Dear Chris and Rudi, On behalf of Steve Sheng, I would like to invite you to participate in a public meeting in Singapore of the Expert Working Group (EWG) on Defining Requirements for Internationalized Registration Data (IRD). As you know, the work of this EWG is closely tied to that of the PDP WG. Thus, Steve thought it would be useful for the Chairs of the PDP WG to provide a brief update on their activities at this meeting. I imagine we could use the slide deck that you used at the last Council update with minor changes (see attached). The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 26 March from 0900-1000 local Singapore time. See the details at: http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ird-requirements. Of course, as this is a public meeting we would encourage all of the PDP WG members to attend as their schedules permit. Please let me know at your earliest convenience whether you would like to participate in this meeting and whether you have any changes to the draft slides. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director