NCPH Intersessional
The Non-Contracted Parties House periodically holds an Intersessional meeting that gathers representatives from all of the non-contracted communities of the GNSO. The representatives gather as a group with ICANN staff and ICANN board members outside of a typical ICANN Public Meeting setting to discuss longer-range substantial community issues. While in recent memory the meeting has come to be held annually, no Intersessional was held in 2014, and there were discussions in 2017 around whether the meeting should be held every second year, or merged with the Global Domains Division Industry Summit. It is unclear as to whether there will be an Intersessional in 2019.
2018 Intersessional (Los Angeles, United States) edit
The fifth Intersessional will be held in Los Angeles, United States in February 2018 following the GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session. The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) has played a critical role in the development of the meeting agenda, and representatives of the NCSG are co-chairing all of the formal sessions.
The location of Los Angeles was chosen because of budgetary reasons; the meeting is being held directly after the GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session, saving on travel costs for 22 participants, and because senior ICANN staff are based in this city. Many senior staff did not travel to the Intersessional in Iceland, resulting in feedback from participants that moving forward they would appreciate the participation of the CEO.
2017 Intersessional (Reykjavik, Iceland) edit
The fourth Intersessional, and first held outside of the United States, was held in Reykjavik, Iceland from 14 to 15 February 2017. Iceland was chosen because of its geographic location, roughly in between the US and Europe, making it convenient for most participants to reach.
Participants edit
Community
- Farzaneh Badii
- Alain Bidron
- David Cake
- Philip Corwin
- Christian Dawson
- Steve DelBianco
- Avri Doria
- Ayden Férdeline
- Tony Harris
- Ines Hfaiedh
- Johan "Julf" Helsingius
- Tony Holmes
- Poncelet Heleji
- Susan Kawaguchi
- Joan Kerr
- Kathy Kleiman
- Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
- Anna Loup
- Marilia Maciel
- Erika Mann
- Mark McFadden
- Stefania Milan
- Edward Morris
- Remmy Nweke
- Lawrence Olawale-Roberts
- Jimson Olufuye
- Stephanie Perrin (remote participant due to illness, but a supported traveler)
- Raoul Plommer
- Renata Aquino Ribeiro
- Juan Manuel Rojas
- Khalid Samara
- Brian Scarpelli
- Lori Schulman
- Greg Shatan
- Matthew Shears
- Vicky Sheckler
- Klaus Stoll
- Tapani Tarvainen
- Marc Trachtenberg
- Tatiana Tropina
- Martin Pablo Silva Valent
- Barbara Wanner
- Chris Wilson
- Brian Winterfeldt
- Jonathan Zuck
Board
Staff
- Goran Marby (participated remotely)
- David Olive
- Jamie Hedlund
- Rob Hoggarth
- Josh Baulch
- Glen de Saint Géry
- Benedetta Rossi
- Maya Saito
- Ozan Sahin
- Maryam Bakoshi
- Chantelle Doerksen
2016 Intersessional (Los Angeles, United States) edit
The third Intersessional was held in Los Angeles, United States from 4 to 5 February 2016.
2015 Intersessional (Washington D.C., United States) edit
The second Intersessional was held in Washington D.C., United States from 12 to 13 January 2015.
2013 Intersessional (Los Angeles, United States) edit
The first Intersessional was held in Los Angeles, United States from 29 to 30 January 2013.