<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="">Hi everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kindly find below the latest issue of the ICANN Community Leadership Digest. Check out the interesting opportunities, which include these:</div><div class=""><br class=""></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(207, 143, 18);">THIS WEEK:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Webinar about the Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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(207, 143, 18);">THIS WEEK:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Webinars about the ICANN Draft FY22-26 Operating and Financial Plan and the ICANN Draft FY22 Operating Plan</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(207, 143, 18);">REMINDER: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Revised Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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(207, 143, 18);">REMINDER:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 123, 55);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Request For Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 Community Excellence Award Program</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(207, 143, 18);">REMINDER:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due Friday, 29 January 2021</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(207, 143, 18);">REMINDER: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members</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="">
<div>Have a great week,</div><div>Ore</div><div><br class=""></div><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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><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; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Andrea Glandon <<a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org" class="">andrea.glandon@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></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; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[council] FW: [Ext] Monday, 11 January 2021</b><br class=""></span></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; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">11 January 2021 at 4:08:53 PM WAT<br class=""></span></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; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></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; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" class="">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" class="">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><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_i1033" src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=f2a033ed-732b-45b1-af4e-39b0df82fc73&a=1122025845763&c=435da450-c0c9-11e8-9741-d4ae527b77f8&ch=4374aec0-c0c9-11e8-9741-d4ae527b77f8" 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, 11 January 2021</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_i1032" 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></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(207, 143, 18);" class="">THIS WEEK:</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="">Webinar about the Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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="">THIS WEEK:</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="">Webinars about the ICANN Draft FY22-26 Operating and Financial Plan and the ICANN Draft FY22 Operating Plan</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="">Revised Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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><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 Friday, 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 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(56, 123, 55);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Volunteers Needed for Advisory Group on ICANN's North America Stakeholder Engagement Plan</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="">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 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 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="">Draft FY22-26 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY22 Operating Plan & Budget<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(207, 143, 18);" class="">THIS WEEK:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinar about the Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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="">Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Global Domains & Strategy</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 org will hold a webinar on the latest version of the Operational Design Phase Concept Paper on<b class="">Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 20:00 UTC.</b> Participation details are as follows:</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=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Zoom URL</span></b><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=""> <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBQRg7-Ox7E_D1qqfsna1Ca7OJZiu-9ylIKGVApyW-9g2QV1n_LkkHeA0D7x02EGmb-JqjvkV6Hqcu5_dsUEIuFyXYYKtDoJJ__nmgcKe_U2osLYuQdowSbKTdJJBu62B12eUnlFmR-bjPVmO8eQhtw9yVT3_a0EfuHsMknFrig75ujTWHIA5wE-6tOE9jCPt5A0Dh0S2_cSn&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiG1P76CIA$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">https://icann.zoom.us/j/96414008558?pwd=VDVDbnd4SEEwcVY3RU91T25ucFNodz09Passcode: qKC=b1.T!x [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a><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="">Webinar ID:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>964 1400 8558</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=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Passcode:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>5509245358</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">Operational Design Concept Paper [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Friday, 22 January 2021</b>.</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_i1031" 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="">THIS WEEK: </span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinars about the</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN Draft FY22-26 Operating and Financial Plan and the ICANN Draft FY22 Operating Plan and Budget</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="">Xavier Calvez, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Financial Officer</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, 17 December 2020, ICANN published the Draft FY22 Plans for<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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBegJRKef9wOgHhr8BowI5nldYYMpeKXUkGOMV4IJ2Q2U3qQpM1Os40_8kEC9z0xIoYH-0hxzHQHcj65ffzW8MTPesjbuRupGJY22CK5qX8AU2Me_6eawWhpHKhefZZ4Z__YF0rZZSPOgGNzLhTD-6WNjQnzX7dJTwwpXzCR9EFm9&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiEIf0CgXA$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">Public Comment [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. The three documents published are:</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 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">1.<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="">Highlights of the Draft FY22-26 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY22 Operating Plan & Budget<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: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">2.<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="">Draft FY22-26 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY22 Operating Plan<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: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">3.