<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><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; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 9, 2012 8:37:58 AM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[Soac-infoalert] Pre-Toronto ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation | ICANN</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm</a></div><div><br><div id="content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.589844); padding-bottom: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 6px; border-top-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-left-radius: 6px; "><div class="article" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; "><article id="node-1157281" class="node node-announcement clearfix" about="/en/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" style="display: block; zoom: 1; "><div class="field field-name-field-ann-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-09-07T15:00:00-07:00" style="margin-bottom: 10px; display: block; ">7 September 2012</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="floatcenter" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: auto; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>) to receive the call details.</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr> meeting in Toronto remotely or in person, you're invited to an update on the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">The <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr> Policy Staff will provide a briefing on <strong style="font-weight: bold; ">Thursday 4 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 4 October at 19.00 UTC</strong>, summarizing policy issues across the different <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr> Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (<abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr>), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (<abbr title="Country Code Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ccNSO</abbr>) and Address Supporting Organization (<abbr title="Address Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ASO</abbr>). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on:</p><ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 35px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 15px; display: block; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">WHOIS</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; "><abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">RAA</abbr> Improvements</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Protection of International Organization Names</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Joint <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">DNS</abbr> Security and Stability Analysis Working Group</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; ">Participation and Engagement activities in Toronto</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">In addition, staff will provide a briefing on the <abbr title="At-Large Advisory Committee" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ALAC</abbr>'s activities related to current policy development issues of the Supporting Organizations.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">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.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">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 <a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">policy-staff@icann.org</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 12.00 UTC or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see:<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</a>). 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 <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr>staff members e-mail address.</p></div></div></div></article></div></div><section id="subnav" style="display: block; "><div id="block-menu-block-5" class="block block-menu-block"><div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-5 menu-name-menu-icann-navigation parent-mlid-400 menu-level-1"><ul class="menu" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><li class="first leaf active-trail menu-mlid-27705" style="margin-bottom: 5px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements" class="active-trail active" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(150, 219, 226) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-shadow: rgb(150, 219, 226) 0px 0px 0px 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Announcements</font></a></li></ul></div></div></section><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">David A. 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