Dear members of the ccTLD Community,

First, apologies for cross-posting.

I am writing you one behalf of Nick Wenban-Smith, the ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager, to inform you that on 26 May 2022 the ICANN Board of Directors approved the FY23 Operating Plan and Budget (see: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-05-26-en).

The FY23 Operating Plan is available at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/op-financialplan-fy23-27-opplan-fy23-2022-en.pdf beginning on page 135, and the FY23 Budget is available at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/budget-fy23-2022-en.pdf.

On 28 May 2022, the ccNSO as a Decisional Participant received a notice from the ICANN Secretary pursuant to Section 22.5(a)(v) of the ICANN Bylaws, which initiated the 21 days Rejection Action Petition Period for the community. The deadline for submission of a Rejection Action Petition(s) to the ccNSO role account (ccnso-petions@icann.org) is 10 June 2022 at 23:59 UTC.

If you are interested in submitting a Rejection Action Petition with respect to the adopted FY24 Operating Plan and Budget, please consult Section 2 of Annex D for the requirements, which must be met (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD ).

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 Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community's rights to Reject Specified Actions (https://ccnso.icann.org/about/guideline-rejection-actions-procedure-24may18-en.pdf [ccnso.icann.org] ).

According to the Guideline, the ccNSO will consider a Rejection Action Petition from 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/x/8tDRAw

Kind Regards,

On behalf of Nick Wenban-Smith, ccNSO Rejection Action Process Manager,

Bart Boswinkel

ccNSO Secretariat