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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/nomination-period-for-the-icann-community-excellence-award-closes-29-march-2021-17-3-2021-en">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/nomination-period-for-the-icann-community-excellence-award-closes-29-march-2021-17-3-2021-en</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="dateandlocation" style="background:#FEFEFE"><span class="text-uppercase"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;text-transform:uppercase">LOS ANGELES -</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">17
March 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the opening of the nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award in December 2020. The nomination
period will close on 29 March 2021 at 23:59 UTC. Winner(s) will be announced at the ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum, scheduled for 14-17 June 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">Launched in 2014, the ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and contributed substantively to
the ICANN multistakeholder model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please submit your nominations via the <a href="https://forms.gle/xzpuHXVaQMXad9ND8"><span style="color:#047BC1">nomination form</span></a>, including detailed information outlining
why the nominee meets the award criteria. Self-nominations will not be considered. Any additional information in support of nominations or questions about the award process may be submitted via email to <a href="mailto:excellenceaward2021@icann.org"><span style="color:#047BC1">excellenceaward2021@icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more information, please refer to the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/YyOAAw"><span style="color:#047BC1">ICANN Community Wiki</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">About ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333">ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">–</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333"> a name or a number
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">–</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333"> into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where
to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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