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From: ICANN Community Digest <digest@icann.ccsend.com>
Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org>
Date: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
To: Devan Reed <devan.reed@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] NEW: Approved Resolutions | Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board | 8 June 2025

Monday, 16 June 2025

ICANN Community Digest

The next issue of the ICANN Community Digest will be published on 16 June 2025.

Click here to learn more about the New gTLD Program [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Applicant Support Program [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Registry Service Provider Evaluation Program [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

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

to help ICANN community groups track requests and follow updates.

Do you have any ideas for improving the ICANN Community Digest?

Write to us at policyinfo@icann.org!

Table of Contents

ICANN83

· NEW: June Workshop and ICANN83 Preview Blog

Information Sharing

· NEW: Approved Resolutions | Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board | 8 June 2025

· NEW: Press Release: What Holds the Internet Together and Why It's Now at Risk

· NEW: ICANN Calls for Transparency and Fairness in AFRINIC Board Elections

· NEW: Celebrating a Milestone With Something New

· NEW: ICANN Publishes Insights and Clarifications on INFERMAL Study

· NEW: Building Capacity and Increasing Access Through ICANN’s ASP

· NEW: Next Round Outreach, Engagement, and Communications Snapshot

· ICANN Materials Provide Prospective New gTLD Applicants Clarity on Key Topics

· Next Round Champions Toolkit Available in the Six ICANN Languages

· ICANNWiki Seeking Volunteers

🚨 Action Items 🚨

· Requesting Your Input: Office of the Ombuds Baseline Survey Now Open

· ICANN Call for Nominations: Universal Acceptance Expert Working Group

· Call for ASP Mentors

Public Comment

· NEW: Public Comment Summary Report: Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of RIRs

· CLOSES TODAY: Transfer Policy Review Working Group Final Report for ICANN Board Consideration

· Updated ICANN Community Participant Code of Conduct Concerning SOIs

· PSR on Expired Domain Deletion and Expired Registration Recover Policies

· Final Proceeding for Proposed Language for the Draft Next Round Applicant Guidebook (AGB)

· Proposed Next Round Base gTLD Registry Agreement - Public Comment 1 of 2

Events

· These events occur in June 2025.

ICANN83

NEW: June Workshop and ICANN83 Preview Blog

ICANN Board of Directors met for a three-day workshop to prepare for the Policy Forum and progress our work.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Information Sharing

NEW: Approved Resolutions | Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board | 8 June 2025

Please find the Approved Resolutions from the 8 June 2025 Regular meeting of the ICANN Board here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

NEW: Press Release: What Holds the Internet Together and Why It's Now at Risk

Footprints of 20 Years of the Internet Governance Forum illustrates how cooperation among governments, engineers, civil society, and businesses has helped maintain a single, secure, and globally accessible Internet.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: ICANN Calls for Transparency and Fairness in AFRINIC Board Elections

ICANN has a vested interest and role in assuring AFRINIC’s return to full operations in alignment with its community-developed policies, and in seeing AFRINIC’s governance issues stabilized.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Celebrating a Milestone With Something New

This report covers 'spring growth' in the Office: a new strategic framework, a new case management categorization system, and a refreshed Ombuds website.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: ICANN Publishes Insights and Clarifications on INFERMAL Study

This two-year study builds on earlier work from the Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in Generic Top-Level Domains project.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Building Capacity and Increasing Access Through ICANN’s ASP

Since launching the program on 19 November 2024, 45 entities have started the ASP application process.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Next Round Outreach, Engagement, and Communications Snapshot

We’re excited to introduce the Next Round Snapshot, a new monthly recap that highlights key updates shared during the IRT Outreach meetings. This report covers recent activities across the Applicant Support Program (ASP), Registry Service Provider (RSP) evaluation, regional and topical engagement, web traffic stats, and communications milestones. Developed in response to GAC feedback, this snapshot supports visibility and alignment across teams working on the New gTLD Program: Next Round.

📅 Published monthly following each IRT Outreach meeting

📎 Check out the inaugural April/May edition here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

For questions, contact globalsupport@icann.org.

ICANN Materials Provide Prospective New gTLD Applicants Clarity on Key Topics

ICANN org is developing supplemental, complementary materials to aid prospective generic top-level domain (gTLD) applicants in understanding the Next Round application requirements, and how to navigate the application and evaluation processes.

Blog [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

Key Topic Overview Documents. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Next Round Champions Toolkit Available in the Six ICANN Languages

ICANN is working with the community to identify potential Applicant Support Program (ASP) applicants – especially in regions that are currently under-represented in ICANN. If you are interested in helping to raise awareness among your own contacts or communities, please use the materials in the Next Round Champions Toolkit [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

To stay up to date on the New gTLD Program: Next Round and ASP, join the mailing list: nextroundinfo@icann.org. ASP leads, targets, and ideas can be sent to engagement.newgTLDprogram@icann.org.

ICANNWiki Seeking Volunteers

ICANNWiki is seeking volunteers to assist with creating and editing articles and content for the site. Do you want to help? Getting started is as simple as requesting an account [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]. Then, make sure to read the short content guide [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] to get a feel for what belongs in the wiki. Also, feel free to take a look at some data source suggestions [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] on where to find reliable data. Happy editing!

Action Items

Requesting Your Input: Office of the Ombuds Baseline Survey Now Open

The purpose of the survey is to get an understanding of how well-known and trusted the Office is within the ICANN community.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

ICANN Call for Nominations: Universal Acceptance Expert Working Group

ICANN is inviting the ALAC, ccNSO, GAC, GNSO, and SSAC to each submit one nomination by 25 June 2025.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Call for ASP Mentors

ICANN is seeking volunteer mentors who would like to offer their expertise to supported applicants as part of the ASP in the new gTLD Program: Next Round [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]. ICANN is looking for mentors who can share insights and experience across ICANN Languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, or Spanish) to support diverse gTLD applicants.

Mentors may play a role in: advising applicants on navigating the gTLD application process and DNS industry; identifying resources; providing guidance; sharing experiences as appropriate; and helping supported applicants navigate the ICANN community and Public Meetings. If you or someone in your network might be interested, please refer to the mentor registration announcement [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net] for more information.

Questions about the ASP or becoming a supported applicant Mentor can be sent to globalsupport@icann.org.