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            <td>[RDS-WHOIS2-RT] Formation of the RDS-WHOIS2 Board Caucus
              Group</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:40:43 +0100</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td>Chris Disspain <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chris@disspain.uk"><chris@disspain.uk></a></td>
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            <td>RDS WHOIS2-RT List <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rds-whois2-rt@icann.org"><rds-whois2-rt@icann.org></a></td>
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          <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Greetings All,<o:p
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          <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">In line with
            best practice experience from the Transition-related work,
            the Board is using Caucus Groups as a mechanism for the
            Board to provide input to Specific Review Teams on the scope
            of work, feasibility of recommendations and other key
            matters.  These Caucus Groups are small groups of Board
            members with expertise and interest in the particular
            Review-related topics. The goal is to create an interactive
            environment where the Board can engage with the Review Teams
            to offer input and observations for Review Teams’
            consideration on a timely basis, via the Board Caucus Group.</div>
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          <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">The Board
            Caucus Group for the RDS-WHOIS2 Review has been formed, and
            currently consists of Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby,
            Steve Crocker, Markus Kummer, Akinori Maemura, Kaveh Ranjbar
            and me.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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          <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">It is
            important to highlight that the formation of the Caucus
            Groups is the Board’s internal method of conducting their
            work. All of the final results are seen and reviewed by the
            full Board so any response or feedback provided to the
            Review Team by the Caucus Group is on behalf of the full
            Board.</div>
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          <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">I hope this
            information is helpful and will be happy to answer any
            questions you may have.</div>
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