Dear Councilors,
From Monday’s Community Leadership Digest, I wanted to draw your attention to one of the items below: Draft Proposal for Phased Return to Face-to-Face Meetings. Having just completed the virtual ICANN68 and held a plenary session on the topic (ICANN and COVID-19 - Advancing Policy Work in the Current Environment), it seems timely to get additional input from the community on the draft proposal to return to physical meetings. ICANN org is seeking additional comments from community members and as such, welcomes your help in collecting input from your respective SG/Cs and sharing with Council leadership, who will in turn discuss your input with the SO/AC Chairs.
Any input you are able to provide in the next week or so, is appreciated. If you have any questions, please let me know! Best, Steve From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon@icann.org> Date: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 8:05 AM To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] [ICANN Community Leaders] 29 June 2020 FYI. Monday, 29 June 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing · NEW: Draft Proposal for Phased Return to Face-to-Face Meetings · NEW: Webinar Invitation: CCWG Auction Proceeds Final Report · NEW: Call for Expressions of Interest: ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect · NEW: Webinar Invitation: ATRT3 Final Report · NEW: 2020 ICANN Community Excellence Award Honors Olivier Crépin-Leblond · REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Public Comment · ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs · Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025 · Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model · Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Information Sharing NEW: Draft Proposal for Phased Return to Face-to-Face Meetings From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support During the ICANN68 plenary session on “Advancing Policy Work in the Current Environment,” the community heard from the Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee (SO/AC) chairs on how they plan to prioritize their respective community's work for the foreseeable future and learned more about the Draft Proposal for Phased Return to Face-to-Face Meetings. Just issued for community feedback, the proposal was prepared by ICANN org based on initial suggestions from the SO/AC chairs. It proposes a strategy that emphasizes partnership and collaboration between the ICANN community and ICANN org in order to ensure a measured and safe return to large-scale physical meetings and is intended as a basis for further conversations with the ICANN community. ICANN org will continue to provide up-to-date assessment reports for each potential meeting location for community review and update the framework as needed. The draft proposal can be read here [r20.rs6.net]. ICANN org welcomes the comments that were made by many community members during the plenary session and hopes that the community will continue to provide its views to the various SO/AC leaders, who will be meeting again with ICANN org after ICANN68 as part of their regular cadence of intersessional calls. NEW: Webinar Invitation: CCWG Auction Proceeds Final Report From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support The co-chairs of the Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG) on New gTLD Auction Proceeds will be hosting a 60-minute informational webinar for its chartering organizations about its Final Report [r20.rs6.net] on Tuesday, 7 July 2020 at 12:00 UTC. All Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees are chartering organizations of the CCWG. The primary purpose of this webinar is to provide information to the chartering organizations about CCWG recommendations and Final Report, as well as answer questions that they may have as they consider CCWG outputs. However, anyone who is interested in this topic is welcome to attend, even if they are not affiliated with the chartering organizations. Additional information can be found here [r20.rs6.net]. The most recent CCWG newsletter can be read here [r20.rs6.net]. Please RSVP to gnso-secs@icann.org to receive participation details. NEW: Call for Expressions of Interest: ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect Announcement [r20.rs6.net] ICANN is seeking Expressions of Interest for the chair and chair-elect of the 2021 Nominating Committee. For additional information on the positions, please refer to the call for expressions of interest announcement [r20.rs6.net]. Expressions of Interests, which will be maintained as confidential, should be sent to nomcomchair2021@icann.org no later than Tuesday, 7 July 2020. A suggested form for submitting an Expression of Interest is available here [r20.rs6.net]. NEW: Webinar Invitation: ATRT3 Final Report From: Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiative The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) invites the community to participate in a webinar on its Final Report [r20.rs6.net]. There are two opportunities to participate: · Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 15:30-16:30 UTC · Thursday, 16 July 2020, 07:00-08:00 UTC During the webinar, the ATRT3 will present an overview of the recommendations in its Final Report and answer questions. Details on how to attend are available here [r20.rs6.net]. NEW: 2020 ICANN Community Excellence Award Honors Olivier Crépin-Leblond From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support The ICANN Community Excellence Award Selection Panel named Olivier Crépin-Leblond as the recipient of the ICANN Community Excellence Award Award for 2020. The panel noted that Crépin-Leblond's energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to engage across the diverse ICANN community contributed to his effective facilitation of community dialogues. Watch the video announcement from panel spokesperson Margarita Valdés here [r20.rs6.net] and the interview with Olivier Crépin-Leblond here [r20.rs6.net]. REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process Announcement [r20.rs6.net] On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document [r20.rs6.net] [r20.rs6.net]before submission. The document includes the following information: · Panel Position Description · Required or Highly Preferred Skills · Required or Highly Preferred Experience · Time Commitment · Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020@icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. Public Comment ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Friday, 10 July 2020 Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025 [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Friday, 31 July 2020 Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Sunday, 2 August 2020 Volume 2, Issue 50 | Archive [r20.rs6.net] | Next Issue: Thursday, 2 July 2020