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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello NCSG! Please see below the announcement about the ICANN Community Excellence Award. Get your nominations in!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that the nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award will
close on 8 January 2024 23:59 UTC. Winners will be announced at ICANN79 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Launched in 2014, the ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and contributed substantively to the
ICANN multistakeholder model. Nominations for the 2024 ICANN Community Excellence Award were opened in November 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please submit your nominations via the <a href="https://forms.gle/hhKuYibHsuAkb7LK8"><span style="color:#047BC1">Nomination Form</span></a>, including detailed information outlining
why the nominee meets the award criteria. Self-nominations will not be considered. Any additional information in support of nominations or questions about the award process may be submitted via email to <a href="mailto:excellenceaward2024@icann.org"><span style="color:#047BC1">excellenceaward2024@icann.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more information, please refer to the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/YyOAAw"><span style="color:#047BC1">ICANN Community Wiki</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-ligatures:none">Andrea Glandon</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-ligatures:none">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-ligatures:none">Skype ID:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-ligatures:none">
acglandon76</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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