Proposed Timeline for ASWG and ICANN

Community

Proposed Timeline

Work Phases

- Collecting Input Phase – AWG takes the lead with ICANN help

- Drafting Phase – Working together.

- Presenting Phase – ICANN takes the lead with AWG help

Key Deadlines and Milestones		Responsibility/ Participants:
Date	Activity	Working Group	ICANN Staff


July 17-18	IGF East Africa	X
July 26	Kickoff Call	X	X
late July	Finalization of AWG membership	X	(X)
Ongoing	Gathering inputs from African Community	X
August 5	ICANN Global Partnerships Retreat (in LA)		X
August 15	Global Partnership Plan Framework to CEO		X
August 26	Monthly Check-in Call for alignment	X	X
August 26-28	Mauritius Retreat	X	X
September 1-3	Southern Africa IGF	X
September 5-6	Khartoum AU Ministerial	X	X
September 11-13	ICANN Board Workshop (in LA)		X
mid-September	Integration of IGFs recommendations Additional African Community Consultation	X
September 26	Monthly Check-in Call for alignment	X	X

September 27-28	Finalization of Draft Plan	X	X
September 30	Delivery of Draft Plan from AWG to ICANN (in the form of a presentation)	X
October 1-5	Consultations on Draft Plan	X	X
October 6	Preparation of Final Plan (the first draft of full report for Toronto to be primarily prepared by Tarek Kamel)		X

October 8	Submission of Plan to ICANN Board		X
October 14	Presentation of Plan to ICANN Board -Toronto	(X)	X
October 15	ICANN Toronto CEO Announcement of plan	(X)	X
October 16-17	Panel Presentation for Community Feedback; Publication for broader Community Feedback	X	X
November 6-9	IGF Baku	(X)	X
Mid-November	Full draft report delivered by to CEO, start of implementation phase		X