This should be useful background. I'll attend the evening session... Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Michel <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 13, 2009 2:02:28 AM GMT+02:00 > To: ccNSO Council <[log in to unmask]>, ccnso- > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], liaison6c <[log in to unmask] > >, At-Large Worldwide <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [council] Reminder: Invitation to attend ICANN Policy > Update Webinar on Thursday 15 October at 12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > > Invitation to ICANN Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 15 October at > 12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC > > RSVP via email to <[log in to unmask]> ) by 23:00 UTC > Tuesday 13 October to receive the connection details. Please > indicate which call you would like to join (12:00 UTC or 18:00 UTC). > > Title: ICANN Policy Update Webinar > When: Thursday 15 October > Time: 12.00 UTC and 18.00 UTC > > Dear ICANN Community Members: > > This is a reminder for those interested in receiving an update on > ICANN gTLD and ccTLD policy activities in advance of ICANN's Seoul > meeting. All are welcome to attend this ICANN Policy Department > webinar. RSVPs are needed by tomorrow so connection details can be > sent to you. Two sessions are being held for the convenience of our > global community; please indicate your choice in your email. > Material from these sessions will be publicly posted for those > interested but unable to attend. > > Brief Session Description: > Through brief presentations and a question & answer period, this > webinar will provide an update on ongoing GNSO and ccNSO activities, > including a status report on the restructuring of the GNSO, ongoing > policy development processes, and other working group activities. > Updates will be provided on: > > - IDN ccTLD policy development process > - IDN ccTLD Fast Track > - ccTLD delegation, redelegation and retirement > - Other ccNSO Working Groups > - GNSO Restructuring > - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) > - Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) > - Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) > - Whois Studies > - Possible changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) > - Other GNSO Working Groups > > The webinar is scheduled for 90 minutes, and will be conducted in > English only at this time. The content will be presented in > PowerPoint along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. > > There will be time at the end of the session for Q&A. During the > course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the Q&A > function of Adobe Connect. Should we run out of time or if you have > additional questions after the session, please send them via email > to [log in to unmask] > > Meeting Details: > As space is limited, this is an invitation-only event. If you would > like to participate, please RSVP by 23:00 Tuesday, 13 October via > email to the GNSO Secretariat ([log in to unmask]) to > secure your place. Please indicate which call you would like to join > (12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC). 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 ICANN staff members' e-mail address. > > Regards, > Denise Michel > ICANN VP Policy *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland [log in to unmask] www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html ***********************************************************