<div class="__aliyun_email_body_block"><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Dear Councilors,</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">I thought this blog by the ICANN Board Chair might be of interest: </span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/strengthening-collaboration-a-framework-for-board-liaisons-to-community-groups-6-7-2021-en</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><p  style="caret-color:#000000;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;"><span  style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;">"The framework we developed, with valuable collaboration from Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee leaders, addresses issues such as:</span></p><ul  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;"><li >When a Board member should be appointed as a liaison</li><li >Expectations of the liaison</li><li >Guidelines for how to participate as a liaison</li></ul><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;">For example, the new guidelines require a liaison to clearly state, during policy discussions, whether they are expressing a personal opinion or conveying an official Board position. You can read the full framework </span><a  href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/board-liaison-guidelines-31may21-en.pdf" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;">here</a><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;">."</span></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:14.0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;font-family:tahoma;display:inline;">Kind regards,</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:14.0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;font-family:tahoma;display:inline;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-size:14.0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;float:none;font-family:tahoma;display:inline;">Pam</span></div></div>