<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kindly find below, the latest edition of the ICANN Community Leaders digest.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of special interest might be:</div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 630px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 630px; background-color: rgb(205, 215, 238); border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="padding: 0in;"><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="630" style="width: 472.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="" style="padding: 11.25pt 3.75pt;"><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 620px; border-collapse: collapse; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="" style="background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="" style="background-color: white; padding: 0in;"><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" class="" style="width: 600px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;"><div 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 valign="top" class="" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);">NEW: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nomination Period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award Now Open</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);">NEW: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FY22 Additional Budget Request Webinar Recording</span></div></div></div></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></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Scroll down for other important news.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">Ore</div><div class="">
<div><br class="">-- <br class="">Oreoluwa Lesi<br class="">Executive Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)<br class="">+234.803.621.1307, +234.813.339.9999 | <a href="http://www.wtec.org.ng" class="">www.wtec.org.ng</a> | @wteconline <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 630px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 1pt;" class=""><img id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=1ce76418-a2ba-488d-8d9b-bbf9a52a6207&a=1122025845763&c=e931d960-c0d7-11e8-b4b7-d4ae52754aa9&ch=e9433e80-c0d7-11e8-b4b7-d4ae52754aa9" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 630px; background-color: rgb(205, 215, 238); border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 11.25pt 3.75pt;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 620px; border-collapse: collapse; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 7.5pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="background-color: white; padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; 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;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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="">Monday, 14 December 2020</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></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=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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;" class="">ICANN Community Leadership Digest</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 53, 103);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><img width="275" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/304b3fd3501/31f30ab5-1445-45c3-aef7-c0ea4ebcc58c.jpg" style="width: 2.8645in;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN offices will be closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 through Friday, 1 January 2021</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">and reopen on Monday, 4 January 2021.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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="">Table of Contents</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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;" class="">Information Sharing</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class="">NEW:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Nomination Period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award Now Open</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class="">NEW:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FY22 Additional Budget Request Webinar Recording</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class="">REMINDER:</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Request For Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 Community Excellence Award Program</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class="">REMINDER:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class="">REMINDER:</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due 29 January 2021</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div 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;" class="">Public Comment</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Priority 2 Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration from EPDP Phase 2<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></p><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 style="padding: 0in;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></p><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 style="padding: 0in;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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="">Information Sharing</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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(56, 123, 55);" class="">NEW:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Nomination Period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award Now Open</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div 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;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 is now open. The deadline for submissions is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Monday, 29 March 2021</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the winner(s) will be announced during ICANN71. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who substantively contribute to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem and who are deeply invested in developing consensus-based solutions within ICANN’s multistakeholder model. Learn more about the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a_PuLmHnvkrPGBUNa2-S06xxhoSIaHxLgOrK-1ToF9FEM2KOYOcMCgaZeUTT_6dKGAJWzLITE_hIJwqUeKs_V5l4jbhZdpHRrscneAN5a7ntIASQfuhANIbEiDty7hs86zuCLDPMrM9cyw0zCWtmDtGX8AEopR28&c=M8xopMx2yMXA2tOnQlurKvu4yFjY0mJzxofAAm-p_NGm1xEh_2v8Yw==&ch=p2Eb3c1WISZO1nA_06LE5VqtYoCBDiF2tmqx32duG450LhZCU0ZNaQ==__;!!PtGJab4!pRDwYLcDYYhplcIWacANW6RwdoxiqAdXrl2lnYJyoRIl_RKAKQsRX4VeUYmCB-Y-nqTycPEFZg$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">nomination process [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and submit your nominations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a_PuLmHnvkrPGBUNa2-S06xxhoSIaHxLgOrK-1ToF9FEM2KOYOcMCgaZeUTT_6dK2td3kVQLsgANTvg0pmccEsevDca2HKhz0seFs9rB14aeC-N6Gshn2Cc0AxAQXwzlS2UveOY_SO4U2cLf0RK1tFyww9WIqHiK&c=M8xopMx2yMXA2tOnQlurKvu4yFjY0mJzxofAAm-p_NGm1xEh_2v8Yw==&ch=p2Eb3c1WISZO1nA_06LE5VqtYoCBDiF2tmqx32duG450LhZCU0ZNaQ==__;!!PtGJab4!pRDwYLcDYYhplcIWacANW6RwdoxiqAdXrl2lnYJyoRIl_RKAKQsRX4VeUYmCB-Y-nqT58kd8zA$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; cursor: