<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">LOS ANGELES – 4 May 2017 – <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> is pleased to announce the launch of the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> History Project. The project seeks to preserve <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s institutional memory by capturing stories from key figures who helped to shape the organization from its origins to the present day.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">To get started, visit <a href="https://www.icann.org/history" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration-line:none">www.icann.org/history</a>. There, you'll find interviews with key figures such as Ira Magaziner, former Senior Policy Advisor to President Bill Clinton; Larry Strickling, former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the Internet"; Dr. Stephen Crocker, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> Board Chair; and many other major players from <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s past.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">We're presenting the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> History Project through thematic tracks so that you can delve into the topics that interest you most. The first track focuses on <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s relationship with the United States Government, from the U.S. Government's role in the establishment and development of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> to the steps leading up to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (<abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">IANA</abbr>) Stewardship Transition.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">If you want to contribute your own experiences to this project, we encourage you to share your <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:inherit;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>memories with us. Send us a link to your blogs, videos or pictures via Twitter using the hashtag #ICANNHistory.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">If you have any questions, please email us at <a href="mailto:history@icann.org" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration-line:none">history@icann.org</a>.</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-05-04-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-05-04-en</a><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></p><div><p style="text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a name="UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter__GoBack"></a></span><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,46,98)">Greg
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