February 2025 - Middle-east-plan

FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_III
by Seher Sagiroglu Feb. 26, 2025

Feb. 26, 2025

Hi everyone, During the call we will be sharing our inputs and proposed actions. Prior to session, we kindly ask you to have a look into the document, come prepared for a further discussion and add your comments. Community Feedback Sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN…<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN…> Agenda: * The proposed activities by GSE Middle East * Review of the community inputs * Next Steps * Q&A ZOOM Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92235283114 Meeting ID: 922 3528 3114 Passcode: yP@K+7We6g Looking forward to meeting you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Seher

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Re: [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II
by Fahd Batayneh Feb. 18, 2025

Feb. 18, 2025

Dear Chokri, Thank you for your input. The group agreed that the Strategic Objectives and Strategic Goals will remain the same as shown in the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. Of course, some SOs and SGs may not fit into our regional context, and thus can be dropped. The shared Gdrive document shows some of our regional work against each and every Strategy. How different are these from what you suggest in your email below? Thank you, Fahd From: Chokri Ben Romdhane <chokribr(a)gmail.com> Date: Friday, 7 February 2025 at 5:23 PM To: Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Cc: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [Middle East Plan] [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II Dear Fahd, Thank you for your response , I personally think that before starting submitting inputs on the Objective of the strategy , let's try first to identify objectives or sub objectives that are dealing with ME community context and activities and then proceed with some iterations in order to get inputs on every identified Objective or sub -Objective . Hope that this proposal is useful. Friendly regards Chokri On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> wrote: Dear Chokri, Thank you for your input. Strategic Objective 2 on “Enhance Organizational Excellence” is more about the internals of ICANN the organization. The 2 strategic goals under this strategic objective gives a sense of what it is about. During our Monday call, some in attendance felt that strategic objective 2 doesn’t have an engagement facing element to it, and there was a suggestion to strike it out completely from the Middle East Regional Plan. If the group still feels that Strategic Objective 2 is something we can work at the regional level, please do share your thoughts. Thank you, Fahd From: Chokri Ben Romdhane <chokribr(a)gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, 5 February 2025 at 2:54 PM To: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org>, Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Cc: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [Middle East Plan] [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II Dear Fahd and Seher, Sorry for not being able to attend the last Call due to some Jobs Duties, it's a very busy period for us! I would like just to clarify my comment about the objective OS2 2.1.1 Improve institutional agility and adaptability 'What we are going to improve is: the The Institution Scope(Structural and/Or Operational) and Mission or the Institution staff capacity or Both(In Five years Terms!)? Is more or less a question in order to identify what we are looking to make more AGIL: If we are looking to make our ICANN ME structures more AGIL, which are mainly workgroups, technical task forces, and ALs, we need to act on their charter and scope mission by, for example, recommending the adoption of AGIL practices in their different activities. If we are targeting community members rather than structures, we have to improve community capacity for example by developing capacity-building programs for the community members to improve their agility and adaptability. Hope that this response is useful. Friendly regards. Chokri

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Re: [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II
by Fahd Batayneh Feb. 7, 2025

Feb. 7, 2025

Dear Chokri, Thank you for your input. Strategic Objective 2 on “Enhance Organizational Excellence” is more about the internals of ICANN the organization. The 2 strategic goals under this strategic objective gives a sense of what it is about. During our Monday call, some in attendance felt that strategic objective 2 doesn’t have an engagement facing element to it, and there was a suggestion to strike it out completely from the Middle East Regional Plan. If the group still feels that Strategic Objective 2 is something we can work at the regional level, please do share your thoughts. Thank you, Fahd From: Chokri Ben Romdhane <chokribr(a)gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, 5 February 2025 at 2:54 PM To: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org>, Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Cc: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [Middle East Plan] [Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II Dear Fahd and Seher, Sorry for not being able to attend the last Call due to some Jobs Duties, it's a very busy period for us! I would like just to clarify my comment about the objective OS2 2.1.1 Improve institutional agility and adaptability 'What we are going to improve is: the The Institution Scope(Structural and/Or Operational) and Mission or the Institution staff capacity or Both(In Five years Terms!)? Is more or less a question in order to identify what we are looking to make more AGIL: If we are looking to make our ICANN ME structures more AGIL, which are mainly workgroups, technical task forces, and ALs, we need to act on their charter and scope mission by, for example, recommending the adoption of AGIL practices in their different activities. If we are targeting community members rather than structures, we have to improve community capacity for example by developing capacity-building programs for the community members to improve their agility and adaptability. Hope that this response is useful. Friendly regards. Chokri

