Many thanks Alissa .. I don't have comments on the proposal finalization process (PFP) itself and I support publishing the document.. Yet I have to say that it is not a straight forward task to cross-check it with the posted timeline .. The steps are not one-to-one in both documents .. Yet this is not a big deal, as ultimately due dates and deliverables seem to be consistent .. But I would like to highlight the following: 1. Step 4 of the timeline, I believe gives more weight to the testing than what was discussed and reflected in step II.C. of the PFP 2. Step 7 of the timeline, mentions that "the ICG formally submits the final proposal to NTIA." , which is contrary to what was agreed and reflected in Step V.A. of the PFP: "The ICG will post the final proposal on its public web site and transmit it to the ICANN Board." 3. Step 8 of the timeline starts with "The NTIA reviews and accepts the response." .. I think we should not be speaking on behalf of the NTIA and pre-empt its acceptance of the proposal .. I don't suggest to make any changes to the PFP but suggest to review and post a fine-tuned version of our timeline, focusing mainly on the structure and language of the document in relation to the PFP .. Appreciate your thoughts? Kind Regards --Manal -----Original Message----- From: internal-cg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alissa Cooper Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:09 AM To: ICG Subject: [Internal-cg] Publication of proposal finalization process I think we are about ready to publish the proposal finalization process. The latest version is attached and in Dropbox, in both clean and edited form: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g6pgc9ma19fnwf7/proposal-finalization-process- v5-clean.docx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/zz9idw25dlqllyu/proposal-finalization-process- v5.docx?dl=0 I did a little bit of editorial work to enumerate the sections and subsections more clearly. Please reply to this email by 20:00 UTC on December 22 if you support publishing this document or if you have any further comments/edits. Thanks, Alissa