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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><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: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</span></h3>

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">News from the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="float: left;">http://www.icann.org</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">
<strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="float: right;">Week
ending 18 September 2009 </span></span></strong></span></p>

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<h4><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Announcements
This Week</span></h4>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Release of Interisle and TNO reports
on Root Scaling</span></strong></a><br>
The ICANN Board requested the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC),
the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), and the ICANN staff,
including the IANA team, to study the potential issues regarding the addition
of IDNs, IPv6 addresses, DNSSEC and substantial numbers of new TLDs to the root
zone. Interisle was selected to perform this study. In the course of their
study, they recommended that a modeling effort be undertaken with the
assistance of TNO.<br>
18 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Advance Notice: Board Committee Public
Session</span></strong></a><br>
The ICANN Board Public Participation Committee will be holding a special public
session on Monday 5 October at 15:00 UTC to discuss the Committee&#39;s work,
focusing in particular on the Document Publication Operational Policy currently
out for public comment.<br>
18 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">&quot;L&quot; Root Server Scaling
Report Released</span></strong></a><br>
As part ICANN&#39;s ongoing efforts to ensure the stability of the DNS, ICANN staff
contracted with the DNS Operations, Analysis and Research Center as independent
and well-respected experts to provide an analysis of the impact of adding IPv6,
DNSSEC, and additional top-level domains to the ICANN-operated L root server.<br>
17 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-16sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">ICANN Formalizes Relationship with
ccTLD Manager for Ukraine (.UA)</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the
country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .UA, Communications System
Ltd.<br>
16 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-16sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Expressions of Interest Sought for
Bulk Transfer of Registrations</span></strong></a><br>
As the result of the recent de-accreditation of registrar Red Register, Inc.
(IANA ID 962), ICANN is seeking expressions of interest from ICANN-accredited
registrars that might wish to assume sponsorship of the gTLD names that were
previously managed by this registrar.<br>
16 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Red Register Loses ICANN Accreditation</span></strong></a><br>


ICANN has terminated its accreditation agreement with registrar Red Register. <br>
15 September 2009</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14sep09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Public Comment: Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process</span></strong></a><br>
The GNSO is asking for public comments on issues relating to procedures for
modifying registration information and transferring domain names between
registers to inform the deliberations of the Working Group created to address
these issues.<br>
14 September 2009</span></p>

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<h4><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Upcoming
Events</span></h4>

<p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://sel.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.icann.org/images/sel-logo-155x82.png" style="border: 0px solid rgb(48, 110, 255); margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="25 - 30 October: 36th 
        International Public ICANN Meeting - Seoul, South Korea" border="0"></span></a><a href="http://sel.icann.org/">25 - 30 October 2009: 36th International Public
ICANN Meeting - Seoul, South Korea</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">7 - 12 March 2010:
37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>

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<h4><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">About
ICANN</span></h4>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>



<p style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Our
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: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">www.ICANN.org</span></strong></a>.</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>



<p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY10
Operating Plan and Budget</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">
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