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</style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="title" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20sep11-en.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20sep11-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pre-Dakar ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation</b></div></span></p><p class="ecxdocdate" style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></p><p class="ecxdocdate"><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><strong><span lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (</span></strong><strong><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Dakar remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN.</font></span><BR><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></span><BR><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US">The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on <strong>Thursday 13 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 13 October at 19.00 UTC</strong>, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). </span>Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on:</font><BR><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font><BR><ul type="disc"><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy Issue Report (GNSO) </font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (GNSO) </font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Recent WHOIS work </font></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (ccNSO) </font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re delegation of ccTLDs (ccNSO) </font></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group </font></span></li></ul><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.</font></span><BR><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to </span><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">policy-staff@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.</span></font><BR><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (</span><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 12.00 UTC or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: </span><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US">). </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US">We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><font color="#595959" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Kind Regards,</font><font color="#595959" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></font><font color="#595959" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></font><font color="#595959" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Benedetta Rossi</font><font color="#808080" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></font><font color="#3f3f3f" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><b>BC Secretariat</b></font><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><font color="#3f3f3f">www.bizconst.org</font></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><font color="#3f3f3f">secretariat-bc@hotmail.com</font></div><div><font color="#3f3f3f"><br></font></div></span></font><br></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p></div></div> </div></body>
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