Hello everyone, Find below the latest issue of the Community Leadership Digest.OreSent from my Galaxy   Please take note of the following deadlines for ICANN70.   Today - Topic/questions for joint meetings with the ICANN Board Today - translation requests for publication support Monday - Participation in the "Introduction to ICANN Community Groups" session Next week Friday - Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program   More info below Thursday, 25 February 2021   ICANN Community Leadership Digest     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 ·     REMINDER: FY23 Strategic Outlook Program: Trend Identification Sessions ·     REMINDER: ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Now Open ·     REMINDER: ICANN Community Excellence Award Nomination Period Now Open ICANN70 Planning ·     DUE TOMORROW ICANN Board Interactions with Stakeholders during ICANN70 ·     DUE TOMORROW: ICANN70 Publication Support ·     DEADLINE MONDAY: Participate in "Newcomers Introduction to ICANN Communities" Webinar ·     DEADLINE NEXT WEEK: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program ·     REMINDER: ICANN org Finance and Planning Updates during ICANN70 ·     REMINDER: ITI Demonstrations during ICANN70 ICANN70 Resources ·     Registration ·     Virtual Backgrounds ·     Prep Week Schedule Public Comment ·     Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report ·     Additional Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level ·     IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming Function Contract Amendment ·     EPDP Phase 2 Policy Recommendations for Board Consideration       Information Sharing   REMINDER: FY23 Strategic Outlook Program: Trend Identification Sessions From: Xavier Calvez, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Financial Officer    ICANN is kicking off the FY23 Strategic Outlook trend identification process. ICANN community members will have the opportunity to participate in trend identification sessions via their Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC).   ICANN org will collaborate with SO and AC chairs and support teams to schedule their sessions over the next few weeks. We are targeting to complete the trend sessions by the end of March. All strategic outlook sessions will be conducted virtually. ICANN community members are encouraged to join this important discussion. Once complete, ICANN org will conduct a trend analysis and impact assessment.   The Strategic Outlook Program is a joint effort of ICANN org, community, and Board to identify and track trends that are related to ICANN. This ensures that these opportunities and challenges are incorporated into current and future planning. Every year, new trends or shifts in existing trends impacting the operating plans (five-year or annual) and/or budget are factored into the annual iteration of those plans as appropriate. Significant shifts could also result in adjustments to the strategic plan.    We look forward to your participation in this dialogue about ICANN planning and strategy.     REMINDER: ICANN Nominating Committee Application Period Now Open   The ICANN Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications for key leadership positions. Selected individuals will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe to help shape the Internet's technical coordination and policy development.   The deadline to submit applications is Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 23:59 UTC. Applications should be submitted via the online [r20.rs6.net]candidate portal [r20.rs6.net]. All applications are confidential.   Learn more. [r20.rs6.net]     REMINDER: ICANN Community Excellence Award Nomination Period Now Open From: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support   The nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award 2020 is now open. The winner(s) will be announced during ICANN71. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes ICANN community members who substantively contribute to policymaking within the ICANN ecosystem and who are deeply invested in developing consensus-based solutions within ICANN’s multistakeholder model. Learn more about the nomination process [r20.rs6.net] and submit your nominations here [r20.rs6.net] by Monday, 29 March 2021.   ICANN70 Planning   DUE TOMORROW: ICANN Board Interactions with ICANN Communities during ICANN70 From: ICANN Board Chair Maarten Botterman    Dear ICANN community chairs,   First of all, let me take the opportunity to reiterate on behalf of the ICANN Board, our best wishes to you and your families for a healthy 2021. We have all been very affected (and still are) by this long-lasting pandemic and will never spread enough of those positive thoughts and messages of hope for a brighter future! We very much look forward to seeing you in person, hopefully later this year, even if today it is not possible to predict when it will be responsible to do so again.   The ICANN Board has recently been briefed thoroughly on your input to the ICANN Public Meetings Strategy and wanted to thank you all for your constructive contribution to this important survey. The suggested changes will be implemented by ICANN org, and the ICANN Board will of course actively participate in the dialogue to find the best possible way forward in this, together. ICANN70 will mark the next step.   In line with the decision to organize ICANN70 virtually and considering the current global situation with regard to the pandemic, various communities are arranging different times to engage the ICANN Board, either before, during or after ICANN70. We have learned to appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation during ICANN Public Meetings, and the survey conducted after ICANN69 confirmed that you do as well.   