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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg" alt=ICANN></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-25apr11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-25apr11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:15.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Location Recommendations Now Being Accepted for ICANN's 2013 Meetings in Asia/Australia/Pacific, Africa and Latin America/Caribbean<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>25 April 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN is actively seeking locations for its three public meetings to be held 7-12 April 2013 in Asia Pacific, 14-19 July 2013 in Africa, and 17-22 November 2013 in Latin America. Those in the geographic regions are invited to submit recommendations for specific locations to hold the events. These recommended venues, along with others in the region that meet the selection criteria, will be considered. The final location for the ICANN Meetings will then be selected through the evaluation of both community-recommended and ICANN-identified locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interested parties are encouraged to review the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://meetings.icann.org/location-selection-criteria">Meeting Selection Criteria</a></span></strong>, which will be used to guide the evaluation of both community-recommended and ICANN-identified meeting locations. Elements such as cost of the meeting for ICANN and the community, convenience to international airports, availability of sufficient hotel guest rooms in or near the venue, meeting facilities, network infrastructure, personal safety of meeting participants, and total level of financial support will be considered by ICANN in making its final selection of a meeting site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Those interested in submitting a recommendation for a location to host the Meeting, or a proposal for host-level financial support in the region, are encouraged to submit the online <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://icann.wufoo.com/forms/location-recommendation-form/">Meeting Location Recommendation Form</a></span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr style='height:.5in'><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;background:#DEDEDE;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>Meeting No.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#DEDEDE;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>Official Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#DEDEDE;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>Geographic Region<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#DEDEDE;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>No. 46<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>7-12 April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>Asia/Australia/Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>30 June 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>No. 47<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>14-19 July 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>Africa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>30 September 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>No. 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#FF9900'>17-22 November 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid 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