For information We will be posting the recently Board approved version of the CSG charter soon (with comments regarding process issues). We will be posting a revised BC charter soon for discussion and approval. Philip _____ Dear GNSO Community members; As promised by Denise last week, the Staff has developed a timetable of key tasks and milestones that need to be addressed over the next two months to seat the new GNSO Council by the ICANN Seoul meeting deadline. Attached please find two documents. The first, entitled "GNSO Council Restructure Implementation Timetable," sets out the various topic areas that need to be addressed between now and Seoul including, among other things, Bylaws Amendment efforts, Council seat appointments and the approval of Council operating procedures. Where appropriate, Staff has provided specific "last-date" milestones to help Council, Stakeholder Group and Constituency leaders plan their internal activities in a timely manner. The second, document, entitled "GNSO Council Restructure Implementation Plan," is being provided as a draft first-step to help community leaders make the final detailed transition decisions necessary to have the new Council members take their seats in Seoul. The document, presented in draft form, provides one potential plan format and provides a table identifying each of the existing voting GNSO Council Representatives by name, organized by Stakeholder Group (except NCAs). The table includes the term-expiration of each seat, the potential disposition of that individual's Council seat, an action column indicating which seats appear to require an election or appointment, and the regional affiliation for the seats of Councilors whose terms are not expiring this year. As with all our previous Staff suggestions, the documents are intended to provide some initial guidance and to be used as tools to issue-spot and spark discussion and debate where appropriate. We hope they may prove useful at the upcoming Council and Restructure Drafting Team meetings. I am happy to field any questions or comments any of you have about specific dates or references in the documents. Best regards, Rob Hoggarth