<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CANNE-R%7E1.INN%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="Edit-Time-Data" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CANNE-R%7E1.INN%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CANNE-R%7E1.INN%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CANNE-R%7E1.INN%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>
<!--
 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
        mso-font-charset:1;
        mso-generic-font-family:roman;
        mso-font-format:other;
        mso-font-pitch:variable;
        mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
        mso-font-charset:0;
        mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
        mso-font-pitch:variable;
        mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;}
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {mso-style-unhide:no;
        mso-style-qformat:yes;
        mso-style-parent:"";
        margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;}
h3
        {mso-style-priority:9;
        mso-style-unhide:no;
        mso-style-qformat:yes;
        mso-style-link:"Heading 3 Char";
        mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0in;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0in;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        mso-outline-level:3;
        font-size:13.5pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
        font-weight:bold;}
h4
        {mso-style-priority:9;
        mso-style-unhide:no;
        mso-style-qformat:yes;
        mso-style-link:"Heading 4 Char";
        mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0in;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0in;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        mso-outline-level:4;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
        font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;
        text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-noshow:yes;
        mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink;
        text-decoration:underline;
        text-underline:single;}
p
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0in;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0in;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;}
span.Heading3Char
        {mso-style-name:"Heading 3 Char";
        mso-style-priority:9;
        mso-style-unhide:no;
        mso-style-locked:yes;
        mso-style-link:"Heading 3";
        mso-ansi-font-size:13.5pt;
        mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
        font-weight:bold;}
span.Heading4Char
        {mso-style-name:"Heading 4 Char";
        mso-style-priority:9;
        mso-style-unhide:no;
        mso-style-locked:yes;
        mso-style-link:"Heading 4";
        mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
        mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
        font-weight:bold;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        mso-default-props:yes;
        font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;
        mso-header-margin:.5in;
        mso-footer-margin:.5in;
        mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
-->
</style>

<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 9 July 2010 </span></span></strong></span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> </span></p>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">

<hr align="center" size="2" width="100%">

</span></div>

<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-4-09jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">FY11 Operating Plan and Budget Adopted
by Board in Brussels is Now Posted</span></strong></a><br>
On 25 June 2010 in Brussels, the ICANN Board approved the FY11 Operating Plan
and Budget, which describes the planned activities and required resources for
this fiscal year. <br>
9 July 2010</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jul10-en.htm">Call
for Expressions of Interest for 2010-2011 Nominating Committee Chair</a></span></strong><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">ICANN is immediately
seeking expressions of interest for the 2010-2011 Nominating Committee (NomCom)
Chair.<br>
9 July 2010</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-09jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Accountability &amp; Transparency
Review – Community Feedback</span></strong></a><br>
Per its Brussels statement, the Accountability and Transparency Review Team
(ATRT) now opens a public forum that will enable ‘the Community to provide
inputs and suggestions at any point during the ATRT review’.<br>
9 July 2010</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-3-06jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">ICANN Signs Accountability Framework
with ccTLD Manager for Ecuador (.EC)</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN has announced that it has signed an Accountability Framework with the
country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .EC (Ecuador), <a href="http://NIC.EC">NIC.EC</a> (NICEC)
S.A, on 23 June 2010.<br>
6 July 2010</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-2-06jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">ICANN Signed Accountability Framework
with .AN</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN has announced that it has signed an Accountability Framework with the
country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .AN (Netherlands
Antilles),the Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen (UNA), on 23 June 2010.<br>
6 July 2010</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-06jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Public Comment: Proposed Bylaws
Amendment to Allow Remuneration of Board Chair</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN opened up a public comment forum on proposed Bylaws amendments to allow
for remuneration of the Chair of the Board.<br>
6 July 2010</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-05jul10-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Your Input Requested: Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy Part B Initial Report</span></strong></a><br>
A public comment forum opened for a twenty-day period as prescribed by the
ICANN by-laws. The IRTP Part B WG is looking for your input on the Initial
Report and in particular on the preliminary conclusions and recommendations put
forward in the report, including a proposed Expedited Transfer Reverse Policy.<br>
5 July 2010</span></p>

<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> </span></p>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">

<hr align="center" size="2" width="100%">

</span></div>

<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://cartagena39.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.icann.org/images/cartagena-logo-187x97.png" style="border: 0px solid rgb(48, 110, 255); margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="5 - 10 December 2010: 39th International Public ICANN Meeting - Cartagena, Colombia" border="0"></span></a><a href="http://cartagena39.icann.org/">5 - 10 December 2010: 39th International
ICANN Meeting - Cartagena, Colombia</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>

<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, 2010 - 2013</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 FY11
Operating Plan and Budget</a></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></p>