August 2015 - ALAC-Announce

New Public Comment: Design Team Review of Plan for DNS Root Zone KSK Change
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 7, 2015

Aug. 7, 2015

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on Design Team Review of Plan for DNS Root Zone KSK Change has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/root-ksk-2015-08-06-en The dates of the Public Comment will be 6 August 2015 - 15 September 2015 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-root-ksk-06aug15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by 31 August 2015. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/6JBCAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. To learn more about the ALAC Statements on ICANN Public Comment, please visit https://community.icann.org/x/bwFO. 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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Update 4/ GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 3-7 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 5, 2015

Aug. 5, 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 03-07 August 2015 Update 4: Friday added: 14:00 UTC: At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 03 August 2015 18:00 UTC ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/cqfbAQ Tuesday 04 August 2015 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 05 August 2015 13:00 UTC: (CCWG-IG) CCWG Internet Governance https://community.icann.org/x/kyWfAg 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 18:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media https://community.icann.org/x/Ro5CAw Thursday 06 August 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group https://community.icann.org/x/n4tCAw 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party https://community.icann.org/x/AolCAw Friday 07 August 2015 07:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce https://community.icann.org/x/M49CAw 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 Brenda.Brewer(a)icann.org<mailto:Brenda.brewer@icann.org> For CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: acct-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:acct-staff@icann.org> For (CCWG-IG) renate.dewulf(a)icann.org<mailto:renate.dewulf@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<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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ICANN News Alert -- IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) to Host Webinars in Conjunction with Call for Public Comment
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 4, 2015

Aug. 4, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-08-04-en ________________________________ IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) to Host Webinars in Conjunction with Call for Public Comment 4 August 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold two webinars regarding the Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community. The webinars will help the public understand the proposal, the purpose of the ICG's public comment period, and how to provide public comments. Topics covered will include: * What are the IANA functions? * What is the IANA stewardship transition? * What is being proposed for the transition of the IANA stewardship? * Why is the ICG seeking public comments? * What should commenters focus on? The ICG will hold two webinars at different times to facilitate participation across the time zones: * Thursday 6 August 2015 from 19:00-20:30 UTC (time zone converter here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICG+Webinar+1&iso=…) * Friday 7 August 2015 from 11:00-12:30 UTC (time zone converter here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICG+Webinar+2&iso=…) The webinars will include about 45 minutes of presentation material and 45 minutes of Q&A. Webinar details The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/. Please note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Live interpretation will be available through Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers using Conference ID codes listed below. 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, the ICG Secretariat in conjunction with ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual – please send dial-out requests to the ICG Secretariat at admin(a)icgsec.asia<mailto:admin@icgsec.asia>. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below: * English – Conference ID: 92957255 * 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 For further information about the IANA stewardship transition proposal, please see https://comments.ianacg.org.

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Update 3/ GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 3-7 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 4, 2015

Aug. 4, 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 03-07 August 2015 Update 3: Wednesday added 13:00 UTC: (CCWG-IG) CCWG Internet Governance Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 03 August 2015 18:00 UTC ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/cqfbAQ Tuesday 04 August 2015 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 05 August 2015 13:00 UTC: (CCWG-IG) CCWG Internet Governance https://community.icann.org/x/kyWfAg 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 18:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media https://community.icann.org/x/Ro5CAw Thursday 06 August 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group https://community.icann.org/x/n4tCAw 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party https://community.icann.org/x/AolCAw Friday 07 August 2015 07:00 CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 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 Brenda.Brewer(a)icann.org<mailto:Brenda.brewer@icann.org> For CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: acct-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:acct-staff@icann.org> For (CCWG-IG) renate.dewulf(a)icann.org<mailto:renate.dewulf@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<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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Update 2/ GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 3-7 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 4, 2015

Aug. 4, 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 03-07 August 2015 Update 2: Wednesday added 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 18:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media https://community.icann.org/x/Ro5CAw Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 03 August 2015 18:00 UTC ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/cqfbAQ Tuesday 04 August 2015 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 05 August 2015 16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg 18:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media https://community.icann.org/x/Ro5CAw Thursday 06 August 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group https://community.icann.org/x/n4tCAw 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party https://community.icann.org/x/AolCAw Friday 07 August 2015 07:00 CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 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 Brenda.Brewer(a)icann.org<mailto:Brenda.brewer@icann.org> For CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: acct-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:acct-staff@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<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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ICANN Newsletter -- 31 July 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 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 31 July 2015 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments - GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-07-31-en> 31 July 2015 US Circuit Court Upholds ICANN's Defense of the New gTLD Program<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-31-en> 31 July 2015 ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en> 31 July 2015 Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .SHARP Registry Agreement<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-07-30-en> 30 July 2015 ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report - Register for the FY15 Q4 call on 20 August 2015<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-30-en> 30 July 2015 WEBINAR: Briefing on 2nd Draft CCWG-Accountability Proposal<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-30-en> 30 July 2015 Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-29-en> 29 July 2015 Apply Now to Be the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Representative, North America Region<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-27-en> 27 July 2015 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [Dublin Logo]18-22 October 2015: 54th International Public ICANN Meeting - Dublin<https://meetings.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 FY16 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/opplan.htm>

