December 2013 - ALAC-Announce

Meeting invitation/ At-Large Briefing Session on CROPP - Friday 13 December 2013 at 1500 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 12, 2013

Dec. 12, 2013

Dear all, On behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, an At-Large Briefing Session on Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROPP) will be held on Friday 13 December at 1500 UTC for one hour. The call is to discuss the CROPP and the process by which At-Large Travel Requests are sent to the At-Large CROPP Review Team. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/p2puten Meeting page available at: https://community.icann.org/x/ujGfAg Conference ID: 1638 http://adigo.com/icann/ Adobe Connect Meeting Room: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cropprt/ French and Spanish interpretation will be available upon the request of 3 or more people. If you request interpretation Please email staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. COB will be Thursday 12 December at 1900 UTC. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff only with your preferred number at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: (186) Hispanic Educational Technology Services
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 11, 2013

Dec. 11, 2013

Dear All, The regional advice from NARALO regarding ALS Applicant (186) Hispanic Educational Technology Services has been received. The ALAC has decided to conduct a vote on whether to accept the regional advice. The following question has been posed to the ALAC: ***** Question: Should the regional advice from NARALO for ALS Applicant (186) Hispanic Educational Technology Services be accepted? The regional advice was to accept the application. ***** Please note that this vote will be open from 3rd December 2013 23:59 UTC until 10th December 2013 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org

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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: (185) Federation Comorienne des Consommateurs
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 11, 2013

Dec. 11, 2013

Dear All, The regional advice from AFRALO regarding ALS Applicant (185) Federation Comorienne des Consommateurs has been received. The ALAC has decided to conduct a vote on whether to accept the regional advice. The following question has been posed to the ALAC: ***** Question: Should the regional advice from AFRALO for ALS Applicant (185) Federation Comorienne des Consommateurs be accepted? The regional advice was to accept the application. ***** Please note that this vote will be open from 3rd December 2013 23:59 UTC until 10th December 2013 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org

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FOR REVIEW: DSSA Final Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 10, 2013

Dec. 10, 2013

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, please find DNS Security and Stability Analysis (DSSA) Final Report, cover letter and the ccNSO Council Resolution on this report at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+DSSA+Working+Group+Doc…. Olivier has requested that the ALAC vote on this final report during the December ALAC meeting scheduled for 17 December. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>

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Reminder: ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 10, 2013

Dec. 10, 2013

ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION  In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. You are invited to participate in a webinar about the recently released Whois Misuse Study, conducted for ICANN by Carnegie Mellon University’s Cylab. This study has now been published for public comment, and community feedback is being invited in order to assist ICANN with evaluating potential changes to Whois policy. The study was commissioned by the GNSO to obtain objective and quantifiable information about the extent, nature, and impact of WHOIS public data misuse – that is, harmful actions taken using contact information obtained from WHOIS – through (1) analyzing reported misuse incidents and (2) conducting experiments to measure misuse and the effectiveness of anti-harvesting measures. CMU was engaged to perform the study using two complementary approaches: (1) a descriptive study to document and analyze WHOIS misuse incidents that have already occurred and (2) an experimental study to stimulate and record misuse in order to measure more reliably the impact of making WHOIS data public and WHOIS query filters applied to deter data harvesting. CMU’s chief researchers on the study, Dr. Nicolas Christin and Mr. Nektarios Leontiadis, and ICANN staff will provide a briefing on Tuesday 17 December at 12.00 UTC and 19.00 UTC, summarizing their findings and conclusions based on the studies they performed and data they analyzed. Amongst other topics, Dr. Christin and Mr. Nektarios will discuss: · CMU’s methodology for the study and the hypothesis tested; · The different project activities that were undertaken for the study; · CMU’s analysis of the data reported and sampled for the study; and · CMU’s conclusions based on the results of its analysis. The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for sixty (60) minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may also be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:policy-staff@icann.org>. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join on Tuesday 17 December - at 12.00 UTC or at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff member’s e-mail address.

