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<h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">News Alert<u></u><u></u></h2><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2-2D2018-2D03-2D20-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=ar6XTSTXMDTNN-lqnsGVLz7mVzNt8QKEHtxJIiNa1wc&s=gjEHkz8-darLGmIMZSEZ2lE-aCAXD33U7Ac3TfmTor0&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.icann.org/news/<wbr>announcement-2-2018-03-20-en[<wbr>icann.org]</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:15pt 0px 0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">ICANN63 Fellowship Application Round Now Open<u></u><u></u></h2><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">20 March 2018<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-weight:400">LOS ANGELES – 20 March 2018 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (lCANN) is launching the application round for individuals interested in participating in the ICANN63 Public Meeting through the Fellowship Program. The meeting will take place from<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">20-26 October 2018</span></span><span> </span>in Barcelona, Spain.</span><b><u> The deadline to apply is <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">27 April 2018, 23:59 UTC</span></span>.</u></b> Successful candidates will be announced on<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:400;border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">27 July 2018</span></span><span style="font-weight:400"> </span>on<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><a href="http://icann.org/" target="_blank" style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(17,85,204)">icann.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></p><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">ICANN Fellowship Program<u></u><u></u></h3><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-l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<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight</div><div dir="ltr">NARALO Secretariat<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype  gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight</div><div>289-830 6259<br>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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