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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">WS2 Plenary,<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Last week the Co-Chairs forwarded you the ICANN Board input
on WS2 recommendations which was the result of our discussions with members of
the Board on WS2 recommendations at ICANN 61.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">You will remember from our discussions at the WS2 face to
face meeting at ICANN 61 that our objective for that meeting was to explore the
possibility of resolving any lingering issues the ICANN Board would have with
our recommendations via implementation guidance which would not modify any of
the WS2 recommendations. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The results of the meeting with members of the Board on WS2
recommendations was that the CCWG-Accountability would look into producing implementation
advice relative to the concerns of the Board once these were formally presented
to the CCWG-Accountability.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As such the Board input on the WS2 recommendations provides
that input and the transmission letter states that “As we discussed in San
Juan, we hope that the CCWG-Acct finds these inputs helpful in considering if
any further implementation guidance can be given that would support the Board’s
consideration of the WS2 recommendations.” which is in line with the conclusions
of the ICANN 61 meeting.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Co-Chairs held a meeting May 23 to consider various
options for implementation guidance which would not alter the final
recommendations of WS2 and have asked staff to prepare proposals for the
Co-Chairs consideration so we can then present the best options to the plenary.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Given the time required to prepare this the Co-Chairs have
agreed that we should cancel the plenary scheduled for Wednesday 30 May 1900
UTC and focus on holding the Wednesday 6 June 0500 plenary to discuss the
options for implementation guidance.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>Bernard Turcotte</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">ICANN Staff Support to the </span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">CCWG-Accountability-WS2</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">for </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The CCWG-Accountability WS2 Co-Chairs<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thomas, Jordan, Tijani<span></span></p>
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