Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Face to face meeting

[Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe@xxxxxxxxx>]

this suggestion is correct but it will better to make arrangement to be in
Brussels before saturday.


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2010/4/30 Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> hi all,
>
> here's an update on where things are at with assembling face to face.  the
> topic has been on our (Roberto's and my) radar for several weeks and here's
> a snapshot of where we're at.
>
> we think the best opportunity for a face to face gathering is the Saturday
> morning at the start of the Brussels meeting.  this isn't what we would go
> for in a perfect world where we had unlimited time, lots of budget and
> people could get away from their regular jobs.  but it'll have to do.  kinda
> like consensus decisions -- it's not our favorite solution, but it's the
> best we can see.
>
> so we've asked Glen to schedule us a 9-12 slot on Saturday morning.  are
> some thoughts;
>
> -- the WG needs to meet as a group before we present our work to the GNSO
> Council on Sunday (and before we have our workshop with the broader
> community on Wednesday)
>
> -- Saturday afternoon is scheduled to be a conversation between Kurt and
> the GNSO about the DAG and we figure there's no way we can compete with that
>
> -- the GNSO topics scheduled for Saturday morning aren't quite so crucial,
> so some Councilors might be able to break way to join us, at least for a
> while
>
> -- we asked for a longer slot because while the WG may not need the whole 3
> hours, we think it's easier to shorten the meeting at the last minute than
> lengthen it
>
> -- it's pretty hard to get people to Brussels before Saturday, and also
> really hard on the conference-scheduling people to support us, so we
> considered and dropped the idea of meeting on Friday
>
> -- we'll provide remote participation for the meeting and will actively use
> Adobe to run the meeting so that remote participants won't be disadvantaged
> too much (except with regard to sleep)
>
> -- the Sunday GNSO-Council slot will stay the same -- 30-45 minutes -- and
> will be focused on presenting where we are so far and getting Council
> feedback
>
> that concludes my report.  :-)
>
> mikey
>
>
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