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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Sub-team members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just a brief reminder that at our last meeting a final draft of questions related to the TMCH was prepared. Should you have any final comments on these we would be grateful to receive them asap.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In relation to the meeting for this week, scheduled for Friday, 7 October 2016 at 15:00 UTC, staff would suggest that this would provide an opportune time to discuss the report to be sent to the Working Group. Tentatively we would suggest that the report could cover the following items:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Overview of activities to date;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Publicly available data obtained by the ST (i.e. the tabular summary prepared by staff);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Outcome of meetings with analysis group; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Proposed further data gathering from key-stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We would be grateful to receive any comments you had on this outline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards,<br><br>David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>David A. Tait</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Policy Specialist&nbsp;(Solicitor qualified in Scotland)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mobile: + 44-7864-793776</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Email: &nbsp;david.tait@icann.org&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>www.icann.org</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>