Dear IRT members, After a quiet period following ICANN84, we are planning to hold four IRT meetings in the run up to the end-of-year holidays. So, I wanted to provide you with a quick overview of what we have on the agenda: IRT Meeting on 25 November 18-19 UTC; Topic: TMCH Specification IRT Meeting on 2 December 13-14 UTC; Topics: Base RA Spec 14; ICANN’s plan for managing any surplus/deficit as a result of the New gTLD program (latter may move to 9 December) IRT Meeting on 9 December 13-14 UTC; Outreach and Engagement; Heads up on opening of the application window (latter may move to 11 Dec) IRT Meeting on 11 December 18-19 UTC; Name Collision Procedure Document Additional items to be shared via the mailing list: * On the DRSP Rules and Fees, we expect to share all of these with you no later than15 December (some will come sooner) * On the FAQs related to PICDRP, RRDRP, and TM-PDDRP, we expect to share these with you in February 2026. Thanks and best wishes, Lars