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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Dear GNSO Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>The new Expired Registration Recovery Policy (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/consensus-policies/errp"><span style='color:purple'>https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/consensus-policies/errp</span></a>) will go into effect on 31 August 2013.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black;background:white'>For background information, the proposed Expired Registration Recovery Policy ("ERRP") is intended to help align registrant expectations with registrar practices by establishing certain minimum communications requirements and making renewal and redemption of registrations uniformly available in prescribed circumstances. Following implementation of the policy, ICANN is instructed to create educational materials in consultation with interested stakeholders to help registrants properly manage their registrations. Additional background material can be found here: </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Expired+Registration+Recovery+Policy+Workspace"><span style='color:purple'>https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Expired+Registration+Recovery+Policy+Workspace</span></a>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black;background:#FFFEFE'>As part of the above-mentioned educational materials, ICANN staff, in consultation with interested community members, will be updating the Beginner's Guide to Domain Names to include relevant ERRP updates. In addition, ICANN staff thought a video tutorial on the proper stewardship of a domain name could be an additional resource for Internet users. I will be organizing a brief phone conference to discuss a proposed outline to the video tutorial in the next two weeks.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Any GNSO members that would be interested in participating in this video tutorial initiative should send an email to <a href="mailto:caitlin.tubergen@icann.org"><span style='color:purple'>caitlin.tubergen@icann.org</span></a> by Friday, 17 May, and I will be sure to include them in future communications.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>I look forward to working with interested stakeholders.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Caitlin Tubergen</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Registrar Relations and Contracts Manager</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>ICANN</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:caitlin.tubergen@icann.org"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:purple'>caitlin.tubergen@icann.o</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>