From: SO-AC-SG-CLeaders [mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of ICANN Community Leadership Digest
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2020 5:01 PM
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Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] 5 March 2020

Thursday, 5 March 2020

ICANN Community Leadership Digest

The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest

to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.

Table of Contents

ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum

· REMINDER: ICANN67 Schedule Now Available!

· REMINDER: Areas of Interest for Joint Meetings with the ICANN Board

· REMINDER: Language Services for ICANN67

· REMINDER: ICANN67 FAQ

· NEW: ICANN67 Social Media Campaign

Information Sharing

· NEW: ICANN Submits Comments to Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee on Draft Personal Data Protection Bill

· REMINDER: EPDP Recommendation 17.2 Questionnaire

· REMINDER: Nomination Period for ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 Now Open

Public Comment

· EXTENDED: Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Draft Report

· Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2

· Draft Proposal for NextGen@ICANN Program Improvements

· Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Study 1

· Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) Strategy 2021-2025

· Revised Community Travel Support Guidelines

· Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules

· NEW: Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules

ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum

REMINDER: ICANN67 Schedule Now Available!

The schedule for the ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum is now available. A cross-functional team from ICANN collaborated with community groups to develop this schedule, which includes the sessions necessary to advance the community's policy and technical work.

REMINDER: Areas of Interest for Joint Meetings with the ICANN Board

Please refer to this workspace for a compilation of areas of interest submitted by ICANN community groups for discussion with the ICANN Board at the ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum.

REMINDER: Language Services for ICANN67

Learn more about the efforts ICANN org is making to mitigate the impact to real-time interpretation and translation for ICANN67 and to ensure the Virtual Community Forum is a valuable experience.

REMINDER: ICANN67 FAQ

Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the ICANN67 Community Forum scheduled for 7-12 March in Cancún, Mexico, will now be a virtual meeting with attendees participating remotely. We recognize the community has many questions about the new meeting schedule, travel arrangements, and other issues. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

NEW: ICANN67 Social Media Campaign

Join in the spirit of ICANN’s first virtual meeting by showing the ICANN community where you are participating from. Are you in your office or at a coffee shop? Post a photo of yourself attending ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum sessions from your location and share it using the #ICANN67 hashtag and the #city you are participating from. Help us create a virtual meeting photo gallery. See you online!

Information Sharing

NEW: ICANN Submits Comments to Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee on Draft Personal Data Protection Bill

From: Sally Costerton, Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement

INFORMATION SHARING

On 25 February 2020, ICANN submitted a letter to the Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee requesting input on India's Draft Personal Data Protection Bill. This bill originated in 2019 and is currently in the final stages of discussion.

REMINDER: EPDP Recommendation 17.2 Questionnaire

From: Cyrus Namazi, Senior Vice President, Global Domains Division

INFORMATION SHARING

As part of ICANN org’s research for Recommendation 17.2 of the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP) Phase 1 Final Report, the Global Domains Division (GDD) has prepared a short questionnaire to collect input on the risks, feasibility, and costs of differentiating between legal and natural persons in registration data directory services (RDDS).

Members of ICANN community groups with a view on the subject are invited to fill out and share the questionnaire before Friday, 20 March 2020.

Results will be integrated into the report on Recommendation 17.2 for the EPDP Team.

REMINDER: Nomination Period for ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 Now Open

From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support

INFORMATION SHARING

The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 is now open. Formerly known as the Multistakeholder Ethos Award, the ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who substantively contribute to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem and who are deeply invested in developing consensus-based solutions within ICANN’s multistakeholder model. Learn more about the nomination process and submit your nominations here.