[gnso-vi-feb10] call for agenda items -- note, the calls next week are 30 minutes LONGER -- and suggestions for drafting teams

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

hi all,

well, we're really getting down to the end of the marathon.  we have to throw 
the Initial Report over the transom at the end of the week in order to hit all 
the lead-time deadlines that lead up to the Board retreat at the end of 
September.

so this is the time to find those points of agreement and write them down.  
we'll review the results of the drafting-group efforts on Monday and figure out 
our way forward from there.  so the calls next week will be 2 hours long rather 
than the normal 90 minutes.

here's a thought or two for the drafting teams 

-- if i were in your shoes, i would try to find points of agreement by 
narrowing the scope of what we agree about.  then, i would follow those points 
with a broader list of issues that remain unresolved, but that we will be 
continuing to work on during the public comment period.  the goal here is to 
find *something* (no matter how narrow) around which there is broad agreement.

-- consider describing a series of conditions that may need to be met, after 
which other things could happen.  one example that comes to mind is in the 
Compliance area.  maybe we can say that certain things need to happen with 
regard to compliance, after which we would be more comfortable agreeing to 
other things -- but also describing why we are unable to come to consensus in 
advance.  i remain convinced that much of the trouble we've had revolves around 
issues of trust, timing and knowledge

one last reminder.  Keith submitted a summary of one of the two "Brussels 
molecules"...  we need a summary from the RACK+ contingent at a minimum, and 
preferably similar summaries from the other "Brussels molecule" plus any other 
groups that would like to have their molecule included in the final 
matrix/molecule-polling.

thanks,

mikey

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