<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="058A3776-04D0-4139-B1B1-C82D947324E7" height="79" width="595" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:75565119-42FE-4BAC-BFB3-880FBB3AE5D7/PastedGraphic-1.tiff"></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcements" style="color: purple;" class="">https://www.icann.org/news/announcements</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group to Establish a Policy Framework for a Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">How to Join<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/bb65iIznLv" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">sign up form</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> or send the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-pdp-next-gen-rds-wg-sign-up-04jan16-en.docx" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Word document</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">GNSO Secretariat</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki page.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In Brief<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers to serve on a PDP Working Group to establish a policy framework for a next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS). The GNSO Council </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201511" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">approved the WG's charter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> on 19 November 2015, tasking this PDP to address concerns with WHOIS by creating a new policy framework capable of balancing diverse interests to meet today's needs for gTLD registration data.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">What This Team Will Do<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The PDP WG will use a 3-phase process defined in the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">approved charter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> to (1) establish gTLD registration data requirements to determine if and why a next-generation RDS is needed, (2) design policies that detail functions that must be provided by a next-generation RDS to support those requirements, and (3) provide guidance for how a next-generation RDS should implement those policies, coexisting with and eventually replacing WHOIS.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This PDP WG will provide the GNSO Council with policy recommendations regarding the issues identified in the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Final Issue Report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [PDF, 1.4 MB] and as defined in the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">charter approved by the GNSO Council</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [PDF, 628 KB]. Specifically, this PDP WG is tasked with analyzing the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data and considering safeguards for protecting that data, determining if and why a next-generation RDS is needed to replace WHOIS, and creating policies and coexistence and implementation guidance to meet those needs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">During the first phase of this PDP, the PDP WG will, at a minimum, attempt to reach consensus recommendations regarding the questions detailed in the PDP WG’s charter. The PDP WG’s output will then be submitted to the GNSO Council for approval of its recommendations regarding IF and WHY a next-generation RDS is needed to replace WHOIS before moving to the next phase. If the WG concludes a new policy framework is needed, this output should include requirements to be addressed by that new framework and any next-generation RDS. However, if the WG concludes the existing WHOIS system can adequately address requirements, the WG’s output should confirm this and identify any necessary changes to the WHOIS policy framework.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">After Phase 1, if the GNSO Council confirms that a new policy framework and next-generation RDS are required, the PDP WG will then proceed to Phases 2 and 3, recommending a new consensus policy framework to satisfy requirements for a next-generation RDS established in Phase 1, along with any necessary coexistence and implementation guidance. Further detail regarding this 3-phase process and questions to be considered can be found in the PDP WG’s charter.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">How This Team Will Work<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this PDP WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public. The mailing list for the PDP WG will be archived publicly. The group will collaborate using a public workspace for draft materials and all final work products and milestones will be documented on the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">WG's wiki</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. The PDP WG is expected to follow the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">GNSO Working Group Guidelines</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [PDF, 350 KB] as well as the GNSO PDP Manual.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">How to participate<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">There are two ways to volunteer:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Individual Members</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> – anyone interested can volunteer to join the PDP WG as a WG member, regardless of whether they are members of the ICANN community. Members are expected to actively contribute to mailing list conversations as well as meetings – it is anticipated that the PDP WG will at a minimum meet on a weekly basis via teleconference. Members are expected to provide essential input to the process. Members will be required to provide a Statement of Interest (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">SOI</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Mailing list observers</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> – for those who are merely interested in monitoring the WG’s conversations, there is the possibility to sign up as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access to the mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted to post, will not receive invitations to the various meetings or calls of the WG and will not have to complete a Statement of Interest. At any point in time, a mailing list observer can join the WG as a member simply by informing the GNSO Secretariat.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through public consultations and public comment processes that the PDP WG is expected to organize.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">How to Join<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/bb65iIznLv" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">sign up form</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> or send the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-pdp-next-gen-rds-wg-sign-up-04jan16-en.docx" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Word document</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">GNSO Secretariat</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki page.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Next steps</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In its motion, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated as widely as possible in order to ensure broad representation and participation in the WG. This call will remain open until the WG convenes for the first time. At this juncture, it is anticipated that the PDP WG may convene online in late January 2015. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the PDP WG’s work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Further information and preparation</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are strongly encouraged to review the following materials prior to the first meeting of the PDP WG:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The <a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class="">Final Issue Report</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class="">approved charter</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Materials available at the PDP </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">WG's wiki</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> such as the EWG Final Report and other relevant information. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Background<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Created in the 1980s, WHOIS began as a service to identify and contact entities responsible for the operation of a network resource on the Internet. Over the years, ICANN's requirements for gTLD domain name registration data collection, access and accuracy have undergone some important changes. Yet, after nearly 15 years of task forces, review teams, and studies, comprehensive WHOIS policy reform remains the source of long-running discussion and debate.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In 2012, the ICANN Board launched the Expert Working Group on gTLD Registration Directory Services (EWG) to help redefine the purpose of gTLD registration data and consider how to safeguard the data, and to propose a model for gTLD registration directory services (RDS) to address accuracy, privacy, and access issues.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Upon publication of the EWG's Final Report in June, 2014, an informal group of GNSO Councilors and ICANN Board Members collaborated to propose a Process Framework for structuring a GNSO PDP to successfully address these challenging issues. This Process Framework was adopted by the Board in 2015, along with a reaffirmation of its 2012 request for a PDP to be convened to define the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data. The Board also asked that the PDP consider safeguards for protecting data, using the recommendations in the EWG's Final Report as an input to, and, if appropriate, as the foundation for a new gTLD policy.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In preparation for this PDP, a new </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/rds-prelim-issue-13jul15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Preliminary Issue Report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [PDF, 1.4 MB] was published for </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-prelim-issue-2015-07-13-en" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">public comment</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> on 13 July 2015. A </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Final Issue Report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> [PDF, 1.2 MB] was subsequently published on 7 October 2015, including links to all public comments received, along with a draft charter for the PDP WG. This draft charter was approved by the GNSO Council on </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+November+2015" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">19 November 2015</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, enabling the formation of a GNSO working group of community volunteers to progress this PDP.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">More information can be found on the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rds" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">GNSO PDP on Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS) page</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">WG's wiki</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, including the WG's charter, inputs already provided by all SG/Cs during the public comment period, and an extensive library of foundational materials to inform the WG's deliberations. In addition, the WG will reach out to all SG/Cs for feedback on any items that they believe should be considered that may not have been specifically called out in the approved charter.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, all those interested in helping to shape the policy framework for a next-generation gTLD RDS are encouraged to volunteer for this WG. Only with the help of the entire community can this WG achieve its goal of formally defining an appropriate purpose of gTLD registration data and establishing a new policy framework to enable permissible access to that data with improved privacy and accuracy.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h5 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Details<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h5><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN Announcements<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">04 Jan 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Civil Society<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">DNS Marketplace<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">WHOIS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Glen<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Glen de Saint Géry<br class="">GNSO Secretariat<br class=""></span><b class=""><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><br class=""></span><b class=""><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple;" class="">http://gnso.icann.org</a></span></b></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Rudi Vansnick</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.npoc.org" class="">www.npoc.org</a> - <span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@npoc.org" class="">rudi.vansnick@npoc.org</a></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></body></html>