<div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><b>Wisdom Donkor</b> </font><font size="1">(CASP+, CISM, CEH </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Certified,</span><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">President & CEO</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF) | Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC)</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra | <a href="http://www.aodirf.org" target="_blank">www.aodirf.org</a> / <a href="http://www.afrigeocon.org" target="_blank">www.</a><a href="http://agdic.info" target="_blank">agdic.info</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom | Twitter: @wisdom_dk </font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">ICANN GNSO Council Member |</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> ICANN</span> transfer policy review working group Member | <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Improvement (CCOICI)</span> | UN IGF MAG Member | IGF Support Fund Association Executive Committee Member, World Bank Independent Consultant | AU AFIGF Member | Ghana OGP Advisory Committee member | GSS SDGs Advisory Committee Member</font></div><div><font size="1">____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div></div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance, Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Geospatial Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Domain Name Systems, Human Resource Planning and Development, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nathalie Peregrine via SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 8:58 am<br>Subject: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] ICANN85 Draft Block Schedule, Draft Production Timeline<br>To: <a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Whilst you are all busy during ICANN84, staff support thought it might be helpful for you to have access to the ICANN85 draft block schedule and production timeline ahead of time
for planning purposes. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">An ICANN85 Production Kick Off call aiming to debrief ICANN84 and start planning for ICANN85 will be scheduled shortly after ICANN84, allowing time for all travelers to return from
the meeting. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please bear in mind the following:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_4223024982157111884MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The draft block schedule follows a thought process stemming from what worked at previous Community Forums and equally other
ICANN meetings. It can however be modified and tweaked according to your collective input<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_4223024982157111884MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The production timeline shows an estimate of the deadlines by which scheduling steps should have taken place.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please do not hesitate to provide your input here, your questions, your ideas for ICANN85.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We look forward to working with you on the Community Forum!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Schedule Team<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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