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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: ALAC Statement on the Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap
by At-Large Staff July 19, 2014

July 19, 2014

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap <https://community.icann.org/x/FrDhAg> ." ***** Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap <https://community.icann.org/x/FrDhAg> " for communication to the relevant parties? ***** Additional information on this Statement can be found on the At-Large Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap Workspace <https://community.icann.org/x/FrDhAg> . Please note that the poll will be open from 19-July-2014 23:59 UTC to 26-July-2014 23:59 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 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 -- Los Angeles Fellowship Participants Selected
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 19, 2014

July 19, 2014

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en ________________________________ Los Angeles Fellowship Participants Selected 18 July 2014 50 fellows from 39 countries have been selected to participate in ICANN's Fellowship program at the 51st Public Meeting in Los Angeles, 12-16 October 2014. 17 of the fellows are alumni from at least one of the past 22 programs who will mentor newcomers as well as engage with community, 25 are first-time attendees to an ICANN meeting, and 8 have attended meetings in past but are fellows for the first time. The fellows represent all sectors of society including civil, government, academia, business, not-for-profit and user groups. The country code supporting groups are also represented. Here is the list of selected fellows: Ahlam Abu-Jadallah – Jordan – Gov't Mayyad Ihmidan – Jordan – Not For Profit Ibrahim Alfayoumi – State of Palestine – Technical Community Mohamed Adas – State of Palestine – End User Osama Tamimi – State of Palestine – Business Hanane Boujemi – Morocco – Not For Profit Shabnam Shafiei – Islamic Republic of Iran – End User Mehrzad Azghandi – Islamic Republic of Iran – Civil Service Arsene Tungali Baguma – The Dem. Republic of the Congo – End User Ann Ibrahim – Egypt – Gov't Hanen Idoudi – Tunisia – Academic James Mutandwa Madya – Zimbabwe – Gov't Oluwaseun Samson Ojedeji – Nigeria – Academic Anna Secka Saine – Gambia – Business Patricia Marie Thérèse Gnilane Senghor – Mauritius – Not For Profit Roger Oteng Baah – Ghana – Business / IETF Wisdom Kwasi Donkor – Ghana – Gov't Sarah Kiden – Uganda – Academic Fawaz Saleem Bokhari – Pakistan – Academic Igor Mkrtumyan – Armenia – Not For Profit Ganeswar Sahoo – India – Academic / NCUC Omar Mansoor Ansari – Afghanistan – Business Shakeel Ahmed – Pakistan – Not For Profit Geoffrey Harris – Nauru – Gov't Amata Kabua – Marshall Islands – Technical Community Md. Jahangir Hossain – Bangladesh – Not For Profit Sonam Penjor – Bhutan – Academic – Gov't Sourakatou Ramanou Biaou – Benin – Academic Pierre Dovonou Lokossou – Benin – Not For Profit Ephraim Percy Kenyanito – Kenya – Not For Profit Souop Soufo Bruno Serges – Cameroon – Business Aida Mahmutović – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Not For Profit Inga Cucer – Republic of Moldova – Government Yuriy Kargapolov – Ukraine – Business Sergey Povalishev – Belarus – Business Denis Otvalko – Belarus – Business Dorian Bodiu – Republic of Moldova – Gov't Marilia Monteiro – Brazil – Gov't Everton Teles Rodrigues – Brazil – End User Julian Esteban Lescano Cameriere – Argentina – Business Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla – Columbia – Civil Service Alejandra Reynoso Barral – Guatemala – Academc Bruno Marcel Duarte Coscia – Paraguay – Not For Profit Allan Carlton Soogrim – Trinidad and Tobago – Academic Kamica Fortune – Trinidad and Tobago – Gov't Joseph Marc Antoine Ridore – Haiti – End User Wanda Miguelina Pérez Peña – Dominican Republic – Business Bionda Fonseca-Hoeve – Aruba – Business Krishna Kumar Rajamannar – India – Not For Profit Wen Zhai – China – Not For Profit ICANN received 355 fellowship applications for the Los Angeles meeting; an independent selection committee assesses applications for each meeting. Priority is given to applicants who meet minimum program requirements, are current residents of developing and least developed nations in the five ICANN regions, and who are interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups. Click here to find out more about the fellowship program and how to apply: http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014

