To: Cherine Chalaby, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors

Cc: Chris Disspain, Mike Silber, Göran Marby

Dear Cherine:

As a follow-up from my letter to the Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors dated 30 January 2017, I would like to request the ICANN Board of Directors to discuss and adopt the ccNSO IDN ccTLD Policy recommendations.

The proposed policy was submitted to the ICANN Board in September 2013 and now, with conclusion of the 3^rd review of the Fast Track process (March 2015) and the upcoming implementation of the related proposed guidance on and refinement of the Fast Track Methodology, the ccNSO Council believes that the experimental Fast Track should be replaced by the overall policy and its implementation.

Further, the ccNSO Council believes that future refinements and policy needs should be addressed through the overall policy, including, but not limited to, potential ccNSO policy efforts related to emoji as second level domains.

On behalf of the ccNSO Council,

Katrina Sataki,

Chair