Dear Ayden, all,

We've spoken to Comms and they are exploring all the options for an effective push of the message to the wider community. All options are on the table at this point, and they'll follow up. The general message in the video is: we know the community hoped we'd be able to vote today, we weren't able to vote today, but we have made significant progress, and have an ambitious but achievable timeline that sees the DT meeting next week, with a view to an email vote the week after. Further, the Bylaws say that we the GNSO Council are the responsible body, and we're taking our responsibilities seriously in progressing this important matter.  I can promise you that we did our best as a team to communicate this message on camera, and I'm confident the end result will be consistent with our discussions today.

Best,

H

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann@ferdeline.com> wrote:
Thanks for actioning this so quickly, Heather. In our meeting today Stephanie spoke about the need to send a strong message that it is the GNSO that owns this process, and that subsequent activities will be subject to further GNSO Policy Development Processes. I think you may have mentioned it might be possible to issue a press release to reinforce this message, but I might be misremembering. If I am not, I hope this will happen soon -- or if this commitment was never made, maybe it's worth considering! :-)

Best wishes, Ayden 


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On 27 June 2018 11:14 PM, Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Council colleagues,

An immediate follow up on communication of EPDP progress to the wider community. Donna, Rafik and I have completed a brief video interview (4-5 minutes total, they tell us) highlighting the significant progress made on the EPDP charter this week. We will continue to work with the comms team to get the message out to the broader community - at this stage a social media campaign, policy newsletter coverage, and other ideas are being explored.

To be continued - 

Best wishes,

Heather