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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'>We are about to wrap up our discussions and finalize the recommendations for this version of the IDN Guidelines. The general plan is to complete the discussion of all substantive matters in the coming conference call this Thursday (April 19, 2018 @11:00 UTC), and thereupon a last call to this mailing list before forwarding the finalized recommendations to the ICANN Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'>Please take some time to review the latest draft and raise any issue of concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'>Edmon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Idngwg [mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 14, 2018 5:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tan Tanaka, Dennis <dtantanaka@verisign.com>; idngwg@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Idngwg] [Ext] Re: IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Dennis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank you for reviewing and for catching the error in the link to the wiki page. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It is fixed in the attached version. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Please let me know any further feedback on the timeline, and I can reconfirm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tan Tanaka, Dennis [<a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com">mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ext] Re: [Idngwg] IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cover note looks good to me. Just a couple of observations: wiki page link needs to be corrected, and the timeline looks accurate but I don’t know for sure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Sarmad.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Dennis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Idngwg <<a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org">idngwg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, April 13, 2018 at 6:58 AM<br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Idngwg] IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear IDNGWG members,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As discussed during the call, please find attached the cover note to accompany the guidelines, for your review and finalization. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Regards,<br>Sarmad</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b>From:</b> Idngwg [<a href="mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 13, 2018 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:idngwg@icann.org">idngwg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Idngwg] IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Dear IDN Guidelines WG members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Please find attached the notes from the meeting on 12 April 2018. Please let us know if you have any feedback. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Kindly also review the Action Items below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Action Items</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:436.25pt;margin-left:35.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>S. No.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Action Items</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Owner</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Update guidelines 12, 15 and 16 during the coming week </span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MD</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Develop a cover note for the guidelines including the three points to be communicated to ICANN org</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SH</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Send an email to the entire IDN Guidelines WG to alert members that the WG is finalizing the Guidelines and asking them to review the draft and share any feedback</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>EC</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>4</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reach out to Patrik Faltstrom for feedback next week, once the guidelines are finalized</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SH</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>5</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Share a more detailed analysis on harmonization of IDN tables for the WG to review and discuss next week</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=96 valign=top style='width:72.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SH</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>The recording of the call and its summary are also available at the IDN Guidelines wiki page at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_display_IDN_IDN-2BImplementation-2BGuidelines&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=qAs-z5lsx1qg4ORlIggZJ8rKxoygReIR_xCeVaO37qo&m=eSki4ahmEwgHobk0ygkrvs3TFzxPEIYt5RcyBoIXkJ4&s=FHM63SS82-5zZCvgSG-8dcSU9M2gJsLhIKJcIl_nvVE&e=">https://community.icann.org/display/IDN/IDN+Implementation+Guidelines[community.icann.org]</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>