Dear Councillors

Below you will find the proposed topics for our Q&A with ccTLD-related ICANN Board members.

Please have a look and unless there is any major concern this agenda will be circulated on Friday 24/Feb.

Best regards,

Alejandra

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WHEN: Wednesday, 15 March 2023 (21:30-22:30 UTC, 16:30-17:30 local)
SESSION: ICANN76 ccNSO session: Q&A with ccTLD-related ICANN Board members
https://sched.co/1J2Mo
 
Proposed topics

1. What are the board's goals for 2023? Are there any of them highly related to ccNSO affairs?
2. Progress on improving ICANN’s work prioritization (10 min.)
• Context: Setting ICANN’s priorities has been a recurring topic in the discussions to date, and the ccNSO through its SOPC and other commentaries have always urged ICANN to set priorities. Last year the Prioritization framework was introduced to improve ICANN’s priority setting process. Can the community expect additional improvements, will the priority framework be re-used for the next FY five-year plan and annual operating plan and budget? Has the prioritization process improved in your opinion?
3. Progress and thinking on the holistic review pilot proposal, given the ccNSO’s feedback
• Related question from the Board members: how does ccNSO envisions and takes care of its “continuous improvement”? (20 min.)
• Context: The ccNSO Council provided feed-back as did other community groups. What will be the next steps, and how is ccNSO feed-back taken into consideration?
4. Update and discussion: Implementation & review of ccNSO developed policies
• For discussion: What are the roles and responsibilities of the Board, ICANN org and ccNSO with respect to a policy developed by the ccNSO and after the Board has approved the recommended policy?
• Context: The ccNSO is likely to conclude both the second part of the third ccNSO PDP on review mechanisms and the PDP on the (de-)selection of IDNccTLD strings by the end of 2023. Following the adoption of the ccTLD retirement policy the ccNSO is exploring how to structure the interaction between the ccNSO & ICANN (org and the Board) to ensure predictability and clarity of roles with respect to the implementation of policies developed by the ccNSO and even beyond implementation. Some of the questions are, who determines when the implementation is completed and is available to be used i.e operational? What is the expected role of the ccNSO with respect to implementation, if any?  Will the policy and its implementation be reviewed, and if so who decides?