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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br></span></a></span></p>
<h2 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(102, 153, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">January 2009 — Volume 2
| Issue 1 </span></h2>
<h3 style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">In this issue:</span></h3>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Executive
Staff Focus</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
gTLDs</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fellowship
Program</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Annual
Report Published</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">APRALO
IGF Planning Chronicles</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Board
of Directors Update</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
Acronyms Explained</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nominating
Committee</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Calendar</span></li></ul>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Executive Staff Focus<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">By Doug Brent—ICANN COO</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></h3>
<p style="background: rgb(102, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">The "Executive Staff Focus" is a monthly report about what is on
the minds of ICANN executives. Each month will be written by a different ICANN
executive. This month's report is written by Doug Brent, ICANN's Chief
Operating Officer.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Happy
2009 to all! Clearly 2009 will be a significant year for the ICANN community
with new TLD implementation, new IDN country code implementation, new automated
root zone processing, DNSSEC operational readiness — and more. There is also
continued work on GNSO improvements, organizational reviews for ALAC, Board, At
Large, SSAC and RSSAC, ongoing policy development work, establishing community
agreement on a security framework for ICANN, and running the planning processes
around the budget and operating plan. Even this is a partial list. The
potential impact of community work this year will be significant.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From
a staff viewpoint, the holidays were a time to read through the 300+ pages of
comments on the new gTLD program. As stated in a recent ICANN release, comments
ranged from detailed concerns regarding specific implementation points, to
broader concerns about brand protection issues, financial considerations, the
registry agreement, and the impact of new gTLDs on the global marketplace. The
ICANN staff, Board and community have an opportunity to show how the ICANN
model works by thoughtfully considering and responding to these concerns.
Processing, summarizing, considering and recommending responses to this
feedback is the major focus for many staff during January. Clearly, the staff
work is just the beginning of broader consideration.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Without
going through the current status and story behind staff support work on each
major initiate mentioned above, it might be helpful to briefly mention one of
the more prosaic ones: the fiscal year 2010 budget (covering 1 July 2010
through 30 June 2011). The one-year ICANN budget is derived from the activities
outlined in the strategic plan (likely to be approved by ICANN's Board on 3
February, 2009). By mid-February — earlier than ever before — a multi-year
budget framework will be posted for consideration.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
goal here is to provide enough information to the community to start the
discussion and debate on ICANN's budget with plenty of time to get comment,
revision and consensus prior to Board consideration in June. Some key questions
to be answered in this budget: How big does ICANN need to be? How can we
accurately capture important work that takes place across the organization
(e.g. Security initiatives)? How will we handle some of the uncertainty related
to scale, cost and revenue in the new TLD program?</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Related
to the budget, you may have also noted an ever-expanding list of dashboard
reports on ICANN's homepage, and with more coming. Accountability is a major
theme of the Board and executive staff, and full accountability demands
adequate community reporting.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Best,<br>
Doug</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">What's Your Address?
Latest News on New gTLDs</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
first public comment period on the Draft Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs
closed on 7 January. It has received over 300 comments from individuals and
organizations representing intellectual property interests, brand owners,
business owners, ICANN supporting organizations, domain name industry players
and governments from 24 different countries. Respondents had the option to
comment on the Guidebook as a whole or on one of its six modules. Just over
half (55 percent), chose to comment on the Guidebook; the rest commented on
specific modules or topics. The fifth module, covering the base agreement
between new registries and ICANN, received the most comments (around 30
percent). The responses received are now being compiled, summarized and
evaluated. An analysis of the comments will be posted next month. Alongside the
feedback received from a number of outreach events, this summary and analysis
will inform ICANN staff through the next program development phase, including
re-examining and amending the current guidebook where appropriate. While this
analysis is ongoing, a preliminary review has drawn out some key concerns
raised by the community. They are:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Brand
protection issues and the impact on brands and trademark owners;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Financial
considerations, including evaluation fees, ongoing registry fees, and
refund procedures;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Various
issues surrounding the proposed registry agreement, particularly, price
controls, registry/registrar separation, the management of future
agreement amendments, equitable treatment, and others;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">General
comments and concerns related to expanding the top level and its impact on
the global marketplace, specific industries and Domain Name System
stability.</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
staff also acknowledges the concern that a number of parties have New gTLDs raised
regarding the current global economic crisis and the impact it may have on
potential new gTLD applicants. As the new gTLD program progresses, there will
be a number of additional consultation and outreach events, details of which
will be posted on the ICANN website in February.</span></p>
<h3 style="background: rgb(102, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">We have heard your
comments on New gTLDs!</span></h3>
<p style="background: rgb(102, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-top: 0in; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">All your comments and concerns regarding new gTLDs will be
considered and a response will be provided. A comprehensive analysis of the
