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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(207,143,18);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">REMINDER:</span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(56,123,55);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(26,25,26);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">FY23-27 Operating and Financial Plan and FY23 Operating Plan and Budget Webinar</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(56,123,55);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">NEW: </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">ICANN Board</span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(56,123,55);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Chair’s Blog: Preview of September ICANN Board Workshop</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(56,123,55);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">NEW:</span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> GNSO EPDP Phase 2A Team submits its Final Report to the GNSO Council    </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(20,20,20);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The ICANN Board Finance Committee helps protect ICANN's long-term future by helping ensure ICANN has the resources to fulfill its important mission. The committee's scope of responsibilities focuses mainly on budget oversight and providing strategic oversight on financial matters. Committee members will discuss related topics including their approach to the committee's oversight role, how they provide support to the organization through the annual budget process, and how they help ensure the community is heard in ICANN's financial decision-making.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The ICANN org Planning team will discuss the FY23 planning process, key assumptions, and timeline. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">In addition to the webinars, the ICANN community has further opportunity to participate in this planning process. The draft plans will be published for Public Comment in early December 2021. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) to chair the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team. The Council approved the formation of the team and provided</span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,138,156);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VyNlis1te7_9hSHJfzS_MhZ0LerKtZPdqASi1g-5xcGxImla6TfhG4IBnxMHdO4de-5qwA6JuigU3o94QpigTo8cWnfmeT6JVriOlFHBNhJh9536AKeS1V3QKdRTtwnefo7lnmTq39Q_UYS8CrzjzhaNf1LVN--FI-6xRQdqlMqp3COFs8e8XAxpyTJxTj9SbLlXuaRbqcswG9OUZlDPEpZfJYsNjNoijI-TZPOW46t863FRBp-je2SkwYbjxhsgG6zHSFIdRfcKEyFMNwLkSkdTGdjgfEPMpG-9MB7NS9Hgc8jyjBgS624HE9l9bBEI&c=b4TmR1rdOJ08H6TQt7bs8ZsSpS40b2icjVWOfG_RFiqL9vFXZ95epw==&ch=fXdLVq6CWHj98AvY6Vl7-kDNe-K0f1rzE5lfdpNC6giuQz2NQb92QA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,138,156);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">instructions</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">during its meeting on 22 July 2021. The deadline to submit an EOI is </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Thursday, 9 September 2021 at 23:59 UTC. All submissions must be sent to </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,138,156);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-secs@icann.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">ICANN Board Chair Maarten Botterman shares the key topics for discussion during the tenth virtual Board workshop taking place 10-13 September, including issues like Domain Name System (DNS) threat vector research and the next round of new generic top-level domains.</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,138,156);text-decoration:underline">L</span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VyNlis1te7_9hSHJfzS_MhZ0LerKtZPdqASi1g-5xcGxImla6TfhGx46iOe19wR-K1p0X7OtZbOoXK0w5YdRGl2UOJxjS0qh804nx1-hd2gpPm1ovRd9yQH8Us6f_cxLfVl0T9PzyzLrjzA7oxIF9gXUDpIpobkysaXgMMWQTuyK-cKZYU0qIfrZBeo-QSZ_7Zz9iuY4fPS3CL4bNza6SlF6Nd4pqCzNk9PDfrgs5b-iXRYZd4Jd3kxiAj6t2kDd&c=b4TmR1rdOJ08H6TQt7bs8ZsSpS40b2icjVWOfG_RFiqL9vFXZ95epw==&ch=fXdLVq6CWHj98AvY6Vl7-kDNe-K0f1rzE5lfdpNC6giuQz2NQb92QA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,138,156);text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal" target="_blank">earn more.</a>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The GNSO EPDP Phase 2A Team submitted its </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VyNlis1te7_9hSHJfzS_MhZ0LerKtZPdqASi1g-5xcGxImla6TfhGx46iOe19wR-zDMKHYi__Gk2huTjWTNFNzA4oPC7CJPcLsuvCenJjWFpRBk-RAmlUhXdLaZx7a0CxlhAfCRs_zv6UP4YLL3BxUfQOI-eLkWDakWtF3DcxW7Bz32iAgS11NDQQJnZOb1se4-Q6qxaReP4BblyRAnOQWmz30jZNxL1B7ZCXWA5HF9YNYk7JXh5EGCGyl3k_dtmXx51XF3l_ig=&c=b4TmR1rdOJ08H6TQt7bs8ZsSpS40b2icjVWOfG_RFiqL9vFXZ95epw==&ch=fXdLVq6CWHj98AvY6Vl7-kDNe-K0f1rzE5lfdpNC6giuQz2NQb92QA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(54,138,156);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Final Report</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> to the GNSO Council for its consideration. The GNSO Council tasked the EPDP Phase 2A Team to consider two issues, namely the differentiation of legal vs. natural persons’ registration data and the feasibility of unique contacts to have a uniform anonymized email address. The GNSO Council will now consider the Final Report and its related recommendations.</span>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(20,20,20);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) has reached another important milestone with the release of an improved Public Comment feature. This enhanced feature is part of the ICANN organization's ongoing commitment to increase the findability and transparency of our information.</span></div>
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