<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Lars,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your email. Our apologies that the response was not clearer and we appreciate your efforts to clarify our position.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact we were not suggesting that a professional facilitator should be employed as Chair, but rather that subject matter experts from within the ICANN Community should be sought out to give input and direction to the ATRT3 Review and provide general leadership to the group. We were not explicitly referring to the role of Chair, but the need for participants capable of creating and working within targeted objectives and discussion rather than depending on the whole ICANN community to drive it forward. </div><div><br></div><div>Please let us know if you need any further clarification.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Zoe Bonython</div><div>RrSG Secretariat</div><div><br><div><div>On 8 Aug 2018, at 14:08, Lars Hoffmann <<a href="mailto:lars.hoffmann@icann.org">lars.hoffmann@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear Graeme,<o:p></o:p></span></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">I hope this finds you well. As we are summarizing the responses to the public comment on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="">Short-Term Options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews, we noticed that the RrSG<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-specific-reviews-short-term-timeline-14may18/2018q3/000007.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">suggested</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with regard to ATRT3: “as a mechanism to ensure the ATRT3 Review proceeds in a timely (and therefore budget friendly) manner, the RrSG would further suggest that it be led by experts rather than the whole community.” We interpret this as a suggestion to have the team chaired by a professional facilitator; did we understand that correctly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">We have cc-ed the public comment archive to make sure your response will become part of the public comment record.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Many thanks and best wishes,<br>Lars</span></h1></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>