<html><body><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:13.0pt; line-height:1.3; color:#000000" id="nine_body_n1867d9-facdc" class="nine_body" dir="auto"><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Thank you for the heads-up, Steve.</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">While there is nothing surprising in their response, it consolidates in writing that bulk registrations are not being looked into by ICANN and that we definitely need more information from CPs to be able to gauge how this resource is currently being used.</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Best,</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">---</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Mark W. Datysgeld</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Director at Governance Primer</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">ICANN GNSO Councilor</div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><br></div></div><div id="quoted_header_n1867d9-facdc" class="quoted_header_editor fold" dir="auto"><hr style="border:none; height:1px; color:#E1E1E1; background-color:#E1E1E1;"><div style="border:none; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Steve Chan via council <council@gnso.icann.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 22, 2023 18:12<br><b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] ICANN Contractual Compliance Response Re: Bulk Registrations<br></span></div></div><div id="quoted_body_n1867d9-facdc" class="quoted_body_editor mceEditable fold" dir="auto"><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><br type="attribution"></div><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">Dear Councilors,</div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">You will likely recall that as a result of the Council’s adoption of the recommendations from its small team on DNS Abuse that a
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/correspondence/ducos-to-heineman-et-al-06jan23-en.pdf">
letter</a> was sent to a number of parties seeking information about bulk registrations, including ICANN Contractual Compliance as one of the recipients. Attached, please find the response from Jamie Hedlund, SVP, Contractual Compliance & U.S. Government Engagement.</div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">This response will be added to the GNSO’s correspondence page. If you have any questions, please let us know.</div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Steven Chan</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ms gothic';color:black">
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Senior Director, Policy Development Support & GNSO Relations</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) </span></div>
<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300</span></div>
<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ms gothic';color:black">
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563c1">steve.chan@icann.org</span></a></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=jLNFXvpu9gNdUeHi-G6sjWNCF9w4_AwhzzUDFZy2elE&s=o7Auz997kA-HPv9PHJCjFVZw7Pgo8krw4MxfqCwBrIU&e="><span style="color:#0563c1">https://learn.icann.org/</span></a></span></div>
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