[gnso-vi-feb10] Call for agenda items

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

Roberto and i were commenting on how quiet this list became this week, and 
noting that we seem to be entering the negotiating phase of this frenzied 
effort.  these are Good Things.

we were wondering what would be the most helpful use of our call next Monday 
and i volunteered to call a few of you and ask (i know, what a concept...).

here's what i've heard.

-- yes indeed, there are conversations going on.

-- it *would* be useful to have topics on the call that would help move those 
negotiations forward.

i've gotten a bunch of ideas for topics, but i'm still interested in more 
suggestions.  

-- my favorite idea so far is to devote some time to a listening session where 
people describe their concerns about the proposals (and suggesting ideas that 
might mitigate the concern) and proposal-advocates just listen and take note.  
so no debate, just listening.   i think that this might inject some really 
useful information into the negotiations.

-- people also suggested specific discussion-topics that might be useful.  
here's the list so far

-- do the restrictions apply only within a single TLD or across all TLDs?

-- equal-access rules

-- "edge cases"  of the percent-ownership -- zero percent and 100 percent

-- exceptions

so that's the initial plan.  about half the call devoted to a listening 
session, and about half to topics.

how does that sound?  i'm still listening to ideas...

thanks,

mikey

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