February 2013 - Ccnso-council

Council recording 12 February
by Kristina Nordstrom Feb. 13, 2013

Feb. 13, 2013

Dear all, Please find below the recording from the Council call on 12 February. http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20130212-en.mp3 Kind regards, Kristina

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GNSO Updates
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 12, 2013

Feb. 12, 2013

Forwarded on behalf of Han Chuan Lee: > >Update as follows: >1. ICANN Board has approved the changes to the GNSO Registry Stakeholder >Group (RySG) Charter, namely expanding the activities of its internal >Observers Group, simplifying the process for assessment of annual dues >and adding the immediate past Chair of the RySG to its Executive >Committee. > >2. The GNSO Council has set up an Actions list >(https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items) to >record current activity and commitments by GNSO Councillors and ICANN >Staff. > >As it is Lunar New Year holidays in Singapore, I will be visiting friends >and relatives the whole day (and week) as per tradition. Please send my >apologies to the Council if I am not able to make the call this evening. >Thank you! > >Regards >Han Chuan, Lee > >Wishing all a prosperous and joyous Lunar New Year, with good health and >lots of blessings.

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Dial in details Council Call 12 February 12:00 UTC
by Kristina Nordstrom Feb. 11, 2013

Feb. 11, 2013

Dear all, The next ccNSO Council call will take place next week on Tuesday 12 February at 12:00 UTC. Please find the dial in details below and let me know as soon as possible if you need dial out assistance for this call. Dial in numbers: http://www.adigo.com/icann/ Conference ID: 5258 Adobe Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ccnsocouncil/ Two-way audio will be available in the Adobe Room. Kind regards, Kristina

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Upcoming multi-stakeholder Internet Governance events
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 11, 2013

Feb. 11, 2013

Dear all, Please, find some information on ICANN's participation in regional IGF events below and attached. Kind regards, Gabi From: Mandy Carver <Mandy.Carver(a)icann.org<mailto:Mandy.Carver@icann.org>> Date: Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:06 Subject: Upcoming multi-stakeholder Internet Governance events Dear AC and SO Leaders On behalf of ICANN, I am pleased to announce two upcoming events in March in which ICANN will participate with the regional IGF community. We ask your help in publicizing these events to your membership and promulgating the information on your mailing lists. In the first week of March there will be two events, the first event, as part of the Arab IGF initiative will be in Dubai from 3-5 March. The second event, as part of the African Strategic Engagement initiative will be in Addis Ababa from 6-8 March. We would like to invite you to join industry leaders and Internet Governance experts from all over the world at these two events. The Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting will be at the Radisson Royal Hotel, in Dubai on 3-5 March 2013. The meeting is hosted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of UAE, as part of the Arab IGF Open Consultations, and in partnership with ICANN and RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe and the Middle East. The current draft agenda is attached for your reference. Please see this link for on-line registration: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpucVl1MjM1OUVRLXFvQX… The African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting will be at the UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 March 2013 and is organized in partnership with African IGF, AfriNIC, AFTLD, ISOC Africa, and the ATU. A note for participants from UNECA and the current draft agenda is attached for your reference. These open public meetings are aimed at fostering engagement between Internet organizations and all stakeholder groups in the Arab and the African world. It offers the opportunity to share best practices of successful multi-stakeholder models and discuss means to enhance effective participation in global Internet Governance fora. An announcement of these events will be posted on the ICANN website shortly. Kind Regards Kathryn A. (Mandy) Carver Executive Director - Global Stakeholder Engagement ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 USA mandy.carver(a)icann.org<mailto:mandy.carver@icann.org> +1 310 301 5800

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Preparation Material Council Call 12 February 2013
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013

