Thursday, 13 May 2021 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing - DESIGN DEADLINE TOMORROW: ICANN71 Publication Support - NEW: Sign Up to Observe GNSO PDP to Review the Transfer Policy - NEW: Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Annual Elections - REMINDER: Participate in "ICANN Community Groups: An Introduction for Newcomers" - REMINDER: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Public Comment - GNSO Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process Phase 1 Final Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration - GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs for ICANN Board Consideration - Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 5 (MSR-5) Information Sharing DESIGN DEADLINE TOMORROW: ICANN71 Publication Support Design Deadline For publication design assistance, please provide all the text, images, layout, and publication type/size requirements (i.e. newsletter, one-pager, trifold, etc.) by Friday, 14 May 2021. Please keep in mind that all materials, new or updated, must be evergreen. There is a maximum of two design iterations per publication. Translation-only Deadline For translation, please provide the final material(s) by Friday, 21 May 2021. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication. If the publication requires design assistance, please note that the final materials will have to be complete, including the edit/approval process, by this deadline in order to be translated. Please work directly with your support team to submit these requests to evin.erdogdu@icann.org and liana.teo@icann.org. NEW: Sign Up to Observe GNSO PDP to Review the Transfer Policy The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council recently initiated a two-phased policy development process (PDP) to review the Transfer Policy, which will determine if changes to the policy are needed to improve the ease, security, and efficacy of inter-registrar and inter-registrant transfers. The working group is now beginning its work, with its first meeting scheduled for Friday, 14 May 2021. The working group welcomes observers. Observers are subscribed to the mailing list on a read-only basis and may attend meetings without participating. You may sign up as an observer at any time by emailing gnso-secs@icann.org. Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies that did not nominate members to this PDP are strongly encouraged to have least one observer to keeping their respective group informed of milestones and potential recommendations. NEW: Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Annual Elections On 30 September 2021, the terms of several CSC members and liaisons will expire. ICANN org will be requesting that appointing organizations initiate their respective processes to appoint members and liaisons. ICANN org will send a letter to all chairs, identifying CSC volunteers whose term expires. Volunteers elected to the CSC serve a two-year term. Elections are held annually, and appointments should be completed before the start of the next term on 1 October. For more information, please contact csc-eoi@icann.org. REMINDER: Participate in "ICANN Community Groups: An Introduction for Newcomers" The Public Responsibility Support team seeks speakers from ICANN communities to participate in an introductory session for newcomers. Each speaker will have five minutes to provide an overview of their ICANN community group. The session will take place Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 13:00-14:30 UTC. Sign up <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> by Monday, 24 May 2021. Please contact deborah.escalera@icann.org with any questions. REMINDER: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Interested ICANN community members must apply <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> in advance of ICANN71, and those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate. The application deadline is Friday, 28 May 2021 at 23:59 UTC. The goal of this program is to facilitate participation in ICANN Public Meetings during this pandemic. It offers ICANN community members who have limited Internet capacity financial assistance to increase their Internet bandwidth. Public Comment GNSO Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process Phase 1 Final Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> Close Date: Friday, 21 May 2021 GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs for ICANN Board Consideration <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> Close Date: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 5 (MSR-5) <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> Close Date: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 Volume 3, Issue 36 | Archive <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TbH52injlwK9ZsDBnPNrGQFcZFA1LRnJwO_pKyTxynCrA...> | Next Issue: Monday, 17 May 2021 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe maureen.hilyard@gmail.com <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=00115LrDzKl3LoTB9FWCDiE2A%3D&c...> Update Profile <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=00115LrDzKl3LoTB9FWCDiE2A%3D&c...> | Constant Contact Data Notice <https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/customer-contact-data-notice> Sent by david.olive@icann.org powered by [image: Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.] <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF19_3GE> Try email marketing for free today! <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF19_3GE>