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<b>Enviado:</b> viernes, 24 de marzo de 2017 09:34 a. m.<br>
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<b>Asunto:</b> [ALAC] Fwd: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Invitation: Webinar on Geographic Names at the Top Level</font>
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FYI. This should be of interest to a wide cross-section of us.</div>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Emily Barabas</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org">emily.barabas@icann.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:41 AM<br>
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Invitation: Webinar on Geographic Names at the Top Level<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear WG members,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As discussed in the WG face-to-face session in Copenhagen, the leadership team is organizing a webinar and session at ICANN59 to promote broad community discussion in the issue of geographic names at the top
level, a topic within the WG’s Charter. Please find additional details below. We hope you can join these sessions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please feel free to share this invitation with any other community members who might be interested in participating.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The leadership team of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group is <b>seeking your input</b> on the issue of <b>geographic names at the top level</b>. <b>All are welcome </b>and
encouraged to participate and contribute their perspectives.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The following upcoming activities are intended to facilitate a broad community-wide dialogue on this topic to feed into the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Webinar session on Tuesday 25 April 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> – Two webinars will take place; one from 15:00-17:00 UTC and the second from 22:00-0:00 UTC. All community members are
welcome to submit positions on the treatment of geographic names at the top level to be presented in the webinars. Depending on the number of positions submitted, the sessions may contain the same presentations or different presentations. The webinars will
be recorded and archived. Details will follow.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you would like to attend the webinar, </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">please email <a href="mailto:Geo-Names-Session@icann.org" target="_blank">Geo-Names-Session@icann.<wbr>org</a>. Registration
is not required, but your response will help us plan and will allow us to send updates to you.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you would like to submit a position to present at the webinar, please send an email by <u>7 April 2017</u></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> with your name, group or affiliation (if applicable),
and your time zone to <a href="mailto:Geo-Names-Session@icann.org" target="_blank">Geo-Names-Session@icann.org</a><wbr>.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The deadline for presentations is <u>18 April 2017</u>.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Each presenter will be asked to prepare a 10 minute initial presentation and be available to answer questions
on the webinar. We suggest preparing a maximum of 5 slides. If, in addition to the slides, you would like to make a more complete written contribution available, you may do so, and we will distribute those to each of the attendees and make them available to
the public. Please send all slides and other contributions to <a href="mailto:Geo-Names-Session@icann.org" target="_blank">Geo-Names-Session@icann.org</a><wbr>.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The webinar will be the beginning of a discussion that will continue at ICANN59. The leadership team will be holding an <b>extended session in Johannesburg to work through the positions presented in the webinars
and to propose solutions</b> seeking common ground on a way forward.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additional information about the webinar and the Johannesburg session will soon be available on the WG wiki page: <b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_p77RAw&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mBQzlSaM6eYCHFBU-v48zs-QSrjHB0aWmHuE4X4drzI&m=KZKl-_Xlmp2_oiq4yt6QdwqQLvG6psFM1GcU0vgdb4A&s=TN-JCRbvrCh5Elkce0T_k2b6IXf8DIY4mD9aKThFZA4&e=" target="_blank">https://community.icann.<wbr>org/x/p77RAw[community.icann.<wbr>org]</a></b>.
If you have any questions about the webinar or the ICANN59 session, please email <a href="mailto:Geo-Names-Session@icann.org" target="_blank">Geo-Names-Session@icann.<wbr>org</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Avri Doria and Jeff Neuman (WG Co-Chairs)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_______<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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