[Aftld-members] Fwd: [ccnso-council] Call for Volunteers: ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC)

Mon Nov 24 07:45:47 EAT 2025

Dear Members,

This is for your information and action.

Thank you

Best Regards

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From: Joke Braeken via Ccnso-council <ccnso-council at icann.org>
Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Subject: [ccnso-council] Call for Volunteers: ccNSO Strategic and
Operational Planning Committee (SOPC)
To: ccnso-members at icann.org <ccnso-members at icann.org>,
ccTLDcommunity at cctld-managers.org <ccTLDcommunity at cctld-managers.org>,
ccnso-council <ccnso-council at icann.org>

*Call for Volunteers: ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee
(SOPC)*

The ccNSO launches a call for volunteers for the ccNSO Strategic and
Operational Planning Committee (SOPC). The call for volunteers will be open
for a limited period, closing on *Wednesday, 3 December 2025 (23:59 UTC).*

SOPC seeks active contributors, to help prepare among others the SOPC
comment to the upcoming proposed ICANN Fiscal Year 27 Operating Plan and
Budget.  Work is expected to intensify around the mid-December to
mid-February timeframe.

*OBJECTIVE |* The SOPC supports ccTLD managers’ involvement in ICANN’s
strategic, operational, and budget planning. Under its charter, it may
offer its own positions and submit input to ICANN processes. The views in
this submission represent the SOPC alone, not the ccNSO, its members, the
broader ccTLD community, or individual ccTLD managers.

In fulfilling its objective, the Committee should focus on topics relevant
from a ccTLD and/or ccNSO perspective, as well as those issues that are of
high importance to the ICANN community. The Committee is mandated to submit
a Rejection Action Petition, when appropriate, against the ICANN and IANA
budgets, as well as their strategic and operating plans in accordance with:

   - The procedures in the ICANN Bylaws, Annex D, section 2.1: (f) ICANN
   budgets, (g) IANA budgets, (h) operating plans and (i) strategic plans, and
   - Guideline – ccNSO Rejection Action Procedure (February 2017, or later
   version)

*MEMBERSHIP |* Membership is open to all representatives of ccTLD managers
(members and non-members of the ccNSO) who have ongoing commitment to
actively participate in the activities of the working group.  The
activities of SOPC are focused on the requests for comments around ICANN
Strategic Plan and Operating Plan.  Members of the working group will be
appointed by the ccNSO Council, considering the background of the
applicants to reflect the diversity of the ccTLD community. Regional
Organizations may nominate a representative as an observer.

*WORKING METHODS AND TIME COMMITMENTS | *SOPC relies on active
contributions of its members. To prepare the SOPC comment to the upcoming
proposed ICANN Fiscal Year 27 Operating Plan and Budget, the SOPC members
will be distributed over smaller teams, that each focus on a specific area
of the proposals that will be published for public comments.

Further information about the process for drafting SOPC comments, and a
tentative timeline, is available here (slide 68 to 70)
<https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/icann84/71/Strategic%20and%20Operational%20Planning%20Standing%20Committee%20Session.pdf>
.

*TERM |* Every year, to be determined by the SOPC, the members of the
Committee will be asked whether they want to continue to serve thereon. If
considered necessary for the continuity of the work of the Committee, the
Chair of the Committee may invite the ccNSO Council to request that the
Secretariat publish a call for volunteers. The ccNSO Council will then
appoint the proposed new members.

*HOW TO APPLY |* If you are interested in joining the working group, please
submit your application by 3 December 2025 (23:59 UTC).  To apply, complete
the form
here https://forms.gle/ZNkcqAiFk1EvuWqX6

You will be asked to provide your full name and contact details, your ccTLD
affiliation, and a brief statement outlining your qualifications and
motivation for joining the group.

To facilitate your participation in the ccNSO representing your ccTLD, we
will require an ICANN Account <https://account.icann.org/help>, which is
the ccNSO's and ICANN's platform to manage participation.
If you already have an ICANN Account (e.g. for registering at ICANN
meetings), please login <https://account.icann.org/login> to your ICANN
Account using the email address that you use for your ccNSO work and verify
that your profile is up to date. If you do not have an ICANN Account or are
unsure, please create an ICANN Account <https://account.icann.org/> at your
earliest convenience.

*NEXT STEPS | *Members shall be appointed by the ccNSO Council after
closure of the call for volunteers. Additionally, all members and
participants to this working group will have to complete a Statement of
Interest (SOI). Fill out the form
here: https://forms.gle/79Jw4wSnNhn5W4Z46
If you have questions, please contact us at ccnsosecretariat at icann.org

*BACKGROUND *

   - Find the SOPC charter and further information here:
   https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/sopiwg.htm
   - At ICANN84, the SOPC met with ICANN’s Finance and Planning team to
   provide input into ICANN and PTI’s strategic, operational, and budgetary
   processes from a ccTLD perspective. Consult the session slides and zoom
   recording here: https://sched.co/29QKF

Further information about the process for drafting SOPC comments, and a
tentative timeline for the December-February timeframe, is available here
(slide 68 to 70)
<https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/icann84/71/Strategic%20and%20Operational%20Planning%20Standing%20Committee%20Session.pdf>
.

Joke Braeken

joke.braeken at icann.org

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