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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings, North America NCUC members, from Hamburg, Germany. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In a few short days ICANN78, the Annual General Meeting of 2023, will commence. In addition to discussions on the many open topics (subsequent procedures for the next gTLD round, Internationalized Domain Names, Transfer Policy, and a host of many other topics), the institution will celebrate it’s 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary! The NCUC also celebrates 20 years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if you are participating in-person – I welcome the opportunity to meet constituents whenever possible. But if you are not coming to Hamburg, I hope you can participate remotely as much as possible, although I know the time difference doesn’t work to our region’s advantage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have collected the key sessions in this linked document: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uVjcf8c88SWmR4IO76mE8MB_CR-U8NSj12WdQz05Ic4/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uVjcf8c88SWmR4IO76mE8MB_CR-U8NSj12WdQz05Ic4/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I encourage everyone to participate in these. As much as you can.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken Herman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NCUC North American Regional Representative<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ken@kherman.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>