comments receive is being written and will be released in this first meeting by
myself or other members of the community, encourages individuals to step up,
learn, and find their voice.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(102, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-top: 0in; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">The comprehensive analysis of the comments alongside the feedback
received from these and other outreach events, will inform ICANN staff through
the next program development phase, which will mean amending the current
guidebook. Thank you to all those that contributed their responses to the first
public comment period. ICANN looks forward to continuing a productive dialogue
on this that will result in amendments to the application process.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For
on-going updates:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm">more...</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">2008 Annual Report
Published</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN's
third annual report covers in detail the organization's achievements and
progress during 2008, including three major initiatives ICANN has undertaken
this year: the process for introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to
the Internet; the introduction for the first time of Internationalized Domain
Names (IDNs); and an extensive Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC)
consultation, to enable the conclusion of the Joint Project <br>
Agreement (JPA) with the United States government in September 2009.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
annual report encompasses reports from the chairs of ICANN's Supporting
Organizations and Advisory Committees as well as detailed rundowns of each
department's activities during the year. The report also recognizes ICANN's
work since its inception 10 years ago with a brief history of its achievements
linked to its 33 international public meetings. Fittingly, the report includes
a special memorial to Jon Postel, one of the Internet's pioneers, from former
ICANN chairman Vinton Cerf. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Further
contents include:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
brief biography for each member of the Board of Directors</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Messages
to the ICANN community from the CEO and Chairman</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Highlights
of the organization's Strategic and Operating plans</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An
in-depth look at the New Delhi, Paris, and Cairo meetings</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
detailed description of ICANN's framework for corporate governance and
accountability</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN's
financial report for 2007–2008</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN's
compensation practices and salary structures for the corporate officers</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The complete annual report is
available online at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/annualreport/annual-report-2008-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/annualreport/annual-report-2008-en.pdf</a>.
Printed books will be available in late January 2009, and can be requested from
Corporate Affairs at <a href="mailto:publications@icann.org">publications@icann.org</a>.
</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/annualreport/">more... </a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">APRALO IGF Planning
Chronicles<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Report on APRALO's
Participation at IGF 2008 (December 8, 2008)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">APRALO
successfully organized and completed two events at the recent Internet
Governance Forum (IGF), including some impressive outreach.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
main Session on Realizing a Multilingual Internet was webcast and translated.
APRALO's representatives, Hong Xue and other colleagues, worked diligently with
the other co-organizers and workshop planning was discussed at every monthly
meeting of APRALO from June 2008.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hong
was behind a huge amount of document drafting, program development and other
arrangements. She attended all the face-to-face meetings in Geneva, Cairo and
Hyderabad and joined the discussions on the list. Finally, on December 3, 2008,
the first IGF Main Session on Realizing a Multilingual Internet was
successfully held in Hyderabad.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Panel was chaired by Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, CEO of Rediff.Com, and moderated by
Ms. Miriam Nisbet, Director of the UNESCO Information Society Division. The
panel discussed issues related to multilingualism and promoting diversity on
the Internet, including accessibility and the importance of enabling access for
people with disabilities. The session identified the critical issues such as
contents in local languages, localization and availability of tools and
internationalize domain names in the tri-layer of technology, language and
culture.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
second workshop was also held on Internationalized Domain Names: Myths and
Opportunities (also transcribed and translated). Co-organized by APRALO, ALAC
and ICANN, it was held the day after the first session, on December 4. The
workshop explored how the domain name system itself create new possibilities
for broader Internet accessibility and discussed the effect the proposed
standard changes have on additional scripts and mnemonics and on applicability
of possible existing registrations. Hong, along with the representatives from
IETF, ccNSO, Egyptian Government and ICANN Board, talked about the technology,
policy and legal issues on IDN imminent implementation, with Hong focusing on
individual users' concerns and expectations for IDNs.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Board of Directors
Update</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There
is no January Board meeting. Due to the Board meeting that will be held at the
Mexico City meeting on Friday 6 March, the first Board meeting for 2009 will be
held on Tuesday 3 February.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
agenda is online at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Highlights
include:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reports
from Board Committees</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2009-2012
Strategic Plan</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Updates
on the Fast Track, Compliance, Mexico City and others</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Two
redelegations — Somalia's .SO and Belarus' .BY</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bylaws
changes regarding the NomCom and Board Committees</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GNSO
Improvements</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Board will also be holding a special meeting on 12 February to review progress
on the Applicant Guidebook in time for the Mexico City meeting.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
