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The BGC At Large Advisory Committee Working Group (WG) held its third meeting on 12 June 2008 with the independent reviewers to discuss their progress and finalize events in Paris related to the ALAC Review.

• The WG received a status report on the independent evaluator’s efforts. Westlake is preparing the final draft report. The final draft will be posted on 13 June 2008 for discussion at the Paris meeting. The community is encouraged to review the draft report and submit comments on ICANN’s Public Participation site. The public may submit their comments until 27 June 2008 when the comment period on the final draft report closes.
• Chair advised copies of the final draft report will be available at the Paris meetings as well as translated copies of the Executive Summary.
• The WG discussed final plans of the two workshops scheduled during ICANN’s Paris meeting; Monday, 23 June 15h00 – 16h30: ALAC Review Presentation & Workshop and Wednesday, 25 June 14h00 – 15h30: BGC ALAC Review WG Workshop. The WG discussed adding “Office Hour” sessions to the WG’s Paris meeting agenda to provide the community an opportunity to meet with members of the WG to comment on the final draft report.