<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi,<div><br></div><div>There’s been a change in the schedule. The RDS (aka WHOIS) EWG workshop will now take place on Monday, which is unfortunate because it now conflicts with the strategy panels session.</div><div><br></div><div>There was also a workshop/panel discussion on RDS arranged by At-Large scheduled at that same time, which I can’t seem to find on the online schedule anymore. Anyone know anything about it?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr<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'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@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'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[council] EWG - Singapore Workshop - time & room change</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 20, 2014 at 4:19:50 PM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="FR-BE" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Dear All,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We want to alert you to a time and room change for the the Expert Working Group (EWG) on Next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) Singapore workshop: <a href="http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Exploring Replacements for WHOIS - The Next Generation Directory Services</a>.<u> It will be held on Monday, 24 March at 16:30-17:30 SGT in room Bras Basah</u>. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">T</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">his open workshop will feature an update on EWG activities and a preliminary discussion about potential risks and benefits that might result if ICANN were to replace WHOIS by a next-generation system. All interested parties are invited to participate in this workshop and to continue the dialogue post-Singapore through an on-line</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> <a href="http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: purple;">RDS Risk Survey</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and interactive webinars that will be scheduled to gather broad community input on this topic. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">RDS Ris</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">k survey<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">/webinar results will inform the EWG as it refines its recommendations for a next generation RDS. The EWG looks forward to hearing your thoughts and perspectives at their Singapore session (see </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-gtld-directory-services</span></a> for further details and remote participation information)</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. An announcement </span>of the RDS Risk survey and webinars <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">will be posted on the ICANN website and circulated on this list. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The EWG may be reached at: <a href="mailto:input-to-ewg@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">input-to-ewg@icann.org</span></a> (public list) should you have </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">c</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">omments you would like to submit on the EWG’s</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: purple;">Status Update Report</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We apologize for any inconvenience the workshop time change may have caused. The EWG decided to change the time (and to add webinars) to accommodate the community's participation in other key sessions that are being held simultaneously on Monday, 24 March. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Thank you for your understanding.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Regards,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">ICANN staff on behalf of the Expert Working Group</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>