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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/9/20 9:14 PM, Sarah Kiden wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="auto">I appreciate all your efforts and
                understand the concerns you have raised regarding
                connectivity which is indeed a big challenge in Africa.
                Now that the issue has been raised, our hope is that a
                solution will be found real soon. </div>
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              <div dir="auto">Regards </div>
              <div dir="auto">Esther Patricia Akello </div>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 9 May 2020 at
                  19:06, Glenn McKnight <<a
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                    <div>Lets make sure that  we understand that this is
                      difficult times and this special Emergency Fund is
                      a band-aid and not a solution .  My major  concern
                      as I ranted about a few weeks ago is the help to
                      those  ATLARGE community members who need
                      assistance for  Internet connectivity so they can
                      be connected during the ICANN multiple meetings. 
                       In my survey we found significant  high prices
                      and low bandwidth in Africa parts of the far
                      East.  Maybe many more locations.   ICANN has
                      saved alot of money not paying stipend, airfare,
                      hotels and all the associated costs of CANCUN,  KL
                      and probably Hamburg and perhaps  2021  and we are
                      naive to think that we will not lose folks. Our 
                      multistakeholderism is at risk.  We need to be
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                      2020 at 10:23 AM Patricia Akello <<a
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                      <div dir="auto">Barack - Say no more! Am in total
                        agreement With you. It’s a demonstration of good
                        leadership and acts like this are a
                        demonstration of the “Ubuntu” spirit - I am
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                      <div dir="auto">It’s a tough situation but many
                        thanks to all who have contributed and supported
                        a brother. </div>
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                      <div dir="auto">Regards </div>
                      <div dir="auto">Esther Patricia Akello </div>
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                            May 2020 at 16:49, Glenn McKnight <<a
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                                May 9, 2020 at 9:46 AM ABDULKARIM AYOPO
                                OLOYEDE <<a
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                                  <div>Just so that I am clear. I
                                    TOTALLY agree with the point you
                                    made about relationships and having
                                    concern for others. I have NO
                                    problem with this at all.
                                    Relationships should transcend
                                    borders as you mentioned. I totally
                                    agree with where she is coming from
                                    and share that view too. Please
                                    don't get me wrong. I agree with
                                    helping. I would also do there same
                                    however if I head a
                                    company/government and in the name
                                    of helping a friend I give out money
                                    from the public purse to help a
                                    friend in distress then no one
                                    should pity me when it is time to go
                                    to jail. Do you think anyone in
                                    charge of ICANN's finances would at
                                    any point in time be able to justify
                                    helping someone stranded in another
                                    country on a non-ICANN business?.  I
                                    am not saying don't help am saying
                                    you can't push it to ICANN</div>
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                                  <div>Let me list where I disagree so
                                    that I am very clear</div>
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                                  <div>1. Daniel's Name should not have
                                    been mentioned in the email to Leon.
                                    Iit could have been a generic thing
                                    just as Glenn did in his mail. I
                                    believe his privacy has been
                                    compromised. We all now know who is
                                    stranded and where. </div>
                                  <div>2. It shouldn't have been used as
                                    an example to convince the board cos
                                    clearly it would make them take an
                                    easy decision because I can't see
                                    how you can convince your company to
                                    pay the hotel bills for a friend who
                                    came on a private visit when you are
                                    not running a charity.  The main
                                    issue should be about the general
                                    challenges, not individual
                                    challenges that way an individual
                                    can benefit.</div>
                                  <div>3.  It should not appear as the
                                    new priority. The priority should be
                                    the concerns the community has been
                                    rasing that never got to the next
                                    level.</div>
                                  <div>I hope you understand my point.  </div>
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                                  <div>AK</div>
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                                      Sat, May 9, 2020 at 2:02 PM
                                      Barrack Otieno <<a
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                                      <div dir="auto">Hi Abdulkarim,
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                                        <div dir="auto">Permit me to
                                          weigh in on this matter.
                                          Having been involved in ICANN
                                          for a little over 10 years now
                                          i have come to appreciate the
                                          role of relationships and
                                          genuine concern for each
                                          others well being. This is
                                          what has kept me and many
                                          others going in this ecosystem
                                          for many years and i beleive
                                          this is where Maureen is
                                          coming from. I literaly drop
                                          everything i am doing whenever
                                          a member of this community is
                                          in town due to the
                                          relationships we have
                                          established which transcend
                                          borders. As a leader, i would
                                          do the same when one of my
                                          team members is in dire
                                          straits. We all have an idea
                                          of the letter and the spirit
                                          of the law or by laws.
                                          Whichever school of thought
                                          you align yourself with has
                                          impacts on the output of your
                                          team or any organization you
                                          may be leading. The issues
                                          that have been raised are
                                          suggestions and should be
                                          treated as such. In my opinion
                                          Maureen is right as a leader
                                          to bring to the fore an issue
                                          a member of her leadership
                                          team is facing. Being a
                                          diverse community, Daniels
                                          help might just be an email
                                          away. If we can't help him
                                          then let the matter rest.</div>
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                                          May 2020, 3:39 pm ABDULKARIM
                                          AYOPO OLOYEDE, <<a
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                                            <div> Your response has
                                              clearly brought out one of
                                              the three points that I
                                              was trying to make. I
                                              never asked that the
                                              individual should not be
                                              supported but I do not
                                              think it is right to
                                              prioritise one person at
                                              the expense of the
                                              community.  Who would your
                                              leadership team serve if
                                              the community is not
                                              there?.  </div>
                                            <div>I pointed out in the
                                              least paragraph of my
                                              email to you that the need
                                              to support the community
                                              has been mentioned several
                                              times by different people
                                              at different At-Large
                                              meetings but it was not
                                              taking to the next level
                                              until Leon stepped in only
                                              for it now to be
                                              overshadowed by a
                                              non-ICANN issue is one of
                                              my concerns. The board
                                              would make an easy
                                              decision on this matter as
                                              it is clearly dominated by
                                              a non-ICANN and private
                                              issue.  </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>Leadership role and
                                              general work within
                                              at-large is voluntary and
                                              if you are concern about
                                              him "regardless of how he
                                              came about it". That
                                              should not overshadow what
                                              is affecting most people
                                              within the community.  We
                                              need to get our priorities
                                              right. I am sure you only
                                              found out about his case
                                              yesterday because
                                              according to the records I
                                              just checked he has been
                                              attending the meeting he
                                              chairs and other meetings
                                              including that of ATRT 3.