default;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; padding: 6.75pt 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="94%" style="width: 564px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 94%;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 0.75pt;" class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; height: 0.75pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><img border="0" width="5" height="1" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="width: 0.052in; height: 0.0104in;" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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(56, 123, 55);" class="">NEW:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FY22 Additional Budget Request Webinar Recording</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div 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;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">On Thursday, 10 December 2020, a webinar was held to review the FY22 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process. The webinar provided an overview of the purpose, principles, and timeline of the ABR process. The recording and presentation materials can be found</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a_PuLmHnvkrPGBUNa2-S06xxhoSIaHxLgOrK-1ToF9FEM2KOYOcMCgaZeUTT_6dK5FYYZTdbj1dQalTs3TmxOry7Nw0E2ukRK7eShiKFmvoo8i1c478J0YcQ2EhMnHdPxwRHNsYUn7Vysvnv_dZXXQEFjAZ7BKvG8wj9E3es6X-5D6q452Z5maGRGLNlm_w3Y_QdNnVagkIjnIWqekCopQ==&c=M8xopMx2yMXA2tOnQlurKvu4yFjY0mJzxofAAm-p_NGm1xEh_2v8Yw==&ch=p2Eb3c1WISZO1nA_06LE5VqtYoCBDiF2tmqx32duG450LhZCU0ZNaQ==__;!!PtGJab4!pRDwYLcDYYhplcIWacANW6RwdoxiqAdXrl2lnYJyoRIl_RKAKQsRX4VeUYmCB-Y-nqQuzEv1Sw$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">As a reminder, ABR s</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ubmissions 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 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: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">planning@icann.org</span></b></a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; cursor: default;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; padding: 6.75pt 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="94%" style="width: 564px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 94%;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 0.75pt;" class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; height: 0.75pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><img border="0" width="5" height="1" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="width: 0.052in; height: 0.0104in;" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">Request for Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award Program</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div 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;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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 Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees will be requested to provide up to two members from their respective group to help choose the recipient of the 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">The 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award will be presented during ICANN71. A community selection panel will be formed to review the nominations and select the award recipient. Ideally, panelists will serve a maximum of two consecutive terms on the selection panel to ensure diversity and equal opportunity among community members. The time commitment for the selection panel includes weekly one-hour calls between the end of March through June 2021.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">Further information will be available in the upcoming weeks.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; cursor: default;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 600px; padding: 6.75pt 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="94%" style="width: 564px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 94%;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 0.75pt;" class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(29, 53, 103); padding: 0in; height: 0.75pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><img border="0" width="5" height="1" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="width: 0.052in; height: 0.0104in;" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div 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 valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div 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><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div 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;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Sally Costerton, Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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 has<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a_PuLmHnvkrPGBUNa2-S06xxhoSIaHxLgOrK-1ToF9FEM2KOYOcMCsDb6LfRm3FQTrMXSrSDhHgsBSuVJlcKHuSS30R4vzCggAWRj5Md3noS-LcOixLyySPwUdowiCS7Xp3Q-8iXZwmoM_so5nyGaaNlc6XD7rDKfcUVmoNcBm6w_986V9jMdKz_7tKMapwo&c=M8xopMx2yMXA2tOnQlurKvu4yFjY0mJzxofAAm-p_NGm1xEh_2v8Yw==&ch=p2Eb3c1WISZO1nA_06LE5VqtYoCBDiF2tmqx32duG450LhZCU0ZNaQ==__;!!PtGJab4!pRDwYLcDYYhplcIWacANW6RwdoxiqAdXrl2lnYJyoRIl_RKAKQsRX4VeUYmCB-Y-nqTewmf5Sg$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">announced [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a call for nominees to volunteer to serve as mentors to the Fellowship Program and as members to its Selection Committee. There will be a total of seven mentors and seven Selection Committee members, and each group is welcome to nominate one individual for each role.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">Interested Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor and Selection Committee representative by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Sunday, 31 January 2021<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>and notify<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="mailto:fellowshipconsultation@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">fellowshipconsultation@icann.org</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. Individual self-nominations will not be considered.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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="">Criteria for mentors and Selection Committee members can be found<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a_PuLmHnvkrPGBUNa2-S06xxhoSIaHxLgOrK-1ToF9FEM2KOYOcMCsDb6LfRm3FQTrMXSrSDhHgsBSuVJlcKHuSS30R4vzCggAWRj5Md3noS-LcOixLyySPwUdowiCS7Xp3Q-8iXZwmoM_so5nyGaaNlc6XD7rDKfcUVmoNcBm6w_986V9jMdKz_7tKMapwo&c=M8xopMx2yMXA2tOnQlurKvu4yFjY0mJzxofAAm-p_NGm1xEh_2v8Yw==&ch=p2Eb3c1WISZO1nA_06LE5VqtYoCBDiF2tmqx32duG450LhZCU0ZNaQ==__;!!PtGJab4!pRDwYLcDYYhplcIWacANW6RwdoxiqAdXrl2lnYJyoRIl_RKAKQsRX4VeUYmCB-Y-nqTewmf5Sg$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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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><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><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 style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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