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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear BC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please find below a reminder regarding the upcoming Webinar on the WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations – Implementation Update, taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, April 24<sup>th</sup> 2013. To join this webinar please follow the RSVP instructions below, which close today, April 23, 2013 at 23:59 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="bc-secretariat@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>bc-secretariat@icann.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.bizconst.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.bizconst.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear All,</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Please register via email to <a href="mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org">alice.jansen@icann.org</a> by Tuesday, 23 April – 23:59 UTC to receive the dial-in details.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with login and dial-in details.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>One World, One Internet</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg" alt=ICANN></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16apr13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16apr13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Webinar: WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations - Implementation Update<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>16 April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Join ICANN Staff for an update on ICANN's ongoing and planned activities to fully enforce the existing WHOIS policy for generic top-level domains.</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Webinar Details<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Date</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>: Wednesday, 24 April<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time</span></strong>: 15:00-16:30 UTC<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adobe Connect</span></strong>: <a href="http://icann.adobeconnect.com/whois/">http://icann.adobeconnect.com/whois/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You are invited to an update on ICANN's ongoing and planned activities to fully enforce the existing WHOIS policy and contractual conditions for gTLDs. These activities address ICANN's obligations to support access to accurate gTLD WHOIS data and are consistent with objectives included in the WHOIS Policy Review Team's recommendations. ICANN Staff will walk you through, and respond to questions on, the following projects: WHOIS as a strategic priority; RAA amendments; data accuracy/access; compliance and automated tools; internationalized registration data; WHOIS information portal; and outreach and communication efforts. Staff also will provide an overview of the efforts undertaken by the Expert Working Group to develop a proposed blueprint for gTLD directory services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please join this webinar on <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, 24 April at 15:00 UTC (duration 90 minutes).</span></strong> The meeting will be run in an Adobe Connect room with a slide presentation. The session will be conducted in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Participants will have the opportunity to offer comments and ask questions during the Q&A section. During the course of the webinar, these may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you cannot join the live session, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please register via email to <a href="mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org">alice.jansen@icann.org</a> by Tuesday, 23 April – 23:59 UTC to receive the dial-in details.</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with login and dial-in details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Background documents:</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/whois-whats-to-come/">Blog post on <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHOIS & What's to Come</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHOIS policies and <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/whois-policies-provisions">provisions</a></span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-08nov12-en.htm">Board Resolution on WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en.pdf">WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations</a> [PDF, 1.44 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=910079&act=CH61&r=25163209&c=165637"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>