<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The consumer safeguard office is a new position at ICANN. We met with the director of consumer safeguard during ICANN Joburg meeting. Our members have reservations about where this initiative might be going but Bryan Schilling assured us that in shaping the initiative, he will take on community input. We need to be prepared and try to limit the mandate of this office. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is a blog to prepare yourself for the webinar: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/join-a-contractual-compliance-consumer-safeguards-conversation">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/join-a-contractual-compliance-consumer-safeguards-conversation</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">And here is the webinar announcement where you can see the agenda <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-11-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-11-en</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think the most important question which we should strategically answer is: what type of abuse comes under ICANN's remit?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of the ways to engage with NCUC is to attend the webinars and report back to us. Is there any volunteer to attend the webinar, write a report and bring our attention to the most important aspects we should be paying attention to in the future? If so please contact me. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail-m_-4623370901264979106gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
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