[council] GNSO Review - the external contractor

["Paul Verhoef" <paul.verhoef@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

We have engaged Patrick Sharry, a management consultant based in Sydney, to 
perform the role of
external consultant as foreseen in the Review paper as approved by the ICANN 
Board recently. Patrick
has been engaged following a search for suitable candidates. Patrick has 
extensively experience with
the workings of ICANN and we engage him in several other areas. So he comes 
with a suitable
background.

I would like to thank those who have provided us with names for possible 
candidates for this role.

Patrick has been thoroughly briefed by Bruce and myself and has developed a 
timeline for his work
that foresees that interviews will be held during the course of next week. 
Therefore, a number of
you can expect to be contacted by Patrick. Subsequently, a draft report will be 
prepared which will
be circulated for comment and a final report is expected at the end of the 
month of November. The
report will subsequently be published for public comment and comments can be 
provided during the
open-microphone sessions in Capetown and submitted in writing. The whole of 
this material will then
be provided to the Board for their deliberation at the Board meeting in 
Capetown.

I trust that with your continued support to this exercise, we should be able to 
finish it within the
foreseen timeframes.
Regards

Paul



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Paul Verhoef
Vice President Policy Development Support
ICANN
6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel.: +32.2.234 7872
Fax: +32.2.234 7848
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