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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We have reproduced today’s issue below for your reference, and it is attached to this message as a PDF. You may also view it in your preferred web browser:<span class="apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/myemail.constantcontact.com/7-December-2020.html?soid=1122025845763&aid=DYKgLlhcG-Q__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0Lc_l_MUw$">https://myemail.constantcontact.com/7-December-2020.html?soid=1122025845763&aid=DYKgLlhcG-Q
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Carlos Reyes and Chantelle Doerksen<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Community Leadership Digest</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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members to the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track, a group to be formed within an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP) reviewing all rights protection mechanisms in all gTLDs at the second level of the domain name system.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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December 2020</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by notifying the GNSO Secretariat at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#368A9C">gnso-secs@icann.org</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#368A9C">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Earlier this year, the third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) delivered its </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt3-report-29may20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0JAVPJMvQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">Final
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">During the Board's 30 November meeting, the Board </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-11-30-en__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0LKO5_vCg$" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#368A9C">resolved</span></b>
[icann.org]</a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#368A9C"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to approve the five recommendations in the ATRT3 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt3-report-29may20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0JAVPJMvQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">Final
Report</span> [icann.org]</a></span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#368A9C">,</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">comprised
of 15 component parts as enumerated in the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-atrt3-final-recs-board-action-scorecard-30nov20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0IwNhdcrQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">scorecard</span>
[icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, which call for:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The creation of a community-led entity tasked with operating a prioritization process for recommendations made by review teams, cross-community groups, or any other
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the Board, I want to extend our thanks to the ATRT3 team for its dedication and hard work. The ATRT3 Final Report is the culmination of 14 months of work
by 19 team members, representing more than 2,500 hours of meetings and significant engagement with the wider ICANN community throughout the process. The commitment and efforts of this review team and thoughtful contributions of the wider community via public
comments and other engagement with the ATRT3 cannot be underestimated. This illustrates the strength, accountability, and transparency of the multistakeholder model.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">David
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award will be presented during ICANN71. A community selection panel will be formed to review the nominations and select the award
recipient. Ideally, panelists will serve a maximum of two consecutive terms on the selection panel to ensure diversity and equal opportunity among community members. The time commitment for the selection panel includes weekly one-hour calls between the end
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-11-16-en__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0JyRhV-3Q$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">announced</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor and Selection Committee representative by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sunday,
31 January 2021<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>and notify<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:fellowshipconsultation@icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#368A9C">fellowshipconsultation@icann.org</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
Individual self-nominations will not be considered.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN org has launched the FY22 Additional Budget Request process. This process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submissions are due on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Friday, 29 January 2021 at 23:59 UTC<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:planning@icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#48A199">planning@icann.org</span></b></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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2 Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration from EPDP Phase 2</span></b> [icann.org]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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