Dear Steve, In response to the June 2015 Board resolution, I am pleased to provide the Board the requested further guidance on and refinement of the methodology of second string similarity review process. For the Board’s convenience I have included the ccNSO Council’s resolution (Annex A) and an overview of the development of the requested guidance, including the interaction between the ccNSO Working Group, SSAC and the ccNSO Council (Annex B). In addition, I request the ICANN Board of Directors to discuss and adopt the ccNSO IDN ccTLD Policy Development Process (PDP). The proposed policy was submitted to the ICANN Board in September 2013. In parallel with this submission, the ccNSO requested the Board to introduce it first as part of the Fast Track Process to experiment with the methodology and two-panel mechanism. The Extended Process Similarity Review Panel was introduced in December 2013 and now, with conclusion of the 3rd review of the Fast Track process (March 2015) and the related proposed guidance on and refinement of the methodology, the ccNSO Council is of the view that the experimental Fast Track should be replaced by the overall policy. On behalf of the ccNSO Katrina Sataki, Chair