<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Rafik.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><b>Wisdom Donkor</b> </font><font size="1">(CASP+, CISM, CEH </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Certified,</span><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">President & CEO</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF) | Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC)</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra | <a href="http://www.aodirf.org" target="_blank">www.aodirf.org</a> / <a href="http://www.afrigeocon.org" target="_blank">www.</a><a href="http://agdic.info" target="_blank">agdic.info</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom | Twitter: @wisdom_dk </font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">ICANN GNSO Council Member |</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> ICANN</span> transfer policy review working group Member | <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Improvement (CCOICI)</span> | UN IGF MAG Member | IGF Support Fund Association Executive Committee Member, World Bank Independent Consultant | AU AFIGF Member | Ghana OGP Advisory Committee member | GSS SDGs Advisory Committee Member</font></div><div><font size="1">____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></div></div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance, Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Geospatial Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Domain Name Systems, Human Resource Planning and Development, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>preparation for ICANN84 is already starting and there will be the first production call. We also got the timeline for submitting meetings requests. Andrea and I will work on that to submit for NCSG sessions (Juan, Wisdom and I will coordinate to have a NC day ), joint sessions after we confirm the counterparts and possibly community sessions. I will share updates when we have the outline of all sessions</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><br><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find attached the updated block schedule. It was pointed out to me that the Community Excellence Award happens at the Community Forum, the Dr Tarek Kamel for Capacity Building
award takes place during the AGM Welcome Ceremony. Monday’s first block has been modified accordingly.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The ICANN84 Kick Off Production call will take place next week, you will receive the invitation in your inboxes shortly.
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It can however be modified and tweaked according to your collective input. The joint Board / SOAC sessions are penciled in and can also be changed.
<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The production timeline shows an estimate of the deadlines by which scheduling steps should have taken place. The timeline
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Looking forward to reviewing ICANN83 and preparing ICANN84 with you all next week!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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