I am not very comfortable with this sort of thing, as I see a slippery slope into chaos (along with cries of favoritism) if it is routinely allowed. While the GAC/GNSO Nairobi agenda is certainly not a high priority nor particularly deserving of expedited Council attention, I will not object to this AOB agenda item if we have time to get to it. Thanks, Mike From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:28 AM To: GNSO Council Subject: Fwd: [council] New AOB agenda item for 7 Jan Just a thought, not on the topic itself but on the issue of adding agenda items after the cut-off date. I've discussed this privately with Olga and Chuck and we all wonder if there is anyone on the Council that is uncomfortable with including late agenda items such as this one? Although everytime we've done this I've personally felt it was fully justified, I wonder if everyone is OK with this? Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : De : "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> Date : 3 janvier 2010 18:43:05 HNEC À : "GNSO Council" <council@gnso.icann.org> Objet : [council] New AOB agenda item for 7 Jan I just received a message from Janis Karklins regarding the joint GAC/GNSO meeting in Nairobi confirming the 5-6 pm slot on Sunday. He also proposed the following two topics for discussion: 1. New gTLD policy implementation, including EoI 2. AoC I know that we are already past our deadline for agenda finalization, but I believe that would should initiate discussion on this on 7 Jan. There will be no action other than discussion regarding the following: 1) how we feel about the two proposed topics; 2) whether we have any other topics we want to suggest; 3) how should we proceed in preparing for the session with the GAC. Glen - Please add the following to the 7 Jan agenda under AOB: 7.3 Joint Meeting with the GAC in Nairobi 7.3.1 Discussion re. GAC proposed topics: 1) New gTLD policy implementation, including EoI; 2) AoC. 7.3.2 Other possible topics to propose to the GAC? 7.3.3 Discussion re. how we should prepare for the joint GAC/GNSO session. Thanks, Chuck