agenda will be posted a week before the meeting at the following web address: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
new aspect regarding Board minutes and increased transparency is the release of
Board Committee minutes. From now on, minutes will be made public for each
Board Committee as soon as they are approved (typically at the following
meeting).</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
far, there are three Board Committees that have posted minutes (you can see all
the Board Committees here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/structure/boardcomms.html">http://www.icann.org/en/structure/boardcomms.html</a>).</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Incidentally,
the Executive Committee has always posted its minutes. See: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/executive/">http://www.icann.org/en/committees/executive/</a>)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
currently available Committee minutes are:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Audit
Committee</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Its 3 December meeting minutes are at <a href="http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-governance-03dec08.htm">http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-governance-03dec08.htm</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Finance
Committee</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Its 18 November meeting minutes are at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-finance-18nov08.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/
minutes-finance-18nov08.htm</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public
Participation Committee</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Its 16 December meeting minutes are at <a href="http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-participation-16dec08.htm">http://www.icann.org/minutes/
minutes<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";">‐</span>participation-16dec08.htm</a></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html">more...</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ICANN Acronyms Explained</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GNSO—Generic
Names Supporting Organization </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
GNSO is one of ICANN's three supporting organizations and helps to promote the
development of Internet policy and encourage diverse and international
participation in the technical management of the Internet.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
GNSO Council is currently comprised of two representatives from each of the
following constituencies:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">gTLD
registries (under contract to ICANN)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registrars
(accredited by and under contract to ICANN)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Internet
Service and Connectivity Providers (ISPs)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Commercial
and Business Users (both large and small)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Non-Commercial
Users</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Intellectual
Property Interests</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
GNSO is one of the three supporting organizations (along with the ASO and
ccNSO) that contribute to the development of Internet policy based on input
from their constituencies and in conjunction with the other two supporting
organizations.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some
current GNSO issues are Whois, Fast Flux, Registration Abuse and Domain name
expiration policy to name just a few. For more information on the GNSO visit: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/">http://gnso.icann.org/</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(If
you'd like to learn more about any of the above issues, please let us know!)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">IDN—International
Domain Names </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Internationalized
Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names represented by local language characters.
Such domain names could contain letters or characters from non-ASCII scripts
like Arabic or Chinese. Many efforts are ongoing in the Internet community to
make domain names available in character sets other than ASCII. These
"internationalized domain name" (IDN) efforts were the subject of a
resolution by the ICANN Board of Directors, which recognized "that it is
important that the Internet evolve to be more accessible to those who do not
use the ASCII character set," and also stressed that "the
internationalization of the Internet's domain name system must be accomplished
through standards that are open, non-proprietary, and fully compatible with the
Internet's existing end-to-end model and that preserve globally unique naming
in a universally resolvable public name space."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For an IDN Fast Track update go to: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22jan09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22jan09-en.htm</a>
</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/glossary.htm">more...</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Nominating Committee</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
accomplishes its work through various entities such as the Board of Directors;
the three supporting organizations GNSO, ccNSO and ASO; and the At Large
Advisory Committee.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Nominating Committee selects well-qualified, accomplished individuals to serve
in the four sets of leadership positions.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Available
Leadership Positions Include:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">BOARD
OF DIRECTORS — 3 Seats</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">AT-LARGE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ALAC) — 3 Seats</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">COUNTRY-CODE
NAMES SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONCOUNCIL (ccNSO) — 1 Seat</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GENERIC
NAMES SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION COUNCIL (GNSO) — 2 Seats</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An
Invitation for Statements of Interest and Suggestions for Candidates for
ICANN's Nominating Committee has been posted on ICANN's website at <a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2009.html">http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2009.html</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Nom Com is responsible for selecting all ICANN Directors (except the President)
and those selected by ICANN's Supporting Organizations. For more information on
the Nominating Committee go to: <a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/">http://nomcom.icann.org/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Statements of Interests should be
received before 15 April 2009 and the selected appointees will be announced by
early September 2009. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/">more...</a>
</span></p>
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN's
34th International Public meeting will be held in Mexico City on <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1-6 March 2009</span></strong>. For
