<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">On GNSO/ELECTIONS FOR COUNCIL CHAIR, VICE CHAIRS</p>
<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"> Avri Doria has been elected GNSO Chair <span style="font-weight: normal;">and there will soon be a call for nomination of a Vice chair. <br></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Reminder, two Africans seat on the GNSO Council: Mawaki Chango and Sophia Bekele.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;"></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><pre style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>On new gTLD process</span><br></font><br>The draft New TLDs Final Report is posted at
<<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/pdp-dec05-draft-fr.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/pdp-dec05-draft-fr.htm</a>><br></pre>The GNSO Protection of the Rights of Others (PRO) report can be found <br><pre style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<font size="2">at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/GNSO-PRO-WG-final-01Jun07.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/GNSO-PRO-WG-final-01Jun07.pdf</a>.<br><br>The Reserved Names Working Group of the New gTLDS Committee has
<br>released their report, available at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/final-report-rn-wg-23may07.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/final-report-rn-wg-23may07.htm</a>
<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">On WHOIS</span><br><br></font>Additional information on WHOIS is posted at <<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/</a>
><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">On TRANSFER policy Review:</span><br><br>Information on transfer policy review is posted at <<a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/transfers-wg/msg00022.html">http://forum.icann.org/lists/transfers-wg/msg00022.html
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<pre style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On GNSO/WIPO 2</span><br><br>Information on the GNSO's WIPO-2 activities is posted at <<a href="http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-24may07.shtml">
http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-24may07.shtml</a>>
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<pre style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On IDNs</span><br><br>Information on GNSO IDN policy activities is posted at <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/"><http://gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/>
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and <<a href="http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/idn-wg-fr-22mar07.htm">http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/idn-wg-fr-22mar07.htm</a>><br>Information on ccNSO IDN policy activities is posted at <span style=""> </span>
<a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/"><http://ccnso.icann.org/></a><br></pre>Information
on SSAC is posted at <<a href="http://www.icann.org/committees/security/">http://www.icann.org/committees/security/</a>><br><br>Enjoy and forward to all who may be interested. Please encourage people to subscribe to the africann list. I remain available to answer any questions. You can write me directly if you feel that your question is not relevant to the whole group.
<br><br>Best regards,<br>AR<br>
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