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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4Q_7BEPPjLbgc-NHPrTqhE_sTjwcZ-9rsPGuwit3GvzUQ-GyHMrKanVMFb6REsCCxP4izGVYu08npxr7Xzw7z_a95cevNZGdE-I6wJu-ilrg&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">ccNSO Members Meeting</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> consists of a variety of sessions and starts on Tuesday, 26 October with an opportunity for members to participate in a question and answer session with candidates for the ccNSO Council, followed by a session with focus on governance of the ccNSO. ICANN72 marks the 4th ccNSO Governance Session, building on the previous sessions where the ccNSO Council and Members have been discussing the need to update the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4Q6wp46n_qDNeKqDBE9lJo8dKKMOPiULVTn05Bt8izfF71fpR8TpXjqeHms6HLi9Z9sfuNzZdxMuFrSPFNYKoVlRjU23-nSDUQYAB7yY4C0K2JbRzdqXGEOh_kVAscpG1hlTx60rjrCW&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">internal rules</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> of the ccNSO.  </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The ccNSO schedule on Tuesday, 26 October will end with a meeting of the Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (</span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4TnBHErZUcizZQTg99gMFslub87LcHPY0AXw1hNdnUVyEK7CBEFBnQs_RGI_PQO5-ugjsPezgNnvGyF-5iYE4aPg9iqhMS7LV9MWGJU13ZfNH1eAvuipHo_H7SzCeNg9_rIVNhApBqxV&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">SOPC</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">) on the use of ICANN's Prioritization Framework. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The program will continue on Wednesday, 27 October, with a session on DNS Abuse, to understand what - if anything - the ccNSO should do, considering existing local and regional ccTLD efforts. On Thursday, 28 October, there will be a </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4eOrnk8AOcDcmAjYGmI1G7USl0-2LEQgAG85mobt8QMWPYnIbxsFr-khY77sVRsuJ9fPW8wBYscqE01_3FyHPPORUvTXPoAEv7G4lVORZE1w&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">ccNSO Council</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> meeting, followed by a meeting of the TLD-OPS Standing Committee.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The detailed ccNSO schedule, including a summary of the topics covered and remote participation details for ICANN72, is available on the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4eOrnk8AOcDcPi7UJ0uoa5sGswpEjMG-CRepAxMAfF21_FMXcJHrapOd5650dGjcRnfYCRRY9HuY89hWPg1ZhIv5uR1d0nqbZ0rpwX8-S60v&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">ccNSO ICANN72 workspace</a><span style="color:rgb(40,79,161)">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0">Preview of the October ICANN Board Workshop</p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Thursday, 21 - Sunday, 24 October</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The upcoming ICANN Board Workshop will be dedicated to planning for the ICANN72 Annual General Meeting. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Topics for discussion include:</span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26)">Risks that might negatively impact the ability to fulfill the ICANN mission</span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26)">DNS abuse and security threats</span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26)">Policy efforts and hot topics</span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26)">ICANN's first Operational Design Phase</span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26)">Expedited Policy Development Process for Specific Curative Rights Protections for International Governmental Organizations</span></li>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Tech Day</span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Mo, 25 October | 16:00-21:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black">Since 2006, Tech Day has been part of ICANN Public Meetings. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black">It provides a forum for both experienced participants and newcomers to meet and to present and discuss technical and operational registry topics, security, and other Domain Name System-related work. During ICANN72, Tech Day will focus on DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC), DNS abuse prevention and mitigation, and other topics.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Tue, 26 October | 19:30-21:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The aim of the SOPC is to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and Public Technical Identifiers strategic, operational planning, and related budgetary processes. The SOPC meets regularly with representatives from ICANN org and other ICANN stakeholders. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The goal of this ICANN72 session is to explore how the ICANN Prioritization Framework could work in practice, from a community perspective. The session will prepare the SOPC and other stakeholders on prioritization, as part of the next operational and financial planning cycle.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Q&A Session ccNSO Council candidates</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:normal;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Tue, 26 October | 16:00-17:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The 3-year term for five members of the ccNSO Council will end in March 2022. Mid-September 2021, the ccNSO opens a call for nominations to fill those seats. