Dear Council Members : I just wanted to comment on the thread about 17 out of 20 recommendations from last year's independent review regarding improving the effectiveness of the GNSO Council (and thus the GNSO) which have not yet been implemented. I have been going through the independent review recommendations (http://gnso.icann.org/reviews/gnso-review-sec4-22dec04.pdf) and I fully agree that not all the recommendations have been implemented. However, I believe that things are perhaps a little better than the 3 out of 20 (15%) figures that have been referenced to date. I spoke with Olof just a couple of hours ago and he mentioned that staff would be providing Council with a mapping of these 20 recommendations shortly . I look forward to reviewing this document as I am sure Council does as well. I think it is important to acknowledge the contributions that Olof, Glen and Maria are making in trying to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Council. There is a lot of heavy lifting over the next couple of months heading into Vancouver, however, I am confident that by everyone pulling in the same direction we will be able to achieve the collective goal we all seek. Looking forward to the upcoming Council call tomorrow (Sept 1) as well as the Terms of Reference Call with the Board on Sept 8th. Although I have had a number of positive replies from some board members regarding their availability for this call, some Board members have existing conflicts that will prevent them from participating. One other final inquiry, does any constituency or individual representative have any intention of submitting any comment to the Strat Plan. Unfortunately Sept 2 is the deadline for both the GNSO terms of reference and responses to the additional Strat Plan questions. Best regards, Michael D. Palage