<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
p.leftnavitem, li.leftnavitem, div.leftnavitem
{mso-style-name:leftnavitem;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.title, li.title, div.title
{mso-style-name:title;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.docdate, li.docdate, div.docdate
{mso-style-name:docdate;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29nov11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29nov11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EBERO RFI Q&A Published<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29 November 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 16 November 2011, ICANN held a teleconference with potential respondents to the Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Request for Information (EBERO RFI). Potential respondents submitted questions to ICANN. Here are the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/documents/rfps/ebero-rfi-qanda-29nov11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>questions and answers</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 411 KB] that may help all the respondents to better prepare the RFIs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The EBERO is designed to be activated should a registry operator require assistance to sustain critical registry functions for a period of time, or in the case of transition for one registry operator to another. ICANN is looking forward to receiving comprehensive information from the potential EBERO candidates. The RFI deadline has been extended to 5 December 2011 - 5:00PM Pacific Time. Please direct your information to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:ebero@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>ebero@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Responses after the deadline will not be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For additional information regarding the RFI, please see: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-14sep11-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-14sep11-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>