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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear Councilors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We are forwarding the announcement below as the subject of WHOIS accuracy and the ongoing work on an Accuracy Reporting System is likely to be of interest to many in the GNSO community.
The announcement has already been sent to the SO/AC leaders, but you may also wish to notify your respective groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks and cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="94" height="94" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-94x94.jpg" alt="CANN"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-08-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-08-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Cycle 2 Report<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Arial">8 June 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">On 8 June 2016, ICANN published the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) Phase 2 Cycle 2 report. ICANN will hold an interactive webinar on 16 June 2016 UTC to review findings of the study and their
implications for the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Cycle 2 report acts as a follow-on to the Phase 2 Cycle 1 report published in December 2015. In Cycle 2, ICANN measured both the overall accuracy for syntax (formatting) and operability (e.g.,
does an email or telephone call go through?) of a sample of WHOIS records in gTLDs. The results include comparisons based on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial">Registrar Accreditation Agreements (2009 RAA v. 2013 RAA)
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<span style="font-family:Arial">Top-level domain types (e.g., new or "legacy" gTLDs)
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<span style="font-family:Arial">Trends in data from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Arial">Regional accuracy differences, including two new sub-analyses: reasons for error by region and language script type vs. accuracy
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">The WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System is an ICANN initiative born out of recommendations from the 2012 WHOIS Review Team to improve oversight of the WHOIS Program. ICANN committed to proactively identifying
potentially inaccurate gTLD WHOIS contact data and forwarding potentially inaccurate records to gTLD registrars for investigation and follow up. The ARS reports provide information on nonconformances (based on the applicable Registrar Accreditation Agreement),
which ICANN's Compliance team uses for follow-up with registrars regarding potentially inaccurate records.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background:white"><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Webinar Details & How to Attend</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Date / Time: 16 June 2016, 14:30 - 15:30 UTC</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">Use the <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html">
time zone converter</a> to determine when the webinar will occur in your local area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Join Online:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial">
<a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Join the Teleconference:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial">
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/whois-ars-webinar-dial-in-numbers-16jun16-en.pdf">
View phone numbers</a> [PDF, 143 KB] (<span style="color:red">Passcode</span>: GDD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial">The webinar will be conducted in English. Recordings will be published in the knowledge center of the WHOIS website at:
<a href="http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center">http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background:white"><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Further Information</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-phase-2-report-cycle-2-8june16.pdf">Phase 2 Cycle 2 Report</a> [PDF, 2.6 MB]
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<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy">Phase 2 Cycle 1 Report</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-phase-1-report-24august2015.pdf">Phase 1 Report</a> [PDF, 1.4 MB]
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<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/ars-pilot-23dec14-en.pdf">Pilot Study Report</a> [PDF, 1.5 MB]
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<span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://whois.icann.org/en">WHOIS</a> <o:p>
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