September 2011 - Ccnso-council

Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

Dear ccNSO members, The ccNSO is now opening for nominations to fill ICANN Board seat number 12, which expires in June 2011. Nominations can be made from 15th September 00.00 UTC to 6th October 00.00 UTC. The nomination process is outlined below and is also available at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-15sep11-en.htm The election procedure, including a time table, will be sent to you shortly in a separate email and can also be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN Date: 15 Sep 2011 The term of the ICANN Board seat number 12 expires in June 2012 and a nomination process therefore needs to be launched. Should there be more than one candidate nominated for seat number 12, an election will be held. Bylaw Article IX - section 3.9 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#IX> states: "The ccNSO Council shall make selections to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such selection must have affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office. Notification of the ccNSO Council's selections shall be given by the ccNSO Council Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, Sections 8(4) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-8.4> and 12(1) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-12.1> ." The ccNSO Council and the ccNSO members have decided that before making the nomination of Directors, the ccNSO members shall be entitled to nominate and vote for candidates they wish the Council to nominate to the ICANN Board. Section 2(3) of Article VI of the Bylaws states "In carrying out their responsibilities to fill Seats 9 through 14, the Supporting Organizations shall seek to ensure that the ICANN Board is composed of members that in the aggregate display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 3 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-3> of this Article. At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region." Pursuant to this Bylaw, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes from ccNSO members will be nominated by the Council to the ICANN Board. Each member can nominate one candidate for seat 12 on the ICANN Board and each member can second one candidate. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must be a member of the ccNSO by 15 September 2011. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations Please use this template for nominations: Template for Nomination: 1a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 1b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 1c. Country of which the candidate is a citizen. 2a. Full name of the nominator: 2b. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for Seconding a Nomination: 1 Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2a. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Election Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. The candidate will then have a chance to submit their CV and/or a mission statement. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations

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September Update from ICANN's Policy Department
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

Dear all, The September Update from ICANN¹s Policy Department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-sep11-en.pdf Kind regards, Gabi

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Board resolutions
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Dear all, The latest ICANN Board resolutions from its meeting on 17 September are available at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-17sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Invitation to join Pre-Dakar ICANN Policy Update Webinar
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

PRE-DAKAR ICANN POLICY UPDATE WEBINAR INVITATION? 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 ICANN meeting in Dakar 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 Thursday 13 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 13 October at 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: - Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy Issue Report (GNSO) - Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (GNSO) - Recent WHOIS work - Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (ccNSO) - Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re delegation of ccTLDs (ccNSO) - Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group 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 the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session 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 <mailto:policy-staff@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, Thursday at 12.00 UTC or Thursday at 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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Council Elections Extension
by Lesley Cowley Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

Hi, Unfortunately not all candidates for the Council election were both nominated and seconded by the deadline on Friday. The ccNSO election guidelines do not cover this eventuality, but they do permit a Chair to make a decision on the best way forward. In the circumstances, I have decided that we will extend the deadline by one week. I trust that this will be acceptable to Council members. Kind regards, Lesley Lesley Cowley, OBE CEO Nominet Minerva House Edmund Halley Road Oxford Science Park Oxford, OX4 4DQ UK Tel: +44-(0)-1865-332211 http://www.nominet.org.uk/

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New gTLD Applicant Guidebook posted + micro website on new gTLDs
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 20, 2011

Sept. 20, 2011

Dear all, ICANN has posted the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook in full and split in different modules: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-19sep11-en.htm It is also launching a micro website on new gTLDs: http://icann.org/newgtlds A short film, explaining the new gTLD programme is also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybZsS3NmFo Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO Nomination Period Extended for North American Region
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

Dear ccNSO members, The nomination period to the ccNSO Council ended last Friday, 16 September. As the North American region still lacks a fully nominated candidate, the ccNSO Chair Lesley Cowley decided, in agreement with the ccNSO Council, to extend the nomination period for the North American Region with one week, until the 23 September 00.00 UTC. The procedures for all other regions continue according to the previously established timeline. Kind regards, Gabi

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WHOIS Review team meeting
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

Dear all, The WHOIS Policy Review Team is meeting for two days in Marina del Rey. Silent observers are welcome to attend the meeting remotely. For more details see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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RE: [ccnso-council] Council Elections Extension
by Young Eum Lee Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

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Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting Senegal
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Dear all, A first draft agenda for the ccNSO meeting in Senegal 24 – 26 October has now been published at: http://www.ccnso.icann.org//meetings/senegal/agenda.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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