FYI

From: ICANN Community Digest <david.olive@icann.org>
Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org>
Date: Monday, November 7, 2022 at 10:01 AM
To: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] ICANN Appoints Senior Director of Stakeholder Engagement for South Asia

Monday, 07 November 2022

ICANN Community Digest

The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest

to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.

How Domain Name System Policy is Developed, and How You Can Get Involved [r20.rs6.net]

Table of Contents

Information Sharing

· NEW: ICANN Appoints Senior Director of Stakeholder Engagement for South Asia

· NEW: ICANN Calls for Volunteers to Plan for Changing the Root Zone DNSSEC Algorithm

· NEW: Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members

· REMINDER: RPM Implementation Review Team: Call for Volunteers

· REMINDER: Call for Nominations Begins for ICANN Academy 2023 Leadership Program

· REMINDER: ICANN Launches Fiscal Year 2024 Additional Budget Request Process

Public Comment

· LAST CALL: Pilot Holistic Review Draft Terms of Reference

· Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency Charter Amendments

· Proposed Updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures

· Proposed Amendments to the Base gTLD RA and RAA to Add RDAP Contract Obligations

· Draft IANA and PTI FY24 Operating Plan and Budgets

· Proposed Amendments to the SLA for the IANA Numbering Services

· Registration Data Consensus Policy for gTLDs

· Initial Report on the Second CSC Effectiveness Review

Information Sharing

NEW: ICANN Appoints Senior Director of Stakeholder Engagement for South Asia

ICANN has appointed Nitin Wali, a 25-year veteran of the technology industry, as the Senior Director of Stakeholder Engagement for the South Asia region, covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]

NEW: ICANN Calls for Volunteers to Plan for Changing the Root Zone DNSSEC Algorithm

ICANN is calling for volunteers to join a design team that will develop a plan for changing the cryptographic algorithm used for the Domain Name System (DNS) root key signing key and zone signing key.

Interested in joining this group? Please complete this form [r20.rs6.net] and send it to ksk-rollover-soi@iana.org before 25 November 2022. IANA expects to announce members of the design team in early January 2023. The team will start work shortly thereafter.

More information about the project can be found here [r20.rs6.net].

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]

NEW: Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members

Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) are invited to nominate volunteers to serve as mentors in its Fellowship Program and to serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee. There will be a total of seven mentors and seven Selection Committee members, and each group is welcome to nominate one individual for each role.

Interested SOs/ACs should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor and Selection Committee representative by 31 January 2023 and notify fellowshipconsultation@icann.org. Individual self-nominations will not be considered.

REMINDER: RPM Implementation Review Team: Call for Volunteers

ICANN org is seeking volunteers to participate in an Implementation Review Team (IRT) to assist in the implementation of the policy recommendations from the Phase 1 work of the Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).

Read the announcement here. [r20.rs6.net]

All relevant information for this IRT will be posted on the dedicated wiki page [r20.rs6.net].

REMINDER: Call for Nominations Begins for ICANN Academy 2023 Leadership Program

ICANN has issued a call for nominations for the 2023 Leadership Program to be held 9-10 March 2023 in Cancún, Mexico, which is just prior to ICANN76.

The ICANN organization will reach out to the Supporting Organization, Advisory Committee, and Stakeholder Group chairs for nominations, and a registration link will be sent directly to individuals who are nominated.

The deadline for nomination is Thursday, 10 November 2022.

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]

REMINDER: ICANN Launches Fiscal Year 2024 Additional Budget Request Process

The ABR Process reflects potential ICANN community activities that are not already included in the annual ICANN operating plan and budget. The ABR process helps the ICANN Board and ICANN organization (org) better understand and develop resources for present and future ICANN community needs. More information about the FY24 ABR Process can be found on this workspace [r20.rs6.net].

ICANN org will host an informational webinar on Thursday, 08 December 2022, at 16:00 UTC. Please register [r20.rs6.net].

Read more. [r20.rs6.net]