May 10, 2018
7:07 p.m.
You have my support ... even without a vote! Thanks for all the work! Erika On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com> wrote: > Adding my vote of support for this change. > > 2018-05-10 19:29 UTC+02:00, Anthony Harris <anthonyrharris@gmail.com>: > > I also support > > > > Tony Harris > > > > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> *Dear Council colleagues,As we work towards finalising the ICANN62 GNSO > >> schedule, Council leadership has been thinking creatively with ICANN > >> staff > >> to find an opportunity for the GNSO Council to undertake the “trends > >> exercise” conducted by Theresa Swinehart’s team (MSSI). This exercise is > >> intended to be an input to ICANN’s next strategic plan. Donna and I had > >> an > >> opportunity to participate in a similar exercise during the SO/AC > Chairs’ > >> workshop held prior to the start of ICANN61 and found it to be an > >> interesting exercise. We think it is useful to capture the particular > >> perspective of the GNSO Council as manager of the GNSO PDP in this > trends > >> exercise as a complement to the inputs of the various SGs and Cs and > >> consistent with our discussions at the Strategic Planning Session back > in > >> January. ICANN62 offers the best timing for us to do this before > >> Theresa’s > >> team finalises its data gathering and contributes this to ICANN Org for > >> strategic plan development.At the same time, we are mindful of the > >> limited > >> time available to us during a policy forum meeting and we have taken the > >> general approach so far in drafting the ICANN62 schedule of prioritising > >> PDP time over Council meetings. We therefore seek your input on the idea > >> of > >> conducting the “trends exercise” as the Council over cocktails on the > >> Wednesday evening from 18:30-19:30. This would replace the traditional > >> Council dinner, free up the remainder of an evening for any other plans > >> and > >> experiment a new format, but would still offer us an opportunity to get > >> together informally over drinks and canapes, enjoy each other’s company, > >> while contributing our unique perspective to the “trends” that have been > >> identified by other parts of the community to date. Please contribute > >> your > >> thoughts on this idea of getting together on Wednesday evening (ie, the > >> evening after the GNSO Council meeting) over cocktails, in lieu of the > >> traditional Council dinner.Best wishes,Heather ForrestDonna AustinRafik > >> Dammak* > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> council mailing list > >> council@gnso.icann.org > >> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council > >> > >> > > > > > -- > ------------------------ > **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>* > Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international > <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*, > CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*, *Mabingwa > Forum > <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>* > Tel: +243 993810967 > GPG: 523644A0 > *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* > > 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow > <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015- > mandela-washington.html> > (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil > <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and- > leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf- > ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors> > & Mexico > <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and- > leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>) > - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger > <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council > <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC Fellow > ( > Mauritius > <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners > >)* > - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance - Internet > Freedom. > > Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English > <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French > <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>) > _______________________________________________ > council mailing list > council@gnso.icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council >