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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear RPMs PDP Working Group Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below the Approved Board Resolutions for the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board on 16 January 2022. Note in particular 2a on the approval of the recommendations of the RPMs PDP final report and the associated rationale:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a">
https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ariel, Mary, and Julie</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Approved Board Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">16 Jan 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1"><b>Consent Agenda:</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.a" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.a">IT Outsource Contract Renewal</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">§ <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.a.rationale" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.a.rationale"><i>Rationale for Resolution 2022.01.16.01
– 2022.01.16.02</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.b" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.b">IT Outsource Contract</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">§ <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.b.rationale" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#1.b.rationale"><i>Rationale for Resolutions 2022.01.16.03
– 2022.01.16.04</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2">Main Agenda:</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a">Rights Protection Mechanisms Policy Development Process
Final Report</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">§ <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a.rationale" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.a.rationale"><i>Rationale for Resolutions 2022.01.16.05
– 2022.01.16.11</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.b" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.b">Consideration of Final Declaration in the Afilias Domains
No. 3 Limited (Afilias) v. ICANN Independent Review Process (.WEB)</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">§ <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.b.rationale" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.b.rationale"><i>Rationale for Resolutions 2022.01.16.12
– 2022.01.16.15</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">c. <b><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.c" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.c">GAC Advice: ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting Communiqué
(October 2021)</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">§ <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.c.rationale" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-01-16-en#2.c.rationale"><i>Rationale for Resolutions 2022.01.16.16</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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