I concur. Staff will use the most appropriate processes to seek cost estimates for the Council's study propoasal. Regards, Denise Denise Michel VP Policy Development -----Original Message----- From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> To: Avri Doria <avri@acm.org> To: Council GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org> Sent: 12/17/2007 2:41:26 PM Subject: RE: [council] WHO study agenda item - creation of a template for study proposals I would like to suggest what I think is a friendly amendment to the next to last bullet in the motion: "Any proposal approved by the council will then be sent out for bid by ICANN staff." I suggest it be changed to the following: "Any proposal approved by the council will then be sent to ICANN staff for preparing cost estimates." It may be that staff would need to request bids but I don't think we should tie there hands if they can do cost estimates without asking for bids. Also, organizations are not always highly motivated to provide bids if there is a high degree of uncertainty that a study would actually be approved. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:34 PM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] WHO study agenda item - creation of a template for study proposals Hi, In terms of this item of the agenda, the design team has been working, but there is a slight delay in terms of getting the template out for discussion. I expect the template to be available for the council to review starting tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. I propose the following for the discussion: - Liz will walk us through the template - Council discussion on the template - council discussion of the next steps in accordance with our decision in LA on studies related to whois: I propose the following as a starting point for the discussion: -- The design team works on filling out the template for a number of studies. This team remains open to new members and any GNSO constituency member interested in sponsoring a study is encouraged to join the design team. -- The form is forwarded on the the chairs of the GAC and ALAC because those groups have also indicated an interest in whois studies -- the form can be forwarded to the chairs of other groups if relevant. - Initial proposals are due on 10 January - The council will review initial proposals for studies at its 17 January meeting. - Any proposal approved by the council will then be sent out for bid by ICANN staff - Further proposals for studies may be reviewed at a later time. thanks a.