Dear EPDP Team, ccPDP4 Working Group would like to hold a joint meeting with the EPDP Team on Tuesday, 29 November at 14:00-15:30 UTC to discuss variants’ impact on the string similarity review and the draft recommendations from both groups. They are aware that the hybrid model is still under consideration by the EPDP Team, and ICANN org is expected to provide input from operation/implementation perspective. You will see a calendar invitation for the joint meeting to be forwarded to the mailing list shortly. This joint meeting is part of the effort for fulfilling the Board request that the GNSO and ccNSO keep each other informed of the progress in developing the relevant details of their policies and procedures to ensure a consistent solution for IDN variant gTLDs and IDN variant ccTLDs. Thank you in advance for your time and participation. Thank you, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Sr. Specialist Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)