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Dear BC Members,<br>
<br>
Please find below a reminder from the GNSO Secretariat, regarding
the upcoming Pre-Costa Rica Policy Update Webinar. Please RSVP to
the GNSO Secretariat if you wish to attend the webinar, following
the instructions below.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="title"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar
Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="docdate"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">3 February 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="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"><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"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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>,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RAA
Improvements <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Consumer
Choice, Competition and Innovation <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and
Territories <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Framework of Interpretation Working Group for
the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis
Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Participation
and Engagement activities in Costa Rica <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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"><span
lang="EN-US">policy-staff@icann.org</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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"><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"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Glen
de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">GNSO
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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