Dear Councillors, Below and attached are some preparatory materials for the Council call on the 12 February 2013, 12.00 UTC. Additional documents will follow as soon as possible. Kind regards, Gabi === Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Meeting 12 February 2013 1) Apologies 2) Minutes and Actions ccNSO Council Telephone Conference Minutes 11 December 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/36321 3) Updates 3.1 Chair Update 3.2 Vice-chair Update 3.3 Councillors Update 3.4 Regional Organisations Update 3.4 Staff Update 4) Extraordinary Council Election LAC Region 4.1 Appointment Gabriella Schittek Election Manager 4.2 Approval of timeline Suggested timeline: Tuesday, 12 February: Approval of Election Timeline; Appointment of Election Manager Monday, 18 February: Call for Nominations in the LAC region Monday, 4 March: End of Nomination period If elections: Monday 4 March – Sunday 10 March: Campaign period Monday 11 March: Election period starts Monday 25 March: Election period ends If ties: Thursday 28 March: Election period starts Thursday 4 April: Election period ends 5) Update Work Plan 6) ccNSO Statements 6.1 GNSO Metrics WG Advise Consumer Trust and Choice and Metrics, update 7) ccNSO Council Workshop and other meetings in Beijing 8) Travel Funding Guidelines update 8.1 Guidelines for Adoption – see attachment 1 and 2 (Updated Guidelines with Tracked Changes and clean version) 8.2 Appointment New member Travel Funding Committee 9) ccPDP Tracking Document 10) Working Group and Other Updates 10.1 SOP Working Group (Roelof Meijer) 10.2 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Keith Davidson) 10.3 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (Jian Zhang) 10.4 Finance Working Group Update (Byron Holland) 10.5 Meetings Programme Working Group (Vika Mpisane) Since the Toronto meeting, Programme WG had two teleconferences. The WG went through the meeting survey and discussed all the received feedback. We have published an agenda draft, and we are working on drafting a panel discussion. 10.6 Capacity Building Study Group (Fernando Espana) 10.7 IDN ccPDP progress (Bart Boswinkel, Issue Manager) 10.8 Study Group on Use country names (Young Eum Lee) · The Study Group on the use of Country and Territory Names met via teleconference on 30 January and set a tight schedule of follow up calls and milestones with the aim of developing a final report for community consultation at ICANN Beijing. · The group has concluded its consideration of responses to the survey work undertaken in conjunction with UNESCO and is moving towards the conclusion of its work. · Next steps: o Currently: Internal SG consideration of draft final report structure and formal call for community input on questions based upon “UNESCO survey” o 20 February – Next teleconference – First consideration of draft report o 13 March – Pre-Beijing teleconference – Second discussion of draft report o 25 March – release of report to allow community members to see it before Beijing so that they can provide considered input at the meeting. o 7-11 April – ICANN Beijing: stakeholder briefing / consultation o Post- Beijing – Re-draft and finalisation of report based upon community comments. Submission to ccNSO Council. 10.9 Incident Response Repository Working Group (Bart Boswinkel) - The WG already define the model of the service of the repository, based on 2 major components: 1. A Database System, the Directory Services. 2. A Contact Center like service, to keep up to date the contact information of the repository. - The WG is drafting a Request of Information document to obtain an estimate cost from possible providers of the service. 1. The first draft of a functional description of the Contact Repository Implementation. - The WG has a proposal of Governance model for the Repository - The WG define a proces flow diagram with the major components of the repository. 10.10 Election Process Review Study Group (Katrina Sataki) - Held two conference calls: 25 January and 1 February - Studied documents regarding elections and voting: the ICANN bylaws, election reports, email exchange between the Secretariat and one of the members of the ccTLD community - Started identifying key issues and discussing possible solutions - Looked into issues of renewing Primary Contact data and communicating election process in a clear and understandable way. Other Updates: 10.11 Requests for Comments/Input 10.12 ICANN Outreach Program (Sokol Haxhiu) 11.13 ICANN Academy (Hong Xue) 10.14 ccNSO 10-Years Anniversary Celebration Committee (Bart Boswinkel) 10.15 Progress ccNSO Statements on IANA Function Consultations 11) Liaison Updates 11.1 GNSO Liaison (Han Chuan Lee) - No written update received in time for posting 11.2 ALAC Liaison (Ron Sherwood) - See attachment 3 12) Date of Next Meetings 12 March 12.00 UTC 10 April 16.00 Local Beijing time 14 May 12.00 UTC 13) AOB

