<html><head><base href="x-msg://888/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br></div><div>There will not be a meeting with the Board on Tuesday. </div><div><br></div><div>This may also have an effect on attendance at our meetings as I am sure many people would want to attend the Tuesday sessions. </div><div><br></div><div>Probably should be discussed on this and other lists.</div><div><br></div><div>a.</div><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><br></div><div><hr align="center" size=""3"" width=""95%""></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Avri:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">I am writing to let you know of recent changes to the schedule for ICANN’s upcoming Silicon Valley-San Francisco meeting, in particular a change to the planned program for Constituency Day on Tuesday, March 15.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">As a further follow up to sessions in Brussels, the Board and the GovernmentalAdvisory Committee have decided to schedule additional time during the SV-SF meeting to continue discussions on the new gTLD program.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This session, open to observers, will take place from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on March 15 in the Grand Ballroom.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This is in addition to the already scheduled Board-GAC consultation set for Thursday, March 17.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">As a result, ICANN Board members will not be able to participate in meetings that day with stakeholder/constituency groups. The constituency meetings can still be held. I am just noting that Board members will be not available. Staff members that committed to attending your meeting will try to follow through on that commitment and you should communicate with staff members separately onthat issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">We ask your understanding for this extraordinary change to the public meeting schedule.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>A public announcementdescribing these changes will be posted shortly on the ICANN website but I wished to let you know in advance of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; ">David Olive </span></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>