[council] ICANN Comment periods due soon after Seoul

[Alan Greenberg]

Thanks Craig, Glad to see that has now been done.

At 08/10/2009 03:08 PM, Craig Schwartz wrote:

>Alan,
>
>The public comment period on the ERSR has been extended to 16 November.
>
>Best,
>Craig
>
>Sent from my iPhone-Please excuse any typos.
>
>On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:12 PM, "Alan Greenberg"
><alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> > In reviewing open ICANN comment periods with the
> > ALAC officers today, we were somewhat taken aback
> > by the number and importance of ICANN comment
> > periods that had just opened in the last several
> > days and are scheduled to end soon after the Seoul meeting.
> >
> > Posted 01 Oct,  Due 01 Nov,   Expedited Registry Security Request
> > (ERSR)
> > Posted 02 Oct,  Due 06 Nov,   Domain Names
> > Registered Using a Privacy or Proxy Service
> > Posted 05 Oct,  Due 04 Nov,   NomCom Review  Draft Working Group
> > Report
> > Posted 05 Oct,  Due 04 Nov,   SSAC Review  Draft Working Group Report
> > Posted 05 Oct,  Due 04 Nov,   Board Review  Draft Final Working
> > Group Report
> >
> > Although we seemed to recall that a commitment
> > had been made to not "count" the time during an
> > ICANN meeting against one month comment periods,
> > that is clearly not being done here. For the
> > Seoul meeting, many of us will spend 7-8 business
> > days in transit or at the meeting, significantly
> > cutting into the time available to comment.
> >
> > And we noted that although all of these topics
> > are quite important, only the ERSR one could
> > really be viewed as very time-sensitive.
> >
> > The ALAC will likely request a 2 week extension
> > on all five comment periods. The GNSO Council may
> > wish to consider a similar move.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >