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    Dear BC Members,<br>
    <br>
    Please find below a reminder of the Pre-Beijing ICANN Policy Update
    Webinar taking place tomorrow, March 21st, 2013 at 12 pm UTC and 7
    pm UTC. <br>
    <br>
    Please follow the instructions below to RSVP if you are interested
    in joining this webinar.<br>
    <br>
    Thank you,<br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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        <h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">Pre-Beijing ICANN Policy Update Webinar
            Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
        <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">21 February 2013</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 Beijing remotely or in person, you're
            invited to an update on the background and current status of
            major policy issues which are likely to be discussed during
            the Beijing Meeting.<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
                21 March at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 21 March at 19.00 UTC</span></strong>,
            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>
        <ul type="disc">
          <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;">WHOIS
              related activities<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">The locking of a domain name subject to UDRP
              Proceedings<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">Protection of IGO and INGO Names<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;">IDN
              ccNSO PDP<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">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">SSAC report on Domain Name Registration Data
              Validation Taxonomy<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">The webinar will cover other topics which will
            be raised during or otherwise relevant to the Beijing
            Meeting. 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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              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
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              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 12.00 UTC or
            Thursday at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your
            local time, see: </span><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
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                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;;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
            Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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