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New PC: Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 20, 2014

June 20, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following Public Comment has been created: Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap<https://community.icann.org/x/FrDhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto: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 -- ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to NAMEWEB BVBA
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 17, 2014

June 17, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-16-en ________________________________ ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to NAMEWEB BVBA 16 June 2014 DATA RETENTION WAIVER NAMEWEB BVBA NAMEWEB BVBA ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") on the basis of Registrar's contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA violates applicable law in Belgium. ICANN hereby grants Registrar a limited waiver from compliance with certain provisions of the 2013 RAA on the following terms: 1. ICANN agrees that, following Registrar's execution of the 2013 RAA, for purposes of assessing Registrar's compliance with the data retention requirement of Paragraph 1.1 of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA, the period of "two additional years" in Paragraph 1.1 of the Data Retention Specification will be deemed modified to "one additional year." 2. In all other respects the terms of the Data Retention Specification will remain AS IS. The waiver granted to Registrar applies only to the post-sponsorship period of retention of the data listed in the Paragraphs 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 inclusive of the Data Retention Specification, and it does not constitute a waiver of any other provisions of the 2013 RAA or other ICANN policies applicable to registrars. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this waiver limits Registrar's obligation to comply with Consensus Policies or Temporary Policies developed and adopted in accordance with ICANN's Bylaws ("ICANN Policies") or limits Registrar's obligation to comply with any amendment, supplement or modification of the 2013 RAA approved and adopted in accordance with the terms of the 2013 RAA ("RAA Amendments"). In the event of any inconsistency between this waiver and the terms of any ICANN Policy or RAA Amendment, the terms of the ICANN Policy or RAA Amendment will control. 3. The waiver granted to Registrar shall remain in effect for the duration of the term of the 2013 RAA signed by Registrar.

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ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to BLACKNIGHT INTERNET SOLUTIONS LTD.
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 17, 2014

June 17, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-16-en ________________________________ ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to BLACKNIGHT INTERNET SOLUTIONS LTD. 16 June 2014 DATA RETENTION WAIVER BLACKNIGHT INTERNET SOLUTIONS LTD. BLACKNIGHT INTERNET SOLUTIONS LTD. ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") on the basis of Registrar's contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA violates applicable law in Ireland. ICANN hereby grants Registrar a limited waiver from compliance with certain provisions of the 2013 RAA on the following terms: 1. ICANN agrees that, following Registrar's execution of the 2013 RAA: (a) For purposes of assessing Registrar's compliance with the data retention requirement of Paragraph 1.1 of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA, the period of "two additional years" in Paragraph 1.1 of the Data Retention Specification will be deemed modified to "one additional year"; and (b) For purposes of assessing Registrar's compliance with the data retention requirement of Paragraph 1.2 of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA, the period of "one hundred and eighty (180) days" in Paragraph 1.2 of the Data Retention Specification will be deemed modified to "ninety (90) days." 2. In all other respects the terms of the Data Retention Specification will remain AS IS. The waiver granted to Registrar applies only to the post-sponsorship period of retention of the data listed in the Paragraphs 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 and Paragraphs 1.2.1 through 1.2.3 inclusive of the Data Retention Specification, and it does not constitute a waiver of any other provisions of the 2013 RAA or other ICANN policies applicable to registrars. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this waiver limits Registrar's obligation to comply with Consensus Policies or Temporary Policies developed and adopted in accordance with ICANN's Bylaws ("ICANN Policies") or limits Registrar's obligation to comply with any amendment, supplement or modification of the 2013 RAA approved and adopted in accordance with the terms of the 2013 RAA ("RAA Amendments"). In the event of any inconsistency between this waiver and the terms of any ICANN Policy or RAA Amendment, the terms of the ICANN Policy or RAA Amendment will control. 3. The waiver granted to Registrar shall remain in effect for the duration of the term of the 2013 RAA signed by Registrar.