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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: ALAC Statement on the Proposed Bylaws Changes Regarding the Technical Liaison Group
by At-Large Staff Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Proposed Bylaws Changes Regarding the Technical Liaison Group<https://community.icann.org/x/_xmfAg>." ***** Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Proposed Bylaws Changes Regarding the Technical Liaison Group<https://community.icann.org/x/_xmfAg>" for communication to the relevant parties? ***** Additional information on this Statement can be found on the At-Large Proposed Bylaws Changes Regarding the Technical Liaison Group Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/_xmfAg>. Please note that the poll will be open from 9-December-2013 23:59 UTC to 13-December-2013 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ICANN Newsletter -- 6 December 2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org/ Week ending 6 December 2013 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-06dec13-en.htm> ICANN is posting today for public comment a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a Registry Operator that operates a TLD that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".Brand TLD". 6 December 2013 ICANN Issues Advice to IT Professionals on Name Collision Identification and Mitigation<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06dec13-en.htm> ICANN today issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions as new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are added to the DNS. 6 December 2013 Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd.<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-04dec13-en.htm> ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Pacnames Ltd. 4 December 2013 Launch of the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04dec13-en.htm> ICANN is pleased to announce the appointment of the members of the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel. 4 December 2013 New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan Frequently Asked Questions<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03dec13-en.htm> ICANN publishes frequently asked questions regarding the plan to manage name collision occurrences between new gTLDs and existing private uses of the same strings. 3 December 2013 ________________________________ Upcoming Events 23-27 March 2014: 49th International Public ICANN Meeting – Singapore<http://singapore49.icann.org/> About ICANN ICANN Bylaws<http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm> Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org<http://www.icann.org/>. Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015<http://www.icann.org/en/planning/> Adopted FY13 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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ICANN News Alert -- Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-06dec13-en.htm ________________________________ Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs 6 December 2013 ICANN is posting today for public comment<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/spec13-06dec13-en.htm> a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a Registry Operator that operates a TLD that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".Brand TLD". The proposed draft of Specification 13<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-spec-13-proposed…> [PDF, 80 KB] and the concepts reflected therein have not been approved by the New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN’s Board of Directors. ICANN is seeking public comment on all aspects of the proposal. ICANN is also posting with the proposed draft of Specification 13 a position statement<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/brand-spec-13-statement-06dec13…> [PDF, 83 KB] of the Brand Registry Group in support of the proposed draft.

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WEBINAR CANCELLATION: TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION OF CONTACT INFORMATION
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

Dear all, Due to a very low number of sign-ups we have decided to cancel the Introductory Webinar on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. If you are interested in the subject, please note that you can join the Working Group at any time by contacting gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org>. The first meeting of the Working Group will be held in the week of 16 December 2013 and staff will provide an introductory presentation based on the (now cancelled) Webinar to familiarize volunteers with the subject at hand. Many thanks and best wishes Kind regards, Nathalie GNSO Secretariat

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Issues Advice to IT Professionals on Name Collision Identification and Mitigation
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 6, 2013

Dec. 6, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06dec13-en.htm ________________________________ ICANN Issues Advice to IT Professionals on Name Collision Identification and Mitigation 6 December 2013 ICANN today issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions as new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are added to the DNS. In a report titled Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals<http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/name-collision-mitigation-…> [PDF 228 KB], ICANN explains the nature and causes of name collision and proposes a range of possible solutions. View All Name Collision Resources Now »<http://www.icann.org/en/help/name-collision> Domain name collisions are not new. However the report addresses some concerns that a number of applied-for new TLDs may be identical to names used in private name spaces. The report explains how DNS queries leak into the global DNS from private name spaces and how these leaks can have unintended consequences. The report shows that private networks will consistently, stably, and reliably perform name resolution when they use Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) and resolve them from the global DNS, and proposes methods to migrate to FQDNs. "While it appears that name collisions won't affect significant numbers of corporate network operators or Internet users, ICANN considers it essential that it does everything possible to minimize potential impact and to offer clear advice on dealing with the issue," said Paul Mockapetris, Global Domains Division Security Advisor. The report recommends that every organization that is not already using FQDNs from the public DNS should consider the following strategy: * Monitor name services, compile a list of private TLDs or short unqualified names you use internally, and compare the list you create against the list of new TLD strings. * Formulate a plan to mitigate causes of leakage. * Prepare users for the impending change in name usage by notifying them in advance or providing training. * Implement your plan to mitigate the potential collision. The release of today's advice to IT professionals is the result of several months of diligent work by ICANN's staff, subject matter experts, the ICANN Executive Team and the Board of Directors. "The report we've issued today offers IT professionals, whether they work in large organizations or small companies, comprehensive advice and suggested remedies that can be simple to implement," said Dave Piscitello, Vice President of Security and ICT Coordination. "While other interim or makeshift solutions may exist, migration using FQDNs has lasting value – once you've done this, you are good to go for now and future new TLD delegations." The report, along with additional useful information and resources, can be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/help/name-collision

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