Agreed - a single spreadsheet listing all projects, resources, and milestones would be very helpful. Regards, Bruce

-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 5:36 PM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] Council planning call

Bruce, your ideas for a GNSO plan are welcome. The exercise need not be overly burdensome. Such a document should be a management tool not a redundant bit of additional information.

I hope however, in case our staff, are getting worried about endless plans and no action, that the plan you discuss can in effect be a more detailed version of the existing issues list authored by Maria each month.

Turning this into a spread sheet with time lines (more detailed for current issues) and targets (think project management) would serve as one unique tool for use of: - GNSO Council (to do our job) - Board (to see what we do) - Staff (to do their job).

I would hate to see we start writing three or more separate documents which in essence all have the same objective.

Philip