Dear all, We would like to thank all those who volunteered to be on the drafting team to formulate the MEAC community position to “Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model”. So the final composition of the drafting team is the following members- list in alphabetical order according to the first name. - Chokri Ben Romdhane - Hadia El Miniawi (The pen-holder) - Hanan Khatib - Zakir Syed It goes without saying that the ME Space leading team (Nadira AL-Araj and Tijani Ben Jemaa) are part of the drafting team. Knowing how busy Manal Ismail and Amr Elsadr, but would like to ask them if they don't mind being added on the working document of the drafting team as an observing commentator. In case of agreement, please reach out to Nadira. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who engaged in this exercise and hope this effort will continue for comments once you receive the 1st draft by September 30th. Best regards, ME Space Leading Team Dear all, Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the following timeline: *Date* *Days* *Action* August 19 - 30 12 Call for topics September 2 Announcement of the selected Topic September 2 - 13 11 Call for volunteers for the drafting team September 16 Announcement of the drafting team composition September 16 - 30 14 Drafting of the statement (1st draft) September 30 Publishing of the 1st draft for comments Sept. 30 to October 10 10 Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement October 11 - 18 8 Drafting of the final version October 21 Final draft published We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 66 in Montreal.