Like several other BC members -- Heather, Ayesha, Liesyl/Anders, myself, David Fares, Zahid -- we are all traveling to Sharm El Sheikh for the IGF, and I for one cannot focus on the Charter to see if the changes were incorporated. A red line would be helpful but at this late date, as I am dashing for an airplane for an almost 24 hour flight due to layovers, I simply cannot do justice to the review of the Charter. I thought we had agreed to have one more redlined version/quick look before posting to a vote. I can't tell whether the changes that I had proposed are incorporated easily, as I could with a redlined version. Can that be posted as well? However, of equal concern is that this is an accelerated voting period of only 7 days. That makes little sense, especially with so many of the BC members occupied in a critical international meeting. Would other BC members join me in asking for the normal 14 day voting period? I am not sure when that would close, but it would increase the odds of my having the time to read the charter and decide whether to vote no or yes -- not just have to forgo my membership rights to vote. I am seeing questions from other members still. While I know we need to nail this down and get a vote, and move to elections, it would be unfortunate to have potentially six or so of our members away during the shortened voting period and unable to participate in the decision, From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: 2009-11-10 08:50 To: 'BC gnso' Subject: [bc-gnso] Charter On Marilyn's comment re the Charter. the present wording about prime interest should cover it. If it leads to any problems in the future lets address it with a real case in front of us not a speculative one. Any individual piece of the charter can be amended if it proves unfit for purpose. In the meantime dear BC members please VOTE ! Philip