Dear All, On behalf of the SOPC leadership, I am inviting you to join the SOPC work session at ICANN84. This session is open to all with an interest, and welcomes both remote and on-site participants. Additionally, the SOPC welcomes new volunteers: a call for expressions of interest will be posted on the ccNSO mailing lists soon. Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC) work session Sunday, 26 October | 13:15-14:30 DUB The SOPC will meet with ICANN’s Finance and Planning team to provide input into ICANN and PTI’s strategic, operational, and budgetary processes from a ccTLD perspective. ➤ AGENDA 1. Welcome & Administrative matters, if any (Andreas Musielak, SOPC Chair) - 3 min. 2. Process to communicate revisions to annual Operating Plan & Budget after public comments (Becky Nash, ICANN planning) - 10 min. 3. Management Framework Program<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projfinadhocws/pages/52622...>: Progress Measurement and Reporting Project (Becky Nash, ICANN planning) - 10 min. 4. IANA update (Marilia Hirano, IANA) - 10 min. 5. DNS marketplace update: FY27 registration trends per region - 20 min. Barrack Otieno, AfTLD | Patrick Myles, APTLD, CENTR, LACTLD | Rocío de la Fuente, LACTLD 6. FY27 planning cycle a. FY27 Operating Plan & Budget (Becky Nash, ICANN planning) - 5 min. b. Next steps for SOPC, incl. determining the working method (Andreas Musielak & Irina Danelia, SOPC leadership) - 15 min. 7. AOB 8. Closure and next meetings ROOM DETAILS – Find session locations: Venue Map<https://icann84.sched.com/venue-map> ZOOM ACCESS – Links available 24 hours before the session on the ICANN Public Schedule<https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann84>. ICANN84 Zoom Backgrounds – Download here<https://community.icann.org/x/FwgiCw>. ccNSO SESSIONS HIGHLIGHTS - For detailed session agendas and discussion topics, click here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1utmHfAuGntv5HkP8aMLQH2qIlojsaYGZqEeyKncW...>. Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>