February 2015 - ALAC-Announce

ICANN News Alert -- IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Announcement Regarding Community Comments
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-02-en ________________________________ IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Announcement Regarding Community Comments 2 February 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)'s Request for Proposals<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en…> [PDF, 84 KB] from the operational communities noted the following: "While the ICG is requesting complete formal proposals through processes convened by each of the operational communities, and that all interested parties get involved as early as possible in the relevant community processes, some parties may choose to provide comments directly to the ICG about specific aspects of particular proposals, about the community processes, or about the ICG's own processes. Comments may be directly submitted to the ICG any time via email to icg-forum(a)icann.org<mailto:icg-forum@icann.org>." The ICG will next be discussing the protocol parameters and numbers proposals on February 6. As such, the ICG requests that community comments concerning those two proposals or the processes used to create them be received by February 4 at 23:59 UTC. Comments received after that time will not be considered as part of Step I of the ICG's Proposal Assembly and Finalization Process<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-transition-assembly-finali…> [PDF, 89 KB] for the protocol parameters and numbering proposals.

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ICANN Newsletter -- 30 January 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 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 30 January 2015 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Selection of International Law Advisor to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-01-30-en> The Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group (PEG) announces the selection of the 7th and final Advisor to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG). 30 January 2015 ATRT2 Implementation Program Update<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-30-en> We are pleased to provide the second update on the implementation of recommendations from the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2). 30 January 2015 Third Face-to-Face Meeting for the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) to Convene in Singapore<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-30-en> Since the second Face-to-Face meeting of the TF-AIDN in Istanbul, Turkey last June, the group has been working on several fronts related to Arabic Script IDNs including scrutinizing the code point repertoire and defining variant code points for the proposal for Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) and the Universal Acceptance of Arabic script IDNs. The third face-to-face meeting in Singapore will conclude the work covering topics such as the Arabic Script Code Point Repertoire, Code Point Variants, Variant Disposition, Whole Label Evaluation Rules and the XML Representation of the Data, all in the context of finalizing the proposal for the Arabic script for the Root Zone LGR. The group will also discuss the next steps to be taken like addressing the Universal Acceptance of Arabic script IDNs. 30 January 2015 WEBINAR: Cross Community Working Group (CWG) On IANA Naming Related Functions: Current Progress and Key Issues<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-27-en> Following the request of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for ICANN to "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG-Stewardship) was formed with the purpose of developing a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to domain names. 27 January 2015 Joint CWG-Stewardship & CCWG-Accountability Chairs' Statement<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-26-en> As both Cross Community Working Groups prepare for community engagement and work sessions at ICANN52 in Singapore, the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability would like to recognize the interdependence and connected nature of the work of their respective groups, as set out by the ICANN processes and further reinforced by each working group's Charter. 26 January 2015 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [Singapore Logo]8-12 February 2015: 52nd International Public ICANN Meeting - Singapore<http://singapore52.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 1 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 2-6 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 2, 2015

Feb. 2, 2015

Dear all, Update 1: Tuesday: removed 14:00 UTC: RFP 4 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 2-6 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 02 February 2015 21:00 UTC: RFP3 meeting of the CWG-Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/ESrxAg<https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg> Tuesday 03 February 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 21:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg Wednesday 04 February 2015 None Thursday 05 February 2015 None Friday 06 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> Kind regards, 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<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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