February 2015 - ALAC-Announce

GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 02-06 March 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

Dear all, Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 02-06 March 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 02 March 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO New gTLDs Subsequent Rounds Discussion https://community.icann.org/x/OrXhAg 18:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT WP2 https://community.icann.org/x/UQQdAw 20:00 UTC: ALT Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/HgsnAw 21:00 UTC: CWG on country and territory names as TLDs https://community.icann.org/x/X7XhAg Tuesday 03 March 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 20:00 UTC: GNSO Review Working Party: https://community.icann.org/x/WZLhAg Wednesday 04 March 2015 17:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 21:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/TwQdAw Thursday 05 March 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 06 March 2015 None Please confirm your dial-out requests For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> For At-Large calls: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto: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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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC Statement on the Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement<https://community.icann.org/x/6ZQQAw> in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the At-Large Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/6ZQQAw>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 06 March 2015 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto: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 -- Results Available for 25 February 2015 New gTLD Program Auction
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-26-en ________________________________ Results Available for 25 February 2015 New gTLD Program Auction 26 February 2015 On 25 February 2015, Power Auctions LLC<http://www.powerauctions.com/>, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (gTLD) string: .APP. Applicants for the string were unable to resolve contention among themselves; thus their contention set proceeded to auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention as prescribed in Module 4 of the New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb>. Subject to payment of the winning price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will enter ICANN's contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the gTLD. Twelve applicants participated in the auction for APP. Charleston Road Registry Inc. prevailed with a winning price of $25,001,000. All proceeds from the Auction are being segregated and withheld from use until ICANN's Board of Directors define a plan for an appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community. More Information * Contention Set Status<https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/stringcon…>: 178 of 233 contention sets are now resolved. While a majority have self-resolved, 11 sets resolved via Auction (method of last resort). * Auction Results<https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionre…>: Auction reports on this page of the New gTLD Microsite provide additional information on each Auction outcome. * Auction Proceeds and Costs<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds>: A detailed summary of the proceeds and costs of each Auction through January 2015. This information will be updated to within 7 days of each Auction. * Auction Schedule<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-19feb15-en.pdf> [PDF, 284 KB]: Subsequent auctions are scheduled to occur on a monthly basis through mid-2015. * General New gTLD Program Auctions<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions> information. 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<https://www.icann.org>

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Announcement of replacement of ALAC CWG Member
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

One of the five Members of the CWG on the IANA Stewardship Transition, Fouad Bajwa, has resigned for health reasons. APRALO Leadership was consulted and recommended Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the replacement, and that appointment has been ratified by a Consensus Call of the ALAC. The five members representing the ALAC on the CWG are now: Seun Ojedeji (AFRALO) Cheryl Langdon-Orr (APRALO) Olivier Crépin-Leblond (EURALO) Fatima Cambronero (LACRALO) Eduardo Diaz (NARALO) Alan

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ICANN News Alert -- Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-25-en ________________________________ Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability 25 February 2015 ________________________________ Date: Thursday 5th March 2015 Time: 12:00 UTC AGENDA SUMMARY: Time Event Speaker 12.00 - 12.05 Welcome note Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN 12.05 - 12.25 Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy 12.25 - 12.45 The IANA Coordination Group (ICG) Manal Ismail, Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority - NTRA Mohammed El Bashir, Technical Department Manager - ictQatar 12.45 - 13.25 Q&A Open Floor 13.25 - 13.30 Closing Remarks Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN Questions and interventions can be made in either Arabic or English over the phone or posted as text in the Adobe Connect room. https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg HOW TO JOIN: 1. Request for dial-out assistance. Please send your name, the phone number you want to be called at and your language preference to meswg(a)icann.org<mailto:meswg@icann.org>, no later than March 3rd at 23:59 UTC. 2. Join by dialing the toll-free number for your country as shown at http://adigo.com/icann/ toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, enter: 47139 - Arabic 83137 - English

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Update 3 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

Dear all, Update 3: Wednesday: added 21:00 UTC FBSC AND 21:00 UTC CCWG ACCT WP1 Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 21:00 UTC: Finance and Budget Subcommittee WG Teleconference (FBSC) https://community.icann.org/x/CgonAw 21:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/TwQdAw Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 2015 None Please confirm your dial-out requests For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> For At-Large calls: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto: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 -- ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-23-en ________________________________ ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call 23 February 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its twelfth conference call: * ICG Call # 12 (agenda<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-icg-25feb15-en.pdf> [PDF, 39 KB]) – Wednesday, 25 February at 04:00-05:30 UTC (time converter here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICG+Call+%2312&iso…>) The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/> through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial–in numbers and Conference ID codes. A list of country dial–in numbers can be found here<http://adigo.com/icann/>. Should there be no appropriate dial–in number for an interested participant, ICANN will provide a dial-out service<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org?subject=Dial-out%20service%20for%20ICG%20Call%2012> to that individual. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below: * Français – Conference ID: 75929475 * Español – Conference ID: 68385764 * 中文 – Conference ID: 825702 * Pусский – Conference ID: 345720 * العربية – Conference ID: 82855066 * Português – Conference ID: 759752 Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org?subject=Dial-out%20service%20for%20ICG%20Call%2012> a dial-out service. For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Microsite<https://www.icann.org/stewardship>.

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ICANN Newsletter -- 20 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 24, 2015

Feb. 24, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org/Week ending 20 February 2015 ________________________________ Announcements This Week ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-20-en> Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took action to accept advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on this subject issued in the GAC's 11 February 2015 Communiqué - Singapore, and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed immediately to implement the following changes to the process: 20 February 2015 Closing Date Approaching: Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Presentation Planned for ICANN 53 | Nominations Close 02 March 2015<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-19-en> On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will close on 2 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees. 19 February 2015 Second Middle East DNS Forum to Take Place in Amman Jordan<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-16-en> This is the second edition of the Middle East DNS Forum (ME DNS), which aims to build on the inaugural forum that took place in Dubai, early 2014. 16 February 2015 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [Buenos Aires Logo]21-25 June 2015: 53rd International Public ICANN Meeting - Buenos Aires<http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en> 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 FY15 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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Update 2 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 23, 2015

Feb. 23, 2015

Dear all, Update 2: Thursday: added 13:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 None Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 2015 None Please confirm your dial-out requests For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> For At-Large calls: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto: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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Expanded purview of Ad Hoc group on the IANA Stewardship Transition.
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 22, 2015

Feb. 22, 2015

The At-Large Ad hoc work group looking at the IANA Stewardship Transition has had its mandate expanding to include ICANN Accountability. During ALAC discussions in Singapore, it was felt that the membership of the original group and those interested in Accountability would overlap greatly, and the thought of having two separate meetings to discuss the issues was not very appealing. The group was initially created to provide guidance to the ALAC representatives on the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordinating Cgroup (ICG) and the IANA Stewardship Transition Cross-community WG (CWG). It will now also provide guidance to the ALAC representatives on the ICANN Accountability CCWG. The name of the group will likely be changed, but regardless, there is a meeting currently being scheduled and all those who are not already participating may like to consider doing so. The mailing list associated with the work group is IANA-ISSUES. If you wish to participate and are not already a member, you can sign up for it at: https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues. There is a Doodle for a meeting to be scheduled this coming week at: http://doodle.com/q3aemi9t3yh6pq4g. The current plan is to allocate the first 45 minutes to the transition, and the last 45 minutes to accountability. The Wiki workspace is: https://community.icann.org/x/OYThAg. Alan

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