<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[council] Universal Acceptance session at ICANN49</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 17, 2014 at 11:24:12 AM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Hello everyone, as some interest has been expressed in this important issue, I thought you and your constituents might be interested in a session on Universal Acceptance of All TLDs scheduled for the ICANN meeting in Singapore. It will be held on Monday 24 March from 15:15-16:45 Singapore time. You'll see from the attached abstract and format that plenty of time has been set aside for discussion and audience Q&A; in addition, since this is an issue that goes beyond ICANN and will require collaboration with industry vendors, we will also have Google and Microsoft representatives on the panel.</div><div><br></div><div>The session is co-sponsored by the ccNSO-GNSO Joint IDN Working Group and the ALAC IDN Working Group. We hope that many GNSO community members will be able to attend and participate in the discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4892</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">* One World. One Internet. *</font></font></div></div></div>
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