<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">The final Integrated Issues Report has been posted. In addition, the draft VIP Project Plan for the next steps has been posted for public comment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; "><br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20feb12-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20feb12-en.htm</a><br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-proposed-project-plan-20feb12-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-proposed-project-plan-20feb12-en.htm</a></span></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara">Both documents will be discussed at the IDN Variant Issues Project Session during the ICANN Costa Rica Meeting, 11-16 March 2012.</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara">Best regards,</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara">Naela Sarras</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara">ICANN</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Candara"><br></font></span></div></body></html>