<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Hi everyone,</span><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">please find below information about webinar this Wednesday regarding the IANA stewardship transition & ICANN accountability processes.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,0,51);font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">for info  , the draft proposal from naming community was published last week for comment </span></span><font color="#330033" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font color="#330033" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Best,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Rafik</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">============================================== </span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">As the parallel consultations are being launched on the latest proposals from the working groups on Naming and on Accountability & Governance, we are delighted to invite you to a webinar dedicated to civil society, on  April 29^th at 1430-1600 UTC.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">This will be an opportunity to provide an update and exchange views on the IANA stewardship transition with some of the key civil society participants involved in the transition work.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The latest agenda is as follows:</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">1, </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Introduction - overview of the Internet Governance ecosystem & ICANN – Adam Peake and <span>Jean</span>-<span>Jacques</span> Sahel, ICANN</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">2, </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">How civil society participates in ICANN – Bill Drake, Chair of ICANN’s Non Commercial Users Constituency and Rafik Dammak, Chair of ICANN’s Non Commercial Stakeholders Group</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">3. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Overview of the IANA stewardship transition process</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">a.     Presentation of the stewardship transition process – Rafik Dammak, Avri Doria</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">b.     Presentation of the accountability and governance review – Matthew Shears, CDT and Robin Gross, IP Justice</span></i><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Conference calling details:</span><span lang="FR" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Adigo bridge 21912; full list of Adigo numbers at </span><span lang="FR" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.adigo.com/icann" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">www.adigo.com/icann</span></a></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">AdobeConnect: <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gseemea/" target="_blank">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gseemea/</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:r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