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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN76 Resources</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">OPENS MONDAY:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">NEXT WEEK:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">OPENS MONDAY:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The application process opens
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration for in-person attendance closes on<b> 8 March 2023</b>. Registration for virtual participation will remain open through
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The full schedule for ICANN76 will be published on
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Prep Week will be held 27 February 2023 - 01 March 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Prep Week schedule will be published on 13 February 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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link. [r20.rs6.net]</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">27 January 2023 | PRINT DEADLINE ONLY.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">NEXT WEEK:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) are invited to nominate volunteers to serve as mentors in its Fellowship Program and to serve on the Fellowship Program
Selection Committee. There will be a total of seven mentors and seven Selection Committee members, and each group is welcome to nominate one individual for each role.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested SOs/ACs should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor and Selection Committee representative by
<b>Tuesday, 31 January 2023 </b>and notify <a href="mailto:fellowshipconsultation@icann.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2B94AB">fellowshipconsultation@icann.org</span></a>. Individual self-nominations will not be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">TODAY:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Request for Proposal: Software Engineering Staff Augmentation</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN organization issued a request for proposal (RFP) to identify a contracting firm that can provide staff augmentation resources across multiple projects for software engineering,
along with a cross functional team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Participants submit proposals via the RFP Portal by 26 January 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Approved Resolutions | Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board | 21 January 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Find the Approved Resolutions from the 21 January 2023 Regular meeting of the ICANN Board
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Request for Quotation: Storage Network Replacement 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organization issued a request for quotation (RFQ) to identify one or more providers to facilitate the sourcing and pre-configuration
of predetermined storage area network equipment for our data centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For a complete overview of this RFQ, including the timeline, please click</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2B94AB"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NP-R881WkUkWQoSiTfpDB-ip6ID1Qt--Cj_i5gIp7OWIk5dhxDPhQT2aCsXDc7gbJDUmFYLvfrLx3C3UanKjf_Qr2EizYWJKov0cxIBy5MJnzsnhsN4Ox51fx-M-4qnH9eIziMrpqjnZUaj7y9PyP61wI6ITt4QiU7mYNJIgED7XwqbTSJ2XsA_Mua3mv9BVSvg==&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfowfUsnX0$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">here
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN is publishing a study on The Universal Acceptance (UA) Roadmap for Domain Name Registry and Registrar Systems, which proposes how to test these systems for UA-readiness, for the
benefit of TLD registries and registrars. The study is based on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NPy8oDmZh7V-1W-iiGZ4rNFujXFwGMmxUsn6ZVi6gr1vjsBnogHyn8NwuRmnzepztpFF3Wug-1eeg2G8wslSeKbwNgNaPwCfZUlNf9MTkYxl7Cu-XXhifZT67f3LE0jkKrEL3nt48Tw8owtBQrr0cU88=&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfoybH01VM$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">Universal
Acceptance Readiness Framework [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> and also includes results of testing a registry system and a registrar system in the appendices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Watch the Recording of the Draft ICANN FY24 Plans Informational Webinar</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) posted the Draft FY24-28 Operating and Financial Plan, and Draft FY24 Operating Plan and Budget for public comment on
December 14, 2022. See <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NP2uIvzIJMG0sfIBTg9IEBS42fWYaQRnkJOAWLnDqkqFDrbDz2nAzQ5Wcd4U0aSvNfCbcv1uIoUI7xF_F0742EpDbPxZsMhPHGpXG85bH4FMwFhr7hipkfbZUPq3S8zw05xdWXCywgrcOUQ0FxORKM2yw2UY-uL24noiPTDD8qcsHJ30LeuJpXL1P2Jo3XKscH0FBaXORcIAu0v3ghXWyCU7lE-KKX98sgqk12MF3hR4WzzED7Zdl8E4=&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfo321yCmE$" target="_blank">
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[r20.rs6.net]</span></a> And this proceeding closes on <b>13 February 2023</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN org hosted two informational webinars about the Draft FY24 Plans, both webinars presented identical information, please watch<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NP-VpPK2LRF5Px7lHmxOnCWxdDs3GkGPwFMknAVkWaVnqNXaS_5BbOX6ToAgkUNXjebQoc_6NkSJdCgAPBTLFxGkU7I9oeA5yKDQmCXT2VtbJ8DnhK7LVoQqaN0kW9XgzGZGUrstDxdUJvuhlq_BlMCs_fDAkQ58bTLmPW-gFkVcutwgzqf8KJ9g=&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfoDq4OHLk$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">
[r20.rs6.net]</span></a><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NP-VpPK2LRF5Px7lHmxOnCWxdDs3GkGPwFMknAVkWaVnqNXaS_5BbOX6ToAgkUNXjebQoc_6NkSJdCgAPBTLFxGkU7I9oeA5yKDQmCXT2VtbJ8DnhK7LVoQqaN0kW9XgzGZGUrstDxdUJvuhlq_BlMCs_fDAkQ58bTLmPW-gFkVcutwgzqf8KJ9g=&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfoDq4OHLk$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB;text-decoration:none">the
recording [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> to learn more about these Plans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC9933">REMINDER:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Apply Now for ICANN and PTI Leadership Positions</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Nominating Committee (NomCom) of ICANN is accepting applications for key leadership positions within ICANN's Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, the ICANN Board of
Directors, and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline to</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC9933"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MS7XUf2n_qbj6xs6dDn79VS00Z1Mh1whG6nqfguXyEEUyi_jLe5NP5zarKMgxCWB5j6PvuMnpvGbTV4uZmD0OAH3ZCAyr1v2S7ptN0F9airao6ijIb3sFyzHxtxKK-WmOAXy8aafM6aPJu_fQ-kcFp0rZUNd_CvvHeA7leGpHUvQHGzLCG8oDsZu0HGO4eZI7Fbz9dgHwhA=&c=bmipTBPwok7J4KIUIPhYxrJo2fiThHe0A19nnYDj5n7kxMYWxNrVtQ==&ch=2J2Dpv6vZQhed-Fa8sSHJTyVGBfdtvZ8flSaPknL8-5cNjGg6hkg9w==__;!!PtGJab4!_qtly0HHTesSc3PJDCQwi_hSM0OWTkG8gTszD2SAe5aRcI0KPMdW0tKv2ESES7Y3GRVaz_qWCV6N05hhxeq9WLfodv-QFfo$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">submit
applications [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> is <b>23 March 2023</b> at 23:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award is now open. The deadline for submissions is
<b>Tuesday, 28 March 2023</b> and the winner(s) will be announced at ICANN77. Learn more about the
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