[Ncsg-discuss] Call for Volunteers / Budget & Operations Townhall (BOT)

[Rafik Dammak]

hi all,

I shared the public comments regarding the ICANN budget and operating plan
a few days ago. The GNSO council has space related to such discussion with
the Budget & Operations Townhall which is open to all GNSO members. Please
join if you want to participate and are interested in the topic.
As a reminder we still need volunteers for drafting NCSG own response.

Best regards,

Rafik

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Dear Stakeholder Group and Constituency Leaders,



You may recall that several years ago, the GNSO Council converted its
standing committee, which supported the Council in developing its drafts
comments related to ICANN’s annual budget and operating plan, into the
Budget & Operations Townhall (BOT). The conversion to the BOT was a result
of the Council’s determination that it had a diminishing need to develop
public comments, given the narrow remit of the Council. Per the BOT’s
charter
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/draft/draft-scbo-charter-24jan23-en.pdf>,
the focus of this group is “to coordinate and facilitate dialogue to fully
understand ICANN's strategic and operational planning and budgetary
processes” by interfacing “with ICANN Finance to gather information and ask
questions as needed.”



The development of public comments will reside with the individual SG/Cs
and the Council (i.e., outside of the BOT), though the BOT may help “serve
as a forum as needed to discuss budgetary topics of mutual interest amongst
the GNSO Council and SG/Cs.”



The BOT is open to any interested GNSO members; the *deadline to enroll is
12 January 2026*. *To enroll, please follow the ICANN Join: New User
Instructions
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/icann-join-new-user-instructions-12nov25-en.pdf>.
*To get started, go to *Part 1: Initial Set-up*; please select the option
that applies and follow additional instructions in *Part ll: ICANN Join
Enrollment* to complete the enrollment for this group. Once completed, members
will be added to the mailing list and group’s roster.



If you have any questions about the sign-up process, please reach out to
the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs at icann.org.



Best regards,

SOAC Support Staff
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