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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN79</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">THIS WEEK:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sign up for a session slot-ICANN79 Fellowship Program participants
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Information Sharing</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">CLOSES TODAY Last Call:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Nominations for the ICANN Community Excellence
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Want to introduce your group’s work to ICANN79 Fellowship Program participants? Sign up for a 15 or 30 minute session on March 2-3, 2024. This outreach session is an opportunity to
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline to sign up for a slot is
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For any additional questions, please contact ICANN Fellowship Program Manager, Siranush Vardanyan at
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN79 Community Childcare Grants Program: Now Accepting Applications</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Grants of up to $750 per family are available for ICANN Public Meeting participants who meet the criteria, are bringing children, and will incur expenses associated with babysitting
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline:
<b>Friday, 26 January 2024</b>, at 23:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">CLOSING TODAY Last Call</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Nominations for the ICANN Community Excellence Award</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline:
<b>8 January 2024 23:59 UTC</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">N<b>EW:</b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Launches the Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This work will serve the public interest by contributing to the fulfillment of ICANN's commitment to maintaining and improving its accountability and transparency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC9933">REMINDER:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN invites the Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to nominate volunteers to serve as Fellowship Program Mentors. Each group is welcome to nominate one individual
for this role. Individual self-nominations will not be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Mentors generally must plan on a time commitment of approximately 30-40 hours before, during, and immediately after each ICANN Public Meeting. This includes extensive pre-meeting
preparation, on-site support for their assigned fellows, and post-meeting reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Mentors will serve a term that includes three consecutive ICANN Public Meetings, beginning with ICANN81 (from ICANN81 - ICANN83 inclusive).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Mentors are expected to follow Fellowship Program guidelines to help ensure consistency in capacity development opportunities for fellows and to help fellows actively participate
in ICANN's work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Mentors will receive travel funding support (if applicable).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on the guidelines and expectations, please read about the mentorship program
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mentors cannot serve on the Selection Committee at the same time they are serving as mentors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested SOs/ACs should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor representative by
<b>31 January 2024</b> and notify ICANN Fellowship Program Manager, Siranush Vardanyan at siranush.vardanyan@icann.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN is seeking Expressions of Interest for the ICANN Ombuds position. For additional information on the position, please refer to the Call for Expressions of Interest
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<a href="mailto:ICANN-Ombuds-EOI-2023@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">ICANN-Ombuds-EOI-2023@icann.org</span></a> by no later than<b> 8 January 2024 at 23:59 UTC.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">ACTION ITEM:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Community Excellence Award: Now Accepting Nominations</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The nomination period will close
<b>8 January 2024 at 23:59 UTC.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The revised nomination period reflects that the presentation of the 2024 Community Excellence Award has been moved from the Policy Forum in June to the Community Forum in March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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