                                              I am not trying to
                                              trivialise his issue in
                                              any way but  I decided to
                                              respond because I smell a
                                              rat.   </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>I do not understand
                                              what you mean by  "unusual
                                              predicament" because we
                                              are all in an "unusual
                                              predicament" of COVID 19.
                                              I also don't understand
                                              why you mean by 
                                              "extreme bad luck" but a
                                              lot of other people are
                                              affected by the "extreme
                                              bad luck" and USA has
                                              handled the COVID
                                              situation far better than
                                              a lot of other countries.
                                              I can give numerous
                                              example. some don't even
                                              have the test kit to test
                                              talk less of detection. 
                                                </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>It is not about me
                                              helping or not. Like you
                                              rightly said it is
                                              voluntary. Doing what is
                                              important to us as leaders
                                              mean we should be fair,
                                              listen and look after the
                                              community, not just one
                                              person we find loyal to
                                              us. </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>AK</div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <br>
                                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                                              <div dir="ltr"
                                                class="gmail_attr">On
                                                Sat, May 9, 2020 at 6:13
                                                AM Maureen Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>>
                                                wrote:<br>
                                              </div>
                                              <blockquote
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                                                <div dir="auto">
                                                  <div dir="auto">Dear
                                                    Abdulkarim
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">While
                                                      I agree with you
                                                      that there are
                                                      surely situations
                                                      similar to that of
                                                      Daniel within
                                                      At-Large, many do
                                                      not have the same
                                                      level of
                                                      responsibility to
                                                      the work of
                                                      At-Large as he
                                                      does. As one of my
                                                      leadership team, I
                                                      am concerned about
                                                      his circumstances,
                                                      regardless of how
                                                      he came upon
                                                      them. </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">It
                                                      was his concern
                                                      for his ability to
                                                      meet his
                                                      obligations to his
                                                      leadership role
                                                      which caused me to
                                                      mention his
                                                      unusual
                                                      predicament. I
                                                      only found out
                                                      about where he was
                                                      and his situation
                                                      yesterday. Even
                                                      when he should be
                                                      thinking about
                                                      himself, he was
                                                      informing me as to
                                                      why he might not
                                                      be able to fulfil
                                                      his obligations to
                                                      the O&E team
                                                      for an unknown
                                                      timeframe. </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">It
                                                      was extreme bad
                                                      luck that he was
                                                      not able to leave
                                                      the country at the
                                                      conclusion of the
                                                      leadership event,
                                                      especially in a
                                                      country that I
                                                      believe has very
                                                      poorly managed its
                                                      covid situation. I
                                                      sympathise with
                                                      anyone who ever
                                                      finds themselves
                                                      in a situation
                                                      such as this. If
                                                      there is any way
                                                      that our community
                                                      can help relieve
                                                      Daniel's situation
                                                      until his
                                                      country's embassy
                                                      can assist his
                                                      return to Uganda, 
                                                      then Im happy to
                                                      do my bit. </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">We
                                                      cant do this for
                                                      everyone, but for
                                                      someone like
                                                      Daniel who has
                                                      volunteered a lot
                                                      of personal time
                                                      towards work
                                                      within At-Large as
                                                      well as in
                                                      cross-community
                                                      activities for
                                                      several years,  he
                                                      deserves my
                                                      support even if in
                                                      this small way,
                                                      and gratefully
                                                      with the support
                                                      of other
                                                      like-minded
                                                      people. </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">If
                                                      you would like to
                                                      help too, that is
                                                      fine. If not, then
                                                      that is fine as
                                                      well. We all do
                                                      what is important
                                                      to us and as much
                                                      or as little as we
                                                      can. The same will
                                                      have to go for our
                                                      work within ICANN.</div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">Regards
                                                      and keep well</div>
                                                    <div dir="auto">Maureen</div>
                                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <br>
                                                  <div
                                                    class="gmail_quote">
                                                    <div dir="ltr"
                                                      class="gmail_attr">On
                                                      Fri, 8 May 2020,
                                                      1:36 pm ABDULKARIM
                                                      AYOPO OLOYEDE,
                                                      <<a
                                                        href="mailto:oloyede.aa@unilorin.edu.ng"
                                                        rel="noreferrer
                                                        noreferrer"
                                                        target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">oloyede.aa@unilorin.edu.ng</a>> wrote:<br>
                                                    </div>
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                                                      <div dir="ltr">
                                                        <div dir="ltr">Dear Maureen, 
                                                          <div>I greatly
                                                          sympathise
                                                          with Daniel on
                                                          this issue you
                                                          shared and I
                                                          totally agree
                                                          with your
                                                          approach of
                                                          setting up a
                                                          welfare team
                                                          and the
                                                          Gofundme.
