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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hello advisors. The
January meeting will be on <b>Friday, January 22 at 3pm EST </b>--
that would be noon for you folks in BC, 1 pm in Alberta, etc. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The session will start
off with a guest speaker -- my ICANN colleague Glenn McKnight
who will be speaking about the new Virtual School on Internet
Governance -- which is NOT an ICANN program. It is much broader
-- a general course on internet governance as it is evolving on
the international stage. Fascinating topics to explore!!!<br>
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<div>VSIG </div>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Virtual School on Internet Governance was born out of the necessity due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and the harsh market realities of conducting Internet Governance training cost-effectively and to a wider international audience. The joint efforts of Alfredo Calderon and Glenn McKnight (co-founders) came together in May 2020 and envisioned an online learning platform that encompasses the core learnings for students on Internet Governance but also a course that remains free to the learners and a long term vision of a multilingual platform that serves as a foundation for any face to face school on Internet Governance. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-63994e2b-7fff-0bbd-db24-7fedeceff40d"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As a novel and efficient approach, the VSIG team follows a ten-eleven week delivery format. Thus, during the first year, four groups of approximately one-hundred students each and plans are in place to launch in September 2021 for a French and Spanish version of the course followed by Portuguese, Arabic and Hindi versions of the course. .</span></span>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Thanks
for completing the doodle poll. <br>
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<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Marita<br>
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