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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 43 in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_1">San Jose</span>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_2">Costa Rica</span></span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">Program Ensures Global Representation at ICANN's Public Meetings</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_3">30 September 2011</span></span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_4">MARINA DEL REY, California</span></span>:
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is now
accepting online applications for the 15th round of the Fellowship
program. Successful candidates will participate in the ICANN meeting to
be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 11-16 March 2012.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">The
Fellowship program is open to applicants who are current residents of
developing and least developed nations and interested in participating
in ICANN and its supporting organizations, constituencies and
stakeholder groups. Priority is given to individuals new to the ICANN
environment from government and the ccTLD community, as well as those
from academic, civil, business and non-profit entities, which are NOT
involved in or associated with other ICANN supported travel programs.
The program provides the support and opportunity for these participants
to gain knowledge on how to have their voices heard in the Internet
community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and conditions, as
well as eligibility is available online at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none;">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/</a> or email at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:fellowships@icann.org" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none;">fellowships@icann.org</a> regarding any questions about this process or program.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">The
Fellowship program arranges the airfare, hotel and a stipend for those
individuals selected to participate in this ICANN meeting. Recipients
are expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN
processes, both at the meeting and in the future. As always,
registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">Applications
for the meeting in Costa Rica will be accepted from 00:00 UTC on 1
October 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 14 November 2011. Successful candidates
will be posted on the ICANN Fellowship webpage by 22 December 2011.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Is ICANN?</span></span></h3>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">To
reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into
your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so
computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have
one global Internet.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">ICANN
was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation
with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the
Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and
develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">ICANN
doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it
doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination
role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact
on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.</span></p>
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<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_5">MARINA DEL REY</span>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_6">California</span>:
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is now
accepting online applications for the 15th round of the Fellowship
program. Successful candidates will participate in the ICANN meeting to
be held in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_7">San Jose, Costa Rica</span> from <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_8">11-16 March 2012</span>.
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">The
Fellowship program is open to applicants who are current residents of
developing and least developed nations and interested in participating
in ICANN and its supporting organizations, constituencies and
stakeholder groups. Priority is given to individuals new to the ICANN
environment from government and the ccTLD community, as well as those
from academic, civil, business and non-profit entities, which are NOT
involved in or associated with other ICANN supported travel programs.
The program provides the support and opportunity for these participants
to gain knowledge on how to have their voices heard in the Internet
community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and conditions, as
well as eligibility is available online at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_9">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/</span></a> or email at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:fellowships@icann.org" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 159, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_10">fellowships@icann.org</span></a> regarding any questions about this process or program.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">The
Fellowship program arranges the airfare, hotel and a stipend for those
individuals selected to participate in this ICANN meeting. Recipients
are expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN
processes, both at the meeting and in the future. As always,
registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">Applications for the meeting in Costa Rica will be accepted from <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_11">00:00 UTC on 1 October 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 14 November</span> 2011. Successful candidates will be posted on the ICANN Fellowship webpage by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1317753897_12">22 December 2011</span>.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Is ICANN?</span></span></h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">To
reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into
your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so
computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have
one global Internet.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">ICANN
was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation
with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the
Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and
develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.</span></p>
<p id="yui_3_2_0_1_13177482992781906" style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-size: small;">
<span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13177482992781903" style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 10pt;">ICANN
doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it
doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination
role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact
on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.</span></p>
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