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Information Sharing

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: ICANN 2023 Nominating Committee (NomCom) Extends Deadline to 30 March
• TOMORROW: Nominations for the ICANN Community Excellence Award
• TODAY: Charting Towards a Multilingual and Inclusive Internet
• NEW: Chair’s Blog: Recap of the March Board Workshop and ICANN76
• REMINDER: Sign up for Strategic Outlook Identification Sessions
• REMINDER: Planning Prioritization Update
• REMINDER: Join the Second Iteration of ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction Webinar

Public Comment 

• IANA Naming Function Review Bylaws Changes

DEADLINE EXTENDED: ICANN 2023 Nominating Committee (NomCom) Extends Deadline to 30 March

The Nominating Committee (NomCom) of ICANN is accepting applications for key leadership positions within ICANN's Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, the ICANN Board of Directors, and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors.

The deadline to submit applications is 30 March 2023 at 23:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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TOMORROW: Nominations for the ICANN Community Excellence Award

The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award will close on 28 March 2023 23:59 UTC. Winners will be announced at ICANN77 in Washington, D.C., USA.

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TODAY: Charting Towards a Multilingual and Inclusive Internet

The inaugural Universal Acceptance (UA) Day will kick off with a keystone event in New Delhi, India on 27–28 March 2023. 

UA is essential for a truly multilingual Internet and a key driver to bringing the next billion users online. UA helps to ensure that all valid domain names and email addresses, regardless of length, language, or script, work in all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems.

• For more information about UA Day and additional UA Day events, visit the UA Day webpage and read this press release. 
• To register for the event in India, visit the dedicated event website at https://globaluaday.in.

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NEW: Chair’s Blog: Recap of the March Board Workshop and ICANN76

"After ICANN76, the first hybrid Community Forum since before the start of the global pandemic, I assume many participants are feeling the way I am now – optimistic, energized, and ready to take on the next challenge." - Tripti Sinha, Chair, ICANN Board

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REMINDER: Sign up for Strategic Outlook Identification Sessions

ICANN’s FY25 Planning Process has started, beginning with the strategic outlook program. We

are looking for participation from community members in the trend identification sessions

through their Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC). ICANN will collaborate

with SO and AC chairs and support teams to schedule sessions from March through May 2023.

This program is a joint effort of the ICANN ecosystem to identify and track trends that are

related to ICANN. This ensures that the opportunities and challenges are incorporated into

current and future planning.

Once trends are identified, ICANN will conduct a trend analysis and

impact assessment. Significant shifts could result in adjustments to the strategic plan.

Moreover, new trends or shifts in existing trends also impact the operating plans (five-year or

annual) and/or budget, and are factored into the annual iteration of those plans as appropriate.

All strategic outlook sessions will be conducted virtually, and community members are

encouraged to join this important discussion. We look forward to your participation in this

dialogue about ICANN planning and strategy.

Thank you for your support in the ICANN planning process.

REMINDER: Planning Prioritization Update

The prioritization process is a step in the annual ICANN planning process, which will permit

ICANN to receive input for the development of the FY25 Draft Plans. The Planning Prioritization

Group comprises members of the ICANN stakeholder groups. ICANN is seeking from the chairs

of the below stakeholder groups to nominate one member and one secondary-member by 7

April 2023:

ASO | ALAC | GNSO/CSG | GNSO/CPH | GNSO/NCSG | ccNSO | GAC | RSSAC | SSAC

The scope of activities to be prioritized are the Board-approved implementation work, such as

PDP recommendations, Specific Review recommendations and the implementation of other

non-policy and advice work.

Please email the name of the members that you have nominated to planning@icann.org, with a

copy to the Policy Strategic Management team (policy-strat-mgt@icann.org).

Moreover, ICANN has published the Planning Prioritization Framework (Version 3) on the

ICANN Finance and Planning Community wiki workspace here (Planning Prioritization

Framework V3). The key elements of the framework have not changed; however, based on

feedback received from a lessons learned session with the members of the FY24 planning

prioritization process, ICANN has incorporated several recommendations into version 3.

For additional information on the planning prioritization framework please visit this link for

presentations and webinar recordings or email planning@icann.org.

REMINDER: Join the Second Iteration of ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction Webinar

The webinar is tailored to those new to ICANN and will give a high-level overview of how the Internet works, what ICANN is, what its role in the Internet infrastructure is, and why and how participants get involved in ICANN.

"ICANN for Beginners: An Introduction" will be held during two time slots (You only need to register for one of the webinars.):

• 25 April 2023 at 1400 UTC
• Click here to register.
• 26 April 2023 at 0600 UTC
• Click here to register.

Closing date for registration: 24 April 2023. The webinars are in English only. Recordings will be posted here after the webinars.

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IANA Naming Function Review Bylaws Changes

Open for submissions date: 09 March 2023

Closed for submissions date: 18 April 2023 

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