Joint Meeting: ICANN Board & NCSG - ICANN70

QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD

EPDP

1. The EPDP has been a long, painful but very instructive process.  We are concerned about the tendency for matters on which we have conceded and tried to reach a consensus, being simply re argued on the platform of consensus at the next stage of the process.  The Chairs have a hard enough job chairing these difficult PDPs, but now they have to stop warring sides from opening up settled matters under fresh titles.  How does the Board recommend that we deal with this problem?  

Pandemic and ICANN Community

1. NCSG would be interested in learning about how much money has the Organization saved on the absence of travel, as well as understanding the areas where this money has been redistributed. 
2. What tangible steps the board thinks can be taken to address the high community burnout and decrease in participation from some stakeholder groups. Has ICANN conducted any recent assessments on community participation?  Our understanding is that there has been some decline in participation but we are not fully aware of the numbers and are worried that it poses a threat to the multistakeholder model.
3. Considering the vaccinations happening around the world - despite the initial stage we might still be - NCSG would like to know if the Org has any plans vis a vis vaccine passports, for when we finally reopen?  How have the conversations about hybrid meetings or return to present meetings been ?