Thursday, 18 July 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: Accountability and Transparency Review -- Highlights from ICANN65 and Share Your Views

· REMINDER: Post-ICANN65 Policy Report Now Available

· REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Survey

· REMINDER: Update and Information on IRP IOT Re-Composition

· REMINDER: Planning Assumptions for Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs

ICANN66 Planning

· NEW: Plenary Session Topics: Proposals Due Friday, 2 August

· NEW: Publication Support Deadlines

Public Comment

· CLOSING TOMORROW: Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules

· CLOSING NEXT WEEK: Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Proposal -- IANA Naming Function Review

· CLOSING NEXT WEEK: Revisions to the ICANN Bylaws re SSAC and RSSAC Leadership

· CLOSING NEXT WEEK: Proposed IANA SLAs for Publishing LGRs/IDN Tables

· Draft Final Report of the Second Country Code Names Supporting Organization Review

· Draft Financial Assumptions & Projections and Operating Initiatives for the Development of the Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Operating & Financial Plan

· Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System

· Proposed Definition of Name Collisions and Scope of Inquiry for the Name Collisions Analysis Project

Information Sharing

NEW: Accountability and Transparency Review -- Highlights from ICANN65 and Share Your Views

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) had a productive five days at ICANN65. Read the team's latest blog post [r20.rs6.net] to learn more.

REMINDER: Post-ICANN65 Policy Report Now Available

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The Post-ICANN65 Policy Report [r20.rs6.net] written by the ICANN Policy Development Support team captures decisions and outcomes from the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees. While the report provides an overview of activities held during the Policy Forum, it also looks ahead at the work to come in the upcoming months. Included in the report are various resources to support the ongoing, sustained engagement of the community on several important issues.

REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Survey

Executive: Sally Costerton, Senior Adviser to President and Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The ICANN organization is initiating a community consultation [r20.rs6.net] to identify improvement opportunities for the NextGen@ICANN Program [r20.rs6.net]. The review will start with gathering community input via a survey about several aspects of the NextGen@ICANN Program, including its purpose, goals, processes, and synergies with the ICANN academic community. The survey [r20.rs6.net] (PDF with background at the beginning and questionnaire questions at the end) is intended for all ICANN community groups; individuals are encouraged to work with their relevant Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, stakeholder groups, and constituencies. Responses are due Monday, 9 September.

Based on the input received from the survey, ICANN org will draft a proposal for program improvements that will be published for Public Comment. Once all feedback is received, ICANN org will prepare the final proposal for program improvements.

Sally Costerton's blog about the NextGen@ICANN Community Consultation [r20.rs6.net]

REMINDER: Update and Information on IRP IOT Re-Composition

Executive: John Jeffrey, General Counsel

FOR: All SO/AC Chairs

INFORMATION SHARING

As the ICANN Board committee with oversight responsibility of ICANN's accountability mechanisms, the Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) considers the work of the [Independent Review Process (IRP)] Implementation Oversight Team (IOT) to be paramount to ICANN's accountability...we seek your help in finding additional volunteers within the community that meet the qualifications identified in the attached letter, outlining skills and experience requirements, to join the IOT and help to conclude its work in a timely fashion. Read more [r20.rs6.net].

REMINDER: Planning Assumptions for Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs

Executive: Cyrus Namazi, Senior Vice President, Global Domains Division

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

In December 2015, the GNSO initiated a Policy Development Process (PDP) to determine if changes to existing policy recommendations are needed before the next round of gTLDs. The PDP Working Group expects to publish its final report with its recommendations by December 2019. These recommendations may lead to procedural changes for subsequent rounds of gTLD applications, which ICANN org must implement and manage. In the course of our preparatory work toward the planning and implementation of the new policy, ICANN org has compiled a number of fundamental operationally focused assumptions to help with the preliminary planning and operational readiness of the organization. These assumptions have been shared with the ICANN Board, and now ICANN org would like to share them with relevant parts of the community.

ICANN66 Planning

NEW: Plenary Session Topics: Proposals Due Friday, 2 August

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

The official submission period to propose plenary session topics for ICANN66 is from Monday, 22 July to Friday, 2 August. The proposal form is now open for anyone who wants to get a head start!

Plenary Session Topic Proposal Form [r20.rs6.net]

An online report of proposals will be shared with the ICANN Public Meeting Community Planning Group as soon as it becomes available.

NEW: Publication Support Deadlines

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

FOR: All Community Leaders

INFORMATION SHARING

Design Deadline

If you require design assistance for an ICANN66 publication, all text, images, layout, and publication

type/size requirements (i.e. newsletter, 1-pager, tri-fold, etc.) are due Friday, 23 August. Due to budget

constraints, please keep in mind that all materials, new or updated, need to be evergreen.

Translation Deadline

If your ICANN66 publication requires translation, please provide the final material(s) by Friday, 6 September. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication by the print deadline. If your materials require design assistance (outlined above), please note that the final materials will have to be complete, including the edit/approval process, by this deadline in order to be translated.

Print-Only Deadline

If you only need your ICANN66 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, 20 September.

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