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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>[To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 note that the August Policy Update published earlier this
month is available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>(<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If you would like to receive these updates directly every
month, all you have to do is sign up on ICANN's subscription page<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'> (<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/newsletter/">http://www.icann.org/en/newsletter/</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 style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you.<br>
Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:18.0pt'>Contents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#1">YOUR
COMMENTS NEEDED ON POLICY ISSUES </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#2">ICANN
POLICY INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#3">IMPROVING
THE GNSO — AND ASSIGNING COUNCIL SEATS </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#4">WHOIS — TO
STUDY OR NOT TO STUDY? </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#5">MAKING IT
EASIER TO TRANSFER DOMAINS BETWEEN REGISTRARS </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#6">HOW SHOULD
WE DEAL WITH FAST FLUXING CYBERCRIMINALS?</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#7">DOMAIN
NAME FRONT RUNNING — IF IT'S PREVALENT, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#8">INTERNATIONALIZNG
COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAINS</a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#9">IS IT TIME
TO RE-CONSIDER ICANN'S GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS?</a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#10">CCNSO WELCOMES
.DZ, .AM</a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#11">CCNSO
IMPROVEMENT PLAN UNDERWAY</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#12">AT-LARGE
INVOLVEMENT IN ICANN CONTINUES TO GROW</a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#13">AT-LARGE
— BRINGING AN INDIVIDUAL USER PERSPECTIVE TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#14">AT-LARGE
ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS </a></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#15">NEW
GLOBAL ASN POLICY TO BE IMPLEMENTED, FUTURE OF GLOBAL IPV4 POLICY UNCLEAR</a>
</strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#16">SSAC WORKING
ON DNSSEC STATUS REPORT</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#17">SSAC
ANALYZES PHISHING</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:#F2F2F2'><strong><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm#18">SSAC
REPORTS AND ADVISORIES AT A GLANCE</a> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
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<p>The ICANN Policy Update contains brief summaries of issues being addressed
by the ICANN community's bottom-up policy development structure, as well as
information on related policy development activities. The ICANN Policy Staff
provides monthly updates in response to requests from the community for
periodic summaries of ICANN's policy work. The goal of the Policy Update is to
maximize transparency and encourage broad community participation in ICANN's
policy development activities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Links to additional information are included and readers are encouraged to
go beyond these brief summaries to learn more about the ICANN community's work.
As always, the Policy Staff welcomes comments and suggestions on how to improve
its policy communications efforts. Please send these comments to <a
href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org">policy-staff@icann.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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