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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='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Please find attached the summary of the meeting of the WG on 2 Feb. Please let me know if there are any changes or suggestions.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The meeting has the following AIs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width=67 valign=top style='width:40.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>S. No.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=643 valign=top style='width:385.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Action Items <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=70 valign=top style='width:41.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Owner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 valign=top style='width:40.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>1<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=643 valign=top style='width:385.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Update recommendation on Harmonization of variant rules by (i) changing “will” to “must”, etc. according to RFC 2119, and (ii) updating it to note how registries could use the existing work by ICANN community to implement these guidelines, by referring to root zone LGR and other relevant work. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=70 valign=top style='width:41.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>DT<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 9 Feb. 2017 11am UTC. We will continue following a weekly meeting schedule.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The attached notes of the meeting and the recording of the meeting are available at the IDNGWG wiki page at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_display_IDN_IDN-26-2343-3BImplementation-26-2343-3BGuidelines&d=DgMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=iHyLVWg5XYYYMyRqhLrWLRT-0Iuh0o5-T_cl8G4x7nY&s=_HPo9va0P1o27gRKBycMzrAZTgn8xXAy86zJg9CEjjI&e=">https://community.icann.org/display/IDN/IDN+Implementation+Guidelines[community.icann.org]</a><span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<br>Sarmad</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>