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 -----