<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="">Draft FY22 Budget<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=""><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="">Two community webinars will be held in January to provide an overview of the draft plans:</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 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><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinar 1</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 16:00 UTC, please register<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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBegJRKef9wOgwLUZ2RwxsAGBABXBqteDWjUzxHDDPac1oall3fFhvmEszQOEEfJmVGOg4QSnvFGh3qZ092rwyQIFUfvRvzikcB2yOMtx3IB5ULqdFYV5LHwaJJEAFZQ18Ub4tC0VursoHq71q6xzjbquJkBxBu29SrkObHU8qDfb&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiEQetCV6g$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinar 2</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 01:00 UTC, please register<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBegJRKef9wOgPqnN7WkRIggNnj-Y5mhT0_-D46-TqRt8l0o9an9PhCRLnvB6_4Bw4paFVO1EqyU72S98VZCfInxV3d3ePYgFZTGuYg5t6wAB4ExzM_SdC8ZgDdn6kTtNeYd4TIwWP_hwISde6Oa-LgycQQHXu2-uKq9IAFGbMMg4&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiFNfJG8VA$" 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 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="">Please register in advance to receive details on how to join these webinars.</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_i1030" 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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Revised Operational Design Phase Concept Paper</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>Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Global Domains & Strategy</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 org has shared a revised version of the</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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBegJRKef9wOgWiGF2UoLwoPtyMjy9yyUbDlDRIHQWzwwtyy4ma5NTpItYi7LV9rF1ieaVAzRFoMyPOhrLECJI0pnKQjNjqSHIWGw5a4TqixkQYK7yPNluiXHQgGIJ4fiP4fa5G-yiNKwRQ-0fZF3ada9rML47jbhjOVrOPH07sXBXedKg3SOZS0=&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiGJ16n5mA$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">Operational Design Phase Concept Paper [r20.rs6.net]</span></b></a>.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The new version follows community consultation during ICANN69, including written feedback by a number of community groups.<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 concept paper proposes an Operational Design Phase (ODP) that is to become part of the policy and implementation life cycle. The ICANN organization will conduct the ODP for consensus policy recommendations that are approved by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council. The purpose of the ODP is to provide the Board with relevant information to decide, as required by the Bylaws, whether a recommendation is in the best interest of the ICANN community or ICANN.</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=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please provide your input by Friday, 22 January 2021, to<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="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">mary.wong@icann.org</span></b></a></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.</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></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_i1029" 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="">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="">On 1 December 2020, Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee chairs received an email request 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><b class="">The deadline to provide names to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">david.olive@icann.org</span></b></a></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">is Monday, 25 January 2021.</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=""><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 in June 2021. 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><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(207, 143, 18);" class="">REMINDER:</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due Friday, 29 January 2021</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=""><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 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><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=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Submissions are due on Friday, 29 January 2021 at 23:59 UTC to</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><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="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><b class="">.</b><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=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBUCdUhXHr9orakHZ3pBPg8b7XeDSWC2YytTqy6VgeiWv3X08meTkGJj2JchVaQEXBGx98vlNCrP68kCvM4bmXGNij1Yht3n7AjwjBGSAjkdQMnqO4CHiBpmHFb9wUeet3tEBAbYb2-isJdZu049J31A6h0ACXUtRZg==&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiGlO5CChg$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">Learn more [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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; 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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBTZtsuqnoSRxmVUDpBEGVZWlaodvC0PL556bFv4EHnIrJMDvO-YsZUGtPNtChUfeU5rAH-BjTgGOUOX9hPi2xRoIKper-7baKydWQysC6-jsggZ3eAo1TlT6AvVy8Ji4wU_yX1dEizbo&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiFe-TzNgw$" 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=""><b 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 Sunday, 31 January 2021 and notify<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="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><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBTZtsuqnoSRxmVUDpBEGVZWlaodvC0PL556bFv4EHnIrJMDvO-YsZUGtPNtChUfeU5rAH-BjTgGOUOX9hPi2xRoIKper-7baKydWQysC6-jsggZ3eAo1TlT6AvVy8Ji4wU_yX1dEizbo&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiFe-TzNgw$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(54, 138, 156);" class="">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></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_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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Volunteers Needed for Advisory Group on ICANN's North America Stakeholder Engagement Plan</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="">Naela Sarras, Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement, North America</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="">Community members are invited to join a short-term regional advisory group, that will help advise the GSE North America team on the development of the next iteration of the North America Stakeholder Engagement Plan. This effort seeks community input to enhance the important work of stakeholder engagement across North America by actively soliciting input into ICANN policy and work processes.</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="">This advisory group will be time-limited (February - May 2021), will include two webinars, and be directed toward answering specific questions. With help from the community, the team hopes to surface implementable ideas with measurable impact to enhance 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=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kindly send your reply with one or two named volunteers for this activity by Friday, 12 February 2021. Please send your reply to</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);" class=""><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="mailto:naela.sarras@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">naela.sarras@icann.org</span></b></a><b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:joe.catapano@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(72, 161, 153);" class="">joe.catapano@icann.org</span></b></a><b class="">.</b><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; 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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 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>,<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>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=001W4BcOChPMn-B-OgBZHi2MydNAGiaxrciiyeYpIbXtBzToxVRxXplBXAXUismFUxF6KYjXRTe-IsPnmrP0FW0PFgj2LIiLjVYL2enExq32QkGNec5GeG8B6VFU6huaK_7wjMKM-6FGjKN3q9q7axEQmdQf_AMpCXm&c=qzZ3A4b0fyussDeM2YQYkrkD8_HogtLbQx76HOSfVNNSaLJaolDk4Q==&ch=qwJpVC6RsXxGyCQdmH3pNSL8EwqV0GityaKC_PfnpYzmoTSM4ABLTQ==__;!!PtGJab4!p9LS2oJ-sYK0HJ3r6RsUBzdkJnPshMkn1gSwZw3jROR3ZvUP0r8bNQIxFVuo7qeeeiGTtAwH9w$" 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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">submit your nominations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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