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 Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Faculty Chair, Global IP Partnerships Chair, Graduate IP Programs UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php >>> From: Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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… On Mar 18, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> Date: March 18, 2013 4:23:15 AM PDT To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> 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 [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]