April 2010 - Ccnso-council - lists.icann.org

Invitation to IANA Business Excellence Webinar for ccNSO
by Gabriella Schittek May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010

Dear all, IANA is inviting you to participate in a webinar about their "IANA Business Excellence". See below for more information. Gabi To: ccTLD Community Subject: Invitation to IANA Business Excellence Webinar Hi, We would like to invite you to a webinar providing an informational update on the IANA Business Excellence work. In this webinar we will explain what has happened since the workshop we gave at the Seoul ICANN meeting in October 2009, what we are doing now and what we plan to achieve. This webinar is probably of most interest to people who regularly interact with ICANN's IANA Department but it is open to everyone and may also be of interest to people who regularly use IANA registries. Participants will be able to ask questions which can be answered during the webinar. The webinar is scheduled for: Date: 12 May 2010 Time: 18:00-19:00 GMT/UTC That time is 2pm in Washington DC, 7pm in Dublin, 9pm in Nairobi, 11.30pm in Delhi, 3am (13 May) in Tokyo and 4am (13 May) in Brisbane. Because we live on a globe and any time will be grossly inconvenient to some people, a recording of the webinar will be made available on the web site after the event. In order to participate in the webinar you will need to register, which can be done at the URL: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/e42556263/event/registration.html Additional information about the webinar can be found on our webinars page at: http://www.icann.org/en/learning/webinars.htm This is also where the archive will be made available, once the webinar is completed. Kind regards, Leo Vegoda

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Webinar Surveys Whois Requirements, Past and Future
by Gabriella Schittek April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

Dear all, Another reminder - a webinar on WHOIS Requirements will be held and you are invited to participate. It has already been held once, but it is now offered in a different time zone. / Gabi FYI http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-09apr10-en.htm Webinar Surveys Whois Requirements, Past and Future *Tuesday, 20 April 2010. 17:00 UTC (10:00 Marina del Rey, 13:00 Washington D.C, 19:00 Brussels) *Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 06:00 UTC (09:00 Riyadh, 11:00 Islamabad, 15:00 Seoul, 16:00 Sydney) Prepared content will be identical at both sessions. (Live audience questions may vary.) The webinar is offered in English. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org>

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REMINDER: Initial WHOIS Service Requirements Report for Council review and discussion
by Gabriella Schittek April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

Dear all, I was asked to forward this reminder to comment on the WHOIS Service Requirements Report to you. / Gabi REMINDER: Please comment on the Initial WHOIS Service Requirements Report before 17 May 2010. http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-initial-repor… All, On 7 May, 2009, the GNSO Council requested that policy staff, with the assistance of technical staff and GNSO Council members as required, collect and organize a comprehensive set of requirements for the WHOIS service policy tools. The GNSO Council asked that these requirements reflect not only the known deficiencies in the current WHOIS service but also should include any possible requirements that may be needed to support various policy initiatives that have been suggested in the past. Attached is staff's Initial WHOIS Service Requirements Report in response to this request. Steve Sheng is the primary author of this report. As part of the work, the GNSO Council also requested that we consult with the ALAC, ccNSO, GAC and SSAC on this initial report, and an updated synthesis will be prepared following those consultations. Specifically, through the staff liaisons, we will be sending this report to each of the SO and AC Chairs and we are seeking specific input as follows: 1) Have we adequately identified the origins of each requirement and provided sufficient background? 2) Did we miss any important requirements of or improvements to WHOIS that have been discussed to-date? 3) Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the clarity of the document? 4) any other comments are welcome. We are asking for comments by close of business on Monday, May 17. Our plan is to incorporate the feedback into the draft report and publish the final report before the Brussels meeting. We consider this report to be a working document that will be updated and refined upon community review. Questions and input should be directed to Steve Sheng of the policy staff. Both Steve and I gave "preview" presentations of this report during the Nairobi meetings and we can provide a brief overview at the upcoming Council meeting. Steve will be conducting two webinars during April and May to brief the community on the report and to respond to questions. More information on those events is forthcoming. We thank you in advance for your valuable feedback. Liz Gasster and Steve Sheng

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Vote on update Incident response planning working group charter
by Bart Boswinkel April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

Dear all, Per yesterdays call, please find included a redline version of the updated charter of the Incident Response Planning working group for adoption. The charter now includes the following paragraph: In defining sustainable mechanisms as described in 1-4, the working group will include aspects of and relations with ICANN's DNS-CERT initiative it considers to be relevant and appropriate, if any. To identify the relevancy and appropriateness of these aspects and relations the working group will seek input and feed-back from the ccTLD community and coordinate the input and feed-back from the ccTLD community on the DNS-CERT initiative." Secondly, the list of names initially is now removed and replaced by a reference to the chair, and co-chair and WG page. Please let me know if there are any objections by 21 April. Background: At the Nairobi council meeting, the council requested the chair of the IRP WG to propose an update of the charter to include relevant aspects and relations with ICANNs DNS-CERT initiative. Kind regards, Bart

