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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
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ICANN Policy Update Briefing Meeting Details and How to Participate</span></h2>
<p style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">17
February 2010</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#F8F8F8"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In order to participate, please RSVP
via email to the GNSO Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>)
to receive the call details.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Whether you plan to
participate in the upcoming Nairobi meeting remotely or in person, you're
invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major
policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The ICANN Policy Staff will
provide a briefing on <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thursday,
25 February at 13.00 and 19.00 UTC</span></strong>, summarizing policy issues
across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization
(ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics,
updates will be provided on: </span></p>
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"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">GNSO
Improvements </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">GNSO
Registration Abuse Policies Working Group </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">GNSO Whois
Studies </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">GNSO
Vertical Integration Policy Development Process </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ccNSO IDN
PDP </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ccNSO
Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ccNSO
Strategic and Operational Plan Working Group </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ASO Global
policy for handling IPv4 address space </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The two sessions are
duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session,
scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting
will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in
conference bridge for audio. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Participants will have
opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of
the webinar, questions may be submitted using the Q&A function of Adobe
Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the
slides and MP3 will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy
staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to <a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org">policy-staff@icann.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In order to participate,
please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>)
to receive the call details.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
Please indicate which call you would like to join, 13.00 UTC or 19.00 UTC (to
convert those times into your local time, see: <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</a>).
We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in
details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address. </span></p>
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