Hello all, during last week's conference call, we touched on the following forthcoming public comment period deadlines: Report from Board-GAC Joint Working Group <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/board-gac-jwg-final-report-07jul11-en...> 6 August 2011 [22:00] Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-b-recommendations-08jul11-en.htm> 8 August 2011 [11:00] Proposed Revisions to Chapters 3 and 4 of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures Relating to Proxy Voting <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/gnso-proxy-voting-19jul11-en.htm> 9 August 2011 [23:59] Preliminary Issue Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-c-preliminary-report-25jul11-en....> 25 August 2011 [23:59] Proposed IDN Guidelines Revision <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-guidelines-revision-27jul11-en.ht...> 26 August 2011 [23:59] Request for Community Input on Formulation of 2012-2015 Strategic Plan <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/stratplan-2012-29jul11-en.htm> 29 August 2011 [23:59] 1. Board-GAC Joint Working group: it was decided that if we have the bandwidth, we should comment on this It was suggested during the ExCom call that this be taken up by Matt Ashtiani, based on what Cheryl listed on the ExCom call. 2. IRTP-B - the issue on whether to comment on this was undecided during the ALAC call. On the Executive Committee call, we remained equally as undecided, although Eric Brunner Williams said he would look at it, if we was asked to do so. Cintra said she'd be ready to support. However, I'd like to see some of our other ALAC members work on this. It really is not fair that it is always the same people who end up doing the hard work of reading reports and collecting opinion. The matter is made worse by the fact that both Eric and Cintra are already heavily involved in work on the JAS wG and the end of the comment period is only a few days away. Volunteers please! 3. Revisions to Ch3 & 4 of GNSO Council Proc - it was decided *not* to comment on this 4. IRTP-C: it was decided to comment on this during the ALAC call. On the Executive Committee call, it was proposed to bundle this with the response on IRTB-B -- with a short response addressing specific points. Call for volunteers applies. The next 2 items were not up for consideration when the ALAC call took place. 5. IDN Guidelines Revision - I shall email our IDN Liaison to provide input on this 6. 2012-2015 Strategic Plan - the ALAC Executive Committee will discuss this during its next mid-month conference call Warm regards, Olivier Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair