[council] Minimum and average duration of a GNSO PDP

[Alan Greenberg]

Thanks for this Marika.

I think the minimum timetable presumes there will always be a council 
meeting at exactly the time that we need one. Since I can recall only 
one "special" Council meeting in my almost 6 years (on the RC/IOC), I 
suspect this is unrealistic. Assuming a 4-week Council meeting cycle, 
that adds about 6 weeks to the total.

It also presumes no time for SGs to consult which is perhaps not 
unreasonable for a no-brainer PDP.

Alan

At 24/05/2012 06:12 AM, Marika Konings wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Following requests during the last Council meeting, please find 
>attached a timeline in which I've tried to outline the absolute 
>minimum as well as the expected average timeline for a GNSO PDP to 
>go from a request for an Issue Report to Board adoption. Please note 
>that there are several assumptions included in the timetable in 
>relation to the absolute minimum. Amongst others, in addition to the 
>availability of staff and community resources, it assumes that the 
>PDP concerns a narrowly defined issue with a high level of community 
>consensus around the recommendations at an early stage of the 
>process. As a reference, you also find attached an updated version 
>of the GNSO PDP Timelines which tracks the duration of recent and ongoing PDPs.
>
>If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
>With best regards,
>
>Marika
>
>Sr. Policy Director
>ICANN