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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>LGR-1 has been released for public comments. See the details at <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en</a>. This first version integrates the proposal submitted by the Arabic Generation Panel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 05, 2015 5:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org><br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD017.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. ICANN"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-04-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-04-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1)<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>4 December 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Forum Announcement:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Public Comment Period opens on<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>4 December 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Top-Level Domains<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Purpose (Brief):</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Integration Panel (IP) has successfully evaluated the finalized Proposal for Arabic script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) submitted by the Arabic Script Generation Panel (GP), following the release of the proposal for <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-en">public comments</a>. The IP has integrated this proposal by the Arabic script GP into the first version of the Root Zone LGR (<a href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/lgr/lgr-1-overview-01dec15-en.pdf">LGR-1</a> [PDF, 786 KB]). As per the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf">Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels</a> [PDF, 1.39 MB], LGR-1 is being released for public comments before finalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Public Comment Box Link:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>This message was sent to sarmad.hussain@icann.org from:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>ICANN News Alert | communications@icann.org | ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="2%" style='width:2.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='line-height:9.75pt'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E'>Email Marketing by <a href="http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=117 height=38 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D12F46.46B75050" alt="Image removed by sender. iContact - Try It Free!"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=27296433&l=6333&s=95OV&m=977766&c=165637"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#115880;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Manage Your Subscription </span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D12F46.46B75050" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>