ICANN is pleased to announce a briefing and interactive discussion on proposed Canadian online harms legislation on Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 19:00 UTC. This event is an opportunity for stakeholders to learn about the proposed legislation and its impact on the Internet from a technical perspective. Click the link in the title to register and learn more.

The ICANN President and CEO was to advise the Board when the work of the Operational Design Phase (ODP) would be initiated within the org. After three months of preparations on organizing and allocating resources to execute the work, the org has advised the Board that it is beginning the ODP.

ICANN opened the nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award. This nomination period will close on 21 March 2022 at 23:59 UTC. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes community members who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and contributed substantively to the multistakeholder model.

ICANN’s Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications for key leadership positions within ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC), the ICANN Board of Directors, and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors. The deadline to submit applications is 11 March 2022 at 23:59 UTC.