<div dir="ltr"><div>hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>sharing here the summary of the production call. I need your feedback about the point related to cross community sessions, suggestion to have both about ICANN reviews and then supporting our proposal for session on accuracy. If we cannot get that, a proposal is to organize that session separately in cooperation with another SO:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><ol start="4" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="background:yellow">Action Items – by Friday July 11 2025</span></u></b></li></ol><b><span lang="EN-US"> <br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">All: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Kindly consult with your community members and raise any objection to the idea of holding two community sessions on the topic of ICANN reviews on this ICANN Meeting Planning mailing list<br><u></u><u></u></span><b><span lang="EN-US">All:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Kindly consider the additional topics (listed below) for sessions proposed during the Kick Off call, and indicate if your group supports including any of them at ICANN84. Please also share any suggestion you or your group may have about how to accommodate additional topics in the ICANN84 schedule.<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The Applicant Support Program (Jonathan Zuck)</span></li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The topic of Accuracy (Rafik Dammak)</span></li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">AFRINIC & WSIS +20 (Sebastien Bachollet)</span></li></ul><b><span lang="EN-US">All</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Bearing the above in mind, please share any additional topics your group believes should also be considered as a session of broad community interest at ICANN84, and your suggestions for how to accommodate it.<br><u></u><u></u></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Topic Proposers</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Please share further details about the topic you have proposed, e.g., session objectives, format, scope and desired outcomes ASAP. This will help the group decide, if necessary, what topic(s) should be accommodated at ICANN84 and why.</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" tabindex="-1">@farzaneh badii</a> can you please prepare the draft proposal that we can share with the rest of SO/AC. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><br><div class="msg2709358259366173713">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you to those of you who joined the ICANN83 Debrief and ICANN84 Kick off call earlier today. For those of you who couldn’t make it, please find the
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recording</a> as well as the slide deck attached. Below are the summarized main points discussed today:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">Feedback from ICANN83, Prague<u></u><u></u></span></b></li></ol>
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<p class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US">The overall impression was positive. The closeness to public transport was appreciated, as was the venue and the size and setup of the rooms. We were reminded of the importance of accessibility to the venue and
to sessions. The Meetings team was congratulated on the speed with which these issues were resolved. It was noted that wide availability of power outlets will be very beneficial to attendees, though it was understood that this is largely dependent on the venue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">ICANN84 location change to Dublin<u></u><u></u></span></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Following the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann84-annual-general-meeting-relocated-30-06-2025-en?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5QoxCs6JbycvpcmoHsJvuPJmuvrf2wLc7r47ci8v1UcKM9xygwlKpty5HHNg_aem_M--NCBkRMsINnrgPJmsxvA" target="_blank">
announcement</a> published on Monday 30 June 2025, the location of ICANN84 is now Dublin. Further information on travel as well as hotels will be published on the ICANN meeting website shortly.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The proposed block schedule (see attached) has been updated with an additional proposed community session on Thursday, in addition to the session already scheduled on Monday. This proposal reflects the importance of the
topic of Reviews that was evident at ICANN83. By having a second community session on the final day, following the traditional Constituency Day meetings and joint sessions, the thought was that ICANN84 would provide a productive opportunity for the Board and
community to advance the work. It was agreed that there will need to be inter-sessional preparations and discussions to enable the work to move forward expeditiously, as well as a possible Prep Week session.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A few other topics were proposed as potential plenary ideas for a community session. It was noted that the overall schedule may be sufficiently flexible to allow for some topics to be hosted by specific SOAC groups as
open plenaries, which is already the practice in one or two groups. The main idea is to make sure that any community sessions and other plenary-type sessions are confirmed and placed on the block schedule prior to the opening of the Event Management System
request period, to allow for maximum flexibility and for each group to decide how it wishes to schedule its own sessions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As per the timeline (attached), a deadline of Friday 11 July was proposed for members of the ICANN meeting Planning Team to consult with their community groups as per the action item below.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">All: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Kindly consult with your community members and raise any objection to the idea of holding two community sessions on the topic of ICANN reviews on this ICANN Meeting Planning mailing
list<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">All:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Kindly consider the additional topics (listed below) for sessions proposed during the Kick Off call, and indicate if your group supports including any of them at ICANN84. Please also
share any suggestion you or your group may have about how to accommodate additional topics in the ICANN84 schedule.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">The Applicant Support Program (Jonathan Zuck)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">The topic of Accuracy (Rafik Dammak)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_2709358259366173713MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">AFRINIC & WSIS +20 (Sebastien Bachollet)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">All</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Bearing the above in mind, please share any additional topics your group believes should also be considered as a session of broad community interest at ICANN84, and your suggestions
for how to accommodate it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Topic Proposers</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Please share further details about the topic you have proposed, e.g., session objectives, format, scope and desired outcomes ASAP. This will help the group decide, if
necessary, what topic(s) should be accommodated at ICANN84 and why.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you all!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Schedule team<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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