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Announcement of new meeting in BA on Brazil Meeting on Wednesday morning
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 19, 2013

Nov. 19, 2013

Dear All, Please see the message below from David Olive, VP for Policy Development Support, on a newly scheduled meeting that will seek to gather ICANN community input into the preparation for the multi-stakeholder meeting in Brazil: ** Dear SO-AC Leaders: You are invited to join Fadi in a session on Wednesday, 20 November from 7:00-8:30 am in Libertador AB. The purpose of the meeting is to coalesce the ICANN Community in preparations for the multi-stakeholder meeting in Brazil. Please share this invitation with your groups. Regards, David ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>

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ICANN News Alert -- Internet Governance Takes Center Stage at ICANN's Buenos Aires Meeting
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 19, 2013

Nov. 19, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-18nov13-en ________________________________ Internet Governance Takes Center Stage at ICANN's Buenos Aires Meeting 18 November 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina… The future of Internet governance took on a new priority at the opening of ICANN's 48th Public Meeting, ahead of an April conference on Internet governance in Brazil. More than 1,700 people from around the world are attending the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires. "ICANN is part of an ecosystem, and the environment around us affects us" said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé. "We have to be engaged. It doesn't mean we leave behind our responsibilities. It doesn't mean we increase our responsibilities, but we have to also be active participants in the ecosystem, this is central to the multistakeholder success on a global level." Communications Secretary and Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina, Juan Manuel Abal Medina, Jr., stressed the importance of keeping up with a rapidly growing network. "We have a human resource deficit. We must design public policies that will help us overcome these obstacles in terms of growth." During the Annual General Meeting, ICANN Board Chair Dr. Stephen Crocker remarked on the groundbreaking work of the community of Internet organizations in bringing the issue of governance to the forefront through the Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation. "We have to have a more inclusive framework. We have to have the participation from everybody – civil society, academia, business, et cetera," said Crocker. "And if we don't preserve that and we don't preserve that inclusiveness, then we will redefine – which is a very polite word for 'do enormous damage to' – the most inclusive communications system that man has ever devised." During the Buenos Aires Meeting, which is also ICANN's Annual General Meeting, Chehadé outlined the organization's accomplishments over the past year and also praised the success of the New generic Top-Level Domain (gTLDs) Program. So far, 24 new top-level domains have been delegated into the Domain Name System (DNS). "Today, we can celebrate the success. The gTLD program is off the ground," remarked Chehadé. "In fact, we have added more new gTLDs to the root today than all the gTLDs in the history of ICANN." ICANN also announced that Lesley Cowley, the CEO at the U.K. registry Nominet, is the winner of the first Leadership Award. The organization also announced plans to create a new award to honor community members called the Multistakeholder Ethos Award. The first Ethos award will be presented at the next ICANN meeting in Singapore. Also during the Buenos Aires meeting, the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) and ICANN announced that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the memorandum, ICANN and KISA will closely collaborate on engagement efforts in Korea and implement a pilot project to promote language localization efforts in the region. ICANN's 48th Public Meeting in Buenos Aires will continue through Thursday. ### To watch a video about Internet pioneers in Latin America, go here: http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/video/lac-internet-adventure-18nov13-en To download high-resolution photos from the ICANN's opening session, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/sets/72157637803837583/ To review the schedule for the ICANN meeting, go here: http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule-full To read the Montevideo Statement, go here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07oct13-en.htm MEDIA CONTACTS: Brad White ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs Washington, D.C. Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118 brad.white(a)icann.org<mailto:brad.white@icann.org> Alexandra Dans Communications Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean Montevideo, Uruguay Tel. +598 95 831 442 alexandra.dans(a)icann.org<mailto:alexandra.dans@icann.org>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Draft Report & Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 19, 2013

