Dear Katim,
thank you for your
kind email and your suggestion which was received very positively by members
of the JAS working group when the discussion came up.
Both the GNSO
and the ALAC charters for this working group include the following
sentence:
"4. All communication to the ICANN Board regarding the work
of this Working Group shall be through the respective SO/AC unless expressly
approved by the respective SO/AC."
However, a direct interaction
between the various ICANN communities and the JAS working group participants
has always been very welcome by the ALAC. After all, the JAS working group
is open to all participants, GAC and Board members included.
Your
suggestion was therefore discussed during the ALAC monthly call on 24 May
2011.
A motion for an invitation of interested parties was presented and
voted on by the committee, as follows:
--- cut here ---
The ALAC is pleased to note interest from the Board and
other stakeholders towards the second Milestone Report of the
Cross-community Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG). To this
extent, the ALAC therefore welcomes the organisation of a conference call --
for interested members of the JAS WG, ICANN Board, GNSO, GAC, At-Large and
other interested community members -- to discuss the status and way forward
for the JAS WG. We also request the creation of a multi-stakeholder meeting
on this issue to be held at the ICANN meeting in Singapore.---
cut here ---
A vote was performed with 13 out of 15 ALAC members
being present on the call.
It resulted in a unanimous 13 yes, 0
objections and 0 abstentions.
I therefore can give you the green
light from the ALAC to proceed forward with setting up such a call, and to
consider the request for the creation of a multi-stakeholder meeting on the
JAS issue to be held at the ICANN meeting in Singapore.
I understand that
the current standard call times for the JAS working group are Tuesday 13:00
UTC and Friday 13:00 UTC. May I therefore suggest the consideration of any
of those future times:
- Tuesday 31 May 2011 - 13:00 UTC
- Friday
3 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
- Tuesday 7 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
- Friday 10
June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
In the interest of swift synchronization, I am
CC'ing this message to Gisella and Karla who will be able to coordinate call
participants, but I would kindly ask you that you coordinate the Board's
participant list as well as the GAC's participant list.
While
thanking you again for your suggestion, I look forward to hearing from you
soon.
Kindest regards,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond
ALAC
Chair
On 23/05/2011 09:50, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :
Dear
Katim,
thank you very much for your kind message. From discussions
that have taken place in the JAS working group, I am aware that the group
would be very interested indeed in such an interaction. As far as the ALAC
is concerned, I will ask for this question to be added to the agenda of
our forthcoming monthly call, tomorrow Tuesday. I'll get back to you in
due course.
Warmest regards,
Olivier
On 23/05/2011
03:13, Katim S. Touray wrote :
Dear Olivier and Stéphane,
First, let me congratulate you and your teams, as well as the JAS
WG on their second report. I've had the opportunity to go through
it, and it's quality work.
To
follow on the second JAS WG report, I would like to ask if you'd be
interested in organizing a conference call for interested board members
and the GNSO, GAC, and At-Large reps to discuss the status and way
forward for the recently released JAS WG report. The idea was presented
at the recently concluded board retreat in Istanbul that a public
meeting on the JAS WG report (with the participation of the board and
GAC) will be helpful, and toward this end, it would be useful to have a
conference call. Please let me know if this makes sense to you and
let me know when you want to have the call, if indeed you want to have
it.
Again, thanks
to all of you and your teams for the great work you're doing on the
issue! I hope we'll all be able to come together to have a useful
program we all can be proud of. Have a great week, and best
wishes!
Sincerely,
Katim
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html