Hi Glen, Thanks for the email. Pls clarify what you mean 'Please let me know if you do not want to be part of the group'. Thanks Sophia "GNSO.SECRETARIAT@GNSO.ICANN.ORG" <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> wrote: [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, In preparation for the Wellington meetings, there is provisional agreement for two "Council drafting days" on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March 2006 in advance of the formal meetings, so please plan your travel to be ready to meet on Saturday morning. The ICANN meeting is due to finish on March 31, 2006. A piece of good news is that grouped accommodation for the Council will not be a challenge, and I will be able to fill you in on this later. Please let me know if you do not want to be part of the group. Let me know if you have any questions. Please contact me this week at: glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr

Allow me to add my thoughts to the agenda planning issue for our physical meetings. Assumptions and constraints I start upon the premise that the Vancouver planning was NOT optimal. Council members were required to be there for an extended period yet there were days in between with less important meetings. An extended ICANN meeting causes resource problems for Council members - in time and cost. If there is to be an extension beyond the historic 3-4 days, Council members need to justify that to themselves and to their organisations. An ideal programme {DAY 0 - optional} AM Council pre-meeting PM Council pre-meeting with Board DAY 1 GNSO Constituency Day DAY 2 GNSO Council public forum + GNSO Council DAY 3 Board Public Forum DAY 4 Board This is the core. All other meetings such as Council task forces, informational workshops, liaison meetings should take secondary importance and most should be in parallel sessions within these 5 days. Next steps 1. Can we as a Council agree (or otherwise) to this (or an amended) ideal so that we can communicate clear guidelines to planning organisers? 2. We also need to agree on the Council representation for meeting planning for Wellington. Philip