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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><h3><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 7, 2012</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Volunteers Sought to Help Evaluate Generic Top-Level Domain Applicants Seeking Financial Support</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>New Panel Will Help Expand Internet’s Reach</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm"><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marina del Rey, California…</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking volunteers who will assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“These volunteers will be key to ICANN’s effort to assure that the less-developed parts of the world are able to participate in the new Domain name program,” said Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President. “The panel members will make a real impact in ensuring that the opportunities for innovation and economic development created by the Internet are open to everyone.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The volunteers will be chosen for their background and experience in areas such as running a small business, operating in developing economies, analyzing business plans, serving in the public interest, managing a domain name registry service, or awarding grants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The financial assistance component of the Applicant Support Program offers a limited number of qualifying applicants the opportunity to pay a reduced evaluation fee of $47,000 instead of the full evaluation fee of $185,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The selected volunteers will assist in the evaluation of financial support applicants in the context of established public interest, financial capabilities and financial need criteria as outlined in the “<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf">Financial Assistance Handbook</a>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Those who are interested in applying, should review the criteria, time commitment and other expectations, which are detailed here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-eoi-request-03feb12-en.pdf">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-eoi-request-03feb12-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>### <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To learn more about the Applicant Support Program, go here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To read the New gTLD Financial Assistance Handbook, go here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To learn more about the New gTLD program, go here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program/materials">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program/materials</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span 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