July 2013 - ALAC-Announce - lists.icann.org

ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Launches Digital Innovation Platform, ICANNLabs
by At-Large Staff July 24, 2013

July 24, 2013

ICANN Launches Digital Innovation Platform, ICANNLabs 23 July 2013 Los Angeles, California ICANN has unveiled a new digital platform intended to foster collective experimentation and innovation to increase the levels of community-wide engagement. The platform, called ICANNLabs, can be accessed at labs.icann.org <http://labs.icann.org> . Anyone can sign up to receive updates and provide feedback. The platform will create a truly transparent process, essential to ICANN and consistent with the organization's multi-stakeholder model. "It's all about increasing our reach and relevance to new digital audiences which are engaging us through the web," said Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO. "We are searching for new ways to innovate and stay true to our principles of bottom-up, community driven policy formation. ICANNLabs is quite simply an open experiment aimed at creating new digital forms of communication." Initially, ICANNLabs will launch prototypes focused on four initial tracks: * Communication: How can ICANN drive increased awareness and participation in Internet policy discussion by exploring new models for content creation, growth and distribution? * Education: How can ICANN leverage new online learning models to increase knowledge about ICANN the organization, its process, and its constituents? * Conversation: How can ICANN facilitate deeper discussion and collaboration around policy development, which could extend to ICANN's public comment process? * Discovery and Personalization: Given the diverse interests and needs of its community, how can ICANN recommend relevant policy news, discussion, and education resources? "ICANNLabs will give us an experimental digital space where we can showcase beta versions of proposed digital tools and assets and then seek community feedback," said Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to ICANN President on Global Stakeholder Engagement. "Using that feedback we will improve, or perhaps abandon certain tools then re-introduce improved versions and continue in that cycle until we have new and useful tools." During its initial unveiling, ICANNLabs will look at tools which frame issues around digital conversations, on social media, on education and on discovery. Those who are interested are invited to register at labs.icann.org <http://labs.icann.org> . ### To read and comment on the ICANNLabs blog, please visit: http://www.icannlabs.tumblr.com To follow ICANN labs on Twitter, please visit: https://twitter.com/ICANNLabs Media Contacts Brad White ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs Washington, D.C. Tel. +1 202.570.7118 brad.white(a)icann.org Andrew Robertson Edelman Public Relations London, U.K. Tel. + 44 (7811) 341 945 andrew.robertson(a)edelman.com James Cole ICANN Global Media Coordinator Washington, D.C. Tel. +1 202.570.7240 james.cole(a)icann.org About ICANN: ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org/> .

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FW: Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group
by At-Large Staff July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jul13-en.htm <http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jul13-en.htm> Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group In brief The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers to serve on a Working Team that has been tasked to address a number of issues that have been raised in the context of the recent discussions on policy & implementation that affect the GNSO. What This Working Group Will Do The Working Group is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations on: 1. A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy and implementation related discussions, taking into account existing GNSO Operating Procedures. 2. A process for developing gTLD policy, perhaps in the form of ³Policy Guidance², including criteria for when it would be appropriate to use such a process (for developing policy other than ³Consensus Policy²) instead of a GNSO Policy Development Process; 3. A framework for implementation related discussions associated with GNSO Policy Recommendations; 4. Criteria to be used to determine when an action should be addressed by a policy process and when it should be considered implementation, and; 5. Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams, as defined in the PDP Manual, are expected to function and operate. For further details on the charter, please see http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pd f> . How This Working Group Will Work ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public. The mailing list for the Working Group will be archived publicly. Working Group members are expected to submit Statements of Interest (SOI). The group will collaborate using a public workspace. The Working Group is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. <http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf> How to Join The GNSO Council invites all interested parties to put forward their names so they can be added to the WG mailing list. The WG will be open to anyone interested to join. Community members who wish to be invited to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat <mailto:gnso.secretariat@icann.org?subject=Application%20to%20Join%20Policy% 20and%20Implementation%20WG> (gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org) Background Mainly as a result of discussions stemming from implementation related issues of the new gTLD program, there is increased focus on which topics call for policy and which call for implementation work, including which processes should be used, at what time and how diverging opinions should be acted upon. In order to facilitate these discussions, ICANN Staff developed a draft framework for community discussion that identifies a number of steps and criteria that might facilitate dealing with similar questions in the future. The paper identifies a number of questions that the community may want to consider further in this context, as well as a couple of suggested improvements that could be considered in the short term. While developing a bright-line rule as to what is policy or implementation may not be possible, the hope is that by developing clear processes and identifying clear roles and responsibilities for the different stakeholders, it will become easier to deal with these issues going forward and allow for broad participation and involvement. Following several discussions by the GNSO Council on this topic, the GNSO Council has now formed a Working Group which has been tasked to provide concrete recommendations on how to address some of these issues from a GNSO perspective. ----------------- 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 One World, One Internet

