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From: ICANN Community Digest <digest@icann.ccsend.com>
Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org>
Date: Monday, July 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
To: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] NEW: Sign up for the session slot for ICANN84 Newcomers, including Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs participants

 

Monday, 21 July 2025

 

ICANN Community Digest

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

ICANN84

·     NEW: Sign up for the session slot for ICANN84 Newcomers, including Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs participants

·     Now Available: ICANN84 Frequently Asked Questions Page

Information Sharing

·     NEW: ICANN-Accredited Registrars Approve Registrar-Level Fees for Fiscal Year 2026

Next Round

·     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 

·     Call for ASP Mentors

🚨 Action Items 🚨

·     NEXT THURSDAY: ICANN Opens Nomination Period for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

·     ICANNWiki Seeking Volunteers

Public Comment

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

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

·     Root Zone Label Generation Rules Version 6 (RZ-LGR-6)

·     Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 6 (MSR-6)

·     Draft North America Engagement Plan 2026-2030

Events

·     These events occur in July 2025.

 

 

 

ICANN84

 

NEW: Sign up for the session slot for ICANN84 Newcomers, including Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs participants

 

Want to introduce your group’s work to ICANN84 Annual General Meeting newcomers, including Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs Participants? Sign up for a 30 minute session on 25-26 October, 2025. These outreach sessions are part of the ""Get To Know ICANN Community"" Onboarding Program for Newcomers and are an opportunity for every SO/AC to share information with the ICANN Meeting newcomers and highlight the important work that your group does within ICANN.

 

Sign up for available slots here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

 

For any additional questions, please contact ICANN Fellowship Program Manager, Siranush Vardanyan at siranush.vardanyan@icann.org.

 

DEADLINE: August 7, 2025

 

 

Now Available: ICANN84 Frequently Asked Questions Page

 

Please find the FAQs for ICANN84 here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

 

Information Sharing

 

NEW: ICANN-Accredited Registrars Approve Registrar-Level Fees for Fiscal Year 2026

 

Annual Accreditation Fee: $4,000 per registrar accreditation, per year as described in Section 3.9.1 of the RAA. This fee amount remains consistent and is not subject to change in FY26.

 

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

 

Next Round

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

Action Items

 

NEXT THURSDAY: ICANN Opens Nomination Period for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

 

It recognizes ICANN community members for significant efforts in developing aptitude in areas related to ICANN's mission.

 

Deadline: 31 July 2025 at 23:59 UTC

 

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

 

 

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!

 

Public Comment

 

CLOSES TODAY: Proposed Next Round Base gTLD Registry Agreement - Public Comment 1 of 2 [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Submissions Opening Date: Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Submissions Closing Date: Monday, 21 July 2025

 

 

CLOSES WEDNESDAY: Final Proceeding for Proposed Language for the Draft Next Round Applicant Guidebook (AGB) [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Submissions Opening Date: Friday, 30 May 2025

Submissions Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2025

 

 

Root Zone Label Generation Rules Version 6 (RZ-LGR-6) [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Open for Submissions: 17 June 2025

Closed for Submissions: 29 July 2025

 

 

Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 6 (MSR-6) [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Open for Submissions: 17 June 2025

Closed for Submissions: 29 July 2025

 

 

Draft North America Engagement Plan 2026-2030 [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Submissions Opening Date: Thursday, 10 July 2025

Submissions Closing Date: Thursday, 28 August 2025

 

 

 

Events

 

These events occur in July 2025.

To learn more, please visit our community engagement calendar [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

 

·     Africa Law Tech Festival 2025

·     DNS Operations and DNSSEC Hands-On Workshop - Pakistan 2025

·     Transatlantic Week 2025

·     AAU 16th Quadrienal General Conference

·     VNNIC Internet Conference 2025

·     Asia Pacific Advanced Network Conference (APAN60)

 

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