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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:#CC9933">NEXT WEEK:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN79 Community Childcare Grants Program: Now Accepting Applications
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Launches RDRS, Releases First Metrics Report
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC9933">NEXT WEEK:
</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><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are encouraged by the level of interest in the service just one month since the launch. ICANN organization (org) staff will continue outreach and engagement efforts to support registrars
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair’s Blog: January Board Workshop Preview</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 year has only just begun, and the members of the ICANN Board of Directors already are hard at work. Please read the
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<span style="color:#2B94AB">Chair's Blog [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>to learn more about the January Board workshop on 19-21 January 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN announces ICANN Grant Program</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">Last week, ICANN announced the ICANN Grant Program. The program will make millions of dollars in funding available for projects that support the growth of a single, open, and globally
interoperable Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Sk7tH8HMcznxoh4pEICA2sYRTOSkPB2ip9StQ3xazvax0vbuVt30AWCRuL1NBdJEeGXDf6K9XxHpt-l6pASBMsVPFRtRwYG_FsJaPiy0ws_bpgykfKiC9gpFdLxlYp7_KXTpui7npNRLYCRDnHlZPcrZIfJUFBrNV6LVjSNjBzsoJwUGRtkwYCU_2TCGMAZ4jk997RhTvocwIvIPs0fh-w==&c=p1ZLLG-yIRC5l7oFx-OK7L-qGxJQfXTNHwgHoaVyoYMO5-qAjpuERA==&ch=PjESYuamonCWlenMlzr15YgUGqoDFcQkuuh45cwb9kkBoE8xw_ykww==__;!!PtGJab4!-BaF7YCSbj29Z2INnVex4YCFCOMrAFKwYvamz2UmRiF6nvK8Y2X-qVIQVQF9KoAqK5I_VCbM4Drtx3r1P1HonOBYt1DlhQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">Read
the Press Release here. [r20.rs6.net]</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW PUBLICATION:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Grant Program Applicant Guide</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">ICANN released the Applicant Guide for the ICANN Grant Program. Read Sally Costerton’s blog on this exciting milestone and the program
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<span style="color:#2B94AB">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> and view the Applicant Guide on the Grant Program webpage
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<span style="color:#2B94AB">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>.<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">NEXT WEEK:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Webinars to Provide First RDRS Metrics Report Findings and Gather Feedback</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 webinars will be offered at two time slots and you only need to register for one. Both sessions will be presented in English. Click on one of the links below to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#1 [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> | Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 00:00 UTC for 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#2 [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> | Thursday, 25 January 2024 at 15:00 UTC for 60 minutes<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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<span style="color:#2B94AB">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>.<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 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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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Calling for NextGen@ICANN Applications for ICANN80</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">ICANN wants to hear from university students living and studying in the African region who are interested in the future of the Internet and in participating in the ICANN80 Policy Forum.
ICANN80 is scheduled to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 10–13 June 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline: 23 February 2024</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">Selected individuals will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe to help shape the policy development and technical coordination of the
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline:
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