Thursday, 9 May 2019

ICANN Community Leadership Digest

This twice-weekly digest helps ICANN community leaders track requests and provides updates from ICANN org.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Requests

· REMINDER: Input to Establish IRP Standing Panel

Information Sharing

· NEW: Webinar Invitation: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

· LOOKING AHEAD: ICANN66 Travel Support Timeline

ICANN65 Planning

· TOMORROW: ICANN65 Travel Support Deadlines

· REMINDER: Publication Support for ICANN65

· SAVE THE DATE: ICANN65 Community Leadership Reception

· REMINDER: Meet with the ATRT3 Review Team

Public Comment

· Proposed Renewal of .biz Registry Agreement

· Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

· Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 3 (RZ-LGR-3)

· Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews

Requests

REMINDER: Input to Establish IRP Standing Panel

Executive: John Jeffrey, General Counsel and Secretary

FOR: All SO/AC Chairs

REQUEST

ICANN organization needs input on the open questions [r20.rs6.net] regarding how the Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) will coordinate their participation in the process for the selection of a standing panel to preside over ICANN’s Independent Review Process (IRP) proceedings. The questions identified here [r20.rs6.net] need to be resolved in order to move forward with the work on establishing a standing panel.

ACTION

Please send your input on the open questions [r20.rs6.net] to the public email list: <i rp-standing-panel@icann.org>. For more information, please contact Liz Le at <elizabeth.le@icann.org>.

BACKGROUND

The IRP is an accountability mechanism provided by the ICANN Bylaws that allows for third-party review of actions (or inactions) by the ICANN Board or staff that are allegedly in violation of the Bylaws or Articles of Incorporation. The Bylaws provide that an omnibus standing panel shall be established from which panelists shall be selected to preside over specific IRP disputes. The ICANN Bylaws specify that ICANN shall, in consultation with the SOs and ACs, establish the standing panel. The Bylaws requires ICANN, in consultation with the SOs and ACs, to pursue a four-step process to establish the standing panel. As part of the process, the SOs and ACs must collectively agree on one slate of candidates for the standing panel to be submitted to the ICANN Board for approval.

Information Sharing

NEW: Webinar Invitation: Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model of Governance

Executive: Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

ICANN invites the community to continue an ongoing conversation about evolving ICANN's multistakeholder model of governance. Please join one of two webinars on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 16:00 UTC or Wednesday, 15 May 2019 at 23:00 UTC.

When the community came together at ICANN64, they engaged in a conversation facilitated by Brian Cute about how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of ICANN's multistakeholder model of governance. Based on those comments and additional input received at ICANN63, a paper requesting further feedback was posted for Public Comment [r20.rs6.net] on Thursday, 25 April 2019. This webinar is intended to continue that discussion.

For more information, please see this announcement [r20.rs6.net].

To learn more about this project, please go to this page [r20.rs6.net].

LOOKING AHEAD: ICANN66 Travel Support Timeline

Executive: Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to the President and CEO; Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

All travel support requests are now due 120 days prior to the next ICANN Public Meeting. This was previously a 90-day deadline. Therefore, the deadline for ICANN66 travel support is Friday, 5 July 2019. If applicable, community groups will need to adjust their election timelines accordingly to ensure new leaders are eligible in time for the ICAN66 travel support deadline.

ICANN65 Planning

TOMORROW: ICANN65 Travel Support Deadlines

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The cut-off date to replace supported travelers is Friday, 10 May 2019.

REMINDER: Publication Support for ICANN65

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Print-Only Deadline

If you only need your ICANN65 publication printed (meaning your publication is ready to send directly to the printer and needs no translation or design/layout modifications), please provide the file along with the quantity you want printed and dimensions of the publication by Friday, 17 May.

Please work directly with your support staff to submit these requests.

SAVE THE DATE: ICANN65 Community Leadership Reception

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Save the date for the ICANN65 Community Leadership Reception with members of the ICANN Board and Executive Team on Sunday, 23 June 2019, 18:00-20:00 CET in Marrakech, Morocco. Details will be confirmed as the date approaches.

REMINDER: Meet with the ATRT3 Review Team at ICANN65

Executive: Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives

FOR: All SO/AC Chairs

INFORMATION SHARING

The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) will meet in Marrakech to advance its work. As some of the team will be in Marrakech we would like to ask for a 30 to 40-minute slot on your community group's agenda, if possible.

Community input is key to the success of this process. If you are able to accommodate us on your agenda, please send us an email to <atrt3-coordination@icann.org> to let us know a day and time that would suit. We will send you a preliminary set of questions ahead of the meeting to aid the discussion. We also welcome any questions you wish to raise in advance.

Our goal for Marrakech is to:

- Socialize our terms of reference and scope;

- Conduct investigation of identified objectives

- Seek input from the community to help us shape our findings and draft recommendations.

BACKGROUND

The ATRT review is mandated by ICANN Bylaws Section 4.6 (b) to examine ICANN’s execution of its commitment to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making reflect the public interest and are accountable to the Internet community.

Prior to meeting in Marrakech, the review team met on 3-5 April in Los Angeles for its first substantive meeting to develop our terms of reference and work plan, in response to the Board Resolution (2018.10.25.15) requesting that “ATRT3 adopt its Terms of Reference and Work Plan within 60 days of convening its first meeting, and submit these documents to the Board and to the leadership of the Supporting Organizations and the Advisory Committees, to confirm that the team's scope and timeline are consistent with the requirements of the ICANN Bylaws and ICANN community expectations.”

We look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks and best regards,

Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Pat Kane, ATRT3 Co-Chairs