FYI From: Nathalie Peregrine [mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org] Sent: 23 September 2015 08:43 To: tony holmes Cc: gnso-secs@icann.org Subject: Please share: ICANN News Alert -- Pre-ICANN54 Policy Update Webinar Dear Tony, Please be so kind as to share with your members Kind regards Nathalie <http://www.icann.org/> Image removed by sender. ICANN News Alert <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-17-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-17-en _____ Pre-ICANN 54 Policy Update Webinar 17 September 2015 Please RSVP via <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZHUBa1JuAvqy_gerUKG2MqILBxSldQ3j1D6BxrQT3i s/viewform?c=0&w=1> this form by 2 October 2015. Remote participation details will be sent the week of 5 October 2015. The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community and the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions and the ICANN Accountability efforts. Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN's Support Organizations and Advisory Committees: * Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and Regional Internet Registries (RIR) Activities * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): New generic Top Level Domain subsequent procedures * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Data & Metrics for GNSO policy making * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Review of Rights Protection Mechanisms in all generic Top Level Domains * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Next Generation generic Top Level Domain Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues * Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Activity Update * At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Regional At-Large Organizations (RALO) Activities * At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC): The work of the At-Large Structure (ALS) Criteria and Expectations Taskforce * Government Advisory Committee's (GAC) High-Level Meeting (HLM) at ICANN 55 in Marrakech * Government Advisory Committee's (GAC): The Protection of IGO Names and Acronyms * Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Activity Update * Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Activity Update The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function in Adobe Connect. Recordings of the webinars will be made available <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en> here. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at <mailto:policyinfo@icann.org> policyinfo@icann.org. Please RSVP via <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZHUBa1JuAvqy_gerUKG2MqILBxSldQ3j1D6BxrQT3i s/viewform?c=0&w=1> this form by 2 October 2015. Remote participation details will be sent the week of 5 October 2015.