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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#00254A">NTIA Announces Intent to Allow IANA Functions Contract to Expire 1 October<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">"NTIA has thoroughly reviewed the report. Based on that review, barring any significant impediment, NTIA intends to allow the IANA functions contract to expire as
of October 1."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Stewardship Transition Proposal Implementation Planning Status Report</span></a></span></strong>, which was
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to the administration on 12 August. In that report, ICANN informed NTIA that it has completed or will complete all the necessary tasks in advance of 30 September 2016 to allow the IANA functions contract to expire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">ICANN is pleased with NTIA's statement and is focused on the few remaining tasks to be completed by the end of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The third edition of the Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance (MEAC-SIG) took place from 8-12 August 2016. Since its inception, the
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of unique identifiers, Internet governance for development, the Internet of Things, Internet fragmentation, the digital Economy, and the Internet and accessibility. The participants engaged in five days of extensive knowledge sharing and debates on Internet
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The workshop on Digital Economy and Cyber Law took place in Yaounde, Cameroon, on August 1-3. Participants from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo attended the event.
They came from diverse stakeholder groups - universities, local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women community leaders, members of parliament, IT and Internet-related service providers. ICANN's Yaovi Atohoun, Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager
for Africa, presented on domain names and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, regional Internet registries and new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">On August 16-18, ICANN sponsored and participated in a workshop on ICANN and Internet Governance at Dodoma University, the largest public university in Tanzania.
The aim of the event was to promote active involvement of local communities in Internet governance, create awareness about ICANN, build capacity of local community volunteers (especially academia), and urge involvement in the Internet and ICANN ecosystems.
Over 60 participants from Tanzania, including faculty, students and government departments, attended this three-day event.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">Participants discussed Internet governance and the role of ICANN in the Internet governance ecosystem. Other topics included the ICANNWiki and the dotTZ ccTLD. Participants
engaged in a <strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9clzcZaGhAENQnLxP13Ky5E8QRvPFWcrN3XvSoKDFNY0yMXF4dCy2NsyhVoNFFbU5ZHow0vAyPGNhKRpr0xxA4zwLjYm3sTOx9XnmM9r3TJQf5RZz0TiO3s=&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">hands-on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">ICANN organized a public conference on 1 August in Benin on critical resources and the digital economy. The conference supported the Benin government's recent goals
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">3-4 October 2016, Yerevan, Armenia</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The Eurasian Network Operator's Group (ENOG) and RIPE NCC will hold a joint regional meeting. Meeting participants include leading international and regional experts,
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">Nick Tomasso, ICANN's VP of Meetings, recently posted a <strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9SBFXo8SFrwW6nK-1xeXzXZLEhKPHhq0VRHJk0bhLt69hoKsElwZ4bEQm1iio5gyJAnAKmC4OdfHjH4eUSpmBmrxiid7gSBIjIu5evrr5NMJuf5LZGGuHJMszVoaakIjvN6IezlXXU7WzNY3BlaEPDlp2I3oSfX4eLd2cn9VJVrsxH1ffzttvKoaqA0tHmIHKRXS7KF37kc7&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">blog
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<span style="color:#7A7578">I<strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro"">CANN57 Travel and Visa</span></strong></span></a> and the <strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9eZd1F_0q49gKrkCswnN5Gr-OvFKuSIjAycdEPU8jB6I83INF6G17FjeUI0LGXXqnHoUDwYD2ELwNWJdcbYPQWA26IzJYvp94sLUxw0EdkvrqXBDT-4kt56CJvnjlPJuRca9_DsVWi5VMXzdWHjSmi9JDGPUpxXfWQvXoeENnjTPm3QHEpUvYwZ4l8jYQMCZ6A==&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">India
Visa Application Guide</span></a>.</span></strong> ICANN will update the travel page with any news or clarifications about the visa requirements and process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">If you have any questions, email the ICANN visa helpdesk:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="mailto:icann57visasupport@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">icann57visasupport@icann.org</span></a>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#00254A">ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its selections for seven leadership positions within ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9eZd1F_0q49gOMq1JDISVbZnyesGFnxwPOU84T4GF2rLBy6NItN-276R3Sx4QlW_KMElRxos1JIPlLsLRWdWftpYBMN54fh0P4Xef6KGDPB3XTD1M09cTlXcrNNndAQaaCiSAMnSlMxVm7v32TX7Ga2dpIRTjRH9jP4vGx8skLlVzMPjb3WxBVD6WoUyZf70MOZicCkkULpN&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">Maarten
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9eZd1F_0q49gRzCyAN_YomczVpcQKa0Cyfs8Bk-wO5SkeCa2Pfl9iOH2TABxhFzghrob-bYESV6ifcBgosTf7h7buUGAODl_DMCYAbjRYg6j5vs7X_ijC2acNG5ETfL0wqwbkZfIqkpMxko2KYm-C2Ok1PFWeiwmOtJDDh4wowilxqin4-6MeKv9_twKXwo8pbukj6vzcfhk&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">Cherine
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<span style="color:#7A7578">Jian Zhang</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">, Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#00254A">ICANN Announces NextGen@ICANN57 Participants<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">ICANN has selected
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applicants</span></a></span></strong> from various universities in the Asia Pacific region to participate at ICANN57 Hyderabad. These individuals are engaged in a broad range of studies: policy, business, technical, security, law and communications. Additionally,
5 previous NextGenners will serve as ambassadors for these newcomers to ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">An independent selection committee assessed the applications. It selected candidates based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance, the future
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">On 16 August 2016, ICANN held its quarterly stakeholder call for the fourth quarter of the 2016 fiscal year. If you couldn't attend live, you can access the presentation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">On 12 August 2016, ICANN announced that the incorporation documents for the "Post-Transition IANA" organization were filed and received by the California Secretary
