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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear BC Members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Please find below an ICANN announcement of interest to BC Members: ICANN Launches Strategic Planning Portal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><a href="bc-secretariat@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>bc-secretariat@icann.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home"><span lang=EN-US>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><a href="www.bizconst.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.bizconst.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-24jun13-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-24jun13-en.htm</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Launches Strategic Planning Portal</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>24 June 2013</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN has launched a Strategic Planning Portal. Community input is a vital element of ICANN and the new Portal further integrates the community's feedback in shaping the future direction of ICANN and its work. This new website will allow interested individuals and organizations from around the globe to suggest what ICANN's new, overarching vision and five-year plan should contain, and then to review and provide comments on a proposed strategic plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN is seeking public feedback on a wide range of issues, including internationalization and regional development, security and stability, operational excellence and more. These key areas will be discussed online and during the upcoming public ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa. Input will be used to shape our strategic vision.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit the new Strategic Planning Portal here: </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information about ICANN's 47th public meeting in Durban, South Africa, visit </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://durban47.icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>http://durban47.icann.org</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>