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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear BC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the announcement of the new Chief of Security, Stability and Resiliency Officer following Jeff Moss’ stepping down at the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><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 lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind Regards,</span><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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">bc-secretariat@icann.org</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'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</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'><a href="www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a><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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29oct13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29oct13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Names New Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Officer<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeff Moss Announces His Departure as Chief Security Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29 October 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Los Angeles, California</span></b></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>… John Crain has been named ICANN's new Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Officer. In this newly created position Crain will assume the responsibilities of Jeff Moss, who announced he is stepping down from his position as Chief Security Officer at the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More broadly, Crain will lead a team focused on the security, stability and resiliency (SSR) of the Internet's unique identifier systems. They will work closely with the ICANN community to enhance SSR and increase understanding of its importance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Crain, who has been at ICANN for 13 years, has served most recently as ICANN's Senior Director of Security, Stability and Resiliency. In his new role he will report to Akram Atallah, President of the Generic Domains Division (GDD).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"John was a natural pick for us," said Atallah. "He knows ICANN, he is well respected across the community and his extensive expertise in the arena of SSR has been firmly established."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moss, who was appointed to his current position in April of 2011, said even though he is leaving ICANN, he intends to stay an active part of the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Most recently, Moss and Crain worked together to help ICANN devise ways to study and address the "name collision" issue with measures and procedures aimed at mitigating any potential problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"We are taking a slow and careful approach to this issue and since the roll-out of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) will be very gradual, I'm confident that name collisions will not pose any major issues that can't be responded to responsibly," said Moss. "Now that we have a clear path forward, I feel like this is a good time to announce my departure."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Jeff has been at the forefront of protecting the Internet's addressing system during his tenure at ICANN," said Atallah. "We are grateful for his contributions and wish him the best moving forward."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN also announced the formation of a new <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Security, Stability and Resiliency Executive Committee,</span></em> led by Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé and made up of members of ICANN's executive team. The committee will keep abreast of emerging SSR issues, track potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To download a high-resolution photograph of John Crain, please visit:<br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/10332605796/sizes/c/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/10332605796/sizes/c/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To download high-resolution photographs of Jeff Moss, please visit:<br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/5658860869/sizes/l/in/photostream/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/5658860869/sizes/l/in/photostream/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To watch a video interview with John Crain, please visit:<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-crain-security-stability-17sep13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-crain-security-stability-17sep13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MEDIA CONTACTS:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>James Cole<br>ICANN Global Media Coordinator<br>Washington, D.C.<br>Tel. +1 202.570.7240<br><a href="mailto:james.cole@icann.org">james.cole@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Andrew Robertson<br>Edelman Public Relations<br>London, U.K.<br>Tel. + 44 (7811) 341 945<br><a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=923889&act=AJLG&r=23976196&c=165637"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>