Colleagues, The four week discussion phase for 2019-03 officially ended just over a week ago. Since then, while there has been further welcome discussion on list, the WG Co-Chairs have been discussing the next steps with the proposers and the NCC Policy Officer. We have reached the following conclusions. 2019-03 will now move into the Review Phase, with a new version of the policy coming to the list in the next couple of days. Along with this the NCC will start their Impact Analysis which they will share as soon as possible. This does not imply any judgement regarding consensus or lack of consensus for 2019-03, but the Co-Chairs feel it is the best way to both bring the new draft of the proposed policy to you all *and* obtain the vital information from the NCC their understanding of the policy and likely impact. It is at the end of the Review Phase that a decision regarding consensus will be made. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Brian Co-Chair, AA-WG Brian Nisbet Service Operations Manager HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland +35316609040 brian.nisbet@heanet.ie www.heanet.ie Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270