Dear Brian, dear PSO PC colleagues, I fully agree with your proposed words. Kind regards, Azucena At 15:19 27/07/01 +0100, Brian Moore wrote: >Dear all, >Here is a redraft of Gerry's letter. Please let me know if you agree >that we send this or propose changes. >Brian. > > >Dear Mr Lynn, > >As you know, the ICANN PSO held its Second Annual General Meeting on the >11th >July at the ETSI Headquarters in the South of France. It was well >attended, >with all four of the PSO member organisations being represented, and two >European based members of the ICANN Board also present (Mr Hans >Kraaijenbrink >and Mr Helmut Schink). The number of attendees was slightly up on last >year, >at a total of 60. A report of the meeting will appear shortly on the >PSO website, >where you will already find copies of all the presentations given. > >We had also included on the agenda an item involving the ICANN staff in >order to >give an opportunity for ICANN to inform people about recent issues and >to allow >people to ask questions. Last year, in Pittsburgh, we had Mr Louis >Touton in >attendance, and we were disappointed that ICANN staff were not able to >be involved >this time. We are obliged by our MOU to hold our GA, not in conjunction >with an >ICANN meeting, but hosted by an SDO in conjunction with one of its own >major meetings. > >In recognition of this and recognising that it may be difficult for >ICANN staff to >travel to Europe attempts were made to involve ICANN staff via a >conference bridge. >However there was no response to this proposal. > >The members of the PSO Council wish to express their disappointment that >it was not >possible to find an arrangement allowing ICANN staff involvement in the >second >PSO GA and we would like to work with you to find an soultion for the GA >next year. > >Yours sincerely, > ************************************************* Azucena Hernandez Telefonica Desarrollo de Red c/ Emilio Vargas, 4. E-28043-MADRID Tel: +34 91 5846842 Fax: +34 91 5846843 GSM: +34 609 425506 E-Mail: azucena.hernandez@telefonica.es ************************************************ =========================================================================