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GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 29 June -03 July 2015
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org June 30, 2015

June 30, 2015

Hello All, Apologies for the delay. Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 29 June -03 July 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 29 June 2015 none Tuesday 30 June 2015 06:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 01 July 2015 11:00 UTC Stress Tests WP Meeting CANCELLED 21:00 UTC: WP1 meeting https://community.icann.org/x/TwQdAw Thursday 02 July 2015 None Friday 03 July 2015 None Please confirm your dial-out requests For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs(a)icann.org For At-Large calls: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer(a)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 Facebook: www.facebook.com/icannatlarge <http://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge

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ICANN News Alert -- 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Goes to Two Members of the Global Internet Community
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-25-en ________________________________ 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Goes to Two Members of the Global Internet Community 25 June 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina... ICANN is pleased to announce the winners of this year's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos award: Africa Internet pioneer Nii Quaynor and community leader Cheryl Langdon Orr. The Award honors and recognizes members from the global Internet community who have demonstrated an incredible dedication to the multistakeholder model of Internet Governance. The two received their award during the opening ceremony of ICANN53 in Buenos Aires. Nii Quaynor was recognized for his historical and current role in ICANN and the global Internet community. He was instrumental in establishing AFRINIC and AFNOG in Africa, and has been referred to as the father of the Internet in Africa for his unwavering commitment over the past two decades in pioneering Internet development and expansion on the continent. "To me, this is a testimony that ICANN in its own way is international and open. Someone from the developing world can contribute and be recognized by his peers in ICANN," said Quaynor. Cheryl Langdon Orr, based out of Australia, has served in numerous GNSO, CCNSO and ALAC Cross community working groups over the years. "As I receive this - and I humbly receive this with great appreciation, I take this as a huge honor - I'd like each and every one of you volunteer people to look to your left, look to your right. Take this as your award as well because without this collaboration, without building consensus in a bottom-up way, we don't function in a multistakeholder model," said Orr. Nii Quaynor and Cheryl Langdon Orr both met the criteria in such distinctive ways that this year two Awards were given to recognize their outstanding work and commitment to the global Internet community. Selected from amongst 16 nominees, the Community Evaluation Panel felt that they both demonstrated the spirit of collaboration with other community members on consensus building while proving their dedication to the ICANN multistakeholder model throughout the years. The ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos award program was created in 2014 to recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and the importance of ICANN's multistakeholder model to Internet Governance. Media Contacts Luna Madi Communications Director, EMEA London, United Kingdom Tel: +44 7780947574 Email: luna.madi(a)icann.org<mailto:luna.madi@icann.org> James Cole Global Media Coordinator Washington, D.C. Tel: +1 202 733 7598 Email: james.cole(a)icann.org<mailto:james.cole@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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ICANN News Alert -- FY16 Operating Plan and Budget Adopted by ICANN Board at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-25-en ________________________________ FY16 Operating Plan and Budget Adopted by ICANN Board at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires 25 June 2015 ICANN is pleased to announce the adoption of the FY16 Operating Plan and Budget by the Board at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires. The document is the result of many months of collaborative work between the community, staff and Board Finance Committee members and includes: * Highlights of the ICANN Operations (excluding the New gTLD Program) * Highlights of the New gTLD Program * An overview of ICANN's FY16 Budget, combining ICANN Operations and the New gTLD Program. * The detailed Operating Plan as per the management system: * Planned portfolios of activities that support the achievement of the goals and objectives set forth in the ICANN Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2016-2020 and Five-Year Operating Plan, with detailed descriptions. * Appendix with the detailed list of projects, for each portfolio, with the project-level budgeted costs by category (Appendix 1) and summary of changes from Draft FY16 Operating Plan and Budget (Appendix 4) ICANN thanks all community members who contributed to the improvement and finalization of this document. Please click the links below to view the documents. FY16 Operating Plan and Budget<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-opplan-budget-fy16-25ju…> [PDF, 1.74 MB] FY16 Operating Plan and Budget<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-opplan-budget-docx-fy16…> [DOCX, 2.1 MB] FY16 Budget by Portfolio<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-opplan-budget-portfolio…> [PDF, 167 KB] FY16 Budget by Project<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-opplan-budget-project-f…> [PDF, 1.15 MB] FY16 Budget by Project and Portfolio<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-opplan-budget-portfolio…> [XLSX, 159 KB]

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Buenos Aires - ALT - Friday morning
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

