January 2011 - Ccnso-council

Lunch sponsors sought ccNSO meeting Cartagena
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

Dear all, We are looking for lunch sponsors for the ccNSO members meeting on the 7 and 8 December in Cartagena. If your registry would be interested in sponsoring one of the two ccNSO meeting day lunches, please, let me know! Kind regards, Gabi

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Call for volunteers Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 9, 2011

Feb. 9, 2011

Dear all, The ccNSO is now seeking volunteers to our Study Group on the Use of Names for Countries and Territories. The study group is expected to: 1) provide an overview of current and proposed policies, guidelines and procedures for allocation and delegation of strings currently used or proposed to be used as TLDs that are either associated with Countries and Territories (i.e., by inclusion on the ISO 3166-1 list) and/or are otherwise considered representations of the names of Countries and Territories. 2. A comprehensive overview of the types and categories of strings currently used or proposed to be used as TLDs that are either associated with Countries and Territories (i.e., by inclusion on the ISO 3166-1 list) and/or are otherwise considered representations of Country and Territory names. 3. A comprehensive overview of issues arising (or likely to arise) in connection with applying the current and proposed policies, guidelines and procedures for allocation to types and categories of strings currently used or proposed to be used as TLDs that are either associated with Countries and Territories (i.e., by inclusion on the ISO 3166-1 list) and/or are otherwise considered representations of Country and Territory names. If considered appropriate by the study group, the study group will advise on a course of further actions, if any, to resolve issues identified under 3. For more detailed information, see http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/use-of-names-statement-of-purpose-… The study group will also contain members and liaisons from other stakeholder groups, such as the GAC, ALAC and GNSO. If you are interested in joining this Study Group, please, let me know by Monday, 14 February 2011 at the latest. You do not need to be a member of the ccNSO to become a member of the Study Group! Kind regards, Gabi

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Sponsors sought ccNSO members dinner San Francisco
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 7, 2011

Feb. 7, 2011

Dear all, The .us registry has kindly agreed to arrange a ccNSO members dinner at the San Francisco meeting. It will most likely take place on Tuesday, 15 March. If your registry is interested in sponsoring this event, please, let me know! Kind regards, Gabi

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Process for Working Group Membership
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 4, 2011

Feb. 4, 2011

Dear Councillors, During the ccNSO Council call yesterday, it was suggested by the ccNSO Secretariat to change the process in which new Working Group members are accepted. The current process is that all working group members need to be approved by the Council. As we quite often receive requests for working group membership outside of the call for volunteers period, we suggested, in order to speed up the process, that we only require the approval of the Working Group Chair, and then inform the Council on who has been added. It was, however, pointed out during yesterday’s discussion that in some cases “controversial people” might be able to obtain a working group seat if the process gets outside of the Council’s control and that that the changed procedures in general could be abused by people who were not approved by the Council in the first place. As this probably only would happen in very rare cases, it would be desirable that the Council comes up with a solution which would suit both the wish for a smoother and faster process, but would not leave the Council out of total control. A solution could be to introduce a right for the Council to “veto” a Working Group Chair decision. However, I would welcome more thoughts and suggestions on this. This topic will also be discussed during the upcoming Council call on the 1st March. Kind regards, Gabi

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Minutes Council Call 25 Jan
by Kristina Nordstrom Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

Dear all, Please find attached Council Minutes from 25 January and let me know before 7 February if you would like to make any amendments. Kind regards, Kristina ______________ ccNSO Secretariat

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Geographic Regions Review
by Chris Disspain Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

All, Attached is a draft ccNSO Council comment on the Regions Review. It's supportive of their work to date. The deadline for submissions was 30 Jan but I will ask if it can accepted late unless anyone objects. Cheers, Chris Disspain | Chief Executive Officer .au Domain Administration Ltd <tel:1300%20732%20929> T: 1300 732 929 | <tel:03%208341%204112> F: 03 8341 4112 E: ceo(a)auda.org.au | W: <http://www.auda.org.au/> www.auda.org.au auDA - The Australian Domain Name Administrator 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. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5832 (20110130) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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Regarding closed ccNSO website sections
by Gabriella Schittek Jan. 30, 2011

