FYI, I submitted this to the PPSC and PDP-WT. I wanted to make sure you were aware of the deliverables and timing. If you have any issues with this, please let me know.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy

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From: owner-gnso-ppsc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-ppsc@icann.org] On Behalf Of Neuman, Jeff
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:27 AM
To: Gnso-ppsc-pdp@icann.org
Cc: gnso-ppsc@icann.org
Subject: [gnso-ppsc] Deliverables and Timing for Completion of PDP work

There has been a lot of discussion at the Council level about the timing for completion of the PDP-WT work as well as the timing and completion of the work of the PPSC and I wanted to throw out my assumptions and best guess at a timeline moving forward. I have already shared these dates with the Council. However, some in the community have stated that I was not pushing the group to act more quickly. So, with that in mind, I want to send this to the list and if you believe that any of the steps below can be eliminated or shortened, please provide me with such feedback along with an alternate schedule in which you believe work can get done. Please keep in mind all of the outstanding issues listed at https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?pdp_team (in the doc dated November 25^th) as well as the fact that we need to complete the draft final report which includes draft Bylaw and PDP Guideline language.

1. Completion of the draft final report: February 1, 2010. Remember that we have the holidays, a number of outstanding issues and we have yet to get any comments from the group on the draft that has been previously circulated. I am also basing this assumption on having five (5) more conference call between now and then, with perhaps one of those being an extended call (Dec 23^rd, January 6, Jan 13, Jan 20^th and Jan 27^th). Does anyone believe we can complete all of work any sooner than that?

2. Public Comment period: Feb 1 – March 25^th (53 days). I realize that this may sound like a long time, but (a) I am building in some buffer in case we do not publish by Feb 1 and (b) we want to be able to get comments at a public ICANN meeting (which ends on the 18^th). I have built in the extra week because of the rule we propose in our draft final report of allowing for at least a week after an ICANN meeting. Remember that a whole host of other documents will likely be posted by mid February to prepare for the San Francisco meeting. Also, remember that there will be a lot of new material and even with more than 90 days of comment prior for the initial report, some groups like the NCSG and others did not provide feedback for several months after the deadline. Given the considerations outlined above, are there any suggestions in making that time quicker?

3. Preparation of the final report: March 25^th – April 30^th. This is where we will take the input from the public comment period and incorporate into our final report (as necessary). Personally I believe this time period would be too short, but I am willing to work on it if you all are.

4. Consideration by the PPSC of final Report: May 1 – June 27^th. This may seem like a long time to some, but remember, this is where the PPSC needs to review the report, send questions back to the PDP-WT, if any, and submit the report to Council. I am assuming June 27^th is the Council meeting.

Please note that the above is a VERY aggressive time frame and assumes that we will have full participation on the call as well as on the mailing lists.

Again, if anyone has any issues with the above time frame, please speak up now. And if you do, please provide an alternate proposal on action items and time frames.

Thanks.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy
46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166
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