<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Dear Jonathan and Council Members;</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">As one of the last action items from the January 17 GNSO Council Meeting (see - <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items</a> ), I agreed to send a update and to circulate the document links I reviewed with you regarding my briefing on the the future GNSO independent Review effort.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">I am pleased to report that at least 24 people have reviewed and downloaded the slides I shared at the last meeting (see - <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/35555">http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/35555</a> ). Also, as a result of the interest in the presentation during the Council meeting, I had the opportunity to provide more detailed follow-up briefings to leaders of the Intellectual Property and Business Constituencies.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">So far, review of the community wiki project page detailing the prospective "macro" and "micro" review criteria I spoke about has seen less traffic. If you are interested in learning more about the effort and offering any opinions about how the review criteria can be adjusted or improved, please visit the GNSO Independent Review Planning wiki space at this link - <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GNSO/GNSO+Review+Plan+Framework">https://community.icann.org/display/GNSO/GNSO+Review+Plan+Framework</a> . You can share any thoughts, comments or opinions regarding the effort in the comments section of any of the associated wiki pages or directly with me via email. At the very least you may wish to keep the links above for future reference.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Best regards,</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Rob Hoggarth</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div></body></html>