<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" id="docs-internal-guid-660c9757-7fff-b86f-4f4d-542fe5294dad" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">[Sent on behalf of the ASO Secretariat]</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" id="docs-internal-guid-660c9757-7fff-b86f-4f4d-542fe5294dad" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dear RIR Community,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Under the ICANN Bylaws, delivery of the Secretary’s Notices on 8 May: (1) requires Decisional Participants to “promptly inform their constituents” of the delivery of such notices; and (2) triggers two 21-day Rejection Action Petition Periods, during which an individual may submit a petition to any Decisional Participant, seeking to reject the Board action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-board-adopts-fy24-28-operatingfinancial-plan-fy24-operating-planbudget-05-05-2023-en" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-board-adopts-fy24-28-operatingfinancial-plan-fy24-operating-planbudget-05-05-2023-en</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">These 21-day periods for (1) FY24 Operating Plan and Budget and (2) FY24-28 Five Year Operating and Financial Plan will end at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">23:59 PDT on 29 May 2023, or 06:59 UTC on 30 May 2023</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Please refer to Article 2, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for additional details on the Rejection Process, including all pertinent deadlines and requirements for Rejection Action Petitions:</span><a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fresources%2Fpages%2Fgovernance%2Fbylaws-en%2F%23annexD&data=05%7C01%7C%7Ca88f25b4905c42ef03b008db50620db4%7C127d8d0d7ccf473dab096e44ad752ded%7C0%7C0%7C638192154300655262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ezFoZP%2BlmTZYpsOfSCn79hWVv6voVmJVmdCedhKerqk%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Any Rejection Action Petition should be sent to the ASO Secretariat ( secretariat [at] <a href="http://aso.icann.org" class="">aso.icann.org</a> ) before the deadline.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">ASO Secretariat</span></p></body></html>