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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='color:black'>Dear GNSO Council members,</span><o:p></o:p></a></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='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'> </span><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='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'>In accordance with the document and motion deadline of </span>14 May<span style='color:black'>, 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 to the GNSO Council at ICANN6</span>1<span style='color:black'> is available at: </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-review-wg-report-02mar18-en.pdf"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-review-wg-report-02mar18-en.pdf</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'> and </span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-gnso-review-update-icann61-14mar18-en.pdf"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-gnso-review-update-icann61-14mar18-en.pdf</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><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='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><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.</span><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='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'> </span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'>Kind regards,</span><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='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'>Julie</span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='color:black'>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></span></p></div></body></html>