Dear IRT members, As we are preparing for the ICANN81 public meeting in Istanbul, we are conscious of the large amount of work ICANN collectively is handling. We’d like to express our continued appreciation for the support you provide in particular to the policy implementation work underway with the Global Domains & Strategy (GDS) function. Your work is enabling several key achievements, including the rollout of the Registration Data Policy, the coming opening of Applicant Support and Registry Service Provider evaluation aspects of the New gTLD Program: Next Round, and others. The GDS team invites you to join us for a small reception on Monday, 11 November from 17:30 to 19:00 local time at the conference venue in Istanbul. For reference, travel time from the venue to the host reception scheduled from 18:30 to 21:00 at the Atatürk Cultural Centre is a 15-minute walk. GDS and other team members who are supporting the meeting on the ground in Istanbul will be pleased to see you there. We’ll have some light food and drinks available, and will especially value the time to catch up and to thank the many Implementation Review Team (IRT) members for their continued support this year on a number of complex and important issues. Sincerely, Theresa Swinehart ICANN SVP, Global Domains & Strategy