[Ncsg-discuss] Topics for the call with ICANN CEO

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi all,

thanks for the suggestions, I am summarizing them below:


   - How does ICANN plan to ensure that civil society and noncommercial
   stakeholders continue to have meaningful opportunities to contribute to
   policy development as the community prepares for the next round of the New
   gTLD Program and other major strategic initiatives?Are there additional
   measures being considered to reduce barriers to sustained participation and
   leadership within the multistakeholder model?
   - Balancing privacy and legitimate access to registration data: As the
   SSAD discussions continue, how does ICANN envision supporting a framework
   that improves predictability and trust for legitimate requestors while
   respecting applicable data protection laws?
   - Strengthening the multistakeholder model: What opportunities does
   ICANN see for improving participation from underrepresented regions and
   newcomers so that policy development benefits from more diverse
   perspectives?
   - Future priorities for policy implementation: Looking beyond the
   current workstreams, what policy areas does the CEO believe will require
   the greatest community attention over the next 2–3 years?
   - Building community trust: As policy discussions become increasingly
   complex and sometimes polarized, what practical steps does ICANN leadership
   believe are most important to maintain trust between the community, the
   Board, and the organization?
   - With the close of the New gTLD Program application window approaching
   soonest, there appear to be delays in the processing of Applicant Support
   Program (ASP) applications on the ICANN org side. What is ICANN's plan to
   ensure that these delays do not affect the ability of ASP applicants to
   participate in the current application round?
   - Related on pro bono service provider and mentor orientation on new
   gTLD program. How effective is the service so far? Any update and/or
   improvement on the service?
   - When the new gTLD program created the service, it aimed to support the
   applicants who need help on the application because of a lack of
   language and legal knowledge, but there are some concerns that the team
   members haven’t reflected the inclusivity in the community.


I believe the 2 questions about ASP can be merged and combined.
Regarding questions about multistakeholder model, CS participation etc
questions, tbh I don't expect detailed responses and will be quite generic
if not scripted based on previous interactions. I will convey them anyway
to reiterate the concerns.
A usual question we add is what are the priority topics or plans expected
from ICANN org for the next ICANN meeting.

Please share your input so we can consolidate those topics.

Best,

Rafik

Le lun. 20 juil. 2026 à 13:15, <
00001fd0a6bd4590-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> a écrit :

> Hi Rafik,
>
> My question would related on pro bono service provider and mentor
> orientation on new gTLD program. How effective the service so far? Any
> update and/or improvement on the service?
>
> When the new gTLD program created the service, it has aim for support the
> applicants who need help on the application because lack of language and
> legal knowledge, but there are some concern that the team members haven’t
> reflect the inclusivity in the community.
>
> Best,
>
> Juliana
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 18 Jul 2026, at 03.54, Christabel Mebaghandu <
> 00001e119e64fa85-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello Rafik,
>
> My suggested question is as follows:
>
> With the close of the New gTLD Program application window approaching
> soonest, there appear to be delays in the processing of Applicant Support
> Program (ASP) applications on the ICANN org side. What is ICANN's plan to
> ensure that these delays do not affect the ability of ASP applicants to
> participate in the current application round?
>
> ---
>
> Christabel
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of Rafik
> Dammak <00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> *Sent:* 16 July 2026 21:22
> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> *Subject:* Topics for the call with ICANN CEO
>
> Hi all,
>
> Juan, Wisdom and I will have the regular call of 45min with ICANN CEO. To
> prepare for it, we want to hear from you what topics or questions we should
> ask Kurt.
>
> Please let us know what you think. I will consolidate later the questions
> and topics to be discussed.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
>
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