<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI: Policy update from ICANN staff.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 15, 2011 7:50:55 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-discussion@icann.org">soac-discussion@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[soac-discussion] ICANN POLICY UPDATE - November 2011</b><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm</a></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); line-height: 18px; font-size: small; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div id="doctitle" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; width: 710px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Georgia, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 25px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(229, 127, 62); ">ICANN POLICY UPDATE</div><div style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Volume 11, Issue 11 – November 2011</strong></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/</strong></a></div><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">CONTENTS:</h4><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">Across ICANN</h4><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Public Comment Reply Cycle Wraps Up</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">First-time Participants Set Record in Dakar</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Issues Currently Open for Public Comment</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">ccNSO</h4><ol start="4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Survey Lauds New gTLD Session for ccNSO</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Burkina Faso Joins ccNSO</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Mike Silber Selected for Second Term on ICANN Board</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Five ccNSO Council Seats Filled for 2012</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Framework of Interpretation Working Group</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#9" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">ccNSO Prepares for Expansion with IDN ccTLDs</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#10" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Clarity for String Confusion</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#11" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Two ccNSO Councilors to Focus on Joint Meetings with GNSO</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">GNSO</h4><ol start="12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Registrars and ICANN Open New Negotiations to Update the RAA</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#13" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">GNSO Council to Decide Whether to Review and Update Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#14" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">GNSO Improvements Move Forward with Council Approval of Updated PDP Final Report, Public Comment Period on Bylaw Changes</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#15" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Recommendations Adopted by ICANN Board</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#16" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Other Issues Active in the GNSO</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">ASO</h4><ol start="17" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#17" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Policy Proposal for Recovered IPv4 Address Blocks Has Passed Final Call in All RIRs</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">Joint Efforts</h4><ol start="18" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#18" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Review of ICANN Geographic Regions: Draft Final Report Available for Community Comment</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">At-Large</h4><ol start="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">At-Large Community Holds Record Number of Meetings in Dakar</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#20" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Dakar Meetings Bring Completion of ALAC/At-Large Improvement Project Into Sight</a></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#21" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Silvia Vivanco Joins ICANN’s Policy Staff as Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs</a></strong></li></ol><h4 style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; ">SSAC</h4><ol start="22" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm#22" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Issues Active in the SSAC</a></strong></li></ol></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">David A. Olive</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Washington, D.C. 20005</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611</span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div>
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