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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an announcement from the GNSO Secretariat
regarding a Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar, taking place
on the 1st of March 2012. If you plan on participating, please
follow the RSVP details listed below to receive the dial in details.
The webinar will be a review of all major policy issues currently
under discussion, in preparation for the Costa Rica meeting. <br>
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Thank you,<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm"
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target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm</a></span></p>
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0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Pre-Costa Rica ICANN
Policy Update Webinar Invitation</span></p>
<p class="ecxdocdate" style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">3 February 2012</span></p>
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0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif;text-align:center"
align="center"><strong><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please
RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat</span></strong><b><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif">(</span></strong></span></b><strong><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span
lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details.</span></strong><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Whether you plan to
participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in
Costa Rica 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.</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The ICANN Policy Staff
will provide a briefing on <strong><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Thursday
1 March at 13.00 UTC and Thursday 1 March at
20.00 UTC</span></strong>,</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">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). Amongst
other topics, updates will be provided on:</span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif">Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy </span></li>
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sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
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sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif">Consumer Choice, Competition and
Innovation</span></li>
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style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Study Group on Use of
Names for Countries and Territories</span></li>
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style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Framework of
Interpretation Working Group for the
delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs</span></li>
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style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Joint DNS Security
and Stability Analysis Working Group</span></li>
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style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,
sans-serif">Participation and Engagement
activities in Costa Rica</span></li>
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0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" 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><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span
lang="EN-US">policy-staff@icann.org</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
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New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif" lang="EN-US">In order to
participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO
Secretariat (</span><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span
lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details.
Please indicate which call you would like to
join, Thursday at 13.00 UTC or Thursday at 20.00
UTC (to convert those times into your local
time, see: </span><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"
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></p>
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