<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Suggestions are welcome. Please send your ideas to me directly (not to the list), and I will compile them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">-ed</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Vinciane Koenigsfeld via SO-AC-SG-CLeaders</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:50 AM<br>Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] PLEASE READ - ICANN75 Stakeholders/Board sessions<br>To: <a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>><br>Cc: Board Ops Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span style="color:black">Sent on behalf of Maarten Botterman, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors<span class="m_-437423266960753497apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Constituency and Stakeholder Groups Chairs,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="background:yellow">*Please reply no later than Friday
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">After a first successful hybrid meeting in The Hague last June, the Board and I are looking forward to meeting you again soon, in Kuala Lumpur, for our 24th AGM.
<span style="color:black">While COVID is not a thing of the past, the Board and the organization are working together to ensure that the strongest safety & security measures will be put in place to provide the best possible meeting environment to keep us as
 safe as possible. We will keep informing you about the status of those plans based on health and safety developments as we get closer to the meeting. </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Before taking a well-deserved break this summer,
<span style="color:black">we are actively preparation our meeting</span>s<span style="color:black">
</span>during<span style="color:black"> ICANN7</span>5<span style="color:black"> (</span>1<span style="color:black">7-</span>22<span style="color:black">
</span>September<span style="color:black">)</span>. T<span style="color:black">he Board and I would like to propose the following topics for discussion during our time together: </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“<i>What collaborative actions should the Community, Board and Org be undertaking to further progress achieving our strategic priorities?”</i></span><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">proposing to keep
<span style="color:black">the suggestion to dedicate half of our time together to discuss this topic and half the time to discuss the topic of your choice or answer the questions you might have.<span class="m_-437423266960753497apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We would therefore like to invite you to submit your topic of interest and/or questions (please consider the limited time) to our Board Operations team (<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" title="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">board-ops-team@icann.org</span></a>)
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">As usual, y<span style="color:black">our suggested questions and/or topic for discussion will be published and circulated in the Policy digest, as always, which will facilitate transparency and allow the groups to deepen their
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We look forward to hearing your thoughts, questions or topics of interest and to exchange with you constructively</span>.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Maarten Botterman<br>
Chair, ICANN Board of Directors</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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