<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-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Councilors,</div><div><br></div><div>This is to inform you that due to preparations for the various Board meetings and workshops that have gone on this week, among other things, it has been more challenging than usual to coordinate things among the various ICANN staffers with whom we will need to work on the Preliminary Issue Report on IGO-INGO Access to the UDRP and URS Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms. We are extremely sorry for the delay; as you know we had hoped to complete the Report by now. We are, however, confident that it will be finalized and published for public comment this month, in good time for community review and discussion before the ICANN meeting in Singapore. In accordance with past practice, we will ensure that the dates and duration of the public comment period will take into account the Singapore meeting and everyone's time leading up to and after it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4892</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: mary.wong@icann.org</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">* One World. One Internet. *</font></font></div></div></body></html>