Nov. 19, 2013

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft "ALAC Statement on the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Draft Report & Recommendations<https://community.icann.org/x/7RGfAg>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The current draft can be found on the At-Large Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Draft Report & Recommendations Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/7RGfAg>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 21-Nov-2013 23:59 UTC. A vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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At-Large meetings - Monday 18 November - Buenos Aires
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 19, 2013

Nov. 19, 2013

Dear all, Please find the At-Large meetings schedule for Monday 18 November https://community.icann.org/x/oll-Ag * 1200-1300 : Future Challenges Working Group Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-future-challenges<https://community.icann.org/x/cRafAg> * 1300–1400: At-Large Regulatory Issues Group Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-regulatory-issues *1600-1700: NARALO Monthly Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-naralo *1830-2000: LACRALO Showcase Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-lacralo-showcase Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ICANN News Alert -- High-Level Panel Organizes to Address Future of Internet Governance
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2013

Nov. 18, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-17nov13-en ________________________________ High-Level Panel Organizes to Address Future of Internet Governance 17 November 2013 For Release November 17, 2013 (22:00 UTC) LOS ANGELES – A diverse global group of stakeholders from government, civil society, the private sector, the technical community and international organizations has formed a Panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation. The Panel's first meeting is scheduled for December 12 – 13 in London. Focusing on the pressing issue of Internet governance, and committed to a multistakeholder approach, the Panel plans to release a high-level report in early 2014 for public comment. The report will include principles for global Internet cooperation, proposed frameworks for such cooperation and a roadmap for future Internet governance challenges. Recognizing the importance of the initiative, President Toomas Ilves of Estonia has agreed to serve as the group's Chairman. President Ilves is a longtime public supporter of an open, secure and accessible Internet. Vint Cerf, often cited as one of the founders of the Internet, will serve as a vice-chair of the Panel. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was an early catalyst for the Panel and recognized the need for a globally diverse group to independently address broad, complex issues. It will organize the secretariat and provide logistical support for the Panel. ICANN cited growing pressures to address issues outside its sphere of responsibility as a motivating factor in forming a high-level panel. In the coming year, several key events will address Internet governance topics, including the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and a recently announced conference to be hosted by Brazil in Spring 2014.The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands will also be a substantive partner in the work of the Panel and host a meeting at the historic Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California in early 2014. ICANN consulted with a number of organizations to develop the Panel. Members were chosen to ensure that a regionally diverse cross-section of stakeholders would be represented. Panel members' activities will be independent of their organizations. Panel members include: * Mohamed al Ghanem, Founder and Director General of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority; former Vice-Chair, UAE Information and Communications Technology Fund * Virgilio Fernandes Almeida, Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Chair of Internet Steering Committee; National Secretary for Information Technology Policies * Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy, Walt Disney Company * Mitchell Baker, Chair, Mozilla Foundation; Chair and former CEO, Mozilla Corporation * Francesco Caio, CEO of Avio; former CEO, Cable and Wireless and Vodafone Italia; Founder of Netscalibur; broadband advisor in UK and Italy * Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google; former Chairman, ICANN; Co-Founder of the Internet Society * Fadi Chehade, CEO and President of ICANN; Founder of Rosetta Net; technology executive * Nitin Desai, Indian economist and diplomat; former UN Undersecretary General; convener of Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) * Toomas Ilves, President of Estonia; former diplomat and journalist; former Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Member of the European Parliament * Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society and Administration, Macedonia; Commissioner to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development * Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe; former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway; Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee * Olaf Kolkman, Director of NLnet Labs; "Evangineer" of the Open Internet; former Chair of the Internet Architecture Board * Frank La Rue, labor and human rights lawyer; UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Founder, Center for Legal Action for Human Rights (CALDH) * Robert M. McDowell, former U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner; Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute's Center for Economics of the Internet * Andile Ngcaba, Chairman, Convergence Partners; Executive Chairman, Dimension Data Middle East and Africa; former South African Government Director General of Communications * Liu Qingfeng, CEO and President of iFLYTEK; Director of National Speech & Language Engineering Laboratory of China; Member of Interactive Technology Standards working group * Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society; telecoms and IT executive * Jimmy Wales, Founder and Promoter of Wikipedia; Member of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation * Won-Pyo Hong, President, Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics Additional members to be confirmed. For more information on the Panel, please contact: David Almacy at David.Almacy(a)edelman.com<mailto:David.Almacy@edelman.com> or (202) 591-9486.