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">All candidates that accepted their nominations are kindly invited to participate in the Q&A session, which will provide the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community an opportunity to interact with the Council candidates.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">ccNSO Governance Session</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Tuesday, 26 October | 17:30-19:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">ICANN72 marks the 4th ccNSO Governance Session, building on the previous sessions where the ccNSO Council and Members have been discussing the need to update the internal rules of the ccNSO. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">The goal of this ICANN72 session is to consult the ccNSO membership on the proposed revised internal Rules of the ccNSO, and to collect feedback. The new Rules will have a direct impact on the governance structure of the ccNSO, specifically on the respective roles and responsibilities of the Council and ccNSO membership. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(9,17,31)">You are highly encouraged to review these materials prior to the session:</span></p>
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<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4bY4m8L54QzC9NJhqJe1oS5XnL41ffXOarMEWIFz-vRJI8Dn0PdZPySEb-pMYRxAfnNhGr9bq7xXV0R32jvQVwTAfypGXSaH0RStpTAnc8gCX_9QdXrbELfW1NvKxYQtK72iuPXI4jhxcc3oHww3OTh6uYFhLihNQfOAyXxsfebVd-457FqGxL1zcLnYii24FVG66F1WXER0fxdzhGX8d-Wbz5ZtdgAmocNIsdmr-lGm3vpYxBPrMsMgoVNx6kPXoKbDq_5hRvrT9aREREMrqEe8-YEjOjTb8A==&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal" target="_blank">E-mail by David McAuley</a><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77)"> (sent to ccNSO members mailing list on 19 October 2021)</span>
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<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4bY4m8L54QzCmO_JVlRYGv5RBTZmljQag2L8udcTd9OZLZSZTdhU0lZkOYzd4UlROr_Ab8RPNP1fMLUtBK4A846afSpzcPw_6HKuyL3tJGpVWSNN2TJ29alLFkjS6OkiukDNQrHy7MWpOsGa33wP8kY9IjQZWHwNcj26ZsLIPd91KQUvJ2z0fr73_7RElO3onhew05bL_P3x_SLO8OSwArFrkUA8fCYxUPS0T1ouhJo_NHDrCtCy5OPKL_GBFNV8XHZYWEhXryX0ZFa_sIEer2baEgiH6JEoUGgssUZx1LvbBnZrXYm-duSxebd_lKtUHs-agmi3f1qCjQRe-2i1KzXwxHEPFoSRpcX1eA0DbXxV&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal" target="_blank">Draft Internal Rules ccNSO 2021</a><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77)"> (version 7 | 14 October 2021) </span>
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<p style="margin:0"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4eOrnk8AOcDcU7ag4OQz-4MTF3BSgSzYm3xOZYmUYkYxefO5MbbfA1UBLjDypDVaVX_EfIXj6buIXs2MFU87LDXwKuFeTbCqsLUKblaU3Kfn4FTcEhAKwptMrVeIhQzfJvMog7DB8asBeGX0jemcDFMIMOoPc2rqs-N67oRmQUBMNWshLfq1Mp32wPUjXfXtKEPhTrt7c3A5&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:20px;color:rgb(40,79,161)">Joint meeting: ccNSO Council and ICANN Board</span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,79,161)">Thursday, 28 October | 16-17 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold">ccNSO topics</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">ccNSO recommended policy on the retirement of ccTLDs: introduction of the policy, its scope, why we believe it is needed. In preparation of a possible implementation process: what are the next steps from a Board perspective, and how does the roadmap look like?  </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">•</span>•• </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify">C<span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">hange of Article 10 and Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws to allow the inclusion of interested IDN ccTLD Managers in the ccNSO: what are the next steps of the process?</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">At the end of ICANN72, Nigel Roberts will be stepping down as member of the ICANN BoD. What are Nigel's views on his years on the Board, the relation between ICANN and the ccTLD community in general, and the ICANN Board and ccNSO specifically?</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(40,79,161)">ICANN Board topic</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify">H<span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">ow to efficiently identify and work more closely with governments globally, as well as educate, train and interact when it comes to geopolitical issues relating to ICANN’s mission</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4Q_7BEPPjLbgc-NHPrTqhE_sTjwcZ-9rsPGuwit3GvzUQ-GyHMrKanVMFb6REsCCxP4izGVYu08npxr7Xzw7z_a95cevNZGdE-I6wJu-ilrg&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-size:20px;font-weight:bold">TLD-OPS</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-size:16px;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Thu, 28 October | 19:30-21:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4dEYCs_p9D2KnLt5ED-0K5RRaW0QbKvFgyLTsLun6NDQTNFoGgOuvm6KptBjQoPixgUBostZePy-Bx02URoSXNVBbUW7KqKx0ny8qTvIvhrbCCzXN3wxpF7JXyGKWfcgyNQw1qkAVqyqmS-YIpTEsMCQ2Y5xod39rw==&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">TLD-OPS</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-size:14px"> is the incident response community for and by ccTLDs that brings together people who are responsible for the operational security and stability of their ccTLD. The goal of the TLD-OPS community is to enable ccTLD operators worldwide to detect and mitigate incidents that may affect the security and stability of ccTLD services, such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, malware infections, and phishing attacks. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-size:14px">TLD-OPS is fully governed by the ccTLD community through the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4bY4m8L54QzCN1AFF6xwfw0OTtDnGBZ7mm4-Tye8tYIgMWJ6Ebt7mm8iaQhs4dEwAsr4X5oS5cUAOJQV4-EF7EueGit6lPgM-HrS-MzMs6gmuFXhbkB_4IFWCadi5F130Dx6LwEHzFfY&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">TLD-OPS Standing Committee</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-size:14px">, which consists of representatives of ccTLDs and liaisons from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and the ICANN security team. The TLD-OPS Standing Committee will meet during ICANN72 to reflect on its past activities and determine next steps.</span></p>
