Dear RIR Community,
Under the ICANN Bylaws, delivery of a Community Reconsideration Petition to the Empowered Community Administration (ECA) by a Community Petitioning Decisional Participant on 19 June (Community Reconsideration Notification Date) triggers a 21-day Community Reconsideration Petition Support Period, during which other Decisional Participants may support the Community Reconsideration Petition.
The petition from the ALAC representative in the ECA seeks reconsideration of the ICANN Board Resolutions of 19 May 2025 published at https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-andmeetings/materials/approved-resolutions-special-meeting-of-the-icann-board-19-05-2025-en#section1.a, specifically:
1. The continued deferral of the ICANN Fourth Accountability and Transparency Review (otherwise known as ATRT4) pending community dialogue (the third bullet of Resolved 2025.05.19.02) (“Challenged Decision #1”);
2. The direction to the ICANN President and CEO or his designee(s) to initiate work to design a review program intended at enhancing ICANN’s accountability, transparency, and effectiveness (Resolved 2025.05.19.01) (“Challenged Decision #2”); and
3. The direction to ICANN’s President and CEO or his designee(s) to develop the plan for community dialogue for ICANN Reviews (Resolved 2025.05.19.04) insofar as it impacts ATRT4 and/or the review of ICANN’s accountability and transparency (“Challenged Decision #3”).
Full details of the petition document can be found at ICANN Website
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/alac-to-eca-19jun25-en.pdf
The 21-day ICANN Community Reconsideration Petition Support Period commenced on 19 June 2025 and will end at 23:59 PDT on 10 July 2025, or 06:59 UTC on 11 July 2025. Please refer to Article 4.3, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for additional details on the Community Reconsideration Request https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD.
Members of the ASO community can submit comment about this petition before the deadline at secretariat at aso.icann.org
Last modified on 22/06/2025