Hi Niels - actually...  can I propose a different proactive approach - 
see inline:

On 2/26/2016 2:30 PM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As questions I propose:
>
> - Will the ICANN board make a human rights statement as it proposed in
> its comment to the 3rd CCWG Accountability Draft Report ?
We look forward to the Board making a hr commitment and we stand ready 
to work with you in multistakeholder fashion and have already made 
suggestions as to how that would occur and we appreciate the Boards 
commitment to making this happen.... etc.
>
> - How does the board envision a process for the development of a human
> rights policy for ICANN ?
Again, we have done X work in the CCWP and we look forward to being able 
to work together with the board for determining the appropriate 
process.... etc....
>
> - Will there be dedicated ICANN staff working on the development of a
> human rights policy who could also function as a vocal point on human
> rights?
We appreciate and fully expect the support of the Board and staff as we 
work on these important issues in WS2 etc. etc.
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
> On 02/26/2016 03:18 PM, Padmini wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I was also wondering, at Dublin we had raised our concerns about how
>> representative the process is, and the Board had reaffirmed a commitment
>> to go out on a limb to ensure that the participation diversity be
>> increased. I recall both Fadi and Asha Hemrajani putting this on record.
>>
>> Could we raise the question of what they've done to this effect, and if
>> the impact, this time around, has been more meaningful?
>>
>> Also, +1 to what Ed said, about not wanting ICANN Legal to come up with
>> a nice legalese draft response.
>>
>> Padmini Baruah
>> V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
>> NLSIU, Bangalore
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>      Hi Kathy,
>>
>>      If I can respond partly to that. the issue of increasing workload
>>      was raised  more than 1 year ago by SO/AC leadership with Fadi and
>>      VPs like David during their meetings , with regard of lack of
>>      visibility and coordination of all ongoing processes with some
>>      initiated by staff. Some effort (in addition to other initiatives on
>>      other issues) started to compile the processes from SO/AC and trying
>>      to visualize them giving an insight about workload.
>>
>>      There was also some presentation in a session in singapore meeting
>>      last year to take community feedback.  David is managing those
>>      efforts . So I would expect he will give some updates about that. He
>>      also regularly attends our joint session with board.
>>      I will try to find the material and share them if it helps.
>>
>>      Best,
>>
>>      Rafik
>>
>>      On Feb 26, 2016 9:17 PM, "Kathy Kleiman" <[log in to unmask]
>>      <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>          I would like to talk with them about work flow. ICANN has hired
>>          100 policy staffers in the last year and has an enormous new
>>          capability for work flow, but we do not. There is no way to keep
>>          up with what is "in the queue" and "coming down the pike."
>>
>>          I would expressly invite David Olive (as lead of ICANN's Policy
>>          Development Support Team) to be part of this discussion as well.
>>          How do we make the work load reasonable if we want the
>>          volunteer, multistakeholder model to continue? Is it based on
>>          ICANN capacity or stakeholder capacity?
>>
>>          Best,
>>          Kathy
>>
>>          On 2/26/2016 6:10 AM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>>
>>              Dear all,
>>
>>              One regular event at ICANN meetings is that we get to meet
>>              the Board,
>>              talk with them about and ask them whatever we want.
>>
>>              The Board would, however, like to know in advance what we're
>>              going
>>              to ask them, so they could better prepare for it.
>>
>>              If you have suggestions for topics for our meeting with the
>>              Board in
>>              Marrakech, please let me know as soon as possible (feel free
>>              to post
>>              to the list or me directly, as you prefer).
>>
>>              Thank you,
>>
>>

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