[ispcp] SECRETARIAT: ISPCP Statement on Draft Strategic Plan (DRAFT! COMMENTS?)

["Mark McFadden" <mcf@xxxxxxx>]

The ISPCP Constitiuency welcomes the revised strategic plan published in
March 2005.  We especially appreciate the effort of ICANN staff to revise
the report in short timeframes.  Those timeframes have made it very
difficult for any constituency to consider, reflect and respond to the new
draft.  We join with those other constituencies who have noted with concern
the publishing of important documents in the days just prior to ICANN
meetings.

Our constituency also believes that it is very difficult to make contructive
comments about the strategic plan in the absence of a matching operational
plan.  We look forward to the public distribution of the operational plan
and budget for the current year.  When that moment comes we, and the ICANN
community, will be in a much better position to provide constructive input
to the strategic planning process.

In the meantime, we will actively participate in the community process that
will define the mechanisms for building future strategic and operational
plans.

On behalf of the ISPCP Constituency,