[NCUC-DISCUSS] Intersessional meeting

[Kathy Kleiman]

I think we should hold the intersessional every other year. While I 
appreciate the ability to spend time in casual conversation with people 
we are normally battling in policy issues (the Non-Contracted parties 
are often on opposite sides of free expression, privacy, intellectual 
property and fair use issues, as you could expect), Farzi is right. 
These meetings take  A LOT of time to plan and then to attend.

They also have dangers. If we are unprepared, requests seems to slip in 
from other groups that we then spend months trying to push back.

May I suggest every other year?
Best, Kathy


On 7/22/2017 5:39 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> 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:https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/About+Us) have been 
> having annual meetings separate from the main ICANN meeting. These 
> meetings are called: "intersessional meetings".
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> There is support for the meeting from other groups.
>
> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Please discuss until Wednesday 26 July. I will send a note to the 
> organizers with your comments.
>
> Best
>
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
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