<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:48 PM, William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b>1. Buenos Aires Travel</b></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>In light of the bylaws initiative and not having heard a competing rationale for anyone else I propose that we notify Glen that the covered travelers will be Ed and Tapani (who's boot up messages to ncuc-discuss are forthcoming). We can look later at what can be done otherwise with NCUC funds but we should make up our minds and notify, we are already late. If someone has a counter view please lay it out quickly and let's get this done, as we are also asking for staff help on other fronts.<br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><b>2. Bylaws Revision</b></div><div><br></div><div>=> I can ask Glen to secure a room for us for Friday 15 November in BA to do an intensive last push F2F negotiation to pull it together.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Glen has gotten us a room for Friday, it will be a ‘board room’ for 10-15 people and we will have a telephone connect for remote, plus Adobe Connect room:<br><a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/</a> and there will be a recording and transcription. So we don't absolutely need everyone to be physically there, just those most directly involved in drafting and redrafting. Others can dial in.</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I can also ask her, and Xavier, whether any funds can be made available to cover some hotels so we can be there, but this may be difficult. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>She thinks this will be hard, but again, if we have like ten members there to do the thing and the hotel is a couple hundred NCUC should be able to swing this if need be.</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>So: my suggestion for the next three weeks is</div><div><br></div><div>a) decide who needs travel support from NCUC of what kind</div><div>b) recognizing it's summer and responses will be slow, start a process of talking up bylaws revision and joining the group to make it happen</div><div>c) if we're doing this, get in request to Glen now for a Friday workspace in BA</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>BD</div><br></body></html>