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<p>I would like to second Ayden's excellent comments.</p>
<p>Also see inline.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/07/2017 19:19, Ayden Férdeline
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<div>Hi Farzaneh,<br>
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<div>Thank you for inviting our feedback on the value of the
intersessional. <br>
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<div>I had the good fortune of participating in this year's
intersessional in Reykjavík and found it to be an effective
forum for fostering inter-NCPH understanding. Remote
participation is not yet a substitute for face-to-face meetings
like this one where the focus is less about the formal agenda
and more about understanding the perspectives of others who we
do not ordinarily have significant interaction with. I thought
that the intersessional's format, complete with breakout
sessions and frequent interventions during the plenaries, really
worked. For this reason, I strongly support our continued
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Indeed, I would say that it is critical to our functioning as a
house.<br>
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<div>(In the event that we decided not to participate, would the
meeting simply go ahead with the CSG participating and meeting
with ICANN staff without us? It just makes sense to me that we
be at the table too.) <br>
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<div>That said, for a number of reasons I thought Iceland was not
the most sensible pick for the meeting this year. Rotating the
meeting between ICANN’s three hubs – Los Angeles, Singapore,
and Istanbul – makes a lot more sense to me than wasting
resources scouting out a new location year upon year. And of
course there are no objections on my part to your condition that
our participating representatives attend well-prepared and ready
to contribute.<br>
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Agree that rotating among the hubs makes a lot of sense.<br>
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Matthew<br>
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<div>Best wishes,<br>
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<div>Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Intersessional meeting<br>
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<div>Local Time: July 22, 2017 11:39 PM<br>
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<div>UTC Time: July 22, 2017 9:39 PM<br>
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<div>From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a><br>
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<div>To: NCUC-discuss <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org"><ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org></a><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">Dear All,<br>
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class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">For a couple of years, the
noncontracted party house (NCPH, that means Commercial
stakeholder group and noncommercial stakeholder group, for
some information about NCPH refer to this page:<a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/About+Us"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" moz-do-not-send="true">https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/About+Us</a>)
have been having annual meetings separate from the main
ICANN meeting. These meetings are called:
"intersessional meetings".<br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">ICANN is asking NCPH whether they want
to hold another meeting in 2018. The last meeting which was
held in 2017 in Iceland was well received by the attendees
and 100% of the attendees found the meeting useful.<br>
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class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">The attendees of the meeting are
usually the leaders and active members of the group. This
means both NCUC and NPOC Executive Committees and NCSG
Executive Committee as well as NCSG representatives on GNSO
Council. Sometimes we receive one or two travel slots to
allocate to active participants of NCUC.<br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">There is support for the meeting from
other groups.<br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">I would like to know if you have any
opinion about holding an intersessional meeting in 2018, if
you are either for or against it. In any case please provide
reasons. I will communicate your ideas and positions on this
to the organizers. <br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">My personal opinion is that
intersessional is an additional burden on the volunteers,
especially noncommercial groups, and I am not convinced that
the meeting is that beneficial for getting to know the other
groups, we can interact with the other groups in other
settings. But it is not up to me to make a decision, there
has been support for the meeting from the other groups and
NCUC leaders as well. I have however informed ICANN that if
intersessiona take place it should consider the following
conditions: <br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">1. it is held in a visa friendly
country, preferably where ICANN has an office so that it
will not cost too much to hold the meeting. I think holding
the meeting last year in Iceland was too burdensome and
costly.<br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">2. I have said this before and
reiterate, those who want to attend the meeting should
actively participate in its preparation, setting the agenda
and be prepared for the meeting. This means they should
attend at least some of the preparatory meetings leading up
to the annual meeting. If they are allocated the travel slot
late in the process, then they should read up on materials
and contribute fully. <br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">Please discuss until Wednesday 26
July. I will send a note to the organizers with your
comments.<br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">Best<br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana,
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