Thursday, 4 March 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

REMINDER: FY23 Strategic Outlook Program: Trend Identification Sessions
REMINDER: ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Now Open
REMINDER: ICANN Community Excellence Award Nomination Period Now Open

ICANN70 Planning

DEADLINE TOMORROW: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program
REMINDER: ICANN org Finance and Planning Updates during ICANN70
REMINDER: ITI Demonstrations during ICANN70

ICANN70 Resources

Registration
Virtual Backgrounds
Prep Week
Policy Outlook Report
GNSO Policy Briefing

Public Comment

Additional Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level
IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming Function Contract Amendment
EPDP Phase 2 Policy Recommendations for Board Consideration
EXTENDED: Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report
NEW: Initial Report on the Third ccNSO Policy Development Process (ccPDP3): Retirement of ccTLDs
NEW: Proposal for Korean Root Zone Label Generation Rules

Information Sharing

REMINDER: FY23 Strategic Outlook Program: Trend Identification Sessions

From: Xavier Calvez, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Financial Officer

ICANN is kicking off the FY23 Strategic Outlook trend identification process. ICANN community members will have the opportunity to participate in trend identification sessions via their Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC).

ICANN org will collaborate with SO and AC chairs and support teams to schedule their sessions over the next few weeks. We are targeting to complete the trend sessions by the end of March. All strategic outlook sessions will be conducted virtually. ICANN community members are encouraged to join this important discussion. Once complete, ICANN org will conduct a trend analysis and impact assessment.

The Strategic Outlook Program is a joint effort of ICANN org, community, and Board to identify and track trends that are related to ICANN. This ensures that these opportunities and challenges are incorporated into current and future planning. Every year, new trends or shifts in existing trends impacting the operating plans (five-year or annual) and/or budget are factored into the annual iteration of those plans as appropriate. Significant shifts could also result in adjustments to the strategic plan.

We look forward to your participation in this dialogue about ICANN planning and strategy.

REMINDER: ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Now Open

The ICANN Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications for key leadership positions. Selected individuals will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe to help shape the Internet's technical coordination and policy development.

The deadline to submit applications is Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 23:59 UTC. Applications should be submitted via the online candidate portal. All applications are confidential.

Learn more.

REMINDER: ICANN Community Excellence Award Nomination Period Now Open

From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support

The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 is now open. The winner(s) will be announced during ICANN71. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who substantively contribute to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem and who are deeply invested in developing consensus-based solutions within ICANN’s multistakeholder model. Learn more about the nomination process and submit your nominations here by Monday, 29 March 2021.

ICANN70 Planning

DEADLINE TOMORROW: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program

The Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program aims to facilitate participation in ICANN Public Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum. It offers financial assistance to ICANN community members who have limited Internet capacity to increase their Internet bandwidth.

ICANN community members interested in the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program must apply in advance of ICANN70. Those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate.

Nominations

ICANN community leaders will have the opportunity to nominate recipients. This includes up to five nominees from each of the three Supporting Organizations, four Advisory Committees, four GNSO Stakeholder Groups and five GNSO Constituencies, and five RALOs from At-Large.

In order to be reimbursed, all applicants must:

Require additional bandwidth at home to facilitate their active participation during ICANN70.
Have a valid personal bank account for ICANN org to wire the reimbursement funds.
Register for ICANN70.
Attend a minimum of four official ICANN70 sessions.

Once ICANN community leaders have established their nominees, they can inform their nominees to apply for the program here beginning Monday, 8 February 2021.

Chairs should send their list to travelsupport@icann.org so that ICANN org can verify the applications. Chairs and community leaders will have until Monday, 1 March 2021 to complete this nomination process.

All applications are due by Friday, 5 March 2021.

Learn more.

REMINDER: ICANN org Finance and Planning Updates during ICANN70

From: Xavier Calvez, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Financial Officer

The ICANN org Finance and Planning teams seek opportunities to engage with the ICANN communities during ICANN70 or via webinars to present a short updates on finance- and planning-related topics:

Finance

Financial Results: FY20 and FY21 Year-to-Date
Accountability and transparency reporting

Planning

Draft FY22-FY26 Five-Year Operating Plan and Financial Plan
Draft FY22 Operating Plan and Budget
Review of Public Comment submissions and next steps in the planning process
FY23 Planning Process and Strategic Outlook Trends

Please contact becky.nash@icann.org to request a briefing and please let us know if you have any other finance and planning topics. Thank you in advance for your support, and we appreciate your assistance.

REMINDER: ITI Demonstrations during ICANN70

The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Team invites ICANN communities to request a demonstration of upcoming improvements to https://icann.org during ICANN70.

ITI is an operational activity to improve content governance and infrastructure at ICANN. Since its inception, the ITI team has sought community input through the feedback website, sessions during ICANN Public Meetings, webinars, and smaller, informal sessions targeted to specific user groups. This feedback is vital to ensuring ITI delivers the improvements needed to more easily find content on https://icann.org. The ITI team has implemented changes based on community feedback.

Please contact carlos.reyes@icann.org to request a demonstration. Thank you.