Dear WG members, We are beginning to work with the ICANN Meetings Team to put together the schedule for the upcoming ICANN52 Meeting in Singapore, in February 2015. As you will recall, our WG has been selected by the GNSO Council as the second WG to participate in the Council¹s pilot project for facilitating successful WG outcomes, following the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues WG¹s positive experience in Los Angeles last month. I am writing now to find out how many, and which, WG members intend to participate in the Singapore full-day, face-to-face facilitated session, to be held immediately following the end of the ICANN Meeting, on Friday 13 February 2015. This will permit the organizers to secure the most appropriate meeting room space, among other arrangements. Please note that WG members who require ICANN travel funding in order to be at the Singapore meeting will have to have their travel approved by their respective GNSO Stakeholder Group or other ICANN SO/AC. We will be writing separately to each SG/SO/AC Chair to inform them of the Friday session, and request that they nominate members who are active WG participants for the available slots. As a reminder, each GNSO Stakeholder Group may nominate up to 6 active WG members, and funding for this specific initiative is limited to one hotel night each (for 6 members) or a maximum of two nights (if fewer than 6). As such, a participant¹s airfare and additional accommodation costs will have to be funded from each SG¹s general travel allocations or other sources. For those who are not able to join the meeting in person, remote participation facilities will be available, and the facilitators will be briefed to ensure that remote participants are as actively involved as those who will be present in person. Please let me know if you plan to attend (subject to your obtaining the necessary travel/funding approval, if applicable) as soon as possible. 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