Councillors, In response to the request below, I asked Staff to help us compile a list of possible comment periods that might be on the cards from the GNSO in the coming year. Liz Gasster has just forwarded the attached list, and I would like to thank her and her team for working on this at such short notice. I would like to respond with this list. If anyone has any comments or would like to add any items that they expect for the upcoming year, please let me know asap so that this can be added to my response to Filiz. Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié :

De : Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz@icann.org> Date : 21 avril 2011 10:50:41 HAEC À : "soac-discussion@icann.org" <soac-discussion@icann.org> Objet : [soac-discussion] Input for Upcoming Public Comments - ATRT Recommendation 21

Dear SO/AC Leaders,

On 18 March 2011, at ICANN 40 in Silicon valley, San Francisco, ICANN Board has adopted resolutions in regards to Final ATRT recommendations.

One of these recommendations, Recommendation 21, is about an annual work plan that forecasts matters that will require public input. The full recommendation reads as follows (from http://icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/atrt-final-recommendations-31dec10-e...):

"21. The Board should request ICANN staff to work on a process for developing an annual work plan that forecasts matters that will require public input so as to facilitate timely and effective public input."

In order to be able to implement this recommendation, we are seeking your input about topics that you think will be opened for Public Comment within the rest of 2011. As the ICANN Community leaders you are very well aware of the issues that are being discussed or to be discussed within your groups that will require public input. Accordingly, we hope that you will share your opinions with us this matter. This will provide us very valuable feedback for the compilation of this list.

I will be very happy if you can send these topics to me until 2 May 2011. It will be very useful if you can also provide a brief description of the matter as well. This will be very helpful for those who are not very familiar with these issues.

Then we will work on the list internally and we will publish one compiled list at the ICANN Public Comment webpage.

Thank you for your contribution in advance and I hope to see you in person soon in Singapore!

Kind regards,

Filiz Yilmaz Sr Dir Participation and Engagement ICANN