Dear ccTLD Community, Apologies for cross-posting. I am writing to you on behalf of Nick Wenban-Smith, ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager, to inform you that on 12 May 2021, the ICANN Board of Directors approved the FY22-26 Five Year Operating and Financial Plan (see https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2021-05-12-en#2.a ). The approved 5 Year Plan can be viewed at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/op-financial-plan-fy22-26-opplan...) On 21 May 2021, the ccNSO as a Decisional Participant received a notice from the ICANN Secretary pursuant to Section 22.5(a)(v) of the ICANN Bylaws. The approved FY 22-26 Five Year Operating and Financial Plan is subject to Rejection Action Petitions from the community. If you are interested in submitting a Rejection Action Petition to the ccNSO Council, with respect to the approved FY22-26 Five Year Operating Plan, please consult Section 2 of Annex D for the requirements, which must be met (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD ). Please be advised that per Annex D Section 2.2(a)(i)(A) the Rejection Action Petition must be: “…based on one or more significant issues that were specifically raised in the applicable public comment period(s) relating to perceived inconsistencies with the Mission, purpose and role set forth in ICANN's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the global public interest, the needs of ICANN's stakeholders, financial stability, or other matter of concern to the community.” Please see also our internal Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community's rights to Reject Specified Actions (https://ccnso.icann.org/about/guideline-rejection-actions-procedure-24may18-... ). According to the Guideline, the ccNSO will consider a Rejection Action Petition from the following constituents: * ccTLD managers, * Individual(s) directly related to a ccTLD manager, * ccNSO working groups or committees mandated to submit such a pe//on, * Regional ccTLD organisations (as defined in sec/on 10.5 of the ICANN Bylaws), * the ccNSO Council. The deadline for submission of Rejection Action Petition(s) to the ccNSO role account (ccnso-petions@icann.org) by 1 June 2021 at 23:59 UTC. All relevant information will be published at: https://community.icann.org/x/8tDRAw Kind Regards, On behalf of Nick Wenban-Smith, ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager, Bart Boswinkel, ccNSO Secretariat