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Information Sharing

• NEW: Thousands Rally Worldwide to Support a Multilingual Internet
• NEW: ICANN North America Team Convenes Stakeholders to Push for Digital Inclusivity

Webinar

• REMINDER: Join the Webinar – ICANN for Beginners: Universal Acceptance

Action Items

• 🔥 ACTION ITEM: Request for Feedback: Draft Framework for Closed Generic gTLDs
• 🔥 ACTION ITEM: Register for the Asia Pacific Domain Name System Forum 2023
• 🔥 ACTION ITEM: ICANN Opens Nomination Period for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

Public Comment 

• Amendments to the Base gTLD RA and RAA to Modify DNS Abuse Contract Obligations

NEW: Thousands Rally Worldwide to Support a Multilingual Internet

The keystone UA Day event was held in New Delhi, India, hosted by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) through the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), in collaboration with ICANN and the UASG. Dozens of other events were held over a three-month period from the end of February to May 2023, with most events occurring on or around 28 March 2023. 

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NEW: ICANN North America Team Convenes Stakeholders to Push for Digital Inclusivity

The discussion focused on why it is important to enable Internet users around the world to access resources and to communicate effectively online.

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REMINDER: Join the Webinar – ICANN for Beginners: Universal Acceptance

The webinar will introduce newcomers to the basics of UA, why it matters, and ICANN's involvement in UA. Participants will also learn how they can get involved in UA initiatives.

It will be held during two time slots (you only need to register for one of the webinars):

12 July 2023 at 15:00 UTC | Click here to register

13 July 2023 at 6:00 UTC | Click here to register

Closing date for registration is 12 July 2023.

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🔥 ACTION ITEM: Request for Feedback: Draft Framework for Closed Generic gTLDs

The community participants in the ongoing Closed Generics Facilitated Dialogue are requesting community feedback on a Draft Framework that can underpin additional policy work for handling closed generic gTLDs in future rounds of gTLDs. Individuals and community groups may provide feedback through their respective staff support teams or via email to closed-generics-feedback@icann.org by 15 July 2023.

Community feedback on the Draft Framework will inform the group’s development of a final framework, which is expected to be used as a basis for subsequent policy development work should there be broad community support for the final framework.



The Draft Framework and more information about the Facilitated Dialogue can be found on this wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/Io6ZDg

🔥 ACTION ITEM: Register for the Asia Pacific Domain Name System Forum 2023

ICANN and the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation (HKIRC) invite interested participants to register for the Asia Pacific (APAC) Domain Name System (DNS) Forum 2023 in Hong Kong, China. A dedicated website has also launched to provide more information about the forum.

The APAC DNS Forum 2023 will be held 4–5 July 2023 as a hybrid event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).

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🔥 ACTION ITEM: ICANN Opens Nomination Period for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

The ICANN Board will evaluate a shortlist of candidates. Please submit nominations via this nomination form by 4 August 2023 23:59 UTC. Any additional information in support of nominations or questions about the award process may be submitted via email to kamelaward@icann.org.

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Amendments to the Base gTLD RA and RAA to Modify DNS Abuse Contract Obligations

Open for submissions date: 29 May 2023

Closed for submissions date: 13 July 2023

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