I think we should come up with a draft communication proposal out  of which
the community can discuss and contribute to improving it.

On Monday, August 22, 2016, Klaus Stoll <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think we are talking a two step plan here:
>
> First, Intra-Council and Council-member communications
>
> Second, communication plan for whole NCSG including various aspects such
> as best practices in using mailing lists, helping newcomers get involved,
> sharing documentation, etc....
>
> One without the other is meaningless
>
> Yours
>
> Klaus
> On 8/21/2016 11:01 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>
> Excellent. The narrower focus on Intra-Council and Council-member
> communications seems best to me. Welcome to Wisdom's participation.
>
> Milton L Mueller
> Professor, School of Public Policy
> Georgia Institute of Technology
>
> On Aug 21, 2016, at 20:53, Mamadou LO <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote:
>
> +1 Stéphanie and thanks Milton for your support.
> My suggestion is this group will aim to address communication issues
> between councilors and between Councilors and NCSG members. Then, we have
> to define à communication plan for whole NCSG including various aspects
> such as best practices in using mailing lists, helping newcomers get
> involved, sharing documentation, etc....
> Mamadou
>
>
>
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
>
>
> -------- Message d'origine --------
> De : Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>>
> Date : 22/08/2016 00:23 (GMT+00:00)
> À : [log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>
> Objet : Re: RE : STARTING NOW: NCSG Elections: Meet the Candidate Call |
> Thursday 18th August 2016 | 1300 UTC
>
> WE need both, Milton....but I had suggested the group to work through item
> two.  I had said in the call ( you might not have been there for that part)
> that we should face facts.....there is a breakdown in council coordination,
> we are not talking to each other regularly and we don't know who is doing
> what.  Not good.  No point in putting a sunny face on it. So we need to
> work on this, if we intend to be productive in the near future.  And there
> is certainly a lot of work on our shoulders.
>
> Stephanie
>
> On 2016-08-21 18:54, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>
> Well, this sounds good! We have a useful
> Idea for a Working Group and some volunteers.
> Thanks, Stephanie, for initiating it and to Mamadou for getting involved.
>
> Let me ask: is this WG about the whole gamut of
> communication within the NCSG, or is it just about communication to, from
> and amongst Council members?
>
> Milton L Mueller
> Professor, School of Public Policy
> Georgia Institute of Technology
>
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 17:47, Mamadou LO <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Joan for joining.
> Communication issues is surrounding all organisations and still be a big
> managerial problem. We need efforts from all to address them as we do not
> need  to wait informations always come to us, we have sometimes to search,
> find and share. Also, we still have lots of informations on ICANN going on
> and we need briefs and summaries which can help understand main issues and
> items.
>
> Mamadou
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
> -------- Message d'origine --------
> De : Joan Kerr <[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>>
> Date : 18/08/2016 20:41 (GMT+00:00)
> À : [log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>
> Objet : Re: STARTING NOW: NCSG Elections: Meet the Candidate Call |
> Thursday 18th August 2016 | 1300 UTC
>
> Hi Stephanie,
>
> Thank you for sending this.  I would like to participate in this group.
>
> Joan
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]
> utoronto.ca
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>>
> wrote:
>
>> In the spirit of following up on the excellent conversation which we
>> started before the meeting I have a few followup proposals:
>>
>> 1.  In future, I think it would be useful if we discussed the candidates
>> meeting at the policy meeting prior to the call and ask members for
>> questions.  I think the agenda should go to the candidates beforehand so
>> they can prepare, and so that members can think about the questions
>> themselves.
>>
>> 2.  I raised some difficult issues.  I think we should strike a working
>> group to discuss how to get beyond some communications breakdowns among
>> members.
>>
>> 3.  I will formally propose at the next PC meeting (which is next week,
>> correct?) that we initiate the one page reporting from council meetings,
>> and that we have a volunteer reporter to follow the next GNSO council
>> meeting.  I propose we tag David with writing the report, he is leaving
>> soon so we better get some work out of him before he goes.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>>
>> On 2016-08-18 9:09, Kathy Kleiman wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,  The NCSG Meet the Candidate Call is starting now. If you can,
>> please come join us! Best, Kathy
>> On Aug 15, 2016 11:09 PM, "Maryam Bakoshi" <[log in to unmask]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote:
>>
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