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Announcement of replacement of ALAC CWG Member
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

One of the five Members of the CWG on the IANA Stewardship Transition, Fouad Bajwa, has resigned for health reasons. APRALO Leadership was consulted and recommended Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the replacement, and that appointment has been ratified by a Consensus Call of the ALAC. The five members representing the ALAC on the CWG are now: Seun Ojedeji (AFRALO) Cheryl Langdon-Orr (APRALO) Olivier Crépin-Leblond (EURALO) Fatima Cambronero (LACRALO) Eduardo Diaz (NARALO) Alan

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ICANN News Alert -- Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-25-en ________________________________ Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability 25 February 2015 ________________________________ Date: Thursday 5th March 2015 Time: 12:00 UTC AGENDA SUMMARY: Time Event Speaker 12.00 - 12.05 Welcome note Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN 12.05 - 12.25 Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy 12.25 - 12.45 The IANA Coordination Group (ICG) Manal Ismail, Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority - NTRA Mohammed El Bashir, Technical Department Manager - ictQatar 12.45 - 13.25 Q&A Open Floor 13.25 - 13.30 Closing Remarks Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN Questions and interventions can be made in either Arabic or English over the phone or posted as text in the Adobe Connect room. https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg HOW TO JOIN: 1. Request for dial-out assistance. Please send your name, the phone number you want to be called at and your language preference to meswg(a)icann.org<mailto:meswg@icann.org>, no later than March 3rd at 23:59 UTC. 2. Join by dialing the toll-free number for your country as shown at http://adigo.com/icann/ toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, enter: 47139 - Arabic 83137 - English

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Update 3 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

Dear all, Update 3: Wednesday: added 21:00 UTC FBSC AND 21:00 UTC CCWG ACCT WP1 Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 21:00 UTC: Finance and Budget Subcommittee WG Teleconference (FBSC) https://community.icann.org/x/CgonAw 21:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/TwQdAw Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 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: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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ICANN News Alert -- ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-23-en ________________________________ ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call 23 February 2015 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its twelfth conference call: * ICG Call # 12 (agenda<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-icg-25feb15-en.pdf> [PDF, 39 KB]) – Wednesday, 25 February at 04:00-05:30 UTC (time converter here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICG+Call+%2312&iso…>) The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/> through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial–in numbers and Conference ID codes. 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, ICANN will provide a dial-out service<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org?subject=Dial-out%20service%20for%20ICG%20Call%2012> to that individual. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below: * 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 Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org?subject=Dial-out%20service%20for%20ICG%20Call%2012> a dial-out service. For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Microsite<https://www.icann.org/stewardship>.

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ICANN Newsletter -- 20 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 24, 2015

Feb. 24, 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 20 February 2015 ________________________________ Announcements This Week ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-20-en> Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took action to accept advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on this subject issued in the GAC's 11 February 2015 Communiqué - Singapore, and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed immediately to implement the following changes to the process: 20 February 2015 Closing Date Approaching: Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Presentation Planned for ICANN 53 | Nominations Close 02 March 2015<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-19-en> On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will close on 2 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees. 19 February 2015 Second Middle East DNS Forum to Take Place in Amman Jordan<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-16-en> This is the second edition of the Middle East DNS Forum (ME DNS), which aims to build on the inaugural forum that took place in Dubai, early 2014. 16 February 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, 2012 - 2015<http://www.icann.org/en/planning/> Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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Update 2 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 23, 2015

Feb. 23, 2015

Dear all, Update 2: Thursday: added 13:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 None Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 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: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Expanded purview of Ad Hoc group on the IANA Stewardship Transition.
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 22, 2015

Feb. 22, 2015

The At-Large Ad hoc work group looking at the IANA Stewardship Transition has had its mandate expanding to include ICANN Accountability. During ALAC discussions in Singapore, it was felt that the membership of the original group and those interested in Accountability would overlap greatly, and the thought of having two separate meetings to discuss the issues was not very appealing. The group was initially created to provide guidance to the ALAC representatives on the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordinating Cgroup (ICG) and the IANA Stewardship Transition Cross-community WG (CWG). It will now also provide guidance to the ALAC representatives on the ICANN Accountability CCWG. The name of the group will likely be changed, but regardless, there is a meeting currently being scheduled and all those who are not already participating may like to consider doing so. The mailing list associated with the work group is IANA-ISSUES. If you wish to participate and are not already a member, you can sign up for it at: https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues. There is a Doodle for a meeting to be scheduled this coming week at: http://doodle.com/q3aemi9t3yh6pq4g. The current plan is to allocate the first 45 minutes to the transition, and the last 45 minutes to accountability. The Wiki workspace is: https://community.icann.org/x/OYThAg. Alan

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 21, 2015

Feb. 21, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-20-en ________________________________ ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels 20 February 2015 Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took action<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2015-02-12-en#2.a> to accept advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on this subject issued in the GAC's 11 February 2015 Communiqué - Singapore<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/gac-to-board-11feb15-e…> [PDF, 113 KB], and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed immediately to implement the following changes to the process: * Implement improvements to the process to alert relevant governments when requests are initiated. Comments from relevant governments will be fully considered. * For new requests, the comment period will be for 60 days. * For requests with pending or completed comment periods, extend or re-open the comment period so that each request will undergo 60 days of comment period in total. The updates to the process are effective as of 23 February 2015. The webpage where users can review requests has also been updated with several enhancements to improve navigability and allow users to find information more easily. New features include the following: * Requests can now be sorted by reference number, TLD, registry name and date posted. * The list of all requests for letter/letter two-character ASCII labels is now available for download as a .csv file. * A column has been added to identify whether a TLD has been granted a .BRAND specification. * The "View Comments" page has been updated to show all comments made in a calendar year, rather than showing comments on a month-by-month basis. Please refer to the Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels<https://www.icann.org/resources/two-character-labels> webpage for additional details. # # # 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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Update 1 GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 20, 2015

Feb. 20, 2015

Dear all, Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Thursday: Added time 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 None Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 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: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 23-27 February 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 20, 2015

Feb. 20, 2015

Dear all, Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 23 February 2015 23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw Tuesday 24 February 2015 15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg<https://community.icann.org/x/9%20iCfAg> 17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg 19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg 19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw 21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag Wednesday 25 February 2015 None Thursday 26 February 2015 11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag Friday 27 February 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: At-Large Staff : staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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