Thursday, 23 July 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: Universal Acceptance Steering Group FY21 Action Plan Available for Community Feedback

·     REMINDER: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

·     REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process

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·     Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

·     Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report

·     Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4)

 

 

 

Information Sharing

 

NEW: Universal Acceptance Steering Group FY21 Action Plan Available for Community Feedback

From: Sarmad Hussein, Internationalized Domain Names and Universal Acceptance Program

 

Universal Acceptance (UA) is when all domain names and all email addresses work in all software applications. The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) was formed in 2015 to encourage the relevant stakeholders to make their applications UA ready. The UASG FY21 Action Plan [r20.rs6.net] is available for community feedback until Friday, 31 July 2020.

 

 

REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process

 

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]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.

 

 

REMINDER: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building

 

ICANN recently opened a one-month nomination period for the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building.

 

ICANN first introduced [r20.rs6.net] the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building in January to recognize ICANN community members for significant efforts in developing capacity in areas related to ICANN's Mission. The award was established in honor of the late Dr. Tarek Kamel, an Internet pioneer known for his contributions to global Internet governance. At the time of his passing, Kamel was ICANN's Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Vice President for Government and Intergovernmental Organization Engagement.

 

Submit your nominations here [r20.rs6.net] by Friday, 21 August 2020.

 

Public Comment

 

 

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