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href="#ongoing-actions">Ongoing Actions</a></li><li><a href="#upcoming-actions">Upcoming Actions</a></li><li><a href="#meetings">Meetings and Forums</a></li></ul></div></div></section><section class="fullwidth1 seperator" lang="en"><div class="stewardship-track-landing"><p><strong></strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ec-administration-2017-05-25-en">Empowered Community Administration</a></li><li><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ec-correspondence-2017-05-25-en">Empowered Community Correspondence</a></li></ul></p></div><div class="implementation-overview"><h2>What is the Empowered Community?</h2> <p>The Empowered Community is the mechanism through which ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) can organize under California law to legally enforce community powers. The community powers and rules that govern the Empowered Community are defined in the <strong>ICANN <a href="/resources/pages/governance/articles-en" target="_blank">Articles of Incorporation</a> and <a href="/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en" target="_blank">Bylaws</a></strong>.</p> <h2>Who can participate in the Empowered Community?</h2> <p>All of ICANN's SOs, as well as the At-Large and Governmental ACs, can participate in the Empowered Community including:</p> <div style="padding-left:20px;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;line-height:1.5em;">• <a href="https://aso.icann.org/" target="_blank">Address Supporting Organization (ASO)</a><br /> • <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/" target="_blank">Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)</a><br /> • <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/" target="_blank">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)</a><br /> • <a href="http://atlarge.icann.org/alac" target="_blank">At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)</a><br /> • <a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee" target="_blank">Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)</a></div> <h2>How does the Empowered Community use their powers?</h2> <p>The Empowered Community has a process to raise concerns with an action or inaction made by the ICANN Board or organization. This escalation process gives SOs and ACs opportunities to discuss solutions with the ICANN Board.</p> <p><hr /> <h2>What Are the Community Powers?</h2></p> <p>The Community has nine powers to ensure the ICANN Board and Organization are accountable:</p> <div style="padding-left:20px;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;line-height:1.5em;">• Reject ICANN and IANA budgets, and ICANN operating and strategic plans<br /> • Reject standard Bylaw amendments<br /> • Reject PTI governance actions<br /> • Approve fundamental Bylaw and Articles amendments, and asset sales<br /> • Recall the entire ICANN Board<br /> • Appoint and remove individual ICANN Board directors (other than the President)<br /> • Require the ICANN Board to review its rejection of IANA Function Review (IFR),special IFR, Separation Cross-Community Working Group (SCWG) creation,and SCWG recommendation decisions<br /> • Initiate community reconsideration request, mediation, or Independent Review Process (IRP)<br /> • The rights of inspection and investigation</div> <p>Click on this infographic to explore the Empowered Community's Powers:</p> <div style="padding-left:10px;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;line-height:2.5em;float:left;width:25%;"><strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_english">English</a> [PDF, 138 KB]</strong><br /> <strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_arabic">العربية</a> [PDF, 225 KB]</strong><br /> <strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_spanish">Español</a> [PDF, 140 KB]</strong><br /> <strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_french">Français</a> [PDF, 140 KB]</strong> <strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_russian">Pусский</a> [PDF, 161 KB]<br /> <strong><a href="/empowered_community_powers_file_download?file_name=download_chinese">中文</a> [PDF, 209 KB] </strong></strong></div> <div style="float:center;margin-top:18px;margin-left:16px;"><img alt="Empowered community infographic" height="221" src="/uploads/ckeditor/Empowered_community_microcontent_01_TW_440x220.png" style="float:right" width="441" /></div> <p> </p> </div></section><section class="fullwidth seperator" lang="en"><a name="ongoing-actions"></a><h1>Ongoing Actions</h1><div class="iana-grid-wrap" id="ec-ongoing-actions"><ul class="iana-list"><li class="alt"><i>No ongoing actions found.</i></li></ul></div></section><section class="fullwidth seperator" lang="en"><a name="upcoming-actions"></a><h1>Upcoming Actions</h1><div class="iana-grid-wrap" id="iana-blog-updates"><ul class="iana-list"><li class="alt"><i>No upcoming actions found.</i></li></ul></div></section><section class="fullwidth seperator" lang="en"><a name="meetings"></a><h1>Meetings and Forums</h1><div id="work_sessions"><div class="iana-grid-wrap" style="float: left; width: 100%"><ul class="iana-list" id="work-session-list"><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">14 Nov 2024</div><div class="meeting-date">Empowered Community's Cross Community Forum on Proposed Fundamental Bylaws Amendments</div><div class="meeting-data"><div class="audio"><a href="https://audio.icann.org/meetings/ist81/ist81-OPEN-2024-11-14-T0557-uskudar-en-03-Empowered-Community-Approval-Act_.mp3">Audio Recording</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/icann81/48/TRANSC_I81IST_Thu14Nov2024_Empowered%20Community%20Approval%20Action%20Community%20Forum-en.pdf">Transcript: EN</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/98V1vuYtImIWA6q7_SEZ2AfZYzSQWjiL_kegOIh_V6cwshL96JDGzzRg-qSh1Xb9elQ9ZnwR_e4B5yh4.WabOxlaBAe3ki-HO?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&startTime=1731564029000&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ficann.