Dear council members, Please find below the proposed Triage recommendations 53-2016 and 54-2016. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of Thursday 22 December 2016, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendations. Thank you. Topic: 53-2016 - Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted for ICANN59 | Originator: ICANN Summary of request: Nomination period opens for the Multistakeholder Ethos Award, which recognizes ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, acknowledging the importance of ICANN's multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN's organization and its community. Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2017 at ICANN59 Johannesburg. For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_Y...>. https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-12-12-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2016-2D12-2D12-2Den&d=DgMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=H0xzTlgfiYc7dyA5CwXpXr9hS1eeybT2AOK9q1ter6A&s=2xVqXdxIBv0VVpfWPxOT_2Lh22zXeTrpIXG07h5-rEE&e=> Date received: 13 December 2016 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 20 March 2017 Recommended action, if any: send to ccnso-members@, cctld-community@, ccnso-council@ and share via social media Expertise needed, if any: multistakeholder, governance Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 20 December 2016 Date of submission to Council: 20 December 2016 Deadline Council decision: 22 December 2016, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: low = = = = = Topic: 54-2016 - Call for volunteers to join Cross-Community Working Group tasked to develop a proposal(s) for the mechanism that should be developed in order to allocate the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Originator: ICANN Summary of request: The CCWG is tasked with developing a proposal(s) for consideration by the Chartering Organizations (those ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees that have adopted the CCWG Charter) on the mechanism that should be developed in order to allocate the new gTLD Auction Proceeds. That proposal will then be submitted to the ICANN Board. Per ccNSO council decision (Resolution 123-09), the ccNSO secretariat launched a call for volunteers to fill the slate of two (2) to five (5) ccNSO appointed members to the CCWG new gTLD Auction Proceeds. (https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-ccwg-newgtld-aution-29nov16-en.pdf)[ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_workinggroups_ccnso-2Dccwg-2Dnewgtld-2Daution-2D29nov16-2Den.pdf-29&d=DgMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=cEOSor1Lljnfc1ie94eyptp-hpV4OD1YqEbB7z2u-nA&s=AYNP7zE8MqSg_zt5TGpv_AarnonrWawCrgstUqkySLI&e=> That call for volunteers ended 14 December. The call for volunteers as published on https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-12-13-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2-2D2016-2D12-2D13-2Den&d=DgMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=H0xzTlgfiYc7dyA5CwXpXr9hS1eeybT2AOK9q1ter6A&s=jsv-VbexpRA_iWV6G_Mbto7TrFCeJsfy9vV4fUW5ubY&e=> seeks individual partipants and mailing list observers. In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through public consultations and public comment processes that the CCWG is expected to organize throughout its deliberations. Date received: 15 December 2016 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: not specified Recommended action, if any: send to ccnso-members@, cctld-community@, ccnso-council@ and share via social media Expertise needed, if any: Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 20 December 2016 Date of submission to Council: 20 December 2016 Deadline Council decision: 22 December 2016, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: low = = = = = Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org