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ICANN News Alert -- Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Draft Report & Recommendations: Announcement of Correction
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2013

Nov. 18, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17nov13-en.htm ________________________________ Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Draft Report & Recommendations: Announcement of Correction 17 November 2013 A correction was issued on 7 November 2013 by the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) to their report dated 15 October 2013. A section was added to the Executive Summary, Recommendation 6 (page 3). These recommendations are included in the body of the Report that was issued for Public Comment on 21 October 2013 and were inadvertently excluded from the Executive Summary. For purposes of clarity and to be certain that the public had an opportunity to view all Recommendations of ATRT2, they are being published as part of the Executive Summary in this erratum. The correction and the ATRT2 Draft Report body (without Appendices) are now available in French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic languages.

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ICANN Newsletter -- 15 November 2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2013

Nov. 18, 2013

[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 15 November 2013 ________________________________ Announcements This Week Experts Address the Global Expansion of the Internet<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-15nov13-en> Buenos Aires, Argentina… ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, Board Chair Dr. Stephen Crocker, President of Generic Domains Division Akram Atallah and Vice President Stakeholder Engagement for Latin America and the Caribbean Rodrigo de la Parra will address major issues shaping the Internet's future at a news conference on Wednesday, 20 November at 11:30 AM (ART). 15 November 2013 The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN Board of Directors<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov13-en.htm> The 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce the selection of Wolfgang Kleinwächter as a member to the ICANN Board of Directors. 15 November 2013 ICANN Selects Lead for Development of Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-11nov13-en.htm> ICANN signed an agreement with JAS Global Advisors LLC to lead the development of the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework, in cooperation with the community. 11 November 2013 Status Update from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11nov13-en.htm> The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has been working to envision a clean-slate approach to better meet global Internet community needs for domain name registration data with greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. 11 November 2013 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [http://buenosaires48.icann.org/sites/default/files/buenosaires48-logo-328x1…]<http://buenosaires48.icann.org/> 17-21 November 2013: 48th International Public ICANN Meeting - Buenos Aires<http://buenosaires48.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 FY13 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm>

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Announcement of the kick off of the 2014 At-Large Board Director Selection Process
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 17, 2013

Nov. 17, 2013

Dear All, Please see the announcement of the start of the 2014 At-Large Board Director Selection Process sent on behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC): ** The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is announcing the start of the process of the selection of Seat number 15 of the ICANN Board of Director who is selected by At-Large Community. In 2010 we selected our first Board Director following the ICANN Board decision to replace the liaison ALAC had on the Board by a full rights voting Director. The new Board Director occupying Seat 15 will join the ICANN Board at the conclusion of 2014 AGM, in October 2014, and thus, according to the ICANN bylaws, we must notify the name of the appointed Director at least 6 months before this date. To meet this deadline, ALAC set up the following timeline: At-Large Board Member Selection Timeline Milestone Date BMSCP Publication of final timeline Sunday, 17 November 2013 BCEC Publication of Call for EoIs Tuesday, 26 November 2013 Deadline for submission of EoIs Thursday, 26 December 2013 Request for Candidate References Saturday, 28 December 2013 Deadline for submission of Candidate references Monday, 13 January 2014 BCEC announcement of slate of candidates Tuesday, 28 January 2014 RALO identification of additional candidates Tuesday, 28 January 2014 Deadline for support from other RALOs for additional candidates Friday, 21 February 2014 Publication of final slate Sunday, 23 February 2014 Initiation of first round vote Sunday, 16 March 2014 Announcement of winner Tuesday, 15 April 2014 Additional information is available on the At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Member+2014+Selecti…>. ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>

