<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks all for the comments and suggestions. We have one week to finalize our questions and submit them.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rafik</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 06:27 Andrea Glandon <<a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org">andrea.glandon@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<span style="font-size:10pt">A small update was sent for the question from the Board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;text-transform:none">The NCSG has cited challenges with capacity for supporting policy development in addition to the other community work such as reviews and has expressed concerns about the amount of concurrent work. What are
 the NCSG’s most significant challenges in monitoring and deciding which work to prioritize and focus resources? How can the Board assist the NCSG to plan and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its priority policy topics for the future? </span></div>
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<b>From: </b>NCSG-Discuss <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>> on behalf of Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 03:42<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a> <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] [ICANN87] Board's questions to NCSG<br>
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As usual during the ICANN meeting,  we will have interaction with the ICANN board during a joint meeting in ICANN87. The board sent us this question below:</div>
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<b>The NCSG has cited challenges with capacity for supporting policy development and has expressed concerns about the amount of concurrent work. What are the NCSG’s most significant challenges in monitoring and deciding how to support  policy development work?
 How can the Board assist the NCSG to plan and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its priority policy topics for the future? </b></div>
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 should submit by 9th October.</span></p>
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