[gtld-council] Updated dates for consideration: PDP Dec 05

[Liz Williams <liz.williams@xxxxxxxxx>]

Colleagues

I have put together some dates which may be helpful to the group in  
preparing the next stage of the work plan.  You will see that we have  
a lot to cover in a very short time frame if we are to have ready a  
Board Report for consideration around the LA meeting in late October.
If we are to have a Board Report ready for consideration at the LA  
meeting then we, working backwards, need to:
1.  Have the Board Report ready and in the General Counsel's hands 11  
days prior to the 2 Nov Board meeting -- 22 October
2.  Internal sign off and final check 14 days prior to preparation of  
Board Report -- 8 October
3.  20 day public comment period on GNSO Council Final Report --  
allowing time for inclusion of results in the Final Report say 30  
days -- 8 September public comment period needs to start.  Public  
comments will be included in the Board Report.
4.  Final Report will need to be with Council 7 days prior to the  
meeting to vote on it -- release 1 September (Part A, Part B, draft  
RFP, draft base contract and draft implementation plan) and meeting 7  
September
5.  That means we need to complete the final negotiations of the  
Committee by, at the latest, 10 August.
The first 4 dates are fixed in either the bylaws or the board  
reporting guidelines.
I suggest that we schedule, after Thursday this week, 2 more  
Committee conference calls to wrap up last details.  I suggest  
Thursday 5 and 12 July at 2pm Brussels time.  I will also hold other  
dates -- 19 July and 27 July.  I will need a period of time to  
complete the writing and release the Council Report without ongoing  
negotiation.
Kind regards.

Liz

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Liz Williams
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN - Brussels
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