[council] Update on planning for Helsinki

["Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All

A quick update on planning for Helsinki. A Planning Committee has been 
established to primarily develop the schedule for the meeting in Helsinki 27-30 
June 2016. Attached is the current draft schedule including for the GNSO. Given 
Meeting B is intended to be an opportunity to progress policy development 
efforts, most of the GNSO schedule has been carved out for four policy efforts, 
namely:

*       Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (4 hours);

*       New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures (3.25 hours);

*       Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in New gTLDs (2 hours); and

*       IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (2 hours).

You'll also see that time has been allocated for a Council Meeting, a Council 
Prep Session, Council Bilateral Meeting Requests, and a Council Wrap Up 
session. There is also time set aside for the discussion of other topics on 
Monday-once the full agenda is locked down we can review to understand what 
topics will require attention. It may also be possible/necessary to schedule 
some of these topics in parallel; however, they would not conflict with PDP or 
Council sessions. The topics are consistent with those previously identified by 
the Council.

The Planning Committee is in the process of trying to decide what topics should 
be Cross-Community Discussions, and I provided input on behalf of the GNSO 
Council on a number of topics that Councilors had identified. There were 12 
topics identified in total and it is not clear at this time what topics will be 
selected. It is hoped that some of the PDP efforts will become topics 
identified for Cross Community Discussion and in that event the GNSO Schedule 
will be adjusted accordingly.

This is a work in progress with still a ways to go.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Donna

Donna Austin: Neustar, Inc.
Policy and Industry Affairs Manager
Cell: +1.310.890.9655 Email: 
donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Attachment: GNSO draft schedule for Helsinki v2.xlsx
Description: GNSO draft schedule for Helsinki v2.xlsx