Wondering if that can also be the case for every Board meeting, working group and drafting team? Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 www.jamilandjamil.com *** This Message Has Been Sent Using BlackBerry Internet Service from Mobilink *** -----Original Message----- From: William Drake <william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch> Sender: owner-council@gnso.icann.org Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:02:47 To: GNSO Council List<council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Motion on Transparency of Council Meetings Hello, In light of the bit of conversation over the past couple days concerning the relationship between Council members and their SGs, the ATRT process and our pending meeting with them, and internal discussions in NCSG, I hear by make the following motion. MOTION ON ENHANCING THE TRANSPARENCY OF GNSO COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS the Affirmation of Commitments mandates that ICANN processes be made as transparent as possible; WHEREAS the GNSO Council seeks to promote broad community awareness of and engagement in GNSO activities; WHEREAS the GNSO Council is a management team whose elected members represent their respective Stakeholder Groups in a manner determined by those Stakeholder Groups; WHEREAS this representation function would be enhanced if Stakeholder Group members were able to listen in real time to Council meetings; and WHEREAS it would be impractical to open the GNSO Council meeting teleconference facility to Stakeholder Group members; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED that beginning in July 2010, all GNSO Council teleconference meetings will be audiocast (in addition to being recorded) so that members of the community can listen in real time. *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html www.linkedin.com/in/williamjdrake ***********************************************************