<div dir="auto">Really good news to those who fall within that 49% of global population with no affordable Internet.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers,<br>Tomslin<br>    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., 2 Sep. 2020, 08:42 Stephanie E Perrin, <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
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    <p class="MsoNormal">Members will recall the announcement that ICANN
      was going to set up a pilot program to assist members of the
      community who were experiencing bandwidth issues in attempting to
      attend virtual meetings.  The Board has approved the pilot, and
      the information is available here <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en</a>
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    <p class="MsoNormal">Cheers</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Stephanie Perrin<br>
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            <td>[ICANN Community Leaders] Pandemic Internet Access
              Reimbursement Program Pilot</td>
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            <td>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:59:03 +0000</td>
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            <td>David Olive <a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><david.olive@icann.org></a></td>
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            <td><a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>
              <a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org></a></td>
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            <td>Sally Newell Cohen <a href="mailto:sally.newellcohen@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><sally.newellcohen@icann.org></a></td>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community Leaders: </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">The announcement of the Board
                resolution in support of the pilot program, links to the
                application, eligibility requirements, and FAQ have been
                published here:
                <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards      David </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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