Monday, 03 April 2023

ICANN Community Digest

The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest

to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.

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Table of Contents

Information Sharing

· NEW: Looking Back at ICANN76

· ACTION ITEM: Sign up for Strategic Outlook Identification Sessions

· ACTION ITEM: Planning Prioritization Update

· REMINDER: Join the Second Iteration of ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction Webinar

Public Comment

· SUMMARY REPORT: Draft FY24-28 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY24 Operating Plan & Budget

· IANA Naming Function Review Bylaws Changes

· Initial Report on the RZERC Charter Review

Information Sharing

NEW: Looking Back at ICANN76

On behalf of the ICANN organization, I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the hybrid ICANN76 Community Forum. More than 1,200 people attended in person, and more than 800 joined virtually.

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]

ACTION ITEM: Sign up for Strategic Outlook Identification Sessions

ICANN’s FY25 Planning Process has started, beginning with the strategic outlook program. We

are looking for participation from community members in the trend identification sessions

through their Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC). ICANN will collaborate

with SO and AC chairs and support teams to schedule sessions from March through May 2023.

This program is a joint effort of the ICANN ecosystem to identify and track trends that are

related to ICANN. This ensures that the opportunities and challenges are incorporated into

current and future planning.

Once trends are identified, ICANN will conduct a trend analysis and

impact assessment. Significant shifts could result in adjustments to the strategic plan.

Moreover, new trends or shifts in existing trends also impact the operating plans (five-year or

annual) and/or budget, and are factored into the annual iteration of those plans as appropriate.

All strategic outlook sessions will be conducted virtually, and community members are

encouraged to join this important discussion. We look forward to your participation in this

dialogue about ICANN planning and strategy.

Thank you for your support in the ICANN planning process.

ACTION ITEM: Planning Prioritization Update

The prioritization process is a step in the annual ICANN planning process, which will permit

ICANN to receive input for the development of the FY25 Draft Plans. The Planning Prioritization

Group comprises members of the ICANN stakeholder groups. ICANN is seeking from the chairs

of the below stakeholder groups to nominate one member and one secondary-member by 7

April 2023:

The scope of activities to be prioritized are the Board-approved implementation work, such as

PDP recommendations, Specific Review recommendations and the implementation of other

non-policy and advice work.

Please email the name of the members that you have nominated to planning@icann.org, with a

copy to the Policy Strategic Management team (policy-strat-mgt@icann.org).

Moreover, ICANN has published the Planning Prioritization Framework (Version 3) on the

ICANN Finance and Planning Community wiki workspace here (Planning Prioritization [r20.rs6.net]

Framework V3 [r20.rs6.net]). The key elements of the framework have not changed; however, based on

feedback received from a lessons learned session with the members of the FY24 planning

prioritization process, ICANN has incorporated several recommendations into version 3.

For additional information on the planning prioritization framework please visit this link [r20.rs6.net] for

presentations and webinar recordings or email planning@icann.org.

REMINDER: Join the Second Iteration of ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction Webinar

The webinar is tailored to those new to ICANN and will give a high-level overview of how the Internet works, what ICANN is, what its role in the Internet infrastructure is, and why and how participants get involved in ICANN.

"ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction" will be held during two time slots (You only need to register for one of the webinars.):

· 25 April 2023 at 1400 UTC

· Click here [r20.rs6.net] to register.

· 26 April 2023 at 0600 UTC

· Click here [r20.rs6.net] to register.

Closing date for registration: 24 April 2023. The webinars are in English only. Recordings will be posted here [r20.rs6.net] after the webinars.