Hello All, Welcome to the second and final day of the ICANN76 ccNSO Members Meeting! The ccNSO program on Wednesday, 15 March 2023 includes four sessions. All sessions are open to everyone who is interested in ccTLD-related matters. The ccNSO members meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in Arabic (new), English, French and Spanish. Watch the "How-to" guide<https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/6UEZVJ0fljxtOnj2J-IsSagxkwIiCXS9lEsSnujSqIFw...> on how to use interpretation in Zoom. ccNSO & Universal Acceptance Roadmap session 14:00-15:00 UTC (09:00-10:00 local) | Room: Auditorio (ccNSO) Join meeting and consult session recordings<https://sched.co/1J2Mf> Universal Acceptance is cornerstone to a digitally inclusive and multilingual Internet, ensuring all domain names and email addresses – in any language, script, or using any new or long TLD – are accepted equally by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. The ccNSO previously explored its potential role in Universal Acceptance. To that end, it organized a session during ICANN75 where both ccTLDs and other stakeholders suggested activities the ccNSO could undertake to complement existing work by the Internet community. In December 2022 and January 2023, ccTLD representatives participated in two workshops to further explore their expectations regarding potential ccNSO action and how to organize next efforts. After the conclusion of the workshops, the ccNSO Council developed a plan, which will be presented during this session at ICANN76. Join us and let us know your thoughts. Read more: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07mar23-en.htm Moreover, during this session ICANN’s IDN & UA Program Team will share the results of a recent survey on ccTLD UA readiness. ICANN org recently reached out to the country code TLD managers to understand the progress and the challenges faced in becoming UA-ready, and how ICANN org can help support ccTLD managers by developing training and materials. ccTLD News session: digital divide and the impact on ccTLDs 18:15-19:30 UTC (13:15-14:30 local) | | Room: Auditorio (ccNSO) Join meeting and consult session recordings<https://sched.co/1J2Mi> During this session, ccTLD Managers from different regions will share how the digital divide affects them. What is their role - if any? Session chair: Annaliese Williams (.au) Alexandre Barbosa (.br) Pierre Bonis (.fr) Grace Ingabire (.rw) Anil Kumar Jain (.in) Sabrina Wilkinson (.ca) The digital divide is a term that refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology (ICT), and those that don't or have restricted access. Digital technology can include telephone, smartphones, television, laptops and the internet. ccNSO DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) update session 20:00-21:00 UTC (15:00-16:00 local) | Room: Auditorio (ccNSO) Join meeting and consult session recordings<https://sched.co/1J2Ml> The DASC recently launched a survey to understand the ccTLD landscape with respect to handling the various aspects of DNS Abuse. After analysis of the results, the DASC is now ready to share the main survey findings with the ccTLD community. The DASC also presents its repository, an online information source about DNS Abuse, for the benefit of ccTLDs. Q&A session with ccTLD-related ICANN Board members 21:30-22:30 UTC (16:30-17:30 local) | Room: Auditorio (ccNSO) Join meeting and consult session recordings<https://sched.co/1J2Mo> The ccNSO appointed ICANN Board members have been invited to attend this session. Other ICANN Board members with an association to the ccTLD community have also been invited to attend. Agenda topics include: * The board's goals for 2023 and how they relate to ccNSO affairs * Progress on improving ICANN’s work prioritization * Progress and thinking on the holistic review pilot proposal * Update and discussion: implementation & review of ccNSO developed policies You are warmly invited to participate in today’s sessions, as well as tomorrow’s ICANN76 wrap-up meeting by the ccNSO Programme Committee, held on Thursday, Thursday, 16 March 2023 | 20:00-21:00 UTC (15:00-16:00 local) | Room: Costa Maya 1. https://sched.co/1J2Nl Let us know what went well and what should be improved for the next meeting! An online satisfaction survey will be circulated after conclusion of the sessions. Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> = = = ICANN76 LINKS TO BOOKMARK NOW • ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/8IMFDQ • ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/kYYFDQ • Tech Day https://community.icann.org/x/WIQ-DQ