Jan. 30, 2011

Dear Councillors, As per yesterday’s discussion on the Council call, I’m sending you some information about the closed website section: * When conducting interviews with the community on the new website, it was mentioned several times that there is a wish for a closed section. To follow up on this, a small survey was conducted before the Cartagena meeting. Only 7 replies were received, however, 6 of the respondents indicated that they would wish to see some kind of closed section on the website. * Most frequently mentioned was the wish to be able to discuss Working Group issues on the closed website. However, it was also mentioned that a closed section would be useful for voting or for sharing sensitive data, such as statistics, financial reports or for setting up an “Address book” (where contact details of community members, presenters etc. could be listed). So, the Council needs to decide: 1. Should there be closed sections at all 2. If so: What sections should be closed (only Working Group sections, or also more general sections, containing information such as an Address Book, statistics etc.) 3. Who should have access To point 3: In case the Council decides to close some of the page with general information, the definition, which currently is used by the ccTLD community email list for granting email list access, could be used - namely: “ccTLD Managers, administrative contacts and technical contacts of ccTLDs; Staff and board members of ccTLD registries, as approved by the ccTLD Manager or administrative contact; Observers from Regional ccTLD registry organisations, identified by their manager or board; The ccNSO secretariat, the ICANN ccNSO Policy Support Officer and the IANA ccTLD Liaison Officer.” (see Community email list charter: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/charter-cctld-community-list.pdf) - other solutions are of course also possible. Regarding implementing a closed section: ICANN has introduced a new tool called Confluence, which is a type of Wiki (a website that allows the creation and editing of pages by those invited to the space). It seems that this tool could support most of the wishes which we received for a closed website. Confluence pages can either be open for everyone, or closed to certain groups. This means that, for instance, working group members could receive passwords for “their” working group and only they can access that space (we have, in fact, already been trying to use this for some working groups with another wiki called Socialtext - but it was not very popular – perhaps due the fact that it wasn’t very user friendly). Confluence also allows for “message board” functions (where participants can leave short comments on topics/documents discussed) and it can be set up so that those who wish receive email alerts of the activities. Once a Working Group is closed, its Wiki space can be archived, if wished for. Furthermore, Confluence can also support some voting functions (keeping the voter anonymous to the community, but open to the manager of the space). So it doesn’t seem that there will be much extra work needed to create closed sections, in case you think this is the way to go. Kind regards, Gabi

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Adopted Board Resolutions 25 January 2011
by Gabriella Schittek Jan. 28, 2011

Jan. 28, 2011

Dear all, The ICANN Board had a Special Meeting on the 25 January 2011. The resolutions passed during this meeting can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jan11-en.htm Note 1.e Appointment of SSAC Chair - Patrik Fältström was elected new Chair of the SSAC and James Galvin as Vice Chair 5.a Board/GAC Consultations - Information on planned the Board/GAC meeting in Brussels 28 February - 1 March. Kind regards, Gabi

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Public Comment Periods closing shortly
by Gabriella Schittek Jan. 28, 2011

Jan. 28, 2011

Dear all, Today is the last day to submit comments on the Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Report on Redelegations Without Consent: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-21dec10-en.htm Following Public Comment Periods are also closing shortly: (Closing 30 January 2011) Interim Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#geo-regions-interim-report (Closing 31 January 2011) Review of IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#fast-track-review-2010 Kind regards, Gabi

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FW: ccNSO Application for Membership (.bg)
by Chris Disspain Jan. 28, 2011

Jan. 28, 2011

Greetings, Application and IANA note re .bg below. It will be approved on 2 February unless anyone objects. Cheers Chris Disspain | Chief Executive Officer .au Domain Administration Ltd T: 1300 732 929 | F: 03 8341 4112 E: ceo(a)auda.org.au | W:www.auda.org.au auDA - The Australian Domain Name Administrator 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. > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Kim Davies <kim.davies(a)icann.org> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:24:29 -0800 > To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> > Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.bg) > > No outstanding requests for .BG > > kim > > On 27/01/2011, at 6:09 AM, Gabriella Schittek wrote: > > > Kim, > > > > Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .bg? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Gabi > > > > > > ------ Forwarded Message > > From: "applications(a)icann.org" <applications(a)icann.org> > > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:03:00 -0800 > > To: "ccnso-applications(a)icann.org" <ccnso-applications(a)icann.org> > > Subject: ccNSO Application for Membership (.bg) > > > > Application for Membership > > Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) > > > > Confirmation E-mail: daniel(a)digsys.bg > > cctld: .bg > > > > To: ccNSO Membership > > c/o ICANN Secretary > > Date: 27/1/2011 > > Regarding: ccNSO Membership > > ------------ > > > > With this letter, I, Dragomir Slavov declare that Register.BG is the ccTLD > > manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the > > .bg 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 > > Register.BG. > > > > Register.BG 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. > > > > Register.BG 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 Dragomir Slavov for and on behalf of Register.BG: > > > > Name of ccTLD Manager: Register.BG > > Name of Representative: Dragomir Slavov > > Name of Primary Contact: Daniel Kalchev > > Primary Contact Address: > > 40, Slivnitsa blvd > > Varna 9000 > > Bulgaria > > Primary Contact Telephone Number: +359 52 694060 > > Primary Contact E-Mail: daniel(a)digsys.bg > > > > *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 5823 (20110127) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5825 (20110127) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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