I agree; which is why the early (Thur & Fri) GAC meetings are closed
sessions anyway. 

BTW, NCUC event organizers - it's not clear on the schedule that the
Wednesday event is an "event" open to all ICANN attendees. It has the
[C] for "closed" meeting next to it, and there's no one-line placeholder
in the event description page to say something like "NCUC hosts policy
roundtable on GNSO issues - all are invited to attend" (or something
like that.) 

(Sorry if I missed a bunch of emails/things - I had thought it would be
a Monday event so maybe things have changed totally and NCUC is no
longer doing a public event ... ?) 

Cheers 
Mary


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From:  
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To: 
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Date:  
3/19/2013 11:48 AM 

Subject:  
Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [liaison6c] ICANN Schedule for Beijing is now posted


Bill,
I think this is a special plenary for the GAC and not a trend. They
have to reach "GAC Advice" on the hundreds of Early Warnings for New
gTLDs they have issued. I don't think they are excited about coming
early, and I don't think it is shades of things to come, but a necessity
in the current situation (and given the diversity of Early Warnings). 
They have much to discuss!
Kathy

:



Hi 


Alain mentioned previously that NPOC is organizing a workshop session
at Beijing.  I should add that NCUC is organizing a session as well,
which will be held Wednesday 10 April from 13:00 - 15:00 local time. 
The program team is working on the agenda, and we'll be back to you with
details when ready.  We'd originally hoped to be able to do a full
policy conference like we did in Toronto and San Francisco, but we
ultimately were unable to secure the space for that so we're settling
for a two hour event instead.   We expect to do a full policy conference
again in Durban in July. 



Best, 



Bill



PS: One other small observation on the program—the board decided last
year to end meetings on Thursdays rather than Fridays, but now the GAC
is starting its' plenaries the previous Thursday- Friday, before most
other attendees have arrived and are able to be in the room… 







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From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> 

Date: March 18, 2013 4:23:15 AM PDT 

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Subject: [liaison6c] ICANN Schedule for Beijing is now posted  



Please note the  ICANN Schedule for Beijing is now posted on the
Beijing meeting page: http://beijing46.icann.org/full-sched 

  

Glen de Saint Géry 

GNSO Secretariat 

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http://gnso.icann.org 

  
 








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