Dear IRT, I hope you’re all well. In advance of tomorrow’s meeting at 14:00 UTC (please contact Renate or me if you didn’t receive the invite), version 3 of the Policy Guidance document is now available for review at the link below (Word version also attached to this email): Policy Guidance V3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t_a1wJdBgEDtsixJXOOxFSXv9N4gJ9uzFWstZB1D... Following feedback on version 2, the guidance has been simplified and slimmed down, recentered on IGOs and drafted in a more neutral fashion, to conform more closely with the original PDP recommendations. This approach was chosen to avoid engagement in ongoing community discussions on DNS Abuse, and the document should be read with this goal in mind. For reference, please see Version 2<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEkUDLCBXxugV0zJC7nSM4QiLC7OqaEd3vJ-Smi-...>, redlined with comments and additions from the IRT. I attempted a redline comparison with V3 but the result was just too confusing to read, given the extent of the changes from the previous version. Reviewing V2 will also remind you of the IRT debates that informed this new approach. Tomorrow’s meeting is organized with the intent to clarify issues preventing the UDRP and URS updates issuing for public comment; as such, the agenda is wholly devoted to this goal. While we can discuss V3 of the guidance if we have time, comments are instead requested in written form, either in the guidance document or emailed to the IRT list, by COB Wednesday 10 December. Next steps will be decided based on the comments received – if none are forthcoming, we will assume the IRT is content for the document to issue for public comment in its current form, pending a final review. Please email me with any questions. Looking forward to speaking tomorrow, Peter Peter Eakin Policy Research Specialist, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: + 32 493 547 913 Office: 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt. 1, Brussels B-1040, Belgium