<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 Councillors, </div><div><br></div><div>As per PDP Manual Section 6, Staff would like to request a 30-day extension for the delivery of the final Issue Report on the Review of all RPMs in all gTLDs. The reason are:</div><ul><li>There were a significant number of public comments submitted</li><li>The holiday period means that the 30 day deadline is effectively only 24 days</li><li>Some internal coordination with the Charter-drafting for the New gTLD Subsequent Round PDP is necessary</li><li>Requiring some additional staff feedback from other departments such as Compliance, Legal, GDD. </li></ul><div>If the extension were granted, staff would work towards meeting the deadline for the second January Council meeting (11 January 2016).</div><div><br></div><div>We hope you will agree to the extension, in the meantime, enjoy your holidays and happy 2016!</div><div>Very best wishes,</div><div>Lars</div><div><br></div><div>—</div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lars Hoffmann </b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">| Policy Manager </span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">lars.hoffmann@icann.org </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">| </span><a href="tel:+1%20(202)%20802-8019" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1 310 804 2586</a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>ICANN</b> | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri;"><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </div></body></html>