Hi Heather,

It's great to see everyone working together so closely in a collaborative manner. This bodes well for the coming year.

I'll defer to those more versed in the PPSAI as to whether our consideration thereof can be postponed. I strongly support the proposal to postpone consideration of the substance of the CCWG, in particular, to a later extraordinary meeting. We in the NCSG, as I'm sure is true in the CSG, are working hard to develop a response to the third draft CCWG report. This rushed timetable, expecting a substantive response from our SG's and Constituencies at our regularly scheduled Council meeting just 17 days from release of the draft report, and only 5 days from planned release of the translations, is not conducive to the production of a quality response. As a chartering organisation of the CCWG we have a special responsibility to get this done right. I'm gratified that our leadership team is working to develop a plan and a timeframe, recognising the obstacles mentioned, that will allow us to do so.

Thanks, Heather, for your great work here. I should also note that it's great to see the NCPH list in use. I think it can be a valuable tool when used, as here, to coordinate, where possible, our work on Council.

Best,

Ed Morris

From: "Heather Forrest" <Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:28 AM
To: "gnso-ncph-leadership@icann.org" <gnso-ncph-leadership@icann.org>
Subject: [Gnso-ncph-leadership] GNSO Leadership meeting yesterday - some comments

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