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<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us for the upcoming webinar to discuss IANA's operating priorities for fiscal year 2022. Following a similar approach to recent years, we will discuss our budget process and review areas of focus. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In previous years we've also done outreach during community events. Due to COVID-19, the webinars will be our primary mechanism to discuss these priorities. We are also willing to present to individual constituencies or stakeholder groups at your request. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">As a reminder, this isn't the only opportunity to provide feedback. We'll take the initial feedback we receive and develop a draft operating plan and budget for further community review. We expect to post the draft for a public comment period in October. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you online. Attendance details are at:<span class="c-mrkdwntab"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-19-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-19-en</a> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naela Sarras<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Director, IANA Operations<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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