of State under the name Public Technical Identifiers (which will now be referred to as PTI). With this filing and receipt, PTI is now formed as a nonprofit public benefit corporation and controlled affiliate of ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The PTI incorporation documents were drafted to reflect the recommendations of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) proposal, as provided to
the ICANN Board and transmitted to NTIA on 10 March 2016. PTI was formed to perform the naming-related IANA functions under contract with ICANN. However, for purposes of coherence of the IANA functions and overall operational logistics, the ICG proposal also
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">Although PTI now exists as a legal entity, it is not yet performing any work. PTI will not perform any services under the IANA functions contract with NTIA. PTI
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) formally adopted its response to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Helsinki Communiqué and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The leadership of the GAC has been actively working to create an agenda for ICANN57.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The GAC plans to hold dedicated sessions to meet with the Generic Names Supporting Organization, the At-Large Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization and the ICANN Board. It will also hold focused discussions on priority topics, including New Generic Top-Level Domains Subsequent Procedures, Work Stream 2 of the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and various internal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">Each GAC working group will each have a one-hour session to advance its work and update the GAC. Also, at the invitation of India, the host country, the GAC will
engage in local outreach and capacity-building activities on the first and last days of ICANN57. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#00254A">ccNSO Members to Elect Councilors and Nominate Candidate for ICANN Board Seat 11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">From September to December 2016, Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) members will elect one Councilor from each respective ICANN region. In the event
that two or more candidates from the same region are nominated and accept their nomination, an election will be conducted among the members from that region. In addition, there will be a special election in the African region to fill a vacancy on the ccNSO
Council. Moreover, ccNSO members will also nominate - and if two or more candidates are nominated, elect - a candidate for ICANN Board Seat 11. The term begins at the Annual General Meeting in 2017. Only ccNSO members, via their primary contacts, are eligible
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) received a request not to contact the administrative and technical contacts listed in the IANA database with issues
of delegation or revocation or retirement of a country code top-level domain (ccTLD). Instead, these more serious changes to the IANA database warrant a separate procedure and contact person.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">ICANN staff members working on the implementation of the Framework of Interpretation (FOI) have raised some questions on how to implement this request. Based on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">Thanks to ICANN's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EURid, I was able to receive three weeks of training at the .eu Academy at EURid's office in Pisa, Italy.
The first part of the training focused on marketing. I was introduced to .eu promotion programs, co-funded marketing programs, testimonials, the registrars' platform, effective marketing strategies, and means of encouraging new registrars' accreditation (which
included webinars and video conferences). In addition, I received training on different social media marketing tools. During the hands-on session, I wrote a paper that highlighted the impact of websites and social media on businesses. This part of the training
was particularly important to the DNS-EC, as it will help us create an effective marketing strategy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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maturity model. As part of the training, I created a risk and business impact analysis for the DNS-EC, which included defining mitigating actions. Both the training and the exercise contributed to the achievement of one of the center's strategic objectives:
"Ensure that DNS-EC is well established and is operationally sustainable in the long term."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">EURid, the registry manager of the .eu and .</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#7A7578">ею</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">
(Cyrillic script) country code top-level (ccTLD) domains, opened the .eu Academy in early 2015. The main objective of the academy is to educate industry peers, registrars and future stakeholders about the Internet. Hadia El Miniawi attended the .eu Academy
in Pisa, Italy, in August 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro";color:#7A7578">For the full list of new gTLDs delegated in August 2016, click
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Johannesburg, South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7A7578;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
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Africa Internet Governance Forum (IGF)</span></a></span></strong>, Niamey, Niger<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7A7578;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
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World Middle East 2016</span></a></span></strong>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7A7578;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"">30 September - 2 October -<strong><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9W_tmKD-0sq4uX4ouq-xJpFmehKJ2ExQghGK0QVE8Om_TgQFWE73MQGkDJaaMRyaw-WWYjYFcCBG86DF2Okbgh2JNyYvOZyua7BBfSoD84zQK8HpgilCwPp8VZnYdTmwUA==&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7A7578">Internet
Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Region Summit (iGmena Summit)</span></a>,</span></strong> Tunis, Tunisia<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7A7578;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"">7 October - <strong>
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Valencia, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7A7578;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">
<span class="maintext"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"">11-12 October -
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Digital Summit 2016</span></a></span></strong><span class="maintext"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"">, Lisbon, Portugal</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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