Dear Protocol Council Members, Please find enclosed the message of Mr. S. Lynn concerning the Constituency meetings on November 12. Best regards, Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 5:54 AM To: council@dnso.org; ac-coord@aso.icann.org; Vladimir Androuchko for PSO Council Cc: Diane Schroeder Subject: Constituency meetings on November 12 Dear colleagues: As you know, ICANN announced two days ago that the annual ICANN meeting would indeed occur on November 13-15 inclusive, and that the meeting would focus on security and stability of the Internet's naming and addressing systems. The original meeting, of course, was scheduled to start on November 12, not November 13. There is no reason that November 12 cannot still be made available to those constituencies ,SO's and other ICANN committees or task forces that want to hold meetings to consider other pressing items on their agendas. Apart from these agenda items, such meetings might also be useful for shaping input on any items that are on the Board agenda. You may recall from the announcement that the Board may decide to take up items where "time is of the essence". Making use of November 12 for these or other purposes would help to ensure that we can all focus on the core security agenda the following three days. Once the details of this core agenda are firmed up, constituencies and SO's may also want to use the November 12 opportunity for advance consideration of the "security agenda". There will, however, be times set aside during the three days of the security focus for constituency and other meetings to address specific security considerations. Any constituency, SO or other ICANN committee or task force wishing to hold a meeting on November 12 should advise Dianne Schroeder so that she can work with the unit involved to schedule meeting space. Stuart -- __________________ Stuart Lynn President and CEO ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: 310-823-9358 Fax: 310-823-8649 Email: lynn@icann.org