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Dear BC Members,<br>
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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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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
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href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-21feb13-en.htm">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-21feb13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
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:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">21 February 2013</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="floatcenter"><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><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 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:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing
on <strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:"Arial","sans-serif""
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:"Arial","sans-serif""
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:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:"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">SSAC report on Domain Name Registration Data
Validation Taxonomy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
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:"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 12.00 UTC or
Thursday at 19.00 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";mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen
de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO
Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><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";mso-fareast-language:FR"><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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