<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 enclosed this week’s ICANN Community Leadership Digest.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Take note of these opportunities, among many others:</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: 921px; 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: 921px; 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: 911px; 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: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" class="" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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);">REMINDER:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(76, 123, 75);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement 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;"> The ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Is 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(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;">Nomination Period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award Now Open</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><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=""><br class=""></div><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: 921px; 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=fb67987e-cd9c-4193-88ea-59b3ad874ca0&a=1122025845763&c=e3793d20-5ac9-11e8-b8c7-d4ae5292c36f&ch=e38c7700-5ac9-11e8-b8c7-d4ae5292c36f" 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: 921px; 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: 911px; 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: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; 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="">Thursday, 4 February 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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="">ICANN70 Resources</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="">Registration<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="">Virtual Backgrounds<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="">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="">NEXT WEEK:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinar on the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report</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="">DEADLINE NEXT WEEK:<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 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(76, 123, 75);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement 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;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Is 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(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="">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: 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="">Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report<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="">Additional Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level<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: 891px; 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; 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(207, 143, 18);" class="">DEADLINE NEXT WEEK:</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(191, 63, 47);" class=""><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 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></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; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; cursor: default;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 6.75pt 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="94%" style="width: 837.53125px; 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: 891px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 891px; padding: 0in; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 891px; 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(76, 123, 75);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement 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=""><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 community members must apply in advance of ICANN70, and those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate. The application process will open<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Monday, 8 February 2021</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and program details are available here. The application deadline is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Friday, 5 March 2021 at 23:59</b>(UTC).</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;" 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 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 program aims to facilitate participation in ICANN Public Meetings during the pandemic. It offers community members who have limited Internet capacity financial assistance to increase their Internet bandwidth.</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;" 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 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 leaders will have the opportunity to nominate recipients to the program. This includes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">up to five nominees from each</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the three Supporting Organizations, four Advisory Committees, four GNSO Stakeholder Groups and five GNSO Constituencies, and five RALOs from At-Large.</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="">In order to be reimbursed, all applicants must:</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;" 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="">Require additional bandwidth at home to facilitate their active participation in ICANN70.<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; 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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. 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