On Nov 23, 2016, at 3:57 AM, James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com> wrote:
Councilors –
As discussed in Hyderabad, the SO/ACs are pushing ICANN Staff to get an early start on planning for ICANN58, in an effort to avoid/mitigate some of the pain points experienced at ICANN57.
To this end, Staff has prepared the attached document (PDF), outlining the timeline for finalizing the ICANN58 schedule, along with two draft “Block Schedules”: one with a single Constituency Day, the other with a split Constituency Day(s). Finally, the PDF displays results and feedback gathered from the meeting survey.
SO/AC leaders (including Donna, Heather and myself) are planning to meet with ICANN Meeting Staff in early December to discuss the Block Schedule. Questions for the GNSO Council:
(1) Do we prefer a Single or Split Constituency Day?
Single Constituency Day.
(2) What is the right number of High Interest Topics (HIT)? The current Block Schedule drafts contain five HIT sessions.
1. If we can't pick just 1, 2 max... but I think it's easier to pick 1 than 2 to 5. Usually there is something that stands out. For all other HIT slots: PDP WGs and IRTs from the 3 SOs. (3) Any thoughts on the best way to solicit topics for HIT sessions, and how to choose the top 5? SO/AC Leadership.
(4) Similarly, any thoughts on how to address the inevitable conflicts between working sessions and HITs?
Having less so-called HITs. Avoid conflicts with PDP WGs and IRTs.
(5) Any other specific feedback you’d like us to bring to the SO/AC meeting
When in doubt, make meeting A more like meeting B than meeting C. Rubens