Up until ICANN69, the ICANN Board has proposed a subject to you to discuss during our joint meetings. For ICANN70, we would like to invite you to propose questions for the ICANN Board to answer, or a subject to engage in an open discussion during our time together. Please note that we are not changing the current total time allotted per community.   Please send your single topic or list of questions in order of priority to the Board Operations team, board-ops-team@icann.org, no later than Friday, 26 February 2021.   Your suggested questions or topic for discussion will be published and circulated in this digest, which will facilitate transparency and allow all communities to deepen their understanding of community issues and different points of view. We look forward to hearing your thoughts, questions, or topics of interest and to exchange with you constructively.   Best regards,   Maarten Botterman ICANN Board Chair     DUE TOMORROW: ICANN70 Publication Support   Translation-only Deadline For translation, please provide the final material(s) by Friday, 26 February 2021. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication. If the publication requires design assistance, please note that the final materials will have to be complete, including the edit/approval process, by this deadline in order to be translated.   Please work directly with your support team to submit these requests to evin.erdogdu@icann.org and liana.teo@icann.org.     DEADLINE MONDAY: Participate in "Newcomers Introduction to ICANN Communities" Webinar   The Public Responsibility Support function seeks speakers from ICANN communities to participate in an introductory webinar for newcomers. Each each speaker will have 5-10 minutes to provide an overview of their ICANN community. The webinar will take place Monday, 8 March 2021, 17:30-19:00 UTC.   Sign up [r20.rs6.net] by Monday, 1 March 2021. Please contact deborah.escalera@icann.org with any questions. Thank you.     DEADLINE NEXT WEEK: ICANN Continues the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program   The Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program aims to facilitate participation in ICANN Public Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum. It offers financial assistance to ICANN community members who have limited Internet capacity to increase their Internet bandwidth.   ICANN community members interested in the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program must apply in advance of ICANN70. Those who meet the eligibility requirements will be selected to participate.   Nominations   ICANN community leaders will have the opportunity to nominate recipients. This includes up to five nominees from each of the three Supporting Organizations, four Advisory Committees, four GNSO Stakeholder Groups and five GNSO Constituencies, and five RALOs from At-Large.   In order to be reimbursed, all applicants must: ·     Require additional bandwidth at home to facilitate their active participation during ICANN70. ·     Have a valid personal bank account for ICANN org to wire the reimbursement funds. ·     Register [r20.rs6.net] for ICANN70. ·     Attend a minimum of four official ICANN70 sessions.   Once ICANN community leaders have established their nominees, they can inform their nominees to apply for the program here [r20.rs6.net] beginning Monday, 8 February 2021.   Chairs should send their list to travelsupport@icann.org so that ICANN org can verify the applications. Chairs and community leaders will have until Monday, 1 March 2021 to complete this nomination process.   All applications are due by Friday, 5 March 2021.   Learn more. [r20.rs6.net]     REMINDER: ICANN org Finance and Planning Updates during ICANN70 From: Xavier Calvez, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Financial Officer   The ICANN org Finance and Planning teams seek opportunities to engage with the ICANN communities during ICANN70 or via webinars to present a short updates on finance- and planning-related topics:   Finance ·     Financial Results: FY20 and FY21 Year-to-Date ·     Accountability and transparency reporting   Planning ·     Draft FY22-FY26 Five-Year Operating Plan and Financial Plan ·     Draft FY22 Operating Plan and Budget ·     Review of Public Comment submissions and next steps in the planning process ·     FY23 Planning Process and Strategic Outlook Trends   Please contact becky.nash@icann.org to request a briefing and please let us know if you have any other finance and planning topics. Thank you in advance for your support, and we appreciate your assistance.      REMINDER: ITI Demonstrations during ICANN70   The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Team invites ICANN communities to request a demonstration of upcoming improvements to https://icann.org [r20.rs6.net] during ICANN70.   ITI is an operational activity to improve content governance and infrastructure at ICANN. Since its inception, the ITI team has sought community input through the feedback website [r20.rs6.net], sessions during ICANN Public Meetings, webinars, and smaller, informal sessions targeted to specific user groups. This feedback is vital to ensuring ITI delivers the improvements needed to more easily find content on https://icann.org [r20.rs6.net]. The ITI team has implemented changes based on community feedback.   Please contact carlos.reyes@icann.org to request a demonstration. Thank you.   ICANN70 Resources   Registration [r20.rs6.net] Virtual Backgrounds [r20.rs6.net]   Prep Week Schedule [r20.rs6.net]   Public Comment   Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2021   Additional Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Thursday, 11 March 2021   IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming Function Contract Amendment [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Monday, 22 March 2021   EPDP Phase 2 Policy Recommendations for Board Consideration [r20.rs6.net] Close Date: Tuesday, 30 March 2021   Volume 3, Issue 16 | Archive [r20.rs6.net] | Next Issue: Monday, 1 March 2021