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New Public Comment: Proposed Renewal of .PRO Unsponsored Registry Agreement
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Proposed Renewal of .PRO Unsponsored Registry Agreement<https://community.icann.org/x/3pQ0Aw>. 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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New Public Comment: Proposed Renewal of .CAT Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Proposed Renewal of .CAT Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement<https://community.icann.org/x/2ZQ0Aw>. 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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GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 01-05 June 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Hello All, Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 01-05 June 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 01 June 2015 None Tuesday 02 June 2015 13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag 15:00 UTC: 14:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/xZE0Aw 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT Stress Test WG https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 03 June 2015 11:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT Stress Test WG https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag Thursday 04 June 2015 05:00 UTC: APRALO Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/B4s0Aw 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party https://community.icann.org/x/tpA0Aw 18:00 UTC: GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting (SCI) https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT Friday 05 June 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: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer(a)icann.org<mailto:Brenda.brewer@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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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: Candidate Endorsement: ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom from AFRALO, APRALO, LACRALO and NARALO (2015 AGM - 2016 AGM)
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that an endorsement vote be held by the ALAC on the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom from AFRALO, APRALO, LACRALO and NARALO. Please note that this vote only concerns the 15 ALAC members. *** Question: Do you endorse the following candidates for the position of ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom for the period of one year beginning at the end of the ICANN Dublin Meeting in October 2015? - Dave Kissoondoyal from AFRALO - Amir Qayyum from APRALO - Sylvia Herlein Leite from LACRALO - Eduardo Diaz from NARALO *** Additional information can be found at the 2015 ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments <https://community.icann.org/x/ioAQAw> . Please note that the poll will be open from 29-May-2015 12:00 UTC to 03-June-2015 12:00 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 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 -- Announcement: New gTLD Applicant and GDD Portals Update
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-27-en ________________________________ Announcement: New gTLD Applicant and GDD Portals Update 27 May 2015 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today provided an update on its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals, first reported on 1 March 2015<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-01-en>. In its 30 April announcement<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-30-en>, ICANN noted its intention to disclose to affected users the identity of any user(s) that viewed their information without authorization by 27 May 2015. This activity has been completed. Specifically, ICANN: * Notified the users whose credentials were used to access information that did not appear to belong to them; * Requested these users provide an explanation of their activity; and * Requested these users certify that they will delete or destroy all information obtained and that they have not used and will not use the information or convey it to any third party. In addition, ICANN has provided the affected parties with the name(s) of the user(s) whose credentials were used to view their information without their authorization or by individuals that were not officially designated by their organization to access certain data. Investigation Results Based on the information that ICANN has collected to date our investigation leads us to believe that over 60 searches, resulting in the unauthorized access of more than 200 records, were conducted using a limited set of user credentials. The remaining user credentials, representing the majority of users who viewed data, were either used to: * Access information pertaining to another user through mere inadvertence and the users do not appear to have acted intentionally to obtain such information. These users have all confirmed that they either did not use or were not aware of having access to the information. Also, they have all confirmed that they will not use any such information for any purpose or convey it to any third party; or * Access information of an organization with which they were affiliated. At the time of the access, they may not have been designated by that organization as an authorized user to access the information. We will continue to provide information and respond to questions from affected parties as we continue our investigation. Additional Information The New gTLD Applicant and GDD portals contain information from applicants to ICANN's New gTLD Program and new gTLD registry operators. No other systems were affected by this issue. ICANN sincerely regrets this incident. We continue to deploy security-based updates on a regular basis. Enhancing the security controls and privacy of the ICANN portals is part of a broader, multi-year effort to harden all of ICANN's digital services. 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.

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ICANN News Alert -- Africa Internet Summit '15 | Tunis, Tunisia | 24 May - 5th June, 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-05-26-en ________________________________ Africa Internet Summit '15 | Tunis, Tunisia | 24 May - 5th June, 2015 26 May 2015 ICANN is proud to be part of the third edition of the Africa Internet Summit 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia this year. We have a busy schedule and encourage anyone from the community to join us, and if you cannot make it to Tunis there will be remote participation available. You can find all the information needed here<https://internetsummitafrica.org/en/about/ais-15>. ICANN programme during the AIS 2015 ICANN Day - June 01, 2015 09:00 - 10:00 Presentation: Internet Ecosystem and ICANN and the multistakeholder model; Update on the Africa Strategy; Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN 10:00 - 10:45 Presentation: How to become an ICANN accredited registrar? Danielle Andela, Registrar Services Manager, ICANN (Remotely) 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 12:00 "New Internet and economic development" Tijani Benjema, AFRALO 12:00 - 12:20 Presentation: International Domain Names; Yaovi Atohoun, ICANN 12:20 - 12:40 Presentation: DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC); Fahd Batayneh, ICANN 12:40 - 13:00 Presentation: New gTLDs; Bob Ochieng, ICANN 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 The ICANN Africa IANA Transition Panel Introduction: Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN: 5 min African's participation in CCWG: Tijani Ben Jemaa (CCWG member): 5min African's participation in CCWG: Fiona Asonga (CCWG member): 5 min African's participation in CWG: Seun Ojedeji ( CWG member): 5min African's participation in ICG: Mohamed El Bashir (Vice Chair ICG): 5 min Brief update on the processes: Theresa Swinehart Senior advisor to the President, ICANN; 10 min Q&A: 20 min Closing remarks: 5 min ICANN Session on E-friction on June 04, 2015 08:30 to 10:00 * Presentation on BCG Report and e-friction:; David Dean, Boston Consultancy Group * QA