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[Minutes & Recording]FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II
by Seher Sagiroglu Feb. 7, 2025

Feb. 7, 2025

Hi everyone, Thank you for your participation to the Middle East Regional Plan Update Call on 3 February 2025. The minutes of meeting and recording is added to community page > https://community.icann.org/display/MES/FY26-FY30+Middle+East+Regional+Plan Please note that our next call is postponed to Monday, 3 March 2025 at 10:00 am UTC. If you have any comment or question, you may reach out to us anytime. Best, Seher From: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM To: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Subject: FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II Dear All, The 2nd update call will be scheduled for next Monday 3 Feb 2024 at 9:00 – 10:00 am UTC. This email will be followed with an calendar invitation. Community Feedback Sheet to solicit your input is here >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN… [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_Crc…> Please note that we are looking for your inputs for Column C “Proposed Regional Activities”. Though this call will be focusing on the first two strategic objectives, you are welcomed to add your inputs for any of the strategic objectives. Further clarification on the content of the each tab explained below. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions. Regards, Best, Seher From: Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM To: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Cc: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org> Subject: Community Feedback Sheet Dear All, I trust this finds you well. As we start working on developing the FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan, we have developed a shared GDrive document for you all to solicit your input. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN… [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_Crc…> The document has 5 pages as follows: 1. Page 1 - Mission and Vision 2. Page 2 – Strategic Objective 1 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 3. Page 3 – Strategic Objective 2 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 4. Page 4 – Strategic Objective 3 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 5. Page 5 – Strategic Objective 4 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan Unless the group says otherwise, sheet 1 doesn’t need any edits or input as the mission and vision of the FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan must go inline with the overall ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. This page also has 2 weblinks to the current draft FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan + Operating and Financial Plans. Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 have 5 columns each as follows: 1. Column 1 entitled “Strategic Goals” is extracted from the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. Unless the group sees otherwise, this column will move on to the Regional Plan without edits, but some of the Strategic Objectives or Strategic Goals may not be of relevance to our Regional Plan (e.g. in the FY21-FY25 Middle East Regional Plan, the Strategic Objective on Finances was not part of the regional plan as the strategy working group back then felt that it crosses with the other 4 strategic objectives). 2. Column 2 entitled “Strategies” is also extracted from the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. This is where most of the focus will be on. 3. Column 3 entitled “Proposed Regional Activities” is where YOUR input as a group is needed 4. Column 4 entitled “Examples of Current Work” is our input as GSE Middle East based on what work we have undertaken under each listed Strategic Goal and Strategy in the current Regional Plan (FY21-FY25) and even before. This input could be helpful to your work when suggesting Activities (column 3). 5. Column 5 entitled “Expectations” is about where we would like to arrive at in the next 5 years of this new Regional Plan. Again, this is our input as GSE Middle East, and could be helpful to you when you suggest Activities under column 3. This GDrive excel sheet is in “Comments” mode to ensure that all input received is intact. If you find it challenging to use the current mode, you are kindly advised to download the excel sheet, add your input and then share it with me via email, and I will be happy to add your input to the relevant column directly with your name against it. We have a call next Monday 13 January 2023 at 09.00 – 10.00 AM UTC to discuss this sheet further, answer any questions you may have, and agree on the way forward. My colleague @Seher Sagiroglu<mailto:seher.sagiroglu@icann.org> will share a meeting invite with zoom room details. If you have any questions before the call, please feel free to share them here on this list, or reach out to me directly. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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[REMINDER] FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II
by Seher Sagiroglu Feb. 3, 2025

