Dear Councillors,

This is a written update, regarding agenda item 12 (ccNSO Working Group and Committee Updates) on today’s Council agenda. The Council meeting will be held on Thursday, 22 April at 12 UTC.

OISC Update

The Outreach and Involvement Committee (OISC) will have its second meeting on 22 April, when it will discuss the approach regarding the development of an outreach and involvement strategy, as well as administrative matters, including the chair appointment and the terms of service of its members. Moreover, the Committee will discuss two potential additional annexes to its Terms of Reference, currently covered by the ccNSO Travel Fund Guideline and the ccNSO Community Onboarding Programme arrangements. At the start of 2021, the ccNSO Council decided to integrate the activities of the ccNSO COP into the newly created Outreach and Involvement Committee (OISC), and the additional annexes only relate to the integration of those aspects into the OISC: No further substantial edits are expected.  Further information will be shared with the Guideline Review Committee and eventually Council, as soon as it becomes available.

IGLC Update

The ccNSO Internet Governance Liaison Committee (IGLC) met on 21 April, for an extended meeting with a 90 minute duration. The IGLC evaluated the lessons learned from the IGLC session at ICANN70, and agreed not to organize a session as part of the ICANN71 Policy Forum public schedule in June. Via a forward-looking SOAR-analyses, which focused on the committee’s aspirations and results, the IGLC started a review of its value and purpose, how this fits into the overall ccNSO value and purpose, and how to best meet expectations of all stakeholders. The input collected via the SOAR analysis will be integrated into a game plan, which the IGLC will discuss at its next meeting.

An update regarding the work of the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) will follow shortly.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org