Dear SSR2 Review Team members, You are invited to attend the upcoming webinar on proposed updates to draft Operating Standards for Specific Reviews. The purpose of the webinar is to highlight proposed updates to the draft Operating Standards<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-09-19-en> in several key areas. Feedback on the proposals from current and former review team members is important as the Operating Standards will provide future guidance to Specific Review teams to help ensure that reviews are conducted efficiently and effectively. As a member of a specific review team we especially value your contributions on best practices and process improvements and would like to encourage you to participate if at all possible. The presentation will be identical for both one-hour webinars, scheduled as follows: * Webinar 1: 4 October 2018: 16:00 UTC [local time<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Draft+Operating+St...>] * Webinar 2: 5 October 2018: 00:00 UTC [local time<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Draft+Operating+St...>] Calendar invites for both webinars, including agenda and dial-in information, are attached to this email. If you cannot open the attachments, please email mssi-secretariat@icann.org<mailto:mssi-secretariat@icann.org> to receive an invite, indicating which of the two sessions you would like to attend. Please note, following these webinars and a public session at IANN63, ICANN org anticipates publishing a new draft Operating Standards, based on community input received, for public comment in December 2018. Background Information The ICANN Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article4.6> call for the development of Operating Standards to provide guidance to review teams to conduct Specific Reviews efficiently and effectively. The ICANN organization is in the process of modifying the draft Operating Standards based on public comments<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-standards-2017-10-17-en> received on the October 2017 draft and on the Long-Term Options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-long-term-timeline-2018-05-14-...>. -- Jennifer Bryce Senior Reviews Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: jennifer.bryce@icann.org Skype: jennifer.bryce.icann www.icann.org