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 ... ?)
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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
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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.
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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