<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><div><div>Hello Bret and everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll check with Sarmad and his colleagues, but will note for now that whichever the final number, the Council should feel comfortable that all those it endorses possess the necessary subject matter and technical expertise as outlined in the Call for Experts, see Section 3 in the attached: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en</a>.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><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 4889</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><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Bret Fausett <<a href="mailto:bret@uniregistry.link">bret@uniregistry.link</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 17:00<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [council] Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">greatly appreciate knowing who the endorsed experts are as soon as possible.</span> </blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Thank you, Mary. Is there any reason we couldn’t endorse all six? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Bret</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></span></body></html>