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<span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dear Khaled, Board OEC and caucus group members,<br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">As explained in our informal meeting of 15 March, we intended that "agreeing on leadership from within the current membership" should mean "agreeing on leadership from within the then-current membership" . In other words, the members at the time the Review Team reconvenes with the facilitator.<span> </span></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>We are finalising the list of RT members and anticipate delivering that to you very soon.<br><br>Kind regards,<br>SO/AC Chairs</span>

<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Khaled Koubaa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@board.icann.org" target="_blank">khaled.koubaa@board.icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear SO/AC chairs,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for taking the time for the informal meeting on 15 March, on such short notice.  The discussion was very productive, helping clarify your ideas and expectations for resuming the SSR2 review in short order. </div><div><br></div><div>Our understanding is that you will send a follow up to your note dated 13 March, clarifying the phrase “agreeing on leadership from within the current membership” to mean that leadership can be selected from all members (existing and newly added).</div><div><br></div><div>Following this, we will anticipate receiving from you the list of all newly appointed RT members, and a confirmation that all of your appointed RT members (existing and newly added) are in agreement with engaging a facilitator to move the review forward.  Then, ICANN org will select a suitable facilitator and arrange for a face-to-face meeting, between the newly assembled Review Team and the facilitator, to take place at a suitable location in June 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div><br></div><div>Khaled</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_5495461483279703456gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">------------------------------<wbr>---------<br>Khaled KOUBAA / خالد قوبعة</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Board Director<br>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br></div><a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@board.icann.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">khaled.koubaa@board.icann.org</a><br></div></div>
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