<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear NCUC members,</div><div>
The
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NCSG/NPOC/NCUC
need a representative (and alternate, if desired) for the Planning
Prioritization Framework Pilot that will begin this month.
Please see more information that was distributed by Mary Wong 2 weeks
ago.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
am writing to follow up on ICANN org’s Planning Team update to the SOAC
Chairs on 14 February, where ICANN org requested that the community
consider participating in the proposed
Planning Prioritization Framework Pilot next month (March 2022). For
your reference, I attach the presentation that was shared with the SOAC
Chairs and ask that you review the request from ICANN org’s Planning
Team (further detailed below).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We
understand that the request came at a very busy time for the community,
especially in the run up to ICANN73. Given, however, that the pilot
will focus on those Specific Review
recommendations that are pending implementation and is anticipated to
be a limited project that will conclude by April, we hope that each of
the nine groups noted below will be able to propose at least one primary
representative to participate in the pilot.
This will allow the results of the pilot to inform the development of
the next iteration of the Prioritization Framework and resource
documentation in time for the FY23 planning cycle. We thank those groups
that have already let us know the name(s) of their
primary and alternate representative.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mary (on behalf of ICANN org’s Planning Team)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MESSAGE FROM ICANN ORG’S PLANNING TEAM:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As
a follow up to the 14 February presentation from Org’s Planning team to
the SOAC Chairs on the Planning Prioritization Framework Project, we
wanted to share with you the presentation
materials and ask you to nominate 1 member and (if you wish, to cover
in case of conflicts) 1 alternate member from your group to participate
in the Planning Prioritization pilot as soon as feasible. As noted to
the SOAC Chairs, we are asking for nomination(s)
by end-February to allow the pilot to be conducted in March.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Project accomplishments to date:</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From
May 2021 through January 2022 org planning consulted with the SO/ACs
and held public webinars to obtain feedback on the planning
prioritization
framework design elements. </span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Org held a total of 17 consultations: 5 Project Overview & Introduction webinars and 12 workshop consultations
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Org
received a significant amount of support to put in place a Community
led prioritization step in the annual planning process. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition, org received support to run a hands-on pilot to test out the process and to further develop the framework.</span></li></ul>
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</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Based
on the Community feedback received, org developed a Version 1 proposed
Framework that will be published by the end of February 2022. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Org
designed the project plan for the Pilot to be run in March 2022 with
conclusions from the pilot to be published in April/May 2022.</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In
order to conduct the Pilot, Org is requesting that each of the SO/AC
leaders nominate 1 member and 1 backup member (in case of conflicts)
from your organization as follows:</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASO- Address Supporting Organization</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALAC- At-Large Advisory Committee </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO/CSG - Commercial Stakeholder Group</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO/CPH - Contracted Party House</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO/NCSG - Noncommercial Stakeholder Group </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ccNSO - Country Code Names Supporting Organization </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GAC - Governmental Advisory Committee </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RSSAC - Root Server System Advisory Committee </span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SSAC - Security and Stability Advisory Committee </span></li></ol></ul></ul></ol></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please email the name of the members that you have nominated to Becky Nash (email <a href="mailto:becky.nash@icann.org" title="mailto:becky.nash@icann.org" target="_blank">becky.nash@icann.org</a>) and Xavier
Calvez (email <a href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org" target="_blank">xavier.calvez@icann.org</a>) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you in advance for your support for this project and we look forward to your response. </span></p>
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