Having been involved in an intersessional I found it personally useful. But in terms overall outcomes, and given the time and expenses involved, I too think they are not needed. We could just as easily draft a focused online intersessional agenda and time frame, and achieve better results at lower costs and with wider participation. Lastly, I left the misspelling of intersessional in the Subject: line just to maintain the thread. Intercessional is the wrong word here, it usually refers a prayer on behalf of someone else. On second thought, on behalf of ICANN maybe it is the right word :-\. Sam L. > > Planning these meetings seems to involve a lot more complexity, > coordination and debate these days compared to when we started. > > Indeed, this is one of the reasons why I am a conscientious objector > to the whole intersessional meeting. > > It is not needed, and we are wasting enormous amount of time and > energy and eventually money on this. > > Dr. Milton L. Mueller > > Professor, School of Public Policy > > Georgia Institute of Technology >