Dear All, The ALAC Leadership Team Meeting (ALT) is scheduled on Friday 26 June 2015 from 09:00-12:00 in Golden Horn. Remote participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/fri-alt<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/eze53-libertadorab> Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/eze53-goldenhorn/ Moderator: Alan Greenberg<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Alan+Greenberg+SOI> Agenda: 1. Welcome (9:00-9:05) 2. Discussion with David Olive<http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/olive.htm>, VP for Policy Development (9:05-9:45) 3. ALAC Strategy Going Forward (9:45-10:45) 4. Discussion with Steve Crocker<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/crocker.htm>, ICANN Board Chair (10:45-11:30) 5. AOB (11:30-12:00) Thank you. Kind regards, Gisella ------------------------- Gisella Gruber ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: gisella.gruber(a)icann.org<mailto:gisella.gruber@icann.org> Tel: +44 7545 334 360 Skype ID: gisella.gw One World, One Internet

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report - Register for the FY15 Q4 Call on 20 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-24-en ________________________________ ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report - Register for the FY15 Q4 Call on 20 August 2015 24 June 2015 ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August at 14:00 UTC. The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015. Please click here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sf9hDLKr3oS1gzVnBsCmdkMoXoqWG0ZJynBJFdLASQ… to register for the call and to receive joining instructions. If you are unable to access the form, please email us<mailto:icann.communications@icann.org> to register with your full name and email address to send joining instructions to. The call is open for all to attend, including press, and there will be ample time for Questions & Answers (Q&A). A recording of the call will also be available online on the ICANN website here<https://www.icann.org//resources/pages/quarterly-reports-2014-11-13-en>. These calls were set up to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency efforts by making it easy to follow ICANN's progress toward fulfilling its mission of keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. More information Please visit the Reporting page on the ICANN website here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/quarterly-reports-2014-11-13-en> from 24 hours before the call to pre-read the presentation. You can also find other useful recourses and background information on this page, as well as archived transcripts and recordings of all previous Quarterly Stakeholder Calls.

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN53 Buenos Aires GAC Communiqué
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-24-en ________________________________ ICANN53 Buenos Aires GAC Communiqué 24 June 2015 The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting at ICANN53 has issued its Buenos Aires Communiqué. It is available for review at GAC Buenos Aires Communiqué<https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20Buenos%20Aires…>. [PDF, 108 KB].

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Buenos Aires Schedule / Wednesday 24 June 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 24, 2015

June 24, 2015

Dear All, Please find hereafter the At-Large sessions for tomorrow, Wednesday 24 June 2015: ICANN 53 Full Schedule: https://buenosaires53.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/ZwsnAw Wednesday: https://community.icann.org/x/dgsnAw REMINDER for Remote Participants: If you wish to speak during the meeting, please dial into the audio bridge. Details are available hereafter: Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Conference ID: 1638 If you ONLY wish to LISTEN to the meeting, please follow either via: * audio streaming: Example: click on the session on the main schedule Click on Audio Stream live in your language * Or Join the Adobe Connect room: Virtual Meeting Room Stream Live<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/eze53-goldenhorn> (Golden Horn for ALAC Meetings on Monday) - AC audio in English 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 Wednesday 24 June 2015: * 07:30-08:30 APRALO / Golden Horn Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-apralo * 09:00 - 10:00 Capacity Building Working Group / Golden Horn Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-atlarge-capacity * 10:30-11:30 LACRALO Monthly Call / Golden Horn Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-lacralo * 12:00-13:30 At-Large Regional Leadership meeting / Golden horn Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-atlarge-regional * 14:00 - 15:30 Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Meeting / Golden Horn Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-afralo-africann * 17:00-18:30: Atalaya (24th floor, Sheraton Hotel) Remote Participation: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-atlarge-academy * 18:30-20:30 LACRALO Showcase / Golden Horn Thank you and if you have any questions, please contact Staff. 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<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> One World, One Internet