Feb. 3, 2025

Dear all, This is a kind reminder for our next update call scheduled on Monday 3 Feb 2024 at 9:00 – 10:00 am UTC. We are looking for your inputs in the Column C “Proposed Regional Activities”. Community Feedback Sheet >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN… Looking forward to meeting you all. Best, Seher From: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM To: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Subject: FY26- FY30 Middle East Regional Plan Update Call_II Dear All, The 2nd update call will be scheduled for next Monday 3 Feb 2024 at 9:00 – 10:00 am UTC. This email will be followed with an calendar invitation. Community Feedback Sheet to solicit your input is here >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN… Please note that we are looking for your inputs for Column C “Proposed Regional Activities”. Though this call will be focusing on the first two strategic objectives, you are welcomed to add your inputs for any of the strategic objectives. Further clarification on the content of the each tab explained below. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions. Regards, Best, Seher From: Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM To: FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan <middle-east-plan(a)icann.org> Cc: Seher Sagiroglu <seher.sagiroglu(a)icann.org> Subject: Community Feedback Sheet Dear All, I trust this finds you well. As we start working on developing the FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan, we have developed a shared GDrive document for you all to solicit your input. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gL-D_CrcPX1-K2Vja-cZn4A6HzbR2y3GncN… The document has 5 pages as follows: 1. Page 1 - Mission and Vision 2. Page 2 – Strategic Objective 1 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 3. Page 3 – Strategic Objective 2 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 4. Page 4 – Strategic Objective 3 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan 5. Page 5 – Strategic Objective 4 of the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan Unless the group says otherwise, sheet 1 doesn’t need any edits or input as the mission and vision of the FY26-FY30 Middle East Regional Plan must go inline with the overall ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. This page also has 2 weblinks to the current draft FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan + Operating and Financial Plans. Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 have 5 columns each as follows: 1. Column 1 entitled “Strategic Goals” is extracted from the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. Unless the group sees otherwise, this column will move on to the Regional Plan without edits, but some of the Strategic Objectives or Strategic Goals may not be of relevance to our Regional Plan (e.g. in the FY21-FY25 Middle East Regional Plan, the Strategic Objective on Finances was not part of the regional plan as the strategy working group back then felt that it crosses with the other 4 strategic objectives). 2. Column 2 entitled “Strategies” is also extracted from the ICANN FY26-FY30 Strategic Plan. This is where most of the focus will be on. 3. Column 3 entitled “Proposed Regional Activities” is where YOUR input as a group is needed 4. Column 4 entitled “Examples of Current Work” is our input as GSE Middle East based on what work we have undertaken under each listed Strategic Goal and Strategy in the current Regional Plan (FY21-FY25) and even before. This input could be helpful to your work when suggesting Activities (column 3). 5. Column 5 entitled “Expectations” is about where we would like to arrive at in the next 5 years of this new Regional Plan. Again, this is our input as GSE Middle East, and could be helpful to you when you suggest Activities under column 3. This GDrive excel sheet is in “Comments” mode to ensure that all input received is intact. If you find it challenging to use the current mode, you are kindly advised to download the excel sheet, add your input and then share it with me via email, and I will be happy to add your input to the relevant column directly with your name against it. We have a call next Monday 13 January 2023 at 09.00 – 10.00 AM UTC to discuss this sheet further, answer any questions you may have, and agree on the way forward. My colleague @Seher Sagiroglu<mailto:seher.sagiroglu@icann.org> will share a meeting invite with zoom room details. If you have any questions before the call, please feel free to share them here on this list, or reach out to me directly. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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