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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
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar
          Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="docdate"><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">3 February 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email
            to the GNSO Secretariat</span></strong><b><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
            <strong><span
                style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">(</span></strong></span></b><strong><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details.</span></strong><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on
          <strong><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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">
        <li class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Inter-Registrar
            Transfer Policy &nbsp;<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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Consumer
            Choice, Competition and Innovation <o:p></o:p></span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal"
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          level1 lfo3"><span
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            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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            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"
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          level1 lfo3"><span
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            lang="EN-US">Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis
            Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Participation
            and Engagement activities in Costa Rica <o:p></o:p></span></li>
      </ul>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to
          the GNSO Secretariat (</span><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Glen
          de Saint G&eacute;ry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">GNSO
          Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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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