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 Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions<https://community.icann.org/x/mrnhAg> in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the At-Large Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/mrnhAg>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 22 July 2014 23:59 UTC. 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>

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ICANN News Alert -- Request for Proposal for Global Consumer Survey
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 17, 2014

July 17, 2014

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-07-16-en ________________________________ Request for Proposal for Global Consumer Survey 16 July 2014 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking one or more providers to conduct a global survey assessing aspects of consumer trust and perceived consumer choice and the Internet domain name system (DNS). The selected provider(s) will design and execute an initial survey to create a meaningful baseline of data on consumer attitudes and will perform a follow-on survey one year later, to generate a set of comparison data. ICANN is seeking qualified providers to manage this set of complex survey activities in a timely and efficient manner. The survey is intended to contribute to one of the reviews mandated by ICANN's Affirmation of Commitments<http://www.icann.org/resources/pages/affirmation-of-commitments-2009-09-30-…> ("Affirmation"). The Affirmation outlines ICANN's responsibilities to the global community of Internet users, who are all served by the DNS. The Affirmation focuses on three primary areas of accountability: (a) ensuring accountability, transparency and the interests of global Internet users; (b) preserving security, stability and resiliency of the DNS; and (c) promoting competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. Each of the focus areas includes regular reviews by the community to gauge ICANN's performance. The survey will serve as one source of data to inform the analysis of how the New gTLD Program has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. The consumer survey will capture some of the metrics proposed by ICANN's community members from the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) to evaluate the impact of the New gTLD Program on competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. A review team, to be formed, will include the survey results as it examines other measures, such as the geographic spread of new gTLD registrations, the number of internationalized domain names (IDNs or domains in scripts that include characters outside the letters a-z, numbers 0-9 and a hyphen) available, and the relative incidence of compliance complaints, among many others. As the DNS is relevant to all Internet users worldwide, the survey must be globally representative of all geographic regions, and thus the selected provider(s) must be able to conduct its work across multiple countries and languages. The proposed methodology must also be replicable one year after the initial survey is conducted to measure changes in attitudes as new gTLDs become more prominent in the domain name space. For additional information and instructions for submitting responses please click here<http://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-global-consumer-survey-16jul…> [ZIP, 1.08 MB]. Proposals should be submitted to globalconsumersurvey-rfp(a)icann.org<mailto:globalconsumersurvey-rfp@icann.org> by 23:59 UTC ON 6 August 2014.

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AGENDA - IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group meeting / London 17-18 July
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

Dear All, Kindly see the agenda for the face-to-face meeting of the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Coordination Group, 08:00-17:00 UTC on 17-18 July in London: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-stewardship-coordination… === IANA CG Agenda - July 17-18, 2014 === ========================================= == Day 1 == 9:00 - 9:15 Introduction and level-setting. Brief explanation of why we are gathered to meet. 9:15 - 10:45 Introductions. It would be useful to hear from each rep about: - What group appointed them - What that group does and who participates in it - How that group does its work and what its decision processes are - Whether they are "representing" their groups or participating as individuals in the CG - How they view their group's work in relation to the coordination group's work 10:45 - 11:00 Break. 11:00 - 12:30 Charter of the CG. (IETF) It would be good to obtain a shared understanding in the whole group of the role and charter of the CG. Charter proposals circulated in advance of July 17 would help here -- on the IETF/IAB side we may be able to work one up based on the IAB's April 29 comments. 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch. Continued discussion of charter. 13:30 - 15:00 Transition scope and expectations about work in the communities. (IAB) It would be good to clarify the CG's understanding of the scope of the work of the transition, what the community processes need to produce, and where/how areas of overlap will be handled. We will want to communicate this publicly if we get agreement on it.