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Update 1 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 25-29 May 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

Hello All, Update 1 Wednesday removed: 19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag Added: 14:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 25-29 May 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 25 May 2015 23:00 UTC: At-Large LACRALO Monthly Teleconference https://community.icann.org/x/_ygnAw Tuesday 26 May 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 15:00 UTC: GNSO New gTLDs Subsequent Rounds Discussion Group https://community.icann.org/x/OrXhAg 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 18:00 UTC: At-Large EURALO monthly Teleconference https://community.icann.org/x/GSonAw 19:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly Teleconference https://community.icann.org/x/WYs0Aw 20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 27 May 2015 11:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT Stress Test WG https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/xZE0Aw 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 22:00 UTC: At-Large LACRALO GSE Capacity Building Webinar - DNS Eco System https://community.icann.org/x/Go80Aw Thursday 28 May 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag 14:00 UTC: GNSO Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Webinar (Please RSVP to nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org<mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org>. Remote participation details will be sent the week of 25 May 2015) 15:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 21:30 UTC: At-Large ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) https://community.icann.org/x/HpA0Aw Friday 29 May 2015 07:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 10:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 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: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer(a)icann.org<mailto:Brenda.brewer@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 Newsletter -- 22 May 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 26, 2015

May 26, 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 22 May 2015 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Call for RSVPs | GNSO Working Group Newcomer Open House Session | 4 June 2015 at 20:00 UTC<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-22-en> The GNSO Working Group Newcomer Open House Session returns on 4 June 2015 at 20:00 UTC and we are pleased to invite you to participate. These informal sessions provide an ideal opportunity for participants to ask questions about the GNSO Policy Development Process and the specifics of taking part in a Working Group. 22 May 2015 Pre-ICANN 53 Policy Update Webinar<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-21-en> The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 11 June 2015 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community and the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions and the ICANN Accountability efforts. 21 May 2015 Chehadé Announces Intention to End His Tenure as ICANN President & CEO in March 2016<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-21-en> The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has informed the Board he will be concluding his tenure in March 2016 to move into a new career in the private sector (outside the Domain Name Industry). 21 May 2015 What to Expect at ICANN 53: A Guide for Business Stakeholders<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-20-en> When: Monday, 1 June 2015 | 15:00-016:00 UTC 20 May 2015 Call for RSVPs | Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Webinar | 28 May 2015 at 14:00 UTC<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-19-en> Please join the interim co-chairs of the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group for a one-hour webinar on Thursday 28 May 2015 at 1400 UTC, to hear about the preliminary recommendations that have now been published for public comment by the Working Group. 19 May 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, 2016 - 2020<http://www.icann.org/en/planning/> ICANN Five-Year Operating Plan: FY2016 - FY2020<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/opplan.htm>

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Vote Announcement: 224 IEEE Nicaragua
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

Dear All, The regional advice from LACRALO regarding ALS Applicant (224) IEEE Nicaragua has been received. The ALAC has decided to conduct a vote on whether to accept the regional advice. The following question has been posed to the ALAC members: ***** Question: Does the ALAC wish to accreditate IEEE Nicaragua? The regional advice was to accept the application. ***** Please note that this vote will be open from 26 May 2015 23:59 UTC until 2 June 2015 23:59 UTC. This vote concerns ALAC members only. 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%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ICANN News Alert -- Community using Neo-Brahmi Scripts Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-26-en ________________________________ Community using Neo-Brahmi Scripts Forms Generation Panel for Developing the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 26 May 2015 ICANN is pleased to announce the formation of the Generation Panel to develop Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Root Zone for nine Neo-Brahmi scripts. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-07-11-en>, on 15 May 2015 the Neo-Brahmi script community submitted to ICANN the Proposal for Generation Panel for Neo-Brahm? Scripts Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/neo-brahmi-lgr-proposal-26may15…> [PDF, 1.55 MB], covering Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu scripts. 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> [PDF, 772 KB], 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 Neo-Brahmi Generation Panel," said Sarmad Hussain from the IDN Program at ICANN, "and also look forward to the active contribution from the script communities not yet seated." With composition and work plan approved, the Neo-Brahmi 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> [PDF, 772 KB], the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR), with its second version (MSR-2<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-27-en>) released on 27 April 2015. 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> [PDF, 772 KB] in particular, Section B.3 "Variant Rule Generation Procedure". ICANN has provided a central public workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Neo-Brahmi+GP> on the project website where Neo-Brahmi Generation Panel 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 Root Zone LGR depends on having Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In addition to ongoing efforts with the Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Japanese and Neo-Brahmi, Generation Panel formation is expected to cover other scripts including Cyrillic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Myanmar, Sinhala, Thai and Tibetan. For further information on how to form 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…>. Individual interests may be emailed to idntlds(a)icann.org<mailto:idntlds@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<https://www.icann.org/>

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