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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear NCAP discussion Group, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> I want to provide an update on the revised proposal. As part of the SSAC review, a question about conflict of interest for the project was raised.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Given this feedback, the NCAP committee reviewed the conflict of interest rules from the original proposal and updated them based on the new structures of study 2. These are documented in section 3.2 of
the attached document. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> I will be sending this updated proposal to SSAC for 48 hours last call for comments and will update the discussion group of any feedback.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">NCAP-Discuss <ncap-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:08 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"ncap-discuss@icann.org" <ncap-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[NCAP-Discuss] FW: [SSAC] FOR REVIEW: Revised Study 2 Proposal for the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear NCAP Discussion Group,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> For your information, the Revised Study 2 Proposal is sent to SSAC for review. We will keep you posted of any feedback from the SSAC.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">SSAC <ssac-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:56 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>SSAC List <ssac@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[SSAC] FOR REVIEW: Revised Study 2 Proposal for the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear SSAC, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Please find for your review a revised study 2 proposal for the name collision analysis project.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> As you recall, the SSAC was asked by the ICANN Board in resolutions 2017.11.02.29 – 2017.11.02.31 to address a set of eleven questions related to name collision. To fulfill the Board’s request, the SSAC
chartered the name collision analysis project and developed three studies to answer the Board’s question. Study one was authorized by ICANN Board in 2019 and completed in July 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Based on the findings and recommendations of Study One, the NCAP discussion group, which includes SSAC members as well as community participants, updated the Study Two proposal.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Please review and provide any feedback you have by
<i>11 January 2021.</i> Your feedback will be taken by the discussion group to finalize the proposal before sending it to the Board’s technical committee for their consideration. The document is at:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tuxzxwnZPC-kdnuw2YTcNK4qlsMsFy-hfcgv789Q__o/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tuxzxwnZPC-kdnuw2YTcNK4qlsMsFy-hfcgv789Q__o/edit?usp=sharing</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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