[ALAC] Fwd: Thursday, 8 July 2021

Thu Jul 8 20:10:03 UTC 2021

Thursday, 8 July 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.
How Domain Name System Policy is Developed, and How You Can Get Involved
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Table of Contents
Webinars

   - UPDATE: Register for the SSAD ODP Project Update Webinar
   - NEW: "The UN, the EU, and Your Business, What Comes Next?" Webinar
   - NEW: DNS Security Threat Mitigation Program Webinar
   - NEW: ITI Update: Register Now for ICANN Public Comment Submission
   Training Webinars

Information Sharing

   - NEW: Strengthening Collaboration: A Framework for Board Liaisons to
   Community Groups
   - NEW: Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN72 Fellowship
   - REMINDER: Request for Information on Identity Verification Methods for
   SSAD Now Open
   - REMINDER: Ninth Africa DNS Forum to Take Place Virtually 27-28 July
   2021
   - REMINDER: Nomination Period Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for
   Capacity Building
   - REMINDER: Request for Early Input - GNSO Transfer Policy Review PDP
   Working Group
   - REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen at ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open

Public Comment

   - Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on
   the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2A
   - NEW: Proposed Renewal of the .AERO Registry Agreement
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Webinars
UPDATE: Register for the SSAD ODP Project Update Webinar

On Tuesday, 13 July 2021 at 16:00 UTC ICANN org will host a webinar to
provide the community with an update on the System for Standardized
Access/Disclosure to Non-Public Registration Data (SSAD) Operational Design
Phase (ODP). The webinar will give an update on the work being done by the
ICANN org SSAD ODP project team, including the recently opened Request for
Information
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 (RFI), outline next steps in the project, and provide a timeline as to
when the Operational Design Assessment (ODA) is expected to be delivered to
the ICANN Board. The webinar will also include a general overview of the
org's ODP process
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and a question and answer session with community participants.

This will be the first webinar, and the ICANN org SSAD ODP project team
would like as much ICANN community participation as possible.

Please register
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in
advance to receive details on how to join the webinar.

Read more
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NEW: "The UN, the EU, and Your Business, What Comes Next?" Webinar

On Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 16:00 UTC, the ICANN org North America
Engagement team will host a webinar related to deliberations on how the
infrastructure layer of the Internet is governed that are happening at the
United Nations (UN) and within the European Union (EU). These discussions
and proposed actions could affect the business sector.

Register here
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NEW: DNS Security Threat Mitigation Program Webinar

ICANN will host a webinar on Thursday, 22 July 2021 at 16:00 UTC to provide
the ICANN community with updates on its DNS Security Threat Mitigation
Program, community-facing initiatives, Domain Abuse Activity Reporting
System (DAAR), and Domain Name Security Threat Information Collection and
Reporting (DNSTICR) project. Register here
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Read more
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NEW: ITI Update: Register Now for ICANN Public Comment Submission Training
Webinars

ICANN org will hold a series of training webinars outlining the new Public
Comment submission process. During these sessions, our teams will provide
the ICANN community with step-by-step instructions on how to draft and
publish a Public Comment submission and outline how to manage your current
and past submissions. You are encouraged to ask questions throughout these
webinars to ensure you are well-prepared to use this improved feature. Read
more
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Webinar 1 | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 | 14:00 UTC | RSVP
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Webinar 2 | Wednesday, 4 August 2021 | 21:00 UTC | RSVP
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Information Sharing
NEW: Strengthening Collaboration: A Framework for ICANN Board Liaisons to
ICANN Community Groups

The ICANN Board announced
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that it has adopted a framework of guidelines and best practices for how
ICANN Board members can effectively contribute to community initiatives as
liaisons. The framework was adopted as one of its operational priorities
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aimed
at supporting ICANN community policy development.

Read the full framework here
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NEW: Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN72 Fellowship

ICANN org announced
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that 34 people from 27 countries have been selected to participate in the
ICANN Fellowship Program during ICANN72.

The ICANN Fellowship Program Selection Committee also awarded the Tarek
Kamel Fellowship Recognition
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to
Isaac Maposa from Zimbabwe, who is one of the ICANN72 Fellowship Program
participants.

Read more
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REMINDER: Request for Information on Identity Verification Methods for SSAD
Now Open

ICANN org announced
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that
it has now opened the Request for Information (RFI) to better understand
what may be commercially available in the marketplace to deliver some or
all of the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure to Non-Public
Registration Data (SSAD), including existing methods for identity
verification. The RFI overview document can be viewed here
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Indications of interest are to be submitted to ssad-odp-rfi at icann.org with
the following information, upon which access will be provided to the RFI:

   - Name of the organization
   - Name of the contact
   - Email address of the contact

The RFI will be open until 23:59 UTC on Monday, 19 July 2021. Read more.
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REMINDER: Ninth Africa DNS Forum to Take Place Virtually 27-28 July 2021

The ninth Africa DNS Forum will be held virtually Tuesday and Wednesday, 27-28
July 2021 with the theme of "Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa." The
Africa DNS Forum is organized by the Africa Top Level Domains Organization
(AFTLD), the Africa Registrar Association (AfRegistrar), and ICANN.

The 2021 edition will take place as a two-day virtual event open to
stakeholders in the African domain name industry. Sessions will cover
topics including the evolution of the DNS ecosystem in the region, national
and regional DNS Forum initiatives, emerging technical issues, financing
and insurance in the DNS business, and compliance in the domain name
industry.

Participants will be able to join sessions through Zoom, and view through
YouTube and Facebook streaming.

To register, click here
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REMINDER: Nomination Period Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity
Building

Today, ICANN org opened a one-month nomination period for the Dr. Tarek
Kamel Award for Capacity Building. Please submit your nominations via
this nomination
form
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REMINDER: Request for Early Input - GNSO Transfer Policy Review Policy
Development Process Working Group

The GNSO Transfer Policy Review PDP Working Group requests input from
Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, Stakeholder Groups, and
Constituencies on topics within the PDP charter. The request was sent on
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 to ICANN community leaders. A copy of the letter is
available here: https://community.icann.org/x/tIT8CQ.

Responses to gnso-secs at icann.org are requested by Wednesday, 4 August 2021.
REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen at ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open

The NextGen at ICANN Program seeks nominations for its Mentor Program
through Tuesday,
31 August 2021. The community-nominated selection committee will be
responsible for overseeing the mentor selection process. Communities may
choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active
community members who have an interest in mentoring students. Guidelines
for the program can be found here
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Interested community groups should select their respective volunteers and
notify deborah.escalera at icann.org.
Public Comment
Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the
Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2A
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Close Date: Monday, 19 July 2021

NEW: Proposed Renewal of the .AERO Registry Agreement
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Close Date: Monday, 16 August 2021
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