September 2011 - Ccnso-council

Confirmation Council Meeting Dakar / Remote Participation
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 15, 2011

Sept. 15, 2011

Dear all, The Council will meet in Dakar on following occasions: Monday 24 October 11:00-12:00 - Preparatory ccNSO Council Meeting Monday 24 October 12:30-14:00 - Joint ccNSO/GNSO Council Lunch Meeting (REMOTE PARTICIPATION available, see below) Wednesday 26 October 16:00-17:00 - ccNSO Council Meeting (REMOTE PARTICIPATION available, see below) Still to be confirmed: Wednesday 26 October 08:00-09:00 - ccNSO Council Breakfast with the ICANN Board -------- Please let me know before 22 September if you will not be in Dakar and wish to participate in the Joint ccNSO/GNSO Council Lunch Meeting on 24 October or the ccNSO Council Meeting on 26 October via telephone. Kind regards, Kristina

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Request for Information on Emergency Back-End Registry Operators
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

Dear all, ICANN has posted a Request for Information to identify potential Emergency Back-End Registry Operators for new gTLDs:: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-14sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Election Procedure to Elect an ICANN Director
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

Election Procedure to Elect an ICANN Director Date: 15 Sep 2011 At its meeting on the 26 June 2003 the ICANN Board adopted the amendments to the bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-26jun03.htm#IX under resolution 03.106 Bylaw Article IX - section 3.9 http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#IX which 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 ccNSO members have decided that before making the nomination of a Director, the ccNSO members shall be entitled to vote for the nominee they would like to see on the ICANN Board. Summary Only ccNSO members will be eligible http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#IX-4.2 to nominate or second a candidate for seat 12 on the ICANN Board. Only ccNSO members will be eligible http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#IX to vote in the election of a candidate. Nominations may be made by a member and seconded by a member. Voting will be by secret email ballot, that is, the ballot is identified only by a code and not by a name. The email voting will be ratified by the Election Manager. An electoral list will be published. TIMELINE * 15 September 2011: Nominations period starts. * 6 October 2011: Nominations Process closes * 13 October 2011: Acceptance of Nomination by Candidate. Announcement of nominees. If there are two or more candidates, an election will be held. Candidates are invited to submit mission statements. * 25 October 2011: End of period for submitting mission statements; Public Q&A session at ccNSO members meeting * 26 October 2011: If only one candidate: Approval of nominee by ccNSO Council; If elections needed: * 10 November 2011: Call for votes, ballots issued * 24 November 2011: Closure of voting * 1 December 2011 (latest): Announcement of election results In any ties, run off elections announced (timeline to be defined) Call for Nominations Open: 15th September 2011 at 00:00 UTC Close: 6th October 2011 at 00:00 UTC For other places see world clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html Nominations should be sent by email to the Election Manager at the following email address: ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org, in the form described in the Call for Nominations. Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations 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 the 15th September 2011. Nomination procedures with timeline, template, email for posting and URL of archives of nominations will be posted. The Election Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees before the voting period starts. Procedure for Voting by the ccNSO Members Each member will be entitled to vote for up to one candidate. 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 of this Article http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-3 . 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." The candidate that receives the highest number of votes from members will be nominated by the Council to the ICANN Board. Voting Period and Method The ccNSO members will vote by email Voting will open: 10 November 2011, at 00:00 UTC Voting will close: 24 November 2011, at 00:00 UTC For other places see world clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html . The full record of the number of votes will be published at the end of selection process. Results The election results will be announced by the Election Manager.

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Updated ICANN Operating Plan and Budget
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 12, 2011

Sept. 12, 2011

Dear all, ICANN has published an updated Operating Plan and Budget. It is now including the New gTLD revenue and expenses across FY12 and FY13 as well as and the allocation by Expense Area Group (EAG). A new schedule, summarising the budget details into one table has also been added: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN appoints new interim CFO
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 10, 2011

Sept. 10, 2011

Dear all, ICANN has appointed Xavier Calvez as new interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO): http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-09sep11-en.pdf The ICANN Board is expected to confirm the appointment at its meeting in Dakar on 28 October. Kind regards, Gabi

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Date & time of upcoming post-ICANN meeting calls with Board members
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 9, 2011

Sept. 9, 2011

Dear Councillors, As discussed during the last Council call, we were to set up a schedule of informal post-ICANN meeting calls with our ICANN elected Board members Mike and Chris. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 Tuesday, 20 March 2012 Tuesday, 3 July 2012 Tuesday, 23 October 2012 All calls are to be held at 11.30 am UTC!!! I hope these dates are suitable for most of you. Kind regards, Gabi

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Input sought on ICANN Public Comment Management
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 8, 2011

Sept. 8, 2011

Dear all, ICANN is asking for your feedback on the implementation plans of three Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) recommendations (15, 16 and 17) that affect the way ICANN publishes and manages Public Comments: * Stratification: Categorisation of topics to assist the community understand the subject matter and inform a participation decision. * Prioritisation: Assist community members in determining the importance or urgency of a solicitation by providing key information. * Comment/Reply Cycles: Structure the community's input process into an initial period for submitting new comments followed by a separate reply period during which community respondents would be able to address and rebut arguments raised in opposing parties' previous comments. For more information, see: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-31aug11-en.htm Your comments are welcome until 15 October at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-enhancements-ii-31aug… Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO Activity Summary August 2011
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 1, 2011

Sept. 1, 2011

ccNSO Activity Summary August 2011 Working Groups All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during August 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 30 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-30aug11-en.pdf Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 25 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-25aug11-en.pdf Notes Finance Working Group Telephone Conference 19 August 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-finance-19aug11-en.pdf Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 18 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-18aug11-en.pdf Notes Strategic and Operational Plan Working Group Telephone Conference 16 August 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sop-16aug11-en.pdf Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 11 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-11aug11-en.pdf Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 4 August 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foiwg-04aug11-en.pdf Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 4 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-04aug11-en.pdf Youtube Contributions Nominet (.uk) Internet Awards Ceremony 2011: http://www.youtube.com/ccnso#p/a/u/0/mb-lh3-sKWc ccNSO Council Call for Nominations to ccNSO Council: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-26aug11-en.htm ccNSO Council Nomination Archive: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations Various Announcements ICANN Webinar on ATRT Work: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17aug11-en.htm Update from ICANN’s Policy Department August 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug11-en.htm Rod Beckstrom Leaving ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf Kurt Pritz Reply to SOP Working Group Submission on ICANN 2011-2014 Draft Strategic Plan: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/26209 ICANN’s Adopted Operating Plan and Budget FY2012: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09aug11-en.htm NomCom Selection of Leadership Positions within ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug11-en.htm Jeff Moss (ICANN Chief Security Officer) on DNSSEC: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-03aug11-en.pdf Chris LaHatte New ICANN Ombudsman: http://blog.icann.org/2011/08/new-ombudsman-at-icann/ New Version of IDN Implementation Guidelines by IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-clean-25…

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