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From: ICANN Community Digest <digest@icann.ccsend.com>
Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org>
Date: Monday, April 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
To: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] NEW: CIP, PHR, and Timing of ATRT4: Community Progress and Consideration at ICANN79

Monday, 01 April 2024

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Table of Contents

ICANN80

· ICANN80 Community Childcare Grants Program Now Accepting Applications

Information Sharing

· NEW: CIP, PHR, and Timing of ATRT4: Community Progress and Consideration at ICANN79

Action Item

· 🔥 ACTION ITEM: ICANN81 Fellowship Application Round Now Open

Webinars

· THIS WEEK: ICANN for Beginners: Join the Policy and Advice Development Webinar

Public Comment

· CLOSES TOMORROW: Review of the Draft Applicant Support (ASP) Handbook-New gTLD Program

· String Similarity Review Guidelines

· Proposed Bylaws Updates to Limit Access to Accountability Mechanisms

· Review of the Draft Registry Service Provider (RSP) Handbook - New gTLD Program

· Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD)

· Review of the Registry System Testing 2.0 Test Specifications and API

ICANN80

ICANN80 Community Childcare Grants Program Now Accepting Applications

The program facilitates in-person participation of community members with children 12 years old or younger at ICANN Public Meetings and other eligible ICANN events.

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]

Information Sharing

NEW: CIP, PHR, and Timing of ATRT4: Community Progress and Consideration at ICANN79

At the ICANN79 Community Forum in Puerto Rico, community volunteers from the Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group met for their first hybrid working meeting, where they made substantial progress toward developing common principles for the ICANN Continuous Improvement Program. This meeting was positive and productive in laying a solid foundation for the Continuous Improvement Program framework. The group’s next steps will be to use the principles to build out the draft framework for Public Comment later this year. Click here [r20.rs6.net] to learn more

Follow the Continuous Improvement Project (CIP) homepage [r20.rs6.net] for ongoing progress.

At ICANN79, the community also discussed the timing of the fourth Accountability and Transparency Review and the status of the Pilot Holistic Review. Listen to the ICANN79 recorded session for updates, community discussion and questions on these important topics here [r20.rs6.net].

Action Items

🔥 ACTION ITEM: ICANN81 Fellowship Application Round Now Open

ICANN is opening the application round for the ICANN Fellowship Program for the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting, which will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 9-14 November 2024.

Deadline: 19 April 2024, 23:59 UTC.