Dear Colleagues: There are now fourteen (14) issues on our Policy Advice Development Calendar by virtue of them becoming open for comment. As it is and toi my mind, this gives us a ripe opportunity to cherry-pick the ones we feel will improve with our influence. I lay them out hereunder: 1. Uniform Rapid Suspension 2. TM Clearinghouse 3. Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (PPDRP) 4. Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure ( RRDRP) 5. IDN 3 Character 6. IDN Variants 7. Benchmarking of Registry Operations 8. Process of gTLD Registry Agreement Amendments 9. Proposed Framework for FY 2011 Operating Plan and Budget *All of the above* shall close for public comment on *1st April, 2010*. The ALAC must decide whether there will be a *formal* At-Large response by *19th February, 2010* and assign a lead to marshal that response with a draft response made available for public/at-large comment by *16th March, 2010*. In addition, there are seven (7) others with various closing dates: 10. Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy will close on April 15, 2010 11. Global DNS-CERT Business Case will close on March 29, 2010 12. Proposed Strategic Initiatives for Improved DNS Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR) will close on March 28, 2010 13. Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report will close on March 28, 2010 14. Working Group Guidelines which closes on March 22, 2010 For further details, go see all of them at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#urs> . Carlton Samuels -- +========+++++++++++++++====== Carlton A Samuels Strategies for Education Technologies in Curriculum Development, Policy, Governance and Process Improvement