Dear all, You will recall that in adopting the original IGO-INGO PDP Working Group¹s consensus recommendations in November 2013, the Council also directed that an Implementation Review Team be formed. Since the Board¹s 30 April 2014 adoption of some of those consensus recommendations (viz. those that are not inconsistent with GAC advice received), policy staff has been coordinating with our colleagues in the Global Domains Division on the timing and initiation of the implementation process. Han Chuan Lee from GDD will be leading the implementation effort, and we have briefed him on the background to what you¹ll also recall was a complex PDP that resulted in multiple recommendations. As Implementation Review Teams are normally drawn from participants who have been members of the original WG that developed the recommendations, we have so far held off on issuing the Call for Volunteers, pending the Council¹s resolution of the NGPC¹s request to consider amending the remaining IGO-INGO consensus recommendations. Since a Council decision to propose any amendments would mean reconvening the original WG, we are conscious of the possible bandwidth issue that might arise were the Call for Volunteers to the IRT be issued at the same time. We therefore plan to issue the Call for Volunteers after the Council¹s decision on the NGPC request ­ either shortly thereafter if no further action is taken, or toward the close of the period that a reconvened WG will be given to respond to the Council. In the meantime, Han Chuan and his team are continuing to work on getting up to speed with the various recommendations and the status quo regarding interim protections that had previously been authorized by the ICANN Board. Policy staff will continue to coordinate with him and will be sure to inform you when the Call for Volunteers is issued and the implementation effort launched. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org