[council] 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Please find a draft proposal for the Council dates for the next 12 months as 
stipulated in the GNSO Operating Procedures. We are working on rotation times 
with the new distribution of Councillors, Your comments and feedback are most 
welcome and will help to get the dates in place.

http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf
3.4
MeetingSchedules
The GNSO Chair and GNSO Council will prepare a12-month schedule of meetings 
within 30 days following the ICANN annual meeting.
GNSO Council members may request changes to the schedule during the year,which 
may be agreed upon by the Chair in consultation with the Council, subject to 
the minimum period of notice below.

14 JanuaryAND/OR Thursday 21 January at 11 UTC (to allow flexibilityto deal 
with the CCWG-Accountability Final Report. Closer to the date we will be in a 
position to determine  whether two meetings are needed or whether one is 
sufficient)

18 February (Thursday) at 15 UTC

9 March (Wednesday)  - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Marrakech  at 
13:00 local time

14 April (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

12 May  (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC

27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City  at 13:00 local 
time

21 July  (Thursday) at 15:00  UTC

August - no meetings ???

1 September (Thursday)  at 18:00  UTC

22 September (Thursday) (Yom Kippur) OR Thursday 29 at 11:00 UTC

13 October (Thursday)  at 15:00 UTC

2 November, ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00 local 
time

24 November (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC
16 December (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC
Thanks so much.
Kind regards,
Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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