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<h2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert</span><o:p></o:p></h2>

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href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01dec09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01dec09-en.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Comment Requested on Draft 2010-2013 Strategic
Plan</span><o:p></o:p></h2>

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margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1
December 2009</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As the next element of
consultation on the Strategic Plan, ICANN invites comments from the community
on a first draft of the plan based on material presented to the community at
the Seoul meeting. In particular, we are seeking the views of the community on
the following issues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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     "Arial","sans-serif"'>What should be the three to five year high level
     strategic objectives for each of the four areas of work?</span><o:p></o:p></li>
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     "Arial","sans-serif"'>What would be the specific metrics for each of the
     four areas of work?</span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The comment period will close
on 21 January 2010. The draft plan will be revised based on the comments
received and the responses to the community <a
href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=j4N7UAoVMQ_2bixC2FwvP6oQ_3d_3d">survey</a>
posted earlier this month. A final version of the Strategic Plan will be
submitted to the Board for approval at their February meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please go to <a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#strat-plan-2010">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#strat-plan-2010</a>
in order to participate and share your comments on the draft Strategic Plan for
2010-2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Links:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-01dec09-en.pdf">Draft
Strategic Plan 2010-2013</a> [PDF, 209K]</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<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>

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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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