The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest 
to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates.
 
Table of Contents
 
Information Sharing
·         CLOSES TODAY: Call for Volunteers: Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track
·         NEW: Board Activity on the Third Accountability and Transparency Review
·         REMINDER: Request For Community Selection Panel Participants – 2021 Community Excellence Award Program 
·         REMINDER: Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors and Selection Committee Members
·         REMINDER: FY22 Additional Budget Requests Due 29 January 2021
Public Comment
·         CLOSES TOMORROW: Recommendations for ICANN’s Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation
·         NEW: Priority 2 Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration from EPDP Phase 2
 
 
 
Information Sharing
 
CLOSES TODAY: Call for Volunteers: Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track
From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
 
The GNSO Council is requesting that interested Supporting Organizations (SOs), Advisory Committees (ACs), and GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies consider appointing members to the Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Work Track, a group to be formed within an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP) reviewing all rights protection mechanisms in all gTLDs at the second level of the domain name system.
 
The composition of the IGO Work Track is as follows:
·         The Registries Stakeholder Group: up to 2 members
·         The Registrars Stakeholder Group: up to 2 members
·         The Commercial Stakeholder Group: up to 3 members
·         The Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group: up to 3 members
·         Each AC, other SOs and IGOs: up to 2 members per group
 
Please confirm your appointed members and alternates at the latest by Monday, 7 December 2020 by notifying the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org.