From: At-Large Staff To: secretary@icann.org Cc: Denise Michel; At-Large Announcements; ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: ALAC Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013 Dear Secretary of the ICANN Board of Directors, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013 on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The attached document was initially drafted by ALAC member Adam Peake with contents as requested by members of the ALAC and the Working Group on the Future Structure of ICANN, as a reply to the public consultation ³ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011 - 2013² to be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#meeting-dates. The initial draft was sent to the distribution list of the Working Group on the Future Structure of ICANN and can be found under the following URL: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/icann-future-wg_atlarge-lists.icann .org/2009-August/000059.html It was then subjected to an informal comments process within the ALAC and RALO leaders; the first revision is a consolidation of the various comments by the staff intended to reconcile all those comments received. At its 25th August, 2009 Meeting, the ALAC decided that the document, which missed the deadline for the public consultation on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013, shall be transmitted to the Board of ICANN as an ALAC Advisory with immediate effects. The document was submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors as an ALAC Advisory on 28th August. The document has not yet been ratified by the ALAC. The Chair of the ALAC requested the Staff to open a vote on the document immediately following its transmittal to the Board, said vote opening on 28th August and closing on 2nd September. As this is a formal Statement of an Advisory Committee to the Board, we provide it hereby to the Secretary of ICANN for distribution to the Board with our compliments. The ALAC welcomes any comments the Board may wish to make by reply. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org