[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] Dear All, http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-19mar08.htm Please note that the Public Comment period http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gnso-improvements-report-2008 for the Report of the Board Governance Committee GNSO Review Working Group on GNSO Improvements has been extended to 25 April 2008 as stated in the Preliminary Report of the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board on 19 March 2008, http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-19mar08.htm "C) Extension of Comment Period for Report of the Board Governance Committee GNSO Review Working Group on GNSO Improvements – The Committee acknowledged receipt of a comment from Philip Sheppard on behalf of: The Commercial and Business Users, the Intellectual Property, and the Internet Service and Connection Providers constituencies requesting a 30-day extension of the comment period to 25 April 2008. The Committee engaged in a detailed discussion about the rationale for the request for extension and agreed unanimously (of all attending) to the following resolution: Resolved (__), the Executive Committee hereby extends the public comment period on the “Comment Period for Report of the Board Governance Committee GNSO Review Working Group on GNSO Improvements” to 25 April 2008, to permit sufficient time for: i) the parties requesting the extension to have sufficient time to provide to the ICANN Board their proposal, including the details of the consultations and nature of the support that they have gathered; and, ii) to allow time for an additional call to the community to file submissions relating to all aspects of the posted report. " -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org