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<div class="">On Oct 29, 2019, at 8:50 AM, James Galvin <<a href="mailto:jgalvin@afilias.info" class="">jgalvin@afilias.info</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Second, yes we have a contractor for Study 1. The start date for the contractor is 1 November, the day of our meeting. They will be joining us remotely.<br class="">
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<div>I am pleased to announce that after a thorough RFP process, ICANN org chose Scarfone Cybersecurity (<a href="https://www.scarfonecybersecurity.com" class="">https://www.scarfonecybersecurity.com</a>), whose principal is Karen Scarfone, as the contractor
for Study 1. Karen is ideally suited for this work, being both highly technical and a professional writer. She's already subscribed to this list. Welcome, Karen!</div>
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<div>She's actually been under contract since early October and has already had some time available to get up to speed on the project. She will be able to hit the ground running in Montréal.</div>
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<div class="">On Oct 29, 2019, at 9:05 AM, Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com" class="">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT; float: none; display: inline !important;">On the agenda item "Setup for Study 2". That is an interesting item since one of the main points of Study 1 was to determine whether we actually needed
a study 2 and so on. Planning to have a Study 2 before even starting Study 1 seems to put the cart before the horse.</span><br class="" style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT;">
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<span class="" style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT; float: none; display: inline !important;">That said, if we are definitely doing a Study 2 (and the Board indicates we are), then I agree we should be planning for that ASAP so as to not delay anything else.</span></div>
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I have not heard any indication that the Board is definitely planning on Study 2. On the contrary, I believe they are waiting, along with the rest of us, for the results of Study 1.
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