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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">We are very pleased to announce the launch of the brand new website of the ICANN At-Large Community available at:<b> <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/">atlarge.icann.org</a></b>!</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">Over the past year, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff have provided dedicated efforts to create a more engaging website. The goal is to make the site an effective engagement tool
and a one-stop shop for finding:</font></p>
<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary">ALAC policy advice</a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/news">News</a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/calendar">Meetings and Events</a> </span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* Activities of the <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/alac">ALAC</a>, <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos">RALOs</a> and <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/alses">ALSes</a>,
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<div><font face="Calibri">* ways to <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/get-involved">get involved</a> in the At-Large community</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">This community-driven effort has resulted in a big step forward for At-Large with this official release of the new website!</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">Post launch, we expect our website to continue to evolve with new content that can be easily created and updated. Other features that we anticipate to evolve include: </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">* ALS Applications – New submission process for organizations that apply to become ALSes </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">* Translations – Translations for additional static labels and content, public comment information from icann.org, and curated content submitted by the At-Large Community </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">* Accessibility – Continued progress towards <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/">WCAG Level AA certification</a>, relabeling of images with alternative text, and <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53775155/kif-protocol.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1456165881000&api=v2">KIFs</a> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">* Content Templates – Additional formats for content authoring via the generic content template </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">Please expect to see updates on a bi-weekly basis with light feature releases every quarter. The next update will be in June 2016. </font><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The previous
old site will be unpublished and archived at legacy-atlarge.icann.org. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">We hope you enjoy using the new website and find that it has an updated look and easy to access information.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">We would also like to thank our At-Large Community, especially the <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/working_groups/website-revamp">At-Large Website Revamp Taskforce</a>, as well as
our ICANN IT team and offshore developers who gave their time, energy, and support to make the new website live! </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri">For any questions, suggestions, feedback or comments, please email Ariel Liang (<a href="mailto:ariel.liang@icann.org">ariel.liang@icann.org</a>) of At-Large Staff and/or Laura Bengford
(<a href="mailto:laura.bengford@icann.org">laura.bengford@icann.org</a>) of ICANN’s Digital Engagement and Product Team. </font></p>
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