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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;">News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p>
<span style="float: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a></strong></span><span style="float: right; font-size: small;"><strong>Week ending 10 April 2015</strong></span>
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<h4>Announcements This Week</h4>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-10-en">ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to NordNet SA</a></strong><br>
NordNet SA ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013 RAA.<br>
10 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-10-en">Request for Quotation | Equipment Refresh RFQ</a></strong><br>
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking one or more providers to facilitate the sourcing and pre-configuration tasks for servers and network equipment for our global network infrastructure.<br>
10 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-07-en">WSIS Project Prizes 2015 Nomination</a></strong><br>
Two ICANN projects, the <strong><em>DNS Entrepreneurship Center</em></strong> and
<strong><em>Investigating DNS Abuse/Misuse for Public Safety Community</em></strong> have been nominated for the Online Voting Phase of the WSIS Project Prizes 2015 contest.<br>
7 April 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-06-en">ICG Announces Fourteenth and Fifteenth Conference Calls</a></strong><br>
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its fourteenth and fifteenth conference calls.<br>
6 April 2015</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en"><img src="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_logo_color_0.png" alt="Buenos Aires Logo" width="300" height="117" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">21-25 June 2015: 53rd
International Public ICANN Meeting – Buenos Aires</a></strong></p>
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<h4>About ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;">Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at
<strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.ICANN.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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