<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt;" class="">9th October 2017,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear Co-Chairs,</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;">Please find attached the new report, for the <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;" class="">first reading of the WS2 plenary, </span>of the <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;" class="">Sub-Group on ICANN Ombuds Office (IOO).</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;" class="">Our Report titled ‘CCWG-Accountability-WS2-Ombudsman-DrafRecommendationsV2.5’ </span>reflects the changes requested at the 28 September plenary and at the Ombuds sub-group meeting of 5 October in red-line.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;">Please note we have added a new Annex C where Farzaneh's concerns are listed as well as the additional input received from Phil Khoury (external reviewer of the IOO).</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial;">As IOO Sub Group Rapporteur I will be pleased to answer any questions and discuss any comments from our CCWG.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt;" class="">All the best</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Sebastien Bachollet</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Attached:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" class=""><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">IOO Report for (second) first reading<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">External evaluator’s final report</span></li></ol><div class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>