Thursday, 7 May 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 TODAY: Register to Join: Special Meeting of the ICANN Board and FY20 Board Operational Priorities Webinar NEW: Further Securing Zoom Meetings NEW: An Update from the 2020 Nominating Committee REMINDER: Webinar to Discuss the Draft PTI FY21-24 Strategic Plan REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process ICANN68 Planning DESIGN DEADLINE WEDNESDAY: ICANN68 Publication Support Public Comment CLOSES TUESDAY: 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 NEW: ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs Information Sharing TODAY: Register to Join: Special Meeting of the ICANN Board and FY20 Board Operational Priorities Webinar Announcement ICANN is inviting the community to join the ICANN Board for its upcoming Special Board Meeting on 7 May 2020 from 18:30-19:30 UTC. This meeting will be directly followed by an informational webinar regarding the Board's Fiscal Year 2020 operational priorities. The Board meeting agenda can be found here. Please register for the Special Board Meeting and webinar; registration is required to attend. More information about the ICANN Board is available here. NEW: Further Securing Zoom Meetings From: Ashwin Rangan, SVP Engineering & Chief Information Officer In an effort to ensure the security of our online meetings, ICANN is making several changes to our Zoom configuration. The majority of these changes are behind the scenes and will not greatly impact a typical user’s experience in Zoom. However, there are a few important updates to take note of. Read more. NEW: An Update from the 2020 Nominating Committee From: Jay Sudowski, Chair The 2020 Nominating Committee (NomCom) continues its work to find the most qualified candidates for open ICANN leadership positions. While the COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges, it is important that you know our efforts are proceeding. We are working closely with the ICANN Board and organization (org) to mitigate any issues that arise as a result of the restrictions put in place to deal with the coronavirus. Read more. REMINDER: Webinar to Discuss the Draft PTI FY21-24 Strategic Plan From: David Conrad, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), the ICANN affiliate responsible for performance of the IANA functions, invites the community to engage with IANA staff and members of the PTI Board to discuss the development of its first comprehensive strategic plan. When the PTI board and IANA staff attended ICANN66, they shared a timeline for the publication of the draft strategic plan that included face-to-face engagement during ICANN67 in Cancún, Mexico. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and change to a remote participation-only meeting, we will now host two interactive webinars in parallel with a Public Comment proceeding that is running from 20 April to 1 June 2020. Webinar #1 Thursday, 14 May, 14:00-15:00 UTC Remote Participation Passcode: 30i524!6 Webinar #2 Thursday, 14 May, 23:00-00:00 UTC (Friday, 15 May 2020) Remote Participation Passcode: a10s646$" 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 DESIGN DEADLINE WEDNESDAY: 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 TUESDAY: 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 NEW: ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs Close Date: Friday, 10 July 2020 Volume 2, Issue 37 | Archive | Next Issue: Monday, 11 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!