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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'>Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone LGR has been released for public comments. Details </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-en</a>. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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><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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=94 height=94 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0DF58.4B48C240" alt=ICANN></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='text-align:justify'><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;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-08-24-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-08-24-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>24 August 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>24 August 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 style='text-align:justify'><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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Arabic script community has formed the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/MES/Task+Force+on+Arabic+Script+IDNs">TF-AIDN</a>), also acting as the Arabic script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposal for the Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules</span></em> (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-arabic-lgr-22aug15-en.xml">Proposal</a> [XML, 29 KB] and <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/arabic-lgr-proposal-23aug15-en.pdf">Proposal Documentation</a> [PDF, 2.35 MB]). As per the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf">LGR Procedure</a> [PDF, 772 KB], this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Arabic script GP to make their views known to the Arabic Generation Panel so it can finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.<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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-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></div></body></html>