<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; 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); text-decoration: none;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">There are five questions related to SSR1 that have not been closed. Are these questions still relevant? Would the response cause the team to revisit that portion of the report?</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If so, we need to clarify the first three questions and push for responses to the last two question. If not, we need to mark them as "resolved" in some fashion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Russ</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class="">= = = = = = = = = =</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Clarifications requested from RT:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Topic: SSR1 recommendation 4<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">What accounts for the inconsistencies between the different documents on the ICANN website that describe the nature of the SSR relationships it has within the ICANN community?<o:p class=""></o:p></span><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Asked by Denise. Clarification requested (28 September & 1 November): Could you please provide some concrete examples of discrepancies?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Topic: SSR1 recommendation 11<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><ol start="2" type="1" style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Within the area of recommendation 11 & 12 activities for which ICANN can be a facilitator or convener – is there more information on the steps that ICANN took over the past five years to facilitate activities that involve other entities that had primary ownership or responsibility on related activities?<o:p class=""></o:p></span><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Asked by Denise. Clarification requested (28 September & 1 November): We’re not clear on what the question is asking.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Topic: IDNs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><ol start="3" type="1" style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">There are many challenges in IDN WHOIS lookups. How do we get an accurate IDN WHOIS database for the Incident Handling process?<o:p class=""></o:p></span><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Asked by Noorul. Clarification requested (28 September & 1 November): Can you please: * Clarify what is meant by "IDN WHOIS database" and by "Incident Handling process”? * Clarify the context in which this question pertains to SSR?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Questions outstanding from staff:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> <b class="">Topic: SSR1 recommendation 11<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><ol start="4" type="1" style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The SSR1 review team called out a number of activities that were operational and within staff’s purview and contained in the SSR framework and called for implementation of measurements and metrics. Was that work done and is it captured anywhere? To clarify, as part of the SSR1 report related to rec 11, the SSR1 review team noted ICANN administration of the new gTLD Program, IDN program, significant SSR related issues that are in the framework. They called for more specific goals, measurements and impact assessment. Was that work done and is it captured somewhere else?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">What measurements exist, and are used, for the effectiveness of mechanisms to mitigate domain name abuse, as required in recommendation 11?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class=""></p></div></body></html>