Dear Abdalmonem et all. thank you. We've started the initial draft and should be ready soon, as you can see on the google doc. Also, Dear Amr, thank you for you suggestion on addressing "Communications" in addition to "Applicant Support" and "IDNs" as topic.I agree with you, and as you may see in the draft, we are trying to touch upon these in our initial draft. Best, Zakir On Thursday, March 18, 2021, 11:33:40 PM GMT+5, Amr Elsadr via Middle-East <middle-east@icann.org> wrote: Thanks for this, Abdalmonem.   Thanks again.   Amr   From:Middle-East <middle-east-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Abdalmonem Galila via Middle-East <middle-east@icann.org> Reply-To: Abdalmonem Galila <atharwat@tra.gov.eg> Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 8:25 PM To: Middle East ICANN <middle-east@icann.org> Cc: rolla hassan <rollah@tra.gov.eg> Subject: [ME ICANN] 1st Draft Statement Deadline Extended For ( 3 Days )   Dear ME-Community,                 I hope my email finds you all well, this is just to let you know that the deadline for submitting the 1st statement draft extended for an extra 3 days keeping other dates as it is and it will be like this :-   09/3       Call for volunteers for the drafting team (6 days) 15/3       Drafting team formation & starting of the statement drafting (7 days) 25/3       First draft put for comments (7 days after the closure of ICANN 70)  05/4       Drafting the updated statement according to the comments received (3 days) 08/4       Posting of the final draft that will be discussed in the ME Space session at ICANN 70   @Amr , @NP, @Zakir, @Dima and @Rolla this is FYI   ME Space co-chairs   Thanks a lot.   All the Best, Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila Deputy Manager, Dot Masr Registry, Operation Sector.   National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority    Office Tel.: +2 02 35341582 - +202 35341300     Mobile:  +2 010 00049068    Fax       :  +2 02 35370537   Website : http:\\www.mcit.gov.eg                         :http:\\www.tra.gov.eg    E-mail     : agalila@mcit.gov.eg                         :atharwat@tra.gov.eg   Skype      : abdalmonem.galila DISCLAIMER           This e-mail and any files transmitted with it areconfidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or  entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify your system support manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) .  Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The NTRA accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.   From: Middle-East <middle-east-bounces@icann.org>On Behalf Of Dima Samaro via Middle-East Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 02:27 PM To: Middle East ICANN <middle-east@icann.org> Cc: rolla hassan <rollah@tra.gov.eg> Subject: [ME ICANN] Call for Drafting Team   Dear all,   As per the discussion on the call (2 March 2021) and on the mailing list, the 3 shortlisted Topics received the following support: SubPro       = 7 (Abdelmonem, Farzaneh, Amr, Manal, NP, Rafik and Zakir) DNS Abuse = 4 (Nadira, Dima, Rolla and Tijani) EPDP Ph 2  = 2 (Hadia and Chokri) Therefore, the selected topic to be addressed in the ME Space virtual session is: New gTLD Subsequent Procedure final report. Of course, we will not comment on the 400 pages of the report, but will focus on parts of it. 2 aspects were mentioned: IDN applications Applicant support The focus will then be put on the IDN applications and the Applicant Support only. The new timeline is now the following taking into consideration that we will be fully involved in the ICANN 70 virtual meeting (22_25 March) during which we won’t be able to work on the statement: 09/3       Call for volunteers for the drafting team (6 days)
 15/3       Drafting team formation & starting of the statement drafting (7 days)
 22/3       First draft put for comments (7 days after the closure of ICANN 70) 
 05/4       Drafting the updated statement according to the comments received (3 days)
 08/4       Posting of the final draft that will be discussed in the ME Space session at ICANN 70 This is a call for volunteers to draft the statement. Please send your interest by Sunday 14 March. We expect volunteers not only from the 7 supporters of this topic. Thank you for your contributions. ME Space co-chairs      --- Dima Samaro (She/her) e-mail |LinkedIn _______________________________________________ Middle-East mailing list Middle-East@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.