Dear IRT, Happy New Year! 2018 is starting out with a bang for us. Thank you and congratulations! I am happy to report to you that our policy is now scheduled to be published next week. I’ll let you know as soon as I see the announcement. My sincere gratitude and respect for your contribution and guidance over the past two years. We’ve overcame many obstacles. How many can you count - why we can’t implement? Of course, implementation isn’t complete until the policy effective date or dates in our case. And I’ll write again soon for our next steps but I just wanted to take a moment now and share the good news with you all. By You All, I mean: 1 Brian Cimbolic Public Interest Registry (PIR) 2 Crystal Ondo Donuts 3 Jean-Francois Vanden Eynde Nameshield SAS 4 Jim Bikoff Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP 5 Keith Drazek - GNSO Council Liaison Verisign 6 Lori Schulman International Trademark Association (INTA) 7 Michael Flemming GMO Brights Consulting Inc. 8 Mike Rodenbaugh Rodenbaugh Law 9 Petter Rindforth Fenix Legal KB 10 Dennis Tanaka Verisign Here is to IGOs and INGOs! — Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org "One World, One Internet"