<div dir="auto">Thanks</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El dom, 11 de ene de 2026, 12:51 p.m., Wisdom Donkor via Ncuc-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>> escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Dear NCUC, NCSG, NPOC Members,</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Happy New Year to you all. I hope 2026 has started well for you.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">I am pleased to announce and invite all NCUC members to our quarterly webinar for the first quarter of 2026, titled:</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">“From Policy to Practice: How DNS Abuse Mitigation Impacts Civil Society and End Users.”</span></strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📅</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday, 11 February 2026<br></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🕒</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <strong>Time:</strong> 15:00 UTC<br></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">⏱</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <strong>Duration:</strong> 80 minutes<br></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🌐</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <strong>Format:</strong> Online (Zoom)<br></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🕰</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NCUC+Quarterly+Webinar&iso=20260211T15&p1=1440&ah=1&am=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> Click to check your time zone:</a><br></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br>DNS abuse mitigation has become a central focus within the ICANN ecosystem, with growing expectations on registries and registrars to take proactive enforcement actions. While these measures are essential for maintaining trust and security in the DNS, their real-world implementation has raised significant concerns for civil society and end users, including transparency, due process, over-enforcement, and unintended impacts across different regions.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">This webinar will examine how DNS abuse mitigation policies are applied in real-world contexts across both developing and developed regions. It will highlight lived experiences, regional disparities, and policy gaps, while exploring safeguards and best practices that can ensure effective abuse mitigation without undermining fundamental rights.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Key objectives include:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Examining the real-world impacts of DNS abuse mitigation on civil society and end users</span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Identifying transparency, accountability, and due process gaps in current practices</span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symb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<a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">andrea.glandon@icann.org</a></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">The NCUC EC looks forward to your participation.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Kind regards,</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><b>Wisdom Donkor</b> </font><font size="1">(CASP+,  CISM, CEH </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Certified</span><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span></div><div><font size="1">NCUC Chair</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk </font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">ICANN GNSO Council Member |</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> ICANN</span> transfer policy review working group Member  | <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Improvement (CCOICI)</span> | UN IGF MAG Member | IGF Support Fund Association Executive Committee Member, World Bank Independent Consultant | AU AFIGF Member |  Ghana OGP Advisory Committee member | GSS SDGs Advisory Committee Member</font></div><div><font size="1">____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div></div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Geospatial Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Domain Name Systems, Human Resource Planning and Development, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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