<div class="__aliyun_email_body_block"><div style="clear:both;">Thank you Marie for your prompt response and <span class="spellcheck_typo">BC's</span> support for the revisions.</div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Dear Councilors - As we are aiming to send the correspondence to the Board this Friday, 3 July 2020, please provide any feedback or suggested edits by close of business Thursday 2 July 2020 (your local time). </span></div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;">Kind regards,</div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;">Pam <br ></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><blockquote style="margin-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Sender:Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo@aim.be></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Sent At:2020 Jun. 27 (Sat.) 00:13</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Recipient:PAMELALITTLE <pam.little@alibaba-inc.com></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Cc:Caitlin Tubergen <caitlin.tubergen@icann.org>; council@gnso.icann.org <council@gnso.icann.org></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Subject:RE: [council] For your review: Draft Response - Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><style >!-- @font-face{font-family:Cambria Math;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}{font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{margin:.0cm;margin-bottom:.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink{mso-style-priority:99;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed{mso-style-priority:99;color:#954f72;text-decoration:underline;}p{mso-style-priority:99;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.0cm;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;}p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph{mso-style-priority:34;margin-top:.0cm;margin-right:.0cm;margin-bottom:.0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0{mso-style-name:msonormal;mso-style-priority:99;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.0cm;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;}span.spellchecktypo{mso-style-name:spellcheck_typo;}span.EmailStyle21{mso-style-type:personal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;}span.EmailStyle22{mso-style-type:personal-reply;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}@page WordSection1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Thanks so much Pam – really appreciate your willingness to consider the <span class="spellcheck_typo">BC’s</span> comments. We’re happy with your redraft.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Wishing everyone a peaceful non-return home but return to your usual working hours!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Best</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Marie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span style="font-size:15.0px;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> PAMELALITTLE <pam.little@alibaba-inc.com>
<br ><b >Sent:</b> Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:59 AM<br ><b >To:</b> Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo@aim.be><br ><b >Cc:</b> Caitlin Tubergen <caitlin.tubergen@icann.org>; council@gnso.icann.org<br ><b >Subject:</b> Re: [council] For your review: Draft Response - Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div ><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;">Dear Marie,</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the edits and comments from the BC. I have updated the draft for your further review and consideration.</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color:#000000;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;border:1.0px none windowtext;padding:.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color:#000000;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;border:1.0px none windowtext;padding:.0px;">1.
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:9.0px;color:black;border:1.0px none windowtext;padding:.0px;"> </span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;border:1.0px none windowtext;padding:.0px;">Recommendation CC.1 - </span><span style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;">While
I agree the Council is actively working to identify the appropriate mechanisms or processes to deal with EPDP Phase 2 Priority 2 issues (including data accuracy), we have not reached any consensus or conclusion yet. I hope the updated language more accurately reflects
where things are right now. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color:#000000;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;">
</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">2. <span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;">Recommendation</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;background-color:white;"> CC.4 - I</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;">
have added a sentence to address <span class="spellcheck_typo">BC's</span> comment, although I feel this is not within
<span class="spellcheck_typo">Council's</span> remit. Please feel free to add additional language or make further edits.</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;">I would be happy to jump on a call to discuss if you think that would be helpful.
</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;">Kind regards,</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;">Pam</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------------------------------------</p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;">Sender:Marie Pattullo <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be" target="_blank">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>></span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;">Sent At:2020 Jun. 24 (Wed.) 02:07</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;">Recipient:Caitlin Tubergen <<a href="mailto:caitlin.tubergen@icann.org" target="_blank">caitlin.tubergen@icann.org</a>>;
<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>></span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;">Subject:Re: [council] For your review: Draft Response - Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Dear Caitlin, dear all</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Many thanks for the attached draft. On behalf of the BC:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:24.0px;text-indent:-24.0px;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">1.</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:9.0px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;color:black;">
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Recommendation CC.1: Our concerns around inaccurate registrant data, of which this is another aspect,are well known – as are those of other parts of the community, including the GAC (noting their comments and
letter during ICANN68).</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-24.0px;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;font-family:Symbol;color:black;">·</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:9.0px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;color:black;">
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Substance: As the RT said, if the WHOIS record is public then the true status should be on display with the notation: “<i >domain name is suspended due to incorrect data</i>”. Further, in such cases the registrar
should not be able to remove the suspension without receiving confirmation that the data was correct.
