<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><i>The </i><i>Updated Supplementary Procedures for Independent Review Process (IRP) comment period (<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/irp-supp-procedures-2016-11-28-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-<wbr>comments/irp-supp-procedures-<wbr>2016-11-28-en</a> </span>) has been extended to the new Close Date of <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">January 25, 2017</span></span>, at <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">23:59 UTC</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><i><u></u> <u></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><i>Originally scheduled to close following a 42-day period on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">January 10, 2017</span></span>, this extension is to afford additional time in light of the holiday period in the middle of the comment period and the important nature of these updated supplementary procedures to the IRP process.</i></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Bernard Turcotte</div></div>