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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello all, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">ICANN launched the ICANN77 Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The application is now live
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Please be sure to read all of the requirements. The deadline to apply is <b>Monday, 05 June 2023</b>.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested ICANN community members must apply in advance of ICANN77, and those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate.
The goal of this program is 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Since ICANN77 will be conducted as a hybrid meeting, only applicants that attend virtually are eligible for this program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Program Deadlines:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Application Form Opens -17 May 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Application Deadline - 05 June 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Receipt Submission Deadline - 27 June 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Andrea Glandon</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Policy Operations Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Skype ID:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"> acglandon76</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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