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<p class="MsoNormal">In our call earlier this week there seemed to be support for one element of a RDS Statement of Purpose as suggested by Jim Galvin:&nbsp; &#8220;The RDS should support the life cycle of a domain name.&#8221;&nbsp; No one on the call disagreed with this; if anyone
 not on the call has comments on this please communicate so on this list prior to our call next week. Also, if any one who was on the call has comments that you did not share, please do so before next week&#8217;s meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, it would be helpful if everyone could be thinking about answers to the following questions:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">&middot;</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>What are the criteria for a statement of purpose?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">&middot;</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>What elements, if any, from the EWG statement of purpose should be reflected in the statement of purpose?<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>What other elements need to be reflected in the statement of purpose?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We plan to discuss these questions in next week&#8217;s meeting but comments would be appreciated on the list before then.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chuck<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here&#8217;s the EWG statement of purpose that we discussed in our meeting earlier this week:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">To help guide the EWG in its deliberations, the group developed a high-level statement of purpose from which to test its conclusions and recommendations, as follows:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="color:#7F7F7F">In support of ICANN&#8217;s mission to coordinate the global Internet&#8217;s system of unique identifiers, and to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet&#8217;s unique identifier system,
 information about gTLD domain names is necessary to promote trust and confidence in the Internet for all stakeholders.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7F7F7F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7F7F7F">Accordingly, it is desirable to design a system to support domain name registration and maintenance which:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:115%;color:#7F7F7F">Provides appropriate access to accurate, reliable, and uniform registration data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:115%;color:#7F7F7F">Protects the privacy of personal information
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:115%;color:#7F7F7F">Enables a reliable mechanism for identifying, establishing and maintaining the ability to contact Registrants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:115%;color:#7F7F7F">Supports a framework to address issues involving Registrants, including but not limited to: consumer protection, investigation of cybercrime, and intellectual property protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:115%;color:#7F7F7F">Provides an infrastructure to address appropriate law enforcement needs</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial Rounded MT Bold&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#7F7F7F">
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