The comment forum will remain open at least until 15 May is over everywhere in the world. I hope this is sufficiently clear - I wanted to respond as quickly as possible. Kurt On May 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Taylor, David wrote: Kurt, Following on from this discussion, when does the applicant guidebook comment period close? On the site it merely says 15 May, so is this going to close at midnight UTC or through the entire day regardless of timezone as you mention below for .net agreement? I ask as I have been asked several times today, and I was not 100% sure of the response. Thanks David David Taylor Partner Hogan Lovells International LLP 6 Avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris, France Tel:+33 (0) 1 53 67 47 47 Fax:+33 (0) 1 53 67 47 48 Email:drd@hoganlovells.com www.hoganlovells.com<http://www.hoganlovells.com> From: Adrian Kinderis [mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 05:04 AM To: Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz@icann.org<mailto:kurt.pritz@icann.org>> Cc: council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>>; Marc Salvatierra <marc.salvatierra@icann.org<mailto:marc.salvatierra@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [council] .net agreement comment period Thanks Kurt. I appreciate you addressing the issue so promptly and in my favour ;) I agree some clarity on the "timezone" would be helpful. Sent from my iPhone On 10/05/2011, at 19:40, "Kurt Pritz" <kurt.pritz@icann.org<mailto:kurt.pritz@icann.org>> wrote: Hi Adrian: Our current practice is to close at midnight UTC unless otherwise specified. We were following through to close as specified in the comment forum. The email to our web administrator to close was sent well in advance. Understanding your point, ICANN will reopen the forum to accept comments through the entire day regardless of timezone. We'll also make it clearer regarding time of closure in future fora. Thanks for pointing this out. Sincerely, Kurt From: Adrian Kinderis [mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 06:57 PM To: council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: [council] .net agreement comment period I note with great interest the comment period for the .net agreement has been cut off on the ICANN website at 6.50pm (PDT). I believe the timeline stated that it will end “10 May 2011”. The day is not over. Who, from staff, has the itchy finger over there? Is this so that the conspiracy theorists have some content? Folks may still want to submit comments at this late hour and I believe they would still have the right to do so within the allocated comment period. I also note that there are a number of comment periods that have supposedly passed yet remain opened on the ICANN website. Can staff respond to this please and confirm that members of the public have until midnight PDT to send their responses and open the website back up for comments? Thanks. Adrian Kinderis ________________________________ Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC353350. Hogan Lovells refers to the international legal practice comprising Hogan Lovells International LLP, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Hogan Lovells Worldwide Group (a Swiss Verein), and their affiliated businesses. Hogan Lovells International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC323639. Registered office and principal place of business: Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. The word "partner" is used to refer to a member of Hogan Lovells International LLP or a partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications, and to a partner, member, employee or consultant in any of their affiliated businesses who has equivalent standing. A list of the members of Hogan Lovells International LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners, and of their respective professional qualifications, is open to inspection at the above address. Further important information about Hogan Lovells can be found on www.hoganlovells.com<http://www.hoganlovells.com/>. CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential, except where the email is marked "officiel", it may also be privileged. If received in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone, but notify the sender by return email and delete this email (and any attachments) from your system.