                                                          However, I do
                                                          not understand
                                                          why you
                                                          decided to
                                                          include it in
                                                          your email to
                                                          Leon. His
                                                          travel is
                                                          clearly not
                                                          related to the
                                                          challenges
                                                          being faced by
                                                          the community
                                                          as a result of
                                                          having what
                                                          should have
                                                          been a face to
                                                          face meeting
                                                          going online.
                                                          Your email was
                                                          saying you
                                                          removed a
                                                          message cos it
                                                          is not ICANN
                                                          related but
                                                          yet it
                                                          included an
                                                          issue which is
                                                          clearly not
                                                          ICANN related.
                                                          The unrelated
                                                          issue you
                                                          raised has
                                                          clearly
                                                          overshadowed
                                                          the other
                                                          critical
                                                          issue. In
                                                          fact, it took
                                                          the most
                                                          significant
                                                          part of the
                                                          mail. What was
                                                          supposed to be
                                                          the main point
                                                          in the mail is
                                                          now being
                                                          relegated to
                                                          paragraph 3. 
                                                          In as much as
                                                          I sympathise
                                                          with Daniel, I
                                                          do not see the
                                                          reason why a
                                                          private issue
                                                          was now
                                                          explicitly
                                                          discussed in
                                                          an email to
                                                          Leon and the
                                                          community.
                                                          There are lots
                                                          of people
                                                          around the
                                                          world in a
                                                          similar situation
                                                          and I can't
                                                          understand and
                                                          I don't
                                                          clearly want
                                                          to guess why
                                                          you are making
                                                          Daniel's case
                                                          look worse
                                                          than it is or
                                                          as an example
                                                          for the
                                                          mailing list.
                                                          I have lots of
                                                          friends and
                                                          even family
                                                          members
                                                          stranded as a
                                                          result of the
                                                          unexpected
                                                          shutdown.  We
                                                          all faced
                                                          challenges in
                                                          our private
                                                          lives or
                                                          because of the
                                                          unexpected
                                                          shut down of
                                                          the world and
                                                          I believe this
                                                          should remain
                                                          private except
                                                          if ICANN is
                                                          now a social
                                                          club. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I also
                                                          agree with
                                                          Remmy Nweke
                                                          that RALO
                                                          leaders should
                                                          also take
                                                          up the issues
                                                          relating to
                                                          challenges the
                                                          community is
                                                          facing in
                                                          regards to
                                                          having an
                                                          online
                                                          meeting.  This
                                                          is because
                                                          they are
                                                          closer to the
                                                          community and
                                                          It took Leon
                                                          to raise it
                                                          specifically
                                                          before it
                                                          became a
                                                          serious issue
                                                          for the ALAC
                                                          when clearly
                                                          we should not
                                                          have waited
                                                          this long. It
                                                          has been
                                                          raised by
                                                          several people
                                                          before now but
                                                          we didn't
                                                          seams to
                                                          listen or take
                                                          it seriously. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>AK</div>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <br>
                                                        <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">
                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 6:49 PM Maureen Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                                          <div>Dear Leon</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Here is
                                                          the discussion
                                                          that arose out
                                                          of the request
                                                          from the ALAC
                                                          meeting. I am
                                                          so grateful
                                                          that the
                                                          community
                                                          restricted
                                                          their comments
                                                          to those that
                                                          were most
                                                          thoughtful and
                                                          considerate of
                                                          ICANN's
                                                          situation
                                                          while also
                                                          taking into
                                                          account some
                                                          of the
                                                          hardship
                                                          issues
                                                          experienced by
                                                          our volunteers
                                                          at this time. 
                                                          I forward all
                                                          the emails
                                                          received on
                                                          the topic (I
                                                          had one
                                                          instance where
                                                          the email was
                                                          on another
                                                          topic and once
                                                          revealed, the
                                                          sender asked
                                                          for it to be
                                                          removed).</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>One case
                                                          which only
                                                          very recently
                                                          came to my
                                                          attention was
                                                          Daniel
                                                          Nanghaka who
                                                          was in the US
                                                          attending an
                                                          AMEX
                                                          Leadership
                                                          course in
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          when the
                                                          flights out of
                                                          US were
                                                          grounded and
                                                          he could not
                                                          return to
                                                          Uganda. He has
                                                          been staying
                                                          with friends
                                                          in
                                                          Massachusetts
                                                          but living
                                                          very frugally
                                                          on his limited
                                                          resources.
                                                          Even though he
                                                          has tried, his
                                                          contacts with
                                                          the Uganda
                                                          Embassy in
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          have not been
                                                          responded to
                                                          (as of
                                                          yesterday) and
                                                          neither has
                                                          AMEX been of
                                                          any real
                                                          assistance to
                                                          his plight. I
                                                          have suggested
                                                          that he
                                                          persist and if
                                                          possible
                                                          return to
                                                          Washington DC
                                                          to get his
                                                          government's
                                                          support
                                                          directly.
                                                          Fortunately he
                                                          is still
                                                          within scope
                                                          of his current
                                                          visa, but who
                                                          knows how long
                                                          will he have
                                                          to remain in a
                                                          foreign
                                                          country
                                                          without any
                                                          resources?
                                                          Daniel hadn't
                                                          raised his
                                                          situation with
                                                          us because his
                                                          reason for
                                                          being there
                                                          was not
                                                          directly
                                                          related to
                                                          ICANN, except
                                                          that <u>he is
                                                          worried </u>that
                                                          he may not be
                                                          able to
                                                          participate in
                                                          his meetings
                                                          because
                                                          internet
                                                          connection is
                                                          expensive and
                                                          it is draining
                                                          what little
                                                          resources he
                                                          has at the
                                                          moment, even
                                                          to take his
                                                          own O&E
                                                          meetings. This
                                                          is an extreme
                                                          case but a
                                                          real live
                                                          situation for
                                                          one of our
                                                          leadership
                                                          team. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>The cost
                                                          of internet
                                                          and the loss
                                                          of jobs
                                                          especially for
                                                          those in
                                                          developing
                                                          countries will
                                                          make ICANN's
                                                          work of less
                                                          priority,
                                                          especially
                                                          when they have
                                                          to worry more
                                                          about how to
                                                          feed and care
                                                          for their
                                                          families in
                                                          situations
                                                          where the
                                                          pandemic is
                                                          still rabid,
                                                          and it is the
                                                          impoverished
                                                          areas that are
                                                          being hardest
                                                          hit. While I
                                                          know that
                                                          ICANN cannot
                                                          save the
                                                          world, it
                                                          saddens me to
                                                          know what some
                                                          of our
                                                          hardest-working
                                                          volunteers are
                                                          experiencing
                                                          in their real
                                                          worlds... and
                                                          yet at the
                                                          same time
                                                          there is still
                                                          a flow of even
                                                          more meetings
                                                          than before,
                                                          even within
                                                          At-Large, with
                                                          an expectation
                                                          of more
                                                          volunteer
                                                          input into
                                                          issues that
                                                          ICANN has to
                                                          resolve. All I
                                                          can say is
                                                          that the
                                                          longer this
                                                          situation
                                                          exists, the
                                                          greater the
                                                          chance of
                                                          those voices
                                                          that we have
                                                          been working
                                                          really hard to
                                                          encourage to
                                                          join our
                                                          discussions,
                                                          will disappear
                                                          and our
                                                          multistakeholder
                                                          model will be
                                                          truly lost.
                                                          But what can
                                                          ICANN do and
                                                          what more can
                                                          we do as
                                                          volunteers who
                                                          are already
                                                          stretched
                                                          within our own
                                                          bubbles just
                                                          to keep
                                                          ourselves
                                                          safe? This is
                                                          our dilemma.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Regards</div>
                                                          <div>Maureen</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold">Forwarded Conversation</span><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-weight:bold">Subject:
                                                          Coping with
                                                          active
                                                          participation
                                                          in At-Large
                                                          during
                                                          COVID-19</span><br>
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                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">From: <strong
                                                          class="gmail_sendername"
                                                          dir="auto">Maureen
                                                          Hilyard</strong>
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Thu, Apr
                                                          30, 2020 at
                                                          9:58 AM<br>
                                                          To: At-Large
                                                          Worldwide <<a
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" rel="noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
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                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">Dear
                                                          At-Large
                                                          Community
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>In all
                                                          our recent
                                                          ICANN
                                                          meetings, the
                                                          Board and the
                                                          senior staff
                                                          have been very
                                                          mindful of the
difficulties that are being experienced by the volunteer community of
                                                          At-Large
                                                          during this
                                                          pandemic and
                                                          its impact on
                                                          their ability
                                                          to participate
                                                          as regularly
                                                          as they used
                                                          to.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>During
                                                          his
                                                          intervention
                                                          in the ALAC
                                                          meeting on  28
                                                          April, the
                                                          At-Large
                                                          appointed
                                                          Board member,
                                                          Leon Sanchez,
                                                          raised his
                                                          ongoing
                                                          concerns and
                                                          asked the 70+
                                                          participants
                                                          at the meeting
                                                          how ICANN
                                                          might be able
                                                          to help
                                                          volunteers to
                                                          continue with
                                                          their active
                                                          involvement in
                                                          the work of
                                                          At-Large and
                                                          contributing
                                                          to the bigger
                                                          picture work
                                                          of ICANN.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Because
                                                          he has
                                                          requested
                                                          practical and
                                                          constructive
                                                          suggestions
                                                          about how
                                                          ICANN may be
                                                          able to
                                                          assist, I am
                                                          putting this
                                                          message out to
                                                          those who also
                                                          already attend
                                                          online
                                                          meetings and
                                                          actively
                                                          participate
                                                          and engage,
                                                          even under
                                                          really trying
                                                          personal
                                                          circumstances.
                                                          I am willing
                                                          to pass on
                                                          your
                                                          suggestions to
                                                          Leon, who will
                                                          in turn take
                                                          these to the
                                                          Board for
                                                          their
                                                          consideration. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div><u>Please
                                                          respond only
                                                          to this thread</u>
                                                          before 7 May,
                                                          so that the
                                                          full
                                                          account can be
                                                          passed on to
                                                          Leon.  I look
                                                          forward to
                                                          your
                                                          thoughtful
                                                          contributions
                                                          to this
                                                          matter. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Regards </div>
                                                          <div>Maureen</div>
                                                          <div>ALAC
                                                          Chair</div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">----------<br>
                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Glenn McKnight</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Thu, Apr
                                                          30, 2020 at
                                                          10:22 AM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          Cc: At-Large
                                                          Worldwide <<a
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">Thanks 
                                                          Maureen 
                                                          <div>As  you
                                                          know this is
                                                          an issue I
                                                          brought up in
                                                          the ALT PLUS
                                                          call a week
                                                          before the
                                                          ZOOM call this
                                                          week  with
                                                          Leon, at that
                                                          time I
                                                          interfaced
                                                          with Leon on
                                                          the dire
                                                          straits that
                                                          some people
                                                          are facing
                                                          during this
                                                          pandemic
                                                          situation and
                                                          that many
                                                          folks are
                                                          unwilling to
                                                          step forward
                                                          and publicly 
                                                          come to the
                                                          table with a
                                                          "cap in their
                                                          hands"  </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>We are
                                                          facing a 4%
                                                          drop in the
                                                          world economy
                                                          and this means
                                                          a
                                                          depression much
                                                          worse than the
                                                          Great
                                                          Depression. 
                                                           Also this
                                                          Covid-19 may
                                                          see a serious
                                                          second and
                                                          third wave
                                                          resulting in
                                                          many more
                                                          deaths and
                                                          economic
                                                          disruption.  (
                                                          shades of the
                                                          1918 pandemic
                                                          that killed
                                                          100 million) </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I would
                                                          surmise that 
                                                          we have in the
                                                          ATLARGE
                                                          community that
                                                          many folks are
                                                          unemployed or
                                                          underemployed
                                                          and facing
                                                          tough times
                                                          and seriously
                                                          compounded in
                                                          countries that
                                                          don't have any
                                                          safety net to
                                                          protect them
                                                          and help them
                                                          over the
                                                          difficult
                                                          times.  Since
                                                          charity starts
                                                          at home I
                                                          suggest ICANN 
                                                          dig into its
                                                          pockets as 
                                                          ISOC and
                                                          Mozilla and
                                                          many others
                                                          and come up
                                                          with a
                                                          financial
                                                          assistance to
                                                          those that
                                                          could really
                                                          appreciate the
                                                          support.   I
                                                          suggest that 
                                                          the  stipend
                                                          for the ICANN
                                                          Meetings to be
                                                          paid to the
                                                          ATLARGE
                                                          members which
                                                          will cover
                                                          their internet
                                                          costs and food
                                                          costs as they
                                                          fully
                                                          participate
                                                          with the
                                                          remote
                                                          meetings.   
                                                          In the cases
                                                          where people
                                                          don't want or
                                                          need this
                                                          financial
                                                          support they
                                                          can simple not
                                                          apply for the
                                                          stipend and
                                                          the financial
                                                          costs would be
                                                          reduced.  It
                                                          should be
                                                          confidential
                                                          and an
                                                          optional
                                                          application
                                                          process. </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>In a
                                                          recent survey
                                                          of Atlarge
                                                          members we
                                                          found a large
                                                          number of
                                                          African and
                                                          small island
                                                          states with
                                                          very poor
                                                          internet
                                                          access and
                                                          very high
                                                          costs for
                                                          their access
                                                          to the
                                                          Internet. 
                                                          This produces
                                                          a digital
                                                          divide that
                                                          needs to be
                                                          recognized and
                                                          if not
                                                          addressed  we
                                                          may loose more
                                                          members from
                                                          the
                                                          community.  As
recommendations to join more online meetings and join ICANN LEARN
                                                          webinars its
                                                          an assumption
                                                          that  we all
                                                          have fair and
                                                          equal access 
                                                          and this
                                                          inequality is
                                                          enhanced with
                                                          more reliance
                                                          on remote
                                                          participation </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Glenn
                                                          McKnight<br>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <div>Curator
                                                          for  Internet
                                                          Governance Hub
                                                          Blog</div>
                                                          <div><a
                                                          href="http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog"
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class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">From: <strong
                                                          class="gmail_sendername"
                                                          dir="auto">Remmy
                                                          Nweke</strong>
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">remmyn@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Thu, Apr
                                                          30, 2020 at
                                                          11:20 AM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
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                                                          Cc: At-Large
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">Thanks
                                                          Maureen,
                                                          <div>This is
                                                          very
                                                          thoughtful
                                                          both of ICANN,
                                                          ALAC and Leon.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>For me,
                                                          the best
                                                          possible way
                                                          to encourage
                                                          participation
                                                          should have
                                                          been:</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>1. To
                                                          have data
                                                          palliative,
                                                          but it looks
                                                          cumbersome
                                                          from ICANN end
                                                          down to the
                                                          local service
                                                          providers.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>2. An
                                                          alternative is
                                                          to have an
                                                          aggregated sum
                                                          approved for
                                                          e.g. 4 months
                                                          = USD600; to
                                                          be given to
                                                          participants
                                                          to cushion
                                                          their data
                                                          effect paid
                                                          directly to
                                                          them (both
                                                          mobile device
                                                          and laptop).
                                                          Thereby easing
                                                          off at ICANN
                                                          end and also
                                                          encouraging
                                                          participant to
                                                          optimise the
                                                          resource to
                                                          their most
                                                          essential
                                                          needs
                                                          including more
                                                          data, because
                                                          some may have
                                                          purchased data
                                                          ahead, say two
                                                          months in a
                                                          row.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I hope
                                                          this helps.<br
                                                          clear="all">
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                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">----------<br>
                                                          From: <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:carlosraul@gutierrez.se" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">carlosraul@gutierrez.se</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Thu, Apr
                                                          30, 2020 at
                                                          11:44 AM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          Cc: At-Large
                                                          Worldwide <<a
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" rel="noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Thank
                                                          you Maureen
                                                          and Léon !
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">1.
                                                          We in LACRALO
                                                          have already
                                                          adapted our
                                                          meeting hours
                                                          to avoid
                                                          conflicts with
                                                          working hours
                                                          as far as
                                                          possible.
                                                          Thanks to our
                                                          Brazilian and
                                                          Uruguayan
                                                          friends that's
                                                          stay up late,
                                                          the westerners
                                                          in Mexico in
                                                          Costa Rica
                                                          have meeting
                                                          only after 4pm
                                                          or so. </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">REQUEST;</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">1.
                                                          Can't we do
                                                          choose two
                                                          convenient
                                                          blocks of time
                                                          over the day
                                                          so that's
                                                          global
                                                          meetings only
                                                          happen outside
                                                          of sleeping
                                                          hours?</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">2.
                                                          Can we start
                                                          using those
                                                          blocks of time
                                                          ASAP</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">3.
                                                          Can we keep
                                                          those Blocks
                                                          for the Kuala
                                                          Lumpur virtual
                                                          meeting
                                                          instead of the
                                                          local time
                                                          there?</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">4.
                                                          If all of the
                                                          above is not
                                                          possible: can
                                                          we spread the
                                                          Kuala Lumpur
                                                          meeting into
                                                          2-3 power
                                                          weekend
                                                          meetings
                                                          online?</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Seriously,
                                                          if we are
                                                          going to spend
                                                          the next few
                                                          months on
                                                          virtual
                                                          meetings, it
                                                          makes no sense
                                                          to use the
                                                          planning
                                                          frameworks and
                                                          time blocks of
                                                          Face to Face
                                                          meetings. </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Thanks!
                                                          Carlos Raúl
                                                          Gutiérrez</div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">----------<br>
                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Vanda Scartezini</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:vanda@scartezini.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">vanda@scartezini.org</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Thu, Apr
                                                          30, 2020 at
                                                          12:06 PM<br>
                                                          To: Glenn
                                                          McKnight <<a
href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>>, Maureen Hilyard
                                                          <<a
                                                          href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          lang="EN-US">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Dear
                                                           Glenn  and
                                                          Maureen</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">These
                                                          thoughts are
                                                          really
                                                          relevant when
                                                          we can see in
                                                          developing
                                                          region several
                                                          medium class
                                                          persons are
                                                          struggled to
                                                          feed their
                                                          families
                                                          without work.
                                                          </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Here,
                                                          as developing
                                                          country,  the
                                                          government is
                                                          performing a
                                                          quite complex
                                                          operation,
                                                           providing a
                                                          120 – 240 (
                                                          widows with
                                                          children)
                                                           correspondent
                                                          USD to 56
                                                          millions  ( ¼
                                                          of our
                                                          population) of
                                                          persons and
                                                          had open up a
                                                          26 million of
                                                          a special bank
                                                          account to
                                                          those not
                                                          having one  in
                                                          the public
                                                          bank, and will
                                                          pay such
                                                          amount during
                                                          3 months or
                                                          even longer
                                                          depend upon
                                                          the winter (
                                                          even mild one
                                                          here) season.
                                                          The amount
                                                           represents
                                                          what  we call
                                                          basic basket
                                                          with food and
                                                          cleaner and
                                                          hygienic items
                                                          for one month
                                                          of a family of
                                                          4. The basic
                                                          mobile are
                                                          reduced  and
                                                          energy are
                                                          sponsored  for
                                                           those
                                                          families.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Helping
                                                          people to
                                                          attend our
                                                          meetings on
                                                          line in places
                                                          where they
                                                          need to spend
                                                          too much
                                                          special
                                                          nowadays
                                                           paying
                                                          internet or
                                                          even 3G for a
                                                          volunteer
                                                          activity,
                                                           does not see
                                                           will break
                                                          ICANN’s
                                                          finances and
                                                          certainly will
                                                          help a lot to
                                                          keep these
                                                          relevant
                                                          community with
                                                          us.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thanks
                                                          for these
                                                          relevant
                                                          proposal that
                                                          I do believe
                                                          really help
                                                          the engagement
                                                          of our
                                                          community.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">We
                                                          can also help
                                                          to state who,
                                                           in our
                                                          regions, is
                                                          really in need
                                                          of help. Some
                                                          even to feed
                                                          their
                                                          families.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Kisses
                                                          and take care
                                                          </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)">Vanda Scartezini</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)" lang="PT-BR">Polo
                                                          Consultores
                                                          Associados</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black" lang="PT-BR"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)" lang="PT-BR"><a
href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Av.+Paulista+1159?entry=gmail&source=g"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Av. Paulista 1159</a>, cj 1004</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black" lang="PT-BR"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)" lang="PT-BR">01311-200-
                                                          Sao Paulo, SP,
                                                          Brazil</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black" lang="PT-BR"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)">Land Line: +55 11
                                                          3266.6253</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)">Mobile: + 55 11
                                                          98181.1464 </span></i></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(0,145,147)">Sorry for any typos. </span></i></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century
                                                          Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">----------<br>
                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Glenn McKnight</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Sat, May
                                                          2, 2020 at
                                                          4:28 AM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          Cc: At-Large
                                                          Worldwide <<a
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" rel="noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">Greetings  
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Here is
                                                          the draft
                                                          response from<b>
                                                          NARALO</b> .
                                                          Note we are
                                                          still  working
                                                          out the
                                                          logistics of
                                                          the ideas  and
                                                          its not final
                                                          .  I am
                                                          sharing it for
                                                          inspiration
                                                          purpose. </div>
                                                          <div>The  bold
                                                          and italic
                                                          comments are
                                                          excerpts from
                                                          ICANN's
                                                          comments
                                                          direct from
                                                          the ICANN page</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div><a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_IO9vxnl2AUyrPE2zcL19UjyDPbl5DQHTLvWxX1q6Q/edit?usp=sharing"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_IO9vxnl2AUyrPE2zcL19UjyDPbl5DQHTLvWxX1q6Q/edit?usp=sharing</a></div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div><span
id="m_-7547552480056277625m_8614716246064059444gmail-m_-3891112127332266634m_-8826254579485217916gmail-m_940496561325723099gmail-m_-5893045153153013274m_-395657808011633025gmail-m_-1988903817067292243m_8901120991808905710m_548867465754230074gmail-m_-2878026986169681963m_-3875006378700152127m_7318759904971264705gmail-docs-internal-guid-9a74c49c-7fff-9b7f-74bf-b656d9a73ce5">
                                                          <h1 dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:23pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Supporting the Work of Our Global Community over the Next Few Months: Leveraging Remote Participation</span></h1>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <p dir="ltr"
                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Link to document </span></p>
                                                          <p dir="ltr"
                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a
href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/supporting-the-work-of-our-global-community-over-the-next-few-months-leveraging-remote-participation"
style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/supporting-the-work-of-our-global-community-over-the-next-few-months-leveraging-remote-participation</span></a></p>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <p dir="ltr"
                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Facts </span></p>
                                                          <ul
                                                          style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">All ICANN Face to Face meetings on hold to Sept 2020</span></p></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <p dir="ltr"
                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Reality</span></p>
                                                          <ul
                                                          style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">The Pandemic will likely be worse in the fall according to the CDC comments and likely it will be into 2021.</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"> (1)  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">and resulting in no  Face to Face meetings during that year </span></p></li>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Item One:  Remote Participation</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">ICANN has always embraced remote participation. It is what makes our work accessible to a global community and enables us to get the work done between meetings. COVID-19 has made remote engagement even more crucial, and a very real and practical alternative</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Comment</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is a practical solution to keep the community engaged but the devil is in the details.  We have a serious digital divide which impacts the ATLARGE community.  Since ICANN has  Multistakeholderism baked into its DNA it is critical to provide communities with the tools to properly engage.   In Canada, especially in the far- north, in the US  tribal lands, as well as in rural areas</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(2)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, among students</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(3) </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> and in poor urban communities</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(4)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> there is a serious digital divide that makes it next to impossible to participate fully in the meetings. In fact, if there are few participants in such areas, it is not because they don’t want to participate. They simply cannot participate unless their internet accessibility issues are addressed. Although ICANN cannot be responsible for all digital divide issues, it must recognize that these exist and perhaps look for alternative ways to deal with these -- create support groups, reach out locally with low tech methods, build partnerships with national, regional, and local organizations, etc.. </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Item Two;  Leverage Participation Tools</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is more important than ever that we leverage our remote participation tools to continue effectively engaging and supporting our community in the work that needs to be done; at the very least, over the next four months.</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Comments </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is not just a matter of online tools ie. Zoom,  Adobe, Bluejean etc or accessibility issues, but about the bandwidth required by any or all of them. Moreover, many within At Large have uneven connectivity speeds and others are burdened with very high Internet costs and extremely slow speeds. This combined with the loss of income by many of the participants due to COVID-19  making it harder for them to pay for the extra data needed to participate in the At Large or other ICANN related calls. </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Item  Three   </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Online Courses/ Webinars</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are working with the community to ensure that high-priority topics for this period are being addressed and are creating new opportunities and training for our stakeholders within At Large to participate. As such, we are looking at facilitating these efforts and adding a variety of additional activities to build capacity, to attract new participants, and to educate, and engage these new participants. These activities will include informative webinars, ICANN Learn modules, lectures, and ICANN Public Meeting readouts.</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">However, this strategy of engagement is only possible where high-speed Internet access is available and the end-user has the funds to pay for the extra service.  We would be interested in learning about any surveys that ICANN LEARN staff have done on connectivity challenges of end-users.  A recent informal ATLARGE survey, although having only twenty responses, shows that participants in developing countries have limited bandwidth especially in many parts of Africa and small island states combined with high Internet costs.  </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">General View</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In the short run, the participation in the first virtual meeting (Cancun) while having very high participation, should be looked at as a novelty, this will not be the new norm. We do expect that participation in future meetings will drop until the economy gets back on track. Participants do not have the available income to spend on the access needed to actively participate in online meetings. We are at a serious risk of losing valuable volunteers. At Large participants are volunteers and unlike other constituencies, they do this outside their paid jobs and often take a vacation to attend ICANN Meetings.</span></p>
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                                                          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Our community unlike the other the government or business community do not have the luxury of sponsorship to carry on their volunteerism.  Our community has had to dig into their own pockets to pay to participate. If the economy does not pick up we can see a substantial loss of participants from locations we cannot afford to lose.  We propose that ICANN recognize the value of these participants and create a special connectivity fund. The process and procedure could be worked out in a simple application and approval process. </span></p>
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                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Provide the stipend to all elected ATLARGE community members </span></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Provide an opportunity to ALS members to receive an Internet Connectivity voucher to offset their high Internet costs so they can participate.</span></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">ICANN LEARN should conduct a true connectivity survey of all users. </span></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Improve upon the end-user survey at the end of all ICANN Public webinars to get feedback on participation and connectivity experiences ie. latency, quality etc </span></p></li>
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                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">60% of farmers in the US report very poor Broadband speeds </span><a href="https://api.unitedsoybean.org/uploads/documents/58546-1-ruralbroadband-whitepages-final.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Arial" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">https://api.unitedsoybean.org/uploads/documents/58546-1-ruralbroadband-whitepages-final.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid</span></a></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Students and digital divide </span><a href="https://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/10/when-school-is-online-the-digital-divide-grows-greater/" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Arial" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">https://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/10/when-school-is-online-the-digital-divide-grows-greater/</span></a></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Poor and Digital Divide</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">
</span><a href="https://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/29/digital-divide-isolates-and-endangers-millions-of-uks-poorest/" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Arial" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">https://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/29/digital-divide-isolates-and-endangers-millions-of-uks-poorest/</span></a></p></li>
                                                          <li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Broadband  Infographic </span></p></li>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">Glenn
                                                          McKnight</div>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">ICANN
                                                          NOMCOM
                                                          2019-2021<br>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr"><a
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                                                          <div>Curator
                                                          for  Internet
                                                          Governance Hub
                                                          Blog</div>
                                                          <div><a
                                                          href="http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog"
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">IEEE
                                                          Toronto SIGHT
                                                          Chair </div>
                                                          <div dir="ltr"><a
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                                                          skype 
                                                          gmcknight<br>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr"
class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:59 PM Maureen Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
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moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">----------<br>
                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Judith Hellerstein</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
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                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Sat, May
                                                          2, 2020 at
                                                          3:10 PM<br>
                                                          To: Glenn
                                                          McKnight <<a
href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          Cc: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
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                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Hi
                                                          Glenn,
                                                          <div>I have
                                                          more to add
                                                          but did not
                                                          get a chance
                                                          on Friday to
                                                          put in but
                                                          will do so
                                                          tomorrow</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Best,</div>
                                                          <div>Judith<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">Sent
                                                          from my iPad<span
style="font-size:13pt"> </span>
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href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
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                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">judith@jhellerstein.com</a> </span></div>
                                                          <div><span
                                                          style="font-size:13pt">Skype
ID:JudithHellerstein</span></div>
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                                                          <blockquote
                                                          type="cite">On
                                                          May 2, 2020,
                                                          at 10:29 AM,
                                                          Glenn McKnight
                                                          <<a
                                                          href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
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                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Olivier Kouami</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Mon, May
                                                          4, 2020 at
                                                          12:49 PM<br>
                                                          To: Glenn
                                                          McKnight <<a
href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                                          Cc: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>>, At Large <<a
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" rel="noreferrer
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                                                          dir="auto">Hi
                                                          all.
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Greetings
                                                          everyone from
                                                          Sénégal.</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">+1
                                                          @Glen who
                                                          raised issues
                                                          that i'm
                                                          personaly
                                                          facing in this
                                                          sad pandemic
                                                          moment.</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">I
                                                          Also approve
                                                          the concrete
                                                          proposals of
                                                          Remmy.</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Most
                                                          ALSes are
                                                          certainly on
                                                          these needs
                                                          too.</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Much
                                                          appreciate if
                                                          ICANN could
                                                          make as
                                                          proposed.</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Warm
                                                          regards</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Olévié</div>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          From: <strong
class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Barrack Otieno</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
                                                          target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Mon, May
                                                          4, 2020 at
                                                          6:02 PM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                          noreferrer"
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                                                          Cc: At-Large
                                                          Worldwide <<a
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                                                          <div>Hi
                                                          Maureen,</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>My humble
                                                          and personal
                                                          take to this
                                                          is that
                                                          similar to the
                                                          fellowship
                                                          program, we
                                                          could consider
                                                          support to
                                                          community
                                                          members who
                                                          dedicate
                                                          significant
                                                          time and
                                                          resources to
                                                          ICANN's
                                                          mission by
                                                          contributing
                                                          to the work of
                                                          various
                                                          supporting
                                                          organizations
                                                          and Advisory
                                                          Commitees and
                                                          the overall
                                                          mission of
                                                          ICANN. It is
                                                          true engaging
                                                          in SO/AC work
                                                          costs valuable
                                                          time for those
                                                          whose day job
                                                          may not
                                                          necessarily be
                                                          around the DNS
                                                          ecosystem. 
                                                          Significant
                                                          resources are
                                                          incurred to
                                                          get online and
                                                          to have the
                                                          right tools
                                                          that can
                                                          enable
                                                          meaningful
                                                          participation
                                                          and
                                                          contribution
                                                          to ICANN's
                                                          work. I
                                                          welcome the
                                                          idea of
                                                          reimbursing
                                                          some of the
                                                          costs incurred
                                                          on
                                                          connectivity
                                                          or any other
                                                          aspect as may
                                                          be determined
                                                          through a
                                                          suitable
                                                          process
                                                          considering
                                                          the continuous
                                                          nature of the
                                                          work we are
                                                          doing.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Best
                                                          Regards<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">Barrack
                                                          O. Otieno<br>
                                                          +254721325277<br>
                                                          +254733206359<br>
                                                          Skype:
                                                          barrack.otieno<br>
                                                          PGP ID:
                                                          0x2611D86A<br>
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class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">LUKE KAPCHANGA</strong> <span
                                                          dir="auto"><<a
href="mailto:wanjalaluke1@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
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moz-do-not-send="true">wanjalaluke1@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
                                                          Date: Tue, May
                                                          5, 2020 at
                                                          6:41 AM<br>
                                                          To: Maureen
                                                          Hilyard <<a
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
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                                                          <p dir="ltr">Thanks
                                                          Maureen ,<br>
                                                          Glenn has
                                                          captured what
                                                          some of go
                                                          through, if
                                                          not worse. I
                                                          am based in
                                                          rural areas of
                                                          Kenya. To
                                                          attend online
                                                          meetings   I
                                                          depend at
                                                          times on cyber
                                                          cafes, which
                                                          are not very
                                                          reliable, yet
                                                          the best
                                                          option. The
                                                          COVID 19, has
                                                          worsened the
                                                          situation. The
                                                          proposal to
                                                          assist us from
                                                          developing
                                                          countries is
                                                          welcome.</p>
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