Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: April 1, 2009 10:41:52 AM GMT-03:00 > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, Carlos Affonso > Pereira de Souza <[log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask] > >, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: GNSO Secretariat <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Advise Requested regarding Constituency Day > > Dear Mary, Carlos and Bill, > > REMINDER: > Would you please follow up with your constituency and please send > your input to Diane Schroeder by 27 April. > Thank you very much. > > Kind regards, > Glen > > > > To the Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees: > > The Board is interested in your views on the best ways for the Board > and Supporting Organizations & Advisory Committees to interact at > the ICANN international meetings. As the community grows and the > issues become more complex, it has become a greater challenge to > find a way to effectively and efficiently organise this interaction. > > In particular, the Board would like to come to a shared > understanding of what Constituency Day should be, with a view to > trying out different ways of interaction during the Constituency Day > at next ICANN international meeting in Sydney.. > > At present the Constituency Day is organised as follows: the Board > is divided up and a number of members are assigned to various > constituencies for different amounts of time depending on the > constituency. The idea behind this approach was to give the Board > members an opportunity to listen to some of the constituency > business, not just rely on the question and answer time with the > Board. To prepare for the visit by the Board members, each > constituency is asked to provide a list of topics that they would > like to discuss with the Board. Some constituencies are better at > providing this than others. Board Members are assigned to > constituencies other than the one with which they are most > familiar. In addition, the CEO and the Chair visit all > constituencies. At the end of the day, after all the visits, the > Board comes together and exchanges the views they have heard from > the various groups. > > To assist in the discussion about the future of Constituency Day, > the Board would like your thoughts on the following specific > questions, by the end of April. > What is the goal of having the Board meet with a Supporting > Organization, Constituency, or Advisory Committee during the ICANN > meeting? > What is the best communication method between the Board and a > Supporting Organization, Constituency or Advisory Committee during > the ICANN meeting? > How much time is needed for effective communication with the Board? > Who of the Board should come to such meetings – the CEO & the > Chair? A representative group of board members? All Board members? > > Thank you for your help in this process. > > Diane Schroeder > Director of Board Support > ICANN > 4676 Admiralty Way, Ste. 330 > Marina del Rey, CA 90292 > +1-310-301-5827 (direct office) > +1-310-823-9358 (main phone) > +1-310-823-8649 (fax) > +1-562-644-2524 (mobile) > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland [log in to unmask] New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks, http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj ***********************************************************