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

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Thanks Rafik, I will volunteer

On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, 14:47 Mebaghandu Christabel, <meb.christabel at ccpjd.org>
wrote:

> Thank you, Rafik. Will Do!
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> *Mebaghandu Christabel, sMNCS fNSIG.*
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> *Chief Technology Officer*
> Civil Center for Peace Justice and Development
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> +23408161278131
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> meb.christabel at ccpjd.org
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> *From:* NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of Rafik
> Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM>
> *Sent:* 24 December 2025 05:56
> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> *Subject:* Call for Volunteers / Budget & Operations Townhall (BOT)
>
> 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
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
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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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