<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>thanks for the suggestions, I am summarizing them below:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>How does ICANN plan to ensure that civil society and noncommercial stakeholders continue to have meaningful opportunities to contribute to policy development as the community prepares for the next round of the New gTLD Program and other major strategic initiatives?Are there additional measures being considered to reduce barriers to sustained participation and leadership within the multistakeholder model?</li><li>Balancing privacy and legitimate access to registration data: As the SSAD discussions continue, how does ICANN envision supporting a framework that improves predictability and trust for legitimate requestors while respecting applicable data protection laws?</li><li>Strengthening the multistakeholder model: What opportunities does ICANN see for improving participation from underrepresented regions and newcomers so that policy development benefits from more diverse perspectives?</li><li>Future priorities for policy implementation: Looking beyond the current workstreams, what policy areas does the CEO believe will require the greatest community attention over the next 2–3 years?</li><li>Building community trust: As policy discussions become increasingly complex and sometimes polarized, what practical steps does ICANN leadership believe are most important to maintain trust between the community, the Board, and the organization?</li><li>With the close of the New gTLD Program application window approaching soonest, there appear to be delays in the processing of Applicant Support Program (ASP) applications on the ICANN org side. What is ICANN's plan to ensure that these delays do not affect the ability of ASP applicants to participate in the current application round?</li><li>R<span style="background-color:transparent">elated on pro bono service provider and mentor orientation </span>on new<span style="background-color:transparent"> gTLD program. How </span>effective is the<span style="background-color:transparent"> service so far? Any update and/or improvement on the service?</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">When the new gTLD program created the service, it </span>aimed<span style="background-color:transparent"> </span>to<span style="background-color:transparent"> support the applicants who need help on the application </span>because of a lack<span style="background-color:transparent"> of language and legal knowledge, but there are some </span>concerns<span style="background-color:transparent"> that the team members haven’t </span>reflected<span style="background-color:transparent"> the inclusivity in the community. </span></li></ul><div><div><br></div><div>I believe the 2 questions about ASP can be merged and combined.</div>Regarding questions about multistakeholder model, CS participation etc questions, tbh I don't expect detailed responses and will be quite generic if not scripted based on previous interactions. I will convey them anyway to reiterate the concerns.</div></div><div>A usual question we add is what are the priority topics or plans expected from ICANN org for the next ICANN meeting.</div><div><br></div>Please share your input so we can consolidate those topics.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 20 juil. 2026 à 13:15, <<a href="mailto:00001fd0a6bd4590-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001fd0a6bd4590-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Hi Rafik, <div><br></div><div>My question would related on pro bono service provider and mentor orientation on new gTLD program. How effective the service so far? Any update and/or improvement on the service?</div><div><br></div><div>When the new gTLD program created the service, it has aim for support the applicants who need help on the application because lack of language and legal knowledge, but there are some concern that the team members haven’t reflect the inclusivity in the community. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Juliana</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 18 Jul 2026, at 03.54, Christabel Mebaghandu <<a href="mailto:00001e119e64fa85-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001e119e64fa85-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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My suggested question is as follows:</div>
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With the close of the New gTLD Program application window approaching soonest, there appear to be delays in the processing of Applicant Support Program (ASP) applications on the ICANN org side. What is ICANN's plan to ensure that these delays do not affect
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<div id="m_-3498970033465025796m_6616706657774468320divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NCSG-Discuss <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>> on behalf of Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 July 2026 21:22<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a> <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>><br>
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<div dir="auto">Please let us know what you think. I will consolidate later the questions and topics to be discussed.</div>
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