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ICANN News Alert -- Experienced Internet Veterans Return to ICANN to Support Global Engagement and Technical Excellence
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-20-en ________________________________ Experienced Internet Veterans Return to ICANN to Support Global Engagement and Technical Excellence 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that it is has named David Conrad to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Anne-Rachel Inné to the role of VP, Government Engagement – Geneva. As CTO, Conrad will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop a technology roadmap for the Internet identifiers system and coordinate with community. Conrad will assume the role of CTO on 4 August and report to Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Global Domains Division. "David's extensive experience with domain name system operations, Internet identifier technology, cybersecurity, and IT, coupled with his familiarity with ICANN, makes him the ideal person for this new role," said Atallah. "I am confident that David will quickly make an impact as we continue to focus on improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and security of our business operations." Anne-Rachel Inné will assume the role on 15 July and report to ICANN's Senior Advisor to the President on Government Engagement, Tarek Kamel. Based in ICANN's Geneva Engagement Center, Anne-Rachel will be responsible for designing a full engagement plan for ICANN's outreach work with the country missions to the UN in Geneva. "The VP Government Engagement role- Geneva is critical in expanding our engagement efforts with governments, intergovernmental organizations and the UN in Geneva," said Kamel. "We are pleased to welcome back Anne-Rachel to ICANN, and are confident she'll bring a lot to the role based on her extensive experience in the ICANN community." About David Conrad Conrad has more than 30 years of experience in the Internet industry, including 5 years with ICANN where he held positions including general manager of IANA and vice president of Infrastructure & Technology from 2005-2010. Most recently Conrad served as owner/principal of Virtualized, LLC, where he provided consulting services on Internet technologies, domain name system operations, cybersecurity, and Internet governance policies, standards and technologies. Additional experience includes founder, CTO for Nominum, Inc.; president and CEO of Internet Engines, Inc.; executive director of the Internet Software Consortium (ISC); and director general of the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), Ltd. Conrad holds of Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland. About Anne-Rachel Inné Anne-Rachel brings more than 16 years experience in the ICT sphere and extensive background and relationships with the ICANN community and governments, having held roles including Chief Operations Officer at AFRINIC, where she led Member Services, Communications and IT teams and was responsible for maintaining relationships with governments and intergovernmental organizations.. Prior to this, she was a key contributor to ICANN processes and functions and contributed to policy analysis and international relationship management. She performed several functions for ICANN. Most recently, from 2006-2012, she was the Manager for Regional Relations in Africa for ICANN.

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ICANN News Alert -- Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1)? for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en ________________________________ Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 (MSR-1)? for the Development of Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone 20 June 2014 To support IDN labels in the root zone, the ICANN community, at the direction of the Board, undertook several projects to study and make recommendations on their viability and delegation. One of these projects is the implementation of the Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/draft-lgr-procedure-20m…> [PDF, 1.39 MB] (the Procedure) allowing for the development of Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Root Zone. The LGR for the Root Zone is a mechanism for creating and maintaining rules with respect to IDN labels for the root. In the context of the implementation of the Procedure, ICANN is pleased to announce that the Integration Panel has released the first version of the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1)<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reports-2013-04-03-en>. The MSR-1 is the first deliverable from the Integration Panel under the Procedure and will serve as a fixed collection of code points from which Generation Panels may make a selection in constructing the repertoire for their respective LGR proposals. The MSR-1 covers the following 22 scripts: Arabic, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, and Thai. MSR-1 contains 32,790 code points short-listed from 97,973 PVALID/CONTEXT code points of Unicode version 6.3. This release of MSR-1 sets the stage for the work by Generation Panels. In addition to selecting their repertoire from within the MSR for developing LGR proposals, Generation Panels will also evaluate whether any such code points are variants and if any rules are needed to further constrain the labels generated using these code points. The resulting LGR proposals by the Generation Panels will be released for public comment before they are reviewed by the Integration Panel for integration into the Root Zone LGR. If it becomes necessary to stage the release of the LGR, for example because not all Generation Panels are able to submit proposals at the same time, subsequent versions of the LGR may be released. MSR-1 defers some of the eligible scripts, so as to balance timeliness with comprehensiveness. At a later stage, another version of the MSR will be developed to include repertoires from the deferred scripts and make other additions to the repertoire as warranted. It would be the foundation for any subsequent LGR versions. All future versions of the MSR and all versions of the LGR must retain full backwards compatibility. MSR-1 release consists of the following documents: * Maximal Starting Repertoire - MSR-1-Overview and Rationale-20140606<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-overview-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 468 KB] * MSR-1-Annotated-Han-Tables-20140606<https://icann.box.com/shared/static/4mxq49h6tsc0kldf1cnv.pdf> [PDF, 43.3 MB] * MSR-1-Annotated-Hangul-Tables-20140606<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-hangul-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 4.19 MB] * MSR-1-Annotated-non-CJK-Tables-20140606<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-non-cjk-06jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 1.86 MB] * MSR-1-Repertoire+WLE-Rules-20140606<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/msr-wle-rules-06jun14-en.xml> [XML, 741 KB]

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ICANN News Alert -- Update on Root Zone Label Generation Rule Generation Panel Formation
by ICANN At-Large Staff June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-06-21-en ________________________________ Update on Root Zone Label Generation Rule Generation Panel Formation 20 June 2014 As we approach ICANN 50, ICANN is pleased to share the steady momentum of the development on the formation of Generation Panels for developing the script proposals. These script based panels – made up of Internet community volunteers – will propose the rules that define code points, variants and additional label level constraints for the Root Zone. The latest updates on Label Generation Rule (LGR) Generation Panels will be a key topic at the ICANN meeting in London, which takes place 22-26 June 2014. Progress to date includes: * The Arabic Script Generation Panel is fully formed and operational. The Panel had its second face to face meeting in June 2014, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey. Arabic script code point variants were discussed. * Members of the community have submitted a formal proposal to form the Chinese Generation Panel, which is currently under review. * There has been outreach activity in the Korean and Japanese script communities to form corresponding Generation Panels. * Community members involved with the Chinese-Japanese-Korean (CJK) panels have initiated coordination efforts for the Han script. * Members of the community are actively organizing the Neo-Brahmi Generation Panel and recruiting members. Interested parties should view the Call for Participation<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/43976436/Call%20For%20Volu…> [PDF, 72 KB]. * There is initial interest in forming other Generation Panels. To learn more about these efforts, we invite you to join us in person or remotely at ICANN 50 Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) sessions: * IDN Variant TLDs Program session Wednesday, 25 June 2014 - 08:30-10:00 BST (http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-idn-variant-tld) The session will focus on updates on the IDN Variant TLD Program, and more specifically on the Root Zone LGR Project, including developments around the MSR-1, program outreach efforts, and script community updates on the LGR work. * IDN Root Zone LGR Generation Panels Workshop Wednesday, 25 June 2014 - 13:00-15:00 BST (http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-lgr) The purpose of this workshop is to foster interactions among community members, gather feedback on experiences to establish Generation Panels, and engage with Integration Panel members. Several script community representatives will present, with opportunities for questions and answers. Speak up for your language! ICANN continues to seek panel volunteers for following scripts: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and other scripts. Ideal candidates will have a diverse range of interests, expertise in a variety of technical and language disciplines, and a commitment to expanding a multilingual Internet. Volunteers interested in getting involved should email ICANN at idntlds(a)icann.org<mailto:idntlds@icann.org>. For more information on forming or participating in LGR Panels, please read Generation Panel formation quick guide kit<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-quick-guide-20jun14-en.pdf> [PDF, 335 KB].

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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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