February 2015 - ALAC-Announce

Singapore Schedule / Monday 9 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 8, 2015

Feb. 8, 2015

Dear All, Please find hereafter the At-Large sessions for tomorrow as well as the other main sessions: ICANN 52 Full Schedule: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule-full At-Large Meetings - please note these pages will always be updated with the latest information for At-Large sessions https://community.icann.org/x/kiTxAg Monday: https://community.icann.org/x/NijxAg REMINDER for Remote Participants: If you wish to speak during the meeting, please dial into the audio bridge. All details are available on the remote participation links. If you require a dial-out, please email staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Please find hereafter the At-Large schedule for Monday 9 February 2015: * 12:30-13:30 ICANN Academy Working Group Remote Participation: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-academy ************************ General Sessions: 07:00 - 08:30 DNS Women's Breakfast http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-dns-women 08:30-10:00 Welcome Ceremony & President's Opening Session http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-welcome 10:15 - 13:00 Responses to the ICG RFP regarding the IANA Stewardship Transition http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-icg-rfp-iana-stewardship 14:00 - 15:15 SO/AC Led High-Interest Topic http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-soac-high-interest 15:30-16:30 AoC and Organizational Reviews: Supporting ICANN Accountability http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-aoc-org-reviews 16:45 - 19:45 CCWG-Accountability Working Session http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ccwg-accountability If you require a dial-out for any of the At-Large sessions, please email 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> One World, One Internet

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ICANN News Alert -- 500+ New gTLDs Introduced into the Internet
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 7, 2015

Feb. 7, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-02-06-en ________________________________ 500+ New gTLDs Introduced into the Internet 6 February 2015 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANNN) announced that over 500 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have now been introduced into the Internet. The gTLD .NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) was the 500th new gTLD to be delegate with new domains rolling out at an average of one per day. The New gTLD Program is the Internet's largest expansion ever, introducing hundreds of new top-level domain names or "strings" which could become available in the next few years. With the first four strings delegated on 23 October 2014, the Program continues to make advancements and enable enhanced competition, innovation and choice. Join us in Singapore and attend the New gTLD Program: Status, Reviews and Next Round Session<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-new-gtld>. Learn about new milestones and deadlines instituted to help registries reach delegation in a timely manner. The session will also cover the Program's plans to move to the next application round. We also want you to be an active participant. Visit our Program Reviews Page<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews#overview> and provide your feedback on the New gTLD Program. View the list of delegated strings<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings>. See the status of an individual gTLD application<https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus>.

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ICANN News Alert -- CWG-Stewardship Publishes Discussion Document for ICANN 52
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 6, 2015

Feb. 6, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-06-en ________________________________ CWG-Stewardship Publishes Discussion Document for ICANN 52 6 February 2015 The CWG-Stewardship has created a Discussion Document<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49351404/CWG-SingaporeDisc…> [PDF, 447 KB] for the ICANN 52 meeting in Singapore. The Discussion Document attempts to capture and summarize the considerable progress made by this group to date and to encourage community input on key and intractable issues in order to assist the group during its deliberations in Singapore. In engaging with the community, such as the group did during the Webinars on 3 February<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52232656>, the CWG-Stewardship hopes to leave the ICANN 52 in a significantly improved position in its mission develop a transition proposal. The CWG-Stewardship looks forward to engaging with the community on the questions raised in the Discussion Document, particularly during the CWG-Stewardship Questions & Answers Session<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-cwg-stewardship> on Thursday, 12 February at 10:30 - 11:45 SGT local time.

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ICANN News Alert -- IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Fourth Face-to-Face Meeting & Public Session at ICANN 52
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 6, 2015

Feb. 6, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-05-en ________________________________ IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Fourth Face-to-Face Meeting & Public Session at ICANN 52 5 February 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will be holding its next face-to-face meeting from Friday, 6th to Saturday, 7th February 2015 from 09:00-17:00 SGT/ 01:00-09:00 UTC in Singapore (Time zone conversions can be found here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICG+Working+Sessio…>). Observers are welcome to attend the session in-person. Note, however, that seating is limited. Information on remote participation and interpretation opportunities will be posted here<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/fri-icg>. In addition, the ICG invites the community to attend a special Open Session with the ICG members and representatives from the Operational Communities on Monday, 9 February from 10:15-13:00 SGT / 02:15-05:00 UTC (Time zone conversions can be found here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Open+ICG+Session%3…>). More information on the session is available here<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-icg-rfp-iana-stewardship>. To follow the ICG and learn more about the IANA Stewardship Transition visit http://icann.org/stewardship.

