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

Brussels meeting information on ccNSO Youtube channel
by Gabriella Schittek May 31, 2010

May 31, 2010

Dear all, Kristina & I have produced a short clip on our ccNSO Youtube channel with some information on how you can prepare for the upcoming Brussels meeting. There is also information on how you can participate remotely: http://www.youtube.com/ccnso (click "see all" to view all contributions to this channel). Kind regards, Gabi

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Geographic Regions Review Working Group draft interim report published + survey launched
by Gabriella Schittek May 31, 2010

May 31, 2010

Dear all, The Working Group on ICANN's Geographic Regions Review have published a new draft interim report, which is now open for public comments. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28may10-en.htm The working group is reviewing how ICANN currently is defining their Geographic Regions. It has also launched a brief survey in order to gather information on the impact of the current geographic regions on the community: https://www.bigpulse.com/31047/register Everyone is invited to participate! Kind regards, Gabi

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Approval of timeline for nominations to vacant Council seat North American region
by Gabriella Schittek May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010

Dear Councillors, Keith Drazek is leaving his position at NeuStar by the end of May, which also means that his seat on the Council will become vacant. In order to fill it, nominations (and possibly elections) need to be held for the North American Region. Before they can be launched, the Council needs to appoint a Nomination Manager and agree on the proposed timeline for Nominations an possible Elections: --- Proposed timeline: By 1 June: Council appoints Gabriella Schittek as Nomination Manager By 1 June: Council approves Nomination period timeline Nomination period: Nomination period opens: 2 June 2010 Nomination period closes: 9 June 2010 If necessary: Election period opens: 11 June 2010 Election period closes: 18 June 2010 Nomination/Election report is to be submitted by the Nomination Manager 3 days after the Nomination/Election period is closing. --- Unless anyone protests by the 1st June, I will consider myself being appointed as the Nomination Manager. Unless anyone protests by the 1st June, I will also consider the proposed timeline as being approved. Kind regards, Gabi

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Consultation on future of ICANN Meetings
by Gabriella Schittek May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

Dear all, ICANN is keen to learn to know what your view is on how future ICANN meetings should be held. A survey is up at https://www.bigpulse.com/33025/register See also http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21may10-en.htm for more information. Kind regards, Gabi *Meetings for the Next Decade* ICANN's meetings, their structure, content, and everything else about them have always been very important - and everything about them has been a subject of debate since the very first one was convened. In fact, there are as many opinions about aspects of the meetings as there are members of the community - but everyone agrees on one thing: they're an essential part of the ICANN process. Over the course of time, various consultations have been held about how meetings should evolve and change with the times. Most of these have started with a proposal, with the community asked to comment on that proposal. This time around we're reversing the process, starting with collecting the community's views and then building proposals based on those views - we think this truly bottom-up-based process is the right way to proceed. The Board's Public Participation Committee, in concert with the ICANN staff, has designed a three-stage consultation process to run from May 21st through approximately October 2010. Each of the three stages of the consultation will be available in the six UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian. As ICANN enters its second decade, the time is right to look at the meetings ICANN holds each year from a holistic and truly bottom-up perspective, to ensure that our meetings optimally serve you, the community, in the most cost-effective and stakeholder-focussed ways possible. *Interested in Learning More?* ICANN is establishing a special microsite on www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org> for this consultation. You can find it at www.icann.org/meetings2010 <http://www.icann.org/meetings2010>. This URL will begin working later today, 21st May. A solicitation for participating in the survey will go out to community email lists too, as well as individuals who registered for the last several ICANN meetings, to ensure we get as many responses from the community as we possibly can. -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Senior Director for Participation and Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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ICANN Policy Webinar
by Gabriella Schittek May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

Dear all, There will be another ICANN Policy Webinar held on the 9th June 2010. If you wish to attend - please, see details below. Gabi PRE-BRUSSELS ICANN POLICY UPDATE BRIEFING MEETING DETAILS AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming Brussels meeting remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on Wednesday at 9 June at 13.00 and 19.00 UTC, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: - GNSO Vertical Integration Policy Development Process - GNSO Improvements - GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Policy Development Process - GNSO WHOIS Studies - ccNSO IDN PDP - ccNSO Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group - ASO Global policy for handling IPv4 address space The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the Q&A function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the slides and MP3 will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, 13.00 UTC or 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.

