<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SSR2 Review Team:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The unilateral dismissal of Angie Graves from the Technical Writer position took place without any consultation of the leadership team. The leadership team has a call later today, and I hope that we will learn more about this situation. Hopefully we will have more to share with the whole team.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I cannot express my level of frustration,</div><div class=""> Russ</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 31, 2019, at 3:42 PM, Negar Farzinnia <<a href="mailto:negar.farzinnia@icann.org" class="">negar.farzinnia@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Dear members of the SSR2 Review Team,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">In discussing the cadence of SSR2 work and the review team’s expectations, it turns out that the project is no longer a good fit for Angie. She was not willing to proceed under the originally agreed upon terms, and is looking for a predictable and steady schedule of work over the course of the next six months.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">To make sure that you have a solid and steady resource to help you and your team with the significant amount of work, we are in the process of evaluating and soon hope to engage another technical writer with required skills. Please be assured that this is a top priority and we understand the urgency, especially in light of this unforeseen development.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Negar<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>