Dear Councillors, Yesterday I have sent emails to all Council members on a per-region basis, with instructions regarding travel funding for ICANN74. There were some questions, and I hope this email clarifies matters. The ccNSO has 17 full travel slots for ICANN74, and 8 slots are available to Council: As per the applicable guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-draft-oisc-...> (section 5.1), three (3) ccNSO full travel funding slots will be available for the NomCom appointed ccNSO Councillors, and at least one (1) Councillor from every ICANN geographic region is eligible to receive travel support for an ICANN meeting. The Councillors representing the region are to decide among themselves who will receive funding to attend a meeting, and they inform the secretariat accordingly. The enclosed materials might be helpful in determining whether to attend ICANN74 in person. ccNSO travel funding covers an economy class ticket to the travel destination, the hotel costs for the time of the meeting and a per diem. (Either full or partial funding) Option 1: full funding Option 2: partial funding - flight Option 3: partial funding - hotel & per diem Out of the total 17 slots, 9 full slots are allocated to the “Broader ccTLD community” category. Members from the ccTLD community can apply for travel funding via an application form on the ccNSO website. If for instance all 3 Councillors from a specific geographic region decline the travel funding, that slot is allocated to the “Broader ccTLD community” category (bringing the total to 9 slots, plus 1). The same applies to the 3 slots for NomCom appointed Councillors: if one or more NomCom appointed Councillor declines the funding, the slot goes to the “Broader ccTLD community” category. If more than one Councillor from a geographic region wishes to use the travel funding, the Councillors representing the region still are to decide among themselves which of the 3 Councillors will be funded to attend a meeting, and to inform the secretariat accordingly. For ICANN74, the deadline is Monday, 11 April (COB). The remaining two Councillors can choose to apply for funding via the “Broader ccTLD community” mechanism, should they wish to do so, via the form on the ccNSO website. For ICANN74, the form is open until Thursday, 14 April 2022 (noon UTC). This is a strict deadline, no late submissions will be accepted. https://ccnso.icann.org/en/form/application-form A sub-committee of the ccNSO Outreach and Involvement Committee (OISC) will meet on Thursday, 14 April, shortly after closure of the application window. The OISC subcommittee will need to evaluate all applications received via the online form (excluding the 5+3 Council applications), and make an informed decision on the distribution of the slots. As per the guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-draft-oisc-...>: Annex C. 7.1. Selection Criteria Candidates from all regions and sectors may apply for ccNSO travel support. Decisions on whether to award travel support to an application shall be based on the merits of each application and the criteria included in this Guideline. In allocating slots, Travel Funding Committee members should be guided by the following principles, which - in order of priority - are: · Being an active member of the broader ccTLD Community. Details must be provided in the application on why and how the applicant is currently contributing to the work of the ccNSO. · To provide support for those who might not be able either to fund their involvement, or to justify the cost of attending the meeting without support. · To broaden participation in the ccNSO[1] . For ICANN74, the ccNSO secretariat needs to submit the travel database to ICANN travel support, latest on 15 April. This is a hard deadline. ICANN travel support will follow up from that moment onwards. I hope this was helpful. Have a good weekend! Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org