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January NomCom Report Card
by Jian Zhang Feb. 6, 2013

Feb. 6, 2013

Dear Chair and councilors: In order to increase the transparency of the NomCom work, NomCom has decided to send out monthly report card to supporting organizations. Here's the report of our January meeting. "Guidance from ccNSO Council to the NomCom" has been passed to NomCom. Also I'd like to ask all of you to help with recommending candidates. You can do this direct to the NomCom member, or using the simple online recommendation process < <http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest> http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest>. Best regards Jian Zhang General Manager APTLD www.aptld.org

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IDN ccPDP Interim Report Published
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 6, 2013

Feb. 6, 2013

Dear all, The IDN ccPDP Interim Report has now been published. It combines the recommendations of IDN ccNSO PDP Working Group 1 and 2 in one, single report. Comments are welcome until 26 February 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05feb13-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Draft Agenda 12 February 2013
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013

Dear Councillors, The draft agenda for next week's call is below. Please, let me know if you wish to add any items as soon as possible. Kind regards, Gabi === Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Meeting 12 February 2013 1) Apologies 2) Minutes and Actions 3) Updates 3.1 Chair Update 3.2 Vice-chair Update 3.3 Councilors Update 3.4 Regional Organisations Update 3.4 Staff Update 4) Extraordinary Council Election LAC Region 4.1 Appointment Gabriella Schittek Election Manager 4.2 Approval of timeline 5) Update Work Plan 6) ccNSO Statements 6.1 GNSO Metrics WG Advise Consumer Trust and Choice and Metrics, update 7) ccNSO Council Workshop and other meetings in Beijing 8) Travel Funding Guidelines update 8.1 Guidelines for Adoption 8.2 Appointment New member Travel Funding Committee 9) ccPDP Tracking Document 10) Working Group and Other Updates 10.1 SOP Working Group (Roelof Meijer) 10.2 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Keith Davidson) 10.3 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (Jian Zhang) 10.4 Finance Working Group Update (Byron Holland) 10.5 Meetings Programme Working Group (Vika Mpisane) 10.6 Capacity Building Study Group (Fernando Espana) 10.7 IDN ccPDP progress (Bart Boswinkel, Issue Manager) 10.8 Study Group on Use country names (Young Eum Lee) 10.9 Incident Response Repository Working Group (Bart Boswinkel) Other Updates: 10.10 Requests for Comments/Input 10.11 ICANN Outreach Program (Sokol Haxhiu) 11.12 ICANN Academy (Hong Xue) 10.13 ccNSO 10-Years Anniversary Celebration Committee (Bart Boswinkel) 10.14 Progress ccNSO Statements on IANA Function Consultations 11) Liaison Updates 11.1 GNSO Liaison (Han Chuan Lee) 11.2 ALAC Liaison (Ron Sherwood) 12) Date of Next Meetings 13) AOB

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FW: Update about the TK Wildcard
by Bart Boswinkel Feb. 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013

Dear all, Last week I received the included email from Joost Zuuerbier from .TK. As a result from the wildcarding study group and the approach chosen to enter into dialogue with the ccTLD who ar easing wildcards .TK has taken wildcards. Kind regards, Bart On 1/24/13 3:44 PM, "Joost Zuurbier" <joost.zuurbier(a)dot.tk> wrote: >Dear Bart, > >Just wanted to let you know that we took down the *.TK >wildcard on September 11th 2012. > >Our zone file is huge with more than 14 million domains now, >but we manage updates within 12 seconds throughout our >entire Anycast cloud. > >Cheers! > > > >Joost Zuurbier >Dot TK Registry

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ICANN Paper on Policy vs Implementation published
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013

Dear all, ICANN has published a paper, identifying a number of steps and criteria which are meant to help with questions relating to policy and implementation. A session on this topic is planned to be held in Beijing: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/policy-implementation-31jan13-e… Public comments are welcome until 21 February 2013. Kind regards, Gabi

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