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ICANN News Alert -- Design Team Selected for DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-02-04-en ________________________________ Design Team Selected for DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key 4 February 2015 In December, ICANN solicited Statements of Interest for inclusion on a Design Team to provide expert input into the plan to change the current DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key. The selection of the Design Team has been made; the following people have been selected: Joe Abley, Snake Hill Labs/DyN, CA Jaap Akkerhuis, NLNetLabs, NL John Dickinson, Sinodun Internet Technologies, UK Geoff Huston, APNIC, AU Ondrej Sury, CZ.NIC, CZ Paul Wouters, No Hats/Red Hat, NL Yoshiro Yoneya, JPRS, JP The solicitation is available here: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ksk-soi-11dec14-en.pdf [PDF, 150 KB]

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ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-04-en ________________________________ Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement Role aimed at strengthening ties to the technical community 4 February 2015 Veteran Internet technology expert Adiel Akplogan is joining ICANN in the newly created role of Vice President for Technical Engagement. Akplogan served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of AfriNIC, the Internet Numbers' Resource Registry for Africa, a position he has held since 2004. "I'm delighted to welcome Adiel to ICANN," said Sally Costerton, Special Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement. "He is a highly respected contributor to the Internet community and his experienced leadership will reinforce and deepen ICANN's long term participation in the technical community of which it is a critical part." Akplogan is among the original Internet pioneers in West Africa, where he has played a critical role in setting up and managing CAFENet, one of the first private Internet Service Providers in the region. "It's my sincere hope that I can help ICANN achieve the high level of operational excellence that it is aiming for," said Adiel. "We are all striving to maintain and improve a global communication and information system that will define our future on multiple levels." In his new position, Akplogan will help ICANN conduct technical engagement and outreach. He will also provide some valuable links to the ICT community on the African continent, since he was instrumental in establishing several technical coordination bodies such as the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS). Akplogan will be based in Montreal, Canada and will assume his new position on March 1. To download a high-resolution photo of Adiel Akoplogan, go here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/16440900351/

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ICANN News Alert -- Overview of Africa Sessions During ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-02-03-en ________________________________ Overview of Africa Sessions During ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore 3 February 2015 ICANN's 52nd Public Meeting is taking place in Singapore from 8 -12 February at the Raffles City Convention Centre. This meeting comes at a critical time especially with the recent developments since the historic NTIA announcement<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition…> to transition stewardship of the IANA functions to the multistakeholder community last March 4, 2014. During this meeting, the ICANN Africa team will be hosting two critical meetings namely: 1. The Africa Strategy 2016 - 2020 Meeting Tue, 10 February 2015 - 11:15 to 12:45 SGT<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-africa-strategy> In November 2014<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-of-our-africa-strategy>, and as a response to requests from the African community to further review and evolve the Africa Strategy to make it more responsive to Africa while aligning it to the new ICANN 2016 - 2020 Strategic Plan, the ICANN African team convened a special consultative session with the community during AFRINIC 21<http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1187> in Mauritius. This meeting was attended by representatives from SO / AC leaders, AFNOG, AFRINIC, AFTLD, GAC, AFRALO, AFICTA, NEPAD and African Registrars associations resulting with a reviewed draft 0 of the Africa Strategic Plan ver 2.0 (2016 - 2020). This draft is currently under public comment the scheduled session will be used to present the new plan for final inputs before approval and adoption by the community. For remote participation follow here: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-africa-strategy 2. Enhanced Engagement With Africa Wed, 11 February 2015 - 10:30 to 11:45 SGT<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-africa-engagement> One of the outstanding challenges observed by the community is the limited meaningful and consistent participation of the African community in most Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees in ICANN and the wider IG ecosystem especially by governments. Africa is yet to make her voice and influence heard in the global policy making processes on issues affecting the Internet and there is need to proactively and progressively change this scenario. Consequently, the Africa Strategy Review team alongside the AFRINIC 21 meeting deliberated and came up with a list of four projects expected to enhance ICANN's Engagement in Africa leading to the ICANN 55 meeting in Marrakech Morocco next year. These special projects focusing on reaching out mainly to African governments and regulators include: * Active participation in African regional and continental ICT ministerial meetings * ICANN High Level Governmental Meeting (HLGM), During ICANN 55 * NewGen Program during ICANN 55 * Workshop for Africa Telecom regulators during ICANN 55 This briefing session scheduled will share with you details of these projects and seek your further input. For Remote participation, please follow here: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-africa-engagement We take this opportunity to welcome you, our community, to these two Africa sessions as we endeavor to deliver collectively on the Africa Strategy. We shall also share recordings of both sessions after the meeting using the same links.

