September 2009 - Ccnso-council

Dial-in to Council meeting Seoul
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

Dear all, Please, let me know if there is anyone who wishes to attend the Seoul Council meeting by phone. The meeting is scheduled to take place on 28 October 2009 at 16.00 local time, 07.00 am UTC. I also need to know if you will need an operator to dial you into the call. Please, can I have this information by Friday, 2nd October, latest. Many thanks! Gabi

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Call for volunteers to ICANN Board Update Committee
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

Dear Councillors, As discussed during the last Council call, it was suggested that a Committee should be set up, which will prepare and pose questions to the ICANN CEO and President during our Board Update sessions. Please, could those of you who would be interested in taking part in such a committee let me know by next Tuesday, 6th October, latest. Thanks, Gabi

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FW: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Dear Councillors, Ron Sherwood asked me to forward this to you for your information. It relates to the "ccTLDs as registrars" topic dealt with at the last council meeting. Gabi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gisella Gruber-White" <Gisella.Gruber-White(a)icann.org> To: <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:52 PM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] Doodle: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) > Dear All, > > At its meeting on 3 September 2009, the GNSO Council approved the charter > to convene a drafting team to: > (i) draft a registrant rights charter in cooperation with ALAC, and > (ii) discuss further amendments to the RAA and to identify those on which > further action may be desirable. > > For those of you who are interested in participating in these efforts, > please reply to this email and use the Doodle below to identify the times > that you are available in order to schedule the first call. > > Please also submit your Statement of Interest along with your response. > The Statement of Interest should include the following information: > 1. Current vocation, employer and position > 2. Type of work performed in 1 above > 3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership > interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested > parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, > contract, or other arrangement > 4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy > development outcomes. Are you representing other parties? > 5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other > group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as > a work team member. > > The purpose of this first call will be to determine the logistics on how > to proceed with these RAA related efforts, and to identify coordinators > from ALAC and the GNSO for this joint effort, as well as the chair for the > work of each of the subgroups. > > Please complete the attached Doodle link - this poll closes on Friday, 25 > September at 1700 UTC. The date and time of this call will then be > announced. > http://www.doodle.com/87ynpg26iidk7g8m > Time zone active > > For more information on the RAA effort, please refer to the materials > posted on the WIKI at > https://st.icann.org/raa-related/index.cgi?joint_alac_gnso_wg_and_at_large_… > > Thank you > Kind regards > Gisella > > On behalf of GNSO/ALAC Secretariats > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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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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FW: ICANN Signed Affirmation Agreement
by Denise Michel Sept. 30, 2009

Sept. 30, 2009

Forwarding email to ensure delivery to ASO, ccNSO, GNSO, ALAC, RSSAC, SSAC. Please share with your community members as appropriate. Thank you. Denise Michel VP Policy ICANN =============================== Dear ICANN Community Members: It is my pleasure to inform you that ICANN has signed a permanent "Affirmation Agreement" www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org> with the U.S. Department of Commerce that replaces the "Joint Partnership Agreement," which expired on 30 September 2009. This permanent agreement between ICANN and the U.S. Government, which was approved by ICANN's Board and signed by me, affirms our mutual commitment to ICANN's bottom-up, consensus-driven model and oversight by the global Internet community. Details of the of Affirmation Agreement can be found on ICANN's homepage, but I wanted to call your attention, in particular, to the important role ICANN's Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees have in ICANN's future. Under the Agreement, SO and AC representatives and ICANN's international stakeholders are recognized reviewers who can formally hold ICANN accountable. For example, from paragraph 9.2 of the Affirmation, with bold added for emphasis: The review will be performed by volunteer community members and the review team will be constituted and published for public comment, and will include the following (or their designated nominees): the Chair of the GAC, the CEO of ICANN, representatives of the relevant Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations, and independent experts. Composition of the review team will be agreed jointly by the Chair of the GAC (in consultation with GAC members) and the CEO of ICANN. This is another step in an amazing trajectory of the Internet's role in encouraging openness, innovation, commerce and freedom. I, along with ICANN's Board and Staff, look forward to working with you to implement the Agreement. We appreciate your support in bringing ICANN to this important new step in its history. Warmly, Rod Beckstrom President and CEO ICANN Addressing the Global Internet ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Announcement on Affirmation of Commitments
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 30, 2009

Sept. 30, 2009

Dear all, ICANN has published an announcement on the Affirmation of Commitments between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#announcem… Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN Policy Department Update September 2009
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Dear all, The monthly update from ICANN's Policy Department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-sep09-en.htm The ccNSO topics (see items 4-8) include issues on Wildcarding, the DNSSEC survey and expanding Working Groups. See also item 15, which gives an overview on the Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group. Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO meeting pre-registrations
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Dear all, This is just to remind you that you can find out who has pre-registered for the ccNSO meeting in Seoul at https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40X%20W0%20%20%0A Alternatively, go to http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/seoul/, click "Pre-registrations". Kind regards, Gabi

