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Dear Participants,

ICANN is providing the following details about the 7 January 2010 consultation on the draft Registry Agreement for new gTLDs. The final agenda will be provided to you next week.

The consultation will be from 14:00 – 19:45 UTC at the Capitol Hilton located at 1001 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. If you’re interested in accommodations at the Hilton, a special rate of $159/night plus tax is available. To reserve a room at this discounted rate, please call +1.202.393.1000 and mention “ICA block room” or “ICANN.”

• A buffet will be provided for the working luncheon.
  
• Materials will be presented via Adobe Connect and the link is http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/registry-agreement-consultation-20100107/.
  
• Dial-in information is provided at the end of this message.
  
• The meeting space and a conference bridge will be available at 20:00 UTC for those planning to attend the GNSO Council call.
  

The following items were previously distributed as the draft agenda for the consultation. The morning session will focus on the process for amending the agreement and the latter portion of the afternoon session will be vertical integration.

• Process for amending the agreement (Section 7.2)
  
• Approach for registry contributions to ICANN (Section 6.1)
  
• Pricing for registry services (Section 2.10)
  
• RSTEP cost recovery (Sections 6.2)
  
• Vertical integration of registries and registrars (Section 2.9)
  

Please feel free to direct any other questions you may have about the consultation to registry-liaison@icann.org.

Sincerely,
ICANN