<div dir="ltr"><div>More Here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-02-08-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-02-08-en</a> <br><br>==========================<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Please
RSVP via <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/83yIdN42A8"><span style="color:blue">this
form</span></a> by 19 February 2016.<br>
Remote participation details will be sent the week of 22 February 2016.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">The
ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday,
25 February 2016 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities
across the ICANN policy development community and the ongoing Transition of
Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions and the
ICANN Accountability efforts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Updates
will also be provided on topics from ICANN's Support Organizations and Advisory
Committees:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and Regional
Internet Registries (RIR) Activities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): New
generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures Policy Development
Process</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO):
Next-generation Registration Directory Services Policy Development Process</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Review of
Rights Protection Mechanisms in all generic Top Level Domains
(gTLDs) Policy Development Process</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
Activity Update</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) review of criteria
and expectations of At-Large Structures in parallel with the At-Large
Review.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Regional
At-Large Organizations (RALO) Activities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Government Advisory Committee's (GAC): IANA Stewardship
Transition – GAC Verdict on the CCWG Accountability report.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Government Advisory Committee's (GAC): Remaining issues
with the New gTLD Program, in particular implementation of GAC Advice</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
Advisories and Activity Update</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
Activity Update</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">The
two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones.
Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English. The webinar
will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for
audio.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Participants
will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During
the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function
in Adobe Connect.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Recordings
of the webinars will be made available <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en"><span style="color:blue">here</span></a>. The Policy Development Support Team is
always available to answer any questions via email at <a href="mailto:policyinfo@icann.org"><span style="color:blue">policyinfo@icann.org</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Please
RSVP via <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/83yIdN42A8"><span style="color:blue">this
form</span></a> by 19 February 2016.<br>
Remote participation details will be sent the week of 22 February 2016.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
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Regards<br></div>Bob.<br></div>