Monday, 20 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

Information Sharing

· NEW: Approved Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

· NEW: Chair's Blog | Wrapping Up the Istanbul Workshop

· REMINDER: Rejection Action Petition Period

· LOOKING AHEAD: ICANN66 Travel Support Timeline

ICANN65 Planning

· SAVE THE DATE: ICANN65 Community Leadership Reception

· REMINDER: Meet with the ATRT3 Review Team

Public Comment

· Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model

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

· Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules

· Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews

Information Sharing

NEW: Approved Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Read the resolutions adopted by the ICANN Board during its Special Meeting on 15 May 2019 here [r20.rs6.net].

NEW: Chair's Blog | Wrapping Up the Istanbul Workshop

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Read about the discussions and decisions of the ICANN Board during its workshop in Istanbul, Turkey, earlier this month here [r20.rs6.net].

REMINDER: Rejection Action Petition Period

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Under the ICANN Bylaws, the ICANN Board's approval of the FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and updates to the Five-Year Operating Plan on Wednesday, 8 May 2019 triggered a Rejection Action Petition Period for the Empowered Community. This 21-day period will end at 23:59 PDT (Los Angeles being the location of the principal ICANN office) on Wednesday, 29 May 2019, or 06:59 UTC on Thursday, 30 May 2019.

The ICANN Bylaws also require that Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community “promptly inform their constituents” of the delivery of the relevant ICANN Board notices.

Please refer to Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws [r20.rs6.net] for additional details on the Rejection Process, including all pertinent deadlines and requirements for Rejection Action Petitions.

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

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