FYI:

Points of interest:

· NEW: ICANN’s 2024 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections

· NEW: Join ICANN’s Discussion on the Resolution of Contention Sets in the Next Round

· NEW: Outreach in the Middle East and Africa: FY24 Recap and FY25 Goals

· NEW: Expanding the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy

NEW: Draft ICANN FY26–30 Strategic Plan and Operating Plan Framework Open for Public Comment

From: ICANN Community Digest <digest@icann.ccsend.com>
Reply-To: "policyinfo@icann.org" <policyinfo@icann.org>
Date: Monday, August 5, 2024 at 10:04 AM
To: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] 🔥NEXT WEEK🔥 ICANN Board Seeks Input on Applicant Support Program Use of Auction Proceeds

Monday, 05 August 2024

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Table of Contents

Information Sharing

· NEW: ICANN’s 2024 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections

· NEW: Join ICANN’s Discussion on the Resolution of Contention Sets in the Next Round

· NEW: Outreach in the Middle East and Africa: FY24 Recap and FY25 Goals

· NEW: Expanding the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy

Webinars

· Thursday: ICANN Webinar to Highlight RDRS, a Tool to Access Non-Public Domain Name Registration Data

· ICANN Launches Webinar Series for Europe

🔥 Action Items 🔥

· NEW: Draft ICANN FY26–30 Strategic Plan and Operating Plan Framework Open for Public Comment

· 🔥NEXT WEEK🔥 ICANN Board Seeks Input on Applicant Support Program Use of Auction Proceeds

· ICANN82 Fellowship Application Round Now Open

Public Comment

· Han Script Single Character IDN Generic Top-Level Domains

· Registries Stakeholder Group Charter Amendments

· Proposed Language for the Next Round Applicant Support Program and Registry Service Provider Evaluation Program Terms and Conditions

· Preliminary Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics

· Data Processing Specification for ICANN-Accredited Registries and Registrars

· gTLD IDN Tables Review Process When Reference LGR is not available

· IRP-IOT – Proposed updates to the IRP Supplementary Procedures

· Draft ICANN Strategic Plan and Operating Plan Framework for FY26-30

· Initial Report on the Transfer Policy Review

Information Sharing

NEW: ICANN’s 2024 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections

The ICANN 2024 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its selections for seven leadership positions.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Join ICANN’s Discussion on the Resolution of Contention Sets in the Next Round

Virtual meetings will be held on 13 and 14 August 2024 at 13:00–15:00 UTC via Zoom. Two additional meetings, which may be held if more time is needed, are scheduled for 21 and 22 August 2024 at 13:00–15:00 UTC.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Outreach in the Middle East and Africa: FY24 Recap and FY25 Goals

Looking ahead, we are excited to continue our work together to strengthen the Internet ecosystem and foster innovation in the Middle East and Africa.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

NEW: Expanding the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy

The expansion enables more youths from across our region to participate in and benefit from the APIGA workshops. The existing Regional APIGA is highly competitive, with an average acceptance rate of the top 7 percent of each cohort's applications.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Webinars

Thursday: ICANN Webinar to Highlight RDRS, a Tool to Access Non-Public Domain Name Registration Data

This webinar will explain the purpose and benefits of RDRS to registrants and those with a need to access non-public gTLD registration data.

Date: Aug 8, 2024, 16:00 UTC

ICANN Launches Webinar Series for Europe

The first webinar, "Identity Verification – Three Approaches," will be held 28 August 2024 from 12:00–13:00 UTC.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

Action Items

NEW: Draft ICANN FY26–30 Strategic Plan and Operating Plan Framework Open for Public Comment

The Draft ICANN FY26–30 Strategic Plan and Operating Plan Framework is open for Public Comment through 17 September 2024. Read More and Participate [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

The Board Strategic Planning Committee co-chairs hosted two community webinars on 30 and 31 July 2024 to provide an in-depth overview of the plans. The zoom Recordings are posted here [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net].

🔥NEXT WEEK🔥 ICANN Board Seeks Input on Applicant Support Program Use of Auction Proceeds

In order for the Board to finalize the ASP funding plan during its September workshop, the Board requests input, via Board correspondence, by 12 August 2024.

Read more. [danh45uab.cc.rs6.net]

ICANN82 Fellowship Application Round Now Open

ICANN opened the application round for the ICANN Fellowship Program for the ICANN82 Community Forum, which is taking place 8 –13 March 2025 in Seattle, United States of America.

Application Deadline: 18 August 2024, 23:59 UTC.