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ICANN News Alert -- Generation Panel for the Armenian Script ?Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated????
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-03-en ________________________________ Generation Panel for the Armenian Script ?Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR) Seated???? 3 February 2015 ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> published on 11 July 2013, the Armenian script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 27 January 2015, the Proposal for the Generation Panel for the Armenian Script Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone. ICANN staff has reviewed the proposal including panel composition and scope, to ensure that requirements set forth in the LGR Procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>, and in particular the criteria set forth in the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en>, are fulfilled. On behalf of ICANN, we would like to use this opportunity to thank each of the members for offering their time and expertise to volunteer for the Armenian Script Generation Panel. With composition and work plan approved, the Armenian Script Generation Panel will start its work on the label generation rules. According to the LGR Procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>, the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR), with it's first version (MSR-1<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en>) released on 20 June 2014 and the second version (MSR-2<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/msr-2014-12-15-en>) currently under community review. The full specification of Generation Panel's tasks can be found in the LGR Procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> in particular, Section B.3 "Variant Rule Generation Procedure". ICANN will provide a central public location workspace on the project website<https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Armenian+Script+GP>, where Armenian Script Generation Panel proposal, composition, work plan updates, public reports, contact details, and any other relevant information will be included. As a reminder, and to highlight the importance of script community involvement required in the development of the IDN Root Zone LGR, we would like to reiterate the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en>. A successful development of the IDN Root Zone LGR depends on having Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In the IDN Root Zone LGR development, in addition to ongoing efforts with the Arabic, Armenian and Chinese scripts, Generation Panel formation is expected to cover other scripts including Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Myanmar, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai and Tibetan. For further information on how to form a Generation Panel or to express individual or group statements of interest for the establishment of a Generation Panel, please refer to the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en> and to the additional supporting documentation provided on the Root Zone LGR Project website<https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Root+Zone+LGR+Proje…>.

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New Public Comment: Draft Report: Rights Protection Mechanisms Review
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

Hello All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment request has been created: Draft Report: Rights Protection Mechanisms Review<https://community.icann.org/x/HQInAw> 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 -- RSSAC Elects Tripti Sinha as Co-Chair
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-02-02-en ________________________________ RSSAC Elects Tripti Sinha as Co-Chair 2 February 2015 The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) has elected Tripti Sinha, Assistant Vice President and Deputy CIO for the Division of Information Technology at the University of Maryland, as co-chair effective 1 January 2015. Sinha will serve in this leadership capacity for two years. The ICANN Board of Directors appointed Sinha, who brings 25 years of technology experience, to the RSSAC in 2014 as the D-Root Server Operator representative on behalf of the University of Maryland. Sinha joins Lars-Johan Liman, Senior Systems Specialist at Netnod, the I-Root Server Operator, as co-chair for 2015. Together, Liman and Sinha will lead the RSSAC in its important mission of advising the ICANN Board of Directors and stakeholder community on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System. The RSSAC is one of four advisory committees and three supporting organizations that comprise ICANN's global, bottom-up, multistakeholder policy development community. With Sinha's election, Dr. Jun Murai, Founder of The WIDE Project, ends his fifteen-year tenure leading the RSSAC. Professor Murai was the first RSSAC Chair and one of the original nine ICANN Directors. He subsequently led RSSAC through the growth and development of the root server system as well as internal reviews. Dr. Murai was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 for his many career achievements and significant contributions-spanning technical and academic work-in Japan, the Asia Pacific region, and the broader global Internet community. He will remain on the RSSAC as the appointed representative for The WIDE Project, the M-Root Server Operator. To learn more about the RSSAC, please visit rssac.icann.org<http://rssac.icann.org>.

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