Dear Members, The comments on the Strategic Plan is due in on Thursday the 17th November. <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/stratplan-draft-2012-03oct11-en.htm> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/stratplan-draft-2012-03oct11-en.htm Redline document here: http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/draft-strategic-plan-2012-2015-redlin e-03oct11-en.pdf The CSG Work Group on the Budget and Operating Plan will address the Strategic Plan on a call penciled in for Friday 4th November at 17.00 UTC This is a call for BC member input in advance of that call. I acknowledge receipt of Phil Corwins comments to this list 16th October and comments by members at the Dakar meeting. As a reminder there are four focus areas DNS stability and security Competition, consumer trust and consumer choice Core operations including IANA A healthy Internet governance eco-system Each with a short list of strategic objectives and a number of suggested metrics. Any BC member with interest in this area is welcome to join the call on Friday. RSVP Bene. Best regards, Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andalucia.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain.