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<div style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;">On 1-2 December 2016, ICANN's Global Stakeholder Engagement team in Central Asia and Eastern Europe kicked off the first Eastern European Domain Name System (DNS) Forum in Kiev, Ukraine. The event was held in conjunction with UADOM, the annual conference on DNS issues held by .ua registry operator Hostmaster Ltd. With ICANN's support, UADOM evolved this year into a regional event, covering current regional and global Internet issues. It attracted a diverse group of stakeholders from Ukraine and neighboring Eastern European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia and Serbia. There were 230 participants attending in person and another 400 remote participants through the livestream connections available on both days. </div>
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<ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;">George Sadowski, ICANN Board member, delivered a keynote speech on the history and perspectives of DNS infrastructure and related issues.</span></li><li>David Olive, ICANN's Senior VP of Policy Development Support and General Manager of the ICANN regional hub in Istanbul<span style="background:white;">,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"> gave an opening speech.</span></li><li>Dave Piscitello, ICANN's VP of Security and ICT Coordinator, gave a range of talks on "Securing the Internet's Identifier Systems."</li></ul>
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<div class="SubheadingText" style="color:#00254A;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Register Now for ICANN58 in Copenhagen
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read these two articles published in </span><strong><a class="MainText" style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICBAI0OHZ6LqR8ayn5QlHp4v4fDvW6tScb5_pQKZTOVsiCbngoFivPdxBZ2pcQIxbbN-ubKKhQnzIwltofBiUcQg0hactc9BUR4_Nr-oBkGPmf6pl0MZWPjo=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://digital.report/" target="_blank">digital.report</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> after the First Eastern European DNS Forum in Kiev, Ukraine:</span></div>
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<em style="color:#7a7578;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:center;">ICANN's Fahd Bataneyh briefs participants about ICANN's role in Internet governance.</em></div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">The school trained more than 30 participants from Pakistan. There were also 5 participants from Afghanistan, which will host a similar school soon. The school attracted faculty members who were mostly experts from the local community as well as faculty members from APNIC (the Regional Internet Registry of the Asia Pacific), the Internet Society and ICANN.</div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">The agenda covered different areas of Internet governance. In a role-play that spanned three sessions, participants identified problems in the Internet ecosystem and suggested ways to tackle them.</div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">ICANN's Fahd Batayneh, Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Middle East, briefed participants on the Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA) functions and a gave a post-IANA transition status. He also shared the findings of the Boston Consulting Group report on e-friction entitled <a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICBAI0OHZ6LqRWRx3fIH7YIh8JmaC626vo_uGcQr_9xxML_WJOhicqH4twc1RqPHNYvRKTzMR6ATiutvvfb5YzwVnKx3rXr4fOb3xB7KKVu5vfNeY7AE0u91o6SStiwjadU6IFSJ-YOpkk59wrXhAMraKmGnACU1Dig==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-02-24-en" target="_blank">"<strong>Greasing the Wheels of the Internet Economy"</strong></a> - with a focus on Pakistan. He also joined in the role-play sessions.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December, two events of the ITU, the U.N. agency for information and communications technologies (ICTs), were held back-to-back in Kigali, Rwanda. The Regional Development Forum for Africa (RDF-AFR) took place on 5 December 2016, followed by the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 17</span><sup style="color:#7a7578;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) for Africa (RPM-AFR) held 6-8 December. </span></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From 28 November to 2 December, ICANN's Pierre Dandjinou, VP of Global Stakeholder Engagement in Africa, participated in the </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICBAI0OHZ6LqRcWlOUFJZSF8-t7j7mcmNj21PKZTUBQ9hbNURxHty-ZR9VojQYJJGXcY02fjaDVedyR9h_NX8HoPhBzM3sfbNgpLzYPu7jT5hfl7BeDUyFF8s_oxXmuv3VqnHquejlIKvuSj4KRmcYPQZuwMy10DIzBKe1igQXwSVgsrPY4XLckKJjZUzOUi04A4oDRYJ4X0V98CMV1VVCjUQkjlsyCoDig==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/african-parliamentarians-outline-next-steps-tackle-cybercrime" target="_blank">Commonwealth Regional Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime for African Parliamentarians</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Namibia. The conference provided critical information on cybersecurity and cybercrime to parliamentarians and equipped them with tools and methodologies for implementing laws related to national cybersecurity strategies. More than 40 parliamentarians and some international organizations participated in the event.</span></div>
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<div class="SubheadingText" style="color:#00254A;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">In October 2016, the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSr4-oBXTHGnieXvIW2TU0x-eZ-vrHS0-FxiiSJxrQtj72rgCSXVVFUAHlqvnO7f7z76j2I2GC2o6s32xtlS7iSXKmwUdnyJ00gz442rUHKx-v4OacB6zIVERCepNROv6aFR3-Pn71Q2QG-_6m36gqIm5hXWwhHPU0&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201610" target="_blank">approved</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;"> the Final Framework of Operating Principles for Future Cross-Community Working Groups (CCWGs), followed by the Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) approval in November 2016. This Final Framework was developed by the </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSn5FcduqbbOuJ3CxWKSvKvWPoN58duIK8LOxdvcpKJ7LfxoEsmECJ_9Sb6kJBMEHp2Ry-KoOilQSHeL_fJozh_hVJm2PvawOxIVyn4vZLB6Rgn63sQNmBEmHA_BG7qhM6gmkBOmbj_iq39eMjvTOdKQJLBiFDNGNVj5K3HWm8y6ia0IGv5NM6kw==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/inactive/2016/cross-community" target="_blank">Cross Community Working Group to Develop a Framework of Principles for Future CCWGs (CWG Principles)</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">, which was jointly chartered by the GNSO and the ccNSO. The adoption by the GNSO and ccNSO Councils marks the official completion of work on the CWG Principles. A CCWG is a mechanism that allows two or more of any of ICANN Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to work together to address issues that are of common interest and do not fall within the sole remit of one SO or AC. The Final Framework intends to provide a general outline for the establishment, operations and closure of CCWGs, and will highlight certain principles that are considered fundamental to the effective functioning of a CCWG. </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSRh-DD_C6-u9LgUiHu3hygJ1KEo80GGXmvYGnJ0nplhzQzEfzHfo3rnI5chGdFbFlS-wdbzZfRFaWbiCG87YXlLxJdBS62hxK7wPrxYDExd2jd1VKJlCUO9-UGl3QX7bzTyuNG35zABLaWpLJEw7cvMfxOOCTFSzMo9i4WNhEbI1PgybQLOSUdA1xIeMigXpX9RxVSlimagQ=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/uniform-framework-principles-recommendations-16sep16-en.pdf" target="_blank">Read the Final Framework here</a>.</strong></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To date, over 230 million USD has been accrued through ICANN's authorized auction services to resolve string contention in the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program. A Cross-Community Working Group has been formed and will be tasked with developing one or more proposals on a mechanism to allocate these auction proceeds. Once the proposal is developed, its Chartering Organizations and the ICANN Board will consider the proposals. The CCWG is open to anyone interested. If you would like to volunteer for this effort, you can become an individual participant or a mailing list observer, or can respond to public consultations when these are held. In addition, each Chartering Organization will appoint up to five members to keep its respective group up to date on progress and deliberations. The CCWG is expected to convene for its first meeting the week of 23 January 2017. </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSMZo9D_OhMac7LErCE0-MtavI5GQXZjBZAUz1Mo4ex49led6YubqVlHlTJ5PGd58AFTG9jC4jXCmD0_3mALSr3KtveUdSdnpgxBA4r93MCSWwbuR5nBBBvCLexsPLqAMlpfvZYcg6HTRjqfUxrMey8w==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-12-13-en" target="_blank">Learn how to join here</a>. </strong></div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span>Byron Holland, Chair of the Customer Standing Committee (CSC), provided the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) community with the first monthly reports (October 2016 and November 2016) on how Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) is performing the IANA naming function. The CSC concluded that overall PTI performance was satisfactory - that PTI met its service level agreements. The CSC is aware of minor issues, but noted no trends. The CSC is in an ongoing discussion with PTI on how to remediate these issues. No persistent problems were identified, so no further action is needed. More background on the CSC and other useful information, including the full PTI reports, can be found </span><strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSKwsfTCbUNXe7lMzpXy5fB0bTZnSQfVSIo1cZpxnuUsTOMWwZNkxpLHWLYw4wKemYp3lb5SDn982PjzSkAJfs5tr_q0HBJ_u7wvDM2QSTVI8=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" alt="https://www.icann.org/csc" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 15 December 2016, the GNSO Council </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSjw4kRzriujBi2Z2A4UelPHqRU1P6UKiyxrYzN_I0D5kNb7aDW22Yywa33mczeoKVi01wPO713kNXCUiMeNOqOMOA8utDlBhRoQ0BKTcebeWEPwWh7D4DxCkzGrFNnO5jD4so2XneUCPto0tdWqHlIYv2Z3T7LRZo&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201612" target="_blank">approved</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the plan developed by the </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkS0v1iGMFZZrFPQ3NCpGuoT4tUhsNxOP0TboTVZ2hOZoBRqEqlyQwtpc4JuwYabkM1Tl8aXK2p6dsptL40mySRITHTZ36JAjJSDcKan9XBW9A6mTHzjI7r1HbCrtnGOqwB&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://community.icann.org/x/ZhmsAw" target="_blank">GNSO Review Working Group</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to implement the 34 recommendations in the </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSmd-2pTvuZTNGDpuumrZHckQbjLMO82H763i2xl98jly89-1pdKhdfSFC8KbWrJl2iwBK5iQ8FiutoW1ueMSveWB7u0wmxWtm7pER-0-gnExbhf0hLeUreL-XW8Pmlfk5NVuAZmwiaV735krzqaEwmy1AmsAu_OJDPvUKF4Fh7rtUO0GlqX_IoPxQ0YHG2B1CSIFUqeKcNGg=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/zh/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-summary-15sep15-en.pdf" target="_blank">GNSO Review Final Report</a></strong><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>.</strong> The Implementation Plan suggests a three-phased prioritization approach and specifies for each recommendation its dependencies, owner, resource requirements, budget effects and implementation steps. The ICANN Board will now consider adopting the proposed implementation plan. Following approval by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Review Working Group will execute and oversee the implementation, provide the GNSO Council with regular status updates, and identify any questions or concerns. </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSAQZeDgfE3SMKkL3GgxrT3C7HrWheR2Z3RCLZI80pxXu1rUNMcaWVTpR6S7dFLxua_n0TOLhs8jYAbQn56ruYQ3SpPlzhgXDJA6-mpVN2Ce3VLcPV18v86hUae8zmQ1jSoCsiXboeTXqXNoAABUlY4uYIWv3_pPRbS8pciZpT_MacXwoJwd_9ms6zMuRm-OWvhnP3FSpN52E=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-implementation-recommendations-plan-21nov16-en.pdf" target="_blank">Learn more about the Implementation Plan. </a></span></strong></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 16 December 2016, the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) concluded its evaluation of the six applicants who submitted their expressions of interest for the ICANN Board Director position selected by the At-Large Community. The BCEC named Alan Greenberg and Leon Felipe Sanchez Ambia to proceed to the next stage, which is managed by the Board Member Selection Process Committee. The selection process will conclude by Friday, 21 April 2017, with the announcement of the successful candidate on that date. </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSrPMS6GotwbTk1cYmVGxszXAChz1iOSI1HvJ9q1-OTZZP4l0Rtv_rcjgw9jXNWRHq94v-COvuMsLIkdgFzFYDpstNm1K_5cTfl1uyf7p4F2674kG_oWyZg89kYwUPgYwk&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://community.icann.org/x/6Q2MAg" target="_blank">Learn more about the process.</a></strong></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ICANN Academy Working Group started a new course this month - the Chairing Skills Program. This course aims to help ICANN community leaders improve their effectiveness when chairing a working or community group. The program has two sessions: skills for chairing teleconferences, which began in January 2017, and skills for chairing in-person meetings, which will take place around the time of ICANN58. A professional coach from Incite Learning and multiple ICANN community coaches will facilitate this program. Besides providing a general framework and guidelines on developing chairing skills, coaches will observe their trainees during teleconferences and in-person meetings and provide targeted feedback. </span><strong style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICLrPcUPOKzLUiM4SROs_3h3r3KVQSQbmcC_zBj8qnrbLxZLubxz3LPd9x5os__oo5pgZ4gpOawsgnXxLCHsfW1MhR0DmMkZ1zURLa6pWqaxbo57R-W7yRr6A7HiHgHkxVHWBs0M2gtKYQefltgevdr8dUNwowMSacYwn73Fu9ces7n98bpIYNLY=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=62395123" target="_blank">Learn more</a>. </strong></div>
