Dear Providers Sub Team Members,

Staff touched based with Co-Chairs earlier today to discuss ICANN62 session planning. Per Co-Chairs’ direction, we are seeking advice on how you wish to structure the working session in Panama (Thu, 28 June at 10:30-12:00 local time). Again, all three Providers will be attending the session either in person or remotely.

If we may, staff would like to propose some suggestions:

• The session would use an interaction format, with Q&A between the Sub Team members and the Providers.
• There would be no formal presentations from the URS Providers; they are expected to provide further information/clarification, if needed, as the Sub Team goes through their responses.
• Option A:
  • Sub Team will first ask the Providers to address the follow up questions developed in the previous call;
  • Sub Team will then pick up from where we left and continue going through the responses based on the order in the spreadsheet (starting from row 20);
  • Staff will display the spreadsheet that contains the full responses from the Providers on the screen, with no additional slides.
• Option B:
  • Sub Team will focus on reviewing the questions with divergent/different responses from the Providers (50 questions total);
  • Staff are happy to develop some slides (e.g., with high-level points summarizing the divergent responses for each question) to display on the screen to facilitate the discussions. However, Sub Team members should still reference the spreadsheet on their own laptops for the full responses.

At your earliest convenience, please be so kind to provide your preference for Option A or Option B, as well as additional ideas if any, so staff could relay the information/expectations to the Providers to assist their participation in the Sub Team working session at ICANN62. Thank you for your input!

Best Regards,

Mary, Julie, Ariel, and Berry