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ICANN Newsletter -- 13 June 2014
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 16, 2014

June 16, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org/ Week ending 13 June 2014 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-12-en> Six (6) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of two-character domain names in the New gTLD namespace. In total, the requests concern 148 New gTLDs. 12 June 2014 Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-12-en> ICANN's Policy Development Support Staff recently assumed day-to-day oversight of ICANN's public comment infrastructure. This responsibility includes coordinating, evaluating, developing and implementing targeted improvements to all of ICANN's community input and feedback mechanisms. 12 June 2014 .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-12-en> The City of Paris' application for an Approved Launch Program pursuant to Section 4.5.2 of the Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements (the "TMCH Requirements") is being posted for comment to give the community an opportunity to review and provide feedback. 12 June 2014 Public Comment Invited: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-10-en> Public Interest Registry, the registry operator for .NGO and .ONG TLDs, submitted a request to provide a new registry service to offer support for mandatory technical bundling of second level domains for .NGO and .ONG. 10 June 2014 Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-10-en> ICANN today announced the publication of the final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS"). 10 June 2014 Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-10-en> Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants. 10 June 2014 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [http://london50.icann.org/sites/default/files/logo-300x214-30apr14-en.png]2… June 2014: 50th International Public ICANN Meeting – London<http://london50.icann.org/> 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 FY14 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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New Public Comment: .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following PC has been created: .PARIS - Introduction of Approved Launch Program<https://community.icann.org/x/U6zhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto: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: Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following PC has been created: Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace<https://community.icann.org/x/VqzhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto: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 -- Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-12-en ________________________________ Announcing Plans for Public Comment Improvements 12 June 2014 ICANN's Policy Development Support Staff recently assumed day-to-day oversight of ICANN's public comment infrastructure. This responsibility includes coordinating, evaluating, developing and implementing targeted improvements to all of ICANN's community input and feedback mechanisms. The team has spent considerable time reviewing the existing public comment infrastructure, processes, and procedures and gathering data on community activity to determine what changes inspired by the original recommendations of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team have been effective. In conjunction with those efforts as well as the recent ATRT2 recommendations currently being reviewed by the Board, the Staff has been working over the past several weeks to develop a public comments improvement implementation plan. This effort builds on previous feedback from community leaders that identified a number of potential areas for public comment improvements. The plan has been shared with members of the Board of Directors who have encouraged the Staff to move forward with it. The team expects to move forward with the implementation of specific short-term process improvements after the ICANN Public Meeting in London (ICANN 50). Those short-term changes will be evaluated for their effectiveness after six months while longer-term improvements are developed. David Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support, outlines those plans in a post on the ICANN Blog at – https://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improveme…<http://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improvemen…>.

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New Public Comment: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request Introduction of Technical Bundling
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

Dear All, Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following Public Comment has been created: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling<https://community.icann.org/x/KKvhAg> Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto: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 -- Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-10-en ________________________________ Final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" Report Published 10 June 2014 ICANN today announced the publication of the final "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One" report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS"). Download the Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-mitigation-study…> [PDF, 392 KB] The JAS study, which was commissioned by ICANN, provides a set of recommendations that describe a comprehensive approach to reducing current and future DNS namespace collisions, alerting operators of potential DNS namespace related issues, and providing emergency response capabilities in the event that critical (e.g., life safety) systems are adversely impacted. The final Phase One report takes into consideration feedback received during the public comment period that closed on 21 April 2014. The JAS report, along with additional community feedback and other pertinent data, will be considered prior to providing the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee with a proposal to address name collisions for new gTLDs as part of the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan adopted on 7 October 2013, please visit https://features.icann.org/new-gtld-collision-occurrence-management. A session to discuss this proposal and collect feedback from the community will be held at the ICANN meeting in London on 23 June 2015 at 17:00-18:30 local time. Schedules are subject to change, so please visit http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule-full for the most updated information. Additional information on name collisions, including resources for IT professionals, can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en.

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ICANN News Alert -- Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-10-en ________________________________ Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London 10 June 2014 Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants. This webinar is meant as an introduction to ICANN, the GNSO Noncommercial Stakeholder Group, NonCommercial Users Constituency, and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency – for people who are new to the ICANN Community and interested in the upcoming ICANN 50 public meeting in London. Presenters include: * William J. Drake – ICANN NonCommercial Users Constituency * Maria Farrell – ICANN Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group * Klaus Stoll – ICANN Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency To RSVP and learn how to access the webinar, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ucW3Wa0YonNnBHkzFMaJgFQPDUFAyfuLM1yEnQN3G-… [http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/webinar-civil-society-1100x…]<http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/webinar-civil-society-1100x…>

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