<div dir="auto">FYI</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Fahd Batayneh</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org">fahd.batayneh@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:25 AM<br>Subject: [ME ICANN] FW: ICANN Launches Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot<br>To: Middle East ICANN <<a href="mailto:middle-east@icann.org">middle-east@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div lang="en-JO" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-2365510034146653833WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">For those willing to attend ICANN69 V remotely and need financial assistance for Internet connectivity, please read on.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Interested community members must apply in advance of ICANN69, and those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate. The application deadline is <b>Friday, 2 October 2020 at 23:59 UTC</b>. The application is available <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/newsalerts.icann.org/x0C0000Z2V10PNR0ud0B0E0__;!!PtGJab4!ujFCU9cR-xxKU5bZj_QJpRzhqeEwxX67jvffAWZtRuJthrev92P9VQNHftrC9JiDXKE4k_OZxA$" target="_blank">here</a>.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Fahd Batayneh<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">ICANN<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 2:39 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Ext] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Launches Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div id="m_-2365510034146653833edit_text"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td style="background:#3d98d0;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="646" style="width:484.35pt"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td colspan="5" style="background:#3d98d0;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:15.0pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="96%" style="width:96.0%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td colspan="5" style="background:#3d98d0;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:15.0pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="96%" style="width:96.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="background:#3d98d0;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:15.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:0%"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="96%" style="width:96.0%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="643" height="105" style="width:6.6979in;height:1.0937in" id="m_-2365510034146653833_x0000_i1026" src="https://info.icann.org/rs/529-CRE-717/images/slice_03.png" alt="ICANN Announcement Alerts"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:.75pt"><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:.75pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="96%" style="width:96.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:.75pt"><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:.75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 0cm 15.0pt"><p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0f51e1"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/newsalerts.icann.org/I010bC00P0BJNd200Y0RE00__;!!PtGJab4!ujFCU9cR-xxKU5bZj_QJpRzhqeEwxX67jvffAWZtRuJthrev92P9VQNHftrC9JiDXKEX0V0zIA$" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">ICANN Launches Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span class="m_-23655100341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