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<p style="margin-right:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear SSR2 Implementation Shepherds,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is to inform you that o</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">n 10 September 2023, the Board</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">took
action</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">a
set of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">eleven CCT and SSR2</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<span lang="EN-US">pending</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">recommendations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
incl</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">uding nine recommendations related to DNS abuse.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
invite you to refer to the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-regular-meeting-of-the-icann-board-10-09-2023-en#section1.d" title="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-regular-meeting-of-the-icann-board-10-09-2023-en#section1.d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">Board
resolution</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and
associated</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/scorecard-board-action-assessment-cct-pending-ssr2-recs-10sep23-en.pdf" title="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/scorecard-board-action-assessment-cct-pending-ssr2-recs-10sep23-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">Scorecard</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">which
contains rationale and accompanying analysis for each recommendation.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Board
approved one</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SSR2</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> pending </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">recommendation</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(SSR2
Recommendation 13.2)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">as fully implemented and rejected</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ten
pending</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">recommendations</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SSR2
Recommendations 9.2, 9.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1 and 14.2, and CCT Recommendations 14 and 15</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Board acknowledged the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">significant </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">work
that ICANN org has been conducting</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> on DNS security threats and DNS abuse in partnership with relevant stakeholders.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would also like to use this opportunity to share that ICANN org delivers quarterly updates on t</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">he
status of, and progress made in implementing Board-approved recommendations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, as well as on the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">status
of recommendations pending prioritization</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">pending
Board consideration.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">for
more information.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alice</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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