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FW: [council] Public Comment: Recommended GNSO Council Operating Procedures Available for Review And Comment
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Dear all, See below. ------ Forwarded Message From: "Han Chuan, Lee" <hanchuan(a)sgnic.sg> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:11 -0700 To: Kristina Nordstrom <kristina.nordstrom(a)icann.org>, Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Subject: Fw: [council] Public Comment: Recommended GNSO Council Operating Procedures Available for Review And Comment Hi, You may want to forward to the ccNSO council and/or members. Regards Han Chuan, Lee ccNSO Liaison to gNSO ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:43 AM Subject: [council] Public Comment: Recommended GNSO Council Operating Procedures Available for Review And Comment > > Dear All, > > Please note the following request for comments and please take time to > comment. > > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-25sep09-en.htm > Public Comment: Recommended GNSO Council Operating Procedures Available > for Review And Comment > > 25 September 2009 > > The newly-restructured GNSO Council is scheduled to be seated during the > upcoming ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Establishing updated > operating procedures consistent with the new ICANN Bylaws is a key step > toward seating the new Council. Today, a package of recommended Operating > Procedures for the new Council is being made available for public review > and comment through 16 October 2009. > > The recommendations are the product of the cross-constituency GNSO Council > Operations Work Team that was tasked with reviewing the existing GNSO > operating rules and procedures and recommending changes consistent with > the new GNSO Council's goal of becoming a strategic manager of the policy > process. > > Community members are invited to review the recommendations and comment on > all aspects of the recommended procedures. The recommended procedures > address a number of areas including the selection of officers, the conduct > of meetings and how Council votes are cast and counted. > > In authorizing the release of the recommendations for review and comment, > ICANN Staff was directed to note a specific area of discussion regarding > the treatment of instances where Council members may choose to abstain > from a particular vote (see - > http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20090924.mp3) Alternative > treatment of vote abstentions (the original work team recommendation and > potential substitute language) in the recommended procedures is noted in > Section 4.2 of the package. Commenters should note which treatment they > prefer. The Staff has also been asked by Council members to prepare an > analysis of how potential Council votes would be tabulated based on > different treatments of Councilor abstentions. That Staff analysis will be > provided as a submission to the comment forum. > > Document Links: > > The recommended operating procedures can be found here: > http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-operating-procedures-24sep09-en.pdf > http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-operating-procedures-24sep09-en.doc > > The Process From Here: > > At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, ICANN Staff will review > the comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various > submissions. > > Consistent with the Transition Implementation Plan approved by the GNSO > Council at its 24 September meeting, the updated operating procedures will > be the first substantial item on the new Council's agenda of 28 October in > Seoul. The new council members will discuss and vote on the updated > Council Operating Procedures. Approval of the Procedures will require a > majority of the voting members of each house for approval. Any amendment > that results from comments submitted, will need to be voted on prior to > the vote on the Procedures and will also require a majority of the voting > members of each house. > > Deadline and How to Submit Comments: > > The Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 25 September > through 16 October 2009, and invites community comments on this matter. > > The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: > http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-operating-procedures-2009 > > To submit comments: gnso-operating-procedures-2009(a)icann.org > > To view comments: > http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-operating-procedures-2009/ > > Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth > > Thank you. > Kind regards, > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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LACTLD Statement on ccTLD. HN situation
by Erick Iriarte Ahon - LACTLD Sept. 28, 2009

Sept. 28, 2009

LACTLD Statement on ccTLD. HN situation To the international community By this note, we would like to inform to the international community about the current situation in the ccTLD.HN, which is administrated by the RDS-HN , associated member of LACTLD , organization that inform us about this situation. The current Honduran government has informed to ccTLD .HN that must hand over the ccTLD operation due to Article 79B of the Reglament of the Telecommunications Act (of the year 2002). This rule says that "CONATEL controls the regulation and administration of the domains and IP directions within the national territory. CONATEL will be able to take the necessary measures so that the administration of domains and IP addresses can be executed through from other public or private institutions, for which agreements will be signed and the corresponding regulations will be issued." Last Friday, and based in the above-mentioned article, national authorities arrived at the ccTLD. hn office stating: "Until now, CONATEL has not signed any agreement with any public or private entity. Therefore it is necessary to order the institution, which has been managing and delegating domains. HN, to suspend the management immediately, given that it develops outside the provisions of Article 79B of the Reglament of the Framework Law for Telecommunications Sector". In the same way, they order ccTLD .HN "1. To immediately suspend all activities related to registration and delegation of new domain names under the domain .HN, and 2. To hand a list of domains .HN and records, that the institution have been conferred, to CONATEL." The Red de Desarrollo Sostenible - RDS (Sustainable Development Network) http://www.rds.org.hn maintains the operation of ccTLD. hn since April 1993, date when this organization received this delegation and, in July 2006, signed an Accountability Framework with ICANN (http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/hn/hn-icann-af-20jul06.pdf) which explicitly recognizes that relationship and work. Furthermore, RDS is also a leading civil society organization that facilitates connectivity to Honduras as well as provides various tools and services to the community of Honduras and Central America and, for this reason, RDS is being recognized as a pioneer in the region. The management and operation of the DNS follow internationally accepted and recognized processes, primarily based on RFC 1591 . Because of the stability importance of the Internet global system and ccTLD work, RDS is due to its local and international community on the Internet. In addition, we indicate that the action that tries to carry out CONATEL is against of the constitutional guarantees and the guarantees of the Pact of San José de Costa Rica. Therefore, it violates the relationship that has been conducted peacefully and technically efficient and is based on existing contractual agreements and relationships. LACTLD expresses its strong concern regarding the events that have unfolded in the request made by the Government of Honduras to take in a sudden and abrupt way the operation .HN due to the fact that it will be detrimental to the users of domain name system in Honduras which primarily require stability for the adequate access of Internet resources. LACTLD is committed with its partners and members, and primarily seeks to maintain the stability of the Domain Name System for the correct running of the Internet. We hope that the wisdom will prevail between two sides in order to solve this delicate situation. Sincerely, Council of LACTLD Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD Association http://www.lactld.org More Information: contacto(a)lactld.org, contacto(a)rds.org.hn More Information: http://solidaridadrdshn.blogspot.com/ [1] ccTLD: country code top level domain [2] RDS-Hn: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible de Honduras (http://www.rds.org.hn) [3] LACTLD: Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD Association (http://www.lactld.org) [4] CONATEL: Telecomunication National Comission ( http://www.conatel.gob.hn) [5] ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (http://www.icann.org) [6] RFC 1591: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt

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