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<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>Please advise the BC Secretariat if you are intending to attend this announcement. </div><div>I'll be available to attend, if we are allowed in the room. I am asking for assurance that members of the community can join the Press Conference. </div><div> Will post as soon as response is forthcoming. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Marilyn Cade</div><div>BC Chair</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18jun12-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18jun12-en.htm</a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Announcement to Precede ICANN’s 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><span class="ecxdate-display-single2"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">18 June 2012</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Board Chairman Dr. Stephen Crocker will introduce the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at a news conference on Friday, 22 June in Prague, Czech Republic.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">The announcement has been anticipated since Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's current President and CEO disclosed last August that he would step down at the end of his contract, which expires on 1 July.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Dr. Crocker will join Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah and the next CEO in answering questions from journalists during the Friday news conference, which will be webcast live from the Czech capital.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">The news conference will take place 2-days prior to ICANN's 44th public meeting in Prague.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Here are the details:</span></p><p style="background:white"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">WHAT:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> News Conference</span></p><p style="background:white"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">WHO:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm" target="_blank">Dr. Stephen Crocker</a>, Chair of Board of Directors; <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/atallah.htm" target="_blank">Akram Atallah</a>, Chief Operating Officer; New ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer.</span></p><p style="background:white"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">WHEN:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> Friday, 22 June 2012, 1600-1700 Prague (1400-1500 GMT/UTC).</span></p><p style="background:white"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">WHERE:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> Room - Palmovka /Rokoska, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobrezni 1 Prague, 186 00, Czech Republic.</span></p><p style="background:white"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">OFF-SITE ACCESS:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> The live webcast will be accessible from <a href="http://icann.org" target="_blank">http://icann.org</a></span></p><h3 style="line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</span></h3><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">To read the news release on Rod Beckstrom's announced departure from ICANN (16 August 2011), go here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf</a> [PDF, 493 KB]</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:17.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">To review the schedule for the entire Prague meeting, go here: <a href="http://prague44.icann.org/full-schedule" target="_blank">http://prague44.icann.org/full-schedule</a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen de Saint Géry </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Secretariat </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org</a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p></div></div> </div></body>
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