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<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="float: left;">http://www.icann.org/</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="float: right;">Week
ending 21 May 2010 </span></span></strong></span></p>
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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-21may10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comment: Meetings for the Next
Decade Consultation Process Opens</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN is pleased to announce the beginning of Stage One of the “Meetings for
the Next Decade” consultation process.<br>
21 May 2010</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-2-18may10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Proposals Sought to Provide Costs and
Feasibility to Conduct WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse Study</span></strong></a><br>
The GNSO Council is now exploring several extensive studies of WHOIS and has
asked ICANN to estimate the cost and feasibility of conducting several studies
proposed by members of the ICANN community and ICANN’s Government Advisory
Committee. ICANN is seeking to engage independent research organizations to
undertake this study. <br>
18 May 2010</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-18may10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comments Opens Today: Questions
to the Community on Accountability and Transparency within ICANN</span></strong></a><br>
The AoC Accountability and Transparency Review Team would also like to
understand if there are new inputs or changes in stakeholder views since the
establishment of the AoC. <br>
18 May 2010</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-2-17may10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comment: Draft FY11 Operating
Plan and Budget...Ready for Community Consideration</span></strong></a><br>
The draft FY11 Operating Plan and Budget is posted and ready for community
consideration.<br>
17 May 2010</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-17may10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">IANA Continuity Exercise Report
Published</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN is releasing the After Action Report from the IANA Business Continuity
Exercise conducted on 19 January 2010. The exercise was discussed during the ICANN
Nairobi meeting.<br>
17 May 2010</span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Upcoming
Events</span></h4>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://brussels38.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.icann.org/images/brux-logo-155x54.png" style="border: 0px solid rgb(48, 110, 255); margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium" border="0"></span></a><a href="http://brussels38.icann.org/">20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International
Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<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>
<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, 2010 - 2013</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";"></span></p>
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