[Npoc-discuss] FW: IMPORTANT: Community Leadership Digest Thursday, 25 February 2021

Fri Feb 26 19:14:36 UTC 2021

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 at 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 at icann.org
 and liana.teo at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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
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