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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dear All,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We want to alert you to a time and room change for the the Expert Working Group (EWG) on Next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) Singapore workshop: <a href="http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services">Exploring Replacements for WHOIS - The Next Generation Directory Services</a>.<u> It will be held on Monday, 24 March at 16:30-17:30 SGT in room Bras Basah</u>. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>T</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>his open workshop will feature an update on EWG activities and a preliminary discussion about potential risks and benefits that might result if ICANN were to replace WHOIS by a next-generation system. All interested parties are invited to participate in this workshop and to continue the dialogue post-Singapore through an on-line</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey"><span style='color:purple'>RDS Risk Survey</span></a> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>and interactive webinars that will be scheduled to gather broad community input on this topic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>RDS Ris</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>k survey<span style='color:#333333'>/webinar results will inform the EWG as it refines its recommendations for a next generation RDS. The EWG looks forward to hearing your thoughts and perspectives at their Singapore session (see </span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services</span></a> for further details and remote participation information)</span><span style='color:#333333'>. An announcement </span>of the RDS Risk survey and webinars <span style='color:#333333'>will be posted on the ICANN website and circulated on this list. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FFFEFE'>The EWG may be reached at: <a href="mailto:input-to-ewg@icann.org"><span style='color:#1155CC'>input-to-ewg@icann.org</span></a> (public list) should you have </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#FFFEFE'>c</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FFFEFE'>omments you would like to submit on the EWG’s</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#FFFEFE'> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf"><span style='color:purple'>Status Update Report</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FFFEFE'>. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We apologize for any inconvenience the workshop time change may have caused. The EWG decided to change the time (and to add webinars) to accommodate the community's participation in other key sessions that are being held simultaneously on Monday, 24 March. <span style='background:#FFFEFE'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FFFEFE'>Thank you for your understanding.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Regards,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222'>ICANN staff on behalf of the Expert Working Group</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>