Dear Heather and fellow Drafting-Team members: As you know, I also participate in the ccNSO. It seems useful to forward a ccNSO email-notice (below) relative to an open period for possible rejection action. This may help inform our discussions. Best regards to all, David David McAuley Sr International Policy & Business Development Manager Verisign Inc. 703-948-4154 From: cctldcommunity <cctldcommunity-bounces@lists.nic.cz> On Behalf Of Katrina Sataki Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2019 4:35 AM To: 'ccNSO Members' <ccnso-members@icann.org>; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org; cctldworld@icann.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] [cctldcommunity] Rejection Action: Five-Year Strategic Plan FY21-25 approved by the Board Dear ccTLD Community, On 23 June 2019, the ICANN Board of Directors approved the Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25 (see https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-06-23-en#2.a). On 2 July 2019, the ccNSO as a Decisional Participant received a notice from the ICANN Secretary pursuant to Section 22.5(b)(v) of the ICANN Bylaws. The approved Strategic Plan (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/strategic-plan-2021-2025-23jun19...) is subject to Rejection Action Petitions from the community. If you are interested in submitting a Rejection Action Petition to the ccNSO Council, please consult Section 2 of Annex D for the requirements, which must be met (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD). Please be advised that per Annex D Section 2.2(a)(i)(A) the Rejection Action Petition must be: "...based on one or more significant issues that were specifically raised in the applicable public comment period(s) relating to perceived inconsistencies with the Mission, purpose and role set forth in ICANN's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the global public interest, the needs of ICANN's stakeholders, financial stability, or other matter of concern to the community." Please see also our internal Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community's rights to Reject Specified Actions at https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/guideline-rejecti... According to the Guideline, the ccNSO will consider a Rejection Action Petition from the following constituents: - ccTLD managers, - individual(s) directly related to a ccTLD manager, - ccNSO working groups or committees mandated to submit such a petition, - Regional ccTLD organisations (as defined in section 10.5 of the ICANN Bylaws), - the ccNSO Council. The deadline for submission of Rejection Action Petition(s) to the ccNSO role account ccnso-petitions@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-petitions@icann.org> is 16 July 2019, 23.59 UTC. All relevant information will be published at https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/Rejection+actions Kindest regards, Katrina Sataki Chair of the ccNSO Council