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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; float: left; height: 94px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; width: 94px;" alt="ICANN" border="0"></span></a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">News from the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers</span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="float: right;">Week
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<h4><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Announcements
This Week</span></h4>
<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15may09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Advisory: OnlineNIC Transfer Issues
Resolved</span></strong></a><br>
Customers of registrar OnlineNIC who had problems with previous transfer
requests should now be able to transfer their domains to a different registrar
if they wish.<br>
15 May 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="style11"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14may09-en.htm">Bulk
Transfer of Parava Domains to Tucows</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Tucows Inc. has been selected to manage the name registrations previously
managed by Parava Networks, Inc. (dba 10-Domains.com).<br>
14 May 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12may09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Status Overview of IPv4 Block
Allocation Published</span></strong></a><br>
At its meeting on 23 April 2009, the Board resolved to request tracking of the
development of a Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to
Regional Internet Registries, under discussion in the addressing community. <br>
12 May 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11may09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comment: Revised gTLD
Registries Stakeholder Petition</span></strong></a><br>
All members of the ICANN community are now invited to review and compare two
RySG submissions and share comments and observations with the ICANN Board and
the wider community through 10 June 2009.<br>
11 May 2009</span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Upcoming
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://syd.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.icann.org/images/syd-logo-155x92.png" style="border: 0px solid rgb(48, 110, 255); margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="21 - 26 June: 35th
International Public ICANN Meeting - Sydney, Australia" border="0"></span></a><a href="http://syd.icann.org/">21 - 26 June 2009: 35th International Public ICANN
Meeting - Sydney, Australia</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">About
ICANN</span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security,
stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and
transparent. Learn more at <a href="http://www.icann.org/"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.ICANN.org</span></strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/adopted-opplan-budget-v3-fy09-25jun08-en.pdf">Adopted
FY09 Operating Plan and Budget</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> [PDF, 489K]</span></p>
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