Councillors, Please see the note below. Please forward it to your respective groups. I don't suppose the Council itself will wish to submit comments, but should that be the case, let's discuss on this list. Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié :

De : Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz@icann.org> Objet : [soac-discussion] ICANN 42 Public Forum Topics Date : 22 septembre 2011 17:08:25 HAEC À : "soac-discussion@icann.org" <soac-discussion@icann.org> Cc : "steve.crocker@icann.org" <steve.crocker@icann.org>

[Sent on behalf of Steve Crocker]

Dear ICANN Community Leaders,

We are approaching ICANN 42 in Senegal, Dakar.

As usual, we will have a Public Forum that will take place on Thursday, 27 October 2011, where Community members can make comments and ask questions to the Board and in front of the rest of the community.

We believe building the agenda with your input facilitates this forum process and results in a productive session with the subjects that the Community thinks are important to talk about.This has been the practice in the last couple of meetings and we would like to repeat it for Dakar Public Forum too, although rather earlier this time.

We believe publishing the agenda as early as possible will facilitate more informed discussions during the Public Forum, allowing the Community ample time to be aware of the agenda topics before the meeting starts in Dakar.

Please let Filiz Yilmaz (filiz.yilmaz@icann.org) know of one or two suggested topics that your groups would like to see included in the Public Forum agenda in Dakar before the end of Thursday, 13 October 2011. We will then review the suggestions, accommodate them as much as possible, combine common or related topics under one agenda topic and publish the agenda for the Public Forum after my approval.

Thanks for your consideration and input.

Kind regards, Steve Crocker