controls it can be a productive time.
I'd happily put my hand up to help run it.
Adrian Kinderis
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 7:34 AM To: Council GNSO Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council meet and greet?
On 16 Sep 2009, at 22:20, Anthony Harris wrote:
it was customary for the Council members to share a dinner and thus have an opportunity for informal conversation.
Ps. I am very much in support of a dinner with informal conversation. I think that is a wonderful idea. the council should do those regularly.
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