[ICANN Meeting] ICANN82 Seattle Day 4

[Remmy Nweke]

Thanks for sharing Rafik

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 07:14 Rafik Dammak, <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We had officially the start of the ICANN meeting with several sessions.
> Beginning with the opening ceremony where we heard from the new ICANN CEO
> and ICANN board chair with highlights about the defense of the
> multistakeholder model. Then we had a session titled "how we meet" to share
> about ICANN meeting structure and some ideas for change with most of the
> focus on cost reduction. We can expect a public comment on the topic soon.
> There was also a session with ICANN executives and giving a chance to the
> community to ask them. I attended the session of the IANA Function Review
> team as NCSG representative (so I couldn't attend the GNSO council - Board
> meeting) and we discussed the draft report and timeline for reviewing
> public comments. The report will be published next week.
>
> For tomorrow, we will have several NCSG meetings:
> - with the board, we will respond to their questions regarding meeting
> structure, how ICANN can work more closely with governments, and challenges
> to participate in ICANN budget and operating plan. We will also try to
> respond to late submission questions from the board about reviews.
> - we will have our policy committee session to go through the GNSO council
> meeting agenda as we do at our regular policy call.
> - we will have our issue forum to cover the topic of applicant support
> program and go into aspects of non-financial support etc.
> - we will finish the day with the NCSG membership session where we will
> get several updates about the discussion in this ICANN meeting and have
> discussion with Russ Weinstein, the new VP for Policy development in ICANN.
>
> Tuesday, 11 March
>
>
>    - 0900-1000 ICANN Board and NCSG
>    <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpaa/joint-session-icann-board-and-ncsg>
>    - 1030-1200 NCSG PC
>    <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpdy/gnso-ncsg-policy-committee-work-session-2-of-2>
>    - 1315-1430 NCSG Issue Forum
>    <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpdv/gnso-ncsg-issue-forum>
>    - 1500-1600 NCUC Membership
>    <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpe1/gnso-ncuc-membership-work-session>
>    - 1630-1730 NCSG Membership
>    <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpe4/gnso-ncsg-membership-work-session>
>
>
> please join us tomorrow and you can find the remote participation details
> in each link. Feel free to ask any question about the topics above.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rafik
>
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