Dear EPDP Team members, Per the action item from today’s meeting, please find hereby proposed language for inclusion in the Initial Report to document the discussions to date in relation to Purpose O (Research): Proposed new language to be added after line 645 in the 18 Nov version (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zLpveft7yV85jirZpXjaczKfJyvXynZg/view): The EPDP Team considered whether a Purpose for Processing Registration Data should be added to address the needs and benefits provided by DNS security and stability research intending to publish reports on threats to the operational stability, reliability, security, global interoperability, resilience, and openness of the DNS (see https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-epdp-team/2018-November/000897.html). The EPDP Team is considering this question to enable ICANN to continue publishing reports in relation to the Accuracy Reporting System as well as the use of data by ICANN’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). Community and ICANN Org input is sought on whether the other purposes listed below already enable this work, whether an additional research purpose should be added, or if such a purpose in not necessary in any case. Please share with the list as soon as possible if you have any concerns about this addition in the body of the report. Best regards, Caitlin, Berry and Marika Marika Konings Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings@icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__learn.icann.org_courses_...> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gns...>.