https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/participate-in-icanns-operational-design-phase-community-consultation-survey-09-09-2024-en

ICANN is inviting the community to participate in the Operational Design Phase (ODP) Community Consultation Survey, launching on 9 September. The survey will conclude information gathering efforts to understand and capture lessons learned from completed ODP processes.

As described in the 2021 Operational Design Phase Process Paper, the objective of an ODP is to provide the Board with relevant information to facilitate its determination on the operational impact of implementing a set of policy recommendations. The paper calls for a community consultation after two ODP efforts had concluded.

ICANN org completed two ODPs in 2022 and published respective Operational Design Assessments (ODAs):

• The System for Standardized Access/Disclosure ODA was prepared for the Board to consider policy recommendations related to building a system that brings ICANN's Registration Data Directory Services into compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
• The New Generic Top-Level Domain Subsequent Procedures ODA presented analysis and potential designs to implement and operationalize the outputs of the GNSO Final Report on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process.

Community input will help ICANN identify opportunities for continuous improvement regarding ODP objectives and related mechanisms in the policy lifecycle to fulfill the needs of the Board, community, and org.

A summary report will include survey responses as well as data previously collected from the ICANN Board, community, and org. The report is intended to inform how lessons learned from the ODP process might be incorporated into the Consensus Policy Implementation Framework.

What will the survey include?

• The objectives of the ODP and whether the completed ODPs met those objectives.
• Appropriateness of the scope of the completed ODPs.
• Quality of assessments presented in the completed ODA.
• Whether outreach efforts conducted for each ODP were sufficient to inform the community.
• Alignment of assumptions between the completed ODPs and community recommendations.
• Overall satisfaction with the ODP process.

The ODP Community Consultation Survey will be available 9-27 September and can be accessed using this link.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact globalsupport@icann.org.