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN and Senatics to Increase Coordination and Collaboration on the Domain Name Space In Paraguay and Regionally
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-06-23-en ________________________________ ICANN and Senatics to Increase Coordination and Collaboration on the Domain Name Space In Paraguay and Regionally ICANN and the National Secretariat for Information and Communication Technologies of Paraguay (Senatics) signed a Memorandum of Understanding 23 June 2015 [ICANN and Senatics Signing a Memorandum of Understanding]<https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-senatics-mou-signing…> Buenos Aires, Argentina... Paraguay has taken an important step to bolster its role in developing the emerging industry surrounding the Internet's addressing system, known as the Domain Name System (DNS). Minister Executive Secretary Héctor David Ocampos Negreiros, of Paraguay's National Secretariat for Information and Communication Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday, to increase coordination and collaboration between both organizations. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during ICANN's 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires. While signing the document, Mr. Ocampos Negreiros said, "Inspired by organizations such as ICANN, SENATICS is about to implement a national multistakeholder Internet governance platform in Paraguay. Through this agreement we will establish a DNS Development Center. With this kind of cooperation, Paraguay is seeking to address specific concerns from landlocked countries such as Bolivia and Paraguay and also seeks to enhance internal regional traffic in the context of the Mercosur." "It is in everyone's interest to maintain one Internet that is secure, stable, and resilient," said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehade. "In signing this document, we are joining Minister Ocampos in supporting and promoting the emerging DNS sector in Paraguay and more broadly in all of South America." In signing the memorandum, both parties are committing to continue their cooperation and collaboration to strengthen active participation in ICANN's policy-making processes, which includes input from all stakeholders such as business, civil society, academics and government. Mr. Chehadé and Mr. Ocampos Negriros committed to make this framework the first step in defining concrete actions aimed at increasing awareness of ICANN's mission and strengthening participation by South American regional stakeholders in ICANN's work and supporting its global multistakeholder Internet Governance model. Media Contacts Alexandra Dans Communications Manager, LAC Montevideo, Uruguay Tel: + 598 95 831 442 Email: alexandra.dans(a)icann.org<mailto:alexandra.dans@icann.org> James Cole Global Media Coordinator Washington, D.C. Tel: +1 202 733 7598 Email: james.cole(a)icann.org<mailto:james.cole@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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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN, JPNIC and JPRS Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Collaboration on Translation
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2-2015-06-22-en ________________________________ ICANN, JPNIC and JPRS Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Collaboration on Translation 22 June 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina... ICANN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) and Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) today to forge an alliance fostering greater collaboration on translation. Under the cooperative agreement, ICANN, JPNIC and JPRS will coordinate and collaborate to address the linguistic needs of the Japanese community by identifying and translating ICANN materials into Japanese. This increased coordination calls for greater communication with regard to the translation efforts undertaken by each party, avoids duplication of resources, and ensures that content of relevant interest are accessible to the local community. "I am confident that this collaboration will be a good model that shows how ICANN and the local community can come together to help address the language needs of markets where English is not the main language medium. This is an important topic that we need to address as we move forward with ICANN's globalization efforts," said Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer. The MoU was formalized and signed at ICANN's 53rd Public Meeting in Buenos Aires. JPNIC representative Akinori Maemura (on behalf of JPNIC President, Shigeki Goto) and JPRS representative Hirofumi Hotta (on behalf of JPRS President Koki Higashida) were present at the signing ceremony together with Fadi Chehadé and other staff members of ICANN, JPNIC and JPRS. "Since ICANN was incorporated, JPNIC has been closely keeping track of ICANN's activities and disseminating ICANN information to the Japanese community. The recently-established Asia Pacific Hub has helped to bring us to a new stage of collaboration, and I am delighted to enter into this MoU, which concretizes one of our on-going cooperation," said Shigeki Goto, President of JPNIC. "JPRS has introduced ICANN's activities in Japanese to the Japanese community in order to support private-sector-led Internet resource management. I am very pleased to enter into this MoU as it clearly expresses our intention to further contribute to the Japanese community through collaboration with ICANN and JPNIC," said Koki Higashida, President of JPRS. Kuek Yu-Chuang, Vice President and Managing Director for ICANN Asia Pacific said that the region's diversity called for ICANN to work even more closely with their stakeholders to achieve common goals. "We are very excited about this collaboration. Both JPNIC and JPRS are already doing a great job translating and sharing some ICANN materials, for example in their ICANN Readout sessions. With this MoU, we can better coordinate our resources to cover translation work more efficiently, so as to deliver ICANN materials to the Japanese community according to their needs." "We also hope that this will pave the way for more communities to come forward to work with us. Together, we can help to overcome the language barrier and ensure that this is not an impediment to participation in ICANN and our policy development process," he added. Christina Rodriguez, Director of ICANN Language Services Department, agreed. "This is a timely development and ties in very well with the department's recently refined approach in partnering with the community on ICANN's translation work. Such collaboration helps us to better reach audiences beyond those using the official ICANN languages (6 official UN languages + Portuguese), and provides a new avenue for community partnership." # # # To download high resolution photos of the signing ceremony, click here<https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/19034086166/in/album-72157654926978575/>. Media Contacts Liana Teo Head of Communications, Asia Pacific Singapore Tel: +65 6808 6669 Email: liana.teo(a)icann.org<mailto:liana.teo@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/>. About JPNIC JPNIC (Japan Network Information Center) is a non-profit, membership-based corporation that contributes in supporting the Internet infrastructure in Japan, by providing allocation and registration services of IP addresses and AS numbers as the National Internet Registry, conducting research on technologies and policies, and through information sharing and international coordination on Internet related issues. About JPRS JPRS (Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.) works to carry out JP domain name registration and management, and to undertake operation of the domain name system; and conducts research and development of various Internet-related services and technologies.

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New Public Comment: Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE TLDs
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE TLDs<https://community.icann.org/x/mqU0Aw>. 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<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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