<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>For your information.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marika</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Olof Nordling <<a href="mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org">olof.nordling@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday 24 September 2014 12:13<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Soac-infoalert] Draft document from GAC Sub-group on Geographic Names - Community input sought<br></div><div><br></div><div 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"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear SO-AC-SG leaders, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The GAC Sub-group on Geographic Names (which is a Sub-group of the GAC Working Group on Future New gTLDs) has developed a draft document for future New gTLD rounds outlining several public policy aspects related to geographic names and
is currently seeking community input on the attached draft text (also announced on the GAC website at
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/kzt8kbg">http://tinyurl.com/kzt8kbg</a>). A previous version of this draft was presented in a public session during the London ICANN/GAC meetings and a similar session is planned for the October ICANN/GAC meetings in Los Angeles.
The Working Group believes the receipt of community input on the current draft document would be beneficial to the October discussions, and further welcomes comments from all interested parties by October 31, 2014.
<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Comments may be submitted to <a href="mailto:future-geo-doc-comments@gac.icann.org">
future-geo-doc-comments@gac.icann.org</a> . Comments received will be posted on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nc4knhn">
http://tinyurl.com/nc4knhn</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Your assistance in notifying your community members about this opportunity would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Very best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Olof<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">-------------------- <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Olof Nordling</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Senior Director, GAC Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Branch Manager, ICANN Brussels office</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ICANN</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">6 Rond Point Schuman,
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> <br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">B-1040 Brussels, Belgium</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tel.: +32.2.894 7400<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mobile: +32.475.420805</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Fax: +32.2.280 1221<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">E-mail: <a href="mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org">olof.nordling@icann.org</a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.icann.org" title="http://www.icann.org"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">www.icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>