</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-24.0px;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;font-family:Symbol;color:black;">·</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:9.0px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;color:black;">
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Process: while your explanation that the wider subject of accuracy is (unfortunately) not going to be dealt with by the current EPDP is correct, the phrase “<i >If and when the Council decides to request an Issue
Report on data accuracy</i>” is quite dismissive and could be read as this subject being put permanently on ice. In the light of the concerns expressed, inter alia, by the BC and the GAC, could we be more proactive? Suggested amendment:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:96.0px;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">“<s >If and when</s> [T]he Council
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:red;">is actively discussing the need for, and scope of,
</span><s ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">decides to request</span></s><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> an Issue Report on data accuracy,
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:red;">in which </span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Recommendation CC.1 could be included for consideration, if this item has not been addressed in the next round of contractual negotiations between ICANN
<span class="spellcheck_typo">org</span> and the Contracted Parties (as directed by the Board).”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:24.0px;text-indent:-24.0px;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">2.</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:9.0px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;color:black;">
</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Recommendation CC.4: it should not be contentious that any adopted policy should be measured, audited, tracked, reported and enforced. Unfortunately, many policies have gone into effect without anyone in Compliance
tracking (etc.) whether they are complied with in practice, which does seem to render the effort to adopt those policies as redundant. Not stating that in our reply seems to be a missed opportunity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">As ever, we’re happy to discuss this further.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Best</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;">Marie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><div ><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1.0px;border-top-color:#e1e1e1;padding:.0px;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span style="font-size:15.0px;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> council <<a href="mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council-bounces@gnso.icann.org</a>>
<b >On Behalf Of </b>Caitlin Tubergen<br ><b >Sent:</b> Friday, June 12, 2020 12:11 AM<br ><b >To:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br ><b >Subject:</b> [council] For your review: Draft Response - Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span style="font-size:15.0px;">SENT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL LEADERSHIP
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Dear Councilors:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Please find attached a draft response to the ICANN Board re: the two Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations passed through to the GNSO Council from the ICANN Board.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Keith, Pam, and Rafik have kindly provided a draft for your review.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Please review the draft and provide suggested edits (if any) by
<b >Thursday, 25 June</b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Thank you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Caitlin Tubergen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Policy Senior Manager, GNSO Support</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1.0px;border-top-color:#b5c4df;padding:.0px;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">From: </span></b><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Caitlin Tubergen <<a href="mailto:caitlin.tubergen@icann.org" target="_blank">caitlin.tubergen@icann.org</a>><br ><b >Date: </b>Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 3:24 PM<br ><b >To: </b><<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br ><b >Subject: </b>Board action - Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations</span></p></div><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b >Sent on behalf of the <span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Multi-stakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives (MSSI) department:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><b ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#a61c00;">Dear GNSO Councillors,</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">The purpose of this note is to highlight the 25 February 2020 Board action on the Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Final Recommendations - see
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">ICANN
<span class="spellcheck_typo">org</span> wishes to notify you that the ICANN Board resolved to pass through two recommendations to the GNSO Council, in whole or in part, for your consideration, as documented in the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-board-action-rds-whois2-final-recs-25feb20-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">scorecard</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;"> associated with the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">Board resolution</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">. Specifically, please see below Recommendations CC.1 and CC.4</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><b ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">RDS-WHOIS2 Recommendation CC.1</span></b><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">:
<i >“The ICANN Board should initiate action intended to ensure that gTLD domain names suspended due to RDS (WHOIS) contact data which the registrar knows to be incorrect, and that remains incorrect until the registration is due for deletion, should be treated
as follows: (1) The RDS (WHOIS) record should include a notation that the domain name is suspended due to incorrect data; and (2) Domain names with this notation should not be unsuspended without correcting the data.”</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><u ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Board resolution</span></u><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">: The Board approved this recommendation and directed this item “to be included in the next round of contractual negotiations with
the Contracted Parties”, with a note that “it cannot require or guarantee any negotiation outcomes”. The Board also noted that “this is an area that the GNSO Council might wish to take into a policy development process separate from any recourse to the policy
development process that might be incorporated into the negotiation process”, and passed through this recommendation to the GNSO Council “for purposes of considering such initiation”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><b ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Recommendation CC.4: “</span></b><i ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">The ICANN Board should recommend the GNSO adopt a risk-based approach to incorporating requirements for measurement, auditing,
tracking, reporting and enforcement in all new RDS policies.</span></i><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><u ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Board resolution</span></u><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">: The Board passed the recommendation through to the GNSO Council, “with reference to documentation of clarifications received from
RDS-WHOIS2 Implementation Shepherds in the 29 January 2020 discussion with the RDS Board Caucus Group”, i.e. “this recommendation could be directed to the GNSO”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Additionally, we would like to highlight the following language of the Board resolution: “in passing this recommendation through, the Board is neither accepting nor rejecting the recommendation.
The Board is careful to respect the remit and roles of the different parts of the ICANN community and is not directing Board or ICANN
<span class="spellcheck_typo">org</span> action that would usurp another
<span class="spellcheck_typo">group's</span> remit”</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="color:#333333;background-color:white;">.</span><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;"> These recommendations are for your consideration.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><b ><u ><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Background</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal __aliyun_node_has_bgcolor" style="background-color:white;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;color:black;"> </span></p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">The Registration Directory Service (RDS) Review is one of the four Specific Reviews anchored in Section 4.6 of the ICANN Bylaws. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">The RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) produced 22 final recommendations for Board consideration and released its</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rds-whois2-review-03sep19-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">Final
Report</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;"> on 3 September 2019. The RDS-WHOIS2-RT Final Report is the culmination of over two years of work by 11 review team members, representing over 1,000 hours of meetings and countless more hours of work. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">As required by</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article4.6" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">section 4.6</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">
of ICANN Bylaws, the Final Report was published for</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-whois2-rt-final-report-2019-10-08-en" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">public comment</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">to inform Board
action on the final recommendations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">The Board took action on each of the 22 recommendations produced by the RDS-WHOIS2-RT
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en</span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">. The
<span class="spellcheck_typo">Board’s</span> action on each recommendation is documented in the scorecard published at
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-board-action-rds-whois2-final-recs-25feb20-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:#1155cc;">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-board-action-<span class="spellcheck_typo">rds</span>-whois2-final-<span class="spellcheck_typo">recs</span>-25feb20-en.<span class="spellcheck_typo">pdf</span></span></a><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">We thank you for your collaboration and would welcome any updates on your progress in addressing, as appropriate, these recommendations, to be included into ICANN
<span class="spellcheck_typo">org’s</span> reporting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Please let us know whether you have any questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Thank you. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Best regards,</span></p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;"> </span></p><p style="margin:.0px .0cm .0pt;"><span class=" __aliyun_node_has_color" style="color:black;">Multi-stakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives (MSSI) department</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b > </b></p><div ><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"> </span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div ><br ></div></div>