<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 DG Members,</div><div><br></div><div>As discussed on today’s group call, staff is circulating the updated Issues / Recommendations matrix that was last edited by Jeff Neuman, along with his short explanation regarding the proposed groupings he included in the document (see below). I have also included his updated Executive Summary. As noted by Jeff on the call, the co-chairs request feedback by <b>30 Mar 2015</b> and preferably before, so as to be able to include for discussion during the DG call on 30 Mar 2015 at 14:00 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div>Note, I have incorporated Philip Shepard’s proposed changes into tab 2 of the attached Excel sheet.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"I refer to the Matrix that has Policies A-G, 1-20 and IG A through IG-R. With respect to the Potential New topics I refer to Excel row number in that 2<font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.3pt;"><sup>nd</sup></span></font> tab)</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Group 1: Overall Process </u><u>/ Support / Outreach </u><u>:</u> A, C, 1, 9, 10 (concept), 12 (Concept), 13, IG A, IG B, IG C, IG D, IG E, IG I, IG M, IG N, IG O, IG Q, New Row 3)</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Group 2: Legal</u><u> </u><u>/</u><u> </u><u>Regulatory</u>: 5, 10 (substance), 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, IG J, IG K, IG L, New Row 2, New Row 4, New Row 5, New Row 6</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Group 3: Contentions / Objections & Disputes</u><u>:</u> G, 2, 3, 6, 12, 20, IG F, IG H, IG P, IG R</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Group 4: Internationalized Domain Names</u>: B, 18</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Group 5: Technical and Operations</u>: D, E, F, 4, 7, 8, New Row 7 (Name Collision)"</span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Steven Chan</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>Sr. Policy Manager<br><br><b>ICANN<br></b>12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536<br><a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org" title="blocked::mailto:karen.lettner@icann.org" style="color: blue;">steve.chan@icann.org<br></a><br>direct: +1.310.301.3886<br>mobile: +1.310.339.4410</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">tel: +1.310.301.5800<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fax: +1.310.823.8649</span></p></div></body></html>