Re: [bc-gnso] Transition

[Liz Williams <lizawilliams@xxxxxxx>]

Duh Marilyn

I am sorry.  I will re-read and come back with some better ideas.

Liz
On 24/06/2009, at 8:08 AM, Marilyn Cade wrote:

> Liz, I am proposing NOT to use those dates. I am not at all sure  
> that was clear after reading your email.
> I think it may be very unfair to try to have a face to face meeting  
> unless lots of time is allowed for people to plan. for instance, I  
> can't be in NYC, travel to London for 15th, and then travel back on  
> the 16th.
> It is a burden for me to fund the travel in any case, and I can't  
> really envision paying for an extra night's hotel for a face to face  
> meeting.  And, also, frankly, I can't really afford to donate a full  
> week to just ICANN. I'd suspect I am not alone in that last issue.
> So, to be clearer -- I don't believe that using a date within the  
> same time frame is really feasible for someone like me, who will  
> most likely have to be at both meetings, and has to travel back and  
> forth very quickly.
>
>
> CC: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
> From: lizawilliams@xxxxxxx
> To: marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Transition
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:47:05 +0100
>
> Marilyn
>
> Thanks for this -- very helpful.
>
> I will set up a Doodle poll and we can then save on trading emails  
> back and forward around the two dates you've suggested in the London  
> and NYC new TLDs events.  That seems to be when people will cluster.
> Best wishes.
>
> Liz
> On 24/06/2009, at 7:42 AM, Marilyn Cade wrote:
>
>
> Perhaps we can have a quick 'Poll' from the list about members who  
> are planning to attend one or both outreach sessions. [I've given up  
> on attending HK and Abu Dabai, however].
> I would then propose to eliminate the following dates as possible  
> meeting dates:
> Due to the high percentage of US members [from my review of the list  
> of members on the website], we need to avoid 7/3, which will be a  
> holiday for many in the US.
> I would propose to put the entire week of 7/10-7/16 OFF LIMITS, due  
> to the two outreach meetings on the four overarching issues.
> For myself, I am not available 7/24, nor 7/29.
>
> August is a much better time to try to get a several hour meeting,  
> if we schedule now, and while I know that many take holiday much of  
> that month, I wonder if I can propose that we try to identify a date  
> early in August as one of the options, at least for the second  
> interaction with the full membership.
>
>
>
> Liz Williams
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> +44 7824 877757
Liz Williams
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+44 7824 877757