Stephane. I am not aware of such a request and will check in it. Regards. David Sent from my iPhone David A. Olive On Feb 7, 2011, at 1:46 AM, "Stéphane Van Gelder" <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> wrote:
Thanks David for that update.
Are there any plans to request a formal statement from the SOs and ACs (apart from GAC obviously) to be presented at the meeting?
Stéphane
Le 5 févr. 2011 à 16:58, David Olive a écrit :
Dear Stephane and Council Members:
I consulted with Kurt Pritz on the questions raised by some Council members on the GAC/Board meeting in Brussels.
Here are answers to those questions.
An update on the GAC/Board meeting
Kurt: The Brussels session is a Board/GAC discussion, where Board and GAC members will discuss differences, not a public consultation. The goal of the Brussels meeting is to define clearly where the GAC and Board differ, and not to change guidelines or procedures. The GAC identified certain areas of differences, but without concrete or specific details. The consultations are to explore further these topics, understand more of the details from the GAC, and try to seek ways to narrow the differences.
Output:
A report about the discussions will be issued. If there are any changes recommended that would differ from the GNSO decisions, they would be noted in this report.
Public Participation:
Like at any Board/GAC sessions at ICANN public meetings, observers are welcome to listen to the discussion. Following GAC procedures, the session will have streaming audio and transcription services (no translations.) There is a February 2 update on the ICANN website with additional information, for those wishing to participate in person. Please refer to: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm
On others questions on how does the Board intend to draw the line between re-opening the issues and closing remaining specific concerns and subject matter experts.
Kurt: That is a hard question, when to close debate on the new gTLD program. The Board said there will be a public comment period. We will listen to those comments and if there is something novel or a new approach suggested, we would propose an amendment to the Guidebook. We will take public comments up to the point when there is a Board decision on new gTLDS. Do you have any ideas on how to end the discussion?
Kurt: The subject matters experts are the ICANN staff members who have been handling these topics/issues. (The ICANN staff will present an introduction to the topics and the Board and GAC members will discuss them.)
Regards, David
David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 - Washington, D.C. 20005 Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611
On 2/5/11 3:23 AM, "Stéphane Van Gelder" <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> wrote:
David,
Could you provide the Council with an update on this meeting and in particular, if the meeting is open to observers and what the meeting agenda is.
Many of us have heard various things about the meeting and I think it would be good for the Council to have an "official version". It will help anyone wishing to attend this meeting to plan for that.
Thanks.
Stéphane