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Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on Recommended New GNSO Work Prioritization Process
by Gabriella Schittek April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Dear all, The GNSO asked us to forward this email to the ccTLD community and invite you to comment on their New GNSO Work Prioritisation Process. See below for more details. Gabi ---- Please take the time to comment! http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23apr10-en.htm Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on Recommended New GNSO Work Prioritization Process 23 April 2010 At its 21 April 2010 meeting, the GNSO Council approved the use of a set of recommended new operating procedures designed to enable GNSO Councilors to begin categorizing and prioritizing their major work projects so that the Council can fulfill its new role as a strategic manager and coordinator of policy development activities within the GNSO. The ICANN community is invited to provide comments on those recommended new procedures. Background/Explanation: One of the fundamental tenets of the GNSO Improvements efforts has been to move the GNSO Council away from being a legislative body concerned primarily with voting towards becoming a more focused strategic entity with strengthened management and oversight of the policy development process. As part of that effort a newly restructured GNSO Council was seated at the Seoul ICANN meeting in October 2009. One of the new Counci's first items of business was to organize a Drafting Team (the GNSO Work Process Model Drafting Team - "WPM-DT") to develop a methodology for prioritizing the GNSO's project work. The ICANN Secretariat and Policy Staff had conducted an analysis for the Council of the actual levels of participation and attendance for GNSO Working Groups and Work Teams from the beginning of 2008 and continuing through approximately early September 2009. Staff's final report, delivered to the Council in Seoul, found " evidence of sporadic attendance and, in some cases, very low participation by some Constituencies and inconsistent participation by others." The Staff encouraged additional community dialogue concerning the following questions: * How might the GNSO's work be prioritized? * Is there too much GNSO work and, if so, what might be done to assess the total capacity? * Are Constituencies providing enough recruits to the groups being formed? * What levels of group participation should be targeted for each Constituency? The WPM-DT focused its efforts on that first question regarding Council priorities. On 9 April 2010, the WPM-DT delivered a recommended model methodology and set of procedures to help the Council prioritize its work. The WPM-DT's intent was to ensure that the recommended process: * is user-friendly, unambiguous, and straightforward to execute; * produces realistic outputs that will help the Council to make effective management decisions; and * is structured as an on-going task that accommodates change including the introduction of new projects as they are proposed in the future. At its 21 April meeting the Council accepted the deliverable of the WPM-DT and approved the use of a new Operating Procedures Chapter 6 and ANNEX http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/wpmg-section-6-and-annex-09apr10-en.pdf [PDF, 137 KB] for conducting its first Work Prioritization effort. In addition to directing the opening of this public Comment Forum, the Council established a timetable for conducting its initial effort at a group working session when councilors travel to Brussels, Belgium for the June 2010 ICANN meeting. The full GNSO Council Resolution containing the timeline of the initial effort is linked below. Community members are invited to review and comment on these new procedures. Document Links: * Proposed Chapter 6 and ANNEX to GNSO Operating Procedures [PDF, 137 KB] * Transmittal Letter to GNSO Council from the WPM-DT Chair [PDF, 13 KB] * WPM-DT Presentation to GNSO Council (21 April 2010) [PDF, 559 KB] * GNSO Council Resolution Inviting Public Comment (21 April 2010) * WPM-DT Presentation: GNSO Council Status Update (Nairobi) [PDF, 1.90 MB] * Presentation by D. Michel: GNSO Participation Study (Seoul) [PDF, 524 KB] 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 for GNSO Council review. The Council conditioned approval of the new procedures and said it reserves the right to modify the procedures described in Chapter 6 and the ANNEX after the conclusion of both the public comment period and the first Work Prioritization effort. Deadline and How to Submit Comments: At the direction of the GNSO Council, the Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 26 April through 16 May 2010 and invites community comments on this document. The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201005-en.htm#wp To submit comments: work-prioritization(a)icann.org To view comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/work-prioritization/ Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Minutes available
by Kristina Nordstrom April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Dear Councillors, The Minutes from the last Council Call on 13 April can now be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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FW: Upcoming Affirmation reviews - draft call for candidatures
by Chris Disspain April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

