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DOODLE / At-Large Community Briefing on the FY 12 Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency Framework
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 25, 2011

April 25, 2011

Dear All, Patrick Jones, ICANN's coordinator of the Security group, will talk about the FY12 Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency Framework in an At-Large community briefing call. ICANN developed a Plan for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability & Resiliency<http://icann.org/en/topics/ssr/ssr-draft-plan-fy11-13sep10-en.pdf> in the 2009-2010 operational year. The Board approved this report<https://www.icann.org/en/topics/ssr/ssr-plan-fy11-clean-23nov10-en.pdf> in Cartagena in December 2010. Patrick will review the FY12 Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency Framework which is intended as a baseline document for ICANN and its community for organizing its security, stability and resiliency efforts. Participants will be able to engage in a discussion of the FY12 Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency Plan framework. Please complete the attached Doodle poll to find a suitable time: http://doodle.com/vu3sue6v44edump3 Reminder: green = have time yellow = could make time if absolutely necessary red = do not have time If you require interpretation for this call, please note the language next to your name on the Doodle poll - example: "name" + (ES) or (FR).Interpretation will only be provided if there is sufficient demand. This Doodle poll will close on Friday 22 April 2011 at 1700 UTC - the date and time will be confirmed shortly thereafter. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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NOW OPEN: ALAC Vote on ALAC Statement on the Proposed Recommendation for a Global Outreach Program
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 23, 2011

April 23, 2011

Dear All, The Chair of the ALAC, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, has requested the Staff to start a five-day ALAC vote on the ALAC Statement on the Proposed Recommendation for a Global Outreach Program. Members of the ALAC received an email with their voting credentials a couple of minutes ago. The question to be put will be the following: ***** Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Proposed Recommendation for a Global Outreach Program for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain ***** You can review the ALAC Statement on the Proposed Recommendation for a Global Outreach Program: https://community.icann.org/x/jwa3 The Vote will remain open until Monday 11 April 2011, 23:59 UTC. After you have submitted your vote online, you should receive an email confirmation. Please inform staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> if you do not receive a confirmation so that we can check whether your vote has been recorded. Also, if you are experiencing technical problems and are unable to vote online, you can send us an email. As long as you send us your votes before the close of the vote, we can add them as paper ballot votes. There is a link entitled ³See who voted² at the bottom of the voting page, which allows you to see who has voted so far. All currently open ALAC votes are linked to a single menu page under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m6962 The results of closed ALAC votes may be reviewed under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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Newest Member of At-Large Support Staff - Matt Ashtiani
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

Dear All, Please see below an announcement from David Olive, ICANN Vice President for Policy Development, on the newest member of the At-Large staff: ** Dear All, I am very pleased to announce that Matt Ashtiani will be joining the Policy Team as the At-Large Coordination Officer. After a brief transition period, Matt will take on the full responsibilities of this position as part of the At-Large Secretariat providing support to the ALAC and At-Large community. Matt joined ICANN as the Constituency Travel Coordinator in June 2009. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a triple Bachelor of Arts in International Developmental Studies, Political Science, History and a minor in Middle Eastern/North African Studies. After his undergraduate career Matt moved to Dublin, Ireland where he completed his Masters of Philosophy in International Peace Studies with a specialty in International Relations from Trinity College Dublin. In addition to English, Matt speaks fluent Farsi and some Spanish. Matt is based at ICANN's headquarters in Marina del Rey, California. Matt can be reached directly at matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org Regards, David Olive ICANN Vice President for Policy Development ** At-Large staff wish to welcome Matt and very much look forward to working with him on supporting the At-Large community. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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ALAC Statement on the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Proposed Final Report - Call for comments
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ALAC Chairman, please find the draft ALAC Statement on the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Proposed Final Report drafted by Olivier : URL: https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+Post-Exp iration+Domain+Name+Recovery+Working+Group+Proposed+Final+Report+-+April+201 1 Short URL: https://community.icann.org/x/cYLT The public comment announcement for this issue is available at: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#pednr-proposed-final-report. This public comment closes on Friday, 22 April Please add your suggestions or revisions using the comments function on the wiki page above or send At-Large staff an e-mail at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 22 April. An ALAC vote will begin shortly thereafter. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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New draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is now available for public comment
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

