<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div class="content-isolator__container"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Alice:<div><br></div><div>I think this means that all of the recommendations have been ajudicated by the Board. Does that means that our work as SSR2 Implementation Shepherds is finished.</div><div><br></div><div>Russ</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 14, 2023, at 5:34 AM, Alice Jansen via ssr2-implementation-shepherds <ssr2-implementation-shepherds@icann.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><p style="margin-right: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear SSR2 Implementation Shepherds,</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is to inform you that o</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">n 10 September 2023, the Board</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">took action</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">a set of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">eleven CCT and SSR2</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">recommendations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, incl</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><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" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">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;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and associated</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><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" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Scorecard</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">which contains rationale and accompanying analysis for each recommendation.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;">Board approved one</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SSR2</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> pending </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">recommendation</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(SSR2 Recommendation 13.2)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">as fully implemented and rejected</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ten pending</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">recommendations</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;">).</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Board acknowledged the </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">significant </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">work that ICANN org has been conducting</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> on DNS security threats and DNS abuse in partnership with relevant stakeholders.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;">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;">, 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;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">pending Board consideration.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">See</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">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;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for more information.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thanks,</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 36pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Alice</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>