Submission by Amrita Choudhury, APRALO
Proposed Session Title
Cross-Community Collaboration to Deliver the New gTLD Program Next Round that We All Want
Brief Description:
Following the 3 Application Support Program Outreach & Engagement Webinars in late July and early August 2024 and the New gTLD Program Next Round update at ICANN81, the At-Large Community will convene to review and discuss ways to amplify ICANN org’s outreach and engagement plans for the New gTLD Program Next Round (Next Round) and Applicant Support Program (ASP).
The goal of this session is to harness and coordinate the vast networks within the ICANN Community and to encourage the identification and exploration of collaborative opportunities between At-Large Structures (ALSes), At-Large Individual Members (IMs) and other ICANN Community groups to support the outreach and engagement plans for the Next Round and more urgently, the ASP, which is now expected to be launched on 19 November 2024.
The format of the session will be speakers sharing their updates on the topic, followed by community members brainstorming in breakout groups and then reporting back on the key discussions, speakers commenting on the suggestions shared, and finally summarizing the key action points.
Proposed Flow:
Welcome and Introduction to the Session (5 mins)
Objective Setting 10 mins
Speakers sharing updates 10 mins
Breakout groups to brainstorm and identify areas of collaboration 5 on-site + 1 online groups. The objective is to select 3 areas of collaboration and brainstorm strategies for delivering those priorities (30 mins)
Report on output of 6 breakout groups on the proposed areas of collaboration with rationale (20 mins)
Comments from Speakers (10 mins)
Summarizing the session with key action points (5 mins)
Rationale/Desired Outcomes:
The objective of this session is to to assist the At-Large to explore opportunities and develop concrete steps to collaborate with other ICANN Community groups to support the outreach and engagement plans for the Next Round and especially the Applicant Support Program (ASP),
Which, if any, other community groups do you plan to involve in your session? Please explain your plans for working cooperatively with the group(s), including your contacts, skill sets sought, etc.*
Participants from SOs/ACs who are actively engaged in the ASP and new GTLD programs would be invited to participate in this discussion and actively participate in the brainstorming sub groups.
Session Leaders/Facilitators and Panelists/Presenters:
There would be 1 Session Moderator, 3-4 speakers, along with 5 Facilitators for the 5 breakout groups
Proposed Moderator: Jonathan Zuck ALAC Chair
Proposed Speakers:
Bob Ochieng, Sr Director, New gTLD Program, ICANN
Sally Newell-Cohen, SVP, Communications, ICANN
Kristy Buckley, ASP Project Team, ICANN or Samantha Mancia, ASP Project Team, ICANN
At-Large Applicant Support Program Ambassador(s)
Proposed Facilitators:
Hadia El-Miniawi, AFRALO Chair
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair
Sebastien Bachollet, EURALO Chair
Harold Arcos, LACRALO Chair
Greg Shatan, NARALO Chair
Specially Invited Participants:
We plan to specially invite the following persons to participate in the breakout groups.
Other Applicant Support Program Ambassadors
ICANN Board Members (selective?)
All GSE Offices - NA, Africa, Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, APAC (including China), South Asia, MENA, Oceania, LAC
GAC members (selective?)
GNSO community members (selective?)
ccNSO community members (selective?)
Under which At-Large Priority Activities 2025 work track area does this topic fall?
POLICY - Broaden regional, economic, community and linguistic participation in the next round
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION - Evaluate and improve At-Large Engagement
Are you planning on inviting any ICANN Board members/Executives? If so, please list hereafter in order for Staff to work with Board Operations on invitations.*
Yes, but TBD
