<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><div><div class="AppleOriginalContents"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 630px; background-color: rgb(205, 215, 238); border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="630" style="width: 472.5pt; 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background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; padding: 0in; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt; min-width: 100%;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class="">REMINDER:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due 29 January 2021</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN org has launched the FY22 Additional Budget Request process. This process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Submissions are due on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Friday, 29 January 2021 at 23:59 UTC<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="mailto:planning@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">planning@icann.org</span></b></a>.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY22+Budget+Process" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">Learn more</span></b></a>.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt; min-width: 100%;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class="">Public Comment</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; padding: 0in; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt; min-width: 100%;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(191, 63, 47);" class="">CLOSES TOMORROW:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/public-comments/root-name-service-implementation-2020-10-27-en__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0LzDzB9Ww$" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">Recommendations for ICANN’s Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[icann.org]</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Close Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Tuesday, 8 December 2020</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class="">NEW:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/public-comments/policy-recommendations-epdp-phase-2-2020-12-03-en__;!!PtGJab4!okjs5DvZBIWzQ7Xl28KIT_NofQ407shQOh_WsAdqUfq7pt3rCPqfGQcIooVcxBtAZ0L5X70hiQ$" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">Priority 2 Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration from EPDP Phase 2</span></b>[icann.org]</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Close Date:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Friday, 22 January 2021</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt; min-width: 100%;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class="">Volume 2, Issue 93 |<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/soacabout/ICANN+Community+Leadership+Digest" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: white;" class="">Archive</span></a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""> </span></b></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class="">| Next Issue: Thursday, 10 December 2020</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>