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Thursday, 26 June 2025

ICANN Community Digest

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Table of Contents

ICANN83

· NEW: A Look Back at ICANN83

· NEW: Honoring ICANN’s Working Group Chairs and Vice Chairs

Information Sharing

· NEW: ICANN Announces Recipients of the ICANN84 Fellowship

· NEW: UA Day 2025 Report: Thousands Join to Advance Universal Acceptance

· NEW: ICANN Provides Resources for Public Comment on Draft Applicant Guidebook

· ICANN Materials Provide Prospective New gTLD Applicants Clarity on Key Topics

· Next Round Champions Toolkit Available in the Six ICANN Languages

· ICANNWiki Seeking Volunteers

🚨 Action Items 🚨

· ICANN Call for Nominations: Universal Acceptance Expert Working Group

· Call for ASP Mentors

Public Comment

· MONDAY: PSR on Expired Domain Deletion and Expired Registration Recover Policies

· Updated ICANN Community Participant Code of Conduct Concerning SOIs

· Proposed Next Round Base gTLD Registry Agreement - Public Comment 1 of 2

· Final Proceeding for Proposed Language for the Draft Next Round Applicant Guidebook (AGB)

· Root Zone Label Generation Rules Version 6 (RZ-LGR-6)

· Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 6 (MSR-6)

Events

· These events occur in June and July 2025.

ICANN83

NEW: A Look Back at ICANN83

ICANN83 was attended by 1,333 participants in Prague, including 172 first-time attendees. In addition, 569 people registered to join us online.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Honoring ICANN’s Working Group Chairs and Vice Chairs

Their dedication and ability to navigate the complexities of policy and advice development are truly laudable.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Information Sharing

NEW: ICANN Announces Recipients of the ICANN84 Fellowship

A total of 40 fellows residing in 35 countries will take part in the meeting 25–30 October 2025 in Muscat, Oman.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: UA Day 2025 Report: Thousands Join to Advance Universal Acceptance

UA provides the gateway to the next billion Internet users.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: ICANN Provides Resources for Public Comment on Draft Applicant Guidebook

ICANN org would like to thank the members of the Subsequent Procedures IRT for the hundreds of hours spent on the draft AGB language as well as the ICANN community for its reviews and comments on this document.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Next Round Outreach, Engagement, and Communications Snapshot

We’re excited to introduce the Next Round Snapshot, a new monthly recap that highlights key updates shared during the IRT Outreach meetings. This report covers recent activities across the Applicant Support Program (ASP), Registry Service Provider (RSP) evaluation, regional and topical engagement, web traffic stats, and communications milestones. Developed in response to GAC feedback, this snapshot supports visibility and alignment across teams working on the New gTLD Program: Next Round.

📅 Published monthly following each IRT Outreach meeting

📎 Check out the inaugural April/May edition here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

For questions, contact globalsupport@icann.org.

ICANN Materials Provide Prospective New gTLD Applicants Clarity on Key Topics

ICANN org is developing supplemental, complementary materials to aid prospective generic top-level domain (gTLD) applicants in understanding the Next Round application requirements, and how to navigate the application and evaluation processes.

Blog [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

Key Topic Overview Documents. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Next Round Champions Toolkit Available in the Six ICANN Languages

ICANN is working with the community to identify potential Applicant Support Program (ASP) applicants – especially in regions that are currently under-represented in ICANN. If you are interested in helping to raise awareness among your own contacts or communities, please use the materials in the Next Round Champions Toolkit [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

To stay up to date on the New gTLD Program: Next Round and ASP, join the mailing list: nextroundinfo@icann.org. ASP leads, targets, and ideas can be sent to engagement.newgTLDprogram@icann.org.

ICANNWiki Seeking Volunteers

ICANNWiki is seeking volunteers to assist with creating and editing articles and content for the site. Do you want to help? Getting started is as simple as requesting an account [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]. Then, make sure to read the short content guide [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] to get a feel for what belongs in the wiki. Also, feel free to take a look at some data source suggestions [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] on where to find reliable data. Happy editing!

Action Items

Call for ASP Mentors

ICANN is seeking volunteer mentors who would like to offer their expertise to supported applicants as part of the ASP in the new gTLD Program: Next Round [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]. ICANN is looking for mentors who can share insights and experience across ICANN Languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, or Spanish) to support diverse gTLD applicants.

Mentors may play a role in: advising applicants on navigating the gTLD application process and DNS industry; identifying resources; providing guidance; sharing experiences as appropriate; and helping supported applicants navigate the ICANN community and Public Meetings. If you or someone in your network might be interested, please refer to the mentor registration announcement [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] for more information.

Questions about the ASP or becoming a supported applicant Mentor can be sent to globalsupport@icann.org.