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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Information Sharing</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">European Commission Unveils Important Initiatives Relevant to the DNS and DNS Service Providers</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair’s Blog: Key Takeaways from the 2020 Board Self-Evaluation</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due 29 January 2021</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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providers. ICANN org would like to bring this to the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hR97LyM9p8mammYzozmoAiogDLRseF4VCElAqg_Pj0Qd2KxIi4ji6UIJFK511jmj6L2S_KHZwWnlgaySgM03qZwbUUlIJZ-c5Hd4eEFMRLqdwblI6sYgOR1UKvw-QcsFPJEKz-JOY5zi4_8iGwko6Xag6Cll9A8irQ6UDeh7ZrvzF0ZCc-FCbV1aMv-0GbEHXpzmUUgi7lFZqH1O65rtK50kk4amGONhsFS75WpXi4y1AD_rdUWuZk0R7CVE1UK5Z607rFiey3uoZ8QwGmt--wF3db_BER0n&c=r1JlCOQeMuqwT8z5PTREUihpunDR02NRD2pAPZHC8Y5Ea-AxyFeO3A==&ch=4a55slUAApMDpxFDMI9WHWo3PmFNe3OOF5En2IBCv1hLl14OTgJHMQ==__;!!PtGJab4!rUnSjHHSkm5W0zM_c_vIunumwbiBD5s6BYj9qdlUU_ovfP7hSc1UG1vW3kr7tnWQ9GnDpCd35w$" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#368A9C">attention
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consensus-based solutions within ICANN’s multistakeholder model. Learn more about the
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Request for Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award Program</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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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
of March through June 2021. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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[r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> a call for nominees to volunteer to serve as mentors to the Fellowship Program and as members to its Selection Committee. There will be a total of seven
mentors and seven Selection Committee members, and each group is welcome to nominate one individual for each role.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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<b>Sunday, 31 January 2021 </b>and notify </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><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:planning@icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#48A199">planning@icann.org</span></b></a>.
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