[NCSG-Discuss] ICANN84 Prep Week & ICANN84 Board/Stakeholders session

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi,

Sharing the Google doc to consolidate the suggestions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15V-P1M9yCygqNW3knMgnTMwF9ECuMTuYJYod-THemFU/edit?usp=drivesdk
.

Best,

Rafik


On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 00:00 Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> hi all,
>
> Thanks for sharing your input. We will send our list of questions on
> Friday 17th October.
> Please comment and share if you have any other questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rafik
>
> Le ven. 10 oct. 2025 à 10:07, Pope 1 <parpis3 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>>
>> As a member of the non-commercial community committed to inclusive,
>> rights-respecting internet governance, I respectfully submit the following
>> questions:
>>
>> 1. Multistakeholder Integrity
>>    How will the Board ensure that the implementation of the new Five-Year
>> Strategic Plan strengthens and not dilutes the multistakeholder model,
>> especially in light of the WSIS+20 emphasis on inclusive governance for
>> underserved regions/community?
>>
>>
>> 2. Human Rights Integration
>>    What concrete steps will ICANN take to embed human rights impact
>> assessments into its policy development processes, particularly in areas
>> affecting content moderation, DNS abuse mitigation, and access to
>> registration data?
>>
>>
>> 3. Review of Reviews Reform
>>    How will the Board guarantee that the Cross Community Group on the
>> Review of Reviews leads to more effective and community responsive
>> accountability mechanisms, rather than procedural streamlining that risks
>> reducing oversight?
>>
>>
>> 4. Global South Inclusion
>>    What mechanisms will ICANN deploy to ensure that policy priorities
>> reflect the needs and realities of underserved regions, including African
>> stakeholders, in areas such as capacity building, language diversity, and
>> digital inclusion?
>>
>>
>> 5. Privacy and Data Governance
>>    How will ICANN balance contractual compliance and law enforcement
>> access with the privacy rights of registrants, especially as the
>> Registration Data Policy nears finalization?
>>
>>
>> 6. Transparency in Strategic Execution
>>    Will the Board commit to publishing periodic, community-auditable
>> progress reports on Strategic Plan implementation, including metrics tied
>> to stakeholder trust and participation?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Respectfully,
>> Edmund Brahene
>> Cybersecurity | Internal Control | Internet Governance  & Policy |
>> Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist | Civil Society Contributor
>> Accra, Ghana
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Sept 2025, 06:39 Rafik Dammak, <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As usual in ICANN meeting, we will have a joint session with ICANN
>>> Board. It will be also possible to attend it remotely.
>>> We got the communication below to ask for topics to discuss with board
>>> and also question from them. Prior to that, there is also an online session
>>> open to all with the Board.
>>>
>>> Let me know your suggestions for questions and topics for the joint
>>> session.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ------Dear Noncommercial Stakeholder Group
>>> Chair,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our ICANN84 Annual General Meeting is already on our doorstep. The Board
>>> and I are looking forward to seeing you soon in Dublin (25-30 October).
>>> This will be our last meeting of 2025 - a year of exciting,
>>> challenging, and unfortunately sad moments.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Before this important event, we also hope to see you online for our open
>>> engagement session during Prep Week. *This session will be held on 13
>>> October at 19:30 UTC.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This 60-minute session led by Chris Buckridge and myself, will focus on
>>> an essential subject for ICANN: WSIS+20 and the Future of the Internet
>>> Governance Forum (IGF). In this session, the Board will share its visions
>>> for WSIS+20 and beyond, including the future of the IGF, and conduct a
>>> discussion with participants to gather their views.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In particular, the Board will focus on topics that have the potential to
>>> impact ICANN’s mission, such as those reflected in the WSIS+20 Zero Draft.
>>> We also welcome a discussion on the conditions and assurances that will
>>> contribute to a permanent and improved IGF.  This exchange of perspectives
>>> will help the Board and community identify shared priorities and inform
>>> ICANN’s contributions to the broader WSIS+20 process.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We look forward to this opportunity to engage, and I encourage your
>>> active participation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> During ICANN84, we will listen carefully to your specific needs during
>>> our bilateral sessions. In keeping with our established practice, we would
>>> like to ask this question of your group ahead of our joint session in
>>> Dublin:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *“What does the **NCSG **believe should be the Board’s and the ICANN
>>> organization’s policy priorities in 2026, taking into consideration the new
>>> Five-Year Strategic Plan, the WSIS+20 review, and the recently launched
>>> Cross Community Group on the Review of Reviews?”*
>>>
>>> We kindly request that you send any questions you would like the Board
>>> to address during our face-to-face meetings to Board Operations . Given
>>> the limited time for these meetings, please prioritize your questions in
>>> order of importance. Please send these questions no later than *Friday, 17
>>> October 2025.*
>>>
>>> Looking forward to our discussions during Prep Week and ICANN84!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your constant commitment to our mission.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Tripti Sinha
>>>
>>> Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rafik Dammak
@rafik
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