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At-Large meetings - Sunday 17 November - Buenos Aires
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 17, 2013

Nov. 17, 2013

Dear all, Please find the At-Large meetings schedule for Sunday 17 November https://community.icann.org/x/nFl-Ag * 0800-0900 : At-Large Metrics Sub-Committee Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-amsc<https://community.icann.org/x/cRafAg> * 0900–1830: ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session Room: Golden Horn http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-alac-regional Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ICANN News Alert -- The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN Board of Directors
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 16, 2013

Nov. 16, 2013

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov13-en.htm ________________________________ The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN Board of Directors 15 November 2013 The 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce the selection of Wolfgang Kleinwächter as a member to the ICANN Board of Directors. The position became vacant following the recent resignation of Board member Ms. Judith Duavit Vazquez, selected by the 2011 NomCom. Wolfgang Kleinwächter will take up his position on the ICANN Board of Directors immediately and will serve for the remainder of the term vacated by Ms. Vazquez, ending at the conclusion of the 2014 ICANN Annual General Meeting. Yrjo Lansipuro Chair, 2013 Nominating Committee ________________________________ Wolfgang Kleinwächter [http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-150x200-15nov1…]<http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-150x200-15nov1…> Wolfgang Kleinwächter is a Professor for International Communication Policy and Regulation at the Department for Media and Information Sciences of the University of Aarhus in Denmark where he teaches "Internet Policy and Regulation" since 1998. He has studied Communication, International Law and International Relations at the University of Leipzig (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1981). His Academic Teaching Experiences includes courses and lectures on Internet Governance at numerous universities around the globe, including, inter alia die School of International Services at American University in Washington D.C. and the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonossow University in Moscow. He is involved in Internet Governance issues since 1997 and has participated - in various capacities - in 45 ICANN meetings. He served five years in the NomCom (2009/2010 as its chair) and was since 2011 a member of the GNSO Council, elected by the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) where he is a member of the NCUC. In the WSIS process he was a member of the Civil Society Bureau, co-chaired the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) and was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as for the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). In the Tunis Summit he was part of the governmental delegation of Denmark. Between 2006 and 2010 he served as Special Adviser to the Chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Nitin Desai. In 2011/2012 he was a member of the UNCSTD Working Group on IGF Improvement. In 2012 he joined the German governmental delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) and served in the Informal Expert Group of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum in 2013. He is a co-founder of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EURODIG), the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET), the Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) and chair of the ICANN Studienkreis. He served in the Advisory Board of the dotmobi Registry and became in 2010 an International Adviser to CNNIC. In the EU, he was involved in the Safer Internet Action Plan (SIAP), the Task Force on the Internet of Things and the Inter-Regional Information Society Initiative (IRISI). In the Council of Europe he chaired the Expert Group on Cross Border Internet (2009 – 2011). For more than 20 years he was a member of the Council of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and served as the president of the IAMCR Law Section between 1988 and 1998. He was a member of the Program Committee for INET 2002 in Washington D.C. and a Key-Note Speaker, Panelist, Moderator and Rapporteur of numerous international conferences. His research work includes more than 100 international publications, including 7 books. Since 2011 he is the editor of the publication series MIND (Multistakeholder Internet Dialogue). He also served as member of several advisory boards of scientific journals, including Transnational Data and Communication Report, Computer Law and Security Report, The Journal of Media Law and Practice, Gazette and the Journal for Virtual Reality. He testified in Hearings in the Deutsche Bundestag and the European Parliament. He is Chair of the Board of Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a recognized At Large Structure under the ICANN Bylaws and got the "Internet Award" the highest Internet prize in Germany, by the German Internet Economy Association (eco) in 2012.

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