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FW: ccNSO Application for Membership (.so)
by Chris Disspain May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

All, See application from Somalia and IANA comments below. This will be deemed approved if there are no objections by Noon UTC on Thursday 27 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: Friday, 21 May 2010 01:33 To: Chris Disspain Subject: FW: ccNSO Application for Membership (.so) ------ Forwarded Message From: Kim Davies <kim.davies(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 07:19:53 -0700 To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.so) Hi Gabi, There are no outstanding IANA requests for .SO kim On 19/05/2010, at 11:32 PM, Gabriella Schittek wrote: Kim, Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .so? Thanks, Gabi > -----Original Message----- > From: applications(a)icann.org <x-msg://567/applications@icann.org> [mailto:applications@icann.org] > Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:33 > To: ccnso-applications(a)icann.org <x-msg://567/ccnso-applications@icann.org> > Subject: ccNSO Application for Membership (.so) > > Application for Membership > Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) > > Confirmation E-mail: minpostel_somalia(a)hotmail.com <x-msg://567/minpostel_somalia@hotmail.com> > cctld: .so > > To: ccNSO Membership > c/o ICANN Secretary > Date: 19/5/2010 > Regarding: ccNSO Membership > ------------ > > With this letter, I, Minstry of Posts and Telecommunications declare that Ahmed > Mohamed Aden is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX > Section (4)(1)) for the .so 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 > Ahmed Mohamed Aden. > > Ahmed Mohamed Aden 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. > > Ahmed Mohamed Aden 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 Minstry of Posts and Telecommunications for and on behalf of Ahmed > Mohamed Aden: > > Name of ccTLD Manager: Ahmed Mohamed Aden > Name of Representative: Minstry of Posts and Telecommunications > Name of Primary Contact: Ahmed Mohamed Aden > Primary Contact Address: > VIA republica KM4 MP&T MOGADISHU > Primary Contact Telephone Number: +25250966257 > Primary Contact E-Mail: minpostel_somalia(a)hotmail.com <x-msg://567/minpostel_somalia@hotmail.com> > > *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. > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database > 5127 (20100519) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com/> > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5127 (20100519) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com/> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5136 (20100521) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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Minutes available
by Kristina Nordstrom May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

Dear Councillors, The Minutes from the last Council Call on 11 May are now available at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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Public comment period on DNS CERT Workshop Report
by Gabriella Schittek May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

Dear all, ICANN has started a public comment period on their April 2010 DNS-CERT Operational Requirements & Collaboration Analysis Workshop Report ICANN has also published a summary and analysis of comments on the Security Strategic Initiatives and Global DNS-CERT Business Case papers: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24may10-en.htm Comments can be submitted at dns-collab-analysis(a)icann.org until the 2nd July 2010. Kind regards, Gabi

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APWG report on worldwide phishing
by Gabriella Schittek May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

Dear all, The Anti Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released an update to their phishing survey report. See email below and attachment for more information. Kind regards, Gabi ------ Forwarded Message From: Rod Rasmussen <rod.rasmussen(a)internetidentity.com> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 17:08:57 -0700 To: Chris Disspain <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Cc: Greg Aaron <gaaron(a)afilias.info> Subject: APWG report on worldwide phishing - 2009 recap - one major phisher I wanted to let you know that we have released an update to our Global Phishing Survey in conjunction with the APWG meeting this month in Brazil. We received a great deal of attention on this report due to the prevalence of Avalanche phishing attacks, and have fielded many requests for information and interviews. This single group (Avalanche) accounted for an amazing two-thirds of all phishing in the second half of 2009! There are some valuable lessons learned there, and an important "good news" story from the response that the entire community had in fighting this series of attacks. Please feel free to distribute this to your members and direct any questions to myself and/or Greg Aaron. Highlights of the study include: 1. The Avalanche phishing gang was responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks launched in 2H2009. However, Avalanche changed its activities significantly in November 2009, and now has a different modus operandi and greatly reduced scale. 2. In 2H2009, the average uptime of all phishing attacks continued to drop from previous periods. Unfortunately, non-Avalanche phish stayed up noticeably longer in 2H2009 than they did in 1H2009. 3. The amount of Internet domain names and numbers used for phishing has remained fairly steady. 4. The great majority of phishing continued to be concentrated in certain namespaces -- just five top-level domains (TLDs). 5. Phishers are not leveraging the unique characteristics of internationalized domain names (IDNs). 6. Phishers continue to use subdomain services to host and manage phishing sites. Best Regards and Cheers! Rod ------ End of Forwarded Message

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May Policy update
by Gabriella Schittek May 22, 2010

May 22, 2010

Dear all, The May update from ICANN's policy department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-may10-en.htm Gabi

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