<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><div><div>Dear WG members,</div><div><br></div><div>In view of the varying concerns that have been voiced and concluding that it will be very difficult to hold a productive F2F meeting where there will be sufficient representation from across the different groups and interests, the WG chairs have decided <u>not</u> to schedule a separate F2F meeting for the WG in Buenos Aires. </div><div><br></div><div>That said, we will likely still need a fairly intensive working session at around that time, in light of our Work Plan and progress. As such, the chairs would like to suggest that – instead of the usual 90-minute community session during the ICANN meeting, we aim to hold a <u>2-hour working session</u> that will of course still be open to the community to observe. The idea is to have such a session scheduled for the <b>Wednesday</b> afternoon, at around 4/4.30 – 6/6.30 p.m. Buenos Aires time, so please do hold that slot in your schedules, whether you plan to be there in person or participate remotely.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone for their input!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4892</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: mary.wong@icann.org</font></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>