<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>hi all,<br><br>Please find below information to join the webinars for the Review of Reviews Cross Community group.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Rafik</div><div><br></div><div><br><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/advancing-the-icann-reviews-conversation-join-the-cross-community-group-webinars-06-11-2025-en" target="_blank" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/advancing-the-icann-reviews-conversation-join-the-cross-community-group-webinars-06-11-2025-en</a><br><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:Avenir-Book;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u></u></div></div></blockquote><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold">Advancing the ICANN Reviews Conversation: Join the Cross Community Group Webinars</span><br><b style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">6 November 2025</span></b><br><hr size="0" width="100%" align="center" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">The</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/overview" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">Review of Reviews Cross Community Group</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">(CCG) invites the community to continue the conversations about ICANN Reviews during webinars on Tuesday, 18 November 2025. To accommodate participants in multiple time zones, the CCG will host two 90-minute sessions.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">Data-gathering is important to the CCG's fact-finding phase. Participants are invited to share their views on the successes and challenges of past reviews (e.g., topics, structure, time frames, and recommendations). Input on how to shape a refreshed review system will also be welcome.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">All community members – including those new to ICANN Reviews – are encouraged to attend by registering for one, or both, of the sessions:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:Avenir-Book;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/bC9whfQ9RxGsGJJxOHjLkg" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">Tuesday, 18 November, at 06:00 UTC</span></a><br><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/RM3JPStlQWmdQAbBWISLhg" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">Tuesday, 18 November, at 18:00 UTC</span></a><br></div></blockquote><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">In the meantime, please consider:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:Avenir-Book;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">Becoming a Reviews CCG</span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/pages/464355519/Observers" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">observer</span></a><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">Following the Reviews CCG's work on its</span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/overview?homepageId=359105299" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">community workspace</span></a><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">Providing</span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/pages/519831669/Provide+Input" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">input</span></a><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">on the Reviews CCG's work or</span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/pages/519831669/Provide+Input" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">pre-submitting questions</span></a><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit"> </span><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:inherit">for the sessions.</span><br></div></blockquote><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:bold">Background</span><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">In May 2025, the ICANN Board approved a set of</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-special-meeting-of-the-icann-board-19-05-2025-en" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">resolutions</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">calling for a community dialogue to design a review program that is fit for the intended purposes of enhancing ICANN's accountability, transparency, and effectiveness. These decisions followed discussions in which the Board and community identified the need to take a fresh approach to reviews.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">On 5 September 2025, the Board</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/secretarys-notice-secretarys-notice-of-the-icann-board-action-without-a-meeting-05-09-2025-en" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">approved</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">a charter submitted by the Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs).</span><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1rem">The Review of Reviews CCG, which began its work in September 2025, is a collaborative effort that brings together ICANN SOs, ACs, ICANN Board members, and the ICANN organization to manage a fundamental evaluation of the reviews set out in the ICANN Bylaws, as a whole system, including their implementation, and propose a refreshed system of reviews.</span><br><div style="font-family:Avenir-Book;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:1.5rem;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">More information about the Review of Reviews and the CCG can be found on its<span> </span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDOR/overview?homepageId=359105299" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(4,123,193)">community workspace</span></a>.</span></p></div></div><br><br></div><br><br></div></div>