hi,

I think this is a great idea.

and of course we can be collegial. 
 in fact face to face we almost always are.

Might be too late for SJO as many people's hotel reservations and travel plans are made.  But perhaps the next meeting in Prague or the one after in Toronto would be good targets.

avri


On 13 Dec 2011, at 05:51, William Drake wrote:

> On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:
> 
>> What are you suggesting? A separate "The Public Interest in ICANN" conference? Seems like an idea. The NCUC one day prior to ICANN 40 was certainly valuable.
> 
> If I thought people could really come prepared to have a collegial, probing, non-histrionic discussion of the relationship and possibilities for cooperating on matters of joint concern, yes, that'd be the sort of thing I'd be proposing.
> 
> Bill