<div class="__aliyun_email_body_block"><div  style="clear:both;">Dear Heather and fellow councillors</div><div  style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div  style="clear:both;">FYI - Letter from NTIA to Chair of ICANN Board re SSR2 https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/redl-to-chalaby-12dec17-en.<span class="spellcheck_typo">pdf</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div  style="clear:both;">Kind regards,</div><div  style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div  style="clear:both;">Pam</div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><blockquote  style="margin-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">From:<span class="spellcheck_typo">Marika</span> Konings <marika.konings@icann.org></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Time:2017 Dec 15 (Fri) 04:07</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">To:Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Cc:GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Subject:Re: [council] [Ext] Re: For your information - What's new with reviews</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><style ><!--  @font-face{font-family:Cambria Math;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{margin:.0in;margin-bottom:.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink{mso-style-priority:99;color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed{mso-style-priority:99;color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}span.EmailStyle17{mso-style-type:personal-reply;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;}span.msoIns{mso-style-type:export-only;text-decoration:underline;color:teal;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;font-size:10.0pt;}@page WordSection1{size:8.5in 11.0in;margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Here is the response from Sherwood:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Heather,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your input.  In response to your question, the intent of the blog was to highlight opportunities for the community to participate.  This is part of MSSI’s strategy to simplify and focus our communications on actionable and
 relevant activities regarding reviews. Given the current state of SSR2, there was nothing new to report nor any actions for the community to take.  While the purpose of the blog is to draw <span class="spellcheck_typo">people’s</span> attention to time-sensitive and actionable items to highlight
 opportunities for community participation, we appreciate that it would be useful to include a quick status update for all other reviews, as well.  Moving forward we will include a status update for each review along with opportunities to participate.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sherwood Moore</p><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Project Manager, Strategic Communication & Community Engagement</p><p class="MsoNormal">424.443.8216 | <a  href="mailto:sherwood.moore@icann.org" target="_blank">sherwood.moore@icann.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spellcheck_typo">Skype</span>: <span class="spellcheck_typo">sherwood</span>.<span class="spellcheck_typo">moore</span>.<span class="spellcheck_typo">icann</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div  style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1.0px;border-top-color:#b5c4df;padding:4.0px .0in .0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span  style="font-size:16.0px;color:black;">From: </span></b><span  style="font-size:16.0px;color:black;">council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of <span class="spellcheck_typo">Marika</span> Konings <marika.konings@icann.org><br ><b >Date: </b>Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 21:48<br ><b >To: </b>Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com><br ><b >Cc: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br ><b >Subject: </b>Re: [council] [Ext] Re: For your information - What's new with reviews</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">I will try to find out.</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spellcheck_typo">Marika</span></p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0px;"><br >
On 12 Dec 2017, at 21:42, Heather Forrest <<a  href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com" target="_blank">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><div ><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Dear <span class="spellcheck_typo">Marika</span>, </p><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for alerting us to this update. I will not take credit for being the first to notice this, but I believe it's an important question to raise. Does staff know by chance the reason why SSR2's current pause status is not anywhere
 mentioned in this "what's new" update? Surely the unprecedented intervention into a review team deserves a mention to present an accurate picture?</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Heather</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div ><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:29 PM, <span class="spellcheck_typo">Marika</span> Konings <<a  href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" target="_blank">marika.konings@icann.org</a>> wrote:</p><div ><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><u >Forwarding at the request of Sherwood Moore, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Communication & Community Engagement, ICANN</u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Periodically, the MSSI team publishes “What’s New with Reviews” to provide an update on opportunities for community input into the active ICANN Specific and Organizational Reviews. 
 This month “What’s New with Reviews” highlights opportunities for community input to the Competition, Consumer Choice, and Consumer Trust (CCT) Review Team, the development of Review Operating Standards, and also a community survey for the Root Server System
 Advisory Committee (RSSAC2) Review.  <a  href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_blog_what-2Ds-2Dnew-2Dwith-2Dreviews-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=7_PQAir-9nJQ2uB2cWiTDDDo5Hfy5HL9rSTe65iXLVM&m=UrhwDM1E1cWbOARyKtXIRRQ5wSqDecVOK9iAyjEJ8eo&s=e7we7-1Ag3VA91k36ptU7SbM80Xs9dbukSHY05yynKY&e=" target="_blank">Click
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