Re: [ssac-gnso-irdwg] Outreach invitation

[James M Galvin <jgalvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Steve.

Jim



-- On February 3, 2011 10:17:58 AM -0800 Steve Sheng 
<steve.sheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote regarding [ssac-gnso-irdwg] Outreach 
invitation --
> Dear IRD-WG, FYI. The following outreach invitation will be sent to
> SOs and ACs momentarily. The date and time of the outreach is set to
> be on February 16, 14:00 and 20:00 UTC.
>
> In addition, SSAC and ALAC has invited us to give a presentation on
> their community calls.
>
> Warm regards,
> Steve
>
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> Dear ICANN community,
>
> On 26 June 2009 the ICANN Board approved a resolution (2009.06.26.18:
> <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6>)
> requesting that the GNSO and the SSAC, in consultation with staff,
> convene an Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG)
> comprised of individuals with knowledge, expertise, and experience in
> these areas to study the feasibility and suitability of introducing
> display specifications to deal with the internationalization of
> registration data.
>
> The working group has produced an interim report that discusses
> several potential models for internationalizing domain registration
> data, and is seeking feedback from the community about the models and
> on other key questions via a Public Forum that is open until 14 March
> 2011.  See the link at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#ird.
>
> The working group will provide an online briefing (webinar) on
> February 16 2011 at 14.00 and 20.00 UTC.  We welcome the
> community’s participation.
>
> The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different
> time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 60 minutes, will be
> conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect
> with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for
> audio.
>
> Participants will have opportunity to ask questions at the end of
> each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be
> submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not
> able to participate in either of the live sessions, the slides and
> MP3 will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy
> staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to
> policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx> .
>
> In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO
> Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) to receive the call
> details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, 14.00 UTC
> or 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html> ). We will
> send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in
> details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail
> address.
>
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