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<h3 style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:#284fa1;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;margin:0">DNS Abuse Session</h3>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-size:16px;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Wednesday, 27 October</span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-size:16px;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Part 1: 21:30-23:00 UTC | Part 2: 23:30-00:30 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">This session is not about defining DNS Abuse, or mitigating DNS Abuse. The goal  is to understand what the ccNSO should do with respect to DNS abuse, in addition to what is already happening at the local and regional ccTLD level. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Based on the guidance of the ccTLD community, the ccNSO Council will plan the ccNSO involvement in the discussions pertaining to DNS abuse and related activities that could assist ccTLDs. If a plan moves forward, it will be shared with the community during ICANN73 or an intersessional webinar.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Session Chair: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Alejandra Reynoso (.gt), </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Moderator: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Nick Wenban-Smith (.uk)</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Panellists: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Jim Galvin (GNSO), Gabriel Andrews (GAC), John Crain (ICANN org), Kristof Tuyteleers (.be, .brussels), Anil Kumar Jain (.in), Byron Holland (.ca)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">At the start of October, there were two editions of the ccTLD news sessions, which showcased ccTLD best practice sharing, trends, information by ICANN on ccTLD financial contributions, and more.</span><span style="color:rgb(40,79,161)"> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4Q_7BEPPjLbgc-NHPrTqhE_sTjwcZ-9rsPGuwit3GvzUQ-GyHMrKanVMFb6REsCCxP4izGVYu08npxr7Xzw7z_a95cevNZGdE-I6wJu-ilrg&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal" target="_blank">Listen to the recordings</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Guðrun Poulsen (.fo), Chair</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">PART 1: Marketing</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">.ng promo experience | Chioma Keke (.ng)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">If I had a million dollars | Dana Ludviga (.lv)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Promoting .ar web accessibility | Romina Guirardo (.ar)</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">PART 2: Policy, Operations & Finance</span></p>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Launch of 2nd level registrations in .au | Bruce Tonkin (.au)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">3 projects to increase domain name stability & security in .RU/.РФ | Irina Danelia (.ru/.РФ)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">ccTLD voluntary financial contributions | Cecibel Izaguirre (ICANN org)</span></li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42)">Annaliese Williams (.au), Chair</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">PART 1: Internet Governance</span></p>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">Mary Uduma (AF IGF)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">Jordan Carter (.nz)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:rgb(27,34,42)">Peter Koch (.de)</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">PART 2: Internet Governance</span></p>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">Oscar Robles (LACNIC)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(27,34,42)">Alyssa Quinn (.ca)</span></li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Thu, 28 October | 17:30-19:00 UTC</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0" align="justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Topics for discussion will include next steps following the ICANN72 ccNSO Members Meeting, DNS abuse session, and the ccNSO request to change ICANN Bylaws to include Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) ccTLD managers in the ccNSO. Additional topics for the ccNSO Council meeting will be made available on the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EjoTocCreN-zjf5sJn1RkJO4lVHFY3bj5fSDN7nkCfYhXJzmqZNi4eOrnk8AOcDcmAjYGmI1G7USl0-2LEQgAG85mobt8QMWPYnIbxsFr-khY77sVRsuJ9fPW8wBYscqE01_3FyHPPORUvTXPoAEv7G4lVORZE1w&c=J4BefKGVNPt9l-tCpzyrtVZwhXhm_e8yB3-wV8d8zzQ5otS7X6qLmg==&ch=CbMHHti2TEuPVHPhHSNRztg8RtS71Gc3S6pZDHOuZct3rqoBk0OXeg==" style="color:rgb(40,79,161);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">ccNSO Council workspace.</a></p>
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