Dear Empowered Community Administration representatives, As a reminder, the 21-day Rejection Action Petition Period for ICANN FY26-30 Strategic Plan commenced on 20 March 2025 and will end at 23:59 PDT on 10 April 2025 (06:59 UTC on 11 April 2025). Under the ICANN Bylaws, delivery of the Secretary’s Notice on 20 March: (1) requires Decisional Participants to “promptly inform their constituents” of the delivery of such notice; and (2) triggers the 21-day Rejection Action Petition Period, during which an individual may submit a petition to any Decisional Participant, seeking to reject the Board action. You may refer to Article 2, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for additional details on the Rejection Process, including all pertinent deadlines and requirements for Rejection Action Petitions: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD Please feel free to contact staff if you have any questions. Best regards, Christian Wheeler (on behalf of staff supporting the Empowered Community Administration) From: Christian Wheeler <christian.wheeler@icann.org> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM To: "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org> Subject: Re: Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of the FY 2026-30 Strategic Plan Dear Empowered Community Administration representatives, Under the ICANN Bylaws, delivery of the Secretary’s Notice on 20 March: (1) requires Decisional Participants to “promptly inform their constituents” of the delivery of such notice; and (2) triggers the 21-day Rejection Action Petition Period, during which an individual may submit a petition to any Decisional Participant, seeking to reject the Board action. This 21-day periods for ICANN FY26-30 Strategic Plan commenced on 20 March 2025 and will end at 23:59 PDT on 10 April 2025, or 06:59 UTC on 11 April 2025. Please refer to Article 2, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for additional details on the Rejection Process, including all pertinent deadlines and requirements for Rejection Action Petitions: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD Please do not hesitate to contact staff if you have any questions, or if we may be of further assistance. Best regards, Christian Wheeler (on behalf of staff supporting the Empowered Community Administration) From: John Jeffrey via ECAdmin <ecadmin@icann.org> Reply-To: John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@icann.org> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM To: "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org> Cc: Kurtis Lindqvist <kurtis.lindqvist@icann.org>, Tripti Sinha <tripti.sinha@board.icann.org> Subject: [ECAdmin] Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of the FY 2026-30 Strategic Plan Dear Empowered Community Administration, Attached please find the Secretary’s Notice of Board Approval of the FY 2026-30 Strategic Plan. Thanks, John O. Jeffrey John O. Jeffrey General Counsel and Secretary Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Direct: (310) 404-6001 John.jeffrey@icann.org [signature_1204561708]