<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">All</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">, </span></font></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div>Please find the attached letter from Cherine Chalaby, ICANN Board Chair to AFRALO in response to the 13 March </span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">AFRALO/AFRICANN </span></font><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/bashir-to-icann-board-13mar19-en.pdf" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Statement</a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> “New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">.</span></font><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Special Thanks to the statement drafting team.</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Best Regards,</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Mohamed Elbashir</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">AfRALO Chair</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Wendy Profit <<a href="mailto:wendy.profit@icann.org" class="">wendy.profit@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[CORRESPONDENCE] Cherine Chalaby Response to Joint AFRALO-AFRICANN statement ICANN 64 meeting KOBE</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 24, 2019 at 3:54:07 PM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Silvia Vivanco <<a href="mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org" class="">silvia.vivanco@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cherine Chalaby <<a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org" class="">cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org</a>>, Mohamed Bashir <<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net" class="">mbashir@mbash.net</a>>, Tijani BEN JEMAA <<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn" class="">tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn</a>>, "Sarah Kiden" <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" class="">skiden@gmail.com</a>>, "Fatimata com>" <<a href="mailto:fsylla@gmail.com" class="">fsylla@gmail.com</a>>, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>>, ICANN At-Large Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" class="">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>>, Secretary <<a href="mailto:secretary@icann.org" class="">secretary@icann.org</a>>, Board Ops Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" class="">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>>, Correspondence <<a href="mailto:Correspondence@icann.org" class="">Correspondence@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear Silvia,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please find the attached letter from Cherine Chalaby to AFRALO Chair Mohamed El Bashir in response to the 13 March<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">AFRALO/AFRICANN<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/bashir-to-icann-board-13mar19-en.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Statement</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs".<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">If you would please be so kind as to ensure the letter is transmitted, we would appreciate it.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thank you and best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Wendy Profit<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Senior Manager, Board Operations<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">ICANN<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="" class="">Board-Ops-Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Silvia Vivanco <<a href="mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">silvia.vivanco@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, April 8, 2019 at 11:12 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>ICANN Board Ops <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">skiden@gmail.com</a>>, "Fatimata com>" <<a href="mailto:fsylla@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">fsylla@gmail.com</a>>, Tijani BEN JEMAA <<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn</a>>, Mohamed Bashir <<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mbashir@mbash.net</a>>, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>>, ICANN At-Large Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[Board-Ops-Team] Joint AFRALO-AFRICANN statement ICANN 64 meeting KOBE<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear Board support staff,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">On behalf of AFRALO’s Chair Mohamed El Bashir, kindly find attached the AFRALO/AFRICANN Statement “New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs" which was discussed and approved at the ICANN 64 meeting in Kobe, Japan.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please be so kind to forward it to the ICANN Board for its consideration</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thank you!</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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