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Assigned Names and Numbers</span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="float:right">Week
ending 16 October 2009 </span></span></strong></span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Announcements
This Week</span></h4>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style11"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-16oct09-en.htm">Public
Comment: Amendment for Partial Bulk Transfer in dot-COM & dot-NET</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
ICANN is opening a 30 day public comment period on a proposed amendment from
VeriSign to Appendix 7 of the dot-COM and dot-NET Registry Agreements.<br>
16 October 2009</span></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style11"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13oct09-en.htm">Naugus
Limited, LLC May Lose Accreditation</a></span></span><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
The Registrar Accreditation Agreement between ICANN and registrar Naugus
Limited, LLC will expire without renewal on 9 November 2009 unless the
registrar becomes compliant with the requirements of that RAA by 20 October 2009.<br>
13 October 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BP Holdings Group, Inc. dba IS.COM May
Lose Accreditation</span></strong></a><br>
The Registrar Accreditation Agreement between ICANN and registrar BP Holdings
Group, Inc. dba <a href="http://IS.COM">IS.COM</a> will expire without renewal on 9 November 2009 unless
the registrar becomes compliant with the requirements of that RAA by 20 October
2009.<br>
13 October 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Expressions of Interest Sought for
Bulk Transfer of Registrations</span></strong></a><br>
As the result of the Notice of Non-Renewal issued on October 9, 2009 to
registrar Mouzz Interactive, Inc., 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>
12 October 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mouzz Interactive, Inc. May Lose
Accreditation</span></strong></a><br>
The Registrar Accreditation Agreement between ICANN and registrar Mouzz
Interactive, Inc. will expire without renewal on 9 November 2009 unless the
registrar becomes compliant with the requirements of that RAA by 20 October
2009.<br>
12 October 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN Board Appoints New GNSO Council
Members</span></strong></a><br>
At its 30 September Board meeting, the ICANN Board of Directors appointed three
individuals to serve as Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group representatives on the
new GNSO Council.<br>
11 October 2009</span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Upcoming
Events</span></h4>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://sel.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.icann.org/images/sel-logo-155x82.png" style="border-bottom-color:
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middle" alt="25 - 30 October: 36th
International Public ICANN Meeting - Seoul, South Korea"></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:
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">7 - 12 March 2010:
37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">About
ICANN</span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.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>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:"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/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY10
Operating Plan and Budget</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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