<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Calibri Light";
panose-1:2 15 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;}
p.floatcenter, li.floatcenter, div.floatcenter
{mso-style-name:floatcenter;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.fa
{mso-style-name:fa;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1245065915;
mso-list-template-ids:-667396964;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1892764806;
mso-list-template-ids:-568701372;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.31rem;padding:1rem;widows: 1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-10-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-10-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-size:1.31rem;padding:1rem;widows: 1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted for ICANN 56 | Nominations Close 12 March 2016<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Multistakeholder Ethos Award</span></em>. This award program, launched in June 2014 in London, seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees, and demonstrated collaboration with different Supporting Organizationsand/or Advisory Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Multistakeholder</span></em> Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, acknowledging the importance of ICANN's multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN's organization and its community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:solid #EFEFEF 1.0pt;padding:11.0pt 11.0pt 11.0pt 11.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;box-sizing: border-box;border-top-left-radius: 4px;border-top-right-radius: 4px;border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;border-bottom-left-radius: 4px'><p class=floatcenter align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F8F8F8'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The nomination period for community nominees opens today, </span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>10 December 2015</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'> and closes on</span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>12 March 2016</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:#F8F8F8;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an email to<a href="mailto:ethosaward2016@icann.org?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination"><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'>ethosaward2016@icann.org</span></a> including:</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:#F8F8F8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Name of nominee.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:#F8F8F8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Community of nominee.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:#F8F8F8'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Reasons for nomination.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Please note that the reasons outlining the candidate's merit for the nomination may be as brief or as long as required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Candidates for the award will demonstrate <u>at least five years</u> of participation in the ICANNCommunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>A panel of community members is being gathered to help review all community nominations and determine the best candidate(s) for the award(s). The decisions of the panel will be made based on the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Please submit your nominations via email to <a href="mailto:ethosaward2016@icann.org?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination"><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'>ethosaward2016@icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2016 at ICANN56 Panama City.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>For more insights on the award program, please consult the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/qCDxAg"><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'>ICANN Community Wiki</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>