Re: [registrars] FW: Letter from Paul Twomey regarding ICANN strategic planning process

["Marcus Faure" <faure@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

I do not think I have to stress the importance of the pending .net issue 
another time.
@Bhavin: Can you put this into whatever formal frame so that we get things
moving?

Marcus


I believe that Carthago has to be destroyed


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 10:05 AM
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [council] Letter from Paul Twomey regarding ICANN strategic
> planning process
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> See attached letter from Paul Twomey.
> 
> The text of the letter is copied below.
> 
> Basically the ICANN staff will be publishing an issues paper and the
> GNSO community needs to respond by 8 October 2005.   We will need to
> think about how best to get input from the constituencies so that we can
> provide a supporting organisation response, in addition to any
> individual responses from members of the GNSO community.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
> 
> 18 August 2005 
> 
> Dear Bruce, 
> 
> I write in connection with the ICANN strategic planning process for
> 2005. 
> 
> First of all, I would like to thank you for organising for members of
> the GNSO community to take part in the consultation process that we
> conducted in Luxembourg. 
> Based on the feedback that we received from the first plan, we were very
> keen to gather the views of members of the community at the beginning of
> the process. 
> Please pass on my thanks to those who participated. 
> 
> You will recall that the output of all the consultation will be an
> issues paper that will be released in early September. 
> There is still time for the GNSO community to make further comments
> either through a formal response to the questions that we are using for
> the consultation (these can be found on the ICANN website tomorrow) or
> through the contribution of individuals on the public forum on the
> website. 
> 
> Could I ask you to encourage your members to contribute their views if
> they have not already done so? 
> 
> In this planning process, we are relying very heavily on the supporting
> organizations and advisory committees to make their members aware of
> issues that have relevance and to pull together responses so that the
> plan is based on a bottom up consultative process. 
> When the issues paper is released, we will be looking for your response
> to those issues that are relevant to the GNSO community. 
> The timetable for the planning process is very tight and if we are to
> keep to our schedule, we will need your response by the 8th of October. 
> 
> We will also be seeking your assistance in gathering feedback at other
> stages of the process. I look forward to your continued support over the
> coming months as we work together to complete our next strategic plan. 
> 
> Yours sincerely, 
> 
> Paul Twomey
> President & CEO 
> 
> 
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