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On 31 Jul 2023, the Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors, Tripti Sinha, posted a blog on the ICANN Board's acceptance of an Implementation Plan for the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), suggesting that, bar any unexpected delays, the next application round for New gTLDs is targeted for Apr 2026.

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• 2018-2021: At-Large Workspace: SubPro Updates
• Jul 2018: Subsequent Procedures PDP Initial Report

• Jan 2018: ALAC Statement to the Subsequent Procedures PDP Initial Report

• Sep 2020: Subsequent Procedures PDP Draft Final Report

• Jan 2021: ALAC Statement to the Subsequent Procedures PDP Final Report

• Feb 2021: Subsequent Procedures PDP Final Report

• Feb 2021: GNSO Council Resolution approving the Subsequent Procedures PDP recommendations (SubPro Outputs) (ref: 20210218-3)

• Apr 2021: ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures

• Apr-June 2021: ICANN Board Call for public comments to SubPro Outputs

• Jun 2021: APRALO Statement on GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs for ICANN Board Consideration

• Sep 2021: ICANN Board Resolution directing ICANN org to conduct Operation Design Phase (ODP)

• Jan-Nov 2022: Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase (SubPro ODP)
• Feb 2022: ALAC Responses to ICANN Board Clarifying Questions: ALAC Advice on Subsequent Procedures

• Dec 2022: Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Assessment (SubPro ODA)

• Jan 2023: ALAC to the ICANN Board: Comments and Concerns on the SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA)

• Feb 2023: Anticipated Board Action in Cancun and Dependencies

• Mar 2023 (ICANN76): ICANN Board Resolution on SubPro Outputs (ref: 2a)

  • Outputs that the Board marks as “pending” (38 Pending Recommendations)

  • For additional context, the ICANN Board input to the Draft Final Report (see line 54) may be useful

• May 2023: Subsequent Procedure Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) convenes

• May 2023: Letter from ICANN Board Chair to ALAC Chair re: ALAC Advice on Subsequent Procedures

• Jun Jul 2023: ICANN77 Deliverable Workplan & Timeline SubPro Related Activities submitted by GNSO Council to ICANN Board

• Jul 2023: ICANN Board Resolution acknowledging receipt of ICANN org's New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Plan (ref: 1b)

• Aug 2023: First GNSO Council Clarifying Statement to ICANN Board (on some of the 38 Pending Recommendations)

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