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: 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

ZOOM ACCESS – Links available 24 hours before the session on the ICANN Public Schedule.

ICANN84 Zoom Backgrounds – Download here.

ccNSO SESSIONS HIGHLIGHTS - For detailed session agendas and discussion topics, click here.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

joke.braeken@icann.org