[registrars] FW: Strategic Plan Consultation

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Cole [mailto:tim.cole@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:25 PM
To: Nevett, Jonathon
Subject: Strategic Plan Consultation

Dear Jon,

As you may already have noted from the posting on the website, ICANN has
begun consultation for the July 2008 - June 2011 Strategic Plan
(http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28jun07.htm).  At
this
stage ICANN is seeking the views of the community on the challenges and
opportunities that it is likely to face over the next three to five
years.
  
This is the first part of a multi-phase consultation on the development
of
the strategic plan.  During the next phase ICANN will be seeking
comments on
the issues paper that is developed from the comments received during
this
initial consultation.  In September ICANN will be seeking comments on
the
draft plan.  Consultation sessions will also be conducted at the next
ICANN
meeting in Los Angeles in late October.  The timeframe is fairly tight
as we
need to ensure that we have a plan developed for approval by the Board
in
December, in accordance with the ICANN planning calendar.

During this initial stage we do not need a consensus view from the
Registrar
Constituency (although we would welcome one if you would like to provide
one); individual comments are welcome.

Could you please let the members of the Constituency know that this
consultation is underway and ask them to contribute to the comment forum
that can be found on at
http://www.icann.org/planning/consultation-stratplan-2008.htm?  We would
also be happy to organize a phone consultation with members of the
Constituency similar to the Budget calls.  Please let me know if you
want to
arrange this.

As always, thanks for being active participants in ICANN's planning
process.

Best regards,

Tim Cole

Chief Registrar Liaison
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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