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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div style='margin-bottom:7.5pt' id=doctitle><p class=title align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>GAC Releases Scorecard on New gTLD Outstanding Issues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=docdate align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>23 February 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In preparation for the upcoming ICANN GAC - Board consultations in Brussels, the GAC has furnished a scorecard on outstanding issues related to the New gTLD Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-scorecard-23feb11-en.pdf">GAC indicative scorecard on new gTLD outstanding issues listed in the GAC Cartagena Communiqué</a> [PDF, 328 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The scorecard is intended to serve as the basis of the GAC approach to the ICANN Board/GAC consultation meeting 28 February-1 March 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ICANN has also released a <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-6-21feb11-en.htm">set of papers</a> describing these issues. Additional information on meeting topics and logistics are posted at:<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm</a> and <a href="http://meetings.icann.org/board-gac-spring11">http://meetings.icann.org/board-gac-spring11</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>David A. Olive<br>Vice President, Policy Development Support<br>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>