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    Dear BC Members,<br>
    <br>
    Please find below the invitation to the Pre-Toronto ICANN Policy
    Webinar scheduled to take place on <strong><span
        style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
        lang="EN-US">Thursday 4 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 4
        October at 19.00 UTC. <br>
        <br>
      </span></strong><span
      style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
      lang="EN-US">Please follow the instructions below to RSVP to this
      webinar to the GNSO Secretariat if you wish to attend the meeting.<br>
      <br>
      Thank you,</span><span
      style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
      lang="EN-US"></span>
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      <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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        <h1><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/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
            <br>
            Pre-Toronto ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">7 September 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="floatcenter"><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><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 Toronto remotely or in person, you're
            invited to an update on 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 </span><strong><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Thursday 4 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday
              4 October at 19.00 UTC</span></strong><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). </span><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Amongst
            other topics, updates will be provided on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              and Engagement activities in Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        <p><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">In addition, staff will provide a briefing on
            the ALAC's activities related to current policy development
            issues of the Supporting Organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <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
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            lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email
            to the GNSO Secretariat (</span><span
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              href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span
                lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span
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            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><span
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            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>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen
            de Saint G&eacute;ry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO
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