Re: [gnso-ppsc-pdp] Possible Face to Face Meeting

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would support such a meeting, presuming an 
agreeable time can be found and that ICANN is covering all costs.
Alan

At 14/10/2009 11:21 AM, Neuman, Jeff wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> As most of you are aware, the PDP-WT has made 
> slow progress on the new Policy Development 
> Process partly due to limited attendance and 
> participation over the last few months. With the 
> new Council taking its seat in Seoul, we have 
> been discussing ways to speed up the process and 
> come to a timely agreement on the new Policy 
> Development Process. As a result, we would like 
> to propose to organise a 1.5 ? 2 day face to 
> face meeting of the PDP-WT. The objective of 
> this meeting would be to wrap up the discussions 
> on the different stages and reach agreement on 
> the overall recommendations and proposed changes 
> to the ICANN by-laws in order to implement the new PDP.
> To facilitate such a meeting, ICANN has informed 
> me that it would take care of arranging the 
> logistics and provide funding to a limited 
> number of participants (e.g. 1 participant from 
> each constituency, Advisory Committee, etc.). 
> Taking into account the geographic spread of the 
> participants of the WT, the proposal would be to 
> organize the meeting on the US East Coast, e.g. 
> Washington DC. Of course, remote participation 
> facilities would be made available for those not 
> able to travel to the meeting. Ideally such a 
> meeting would be held before the end of the year 
> or in early January at the latest.
> The WT might want to discuss this proposal in 
> further detail at its meeting coming Thursday 
> and on the e-mail list prior to Seoul. If there 
> is support for the organisation of such a face 
> to face meeting, the next step would be to 
> confirm a date and location as soon as possible 
> so that the necessary arrangements can be made in a timely fashion.
> Please let me know your thoughts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeffrey J. Neuman
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