<div dir="ltr">hi all,<div><br></div><div>there are several newly opened public consultations and we need volunteers to join the drafting teams to participate on shaping NCSG comments. Please let me know offlist if you want to volunteer for one of them or more. We have those 4 public consultations:</div><div><ol><li><a class="external-link" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy20-budget-2018-12-17-en" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,82,204);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">ICANN Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update</a> : NCSG mailing list thread <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;ef8dedc3.1812">here</a><br></li><li><a class="external-link" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/strategic-plan-2018-12-20-en" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,82,204);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 – 2025</a> : NCSG mailing list thread <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;2a6f185c.1812">here</a><br></li><li><a class="external-link" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-year-planning-2018-12-21-en" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,82,204);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">First Consultation on a 2-Year Planning Process</a>: NCSG mailing list thread <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;9c078a87.1812">here</a><br></li><li><a class="external-link" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-standards-2018-12-17-en" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,82,204);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Updated Operating Standards for Specific Reviews</a>: NCSG mailing list thread <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;d74002e9.1812">here</a><br></li></ol></div><div>1, 2 and 3 are related to some extent as they are about the ICANN budget, operating planning but also strategical plan and the process on itself to make them. They are quite critical and impacting the work and activities for coming years.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy holidays,</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div></div>