<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>+1</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I never attended as well but if it is to the interests of the group then yes we should look and support.<br><br>Kris</div><div><br>On 23 Jul 2017, at 23:29, Amal Ramzi Al-saqqaf via Ncuc-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_65068"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_71422">Thank you Farzaneh for the NCPH overview and always well informing and engaging members effectively in discussions! </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_71605"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_71604">Although I've never attend any of these intersessional meetings and I am not following their activities enough + I might be missing some related discussion before I joined NCUC, but I totally agree with you Farzaneh about if they're that beneficial as separate annual meetings. At the same time, and based on the feedback, I think this kind of interactive meeting is important to keep being held but preferably as a part of one of the ICANN meetings per year or preceding it, or as Kathy suggested every other year . </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992"><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992" dir="ltr"><font size="2"> Best,<br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992" dir="ltr"><font size="2">Amal</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64992" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_64935"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15300"><span style="color:rgb(76, 118, 162);font-style:italic;font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_67606">Amal Al-saqqaf</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15256" style="text-align:center;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15264"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15268" style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_71668"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amalalsaqqaf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_71667">LinkedIn</a></span></div></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15270" style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_68466"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Amal_AlSaqqaf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500728337479_68465">Twitter</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451739013985_15270" style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, July 23, 2017 12:41 AM, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6149940463"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Dear All,</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/About+Us">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".</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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.</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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.</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">There is support for the meeting from other groups.</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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. </div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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: </div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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.</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">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. </div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Please discuss until Wednesday 26 July. I will send a note to the organizers with your comments.</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Best</div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div><div class="yiv6149940463gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
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