Jeff, I am on board with this. Berard -----Original Message----- From: Neuman, Jeff <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us> To: council <council@gnso.icann.org> Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 12:02 pm Subject: [council] Proposed Agenda Item - Elimination of Friday Public Board Meetings All, Given the announcement yesterday of the elimination of the public Board meetings at ICANN, I would like to put this on the Council agenda as a discussion item. I would like it if someone from ICANN that is familiar with the rationale behind this decision could give us an explanation of how and why that decision was made. Also, if the ICANN Board can unilaterally declare that all of its meetings will be private, does this set a precedent for its Supporting Organizations to do the same thing? I have not reviewed the bylaws with respect to the Council in a little bit, but does the Council have the discretion to declare that it will no longer hold a public GNSO Council meeting at ICANN? I think there has been enough disapproval expressed within the community in the last day or so that at least merits a discussion of this decision at the Council level. Thanks. Jeffrey J. Neuman Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs 21575 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166 Office: +1.571.434.5772 Mobile: +1.202.549.5079 Fax: +1.703.738.7965 / jeff.neuman@neustar.biz / www.neustar.biz