October 2009 - Ccnso-council

Updated draft ccNSO meeting agenda Seoul
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, An updated draft agenda of the ccNSO members meeting in Seoul is now posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-draft-meetings-agenda-26oct09-en… Please, also check ccnso.icann.org/calendar for further ccNSO meetings. Kind regards, Gabi

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Call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, At the meeting in Nairobi, one ccNSO Councillor from each region is stepping down: Africa- Paulos Nyirenda, .mw Asia/Australia/Pacific- Chris Disspain, .au Latin America/Caribbean- Oscar Robles-Garay, .mx Europe- Lesley Cowley, .uk North America- Oscar Moreno, .pr Below you will find all details of the procedure for nominations and for seconding nominations. Nominations can be made from the 11th September 00.00 UTC until 2 October 2009, 00.00 UTC. Nominations can only be made via ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org and will require verification. Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided. Please use these templates. You can also find all this information at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-11sep09.htm You can see who has been nominated at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations Kind regards, Gabi ---- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CCNSO COUNCIL Nomination of Candidates: Open: 11 September 2009 at 00:00 UTC Close: 2 October 2009 at 00:00 UTC 1. One candidate per "Geographic Region": Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America/Caribbean islands; Africa; and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council 2. Call for nominations The bylaws Section 4, Membership. paragraph 8 state: "Any ccNSO member may nominate an individual to serve as a ccNSO Council member representing the ccNSO member's Geographic Region. Nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member from the same Geographic Region. " Each member can nominate one candidate for election to the ccNSO council and each member can second one candidate. Candidates do not need to be resident in the region or a citizen of a country within the region in which they stand for election. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must have been a member of the ccNSO by 11 September 2009. Nominations or Seconds should be sent by e-mail to the Nominations Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org. PLEASE NOTE: If you send a Nomination or Second you will receive an email from ICANN asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org. For your Nomination or Second to be valid you MUST respond to the email requesting confirmation. Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations. Please use this template for nominations: Template for nomination: 1 Region for which nomination is being made: 2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 3a. Full name of the nominator: 3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator 3c. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for seconding a nomination: 1. Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Nominations Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations. The Nominations Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees. In the event that a region has more than 1 nominee, an election in that region will be called.

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Participation Working Group Recommendations to Council & Secretariat
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear Councillors, One of my action items from the last council call was to send out a note to you with comments to the recommendations of the Participation Working Group's final report, so that the Council is aware of which items still need to be dealt with. The recommendations to the ccNSO Council and ccNSO Secretariat are copied in below with my comments. The final report can be found at: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-participationwg-final-report-feb… 4.1 ccNSO Council We recommend that the Council should: * Introduce a ccTLD mentor programme - where interested ccTLD Managers would be mentored by volunteer experienced ccTLD Managers There was a trial to launch such a programme in cooperation with the ICANN Fellowship programme (where most of the new ICANN ccTLD participans "start") - however, it was not very successful and has not been continued during the last two meetings. I will ask for feedback from Janice from the Fellowship Programme what we could do to improve this. * Conduct any relevant ICANN surveys in collaboration with the RO's and consider coordinating any relevant global ccTLD surveys via the RO's. No surveys have been done in collaboration with the Regional Organisations. * Improve liaison collaboration between the ccNSO and the RO's All Regional Organisation representatives are invited to take part in all of the ccNSO meetings, Working Groups, Council meetings and workshops. The representatives also have a direct influence on the shaping of the ccNSO meeting agenda, by their presence in the Programme Working Group. * Continue to update ccNSO Members on the work of the RO's The Regional Organisations have a set slot on the meeting agenda for their updates and the representatives are subscribed to the email lists, where they have the possibility to post information. A joint leaflet was produced on the work of the ccNSO as well as the Regional Organisation, which is distributed at each ICANN meeting. The Regional Organisation meetings are also announced on the ccNSO website (ccnso.icann.org under "Upcoming Related Events"). 4.5 Secretariat We recommend that the Secretariat should: * Publish a list of ccNSO participants to the ccNSO website in advance of each meeting, to facilitate better networking. (As a sub-section of the Registered Attendees who have given permission for their names to be published) This has been done. See https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40X%20W0%20%20%0A for the Seoul meeting * Endeavour to upload relevant documents and communiqués in a timely Manner It is hard to measure this, as many factors influence when something is posted. The goal is to always post something as soon as possible. However, it might be worth noting that the first draft of the meeting agenda for Seoul was already posted on the 24 August, 2 months prior to the meeting itself, which is an improvement. * Create a ccTLD profile page for each ccTLD on the ccNSO website (for example to include a brief history, contact information and a link to the website of the ccTLD) The profile page is up: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm - we are continuously working on receiving more profiles. * Create a resource area for ccTLD managers on the ccNSO website (for example with links to registry management software etc.) A first step to fulfill this recommendation is the "Shared Resources Session" in Seoul, where registries and Regional Organisations are invited to speak on resources they are would be happy to share. Based on that session, a special dedicated page will be created where resources will be listed. The session is meant to draw attention to this project and will hopefully spur more registries to share material. Gabi

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ccTLD Fast Track IDN Final Implementation Plan published
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, ICANN's proposed Final Implementation Plan for ccTLD Fast Track IDNs has been published: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-30sep09-en.htm The plan is scheduled for ICANN Board consideration at the ICANN meeting in Seoul on the 30 October 2009. ICANN is also looking for community feedback to the plan. The launch is proposed to be 16 November 2009. Kind regards, Gabi

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