<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>please find below information to join a webinar prior to Abu Dhabi meeting to give an update about policy discussions in ICANN.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Register Now: Pre-ICANN60 Policy Open House – 19 October 2017</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Pre-ICANN60 Policy Open House<br>
Thursday, 19 October 2017<br>
10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Recordings of the sessions will be made available <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_presentations-2D2012-2D08-2D27-2Den&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=fgtB85nZ5G3-NkkhgfRUJHwX4EcN66R7KrwGkSGIeLc&s=198vxeJHxkexlhLVD0-Iw-BM0jEazedxI5zXhm68f8I&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0098d5">here</span>[icann.org]</a>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please register via <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_vZw8kM&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=fgtB85nZ5G3-NkkhgfRUJHwX4EcN66R7KrwGkSGIeLc&s=F616wOXvZECmoipwuOcHjTr_o98qngkCyOQXddGvSM8&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0098d5">this
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">In this interactive open house, the focus of each 60-minute session is an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN60, the "Pre-ICANN60 Policy Report" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN60 Edition" will be published by
12 October 2017. We encourage you to download and review these materials beforehand, as they will provide you with helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Some cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN60:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures, and the new cross-community Work Track 5 on geographical names</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ICANN</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Jurisdiction</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">New gTLD Auction Proceeds</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO) and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO):</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs (GNSO)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (GNSO)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">International Governmental Organizations (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution
Mechanisms (GNSO)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">IGO and Red Cross protections in the Domain Name System (GNSO)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Reviews, workshops, and special events at ICANN60:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Top-Level Domain Operations (TLD-OPS) workshop</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">ccNSO meeting strategy review</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Review of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Review of the At-Large community</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Charter review for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) naming function</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Asian, Australasian, and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) General Assembly</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) leadership transition</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Workshops on Domain Name System Security <wbr>Extensions (DNSSEC)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Other topics of note:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">RSSAC028: Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Current Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) work parties and root server system evolution</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN60!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please register via <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_vZw8kM&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=fgtB85nZ5G3-NkkhgfRUJHwX4EcN66R7KrwGkSGIeLc&s=F616wOXvZECmoipwuOcHjTr_o98qngkCyOQXddGvSM8&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0098d5">this
form</span>[goo.gl]</a> by 17 October 2017!</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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