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ALAC representative in ICG, interview.
by Subrenat, Jean-Jacques March 2, 2015

March 2, 2015

Hello, in the margins of the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles, ICANN Staff interviewed some members of the ICG. These interviews are now online. ICANN Staff had suggested I speak in French. My interview can be seen - in French, WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES, here: http://youtu.be/X_hAZ8kRPwU - and in French without sub-titles, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1UoHAMLNA Best regards, Jean-Jacques.

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Reconstitution of the ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach
by Alan Greenberg March 2, 2015

March 2, 2015

At the ALAC Wrap-up meeting during ICANN52 in Singapore, the ALAC discussed the Outreach subcommittee in relation to our current desire to place more focus on Engagement. Although the word "outreach" can easily apply to working with those groups with whom we already have a working relationship with, in the ICANN context, it generally means just "recruitment". There is a general feeling among ALAC Members and regional leaders that we need to put less focus on recruiting and more on ensuring that we have active and productive relationships woith our existing communities (including ALSes). Accordingly, the intent is to rename the current Outreach subcommittee to the ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach and Engagement and reconstitute its membership. There will be two members per region named annually by each region. The Chair/Co-Chair/Vice-Chair structure will be decided by the new Subcommittee once it is formed. Like most ALAC groups, this is an open group and anyone else (including Outreach current members) may join. In light of the revised name and mandate, among the first taks for the group is to write a new mission statement (the current one can be found in the description of the Subcommittee - https://community.icann.org/x/cqfbAQ. This Mission Statement will need to be ratified by the ALAC. If anyone has any further input on this, please comment now. In the absence of substantive disagreement, I will initiate a Consensus Call to effect the change within a few days. Alan

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Public Comment on Rights Protection Mechanisms
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

ICANN staff has worked to compile and analyze quantitative and qualitative data on the usage of all rights protection mechanisms, including the Trademark Clearinghouse, Uniform Rapid Suspension system, and Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures. The data includes statistics reported by third-party service providers as well as feedback from users on the effectiveness of these processes to meet rights protection objectives. This paper, as updated to incorporate feedback received during the public comment period, is intended to be available to inform the Issue Report requested by the GNSO as well as the independent review of Trademark Clearinghouse recommended by the GAC. In addition, this paper will serve as input to the Review Team on Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice to be convened under Section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments, charged with assessing the effectiveness of the safeguards developed for the New gTLD Program. See https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rpm-review-2015-02-02-en for further details. The deadline for submitted a ratified comment is 3 April 2015. If anyone feels it is important for the ALAC to comment at this stage (implying you or someone in your region) is prepared to carefully read the document and the other (many) resources and propose something relevant to users), please identify yourself to Ariel. I do not think that at this stage, this is a high priority issue for the ALAC and am prepared to say we make no comment unless someone presents a compelling reason why AND is prepared to do the work. Alan

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Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] Announcement of replacement of ALAC CWG Member
by Vanda Scartezini Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

On 2/26/15, 18:51, "Vanda Scartezini" <vanda(a)etges.com.br> wrote: >Great group. We are well represented! > Hope everyone had a chance to hear the hearing at USA Senate with Larry, >Fadi and Ambassador representing Internet Coalition. Was quite >interesting. No news but clear statements which I believe was needed. >Best to all >Vanda Scartezini >Polo Consultores Associados >Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 >01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil >Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 >Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 >Sorry for any typos. > > > > > > >On 2/26/15, 18:33, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: > >>One of the five Members of the CWG on the IANA >>Stewardship Transition, Fouad Bajwa, has resigned for health reasons. >> >>APRALO Leadership was consulted and recommended >>Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the replacement, and that >>appointment has been ratified by a Consensus Call of the ALAC. >> >>The five members representing the ALAC on the CWG are now: >> >>Seun Ojedeji (AFRALO) >>Cheryl Langdon-Orr (APRALO) >>Olivier Crépin-Leblond (EURALO) >>Fatima Cambronero (LACRALO) >>Eduardo Diaz (NARALO) >> >>Alan >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>ALAC-Announce mailing list >>ALAC-Announce(a)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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Announcement of replacement of ALAC CWG Member
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

