Dear All, Here is an overview of today’s ICANN71 ccTLD-relevant sessions, scheduled for Thursday, 17 June 2021. You are warmly invited to participate. Sessions will be held during general working hours in The Hague, Netherlands (CEST / UTC+2, Amsterdam/Paris). You must be registered and signed in to view the ICANN71 schedule and participation details. Access and ability to log into the schedule platform<https://71.schedule.icann.org/> can take up to 30 minutes after completing the registration process. ICANN71 links to bookmark now: * ccNSO Schedule Hub: https://community.icann.org/x/WIG1CQ * ccNSO Members Meeting, including sessions held prior to ICANN71:https://community.icann.org/x/UYG1CQ ccNSO STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE Thursday, 17 June 2021 | 08:00-09:00 UTC https://71.schedule.icann.org/meetings/qLu5gNQYt9hd8F89q The ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC) regularly holds joint meetings with its counterpart in the GNSO, the SCBO. The groups previously discussed their respective rankings of ICANN org’s Operating Initiatives and Functional Activities. One of the topics the SOPC will discuss at its ICANN71 meeting is to further improve and repeat this exercise in future. Moreover, the SOPC meets with the ICANN org Planning Team on what the community may expect over the next couple of months in terms of planning- and finance topics. About the SOPC The aim of the Committee is to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and PTI's strategic and operational planning processes and related budgetary processes. ccNSO COUNCIL Thursday, 17 June 2021 | 12:30-14:00 UTC https://71.schedule.icann.org/meetings/7cXTWpLH3wFmWJEaY The ccNSO Council will have its 174th meeting at ICANN71 on 17 June 2021. All Council meetings are open to observers. Highlights from the upcoming Council meeting: * Adoption policy recommendations for ccPDP3 regarding the retirement of ccTLDs * Decision on the ccNSO Council Work Plan for the next 2 years, and transition towards quarterly work plans. * Finalizing ccNSO part of implementation of the second ccNSO organisational review recommendations * How to organize the continuous organizational improvement process, with a potential expanded role for the ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC). Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org