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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ICANN Community Digest <david.olive@icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:02 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Thursday, 23 December 2021 | Register Now for ICANN's Next SSAD ODP Project Update Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 and challenges, the ICANN Community, Organization (Org), and Board worked tirelessly together to ensure that we stay on mission, progress our work, and do so in a spirit of collaboration and productivity. Thank you for all you have done – with a full recognition
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Reflecting Back on 2021 at ICANN</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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 that my 2020 end-of-year blog would be the last one in which I spoke about unprecedented challenges, this year has again been a testament to the strength of the multistakeholder model in meeting the demands of an ever-evolving Internet ecosystem, at a time
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Launches New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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 Report [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> of the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process. As part of this decision, the ICANN President and
 CEO was to advise the Board when the work of the ODP would be initiated within the org. After three months of preparations on organizing and allocating resources to execute the work, the org has </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YQegd3kvEkQCbd69Iu28ZphdCDTB7KtmrsL6N8hDaDHE5v9G9Ckkg4hJ-GCLDcPWU8KqTDdd3m06-X_yrdYmlCiuJHz83N2tQiIUmwQULo5e9qRLfdiXy2HkqbO-n8FWEuky6i0qCuxZ7kZD4SzuM-T3PxK_GurS5hQG9HYcUIGWOmV0s2spVkyi0i0dCQFW5TyWWTFS0AXV7XSvOtbj3lP537RK0BQpSk364Q4zLwyt5OvGN-bKCg==&c=L9OvUC925xN-ieh6oCL6gWsZUvRLTnPPDfoK6NPGB9CSLlVqeHCyjg==&ch=n1y4l8wD0G-lfLPizcns89Xoo8eBjalHxfPLmo1hoJROSOn2-O_wjQ==__;!!PtGJab4!rRIp7W1rzsoINyhdvHtCDamMMSTdMP74Az1Qu_QxTJ0kOiY_4rHMbtEocV3-FvLssZruLW-u9w$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">advised
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 is welcome to nominate one individual for this role, for a total of up to seven mentors. Nominations should be submitted by
<b>Friday, 25 February 2022 to fellowshipconsultation@icann.org </b></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">Apply Now for ICANN and PTI Leadership Positions</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42">
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