Thursday, 30 April 2020 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 NEW: ICANN Community Priorities and the COVID-19 Pandemic NEW: Revisions to ICANN Board’s Proposed Global Public Interest (GPI) Framework NEW: Get to Know the GNSO Course on ICANN Learn REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process ICANN68 Planning REMINDER: ICANN68 Publication Support Public Comment CLOSES MONDAY: Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process CLOSES TUESDAY: Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Draft PTI FY21-24 Strategic Plan Information Sharing NEW: ICANN Community Priorities and the COVID-19 Pandemic From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support Earlier this year, Supporting Organization (SO) and Advisory Committee (AC) leaders met to outline their priorities for 2020. This exercise provided a starting point for current discussions about prioritizing ICANN community work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ICANN org will continue to work closely and proactively with SO and AC leaders, ensuring that its support for ongoing community projects meets expectations and adapts to the pressures of the global public health crisis. Read more. NEW: Revisions to ICANN Board’s Proposed Global Public Interest (GPI) Framework From: Sally Costerton, Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement The ICANN Board’s proposed Global Public Interest (GPI) framework has been revised to reflect feedback received during the community consultation process. The ICANN Board initially identified GPI as one of its 2019 operational priorities and carried it over to 2020. In September 2019, the Board published a discussion paper on a proposed GPI framework, which marked the beginning of a longer process to develop a framework as a toolkit for the ICANN community to consider the global public interest. A community consultation was held from September to November 2019 to gather feedback from the community, and the framework was revised accordingly. At this moment, considering all input received, the Board will start piloting the framework and toolkit to apply to upcoming Board decisions. Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees that would like to explore the framework are encouraged to try it and document and share their experience – all on an entirely voluntary basis. Throughout the pilot year, the Board’s conversation with the community will be ongoing, and this workspace will be regularly updated and will feature space for comments and suggestions about the Board's and community's experiences and feedback. NEW: Get to Know the GNSO Course on ICANN Learn From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support An updated and revised Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) course is now available on ICANN Learn, ICANN's free and open online learning platform. Get to Know the GNSO takes learners through an overview of the different components of the GNSO, drawing on interviews with community members and integrating knowledge checks throughout the course. Sign up for ICANN Learn today. REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Announcement On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for ICANN's Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document before submission. The document includes the following information: Panel Position Description Required or Highly Preferred Skills Required or Highly Preferred Experience Time Commitment Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020@icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. ICANN68 Planning REMINDER: ICANN68 Publication Support Executive: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support Design and Translation Deadline If you require design assistance for your publication, you need to provide all the text, images, layout, and publication type/size requirements (i.e. newsletter vs. 1-pager vs. trifold, etc.). You will receive a maximum of 2 iterations of the publication. Please provide everything by Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Please keep in mind that all materials, new or updated, need to be evergreen. Translation-only Deadline If your publication requires translation, please provide the final material(s) by Monday, 25 May 2020. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication by the below print deadline. If your materials require design assistance (outlined above), 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 staff to submit these requests to chantelle.doerksen@icann.org and liana.teo@icann.org. Public Comment CLOSES MONDAY: Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process Close Date: Monday, 4 May 2020 CLOSES TUESDAY: Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 Close Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 Close Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Close Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Draft PTI FY21-24 Strategic Plan Close Date: Monday, 1 June 2020 Volume 2, Issue 35 | Archive | Next Issue: Monday, 4 May 2020 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council@icann.org Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by david.olive@icann.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!