<div dir="auto"><div>Michaela has my support.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><b>Wisdom Donkor</b> </font><font size="1">(CASP+, CISM, CEH </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Certified,</span><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span></div><div style=""><font size="1">NCUC Chair,</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom | Twitter: @wisdom_dk </font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">ICANN GNSO Council Member |</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> ICANN</span> transfer policy review working group Member | <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Improvement (CCOICI)</span> | UN IGF MAG Member | IGF Support Fund Association Executive Committee Member, World Bank Independent Consultant | AU AFIGF Member | Ghana OGP Advisory Committee member | GSS SDGs Advisory Committee Member</font></div><div><font size="1">____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div></div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance, Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Geospatial Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Domain Name Systems, Human Resource Planning and Development, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 6 Feb 2026, 3:16 pm Michaela Nakayama Shapiro via NCSG-PC, <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Rafik,</div>
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I’m happy to put my name forward as a suggested candidate. Happy to hear other suggestions though of course.</div>
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It would also be great to know who they are thinking of for the other panellists. </div>
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Best,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 6, 2026 1:16:09 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-PC] Fwd: ACTION Rafik - Invitation | ICANN85 At-Large Plenary on DNS Abuse Mitigation</font>
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<div>I got this invite from ALAC about their session on DNS abuse. I responded that I would prefer someone active on the topic to be the panelist.</div>
<div>The session is clashing with our scheduled PC session on that day.</div>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Dear Rafik,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">On behalf of the ALAC Leadership, we would like to invite you to participate as the NCSG panelist in the ICANN85 At-Large plenary session
entitled </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Progressing the DNS Abuse Mitigation Agenda</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> held on
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 Mumbai Time (90 mins)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The ALAC and the At-Large Community continue to believe that more can be done to combat DNS abuse on a number of fronts. You will recall
that during ICANN83, the ALAC held a plenary session which engaged the ICANN community in a collaborative conversation on this topic. This was to establish stronger cross-community understanding of continuing widespread abuse cases for better scoping and identification
of possible redress.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">This ICANN85 At-Large Plenary will retain a focus on proactive tasks to prevent harm from malicious registrations. Through this second
collaborative community conversation, we seek to: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Examine the progress of the ongoing GNSO PDP 1 on Associated Name Checks; <u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Discuss how the community might establish better coordination to tackle Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs)-based abuse; and <u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To identify which other priority gap(s) should be subject to policy development next.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> The draft agenda is:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Welcome and Recap - Moderator (3 min)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Progress of GNSO PDPs on DNS abuse mitigation, in particular PDP 1 on Associated Name Checks (25 mins)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tackling Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs)-based abuse (36 mins)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Next priority gap in DNS abuse mitigation (25 mins)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:#222222;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Closing (1 min) - Moderator <u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Could you please confirm your availability to participate as a panelist in this At-Large plenary by Monday 9
February?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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We would also warmly welcome the presence of your representatives to the PDP 1 on Associated Name Checks and other experts for the discussions on agenda items 2 and 3, respectively.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please also let us know if you have preliminary questions regarding your participation in the session.
<b>Kindly note that we may schedule a call with confirmed panelists to prepare for this session, should that need arise.</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Gisella, on behalf of the ALAC Leadership</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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