Dear IFR2 Team,

Final call for comments on the IFR2 Final Report.

Due date: 7 July

Attached for your review is the final IFR2 report which incorporates the changes discussed on our most recent call. Three versions of the report are attached so you can clearly see updates made to the draft report that was published for public comment.

• Redlines Version- this highlights all the changes we have made since the public comment period. It may be difficult to read.
• Comments Only Version- draws the team's attention to changes that have not yet been discussed (e.g., removing glossary, adding the recommendation table.
• Clean Version - all changes have been accepted; there are no comments.

Kindly note that the most significant changes to the report are the inclusion of the final disposition of the comments table, a recommendation summary table and the removal of the glossary.

Please review and share any final comments to this email list by 7 July 2025. After that date, if no significant comments or suggested edits are received the report will be considered adopted with full consensus of the review team. 

On behalf of ICANN staff, I’d like to thank you for your contributions to this review effort and congratulate the team on getting the final report to this milestone.  

Next steps:

For your information, the next steps are as follows:

• Step 1: IFR2 final report adopted by the IFR2.

• Step 2: GNSO and ccNSO Councils vote to approve IFR2 recommendations 1 & 2 by supermajority (as required for any recommendations to amend the IANA Naming Functions Contract, per ICANN Bylaws Section 18.6) 

• Step 3: Upon completion of Step 2, IFR2 can formally submit the Final Report to the ICANN Board. ICANN Board has 45 days from completion of Step 2 to act on the recommendations (per Bylaws Section 18.6). At this time, the review team will formally be considered complete, and the review team will disband.

• Step 4: Board action on the IFR2 recommendations.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Reda