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New Public Comment: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 3, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment request has been created: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)<https://community.icann.org/x/a45CAw>. 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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New Public Comment: Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments‹GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 3, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments—GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations<https://community.icann.org/x/-o1CAw>. 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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ICANN News Alert -- US Circuit Court Upholds ICANN's Defense of the New gTLD Program
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 3, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-31-en ________________________________ US Circuit Court Upholds ICANN's Defense of the New gTLD Program 31 July 2015 Los Angeles, California... The United States' Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of antitrust and other claims against ICANN made by a company called name.space, related to ICANN's new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program, in an opinion published today<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/namespace-ninth-circuit-affirmi…> [PDF, 116 KB]. In 2013, a federal district court dismissed all of name.space's claims, and today the Ninth Circuit affirmed that dismissal in all respects. name.space alleged that ICANN violated the Sherman Act, and various trademark and other laws, in establishing the New gTLD Program and setting the application fee for new gTLD applications at US$185,000. name.space also suggested that ICANN should set aside names found in name.space's "alternative internet." The plaintiff claimed that the rules and procedures governing the 2012 New gTLD Program Application Round were the result of an illegal conspiracy between ICANN, its board members and domain-name industry insiders, citing U.S. antitrust law (specifically Section 1 of the Sherman Act). "We are pleased that the Ninth Circuit agreed with the dismissal of the claims against ICANN in this matter", said John Jeffrey, ICANN's General Counsel and Secretary. "The rules and procedures governing the New gTLD Program were created through a global, inclusive, open and multistakeholder process, following a bottom-up policy development process leading to consensus-based policy recommendations. Accordingly, the Court found it could not "infer an anticompetitive agreement' from the facts presented in this case." In finding in favor of ICANN, the Court determined that "ICANN is not a competitor" in the three relevant markets the plaintiff identified as the basis of its monopolization claim (citing the tests from Section 2 of the Sherman Act): 1. The market to act as a TLD registry; 2. The international market for domain names; 3. The market for blocking or defensive registration services. Finally, the Court also found that name.space's trademark claims were not ripe, and its common law claims did not allege sufficient facts to be able to state a claim against ICANN. ICANN was represented in this matter by Jones Day.

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ICANN News Alert -- ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 3, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en ________________________________ ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal 31 July 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) today released for public comment the proposal [IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal<https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/IANA-stewardship-transition-prop…> [PDF, 2.2 MB]] for the transition of the stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions from the U. S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the global multistakeholder community. This presents a seminal opportunity for the public to evaluate the proposal as a whole and how it meets the criteria established by NTIA. The ICG is encouraging the public to review the proposal and share their reactions and comments during the public comment period here<https://www.ianacg.org/calls-for-input/combined-proposal-public-comment-per…>. Following the opening of the 40-day public comment period, the ICG will host two briefing webinars<https://www.ianacg.org/icg-will-be-hosting-two-webinars-regarding-the-trans…> open to the public on Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 UTC and Friday 7 August, 11:00-12:30 UTC. The transition of IANA's stewardship represents an important Internet governance milestone. The proposal for how to carry out the transition is the result of a tremendous undertaking by the global multistakeholder community, including the operational communities with direct operation or service relationships with the IANA functions as well as global business, civil society, governments, and Internet users. These geographically diverse groups came together to work on this process shortly after NTIA announced its intent to transition its stewardship role in March 2014<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition…>1<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en#foot1>. The proposal was developed through a transparent community-led process, open to and inclusive of all interested stakeholders. The proposal combines components related to the three categories of IANA functions – domain names, Internet numbering resources, and protocol parameters – each of which have already been thoroughly and publicly vetted. "The dedication that the Internet community has exhibited to the IANA stewardship transition is nothing short of remarkable," said Alissa Cooper, Chair of the ICG and member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) community. "The public comment period presents an opportunity for the public to assess the transition proposal in its entirety and for the ICG to build a public record demonstrating how the proposal meets the expectations set out by the U.S. Government." "It has been a big undertaking to develop a proposal that meets the criteria set forth by the NTIA," said Patrik Fältström, Vice Chair of the ICG and Chair of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). "I am confident that after receiving and analyzing the public comments, we will be poised to put this proposal forward to the U.S. Government for review and approval." "The ICG is looking forward to receiving broad input concerning key questions about the proposal," said Mohamed El Bashir ( محمد البشير ), Vice Chair of the ICG and member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), "The public's input is absolutely crucial to this process." In parallel to the ICG, a Cross Community Working Group (CCWG-Accountability) was formed to facilitate the process of developing enhancements to ICANN's accountability in light of the transition away from the U.S. Government. The CCWG-Accountability proposal will be available for public comment on Monday, 3 August. The public should direct comments about the Enhancing ICANN Accountability proposal to the CCWG-Accountability and comments about the IANA Stewardship Transition proposal to the ICG. Webinar Details & How to Attend The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect Room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg> on Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 UTC and Friday 7 August, 11:00-12:30 UTC. If you are interested in attending a webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to the ICG Secretariat < admin(a)icgsec.asia<mailto:admin@icgsec.asia> > and indicate which webinar you would like to attend. Please note that the webinars will be conducted in English and will be live interpreted in the 5 UN languages plus Portuguese. They will also be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and Portuguese and posted. # # # For further information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition, please see https://www.ianacg.org or https://www.icann.org/stewardship. ________________________________ 1<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en#note1>http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition…

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