Dear colleagues,

Last night James, Donna and I, as new GNSO Council leadership, had a meeting with ICANN staff to discuss both general matters (working methods, timelines, etc) and specific matters (upcoming Council meeting agenda, incl CCT and CCWG-A).

The upcoming meeting agenda dominated the discussion. There is general consensus that our usual 2-hour meeting is not sufficient to cover CCT nominations, discuss CCWG-A, and work through several motions, including PPSAI Final Report. There were several suggestions:

• Defer anything not strictly time sensitive to January (PPSAI was suggested here)
  
• Introduce CCT and CCWG-A next Thursday and then convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss substance, bearing in mind the 7-day notice rule and proximity of Christmas holidays
  

Your input on these are very gratefully received.

More generally, James proposed that we 3 work as a team and that all invitations extended to the Chair, where possible, go out to the 2 Vice Chairs as well. This seems like a positive development but we'll see how it works in practice.

I hope that you find this brief report helpful and look forward to receiving your thoughts.

Best wishes,

Heather