Dear RPM Working Group,

Please find attached the finalized Phase 1 Initial Report in PDF format.

• Staff has completed the remaining actions item by incorporating WG members’ suggestion to the contextual language of URS Question #1. Please see page 32. Specifically, the reference to “Default Determinations” is in the last sentence of the second paragraph on page 32.
• Since the WG has concluded the review of the entire report in its draft format, no substantive edits can be made at this stage.  
• However, if you see any typos, grammatical errors, and formatting issues that need to be corrected, please comment on list no later than 23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March 2020. Comments received after that date/time will not be considered.

In addition, please also find the link to the Google Forms for public comment: https://forms.gle/Pq3bpxP3y4BFC11p7

• The instructions in Section 1 of the form have been updated, incorporating WG’s suggestions (we found an alternative way to “bold” and show emphasis instead of using all capitals – we hope this method would suffice).
• Please feel free to test it out and click the links within the form.
• If you detect any typos, errors, unclear instructions, and usability issues, please also comment on list no later than 23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March 2020.

Shortly after 23:59 UTC on Friday, 13 March, staff plan to send the final document and Google Forms to the ICANN team that manages public comment forum for final processing.

Again, thanks everyone for your time and hard work throughout the process.

Best Regards,

Mary, Julie, Ariel