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FwsrjCUlzRxkVCcdheAzR10ewPf3yY_u71e7ioXTeSSZ-mhdbIoZKTgMwLqK4dooM.GXOiXjovhRTtRO4J%3FstartTime%3D1731564029000">Presentation</a></div></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">26 Oct 2023</div><div class="meeting-date">Empowered Community's Cross Community Forum on Proposed Fundamental Bylaws Amendments</div><div class="meeting-data"><div class="audio"><a href="https://audio.icann.org/meetings/ham78/ham78-OPEN-2023-10-26-T1258-hall4-en-Approval-Action-Community-Forum.m3u">Audio Recording</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/icann78/55/Oct%202023%20Approval%20Action%20Community%20Forum%20Slide%20Deck.pptx.pdf">Presentation</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/fI6BGeKWiJq4SrdTbVGT_JTSd6LnPaxYOVJKJdQckm-dAKeHFmGRfbS1TVYXz1N4SEVht65bCBX-xK0.2B89T6dWWMvjOPTM?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&startTime=1698325378000&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ficann.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FQtleusV8TqY3QNUqi3UJivJsi0ycXKfbrDjM-o825P2MGQZAlbVFvBUMxtnClIGT.U2PReAcsf8_sJ7Dl%3FstartTime%3D1698325378000">AdobeConnect</a></div></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">03 Nov 2019</div><div class="meeting-date">Empowered Community’s Cross Community Forum on Proposed Fundamental Bylaws Amendments</div><div class="meeting-data"><div class="audio"><a href="http://audio.icann.org/meetings/yul66/yul66-OPEN-2019-11-03-T1306-517c-en-Community-Action-Approval-Forum.m3u">Audio Recording</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="/uploads/iana_work_session_asset/attachment/989/1621957426344Montre%CC%81al_-_Community_Action_Approval_Forum_-_EN.pdf">Transcript: EN</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="/uploads/iana_work_session_asset/attachment/991/1621957443732Montre%CC%81al_-_Community_Action_Approval_Forum_-_PRESENTATION.pdf">Presentation</a></div><div class="audio"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/recording/share/r1e4bgVDx15HbOdHOxNAEpsF2sEFLcyuJ_5vSlZO3EA?startTime=1572786376000">AdobeConnect</a></div></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">27 Jun 2017</div><div class="meeting-date">Empowered Community’s Cross Community Forum on Proposed Fundamental Bylaws Amendments</div><div class="meeting-data"><p><a href="https://participate.icann.org/p8vdm245p3d/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">Adobe Connect Multimedia Recording</a></p> <p><a href="http://schd.ws/hosted_files/icann59johannesburg2017/a8/ICANN59%20Community%20Forum%20slides%20-%20updated.pdf">Presentation</a></p> <p><a href="http://schd.ws/hosted_files/icann59johannesburg2017/25/I59JNB_Tue27Jun2017-Empow%20Comm%20Cross-Comm%20Forum%20on%20Prop%20Fund%20Bylaws%20Amend-en.pdf">Transcript</a></p> <p><a href="http://jnb59-OPEN-2017-06-27-T0536-ballroom1-QxqjqpnquEWwa5cxtmyOSvle6xI0Sn0I-en">English Audio</a></p> <p><a href="https://schedule.icann.org/event/B3ou/empowered-communitys-cross-community-forum-on-proposed-fundamental-bylaws-amendments">Original Meeting Notice with Foreign Language Translations of Audio Available</a></p> </div></li></ul></div></div></section><section class="fullwidth" lang="en"><a name="documents"></a><h1>Archive</h1><div id="document_archive"><ul class="iana-list"><li class="header"><div class="archive-date"><div class="sorting default_arrow"><a class="sorting_field" href="javascript:void(0)" id="document_date_sort">Date</a><span> </span></div></div><div class="meeting-data"><div class="sorting default_arrow"><a class="sorting_field" href="javascript:void(0)" id="document_name_sort">Document Name</a><span> </span></div></div></li></ul><div class="iana-grid-wrap"><ul class="iana-list"><div id="document-archive-list"><form id="document_archive_filter_form" action="/ec_document_archive" accept-charset="UTF-8" data-remote="true" method="get"><input type="hidden" name="sort" id="sort" value="date" autocomplete="off" /><input type="hidden" name="direction" id="direction" value="desc" autocomplete="off" /></form><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">09 Jan 2025</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fundamental-bylaws-amendment-re-accountability-mechanisms">Empowered Community Consideration of Fundamental Bylaws Amendments regarding Accountability Mechanisms</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 May 2024</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fy25-29-icann-operating-plan-and-financial-plan-f043f463-558c-46e4-9eb9-987cd4273bde">Empowered Community Consideration of FY25-29 ICANN Operating Plan and Financial Plan</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 May 2024</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fy25-iana-operating-plan-and-budget-8ec49da4-01f1-4861-9abb-e1d507ff2ba0">Empowered Community Consideration of FY25 IANA Operating Plan and Budget</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 May 2024</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fy25-icann-operating-plan-and-budget-d6b865c6-4be1-4240-bb95-41e034c7272e">Empowered Community Consideration of FY25 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">17 Nov 2023</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fundamental-bylaws-amendment-re-iana-naming-function-reviews-and-the-iana-naming-function-separation-process">Empowered Community Consideration of Fundamental Bylaws Amendments regarding IANA Naming Function Reviews and IANA Naming Function Separation Process</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">07 Oct 2023</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/standard-bylaws-amendments-re-the-composition-and-terms-of-the-nomcom-the-implementation-of-the-nomcom-standing-committee-and-selection-of-the-rssac-b4a57862-f4f7-441c-afc1-7bea6f7189a1">Empowered Community Consideration of Standard Bylaws Amendments</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 May 2023</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fy24-operating-plan-and-budget">Empowered Community Consideration of FY24 Operating Plan and Budget</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 May 2023</div><div class="meeting-data"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec/fy24-28-icann-operating-plan-and-financial-plan">Empowered Community Consideration of FY24-28 Five Year Operating Plan and Financial Plan</a></div></li><li class="alt"><div class="archive-date">30 Mar 2023</div><div 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