I vote February, sorry for missing the vote. 2016-11-28 17:53 GMT-05:00 Stephanie Perrin < [log in to unmask]>: > I apologise for not voting....no internet access. I vote February. > Stephanie > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > Original Message > From: Tapani Tarvainen > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 2:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Reply To: Tapani Tarvainen > Subject: NCPH Intersessional timing > > > Dear all, > > Poll results from the intersessional timing options were, unfortunately > but not unexpectedly, not conclusive. The choices could have been better > phrased - some people emailed me offlist about that - but time was short. > > As it is, only 1 (can't make it) was clearly defined, the rest were > basically just a scale of preferability, and so averaging them out > makes at least some sense. > > Here's a summary of results, for each category and month averages > (excluding "no opinion" ones) and in parentheses the number of "can't > make it" choices: > > count category Feb Apr-May Aug-Sep > 4 Councillors 3.7(1) 2.7(1) 2.0(2) > 3 NCSG EC 3.7(1) 3.5(0) 2.0(0) > 1 NCSG PC 5.0(0) 2.0(0) 3.0(0) > 4 NCUC EC 4.8(0) 3.0(1) 3.5(0) > 2 NPOC EC 4.5(0) 3.5(0) 4.0(0) > 10 Other 3.3(2) 4.1(1) 3.7(2) > > 14 All except "Other" 4.2(2) 3.1(2) 3.4(2) > 24 All 3.9(4) 3.5(3) 3.5(4) > > My conclusion is that there's no really strong preference to any, > but February is slightly preferred (especially if we give less > weight to "Other" category, who are less likely to participate). > > A couple of people commented that the latter two choices, but > especially April/May, would depend a lot on the exact date: > there're lots of other meetings and events people will be > participating in that timeframe. > > The time should be decided tomorrow. Before that, we should try to > answer the questions posed by Tony Holmes below. > > For the first one I guess we can answer "no": none of the times impose > severe constraints for us, even though all of them are bad for at > least two council/EC members. > > For question 4 it's not clear-cut, but given the poll results > I'd suggest order would be (1) Feb (2) Aug-Sep (3) Apr-May > (the latter two decided by non-Other category). > > For questions 2 and 3 I'd like to ask you all what other > ICANN/IGF-related events you may be participating in the > timeframes given (to reduce clutter on the list you can > send them just to me and I'll summarize them here). > > Tapani > > ----- Forwarded message from tonyarholmes <[log in to unmask]> > ----- > > Rob/All > > We agreed we will try and nail the date for the next intercessional during > a > 30 minute call next week. > > To try and avert what Klaus described as 'going around in circles', perhaps > the following approach could help narrow the options prior to that call. > > It appeared that the possibility of tagging an intercessional on to the > front or end of the Copenhagen or Johannesburg meetings was dismissed, > which > left us with 3 options on the table at the end of the call; > > - Week beginning February 13th > > - Late April/beginning of May > > - Beyond Johannesburg (effectively late Aug/early Sept) > > > > Suggest as representatives from our respective groups, in advance of the > call we try and respond to Rob on the following questions; > > > > 1. Do any of those options impose severe constraints on the ability > of > your members to attend? If so, what are they and can they be overcome? > > 2. During the suggested time frame for late April/beginning of May > are > there major conflicts due to other Internet Governance, Regional, standards > bodies, trade association, other, meetings? If so what are they and when > will they take place? > > 3. Beyond Johannesburg, late Aug/early Sept, are there major > conflicts due to other Internet Governance, Regional, standards bodies, > trade association, other meetings? If so what are they and when will they > take place? > > 4. Can you rank the 3 options on the table in order of preference. > > > > If it proves possible to do this it may help focus thoughts during our 30 > minute call. Just a suggestion. > > > > Regards > > Tony > > ----- End forwarded message ----- >