August 2015 - ALAC-Announce

GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 17-21 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 15, 2015

Aug. 15, 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 17-21 August 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 17 August 2015 18:00 UTC: At-Large ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach https://community.icann.org/x/OJNCAw 23:00 UTC: At-Large LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4oZCAw Tuesday 18 August 2015 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 18:00 UTC: At-Large EURALO monthly https://community.icann.org/x/Na00Aw 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg Wednesday 19 August 2015 16:00 UTC: CCWG IG call https://community.icann.org/x/ZY9CAw Thursday 20 August 2015 06:00 UTC At-Large APRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/j4hCAw 15:00 UTC: At-Large New Meeting Strategy Working Party: https://community.icann.org/x/LJBCAw Friday 21 August 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 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 -- ICANN AND ECLAC TO BUILD A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AND WORK ON SEVERAL AREAS OF INTERNET-RELATED ISSUES
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 13, 2015

Aug. 13, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-08-12-en ________________________________ ICANN AND ECLAC TO BUILD A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AND WORK ON SEVERAL AREAS OF INTERNET-RELATED ISSUES ICANN AND THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN UNDERSCORE THE SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 12 August 2015 [https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/mou-signing-eclac-1440x108…]<https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/mou-signing-eclac-1440x108…> Mexico City, Mexico. August 2015. During a bilateral meeting held in Mexico City within the framework of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the highest-ranking United Nations authority on economic affairs in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean- ECLAC), agreed to build a cooperative relationship to work on areas of common interest related to the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Both organizations expressed mutual recognition for the significant work each of them does within their remit, including eLAC - a mechanism of political dialog that ECLAC initiated ten years ago - and significant work by ICANN in the industry around the Internet's naming system, known as the Domain Name System (DNS). Further, the two organizations underscored the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join efforts in several areas of common interest related to Internet issues. Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO, highlighted the significance of this MoU signed with ECLAC, which seeks to increase cooperation and collaboration between both organizations. "We are indeed grateful for this cooperation and collaboration opportunity, which will further enhance support for the Internet multistakeholder model and, of course, we are enthusiastic about contributing to ECLAC's outstanding work in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean." When referring to the MoU, both parties expressed their commitment to explore opportunities aimed at building a cooperative relationship to work on several areas of common interest, such as promoting the development of ICTs within the region and fostering a regional network of stakeholders and decision-makers that could contribute to ICANN's policy development processes. ### About ICANN: ICANN's mission is to help 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 helps 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 -- WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase I Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 13, 2015

Aug. 13, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-08-12-en ________________________________ WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase I Report 12 August 2015 ICANN plans to publish the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase I report in the coming weeks. This webinar, scheduled for 26 August 2015, will focus on the findings of the report and its implications for the community. Participants will learn about the results of the Phase 1 Syntactical Validation Study, which measured the overall syntactical (formatting) accuracy of WHOIS records. The results will include comparisons based on Registrar Accreditation Agreements (2009 RAA v. 2013 RAA), top-level domain types (e.g., new or "legacy" gTLDs) and across ICANN regions. The WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System is an ICANN initiative born out of recommendations from the 2012 WHOIS Review to improve oversight of the WHOIS Program. ICANN committed to proactively identifying potentially inaccurate gTLD WHOIS contact data and forwarding potentially inaccurate records to gTLD registrars for investigation and follow up. A pilot study conducted in 2014, which acted as a proof of concept of this system, was designed with the intention of testing its key components so the framework could be leveraged to develop repeatable processes to produce assessments. Phase 1 takes lessons learned from the pilot study and operationalizes the Accuracy Reporting System. The Phase 1 report will provide information to the community on overall WHOIS accuracy, leading types of nonconformances (based on the applicable Registrar Accreditation Agreement), and data that ICANN's Compliance team will be required to follow up on with registrars regarding potentially inaccurate records. ________________________________ Webinar Details & How to Attend Date / Time: 26 August 2015, 15:00 - 16:00 UTC (time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html>) Join Online: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gdd Join the Teleconference: Download numbers now<http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/whois-ars-dial-in-numbers-…> [PDF, 124 KB] (Passcode: GDD) This webinar will be conducted in English. Recordings will be published in the knowledge center of WHOIS website at: http://whois.icann.org/en/knowledge-center. ________________________________ Further information * Pilot Study Report<http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/ars-pilot-23dec14-en.pdf> [PDF, 1.5 MB] * WHOIS ARS Pilot Study Public Comment<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/whois-ars-pilot-2014-12-23-en> * General information on WHOIS<http://whois.icann.org/en>

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REQUEST for TOPICS: Capacity Building Webinar Topics
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 12, 2015

Aug. 12, 2015

Dear All, On behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the At-Large Capacity Building Working Group, we are requesting your suggestions for the topics of the Capacity Building webinars. These webinars are important tools for both new and experienced members of the At-Large community. Following the successful series of capacity building webinars during the first half of 2015, topics are now being sought for At-Large Capacity Building webinars to be held between September and December 2015. Please post your suggested topics directly on the At-Large Capacity Building Webinars - Topic Proposals for 2015 Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Capacity+Building+Webi…> or send your topics to At-Large Staff<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. The deadline for topic proposals is 24 August. The At-Large Capacity Building Working Group will review all proposals and announce the topics to be presented in early September. 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 10-14 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 12, 2015

