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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, December 30, 2016 at 4:15 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Baher Esmat <baher.esmat@icann.org>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>, "Walid Al-Saqaf (walid@al-saqaf.se)" <walid@al-saqaf.se><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">[To be shared with the ALAC]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I am pleased to share with you the Year 1 Implementation Plan for the MEAC Strategy. You can also find this document, and other relevant documents, on the MEAC Strategy
working space at <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230">
https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Fahd Batayneh</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Fahd Batayneh
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 13, 2016 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ICANN At-Large Staff<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Baher Esmat; 'Alan Greenberg'; Walid Al-Saqaf (walid@al-saqaf.se)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I am pleased to share with you the final version of the MEAC Strategy document; which, you can download from
<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">As a next step, the MEAC Strategy Working Group are working on finalizing the Year 1 Implementation Plan, and we hope to share the final version with you once it is
finalized.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Once again, thank you for your interest in the MEAC Strategy and ICANN’s Middle East regional work, and for your valuable comments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Manager, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Fahd Batayneh
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ICANN At-Large Staff<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Baher Esmat; Alan Greenberg; Walid Al-Saqaf (<a href="mailto:walid@al-saqaf.se">walid@al-saqaf.se</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">We trust this finds you well.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you for your valuable comments on the draft Middle East and Adjoining Countries Strategy Document. We received, it total, 10 comments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The staff report on the public comments received has been published at
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/meac-strategy-2016-10-27-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/meac-strategy-2016-10-27-en</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Manager, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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