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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear All,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for joining the Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group (WG). This WG has been tasked by the GNSO Council to develop a Final Report of recommendations pertaining to how data and metrics may better inform policy making decisions within the policy development process. The Working Group is expected to develop its Final Report on the basis of the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf">GNSO Working Group Guidelines</a> taking into account the staff Issue Report as well as the charter approved by the GNSO Council. At a minimum, the GNSO Council expects the Working Group to provide recommendations based on the following tasks:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Establish a baseline of current practices, capabilities and plans with regard to; problem-reporting, complaint-submission notification, problem-report tracking, external data use, and associated process monitoring and improvement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Develop preliminary recommendations, models and documentation that can be used as the foundation for subsequent work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluate previous PDP and non-PDP Working Group efforts as use cases to explore where metrics and reporting enhancements would have better informed the outcome. Suggested working groups include; RAP, IRTP (A-D), PEDNR, UDRP Lock, Thick WHOIS, IGO-INGO, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluate GNSO PDP documentation templates to determine how they may be enhanced to better inform PDP and non-PDP processes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluate possible external DNS data sources that may benefit GNSO policy-making. Examples of such sources include contracted parties and other entities that track spam, phishing, botnets and cybersquatting. The working group may wish to define a preliminary matrix of what is available and any associated costs if specific types of data were requested by a WG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Prepare recommendations, obtain community input and publish a final report for approval<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Coordinate and collaborate with Contractual Compliance to close out resolution #1 of 2 that initiated this effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Our first meeting is scheduled for next week on </span><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>4 March 2014 at 21:00 UTC</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. Call detail information was sent earlier this week to the list. Given that we will only have one additional meeting (likely 11 March) prior to the ICANN Meeting in Singapore and given the upcoming time zone changes, we will wait to establish our regularly scheduled call time after we return from the Singapore Meeting.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In preparation for the first meeting, please take a moment to review the relevant background documents, including the charter, which has been posted on the WG webpage (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm</a>). Also, it is important for WG members to complete their Statements of Interest: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs</a>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As the election of a WG Chair is expected to take place during the first meeting, volunteers are encouraged to express their interest ahead of the meeting.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We'll be using Adobe Connect to facilitate the meeting. For those of you using Adobe Connect for the first time, please find a short introduction video here: <a href="https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/participatemeeting/"><span style='color:#0000E9'>https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/participatemeeting/</span></a>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lastly, several of our members appear to be new to the WG process. A GNSO WG New Comer Open Session is scheduled for 6 March 2014 at 20:00 UTC with another session scheduled on 3 April. These session introduce new members of the community to the process WGs follow as well as a review of the tools available to assist with the collaboration of our global colleagues. We may also utilize one or two of our WG meetings to host the newcomer sessions. See the announcement for an overview: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28jan14-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28jan14-en.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>With best regards,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Berry A. 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