Dear Councillors. Please find included below an invitation by Barbara Povse, ccNSO Meeting Programme Committee (MPC) Chair , to join the ccNSO Governance session, as part of the ICANN69 ccNSO Members Meeting. The email also contains useful background information, allowing all to have an informed discussion. The session will be an interactive one, with an introduction by Katrina Sataki followed by a discussion with the ccNSO membership, moderated by Chris Disspain. Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org From: cctldcommunity <cctldcommunity-bounces@lists.nic.cz> on behalf of Barbara Povše Golob <barbara.povse@register.si> Date: Monday, 5 October 2020 at 17:21 To: "ccnso-members@icann.org" <ccnso-members@icann.org>, "ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org> Subject: [Ext] [cctldcommunity] Invitation to join the ICANN69 discussion on how we in the ccNSO govern ourselves Dear ccNSO members, One of the sessions during the upcoming ICANN69 ccNSO Members Meeting will address the important topic of how we in the ccNSO govern ourselves and how we might adapt that governance to present and future circumstances. This email is to notify you of that session and to provide context to enable a full and productive discussion. The session will be an interactive one, with an introduction by Katrina Sataki followed by a discussion with the ccNSO membership, moderated by Chris Disspain. Session Details: ccNSO Members Meeting: ccNSO Governance Session Tue, 13 October 2020 (10:00-11:30 UTC) Note: Registration is now required<https://events.icann.org/icann69-agm/registration> to view the ICANN69 schedule<https://69.schedule.icann.org/>. Session Participation links will be published 24 hours in advance of the session. Please check the schedule before the session for the latest information. We encourage you to take a look at the resources in the background section below, and to attend the upcoming session. Or, if you cannot make the session, by all means please contribute your remarks on the ccNSO members mailing list. This is an important effort to make sure that the ccNSO Council, ccNSO members, and rules are properly aligned in accordance with our wishes. To conclude, I would like to invite you to consult the ccNSO ICANN69 workspace, and the detailed agenda of the upcoming ccNSO Members Meeting here: https://community.icann.org/x/awG-C Thank you. Best regards, Barbara Povse, ccNSO Meeting Programme Committee (MPC) Chair Background The current Rules <https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25723/ccnso-rules-dec0...> of the ccNSO were adopted in 2004. Since then, the ccNSO has adapted to the evolving ways in which ICANN operates, and it has grown from 45 members to the 172 members we have today. Along the way, there have been significant developments that have had a bearing on how the ccNSO operates. We wish to continue the discussion around the Rules of the ccNSO that was begun during ICANN61 in Puerto Rico in March of 2018. You can see the transcript of that initial discussion here<https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/172549/1523576381.pdf?1523576381> (page 34 to 49), and you can see the related slides <https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/169593/1521034582.pdf?1521034582> as well.