<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><div></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Note: Mohamad - Since we need to deliver the matrix to the chairs today, unfortunately we are not able to add skills. Thanks for your comments, though, and if we have an opportunity in the future to reconsider skills, we can circle back on your suggestions.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Denise<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Denise Michel<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Domain Name System Strategy & Management<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Facebook, Inc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:denisemichel@fb.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">denisemichel@fb.com</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear SO/AC Chairs;</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please find enclosed a description of the SSR2 Review Team’s perspective of the scope of this review. As requested, the SSR2 is completing the requested item to “[</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times, serif;" class="">resolve] the issues identified and discussed before and during ICANN60 related to scope.”</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We hope this meets your requirements regarding the Review Team’s perspective on the scope of this review. The current Terms of Reference for SSR2’s efforts up to the point of this pause in our actions, including a detailed view of the scope of the review, can be found </span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class="">here</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. Additional information on SSR2 activities, including the work plan can be found on the Review Team’s </span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class="">wiki</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please let us know if you require anything further. Regards,</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2)</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times, serif;" class="">............</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 83, 83);" class="">Scope</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2 or Review Team) has operated and conducted its work according to its adopted scope (detailed in its </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class="">Terms of Reference </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">document), which was adopted by consensus of the Review Team on 4 May 2017.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We would like to offer an overview on the overarching tenets that were adopted and that guided the development of the scope of this review that we hope will be helpful to the SO and AC chairs in considering the parameters associated with resuming this effort: </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Breadth vs. Depth: In such a review, we believe that it is, in general, more helpful to look at breadth and the broader aspects of security, stability and resiliency rather than dive into depth in just a small number of issues. We believe this approach will lend itself to more informed conclusions that can be contextualized.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Capability vs. Behaviors: We believe that it is more helpful in the context of this review to look at the capability of ICANN to manage issues related to security, stability and resiliency rather than being overly prescriptive as to how ICANN should respond to particular circumstances that have arisen in the past or may arise in the future.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Perspective vs. Prescription: We believe that it is more helpful to review aspects of institutional awareness and capability with respect to topics related to security, stability, and resiliency, rather than provide a detailed prescription of the appropriate responses to be used in particular cases.</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Mindful of the Board’s and Staff’s advice regarding the need for implementable recommendations, the Review Team will strive to provide specific recommendations. Where appropriate, this may require precision, depth or specific examples for recommendations to be actionable by ICANN Org following the review.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><span id="cid:74BA92892E5592418B466F79BAD90EC7@namprd15.prod.outlook.com"><SSR2 Skills .xlsx></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Ssr2-review mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="mailto:Ssr2-review@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Ssr2-review@icann.org</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ssr2-review" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ssr2-review</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>