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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Claudia Selli,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your letter dated 9 December to the ICANN Board of Directors from the Business Constituency following conversations in Montréal at ICANN66 regarding DNS Abuse.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are hereby acknowledging receipt of the letter; and confirming the letter has been forwarded to the full Board. We have also forwarded it internally for further processing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wendy Profit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Board Operations Senior Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Los Angeles, CA 90094<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Board-Ops-Team <board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of "Selli, Claudia" <claudia.selli@intl.att.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>ICANN Board Ops <board-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"bc-gnso@icann.org" <bc-gnso@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Board-Ops-Team] Business Constituency (BC) follow-up regarding DNS abuse discussions at ICANN66<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Maarten, dear Board Members,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Business Constituency (BC) appreciated the community-wide and board discussions regarding DNS abuse during ICANN66 in Montreal. We thank you and our ICANN colleagues for this constructive engagement.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of the attached letter is to recap key takeaways from these discussions and to highlight expeditious ways in which ICANN Org, with Board oversight, can take concrete steps to more effectively combat DNS abuse through existing
mechanisms in both the Registry Agreement (RA) and Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) contracts.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Claudia Selli </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BC Chair </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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