<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear ECs,</div><div>Good day and I hope this email finds you well.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you have topics of interest for us to take to the ICANN Board?</div><div>Take some time to read the email below.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Benjamin <br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Michelle Bright via SO-AC-SG-CLeaders</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 11:25 PM<br>Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] Final Reminder: 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><div class="msg-468245976564817653">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Constituency and Stakeholder Groups Chairs,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to those constituency groups who have already submitted topics/questions for your upcoming joint sessions with the ICANN Board.
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If you have not yet done so, please submit topics/questions by this Friday 9 September.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michelle Bright<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Board-Ops-Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Michelle Bright via Board-Ops-Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Michelle Bright <<a href="mailto:michelle.bright@icann.org" target="_blank">michelle.bright@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, August 29, 2022 at 8:44 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank">david.olive@icann.org</a>>, Board Ops Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Board-Ops-Team] Important Reminder: PLEASE READ - ICANN75 Stakeholders/Board sessions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Constituency and Stakeholder Groups Chairs,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">9 September 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> is fast approaching. Please remember to submit your topic of interest and/or questions for your group’s upcoming stakeholder
meeting with the ICANN Board during ICANN75. Please submit to <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>.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you in advance,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Michelle Bright</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Board Operations Team, ICANN<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Michelle Bright <<a href="mailto:michelle.bright@icann.org" target="_blank">michelle.bright@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 2:40 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Board Ops Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank">david.olive@icann.org</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Reminder: PLEASE READ - ICANN75 Stakeholders/Board sessions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This serves as a friendly reminder to please begin thinking about your topic of interest and/or questions to submit for your upcoming stakeholder meeting with the ICANN Board during ICANN75. As a reminder,
we request that these topics/questions be submitted to Board Operations<span style="color:black"> (<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>)
no later than<span class="m_-468245976564817653apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Friday </b></span><b>9 September<span style="color:black"> 2022.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vinciane Koenigsfeld <<a href="mailto:vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org" target="_blank">vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 8:49 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" target="_blank">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Board Ops Team <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org" target="_blank">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank">david.olive@icann.org</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>PLEASE READ - ICANN75 Stakeholders/Board sessions<u></u><u></u></span></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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<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_-468245976564817653apple-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>)
no later than<span class="m_-468245976564817653apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Friday </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">9 September<span style="color:black"> 2022.</span></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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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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