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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear GNSO Council members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>In accordance with the document and motion deadline of 04 March, on behalf of the GNSO Review Working Group (WG), here is a brief status report on the progress and implementation of the GNSO Review recommendations. Note also that the previous report provided for the Organizational Effectiveness Committee (OEC) and to the GNSO Council at ICANN60 is available at: <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-review-progress-implementation-report-19oct17-en.pdf">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-review-progress-implementation-report-19oct17-en.pdf</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>As you may know, the GNSO Review WG is executing and overseeing the implementation of the GNSO Review 2 recommendations. This brief status report is a required periodic update to the GNSO Council. The Working Group was initiated on 15 March 2017 and has been meeting bi-weekly. The Working Group expects to complete the implementation of all of the recommendations within the original timeline, not later than September 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>