[RDS-WHOIS2-RT] Update on timing and final report

[Alan Greenberg]

As you may know, Lisa Phifer will not be able to work with us to 
complete the report, and MSSI is looking at options for an editor. It 
will not be anyone with knowledge of the subject.

The draft report was too long and not cohesive, so I think it needs a 
careful overall review and revision. Since the editor will not have a 
feel for the intent of the analysis and recommendations, it will fall 
on us to do a fair amount of the work. Given my lessened 
responsibilities with regard to At-Large, I am willing to do at least 
part of this. We will need to adjust the timeline, both for the 
rework and to have team members sign off.

We meet 10-12 December which leaves just one week before the holiday 
season. That will not be enough time to complete the substantive 
edits and to clean up the overall report. So we will definitely go 
into January. My target is to issue the report no later than the end 
of the month.

If there is a 50 day public comment once submitted to the Board 
(which is what was done for the CCT Review), that puts the comment 
ending about a week after the end of the Kobe meeting.

With the support of Cathrin and Susan, I have suggested that we plan for:

- An engagement session with the community; and

- An opportunity for the RT leadership (and other team members if 
appropriate) to meeting with Board and/or ICANN Org to clarify or 
elaborate on any aspect of the report.

Although it is not yet certain, we may have limited funding to 
support a small number of people travelling to Kobe. If you can 
attend the meeting and have no other source of funding, please let me 
know ASAP. Anyone funded should be able to speak on a significant 
number of the areas we are addressing in the report and making it 
clear that in the absence of our funding you are unlikely to attend. 
Please reply no later that Sunday, 4th November as travel lists need 
to be submitted two days later. Presuming more interest than we have 
funding, the selection will be done by the RT leadership.

Alan