FYI: Policy update from ICANN staff. Begin forwarded message: > From: David Olive <[log in to unmask]> > Date: November 15, 2011 7:50:55 PM PST > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [soac-discussion] ICANN POLICY UPDATE - November 2011 > > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-nov11-en.htm > > ICANN POLICY UPDATE > Volume 11, Issue 11 – November 2011 > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/ > CONTENTS: > > Across ICANN > > Public Comment Reply Cycle Wraps Up > First-time Participants Set Record in Dakar > Issues Currently Open for Public Comment > ccNSO > > Survey Lauds New gTLD Session for ccNSO > Burkina Faso Joins ccNSO > Mike Silber Selected for Second Term on ICANN Board > Five ccNSO Council Seats Filled for 2012 > Framework of Interpretation Working Group > ccNSO Prepares for Expansion with IDN ccTLDs > Clarity for String Confusion > Two ccNSO Councilors to Focus on Joint Meetings with GNSO > GNSO > > Registrars and ICANN Open New Negotiations to Update the RAA > GNSO Council to Decide Whether to Review and Update Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy > GNSO Improvements Move Forward with Council Approval of Updated PDP Final Report, Public Comment Period on Bylaw Changes > Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Recommendations Adopted by ICANN Board > Other Issues Active in the GNSO > ASO > > Policy Proposal for Recovered IPv4 Address Blocks Has Passed Final Call in All RIRs > Joint Efforts > > Review of ICANN Geographic Regions: Draft Final Report Available for Community Comment > At-Large > > At-Large Community Holds Record Number of Meetings in Dakar > Dakar Meetings Bring Completion of ALAC/At-Large Improvement Project Into Sight > Silvia Vivanco Joins ICANN’s Policy Staff as Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs > SSAC > > Issues Active in the SSAC > > David A. Olive > Vice President, Policy Development Support > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) > 1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 > Washington, D.C. 20005 > Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611 > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]