Dear All, The new draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is now available for public comment. Guidebook and Public Comment Forum <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> (see: http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm) On 15 Apri; 2011, ICANN posted for public comment the Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. In keeping with the draft timeline <http://icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011. This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee: 1. Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr1 1-en.pdf> & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use) [PDF, 284 KB] 2. GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr 11-en.pdf> [PDF, 91 KB] 3. Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11 -en.pdf> [PDF, 331 KB] 4. Root Zone Scaling <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 286 KB] 5. Market and Economic Impacts <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/market-economic-impacts-15apr11-en.pdf > [PDF, 480 KB] 6. Registry-Registrar Separation <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registy-regsitrar-separation-15apr11-e n.pdf> [PDF, 400 KB] These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by taking into account the current thinking, discussions and public comments received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook. Also being posted today is the ICANN Reply <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15apr1 1-en.pdf> [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN Board's Notes on the GAC Scorecard). Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans to post a final version of the guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in Singapore <http://singapore41.icann.org/> . Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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VOTE RESULT: ALAC Vote on ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT)
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

Dear All, With 14 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted on the ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT), we can confirm that the result is quorate and the statement is adopted. ********* Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT) for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? Yes: 14 (100.00%) Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Carlton Samuels, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Marc Rotenberg, Sandra Hoferichter, Evan Leibovitch, James Seng, Sylvia Herlein Leite, Sergio Salinas Porto, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Mohammed El Bashir, Dewandranath Kissoondoyal, Gareth Shearman, Tijani Ben Jemaa No: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ********* You may verify the results independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1701vZLwtGVRG3R3Av9Ti4Xj We can confirm that the following members of the ALAC did not participate in the balloting: Edmon Chung You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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ALAC Statement on the "Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group Proposed Final Report"
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Dear Marika, This is to inform you that the ALAC vote on the Statement on the "Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group Proposed Final Report" resulted in the ALAC adopting the statement with a 12/0 votes and no abstentions. On 31 March 2011, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested the At-Large Staff to begin a five day ALAC vote on this statement. The vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 12-0 votes and no abstentions. You may review the result independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=16757hbBTXI7G5SjKHh4fSEJ The statement has already been sent to you on Friday 01 April 2011. You can also find this attached to the email. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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VOTE RESULT: Vote on ALAC Statement on the Proposed New GNSO Policy Development Process
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Dear All, With 14 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on the ALAC ALAC Statement on the Proposed New GNSO Policy Development Process , we can confirm that the result is quorate. ******************** Question: Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Proposed New GNSO Policy Development Process for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? Yes: 14 (100%) Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Carlton Samuels, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Marc Rotenberg, Sandra Hoferichter, Evan Leibovitch, Edmon Chung, James Seng, Sylvia Herlein Leite, Sergio Salinas Porto, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Dewandranath Kissoondoyal, Gareth Shearman, Tijani Ben Jemaa No: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ******************** You may verify the results independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1687rchuGvzerw2qTxMPunxL We can confirm that the following ALAC members did not participate in the balloting: Mohammed El Bashir You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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VOTE RESULT: Vote on ALAC Statement on the Inter-Register Transfer Policy Part B WG Proposed Final Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Dear All, With 12 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on the ALAC Statement on the Inter-Register Transfer Policy Part B WG Proposed Final Report , we can confirm that the result is quorate. ******************** Question: Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Inter-Register Transfer Policy Part B WG Proposed Final Report for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? Yes: 12 (100%) Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Carlton Samuels, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Marc Rotenberg, Sandra Hoferichter, Evan Leibovitch, Sylvia Herlein Leite, Sergio Salinas Porto, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Dewandranath Kissoondoyal, Gareth Shearman, Tijani Ben Jemaa No: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ******************** You may verify the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=16757hbBTXI7G5SjKHh4fSEJ We can confirm that the following ALAC members did not participate in the balloting: James Seng Edmon Chung Mohammed El Bashir You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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NOW OPEN: ALAC Vote on ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT)
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

Dear All, The Chair of the ALAC, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, has requested the Staff to start a five-day ALAC vote on the ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT). Members of the ALAC received an email with their voting credentials a couple of minutes ago. The question to be put will be the following: ***** Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT) for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain ***** You can review the ALAC Statement on the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT) at: https://community.icann.org/display/alacdocs/ALAC+Statement+on+the+Stabilit… The Vote will remain open until Wednesday 13 April 2011, 23:59 UTC. After you have submitted your vote online, you should receive an email confirmation. Please inform staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> if you do not receive a confirmation so that we can check whether your vote has been recorded. Also, if you are experiencing technical problems and are unable to vote online, you can send us an email. As long as you send us your votes before the close of the vote, we can add them as paper ballot votes. There is a link entitled ³See who voted² at the bottom of the voting page, which allows you to see who has voted so far. All currently open ALAC votes are linked to a single menu page under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m6962 The results of closed ALAC votes may be reviewed under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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