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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>You are invited to join Board Chair Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé on a brief community call to discuss Friday's announcement that stewardship of the Internet technical functions will transfer from the U.S. government to the Internet¹s global multistakeholder community. </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>ICANN¹s role in managing these functions and the Domain Name System will not change.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This call is just the beginning of a community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process. In the coming months, we will rely heavily on you, our community members, to determine the best way to achieve this long-awaited goal.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I look forward to speaking with you soon, and in the future, on this important and exciting development. And please note, we had planned to talk to you about this on Sunday, but unfortunately the NTIA had to move their announcement up to today as it was leaked to the media. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Saturday, 15 March</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Time is 1400-1500 UTC </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>GMT/UTC - 14:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Istanbul - 16:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Washington, D.C. - 10:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Los Angeles - 07:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Brussels - 15:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Singapore - 22:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tokyo - 23:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>London - 14:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Toronto - 10:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Stockholm - 15:00, Saturday</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Conference information will be sent later. Adigo has been having technical difficulties today; and we are looking for an alternative option.</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Fadi Chehadé</span></b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span class=apple-style-span>President & CEO ICANN</span><br><span class=apple-style-span><b>+1.310.578.8690</b></span><br><br><br><span class=apple-style-span><u>Manager, CEO Office:</u></span><br><span class=apple-style-span><b>Cassia Oliveira</b></span><br></span><span class=apple-style-span><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2228FB'><a href="mailto:cassia.oliveira@icann.org">cassia.oliveira@icann.org</a></span></u></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span class=apple-style-span>+1.310.578.8656</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>