Dear SSC members, Per the message below, as no objections were received, the SSC will consider this to be a Full Consensus recommendation and submit it to the GNSO Council with a motion for confirmation at its meeting on 11 March 2026. To enable the DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1 WG to begin their preparatory work for the ICANN85 sessions as soon as possible, the preliminary decision will be communicated to Paul prior to its formal confirmation date, upon the Council Leadership’s approval. Thank you. Kind regards, Saewon From: Saewon Lee via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc@icann.org> Reply-To: Saewon Lee <saewon.lee@icann.org> Date: Friday, February 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM To: "gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] 48-HOUR CONSENSUS CALL - Deadline Tuesday, 17 February 2026, at 14:30 UTC - DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1 Chair Dear SSC members, Thank you again for all the helpful comments to help SSC’s process improve in the future. As a follow-up to today’s call, the SSC has reached preliminary agreement to recommend Paul McGrady as the DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1 Chair. (See the candidate materials here [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/M4CL...>.) If you object to this recommendation, please respond on the mailing list no later than Tuesday, 17 February 2026, at 14:30 UTC. If no objections are received, the SSC will consider this to be a Full Consensus recommendation and submit it to the GNSO Council by 1 March 2026 with a motion for confirmation at its meeting on 11 March 2026. Happy Weekend to you all! Kind regards, Saewon Saewon Lee Policy Development Support Manager for GNSO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (310) 463-5541 Email: saewon.lee@icann.org<mailto:saewon.lee@icann.org> Skype: saewon.lee.icann Website: www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>