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<b>Reply-To: </b>"policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 10:01 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Thursday, 24 March 2022 | TUESDAY: Draft Planning Prioritization Framework Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</b>Please <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gktt4qpJStcluWEC0eBbU8Wu1RuMPoxzaMpRtBJk7kVtsApceWnYEFhcnbFrx-NAVpOA8BE7o8OpoTTXiP8xLoi0OblrHIBrzbWnRoI1ajQ7GFpIauGmqHsCtf1kjlTvmLTE6ptahfsrEAG59nFbeIIquypIRm2H3aDkl_xx_4JWnSIdp1GokRJNJNFAx_KgrPUFYL4kqXLg5xT1hOmqIerUq1fgqnrn&c=Fu47nBWPZk-bkpALGovQ1G9zM_4FWZFjqdTGjQJcnm9fmycO9bTMpA==&ch=4f0GJRMZ_o7c1w2gNNNPfrN0ywyZ5QG7wdHa2Wl0IpX6VRH8suP_vQ==__;!!PtGJab4!tdABg8r0TTpz1hfpvYsV8YUQeyzbr1st4FBSSgV5YzmGh7049cimiO4Gh2QNJjRExBeVXlyBsQ$" target="_blank">
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depending on what you mean by DNS abuse, some types may not fall within ICANN's responsibility as the technical coordinator of the DNS. ICANN is not the Internet's content police. Instead, ICANN org has a </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gktt4qpJStcluWEC0eBbU8Wu1RuMPoxzaMpRtBJk7kVtsApceWnYECkiOweVD0Akk7SpZkZqVWsiljpiJT7FB4Zv4-u0SKCHKfR7b5krUSFbMptjt5AFxuDFsXdcflIvZDRar0c0KJJs9MTXcjJ83GxEkdnzqzrmodyPF2mgRJ4=&c=Fu47nBWPZk-bkpALGovQ1G9zM_4FWZFjqdTGjQJcnm9fmycO9bTMpA==&ch=4f0GJRMZ_o7c1w2gNNNPfrN0ywyZ5QG7wdHa2Wl0IpX6VRH8suP_vQ==__;!!PtGJab4!tdABg8r0TTpz1hfpvYsV8YUQeyzbr1st4FBSSgV5YzmGh7049cimiO4Gh2QNJjRExBd_vRf-_w$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">program
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. But what exactly is required to support a global Internet? Most of the world's population
does not speak English as a first language or write their language using only the letters a-z. In fact, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gktt4qpJStcluWEC0eBbU8Wu1RuMPoxzaMpRtBJk7kVtsApceWnYECkiOweVD0Akd6_AvuAxMmMhEzOHlwxv47gVzVgU7AMEpNkdW7sZZC-Dk6VHR8CgZXZkMyC-ojjvXw-o_i_JwdXT0gMmc1zSiw3rp_RVXkHb5K7cp4XRvilk1lwXMjaTOQ==&c=Fu47nBWPZk-bkpALGovQ1G9zM_4FWZFjqdTGjQJcnm9fmycO9bTMpA==&ch=4f0GJRMZ_o7c1w2gNNNPfrN0ywyZ5QG7wdHa2Wl0IpX6VRH8suP_vQ==__;!!PtGJab4!tdABg8r0TTpz1hfpvYsV8YUQeyzbr1st4FBSSgV5YzmGh7049cimiO4Gh2QNJjRExBchQ37P-w$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">only
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[r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> to provide clarity related to the community-developed gTLD Registry Agreement assignment approval process, and context related to the proposed assignments
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Installing the two clusters will result in increased root server capacity for the African region and improve the resiliency of not only the IMRS, but also the entire Root Server System.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and one in Kenya.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">As part of the service provided to the Internet community, ICANN operates one of the 13 root servers of the Internet, the IMRS, also known as L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
Installing the two clusters will result in increased root server capacity for the African region and improve the resiliency of not only the IMRS, but also the entire Root Server System.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ODP Page [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> as they are ready. While some assumptions are still being discussed and refined internally, the team has selected a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gktt4qpJStcluWEC0eBbU8Wu1RuMPoxzaMpRtBJk7kVtsApceWnYECkiOweVD0Ak1bw4oR5Fa2WnMHNsXh7MjBCrC_OuB94eBxe2Jwx611YVg23G8XJTzB9FlKCrUwPXAWJj7n6N3TRCPa0HxNiggQX-I-C9y8YJMOvRZhQFopBTm2XoM1gdl1IknPXKC2KAmTkUlbOvu1HLblTlfo0hEWApu45-dkhdw2POzhXmFsEvszdMcJzLUoYAxjAx8jxHnzNsvTQ3TAoB4v9fEzC5bQ==&c=Fu47nBWPZk-bkpALGovQ1G9zM_4FWZFjqdTGjQJcnm9fmycO9bTMpA==&ch=4f0GJRMZ_o7c1w2gNNNPfrN0ywyZ5QG7wdHa2Wl0IpX6VRH8suP_vQ==__;!!PtGJab4!tdABg8r0TTpz1hfpvYsV8YUQeyzbr1st4FBSSgV5YzmGh7049cimiO4Gh2QNJjRExBf0KvqJbg$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">set
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