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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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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc-bounces@lists.ncsg.is> on behalf of Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 6, 2026 1:16:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-PC] Fwd: ACTION Rafik - Invitation | ICANN85 At-Large Plenary on DNS Abuse Mitigation</font>
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<div>hi all,</div>
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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>
<div>Any suggestions for the panelist name?</div>
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<div>Rafik</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" 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>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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">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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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 class="x_MsoNormal" 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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