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ICANN Newsletter -- 13 June 2014
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 16, 2014

June 16, 2014

[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 13 June 2014 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-12-en> Six (6) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of two-character domain names in the New gTLD namespace. In total, the requests concern 148 New gTLDs. 12 June 2014 Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-12-en> ICANN's Policy Development Support Staff recently assumed day-to-day oversight of ICANN's public comment infrastructure. This responsibility includes coordinating, evaluating, developing and implementing targeted improvements to all of ICANN's community input and feedback mechanisms. 12 June 2014 .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-12-en> The City of Paris' application for an Approved Launch Program pursuant to Section 4.5.2 of the Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements (the "TMCH Requirements") is being posted for comment to give the community an opportunity to review and provide feedback. 12 June 2014 Public Comment Invited: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-10-en> Public Interest Registry, the registry operator for .NGO and .ONG TLDs, submitted a request to provide a new registry service to offer support for mandatory technical bundling of second level domains for .NGO and .ONG. 10 June 2014 Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-10-en> ICANN today announced the publication of the final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS"). 10 June 2014 Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-10-en> Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants. 10 June 2014 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [http://london50.icann.org/sites/default/files/logo-300x214-30apr14-en.png]2… June 2014: 50th International Public ICANN Meeting – London<http://london50.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 FY14 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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New Public Comment: .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following PC has been created: .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program<https://community.icann.org/x/U6zhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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New Public Comment: Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following PC has been created: Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace<https://community.icann.org/x/VqzhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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ICANN News Alert -- Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-12-en ________________________________ Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements 12 June 2014 ICANN's Policy Development Support Staff recently assumed day-to-day oversight of ICANN's public comment infrastructure. This responsibility includes coordinating, evaluating, developing and implementing targeted improvements to all of ICANN's community input and feedback mechanisms. The team has spent considerable time reviewing the existing public comment infrastructure, processes, and procedures and gathering data on community activity to determine what changes inspired by the original recommendations of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team have been effective. In conjunction with those efforts as well as the recent ATRT2 recommendations currently being reviewed by the Board, the Staff has been working over the past several weeks to develop a public comments improvement implementation plan. This effort builds on previous feedback from community leaders that identified a number of potential areas for public comment improvements. The plan has been shared with members of the Board of Directors who have encouraged the Staff to move forward with it. The team expects to move forward with the implementation of specific short-term process improvements after the ICANN Public Meeting in London (ICANN 50). Those short-term changes will be evaluated for their effectiveness after six months while longer-term improvements are developed. David Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support, outlines those plans in a post on the ICANN Blog at – https://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improveme…<http://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improvemen…>.

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New Public Comment: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request Introduction of Technical Bundling
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following Public Comment has been created: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling<https://community.icann.org/x/KKvhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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ICANN News Alert -- Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-10-en ________________________________ Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published 10 June 2014 ICANN today announced the publication of the final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS"). Download the Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-mitigation-study…> [PDF, 392 KB] The JAS study, which was commissioned by ICANN, provides a set of recommendations that describe a comprehensive approach to reducing current and future DNS namespace collisions, alerting operators of potential DNS namespace related issues, and providing emergency response capabilities in the event that critical (e.g., life safety) systems are adversely impacted. The final Phase One report takes into consideration feedback received during the public comment period that closed on 21 April 2014. The JAS report, along with additional community feedback and other pertinent data, will be considered prior to providing the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee with a proposal to address name collisions for new gTLDs as part of the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan adopted on 7 October 2013, please visit https://features.icann.org/new-gtld-collision-occurrence-management. A session to discuss this proposal and collect feedback from the community will be held at the ICANN meeting in London on 23 June 2015 at 17:00-18:30 local time. Schedules are subject to change, so please visit http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule-full for the most updated information. Additional information on name collisions, including resources for IT professionals, can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en.

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ICANN News Alert -- Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-10-en ________________________________ Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London 10 June 2014 Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants. This webinar is meant as an introduction to ICANN, the GNSO Noncommercial Stakeholder Group, NonCommercial Users Constituency, and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency – for people who are new to the ICANN Community and interested in the upcoming ICANN 50 public meeting in London. Presenters include: * William J. Drake – ICANN NonCommercial Users Constituency * Maria Farrell – ICANN Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group * Klaus Stoll – ICANN Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency To RSVP and learn how to access the webinar, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ucW3Wa0YonNnBHkzFMaJgFQPDUFAyfuLM1yEnQN3G-… [http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/webinar-civil-society-1100x…]<http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/webinar-civil-society-1100x…>

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ICANN Newsletter -- 6 June 2014
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014

[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 June 2014 ________________________________ Announcements This Week NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition – Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-06-en> ICANN today published a Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps that is the culmination of a series of community discussions and input into the process to develop a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community. 6 June 2014 What to Expect at ICANN 50: A Guide for Business Newcomers<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2014-06-04-en> Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Jean-Jacques Sahel and Christopher Mondini for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for business participants. 4 June 2014 .WED Registry Agreement Amendment – Introduction of Third Level Domain Sales<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-04-en> On 8 October 2013, Atgron, Inc., the registry operator of the .wed TLD, submitted a Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) request to allow the sale of third level domains in the TLD. 4 June 2014 ICANN Publishes Quarterly Financial Report (Q3) for Fiscal Year 2014<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-04-en> ICANN achieves another milestone in its financial accountability and transparency, with the publication of its quarterly (Q3) financial statements report. 4 June 2014 Study to Evaluate Solutions for the Submission and Display of Internationalized Contact Data<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-04-en> This Public Forum invites comments on the report of the study conducted to evaluate available solutions for the submission and display of internationalized contact data (such as WHOIS). 3 June 2014 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [http://london50.icann.org/sites/default/files/logo-300x214-30apr14-en.png]2… June 2014: 50th International Public ICANN Meeting – London<http://london50.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 FY14 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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ICANN News Alert -- NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition - Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-06-en ________________________________ NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition – Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps 6 June 2014 ICANN today published a Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en> that is the culmination of a series of community discussions and input into the process to develop a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community (see NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship transition portal for more information<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transition-2014-03-23-en>). The document reflects the multitude of views expressed in different fora and establishes the creation of a Coordination Group and its composition. It also, among other things, calls on the communities represented in the Coordination Group to launch their internal processes to select their representative members no later than 23:59 UTC on 2 July 2014, per the number of seats allocated. Click here to navigate to the document »<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en>

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Pre-London Policy Update Webinar 12 June 2014 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 9, 2014

June 9, 2014

Please RSVP via this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IGHH52kS_kRTJ83kytdaK4M3BswtiiMFbcxR39NiYJ…>. Remote participation details will be sent via e-mail the week of 9 June. The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 12 June at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community including the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the IANA Functions, ICANNAccountability, and Cross-Community efforts. Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN's Support Organizations and Advisory Committees: * ASO and RIR Updates * Curative Rights for IGO/INGOs * Data and Metrics for Policy Making * Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part D * Policy and Implementation * Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues * Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information * Framework of Interpretation Final Report * ALAC Policy Advice Activities * ATLAS II Overview * High-Level Governmental Meeting * GAC Advice Follow-up * RSSAC Restructure Update * RSSAC Caucus Call for Membership * SSAC Activities The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English only. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect 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 be submitted using the chat function in Adobe Connect. Recordings of the webinars will be made available. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. Please RSVP via this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IGHH52kS_kRTJ83kytdaK4M3BswtiiMFbcxR39NiYJ…>. Remote participation details will be sent via e-mail the week of 9 June.

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