​ WS2 Plenary, Last week the Co-Chairs forwarded you the ICANN Board input on WS2 recommendations which was the result of our discussions with members of the Board on WS2 recommendations at ICANN 61. You will remember from our discussions at the WS2 face to face meeting at ICANN 61 that our objective for that meeting was to explore the possibility of resolving any lingering issues the ICANN Board would have with our recommendations via implementation guidance which would not modify any of the WS2 recommendations. The results of the meeting with members of the Board on WS2 recommendations was that the CCWG-Accountability would look into producing implementation advice relative to the concerns of the Board once these were formally presented to the CCWG-Accountability. As such the Board input on the WS2 recommendations provides that input and the transmission letter states that “As we discussed in San Juan, we hope that the CCWG-Acct finds these inputs helpful in considering if any further implementation guidance can be given that would support the Board’s consideration of the WS2 recommendations.” which is in line with the conclusions of the ICANN 61 meeting. The Co-Chairs held a meeting May 23 to consider various options for implementation guidance which would not alter the final recommendations of WS2 and have asked staff to prepare proposals for the Co-Chairs consideration so we can then present the best options to the plenary. Given the time required to prepare this the Co-Chairs have agreed that we should cancel the plenary scheduled for Wednesday 30 May 1900 UTC and focus on holding the Wednesday 6 June 0500 plenary to discuss the options for implementation guidance. Bernard Turcotte ICANN Staff Support to the CCWG-Accountability-WS2 for The CCWG-Accountability WS2 Co-Chairs Thomas, Jordan, Tijani ​