All, Any input or comments on the attached? Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA au Domain Administration Ltd <mailto:ceo@auda.org.au> ceo(a)auda.org.au <http://www.auda.org.au/> www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Marco Lorenzoni [mailto:marco.lorenzoni@icann.org] Sent: Monday, 26 April 2010 22:38 To: cgomes(a)verisign.com; langdonorr(a)gmail.com; ceo(a)auda.org.au; secretariat(a)aso.icann.org; janis.karklins(a)icann.org; steve(a)shinkuro.com; jun(a)wide.ad.jp Cc: Ray Plzak; Rod Beckstrom; bmanning(a)karoshi.com; mlarson(a)verisign.com; woolf(a)isc.org; Donna Austin; Alice Jansen Subject: Upcoming Affirmation reviews - draft call for candidatures Importance: High Dear SO/AC Chairs, Following up on the recent discussion on the recruitment process for members of the 'Security Stability and resilience' and 'Whois' Review Teams, please find in attachment a draft text of the suggested call for volunteers. The text has been prepared based on the experiences made during the previous process of selection, trying to respect the key points emerging from your recent discussion. The idea is to have a central repository for all applications, and to forward applications to the relevant SO/ACs for endorsement. Only those applicants that will be endorsed by SO/ACs will be considered by Selectors for membership. Please share your comments / proposals for modifications as to get to an agreed text by mid-May. Thanks and best regards Marco Lorenzoni --------------------- ICANN Director, Organizational Review <mailto:marco.lorenzoni@icann.org> marco.lorenzoni(a)icann.org Phone: +32.2.234 78 69 Mobile: +32.475.72 47 47 Fax: +32 2 234 7848 Skype: marco_lorenzoni --------------------- 6, Rond Point Schuman B-1040 Brussels, Belgium __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5060 (20100426) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5063 (20100426) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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FW: ccNSO Application for Membership (.lu)
by Chris Disspain April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

All, See below. This will be taken as approved if there are no objections by Noon UTC on Saturday 1 May. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA au Domain Administration Ltd <mailto:ceo@auda.org.au> ceo(a)auda.org.au <http://www.auda.org.au/> www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Gabriella Schittek [mailto:gabriella.schittek@icann.org] Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 02:59 To: Chris Disspain Subject: FW: ccNSO Application for Membership (.lu) ------ Forwarded Message From: Kim Davies <kim.davies(a)icann.org> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:36:08 -0700 To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.lu) There are no outstanding IANA requests for .LU kim On 26/04/2010, at 6:11 AM, Gabriella Schittek wrote: Hi, Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .lu? Thanks, Gabi ------ Forwarded Message From: <applications(a)icann.org <x-msg://128/applications@icann.org> > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:04:16 -0700 To: <ccnso-applications(a)icann.org <x-msg://128/ccnso-applications@icann.org> > Subject: ccNSO Application for Membership (.lu) Application for Membership Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Confirmation E-mail: gilles.massen(a)restena.lu <x-msg://128/gilles.massen@restena.lu> cctld: .lu To: ccNSO Membership c/o ICANN Secretary Date: 26/4/2010 Regarding: ccNSO Membership ------------ With this letter, I, Antoine Barthel declare that RESTENA Foundation is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the .lu and wishes to apply for membership of the ccNSO and that I am duly authorized to make and sign this application for membership on behalf of RESTENA Foundation. RESTENA Foundation hereby recognizes the role of the ccNSO within the ICANN structure, and agrees, for the duration of its membership in the ccNSO to: (a) adhere to the rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules; and (b) adhere to ICANN Bylaws as they apply to ccTLDs (Article IX and Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws. RESTENA Foundation understands that: (i) membership in the ccNSO is independent of any individual relationship a ccTLD manager has with ICANN or the ccTLD manager's receipt of IANA services. (Article IX Section (4)(3)); and (ii) currently there are no fees payable for ccNSO membership. However, under the ICANN bylaws (Article IX Section (7) (3)), the ccNSO could in the future, subject to members approval, establish membership fees. Signed by Antoine Barthel for and on behalf of RESTENA Foundation: Name of ccTLD Manager: RESTENA Foundation Name of Representative: Antoine Barthel Name of Primary Contact: Gilles Massen Primary Contact Address: RESTENA Foundation 6, rue Coudenhove-Kalergi 1359 Luxembourg Luxembourg Primary Contact Telephone Number: +352.4244091 Primary Contact E-Mail: gilles.massen(a)restena.lu <x-msg://128/gilles.massen@restena.lu> *DEFINITION: 1) A ccTLD Manager is the person or organisation referred to in the IANA database entry for a ccTLD under the current heading "Sponsoring Organisation". 2) Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an individual person then that person is the Representative. Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an organisation then the Representative is the individual person who is completing the application form for the organisation and is authorised to do so by the organisation. 3) The Primary Contact is the main contact for the member and should be either the Administrative Contact or Technical Contact listed in the IANA database for the ccTLD. ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5060 (20100426) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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Four IDN ccTLD delegations approved
by Gabriella Schittek April 22, 2010

April 22, 2010

Dear all, Again, there are no official minutes yet to refer to, but according to Kim Davies's twitter post http://twitter.com/kjd following ccTLDs have been approved by the ICANN Board to be delegated: <"R.F." domain, representing Russian Federation in Cyrillic <"Misr" domain, representing Egypt in Arabic <"al-Saudiah" domain, representing Saudi Arabia in Arabic <"Emarat" domain, representing the United Arab Emirates in Arabic Gabi

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ICANN December meeting to be held in Cartagena, Colombia
by Gabriella Schittek April 22, 2010

April 22, 2010

Dear all, The ICANN Board just approved to hold ICANN's December meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. There are no minutes published from the meeting yet, so I can only refer to this somewhat more unofficial source: http://twitter.com/rodbeckstrom Gabi

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