Begin forwarded message: > From: Wendy Profit <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 27, 2012 4:10:53 PM PDT > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: Carole Cornell <[log in to unmask]>, Larisa Gurnick > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [soac-discussion] Cross-constituency strategic planning > session on 18 October at 10:30 am in Toronto > > To: SO/AC Leadership – heads of all SOs, ACs and other Stakeholder > Groups > > Thank you for your continued support and engagement in ICANN’s > strategic development process. We have taken into consideration > community feedback gathered through consultations and submitted > public comments and look forward to seeing you in Toronto for > another productive session. Please note that the next Cross- > constituency Strategic Planning Session will take place in Toronto, > on Thursday, 18 October 2012, at 10:30 am local time in Metro East > Room. > > The session will be organized to take comment on the Draft > 2013-2016 Strategic Plan posted earlier this week and also raise > for discussion future strategy formulation as well as a model for > ICANN planning and execution. > > With regard to those last two items, community feedback also > indicated that ICANN should undertake a full-scale strategy > development for the next planning cycle to cover 3 to 5 years and > that there be clear linkage of strategy and execution. ICANN’s > leadership will share their ideas and plans for the future planning > cycle focused on developing and implementing a strategy that will: > > • Develop a shared vision and define ICANN’s mission, > to be followed consistently. > > • Consider environmental forces and new developments > that will impact the multi-stakeholder model. > > • Formulate “macro-level” organizational objectives and > goals that are clearly derived from ICANN’s vision and mission. > > I hope that you can join us and look forward to a productive session. > > Thank you for your ongoing engagement, > > Kurt IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]