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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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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: ALAC Statement on the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of a draft ALAC Statement in response to a public comment request. Please note that only the 15 ALAC members will cast votes in this poll. ***** Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization<https://community.icann.org/x/35U0Aw>" for the communication to relevant parties? ***** Please note that the poll will be open from 01-August-2015 12:00 UTC to 06-August-2015 12:00 UTC. 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 3-7 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 31, 2015

July 31, 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 1 Monday added: 18:00 UTC ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach 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 None 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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GNSO and At-Large calls - week of 3-7 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 31, 2015

July 31, 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 Updates will follow as Doodles close. Monday 03 August 2015 None 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 None 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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New Public Comment: Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .SHARP Registry Agreement
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .SHARP Registry Agreement<https://community.icann.org/x/YI1CAw>. 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 Quarterly Stakeholder Report Register for the FY15 Q4 call on 20 August 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-30-en ________________________________ ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report - Register for the FY15 Q4 call on 20 August 2015 30 July 2015 ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August 2015 at 14:00 UTC. The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015 and will review some of the information from the latest KPI Beta Dashboard, anticipated to launch around the same time. Please click here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sf9hDLKr3oS1gzVnBsCmdkMoXoqWG0ZJynBJFdLASQ… to register for the call and to receive joining instructions. If you are unable to access the form, please email us<mailto:icann.communications@icann.org> to register with your full name and an email address to send the joining instructions to. The call is open for all to attend, including press, and there will be ample time for Questions & Answers (Q&A). A recording of the call will also be available online on the ICANN website here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/quarterly-reports-2014-11-13-en>. These calls were set up to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency efforts by making it easy to follow ICANN's progress toward fulfilling its mission of keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. Agenda * President's Overview (10 mins) - Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO * Policy Update (10 mins) - David Olive, VP Policy Development Support and Adiel Akplogan, VP Technical Engagement * Management Update (15 mins) - David Conrad, CTO * Financial Update (10 mins) - Xavier Calvez, CFO More information Please visit the Reporting page on the ICANN website here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/quarterly-reports-2014-11-13-en> 24 hours before the call to pre-read the presentation. You can also find other useful resourses and background information on this page, as well as archived transcripts and recordings of all previous Quarterly Stakeholder Calls.

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