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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear SSR2 RT members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see the below note sent on behalf of Larisa Gurnick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Dear Members of the SSR2,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">The purpose of this note is to highlight the Board resolution passed on 1 March 2019 - see
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-03-01-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-03-01-en</span></a><span style="color:black"> - that calls for a set of Competition,
Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) Final Recommendations to be passed through to community groups. As articulated in the Board resolution, “recognizing that the Board has the obligation and responsibility to balance the work of ICANN
in order to preserve the ability for ICANN org to serve its Mission and the public interest, the Board decided on three categories of action”:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Accepting recommendations, subject to costing and implementation considerations;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Placing recommendations (in whole or in part) in "Pending" status, directing ICANN org to perform specific actions to enable the Board to take further actions;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Passing recommendations (in whole or in part) to community groups the CCT-RT identified for their consideration. The Board noted fourteen such recommendations (9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35).
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">We invite you to refer to pages 1-4 of the scorecard
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf</span></a><span style="color:black">
which compile pass-through recommendations, including the groups they are addressed to.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Accordingly, ICANN org wishes to notify you of the recommendation the ICANN Board resolved to pass through to you, in whole or in part, for your consideration:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recommendation 16 (in part)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. Note: this recommendation was also passed through to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG, Registries Stakeholder Group, Registrar Stakeholder Group,
Generic Names Supporting Organization, as suggested by the CCT-RT. In the scorecard, the Board noted that “it is not accepting the policy directives that may be inherent here but rather, passes on such elements of the recommendation to the relevant community
groups to consider”.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">We would like to highlight the following language of the Board resolution: “in passing these recommendations through, the Board is neither accepting, nor rejecting the recommendations. […]
Passing recommendations through to community groups is not a directive that the groups identified should formally address any of the issues within those recommendations. It is within the purview of each group to identify whether work will be taken on and the
topics that the group will address”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">As indicated in the resolution, the Board encourages community groups to be “mindful of any interdependencies with ongoing work and discussions”</span><span style="color:#333333;background:white">.
</span><span style="color:black">Additionally, the Board suggests “to the referenced community groups that the CCT-RT's proposed priority levels be taken into account as the groups decide whether, how and when to address the CCT-RT recommendations that are
being passed through […]”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Additionally,</span><span style="color:red">
</span><span style="color:black">we would like to flag the Board suggestion that for transparency purposes<span style="background:white">, “</span>it would be helpful to have records or reporting made available to the ICANN community on how the community group
considered the items coming out of the CCT-RT. The Board encourages any level of reporting that the groups are able to provide as the ICANN org and Board track action on the CCT-RT's recommendations”. Please consider providing updates on your progress in addressing
(as appropriate) this recommendation, to be included with ICANN org’s reporting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="color:black">Background</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">The Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) released its Final Report on 8 September 2018 – see
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-final-08sep18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-final-08sep18-en.pdf</span></a><span style="color:black">. The CCT-RT Final Report contains 35
recommendations and is the culmination of nearly three years of work, reviewing how the expansion of top-level domain names impacted competition, consumer trust and choice. For more information on the CCT Review and Specific Reviews, please read
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#article4.6"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#article4.6</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">The ICANN Board took action on each of the 35 recommendations produced by the CCT-RT - see
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-03-01-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-03-01-en</span></a><span style="color:black"> - on 1 March 2019 and was informed
by public comment input received on the Final report (see </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cct-final-recs-2018-10-08-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cct-final-recs-2018-10-08-en</span></a><span style="color:black">).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">The Board’s decisions on each recommendation is documented in the scorecard published at
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf</span></a><span style="color:black">.
A blog post on the Board action can be found at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/board-action-on-competition-consumer-trust-and-consumer-choice-review"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/board-action-on-competition-consumer-trust-and-consumer-choice-review</span></a><span style="color:black">
for more context.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">We thank you for your collaboration in considering the CCT-RT output. Please let us know whether you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Thank you. </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Larisa Gurnick, VP, Multistakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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