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FYI: Input to atrt2
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

FYI --- as a follow-up - please send your input in. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [atrt2] FYI: Input to atrt2 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:36:33 -0700 From: Alice Jansen <alice.jansen(a)icann.org> To: atrt2(a)icann.org <atrt2(a)icann.org> For your information. Best Alice From: Alice Jansen <alice.jansen(a)icann.org <mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>> Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:34 PM To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org <mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org <mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>> Subject: Input to atrt2 Dear All, With a view to delivering its draft recommendations in October 2013, the Second Accountability & Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) held a number of meetings with the ICANN Community in Durban as part of its data-gathering process and effort. Meetings were concluded with an invitation to continue the dialogue. Attached you will find the questions the Review Team prepared to help structure Durban interactions and focus attention on particular areas of interest. Please note that the Review Team welcomes answers to these questions as well as any input you may have. The ATRT2 has two avenues through which you may provide input: * A public email list - input-to-atrt2(a)icann.org <mailto:input-to-atrt2@icann.org> (Please note that correspondence directed to this list is available publicly, instantly.) * A private email list - confidential(a)atrt.info <mailto:confidential@atrt.info> The email lists are referenced on the ATRT2 wiki at https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Contact+the+ATRT+2. Email archives may be viewed at: https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Email+Archives Thank you, Very best regards Alice *----* *Alice Jansen* *Strategic Initiatives Manager* *ICANN* /Rond Point Schuman 6, Bt.1/ /B-1040 Brussels, //Belgium/ Office: +32 289 474 03 Mobile: +32 4 73 31 76 56 Skype: alice_jansen_icann Email: alice.jansen(a)icann.org <mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>

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REMINDER: MEETING REPORTS
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

Dear All, As a reminder, please be sure to submit your meeting reports on the At-Large Durban Meeting Reports Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/bAV-Ag>. 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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Durban - GALA DINNER INFO
by At-Large Staff July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

Dear All, And the information we've all been waiting for COMPLETE GALA INFO HERE: http://durban47.icann.org/node/39813 Again, tickets are not required to get on the shuttle or to enter uSHAKA Marine World but please do take your ICANN Badges! Thank you! Kind regards, Gisella

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Re: [ALAC-Announce] [NA-Discuss] REMINDER: MEETING REPORTS
by Heidi Ullrich July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013

Hi Dharma, The target of the reports is primarily the At-Large community. However, the link to the Durban Reports Workspace (see: https://community.icann.org/x/bAV-Ag ) is placed in the Chair's Report which other members of the Community and the ICANN Board may read. Kind regards, Heidi -----Original Message----- From: Dharma Dailey [mailto:dharma.dailey@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:41 AM To: Dharma Dailey Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-es(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] REMINDER: MEETING REPORTS Also, what is the purpose of the reporting? Who is the audience. Best, Dharma On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Dharma Dailey <dharma.dailey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Heidi, > > Is there any guidance on what is supposed to go into the report, length, and when it is due? > > Thanks, > Dharma Dailey > > > On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:25 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> As a reminder, please be sure to submit your meeting reports on the At-Large Durban Meeting Reports Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/bAV-Ag>. >> >> 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> >> ------ >> NA-Discuss mailing list >> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >> ------ >

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN's Durban Meeting Kicks Off with Signing of New Registrar and Registry Agreements
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 15, 2013

July 15, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-15jul13-en.pdf [PDF, 159 KB] ________________________________ ICANN's Durban Meeting Kicks Off with Signing of New Registrar and Registry Agreements 15 July 2013 http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-15jul13-en.pdf [PDF, 159 KB] This message was sent to matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org<mailto:matt.ashtiani@icann.org> from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email Marketing by [http://app.icontact.com/images/icontact_tryFree.gif] <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=24564788&l=6333&s=BCA3&m=91…>

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FW: ICANN Newsletter -- 12 July 2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 15, 2013

