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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you to staff for the regular circulation of this Digest. Always an interesting read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just noting that there is a revised version of the ODP Concept Paper on which community input is sought by 22 January. Next steps after that are not specified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 3:46 am<br>
<b>To: </b>council@gnso.icann.org <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>gnso-secs@icann.org <gnso-secs@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] FW: [Ext] 21 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#48A199">Operational Design Phase Concept Paper [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a>.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> The new version follows community consultation during ICANN69, including written
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the ODP for consensus policy recommendations that are approved by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council. The purpose of the ODP is to provide the Board with relevant information to decide, as required by the Bylaws, whether a recommendation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 is now open. The deadline for submissions is
<b>Monday, 29 March 2021</b>,<b> </b>and the winner(s) will be announced during ICANN71. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who substantively contribute to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem and who are deeply invested
in developing consensus-based solutions within the ICANN multistakeholder model. Learn more about 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=001Tv9e9K9oUsPb8KyHgWcZuJ3pUNuSQZl4hsFkF6CzTa1NB5gW7s927SzJJxiYdL789_DGUEt3OEjBoVmIHT0v35b6p5gSs30z0W4zH2D2xX7jGBSWn0Qq002wpBUrpI3Nd53bqi5RQI7-ZGUE82C0w_eQ6DoaqAlL&c=LGgRVI55kJBKLTEnnEU-y8oUyr9yRPFeaa_uVELLOZGXq8eNaH1IPA==&ch=d6RtkCjPCB54ugJdqd63bMQ0p2Cx2EID_vElDGfTVwHk2MpWosE4fA==__;!!PtGJab4!uGgyaieasPQb86wj0aK_T8v7pq9TcT34YnTgBnjp2bCn25e1yJhQl7N4HdZkk7ZIE76uDEjReg$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">nomination
process [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and submit your nominations
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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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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><o:p></o:p></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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