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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13apr10-en.htm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Invitation to
participate in the</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US> <span style='color:#1F497D'>Joint
SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>In Nairobi, the ICANN
Board invited the community to suggest suitable ways to provide support for New
gTLD applicants, see</span><span lang=EN-US> <span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20</a>
. The GNSO Council has since resolved to launch a Working Group to address this
matter, see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004</a>
, inviting all interested ICANN SOs and ACs to join in the effort. The work is
planned to commence in late April and to conclude in time before the ICANN
meeting in Brussels in June this year. All those interested in participating in
this Working Group are hereby encouraged to enlist by email to <a
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@icann.org">gnso.secretariat@icann.org</a>, no
later than 26 April 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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