Quoting Sophia:
which ever document is considered from RN (yes 128 pages) or IDN WG, it does not make sense to forge ahead without everyone that provided input.
My primary concern is that Council be given adequate time to consider the documents submitted by the working groups. However much utility might derive from a direct dialog between Council and the participants in the working groups, at some point Council will need to thank the w.g.members for their efforts, and then get to its own work of assessing the w.g. recommendations in preparation for providing its advice to the Board. Any curtailment of the attention Council can focus on this devalues the input of the w.g.s, and is thus not an appropriate way to acknowledge the time and energy they have contributed.
I highly recommend that we either reschedule or allot additional day, as Cary suggested
I certainly have no objection to rescheduling but am hard put to see any realistic opportunities for doing so. A number of Councilors participated in the w.g.s and can comment on details that may not be apparent in the reports. All of the w.g. members and observers will be able to participate in the GNSO Public Forum, during which the substantive issues addressed by the w.g.s. will be open for full plenary consideration. /Cary