Thursday, 14 November 2019

ICANN Community Leadership Digest

The ICANN org Policy Development Support team publishes this twice-weekly digest

to help ICANN community leaders track requests and updates.

Table of Contents

Information Sharing

· NEW: ICANN Fellowship Program Mentors

· REMINDER: ICANN Preparations for IGF 2019: Information for the Community and Requests for Input

· REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Community Consultation

Public Comment

· Registration Directory Service (WHOIS2) Review Team Final Report

· Proposed IANA SLAs for ccTLD Creation and Transfer

· Draft PTI and IANA FY20 Operating Plan and Budgets

· Implementation Plan for the GNSO Consensus Policy Relating to the Protection of Certain Red Cross Names

· Proposal for Future Root Zone KSK Rollovers

Information Sharing

NEW: ICANN Fellowship Program Mentors

From: Sally Costerton, Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) are invited to nominate [r20.rs6.net] one individual each (total of seven) to serve as a mentor in the ICANN Fellowship Program.

Mentors will serve a term that includes three consecutive ICANN Public Meetings, beginning with ICANN68. They will provide extensive pre-meeting preparation and on-site support for their assigned fellows, as well as complete a survey after each meeting.

Mentors are expected to follow Fellowship Program guidelines to help ensure consistency in capacity development opportunities for fellows. They also play an important role to help fellows actively participate in ICANN's work. Mentors will receive travel funding support.

Mentors cannot serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee [r20.rs6.net] at the same time they are serving as mentors. For more information on the guidelines and expectations for mentors, please read about the program here [r20.rs6.net].

SOs/ACs should first select their respective Fellowship Program mentor by Thursday, 31 January 2020, and notify fellowshipconsultation@icann.org. Individual self-nominations will not be considered.

REMINDER: ICANN Preparations for IGF 2019: Information for the Community and Requests for Input

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The 14th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted by the Government of Germany in Berlin from 25 to 29 November 2019. ICANN org will have a booth, hold sessions, and co-host a reception with other Internet technical organizations.

A few things we would like to share with you:

· ICANN booth – The booth will be a resource for the ICANN community. Please contact us (see below) if you or any of your members would like to volunteer at the booth, or use the booth as a place for small meet-ups, etc. Once we have a better idea, we will create a schedule reflecting this.

· Technical community reception – Monday, 25 November 2019, 18:30-20:00 (IGF venue). Space will be limited, and the reception will be by invitation only. Please send us (see below) the names of any community members attending the IGF and they will receive an invitation. Deadline: Tuesday, 12 November 2019.

· Community sessions – Please send us (see below) details of any session at the IGF your community group and members are planning, and we will share this information online and at the ICANN booth.

ICANN sessions

IGF Day 0 Pre-Events: Monday, 25 November 2019

· 15:05-14:35 | Workshop: The evolving ecosystem: ICANN's role in the security and stability of the Internet [r20.rs6.net]

IGF Day 1: Tuesday, 26 November 2019

· 10:45-11:45 | ICANN Open Forum: ICANN - DNS, Threats and Opportunities [r20.rs6.net]

IGF Day 3: Thursday 28 November 2019

· 11:05-12:35 | Workshop: Online Identity in the Multilingual Domain Name Space [r20.rs6.net]

ICANN org contact for community members and requests: Adam Peake, adam.peake@icann.org.

REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Community Consultation

Executive: Sally Costerton, Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The NextGen@ICANN program is currently undergoing a community consultation [r20.rs6.net].

One request from the preliminary feedback received to-date was for ICANN org to explore the feasibility of having community volunteer representatives from Supporting Organizations (SOs), Advisory Committees (ACs), Stakeholder Groups (SGs), and Constituencies (Cs) to nominate individuals for the following two roles:

1. NextGen Selection Committee members

2. NextGen mentors

For the Selection Committee, a time commitment of approximately 20 hours over three weeks is required (for each application round). Selection Committee members will typically serve for two years (or six application rounds).

Mentors are expected to devote approximately 24 hours to pre-ICANN Public Meeting preparation with their mentees, to offer advice, networking support, and regular check-ins on-site, and to complete evaluations following the ICANN Public Meeting. Based on previous estimates, mentors spend about two hours per week during the six-week preparation period in advance of the meeting and about two hours per day providing on-site support at the ICANN Public Meeting. Mentors will typically serve for one year (or three meetings).

Is your group interested in nominating individuals for either of these roles? By Monday, 16 December 2019, please take the following poll [r20.rs6.net] to help ICANN org can gauge the level of community interest. The findings of this poll will inform the proposed NextGen program approach that will be published for Public Comment.

Note: You will not be asked to submit the names of potential volunteers for roles at this time.