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Dear DotAsia Community,

The Board was very pleased to hear about the successful event that took place in Korea in August which was the first project of the year that utilised our DotAsia Sponsor Community Projects Grant.

The event was sponsored by DotAsia member, Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) which had accrued an allocation of funds which DotAsia has set aside for its member organisations and which relates to the number of .ASIA domain registrations and renewals they register each year. This is a thank you from DotAsia to its members for helping us to build the .ASIA domain space as well as to meet the community-focused goals of both the member organisation and DotAsia.

We encourage our members to use their accumulated funds to support a project within their own community that encapsulates DotAsia's vision of support for socio-technological advancement initiatives and a successful Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific Internet community.

We would like to congratulate KISA for their insightful support of the 10th South Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) which was held in Seoul and was organised by the Korean Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA). Each year KIGA which is a public and private sector coalition group, brings together a multi-stakeholder community of Internet-related businesses, technical community, youth groups, civil society, academics, governmental agencies - just about anyone who is an Internet user - to discuss issues of concern to today's society about the Internet and how it is used and managed. This year the KrIGF theme was "New Beginning: Equal, Fair and Participatory Governance" and twelve workshops were held under these three thematic sub-tracks. The organisers reported that even though it was virtual, it was well attended and a very productive and worthwhile event.

The Board is very grateful that our Sponsor Community Projects (SPC) grant provides an opportunity for the growth of understanding about Internet Governance issues among our Asian Community in this way. We look forward to other DotAsia members taking advantage of the funds that they have accumulated' to contribute to further and successful Internet development within our Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific region.

The Board also hopes that you are all keeping safe and well during this pandemic ordeal. Take care.


Maureen Hilyard
Chair, DotAsia Board