Dear Councilors, For the April Council meeting, a draft work had been prepared and circulated for discussion (See: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-fram...). There appeared to be support for the general approach, of considering the sense of urgency (e.g., impact from not beginning the work), resources (staff/community), possible timing/dependencies, and whether there are discrete preparatory parts of the work that can be carved out and started earlier. Council leadership and staff have since prepared a more detailed look at that work plan and started to try and assign approximate start dates to the discrete preparatory parts and/or substantive work, taking into account ongoing work (and when it is expected to complete) and overall capacity of the community and staff. This assessment starts with the recognition that all of this work is important, but there needs to be a realistic and achievable path to scheduling all of it. The attached draft is intended to serve as a starting point and is therefore of course adjustable. If you have any questions in advance of the meeting, please let us know. Best, Steve Steven Chan Policy Director, GNSO Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email: steve.chan@icann.org Skype: steve.chan55 Mobile: +1.310.339.4410 Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/ Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar