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Kurt, if that is the (undocumented) current practice, it has certainly
not been followed with any regularity (PEDNR is the one that I *know* was
handled with more flexibility). Given the frailty of our comment process,
this is not an area where inconsistency and unwritten rules should
apply.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
At 10/05/2011 10:40 PM, Kurt Pritz wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi Adrian:<br><br>
Our current practice is to close at midnight UTC unless otherwise
specified. We were following through to close as specified in the comment
forum. The email to our web administrator to close was sent well in
advance. <br><br>
Understanding your point, ICANN will reopen the forum to accept comments
through the entire day regardless of timezone. We'll also make it clearer
regarding time of closure in future fora. <br><br>
Thanks for pointing this out. <br><br>
Sincerely,<br><br>
Kurt<br>
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<b>From</b>: Adrian Kinderis
[<a href="mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au" eudora="autourl">
mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au</a>] <br>
<b>Sent</b>: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 06:57 PM<br>
<b>To</b>: council@gnso.icann.org GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org>
<br>
<b>Subject</b>: [council] .net agreement comment period <br>
<br>
I note with great interest the comment period for the .net agreement has
been cut off on the ICANN website at 6.50pm (PDT).<br>
<br>
I believe the timeline stated that it will end “10 May 2011”. The day
is not over. Who, from staff, has the itchy finger over there? Is this so
that the conspiracy theorists have some content?<br>
<br>
Folks may still want to submit comments at this late hour and I believe
they would still have the right to do so within the allocated comment
period.<br>
<br>
I also note that there are a number of comment periods that have
supposedly passed yet remain opened on the ICANN website. <br>
<br>
Can staff respond to this please and confirm that members of the public
have until midnight PDT to send their responses and open the website back
up for comments?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
<b>Adrian Kinderis</b><br><br>
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