I am concerned the
Council meeting - a decision making meeting of ICANN's policy development body -
is being marginalised in the planning process.
The second full day
of an ICANN meeting should give top priority to the SO
councils.
All other meetings
on that second day - informationals, workshops, public fora, advisory committee
reports, second days for constituencies etc , should fit around the optimal
times for those SO Council meetings.
Some practical
suggestions:
- GNSO council in the
morning?
- GNSO council meets at 14.00 ?
- GNSO public forum is
shortened to one hour.
- GNSO council and
public forum switch.
- GNSO public forum
held in the main auditorium but Council meets in a smaller room (if this helps
scheduling based on the availability of the main
auditorium).
Philip