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<div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 15 December 2016, the GAC and the ICANN Board had a conference call relating to the GAC ICANN57 Communiqué. The call was organized by the ICANN Board-GAC Implementation Working Group. The purpose of the call was to make sure that the interpretation of the GAC Advice in the ICANN57 Communiqué is coherent and that both parties have a common understanding of what the GAC intended and can expect in terms of answers from the ICANN Board. Furthermore, following positive initial comments from GAC members at ICANN57, the GAC is considering participating as a chartering organization in the Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds. Looking ahead to ICANN58, a survey has been launched within the GAC to help prioritize which matters must be addressed at ICANN58, and which topics can be handled through intersessional calls or email exchanges.</span></div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;">On 21 December 2016, ICANN published an update to the gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta), which presents statistics and trends related to generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The index was first published in July 2016. ICANN plans to publish these statistics twice a year to track progress against its goal of supporting the evolution of the domain name marketplace to be robust, stable and trusted. A community advisory panel is working with ICANN to refine the index in preparation for publishing version 1.0. Read the <strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICO99qkqFaNkSO6AWICkhVH6pu1cdU24UDwXpd0tzGRdMcrjoAM0vr--FVDtwqG88xWcwrjL3Gtf5FgRqlxX78KVv1VuMjE4BuQcj0m9JiZ2AUCxtY6lyezZumpsqLKKeLXPMzpHY_rL3xgbqbMXnn9tmr5JGsxDToLml6khnJVrhiDO2itQ1ZfRfvfhzLocHzZaUgYI3ohrgUO5MZj6kiyeBGp-SZ82aQw==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gtld-marketplace-health-index-beta-21dec16-en.pdf" target="_blank">gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta)</a>.</strong></div>
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<ul><li><span>23-26 January 2017 - <a class="MainLink" style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICBAI0OHZ6LqRS6yII7BOtajhJvTBdu-VIx_ne-d5uSHpVtnNSewwcUYgPYyu1tC_PobfKCGAeEzFu0E32cAx9ApF8ee6crb_ykXiJSq3A9TKI0bjvdJJmmAAqfHMxfNgLorK9QSx1UYrvYzpw83C0KPZRNEQe1VPHg==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" linktype="1" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-01-13-en" target="_blank">Capacity-building workshop for African GAC members</a><span class="MainLink" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">,</span> Nairobi, Kenya </span></li><li><span>25-27 January 2017 - </span><strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICOY7GCsIIGlZqEBhLG7VLQu6cVRnxLXz-zeqSoxTKaQYtzCyrT6THGRff32oMuYnXF7vaxgHaNzrO-pGq9QYFYLliIaSAItTEkBn3pOn_juss93m2Ihy2TnjH2MnGgNScA==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.cpdpconferences.org/" target="_blank">CPDP 2017: Computers, Privacy & Data Protection</a></strong><span><strong>,</strong> Brussels, Belgium</span></li><li><span>15-16 February 2017 - </span><strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICNNgrY9VeDZUQH3pj9mYfZcvYJAfGnlcehYLc8oiLAKhr2BBmRtoVMwrtjrbGY0KqXo0qupxOKEwJRAvjJ5yrPLukgunSmB_KnA6wFH8Zj8XjJt_eWbs9D1JEbT5ccxKIA==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.turkeydnsforum.org/" target="_blank">Turkey DNS Forum</a></strong><span>, Istanbul, Turkey</span></li><li><span>11-16 March 2017 - </span><strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICIwuARZ6_0j1sT8RSC3shllBGSckeUQ4Syl5S9M-neULL1XlTgPd0sypr1lpPlh8av9rSepM_fTqf4ZJeprzUM1_pbhI8eUpYpFatlmQzxToMEKdtz_xuKb-HxH4AdmlrqwmD_QQkVLr2yNpG5_rM6U=&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://meetings.icann.org/en/copenhagen58" target="_blank">ICANN58</a></strong><span>, Copenhagen, Denmark</span></li><li><span>29-31 March 2017 - </span><strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zUsoSqBNeICLszDYasTuxaVel8agA8vqcgZ_PqL0SOvcFagxaJmTqWFVaoHNeRdaAmyLokSFMME_bP9zXpzaa8kpZm1x-7AdauwrJe4kB2o3QYD3_vLYjj1xYAS6o1TIw2YlkPgk79sQ==&c=rGZ6ztoC5J8dP4LD3QgcIaeWbttsfbldkBwK_HLns_ESRhH8P-LnQQ==&ch=8K8rTQUHSNwnZGOsW_p6UJmgxVOx7KOfrg93GS5SwoClIniaPrcjjQ==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.rightscon.org/" target="_blank">RightsCon Brussels</a></strong><span>, Brussels, Belgium</span></li></ul>
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