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Agenda - IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group meeting, 17-18 July @ London
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

Dear All, Kindly see the agenda for the f2f meeting of the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 17-18 July in London: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-stewardship-coordination… 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 -- IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-16-en ________________________________ IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates 16 July 2014 On 14 March 2014, the NTIA announced<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition…> its intention to transition its stewardship role of IANA functions, and called upon ICANN to launch and facilitate a process with the community to derive a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community, meeting the criteria set out by the NTIA. Following community dialogue, the process<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en> for developing a proposal for this transition was posted on 6 June 2014. As a part of this process, a Coordination Group will be responsible for preparing a transitional proposal respective of the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions. See here for a full list of the Coordination Group Representatives<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/coordination-group-2014-06-17-en>. The first face-to-face meeting of the Coordination Group will take place in London from 08:00-17:00 UTC on 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel<http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hilton-london-metropole-LON…>. The global multistakeholder community will be able to follow the Coordination Group's first meeting through the Virtual Meeting Room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/coordinationgroup/> and through audio translations into these languages: * English<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-en.m3u> * French<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-fr.m3u> * Spanish<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-es.m3u> * Chinese<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-zh.m3u> * Russian<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ru.m3u> * Arabic<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ar.m3u> * Portuguese<http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-pt.m3u> In addition, the community is encouraged to join the conversation through use of the online discussion forum<http://discuss-stewardship.icann.org/> or ICANN's dedicated IANA Transition mailing list<https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ianatransition> to discuss the transition process. For more information about the Coordination Group and the IANA Function's Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition microsite<https://www.icann.org/stewardship>.

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REMOTE PARTICIPATION & INTERPRETATION - IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group meeting / London, 17-18 July 2014
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

Dear All, The first face-to-face meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group will take place in London from 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel<http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hilton-london-metropole-LON…>. Remote participation options will be available for the community through access to a Virtual Meeting Room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/coordinationgroup/> (https://icann.adobeconnect.com/coordinationgroup/ ) and through audio translations into these languages: English: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-en.m3u French: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-fr.m3u Spanish: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-es.m3u Chinese: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-zh.m3u Russian: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ru.m3u Arabic: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ar.m3u Portuguese: http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-pt.m3u 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 -- Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-15-en ________________________________ Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates 15 July 2014 It has been brought to ICANN's attention that some online entities have attempted to sell fraudulent "certificates", which they claim are required to protect generic top-level domain names. The perpetuators of this scam threaten registrants on the protection service with the objective of securing a fee from the registrant. The "certificates" look official and include an unauthorized use of the ICANN logo. Please note that ICANN does not issue certificates to registrants and does not collect fees from registrants directly. ICANN is currently investigating these cases and advises registrants who encounter similar incidents to report to ICANN immediately via an email to Contractual Compliance at compliance(a)icann.org<mailto:compliance@icann.org>. ICANN recommends that any individual or legal entity wishing to register a domain name under a generic top-level domain name to do so using an ICANN-accredited registrar. More information, including a list of all current ICANN-accredited registrars can be found here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registrars-0d-2012-02-25-en<https://www.icann.org//resources/pages/registrars-0d-2012-02-25-en> 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/>. For additional information about domain names, please visit: https://www.icann.org/resources/files/domain-names-beginners-guide-2010-12-…<https://www.icann.org//resources/files/domain-names-beginners-guide-2010-12…> ###

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Meeting Invitation - NEW: Russian Interpretation/ALAC Teleconference - 22 July 2014 at 1400 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 15, 2014

July 15, 2014

* NEW * - RUSSIAN Interpretation is now available on our ALAC Monthly call! Please see details below. ******** Dear All, The ALAC monthly teleconference is scheduled on Tuesday 22 July at 1400 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/l424knw The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/NrDhAg Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac * NEW * Russian Interpretation is now available on the monthly ALAC calls. Conference ID's: English: 1638 Spanish: 1738 French: 1838 Russian: 2138 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: 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<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> _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org

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