Thank you KK,<br><br>If I may be permitted to state, consumers world overs are suffering! really bad. ICANN should protect us, poor consumers! <br><br>thanks for reading,<br><br>regards,<br><br>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Senior Lecturer,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Selected publications: <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038" target="_blank">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Website: <a href="http://www.komaitis.org" target="_blank">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen de Saint Géry<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Παρασκευή, 3 Φεβρουαρίου 2012 6:02 μμ<br><b>To:</b> liaison6c<br><b>Subject:</b> [liaison6c] Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">3 February 2012<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>

<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(</span></b></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Costa Rica remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thursday 1 March at 13.00 UTC and Thursday 1 March at 20.00 UTC</span></b>, <u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on:<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR">Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy  <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR">RAA Improvements <u></u><u></u></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR">Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories <u></u><u></u></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs <u></u><u></u></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR">Participation and Engagement activities in Costa Rica <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">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 of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">policy-staff@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 13.00 UTC or Thursday at 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">). We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="FR">Glen de Saint Géry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="FR">GNSO Secretariat<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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