<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Hi Jim,</div><div>Thanks for thinking of this. Yes, last night we sent the same message to all Registry Primary, Registry Tech, and Registry Back End contacts of delegated gTLD’s. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope all is well. </div><div><br></div><div><div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Best,</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Russ</span></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Jim Prendergast <<a href="mailto:jim@GALWAYSG.COM">jim@GALWAYSG.COM</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, January 15, 2016 at 9:28 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Russ Weinstein <<a href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org">russ.weinstein@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: WHOIS Data Collection Phase 2 Cycle 2 of WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS)<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Russ - this email distro is a subset of people involved in registry operations. And not every registry operator will be captured by this list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Is another notification being sent to the main contacts or technical contacts for all registries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Jim Prendergast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The Galway Strategy Group, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:jim@galwaysg.com">jim@galwaysg.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">@jimpren<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">+1 202 285 3699<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org">gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Russ Weinstein<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2016 12:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [gtld-tech] WHOIS Data Collection Phase 2 Cycle 2 of WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Between 20 January and 17 February 2016, ICANN will be initiating a large volume of WHOIS queries of gTLD registrations as part of its WHOIS Accuracy Reporting
System (ARS) project utilizing the following IP addresses to perform the WHOIS queries:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">IP Addresses: 192.0.32.230/31 and 192.0.47.230/31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">A gTLD can expect to receive query rates of 10 queries per minute; we have accounted for RSP’s with multiple gTLD’s and will attempt to limit the queries
to 10 per minute across a RSP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">We kindly request and appreciate your cooperation in allowing these queries to be processed and ask that you please whitelist the IP addresses provided
above. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">As a reminder, the WHOIS ARS project was established to perform periodic studies to assess the accuracy of the contact information in the WHOIS data, with
a goal of identifying opportunities to improve the accuracy of this data over time. The project was established to implement a series of improvements recommended by the WHOIS Review Team and approved by the Board (8 November 2012) on the manner in which ICANN
carries out its responsibilities regarding WHOIS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">This collection of data will support the next cycle in the WHOIS ARS, Phase 2 Cycle 2, which aims to assess syntax and operability accuracy of the contact
information in a gTLD WHOIS record. Accuracy will be determined with respect to the requirements of the WHOIS record’s applicable version of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. ICANN will pull a sample of approximately 200,000 WHOIS records across the
entire gTLD name space, and will then perform accuracy testing on a subsample of those records.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">We published a report (<a href="https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy">https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy</a>)
for Phase 2 Cycle 1 on 23 December 2015 and plan to publish a report of the findings of Phase 2 Cycle 2 in June 2016. More information about the project can be found on whois.icann.org:
<a href="https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars">https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your cooperation,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">ICANN’s GDD Operations Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>