Dear All, Please find below a number of items open for community discussion and public comment: · Draft PTI FY18 Operating Plan and Budget draft of Public Technical Identifiers’ (PTI's) FY18 Operating Plan and Budget for community discussion and public comment. This is the draft Operating Plan and Budget for PTI’s first complete fiscal year of operations. PTI was incorporated in August 2016, the second month of ICANN’s FY17 budget. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy18-pti-operating-plan-budget-2016-10-24-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_fy18-2Dpti-2Doperating-2Dplan-2Dbudget-2D2016-2D10-2D24-2Den&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=aDU8svMXQwmCW2I6Fgk9UOlcAlz6xBitf4M0TWem494&s=s3eQcAYQizfa5Pb0PS_kc25CSjd9mTD8wTiVzmSx6CQ&e=> Close Date: 10 Dec 2016 23:59 UTC * Call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for the At-Large Board Member Position On behalf of the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), we are seeking Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from Candidates who wish to serve as an ICANN Board Director. The selected Candidate will be chosen by the At-Large Community, and will serve for a 3-year term starting at the end of ICANN60 (2017 Annual General Meeting - AGM). https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-10-18-en Close Date: 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 November 2016. · Proposal for Lao Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) The Lao script community has formed the Lao script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a Proposal for the Lao Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (Proposal[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...> and Proposal Documentation[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...>). As per the LGRProcedure[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...>, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Lao script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Lao script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lao-lgr-2016-10-24-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_lao-2Dlgr-2D2016-2D10-2D24-2Den&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=R9ORjcVpilKeaP9-rH5aySFTA3ZNg3Ll5FrQX0NCUqY&s=Cw-BE0hX6Euvdi1iRyV0tqEv6a6uCAoF_hvAPNZkM2w&e=> Close Date: 10 Dec 2016 23:59 UTC · Revised Proposed Implementation of GNSO Thick Whois Consensus Policy Requiring Consistent Labeling and Display of RDDS (Whois) Output for All gTLDs his public comment proceeding seeks input from the community on the proposed revised Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display Policy (“Policy”). The proposed revisions to the Policy address community feedback on the requirement in the Policy for registries to implement a Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) service in order to achieve consistent labeling and display of registration data. This requirement has been removed from the version of the proposed Policy being posted for comment. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdds-labeling-display-2016-10-21-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_rdds-2Dlabeling-2Ddisplay-2D2016-2D10-2D21-2Den&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=XupWLIk73iOPHiWQc7Xlg66DfZOaJTggubSkuoHROM8&s=pWsmGJz6HTxkzglW6df3qQ9vc9iIXRNL3DYOBLU0kY0&e=> Close Date: 12 Dec 2016 23:59 UTC Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org