the most updated information on the Mexico City Meeting, please visit: <a href="http://mex.icann.org/">http://mex.icann.org/</a> </span></p>
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Feb — Board Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9
Feb — Board Finance Committee Mtg. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11
Feb — Board Governance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">16
Feb — IANA Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">17
Feb — IANA Public Participation Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23-24
Feb — APTLD meeting in Manila, The Philippines. <a href="http://www.aptld.org/">www.aptld.org</a> </span></li></ul>
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update: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/</a></span></p>
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newsletter: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/">http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/</a></span></p>
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magazine: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/">http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/</a> </span></p>
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</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://blog.icann.org/">http://blog.icann.org/</a></span></p>
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public
Participation: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://public.icann.org/">http://public.icann.org</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have Your Voice Heard</span></strong>
— Visit the Public Participation Site and let us know what you think about the
current issues. If you care about the Internet and how it evolves, your voice
will only be heard if you get involved. We look forward to seeing you.</span></p>
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If
you have a comment about an article you've read, want to know more about a
particular topic, are confused about an acronym, or if you would you like to
submit an Op-Ed article? We invite you to submit your thoughts, ideas, and
feedback to us at: <a href="mailto:michele.jourdan@icann.org">michele.jourdan@icann.org</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><img id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.icann.org/biog/photos/lange-big.jpg" alt="Photo of Janice Lange" border="0"></span></p>
<h4 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Janice Lange</span></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></h4>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
the manager of the ICANN Fellowship program, I would like to take this
opportunity to introduce to some, and further elaborate to others in the ICANN
community, what this grant program is all about. As with most stories, it is
best to start at the beginning….</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
fellowships program is the result of Item 4.3 in the 2006-07 Strategic Plan:
Implement a program to enhance and develop relevant skills and knowledge in
existing participants and in the next generation of ICANN leadership. According
to the project charter, the main goal was to: develop and implement a mechanism
for transparently and accurately providing financial scholarships to
individuals from developing countries in order to facilitate their
participation in ICANN meetings. To accomplish this, ICANN sought to enable
improved participation for least and less developed economies, in particular
governments, ccTLDs, non-profits not involved in or associated with the
at-large advisory committee and the private sector. It is a means-tested
program so applicants must be citizens of economically eligible countries. We
use the World Bank classification of low, lower-middle, and upper-middle
economies. For more information on this, please go to the <a href="http://www.icann.org/fellowships">Fellowship webpage</a>.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
program is part of ICANN's Global Partnerships department, and is a one-time
grant awarded by an independent selection committee based on a mix of criteria
including applicant experience and references, geographic proximity to meeting,
receipt of past fellowships, and so on. The fellowship covers the cost of
airfare and hotel, as well as providing a stipend after successful completion
of the program, in order to assist in covering some basic expenses.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Since
its inception, the program has expanded its base to include not only the three
times a year participants, but also an active alumni group. At the end of each
ICANN meeting, the successful participants (and by successful, we mean that the
participants are required to attend daily morning briefing sessions which are
highlighted with speakers from both ICANN staff and community; provide daily
updates and engage in discussion on previous days' events and discussions; and
take advantage of opportunities to speak out in public forums or meeting venues)
are added to a continually updated alumni email distribution list and internal
wiki. Both of these venues allow for opportunities to share information on:
local, regional and global events, workshops and conferences, ask questions of
each other or the ICANN staff, and receive support from those that they have
bonded with through the fellowship experience.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
fellowship program provides an opportunity and experience like no other in the
ICANN community. It develops and fosters a passion for the Internet community
and the opportunity to become part of a larger cause. By allowing individuals
to become a fellow more than once, the knowledge and networking gained from
successive or multiple opportunities comes is showcased in the number of
fellows who are gaining a voice in the ICANN community. The first time any of
us attended an ICANN meeting, we remember a sense of feeling overwhelmed and
small (how will my voice count and how do I start to know where to go or what
to do?) The mentoring and guidance given in this first meeting by myself or
other members of the community, encourages individuals to step up, learn, and
find their voice. By the second experience, the fellow is able to create their
own agenda, participate more fully and begin to mentor others to keep the
circle of learning alive. A third selection brings a fully! engaged and
knowledgeable community participant into the meeting, and this is the point
where they are the leader, and mentor, who can now fly on their own. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
this past year, individuals from the fellowship alumni program have put
themselves forward to the Nominating Committee; joined or attended their first
GAC meeting; spoken and contributed to ccNSO meetings and the main Public Forum
(something acknowledged by the Chairman, Peter Dengate-Thrush), or joined
another supporting organization such as the GNSO and ALAC.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
this program continues to grow, we will bring the ICANN community monthly
updates from the alumni themselves, sharing what they have learned, how they
have benefited and grown due to the fellowship program, and their expectations
of participation and leadership in the future.</span></p>
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