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[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]

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Dear All,

Please note that the August Policy Update published earlier this month is available at:

(http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug08.htm)

If you would like to receive these updates  directly every month, all you have to do is  sign up on ICANN's subscription page

 (http://www.icann.org/en/newsletter/).

Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org

Contents

1. YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED ON POLICY ISSUES
2. ICANN POLICY INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
3. IMPROVING THE GNSO — AND ASSIGNING COUNCIL SEATS
4. WHOIS — TO STUDY OR NOT TO STUDY?
5. MAKING IT EASIER TO TRANSFER DOMAINS BETWEEN REGISTRARS
6. HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH FAST FLUXING CYBERCRIMINALS?
7. DOMAIN NAME FRONT RUNNING — IF IT'S PREVALENT, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT?
8. INTERNATIONALIZNG COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAINS
9. IS IT TIME TO RE-CONSIDER ICANN'S GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS?
10. CCNSO WELCOMES .DZ, .AM
11. CCNSO IMPROVEMENT PLAN UNDERWAY
12. AT-LARGE INVOLVEMENT IN ICANN CONTINUES TO GROW
13. AT-LARGE — BRINGING AN INDIVIDUAL USER PERSPECTIVE TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT
14. AT-LARGE ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
15. NEW GLOBAL ASN POLICY TO BE IMPLEMENTED, FUTURE OF GLOBAL IPV4 POLICY UNCLEAR
16. SSAC WORKING ON DNSSEC STATUS REPORT
17. SSAC ANALYZES PHISHING
18. SSAC REPORTS AND ADVISORIES AT A GLANCE

The ICANN Policy Update contains brief summaries of issues being addressed by the ICANN community's bottom-up policy development structure, as well as information on related policy development activities. The ICANN Policy Staff provides monthly updates in response to requests from the community for periodic summaries of ICANN's policy work. The goal of the Policy Update is to maximize transparency and encourage broad community participation in ICANN's policy development activities.

Links to additional information are included and readers are encouraged to go beyond these brief summaries to learn more about the ICANN community's work. As always, the Policy Staff welcomes comments and suggestions on how to improve its policy communications efforts. Please send these comments to policy-staff@icann.org.