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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Many thanks Ariel, Julie, and Mary for all your good work on this!<br>
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Brian </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 12, 2020 3:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GNSO-RPM-WG] Finalized Phase 1 Initial Report & Updated Google Forms</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear RPM Working Group, </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find attached the finalized Phase 1 Initial Report in PDF format.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff has completed the remaining actions item by incorporating WG members’ suggestion to the contextual language of URS Question #1. Please see page 32. Specifically, the reference
 to “Default Determinations” is in the last sentence of the second paragraph on page 32.
</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Since the WG has concluded the review of the entire report in its draft format, no substantive edits can be made at this stage.  </span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">However, if you see any typos, grammatical errors, and formatting issues that need to be corrected, please comment on list no later than
<b><u>23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March 2020</u></b>. Comments received after that date/time will not be considered.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In addition, please also find the link to the Google Forms for public comment:
<a href="https://forms.gle/Pq3bpxP3y4BFC11p7">https://forms.gle/Pq3bpxP3y4BFC11p7</a>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The instructions in Section 1 of the form have been updated, incorporating WG’s suggestions (we found an alternative way to “bold” and show emphasis instead of using all capitals
 – we hope this method would suffice).</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please feel free to test it out and click the links within the form.
</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you detect any typos, errors, unclear instructions, and usability issues, please also comment on list no later than
<b><u>23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March 2020. </u></b></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Shortly after 23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March, staff plan to send the final document and Google Forms to the ICANN team that manages public comment forum for final processing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Again, thanks everyone for your time and hard work throughout the process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary, Julie, Ariel </span></p>
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