One of the five Members of the CWG on the IANA Stewardship Transition, Fouad Bajwa, has resigned for health reasons. APRALO Leadership was consulted and recommended Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the replacement, and that appointment has been ratified by a Consensus Call of the ALAC. The five members representing the ALAC on the CWG are now: Seun Ojedeji (AFRALO) Cheryl Langdon-Orr (APRALO) Olivier Crépin-Leblond (EURALO) Fatima Cambronero (LACRALO) Eduardo Diaz (NARALO) Alan

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CONSENSUS CALL: Appointment of IANA Transition CWG Member
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

The Formally appointed Members of the IANA Stewardship Transition CWG were: * AFRALO: Seun Ojedeji * APRALO: Fouad Bajwa * EURALO: Olivier Crépin-Leblond * LACRALO: Fatima Cambronero * NARALO: Eduardo Diaz The people were selected by their respective RALOs and ratified by the ALAC. Fouad has resigned due to his inability to fully fulfill the functions of the role due to ill health. I requested that APRALO Leadership identify a replacement who was fully up-to-speed and could immediately assume the formal responsibilities of a Member. They have named Cheryl Langdon-Orr. Cheryl is already a Participant in the CWG and has been a team leader of one of the major parts of the CWG activities, so there is no one who I could say is more qualified to assume the role. Cheryl is also a Member of the ICANN Accountability CCWG (and a team leader there as well!), and we had originally been reluctant to name the same person to both activities to ensure that they would not be overloaded. However this new title within the CWG will not increase her time-commitment and I feel there is no reason not to proceed with the formal appointment. With this message, I am opening a formal Consensus Call on the ratification of Cheryl's appointment as a Member of the IANA Stewardship Transition CWG. Unless there is significant opposition raised prior to Wednesday, 25 February 2015 at 23:59 UTC, I will inform the CWG leadership that Cheryl is the 5th ALAC Member of the CWG replacing Fouad Bajwa. Alan

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Fwd: Following up the ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights meeting at ICANN52
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Feb. 24, 2015

Feb. 24, 2015

Dear colleagues, following-up on the Human Rights issues, please find the attached summary of the session that took place in Singapore. Kind regards, Olivier -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Following up the ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights meeting at ICANN52 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:49:30 +0000 From: Niels ten Oever <niels(a)article19.org> To: Human Rights <cc-humanrights(a)icann.org> Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you very much for attending the session on ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights at ICANN52 in Singapore. Please find underneath the summary of session, as prepared by Marilia Maciel. For your convenience I also attached the report produced by Article19. We're looking forward to continue the conversation with you on this topic at the e-mail list. We subscribed the people that indicated so, you can subscribe yourself here: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights If by any chance we subscribed and you did not want this, you can unsubscribe using the same link. We're looking forward to continue the discussion on the list. Best, Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 Human Rights in ICANN: continuing the conversation ICANN’s corporate responsibility to respect human rights Summary of the main points raised during the session held at ICANN 52 Wed, February 11th 1. There is a need for ICANN to respect human rights in its policies and procedures. It was recalled that Article 4 of ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation state that ICANN shall operate for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and local law. These include legal instruments on human rights. 2. Internationally recognized standards for corporate responsibility, such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, also apply to ICANN. This point is further explored in a paper presented as a background material to this session available at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Continuing+the+conv… 3. Actors operating in ICANN have different responsibilities with regards to human rights. States in the GAC are bound by treaties and international obligations to protect human rights, while ICANN as an organization needs to respect human rights in its policies and procedures. 4. The mandate of ICANN is very specific and the discussion on human rights needs to observe the limits of ICANN’s remit. The impact of ICANN’s policies on first generation human rights, such as the right to privacy and right to freedom of expression is particularly important and needs to be assessed. 5. ICANN contracted parties have identified difficulties operate with different national laws. There is need for guidance to reconcile the need to respect local laws and their obligation to contractual compliance with ICANN. The obligations faced by Registrars regarding the collection of information and the need to harmonize it with data privacy standards was mentioned as an example. 6. There is need to discuss mechanisms to make sure that policies are developed in a manner that is consistent with human rights obligations. 7. A shared concern with this topic can be identified in ICANN communities. Support to start a cross-community effort was expressed during the session in the form of a working party or of a working group. Some possible goals of this cross-community discussion could be: To continue the process of raising awareness about the interplay between ICANN’s policies and human rights; To map and collect information on the concrete cases identified by the community in which further guidance on how to harmonize policies and procedures with human rights would be necessary; To develop guidelines for the procedures that in place or that should be created in the policy development process to ensure the respect for human rights; To propose mechanisms that could help to identify potential human rights implications during the process of policy development. 8. Regarding the next steps, some action items have been suggested: To create a cross-community working group or a cross-community working party, after assessing which of these structures would be the best option; To further the contact with SO and AC chairs in order to jointly assess the way forward and the best way to foster cross-community engagement; Terms of reference for this cross-community work will be developed; Discussion about this topic should continue in ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires. 9. For further information: The audio recording of this session is available at: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/singapore2015/human-rights-11feb15-en.mp3 The transcripts of the session are available at: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-human-rights/transcript-human-… Mailing list: cc-humanrights(a)icann.org Article 19. ICANN’s corporate responsibility to protect Human Rights. February, 2015. https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Continuing+the+conv…

