Dear members of the ccTLD Community,

First, apologies for cross-posting.

I am writing, in my capacity as the ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager, to inform you that on 13 March 2025, the ICANN Board of Directors adopted the Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2030.

The resolution is available here.

To view the plan, click here.

On 20 March 2025, the ccNSO, one of the Decisional Participants, received a notice from the ICANN Secretary under Section 22.5(b)(v) of the ICANN Bylaws. This notice initiated a 21‑day Rejection Action Petition Period for the community, closing on 11 April 2025 at 6.59 UTC

Should you wish to submit a Rejection Action Petition concerning the adopted Operating Plan and Budget, please review Section 2 of Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for the mandatory requirements. Rejection Action Petitions must be submitted to the ccNSO role account (ccnso-petions@icann.org) by 06:59 UTC on 11 April 2025.

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 ccNSO Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community's rights to Reject Specific Actions. According to this Guideline, the ccNSO will consider Rejection Action Petitions submitted by 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.

All relevant information will be published at: https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/Rejection+actions

Kind Regards, on behalf of  Sean Copeland, ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager, Bart Boswinkel ccNSO secretariat