July 15, 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 12 July 2013 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> Today, ICANN takes the next step in the implementation of the IDN Root Zone Label Generation Rules Procedure by publishing the Call for Generation Panels to develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules. 11 July 2013 Internet Pioneer to Speak About Internet Growth in Africa<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-10jul13-en.pdf> [PDF, 123 KB] Dr. Nii Quaynor, often referred to as the "Father of the Internet in Africa," will join ICANN CEO and President Fadi Chehadé, Board Chair Dr. Stephen Crocker, and Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement for Africa Pierre Dandjinou at a news conference on Monday, 15 July – the first day of ICANN's 47th public meeting in Durban, South Africa. 10 July 2013 Expert Volunteers Needed to Define Requirements for Internationalized Registration Data and Corresponding Data Model for gTLD Registries<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08jul13-en.htm> As part of the process to implement WHOIS review team recommendations related to Internationalized Domain Name registration data requirements, ICANN seeks volunteers who are community representatives with expertise in linguistics, IDNA, policy and registry/registrar operations to participate in a working group to determine appropriate Internationalized Domain Name registration data requirements and data model for Registration Data Directory Services (aka WHOIS services). 8 July 2013 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [http://durban47.icann.org/files/meetings/durban2013/durban47-logo-242x140-0…]<http://durban47.icann.org/> 14 - 18 July 2013: 47th International Public ICANN Meeting - Durban<http://durban47.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> This message was sent to matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org<mailto:matt.ashtiani@icann.org> from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email Marketing by [http://app.icontact.com/images/icontact_tryFree.gif] <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=24564788&l=6333&s=BCA3&m=91…>

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ICANN Newsletter -- 12 July 2013
by At-Large Staff July 15, 2013

July 15, 2013

<http://www.icann.org/> ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org/ Week ending 12 July 2013 Announcements This Week Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm> Today, ICANN takes the next step in the implementation of the IDN Root Zone Label Generation Rules Procedure by publishing the Call for Generation Panels to develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules. 11 July 2013 Internet Pioneer to Speak About Internet Growth in Africa <http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-10jul13-en.pdf> [PDF, 123 KB] Dr. Nii Quaynor, often referred to as the "Father of the Internet in Africa," will join ICANN CEO and President Fadi Chehadé, Board Chair Dr. Stephen Crocker, and Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement for Africa Pierre Dandjinou at a news conference on Monday, 15 July the first day of ICANN's 47th public meeting in Durban, South Africa. 10 July 2013 Expert Volunteers Needed to Define Requirements for Internationalized Registration Data and Corresponding Data Model for gTLD Registries <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08jul13-en.htm> As part of the process to implement WHOIS review team recommendations related to Internationalized Domain Name registration data requirements, ICANN seeks volunteers who are community representatives with expertise in linguistics, IDNA, policy and registry/registrar operations to participate in a working group to determine appropriate Internationalized Domain Name registration data requirements and data model for Registration Data Directory Services (aka WHOIS services). 8 July 2013 Upcoming Events <http://durban47.icann.org/> 14 - 18 July 2013: 47th International Public ICANN Meeting - Durban <http://durban47.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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FW: ICANN News Alert -- Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review: Independent Expert - Request for Proposals - Extension of Deadline
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 13, 2013

July 13, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jul13-en.htm ________________________________ Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review: Independent Expert – Request for Proposals – Extension of Deadline 13 July 2013 Deadline: 19 July 2013 The Affirmation of Commitments (AOC) signed by ICANN establishes ongoing reviews of ICANN's Accountability and Transparency - http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30s…. Review of ICANN's execution of core tasks is undertaken by "review teams." The second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) is examining ICANN's activities to ensure they are accountable, transparent, and undertaken consistent with the public interest.1<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jul13-en.htm#foot1> The ATRT2's activities are focused on paragraph 9.1 of the AoC where ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders. The ATRT2 will make recommendations, as needed, to the ICANN Board for improvements by December 31, 2013. As part of its review effort, the ATRT 2 issued a Request for Proposals<http://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/atrt2-13jul13-en.pdf> [PDF, 93 KB] (RfP) on 2 July 2013 in order to appoint an independent expert. The purpose of this assignment is to assess the effectiveness of ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) and whether the current GNSO PDP process satisfies the needs of the multi stakeholder model and Internet users. On 2 July, interested parties were invited to provide relevant background material, written methodology for execution of this task, views on the tentative timeline, a proposed budget, resumes, references and financial information about the party by 15 July 2013 -23:59 UTC to Alice E. Jansen, ICANN, Strategic Initiatives Manager at alice.jansen(a)icann.org<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>. To provide bidders with sufficient time to prepare and compile their responses, the Review Team now extends the response deadline to 19 July 2013 – 23:59 UTC. The ATRT 2 will conduct conference calls with candidates on 25-26 July 2013 and expects to make its final selection of the independent expert on 26 July 2013. In its examination of ICANN's activities, the ATRT 2 recently published Questions to the Community for Public Comment. The questions and the responses are available at http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/atrt2-02apr13-en.htm ________________________________ 1<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jul13-en.htm#note1> For information on the membership of ATRT and its activities including meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, etc. see https://community.icann.org/x/mQllAg. This message was sent to matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org<mailto:matt.ashtiani@icann.org> from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email Marketing by [http://app.icontact.com/images/icontact_tryFree.gif] <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=24564788&l=6333&s=BCA3&m=91…>

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