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Fwd: CONSENSUS CALL: Appointment of IANA Transition CWG Member
by Beran Gillen - Yahoo Feb. 23, 2015

Feb. 23, 2015

"There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change..." Machiavelli Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Beran Gillen - Yahoo <berangillen(a)yahoo.com> > Date: 23 February 2015 08:30:47 GMT > To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> > Cc: ALAC <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: Re: [ALAC] CONSENSUS CALL: Appointment of IANA Transition CWG Member > > Dear Alan > > I could not think of a better person who is more in tune with the process as a whole. It's a go for me > > Beran > > "There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change..." Machiavelli > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 22 Feb 2015, at 23:18, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: >> >> The Formally appointed Members of the IANA Stewardship Transition CWG were: >> >> * AFRALO: Seun Ojedeji >> * APRALO: Fouad Bajwa >> * EURALO: Olivier Crépin-Leblond >> * LACRALO: Fatima Cambronero >> * NARALO: Eduardo Diaz >> >> The people were selected by their respective RALOs and ratified by the ALAC. >> >> Fouad has resigned due to his inability to fully fulfill the functions of the role due to ill health. >> >> I requested that APRALO Leadership identify a replacement who was fully up-to-speed and could immediately assume the formal responsibilities of a Member. They have named Cheryl Langdon-Orr. >> >> Cheryl is already a Participant in the CWG and has been a team leader of one of the major parts of the CWG activities, so there is no one who I could say is more qualified to assume the role. Cheryl is also a Member of the ICANN Accountability CCWG (and a team leader there as well!), and we had originally been reluctant to name the same person to both activities to ensure that they would not be overloaded. However this new title within the CWG will not increase her time-commitment and I feel there is no reason not to proceed with the formal appointment. >> >> With this message, I am opening a formal Consensus Call on the ratification of Cheryl's appointment as a Member of the IANA Stewardship Transition CWG. Unless there is significant opposition raised prior to Wednesday, 25 February 2015 at 23:59 UTC, I will inform the CWG leadership that Cheryl is the 5th ALAC Member of the CWG replacing Fouad Bajwa. >> >> Alan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac >> >> At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >> ALAC Working Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL…

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Fwd: [ccnso-council] ICANN 52 Board Statement on ICANN Sending IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Proposals to NTIA
by Maureen Hilyard Feb. 13, 2015

Feb. 13, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:37 PM Subject: [ccnso-council] ICANN 52 Board Statement on ICANN Sending IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Proposals to NTIA Dear all, The ICANN Board has made a statement on Sending IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Proposals to NTIA: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-02-12-en Kind regards, Gabi

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Fwd: [ccnso-council] CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Statement - Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting
by Maureen Hilyard Feb. 13, 2015

Feb. 13, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:34 PM Subject: [ccnso-council] CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Statement - Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting Dear all, Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson, the two co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions have published a CWG-Stewardship Chairs¹ Statement, summarising the ICANN 52 Meeting: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2015-02-12-en Kind regards, Gabi

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