Dear ccNSO members, members of the broader ccTLD community.

The ccNSO Travel Support Committee, which is a subcommittee of the ccNSO Council, reviewed and adjusted the ccNSO Travel Support Guideline. Council now seeks your feedback regarding the proposed draft guideline.  The deadline for comments or suggestions is Monday, 16 September – end of day.  Unless there are fundamental comments or concerns, the adoption of the revised ccNSO Travel Support Guideline will be an item on the agenda of the 19 September Council meeting.

Highlights of the proposed changes:

• Removed all references to the former OISC
• Changed “funding” to “support”, in line with ICANN terminology
• Added reference to ICANN requirements for funded travelers and reference to the ICANN travel support guideline, which prevails
• Updated criteria for the selection of supported travelers, separated from requirements
• Removed references to internal working methods by the committee and the application template
• Overall, tried to be short and concise and improve readability.

Please find the version as proposed by Council as a google doc, or enclosed as a PDF:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qqiM1U1K7ETAngFCekPE8po2IgRUsBr3ptw53t8vQoM/edit?usp=sharing

The current (old) version of the guideline is here.

https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-draft-oisc-07jun21-en.pdf

Please find a PDF with track changes (redline) enclosed

Timeline

• Deadline for comments by the ccTLD community is Monday, 16 September – end of day.
• Unless there are fundamental comments or concerns by the community, the guideline is expected to be adopted by Council at its September meeting (19 September)

Thank you.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

joke.braeken@icann.org