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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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 ICANN70 Will Be Held as Virtual Community Forum</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BF3F2F">DUE FRIDAY:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CF8F12">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Revised Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program</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">Request for Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 Community Excellence Award Program
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due Friday, 29 January 2021</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;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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 choose the recipient of the 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award. <b>The deadline to provide names to
</b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">david.olive@icann.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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 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 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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 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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</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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 31 January 2021 and notify </span></b><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><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
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 of the North America Stakeholder Engagement Plan. This effort seeks community input to enhance the important work of stakeholder engagement across North America by actively soliciting input into ICANN policy and work processes.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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
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