Thanks, Marc. I appreciate the feedback. As a quick reminder, we had announced these two dates (29 and 30 April) as far back as the Seattle meeting with the note that 1 May is a holiday for many on the ICANN team working on the AGB and supporting the IRT. With staff (and likely community) availability limited in the subsequent week due to the CP summit, I am reluctant to move this call at this point . What I can do is make sure that this is the last time (and I think overall only the third time – not counting the subgroups – that the IRT meets twice within 24h). I appreciate the burden that these calls put on the community and I believe to-date the ICANN team has been very responsive to IRT feedback in terms of call scheduling. On your point of ICANN’s arbitrary choice of a launch date, I have to disagree with you. The timeline for the IRT and the AGB drafting and the opening of the next round, followed a very spirited discussion – with a lot of voices taken into account – with the community, many in the IRT arguing that the 2-year timeline is far too long for the IRT when we first set out on this journey – wanting to see this work concluded within 9-12 months. So I think we arrived at a good compromise and the good news is, the intense meeting schedule will come to an end at the end of May at the latest (hopefully mid-May in fact). Thank you and best wishes, Lars From: "trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" <trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com> Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 12:34 To: Lars Hoffmann <lars.hoffmann@icann.org>, "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org> Cc: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson@icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: Upcoming Meetings Lars, To be clear it’s not just Anne that has asked to avoid a scenario where there are two meetings within a 24h period. I strongly echo this and I’m sure many other participants do as well. The current schedule with sometimes 3 meetings per week of 2 hours each already makes it difficult enough for those that are not paid to attend SubPro as part of their job and is contrary to the stated goal of maximum community participation. Having two meetings within 24 hours makes it virtually impossible. Meeting ICANN’s arbitrary choice of launch date should not need prioritized over community input and participation. Best regards, Marc Trachtenberg Chair, Internet, Domain Name, eCommerce, and Social Media Practice Greenberg Traurig, LLP 77 West Wacker Drive Chicago,IL 60613 (O) +1.312.456.1020 (M) +1.773.677.3305 Trac@gtlaw.com ________________________________ From: Lars Hoffmann via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 1:07:40 AM To: Jared Erwin via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> Cc: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson@icann.org> Subject: [SubPro-IRT] Upcoming Meetings *EXTERNAL TO GT* Dear IRT members, We updated the schedule for the next five meetings. Please see the wiki page for more details: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MQGwBg<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MQGwBg__;!!DUT_TFPxUQ!Hru0StFOoX-HtqCQs0hoDfe4uNe8XMCKyLS3jMHIhUBnTn8mjlSd9UtXNoyStTLIOIglLtbaSazPaEPc2DxvoIc$>. Spoilers: On Thursday 24 April (18-20 UTC) we will discuss the Base Registry Agreement and Financial Evaluation. Week of 28 April, we will have, two meetings within a 24h period. I understand that Anne has asked to avoid such a scenario, but 1 May is public holiday in many countries and to make sure we accommodate different time zones, and stick to our schedule/timeline, we will need to have a meeting on Tuesday 29 April (18-20 UTC) and again Wednesday 30 April (12-14 UTC). As per Jim’s request we will now discuss Name Collision on 29 April – it will be the first agenda item that day. Thank you and best wishes, Lars