Aug. 12, 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 10-14 August 2015 Update 2: Friday added: 14:00 UTC At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce 23:00 UTC At-Large LACRALO ccTLDs WG Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 10 August 2015 19:00 UTC At-Large NARALO Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/04BCAw Tuesday 11 August 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Wednesday 12 August 2015 20:00 UTC At-Large Alt Mid Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/75FCAw Thursday 13 August 2015 14:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Friday 14 August 2015 14:00 UTC At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce https://community.icann.org/x/s5JCAw 23:00 UTC At-Large LACRALO ccTLDs WG https://community.icann.org/x/gpJCAw 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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Input Requested: Civil Society Engagement Overview and Forward Planner
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 12, 2015

Aug. 12, 2015

Dear All, As introduced during ICANN 53, ICANN is planning to implement a plan to facilitate greater civil society engagement within ICANN. A draft Civil Society Engagement Overview and Forward Planner is available here<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54694399/Civil%20society%2…>. This document includes the outline of the currently planned activities and a roadmap of tentative regional events at which partnerships might be sought. Could you please add any comments to the workspace above by 4 September 2015? Please also add any additional upcoming regional internet governance events on the Cross-RALO Internet Governance Events Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/CRALO/CROSS+-+RALO+Internet+Governance+…>. These events will be considered for possible partnerships. Your input is very much appreciated. 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 1 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 10-14 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 12, 2015

Aug. 12, 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 10-14 August 2015 Update 1 Wednesday added: 20:00 UTC Alt Mid Monthly call Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 10 August 2015 19:00 UTC At-Large NARALO Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/04BCAw Tuesday 11 August 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Wednesday 12 August 2015 20:00 UTC At-Large Alt Mid Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/75FCAw Thursday 13 August 2015 14:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Friday 14 August 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 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 -- ICANN Posts Amended Description of 2013 RAA Data Retention Specification Data Elements and Purposes for Collection/Retention
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 11, 2015

Aug. 11, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-08-10-en ________________________________ ICANN Posts Amended Description of 2013 RAA Data Retention Specification Data Elements and Purposes for Collection/Retention 10 August 2015 ICANN posted on 23 March 2014 for public comment a document seeking to clarify what is meant by certain data elements described in the Data Retention Specification and describing potentially legitimate purposes for collection and retention of those data elements https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-03-23-en. Following receipt of public comments on that document, ICANN stated that in the interest of facilitating resolution of ongoing data retention waiver negotiations, ICANN might amend or supplement the posted document if ICANN determines that this could enable ICANN and one or more registrars to reach agreement on the scope of data retention waivers under the 2013 RAA http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-retention-21mar14/msg00007.html. In furtherance of ongoing discussions directed toward reaching agreement on the scope of data retention waivers under the 2013 RAA, ICANN is today posting an amended version of that document that we believe may enable ICANN and one or more registrars to reach agreement on the scope of data retention waivers under the 2013 RAA https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/raa-data-retention-elements-10a… [PDF, 295 KB].

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ICANN News Alert -- Request for Proposal for the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 10, 2015

Aug. 10, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-08-07-en ________________________________ Request for Proposal for the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse 7 August 2015 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking one or more provider(s) to conduct an independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse to assess the effectiveness of three key areas related to the Clearinghouse in meeting its intended objectives and to identify considerations for future application rounds of the New gTLD Program. The three key areas for examination in this review include: (a) Trademark Clearinghouse Guidelines and Verification Process; (b) Sunrise Period; and (c) Trademark Claims Service. The selected provider(s) will design and execute a study to create a meaningful report of quantitative and qualitative data on the specified areas for examination. The draft Report will be posted for comment and updated based on the feedback received. The final report will be published and provided to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) for review and consideration. ICANN is seeking one or more qualified providers to manage this complex exercise in a timely and efficient manner. ICANN anticipates a contract to be signed and work to begin with the selected provider(s) no later than October 2015. Based on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) recommendation<https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may1…> in May 2011 for a comprehensive post-launch independent review of the Clearinghouse to be conducted one year after the launch of the 75th new gTLD in the round, ICANN has pledged to undertake a review to assess processes pertaining to the Clearinghouse in conjunction with the specified areas for review proposed by the GAC. The GAC recommended areas for review should examine whether the aims, functionality and operations of the Clearinghouse would benefit from extending the period of the Clearinghouse notifications beyond the 90 days and whether the automated system should allow the inclusion of non-exact matches. In addition, this review will incorporate a thorough assessment of the effectiveness of TMCH related processes in meeting their intended rights protection objectives. It is expected that the independent review will help identify other issues for evaluation that should be included in the analysis of the Trademark Clearinghouse, such as issues that could be addressed in policy development work in the community. Furthermore, it is anticipated the review will help inform the discussion and enable consideration of the rights protection mechanisms available in the domain name space. As the Trademark Clearinghouse was developed to support rights protection mechanisms and serve a large ecosystem of Trademark Holders and Trademark Agents, registries, registrars, as well as registrants, the study must be able to capture inputs in a representative manner from across the multitude of players relevant to the new domain namespace. For additional information and instructions for submitting responses please click here<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-tmch-independent-review-07a…> [ZIP, 612 KB]. Proposals should be submitted to TMCHIndependentReview-RFP(a)icann.org<mailto:TMCHIndependentReview-RFP@icann.org> by 23:59 UTC on 28 August 2015.

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GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 10-14 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 8, 2015

Aug. 8, 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 10-14 August 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 10 August 2015 19:00 UTC At-Large NARALO Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/04BCAw Tuesday 11 August 2015 12:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Wednesday 12 August 2015 Thursday 13 August 2015 14:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN https://community.icann.org/x/HJFCAw Friday 14 August 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 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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