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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> David Olive [mailto:david.olive@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 17 September 2015 22:05<br><b>To:</b> soac-infoalert@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Soac-infoalert] ICANN News Alert -- Pre-ICANN54 Policy Update Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><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="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-94x94.jpg" alt=ICANN></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='background:white'><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;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-17-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-17-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pre-ICANN 54 Policy Update Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>17 September 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=floatcenter style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please RSVP via <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZHUBa1JuAvqy_gerUKG2MqILBxSldQ3j1D6BxrQT3is/viewform?c=0&w=1">this form</a> by 2 October 2015.</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Remote participation details will be sent the week of 5 October 2015.</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community and the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions and the ICANN Accountability efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN's Support Organizations and Advisory Committees:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and Regional Internet Registries (RIR) Activities <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): New generic Top Level Domain subsequent procedures <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Data & Metrics for GNSO policy making <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Review of Rights Protection Mechanisms in all generic Top Level Domains <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Next Generation generic Top Level Domain Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Activity Update <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Regional At-Large Organizations (RALO) Activities <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC): The work of the At-Large Structure (ALS) Criteria and Expectations Taskforce <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Government Advisory Committee's (GAC) High-Level Meeting (HLM) at ICANN 55 in Marrakech <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Government Advisory Committee's (GAC): The Protection of IGO Names and Acronyms <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Activity Update <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Activity Update <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function in Adobe Connect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Recordings of the webinars will be made available <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en">here</a>. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at <a href="mailto:policyinfo@icann.org">policyinfo@icann.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=floatcenter style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please RSVP via <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZHUBa1JuAvqy_gerUKG2MqILBxSldQ3j1D6BxrQT3is/viewform?c=0&w=1">this form</a> by 2 October 2015.</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Remote participation details will be sent the week of 5 October 2015.</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>