Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: February 11, 2013 3:35:52 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Exploring More Effective Forms of Engagement - > GNSO Non Contract Parties Gather in Los Angeles > > http://blog.icann.org/2013/02/exploring-more-effective-forms-of- > engagement-gnso-non-contract-parties-gather-in-los-angeles/ > Exploring More Effective Forms of Engagement – GNSO Non Contract > Parties Gather in Los Angeles > > by David Olive on February 11, 2013 > > January was a busy month for ICANN community engagement. Building > on the successes of the DNS Industry CEO roundtable event and the > Europe regional Registry/Registrar meeting, the Non-Contracted > community of the GNSO held its first intersessional meeting in Los > Angeles as well. > > This two-day gathering convened 43 non-contract community leaders > from the GNSO as well as other community members participating > remotely. The group represented a healthy mix of ICANN veterans and > several new participants from both the Commercial Stakeholder > Group, including the Business, Intellectual Property and Internet > Service Provider constituencies, and the Non-Commercial Stakeholder > Group, including the Non-Commercial Users and Not-for-Profit > Operational Concerns constituencies. > > One of the purposes of the meeting was to create the opportunity— > outside of the pressures and schedule strains of an ICANN Public > Meeting—for community leaders to discuss longer-range substantial > community issues, build relationships, and collaborate with each > other, as well as senior ICANN staff, on strategic and operational > issues that impact the GNSO NCPH community. > > Throughout the course of the meeting, the participants interacted > with President and CEO Fadi Chehadé (who provided an overview of > the strategic challenges and opportunities facing ICANN) as well as > Sally Costerton and Tarek Kamel (who updated the community on > engagement efforts across the ICANN ecosystem) and Xavier Calvez, > CFO (who provided an overview of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget and SO/ > AC request processes). Christine Willett briefed the participants > on the status of the new gTLD program while Margie Milam discussed > the latest RAA Negotiations and WHOIS efforts. > > The senior staff greatly enjoyed hosting the community at ICANN Los > Angeles because of the access it provided for engagement and > discussion. As a result of the various working sessions, the staff > is now evaluating community requests for support and prioritizing > solutions to meet these needs. As always, the recordings and > transcripts of the sessions are available on the community Wiki > page as resources. See –https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/ > Transcripts and https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/MP3 > +Recordings. > > Without a doubt, the intersessional meeting of the GNSO NCPH > community set an important precedent for engagement. We appreciate > the goodwill and creative contributions made by several planning > volunteers (including Marilyn Cade, Robin Gross, Michael Adams, > Alain Berranger, Bill Drake, Tony Holmes, Steve Metalitz, Klaus > Stoll and Marc Trachtenberg) to make this gathering a productive > experience for all. > > We are grateful for the thoughtful contributions and active > participation of the community throughout the two days. Above all > else, the event provided a dynamic and intimate setting for open > exchange and interaction on various topics and collaborative > efforts between the community and staff, advancing ICANN’s unique > bottom-up, consensus-drive multi-stakeholder model. > > Staff will be preparing a thorough report on the resource impacts > and utility of the meeting. We welcome any community comments and > ideas about the Los Angeles meeting in particular and more > generally on the value of these types of meetings outside the > normal ICANN Public Meeting rotation. > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]