Dear All, Following our discussion last week, please find attached a flow chart in which we've tried to describe in further detail where from a staff perspective the gTLD Registration Services PDP stands and how it relates to the EWG Final Report as well as the informal group proposed by Steve Crocker to discuss next steps. As we also tried to make clear on the call and which the flow chart will hopefully show, is that the PDP has been following the required steps as outlined in the ICANN Bylaws as well as Annex A and that the EWG is in no way circumventing this process but merely providing additional insights and information that will hopefully help inform subsequent deliberations, something that from our perspective is fully in line with the objective of fact-based policy development. We hope this may be helpful as the Council considers next steps and engages with the Board in the proposed informal discussion. Best regards, Marika