FYI:

Monday, 23 September 2019

ICANN Community Leadership Digest

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

to help ICANN community leaders track requests and updates from ICANN org.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Information Sharing

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

· REMINDER: Invitation to Provide Feedback on the ICANN Board’s Proposed Public Interest Framework

ICANN66 Planning

· REMINDER: ICANN66 Prep Week Schedule

· REMINDER: Participate in Newcomers Day at ICANN66

· REMINDER: Support the ICANN Engagement Booth at ICANN66

· SAVE THE DATE: ICANN66 Community Leadership Reception

Public Comment

· Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

· Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) Accepted Recommendations – Plan for Implementation and Next Steps

Information Sharing

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

Executive: Tarek Kamel, Senior Vice President, Government and International Governmental Organization Engagement

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:

· The 2019 IGF aims to be paperless – Informal pamphlets and materials will be linked by a QR code to a dedicated ICANN page on the IGF website. If you are interested in distributing any materials your community group would like to share with IGF participants, please send the materials to us (see below). Deadline: Friday, 4 October 2019.

· 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: Invitation to Provide Feedback on the ICANN Board’s Proposed Public Interest Framework

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

From 18 September – 18 October 2019, a community consultation is taking place on the global public interest framework proposed by the ICANN Board. In reviewing the proposal, the ICANN Board is asking the ICANN community to consider the following questions for input to the ICANN Board:

1. What are your thoughts on the proposed framework approach? Do you have any suggestions for how it could be improved?

2. What are your thoughts on the proposed approach for decisions in the ICANN ecosystem to be accompanied by a consideration of their impact on the global public interest (as well as an explanation regarding what is meant by the GPI in the specific case)?

3. How do you see this working for the Supporting Organization (SO), Advisory Committee (AC), constituency, group, review team, or cross-community working group (CCWG) to which you are contributing?

The global public interest is central to many of ICANN’s primary governance documents, and the ICANN Board hopes to play a role in facilitating a bottom-up, community-driven process to develop a framework as a toolkit for the ICANN community to consider the global public interest. These considerations would not change the process by which decisions are made but could instead serve as tools for the community to reinforce the commitment to the public interest and to demonstrate how specific recommendations, advice, and public comments are in the global public interest. This includes the ICANN community guiding the ICANN Board about the public interest determination the latter must make in its decisions.

To learn more about the framework, please read the discussion paper [r20.rs6.net]. Community feedback is welcome by Friday, 18 October 2019 via email at gpitoolkit@icann.org. After the community consultation, there will be a public session at ICANN66, followed by a Public Comment proceeding.

For more information, visit: https://go.icann.org/2kMb7RB.

ICANN66 Planning

REMINDER: ICANN66 Prep Week Schedule

Executive: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

On Monday, ICANN released the schedule for ICANN66 Prep Week, which features a series of seven webinars to prepare the community ahead of its Annual General Meeting in November. See the schedule and registration information [r20.rs6.net].

REMINDER: Participate in Newcomers Day at ICANN66

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The Public Responsibility Support team will be hosting Newcomers Day for ICANN66 on Sunday, 3 November 2019. Newcomers Day will feature two community sessions:

Session 1: Supporting Organization Councils and Advisory Committees

10:00-12:20 (broken up into ten minute slots; e.g. 10:00-10:10, 10:10-10:20, etc.)

Session 2: Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies

13:20-15:00 (broken up into ten minute slots; e.g. 13:20-13:30, 13:30-13:40, etc.)

We would like to invite your community group to designate a representative to attend the relevant session. Your remarks should be focused toward the Newcomers and will be followed by a brief question and answer session. Together, this should not exceed 10 minutes. We will provide standard slides but you are welcome to send us any slides as well. We will share the deck once it is finalized.

By Friday, 11 October 2019, please email deborah.escalera@icann.org with your designated representative(s).

REMINDER: Support the ICANN Engagement Booth at ICANN66

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

I know everyone is busy preparing for ICANN66, but I want to make you aware that you are welcome and encouraged to come and do outreach at the ICANN Engagement booth. The ICANN Engagement booth is in place so that Newcomers, ICANN org members, and ICANN community members to engage in discussions. It is supported by volunteers from the ICANN community, including members of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees. It would be beneficial to have the presence of seasoned ICANN community members to share their knowledge. We would like to offer one-hour slots during ICANN66. Sign up here [r20.rs6.net].

Sincerely,

Deborah Escalera