Dear all, Preparing for the ME Space in Kobe, Nadira Alaraj and myself would like to propose you the following timeline: ICANN 64 ME Space 08 - 18 January Call for topics 21 January Announcement of the selected Topic 21 - 31 January Call for volunteers for the drafting team 04 February Announcement of the drafting team composition 05 - 13 February Drafting of the statement (1st draft). 13 February Publishing of the 1st draft for comments 14 - 21 February Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement 22 - 28 February Drafting of the final version 01 March Final draft published We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 64 in Kobe. The chosen topic should be currently of high interest at ICANN. As examples, we can mention: EPDP New gTLD Subsequent Procedures ICANN Operating Plan & Budget Unified Model for Access and Accreditation IDN TLDs Universal Acceptance Of course, these are only examples. We can also address sub-topics from the above list. Please provide your choice before Friday 18 January 2018 at 23:59 UTC. Best regards ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tijani BEN JEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) Phone: +216 98 330 114 +216 52 385 114 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------