<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We had a discussion the other day about how fruitless discussions of "big picture" geopolitical items have been in the Board-NCSG meetings. Accordingly, my suggestion would be to try posing those questions in the public forum instead. It might be that in front of a full room from diverse SO/ACs they will find it less easy to wave such matters away, and it may also be that some such questions would resonate with others in the community who'd pick up the points and make not a "only NCSG wants to know" thing. We could then concentrate questions for the Board-NCSG on the purely internal issues they'll tell us are being dealt with elsewhere and they're just there to listen to our views—reserved names, management of the applicant support process, LEA, etc…<div><br></div><div>Might this division of labor make sense?</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 28, 2012, at 2:36 AM, Robin Gross wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">What are the topics that the community would like to address during the Board's Public Forum in Costa Rica?<div><br></div><div>We need to submit our suggested topics by 2 March.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Marilyn Vernon <<a href="mailto:marilyn.vernon@icann.org">marilyn.vernon@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 27, 2012 1:11:09 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Filiz Yilmaz <<a href="mailto:filiz.yilmaz@icann.org">filiz.yilmaz@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[soac-discussion] FW: ICANN 43 Public Forum Agenda Building</b><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Consolas; ">[Sent on behalf of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Consolas; "> Filiz Yilmaz]</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">======</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div>Dear ICANN Community Leaders,</div><div><br></div><div>This is a friendly reminder to submit your suggested topics for the Public Forum agenda. If you have already done so you may disregard this message, for those who have not please be advised of the approaching deadline, </div><div><b>Friday, 02 March 2012.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Filiz Yilmaz </div><div>Sr. Dir Participation and Engagement</div><div>ICANN</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; color: black; border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; padding-top: 3pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From: </span>Filiz Yilmaz <<a href="mailto:filiz.yilmaz@icann.org">filiz.yilmaz@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Date: </span>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:40:53 -0800<br><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org">steve.crocker@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org">steve.crocker@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject: </span>ICANN 43 Public Forum Agenda Building<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 5px; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; " type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Consolas; ">[Sent on behalf of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Consolas; "> Steve Crocker]</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Dear ICANN Community Leaders,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We are approaching ICANN 43 in Costa Rica, San José. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">As usual, we will have a Public Forum that will take place on Thursday, 15 March 2012, where Community members can make comments and ask questions to the Board and in front of the rest of the community.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We believe building the agenda with your input facilitates this forum process and results in a productive session with the subjects that the Community thinks are important to talk about.This has been the practice in the recent meetings and we would like to repeat it again for Costa Rica. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We believe publishing the agenda as early as possible facilitates more informed discussions during the Public Forum as we have experienced in Dakar, allowing the Community ample time to be aware of the agenda topics before the meeting actually starts. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Please let Filiz Yilmaz (<a href="mailto:filiz.yilmaz@icann.org">filiz.yilmaz@icann.org</a>) know of one or two suggested topics that your groups would like to see included in the Public Forum agenda in Costa Rica, before the end of Friday, 2 March 2012.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We will then review the suggestions, accommodate them as much as possible, combine common or related topics under one agenda topic and publish the agenda for the Public Forum after my approval. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks for your consideration and input. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Kind regards,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Steve Crocker</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></span></div></div>
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