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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>This message is forwarded on behalf of the Number Resource Organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Dear RIR Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-board-adopts-fy24-28-operatingfinancial-plan-fy24-operating-planbudget-05-05-2023-en" title="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-board-adopts-fy24-28-operatingfinancial-plan-fy24-operating-planbudget-05-05-2023-en"><span style='color:#4B4B4B;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-board-adopts-fy24-28-operatingfinancial-plan-fy24-operating-planbudget-05-05-2023-en</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>These 21-day periods for (1) FY24 Operating Plan and Budget and (2) FY24-28 Five Year Operating and Financial Plan will end at <b><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>23:59 PDT on 29 May 2023, or 06:59 UTC on 30 May 2023</span></b>. 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: <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" title="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%7CU"><span style='color:#4B4B4B;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Any Rejection Action Petition should be sent to the ASO Secretariat ( secretariat [at] aso.icann.org ) before the deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>ASO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>