<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Denise Michel <<a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Creating a New ICANN 5-Year Strategic Plan - Durban Monday 11:00 - 12:30</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">June 21, 2013 12:01:05 AM GMT+01:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>, <a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>, <a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>, <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>, <a href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</a>, <a href="mailto:krosette@cov.com">krosette@cov.com</a>, <a href="mailto:elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com">elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com</a>, <a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>, <a href="mailto:cintra.sooknanan@gmail.com">cintra.sooknanan@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:kdrstoll@gmail.com">kdrstoll@gmail.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>>, Bill Graham <<a href="mailto:bill.graham@icann.org">bill.graham@icann.org</a>>, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br></span></div><br><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Chairs:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We are organizing a special community event in Durban on Monday, 15 July from 11:00 - 12:30 to help build ICANN's new, overarching vision and five-year strategic plan. Xplane, professional facilitators who have worked with the ICANN Board, staff and some community groups, will help us run a cross-constituency brainstorming and discussion session to yield focused input for ICANN's new strategic plan. This session also should help prompt more strategic conversations during our week in Durban and beyond. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Building on </span><a href="https://myicann.org/join-strategy-conversation?language=en" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">previous discussions</a><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> about how to help prepare ICANN for an increasingly complex world, this session will solicit input on eight key areas of consideration for the new strategic plan: role clarity; community; users; internationalization and regional development; Internet governance; security and stability; operational excellence; and domain name industry engagement. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please share this "hold the date/time" notice with your members and we will follow-up with more information on Monday. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Regards,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Denise</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</span></div><div><i>Denise Michel</i></div><div><div><i>VP Strategic Initiatives</i></div><div><i>& Advisor to the President</i><br>ICANN<br><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" target="_blank">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br>
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