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<b>Reply-To: </b>"policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, May 2, 2022 at 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Monday, 02 May 2022 | DEADLINE WEDNESDAY: Request for Input - GNSO Statement of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN74</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ICANN Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program aims to facilitate the active participation in ICANN Public Meetings Meeting for certain community members with limited Internet
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ICANN organization (org) has made significant progress addressing Work Stream 2 (WS2) implementation since our last <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001O31Lh9xWMj6LDAHi_aq8decd3mx34yb0d79n1Db0rBnBooi6u8xd2HzXF7e_G7w77VNKGGOHwH9cQpye0k9GOESTPnY1MlewIwJwuqNoXgscWf-IMpTrowepLnE6AWO6xRWNeLs9pTiksxbbwgpdwzkTj_rQeFRyHyD82qBJuRkbePv4M95srfCyANfboX7zaXVQOpidChu1g33IWSjl1TxTiaRxT4QqngbKmDdi1tvN9MObZBKbA34tP4Rdtdv-AVPe9dwWnkR2ggNs6hU8Xw==&c=Lr4cQA9uCCk9VXh-mCDkxCE6SVICUgGfnE7RT9YlQv71cWerFpEQOQ==&ch=EBu5BpNVuL2ucRJlcdPM3wv88suGrIZd3wTNzKtbPg8LI56_Dhd_ZA==__;!!PtGJab4!pk8kYNiLnVLZPtorXVFwp5zkCN3zdr3hg2jsRisfvmU2SFPsFCY8xqvMN9651TP_ekK3QL8-CQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">blog
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN and its affiliate Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) published several returns required by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the California Franchise Tax Board,
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN and its affiliate filed IRS Form 990, the U.S. tax form that nonprofit organizations exempt from income taxes are required to file, pursuant to Section 501(c) of the U.S. Internal
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Challenges with Alternative Name Systems</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Domain Name System (DNS) is a component of the system of unique identifiers ICANN helps to coordinate. It is the main naming system for the Internet. It is not the only one. Some
 naming systems predate the DNS, and others have been recently proposed in the wake of the blockchain approach of decentralized systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The GNSO Council has recently embarked on a review of its Statement of Interest (SOI) requirements to determine whether these are still fit for purpose, and if not, what updates should
 be considered. To this end, the GNSO SOI Task Force (TF) was formed. As part of its assignment, the TF is reaching out to the ICANN community to solicit input on the current use and experience with SOIs as well as suggestions for possible improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We understand that some of you may use the SOI, either in its current form or a modified format, for your own purposes. We would be interested to hear about those experiences as well
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN org seeks Expressions of Interest for the chair and chair-elect of the 2023 Nominating Committee (NomCom). Expressions of Interest, which will be maintained as confidential, should
 be sent to <a href="mailto:NomComChair2023@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#368A9C">NomComChair2023@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#368A9C"> by
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