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[ICANN] Weekly Digest of ICANN.org News & Announcements --------------------------------------------------------------- [Draft PTI and IANA FY20 Operating Plan and Budgets]( Open Date: 28 September 2018 Close Date: 12 November 2018 Originating Organization: Finance Categories/Tags: Operations/Finance Accountability/Transparency Brief Overview: Focusing on ICANN's commitment to the multistakeholder model, ICANN Organization seeks public comment on the operating plan and budgets for delivering the IANA functions. This is comprised of two components — the Draft FY20 Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Operating Plan and Budget and the Draft FY20 IANA Operating Plan and Budget. The PTI Operating Pla... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICANN Opportunities to Participate: Strategic Planning, Operating Standards, and Specific Reviews]( LOS ANGELES – 28 September 2018 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has several opportunities for community input and participation to announce below. Join the strategic planning webinar for updates and next steps. The ICANN Board and organization are hosting a webinar on 9 October 2018 at 14:00 UTC [local time] to provide an overview of the strategic planning process, and present findings from the strategic outlook trend sessions and the subsequent impact analysis conducted by the Board and ICANN org. The goal of the webinar is to provide the community with t... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Data Protection/Privacy Update Webinar – Date Set for 8 October]( LOS ANGELES – 27 September 2018 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that it will hold a webinar on 8 October 2018 from 15:00 to 16:00 UTC to provide an update on recent ICANN data protection and privacy activities related to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To facilitate global participation, interpretation services will be available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Participants are encouraged to email questions prior to the call via email to gdpr@icann.org. We will also hold a questio... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BROWSE ALL NEWS]( From the ICANN Blog --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICANN - A catalyst for development]( (EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog by Nii Quaynor, often referred to as to as "the father of the Internet in Africa" is one of a series of occasional pieces written by some of ICANN's early pioneers. They afford us a look back to the early days of ICANN, as we commemorate its 20th anniversary. These blogs by the pioneers are being posted to both ICANN.org and CircleID.com) In 1998 the idea of "Newco," ICANN's informal predecessor name, was dreamlike. It was so new, so unprecedented, that it was constantly being referred to as an "experiment." It was not every day that one came across an org... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Blog: Celebrating ICANN@20 through your recollections]( ICANN will soon be celebrating its birthday in Barcelona, specifically at ICANN63, 20-25 October 2018. This will be an historic meeting for a number of reasons, a primary one being that it will mark the 20th anniversary of ICANN's formation. It's no secret that ICANN's growth over the last two decades has been built on a foundation of community involvement and it is the community's contributions that will be explored during a special session in Barcelona, entitled ICANN@20. I hope you can attend. If you have specific questions about the community's role in making ICANN what it is today, I... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Five Years of Technical Training in APAC to Ensure the Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Internet]( As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of ICANN's Asia Pacific (APAC) regional office, we've been reflecting on our training involvement with the community we support, and our collective contribution towards a more secure, stable, and resilient Internet. The Challenges Our region is large, with some locations tucked in remote corners of the vast Pacific Ocean. It is also diverse, consisting of big and small economies, each at a different stage of development and growth. However one thing remains consistent – the ever-increasing demand for technical training and capacity development. Duri... [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BROWSE ALL BLOG ARTICLES]( This message was sent to {EMAIL} from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 [Manage Your Subscription](