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Reminder: Volunteers sought for Input to ICANN Strategy Panel Reports
by Gabriella Schittek March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014

Dear Coucillors, This is just a reminder about the call for volunteers to work on providing input to ICANN's Strategy Panels recommendations. So far, only one Councillor has volunteered (thank you, Becky!) and many more are needed. Please, can you let me know which area you would be interested in by the end of tomorrow, 11 March. Thanks! Gabi From: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Date: Friday 7 March 2014 12:33 To: "'ccnso-council(a)icann.org'" <ccnso-council(a)icann.org> Subject: [ccnso-council] Volunteers sought for Input to ICANN Strategy Panel Reports > Dear Councillors, > > As you may recall, ICANN's four strategy panels recently published their > reports with recommendations for public comment. > > The Triage committee suggested: "The Council establishes four groups (one > group per report) to draft a reply. Secretariat makes call for volunteers for > every group within the > Council + Community. These groups draft input, present it to community + > Council prior to submission." > > This suggestion was adopted by the Council, which means that I would now like > to encourage you to volunteer to participate in drafting a reply to one of > following recommendations: > > Identifier Technology Innovation: > http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-tech… > ogy/report-21feb14-en.pdf > ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation: > http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholde… > nnovation/quest-blueprint-30jan14-en.pdf > Public Responsibility Framework: > http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsi… > ity/outline-23feb14-en > ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem: > http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecos… > em/report-23feb14-en.pdf > > More information is available at: > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-25feb14-en.htm > > Please, could you let me know which group you wish to assign to by the end of > Tuesday, 11 March. > > According to the agreed way forward, I will also make a similar call for > volunteers in the community. > > Kind regards, > > Gabi

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ICANN Quarterly Financial Report Published
by Gabriella Schittek March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014

Dear all, ICANN has published its quarterly (Q2) financial statements report: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07mar14-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Pools of Expertise page
by Gabriella Schittek March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014

Dear all, You may recall the project to build "Community pools of expertise", to be able to quickly react on request for input (you can read more about this initiative in the email below). A webpage has now been set up with the names of those who volunteered: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/expertise.htm - Many thanks to all of you! Should anyone else also wish to volunteer, please let me know - the more, the better! Kind regards, Gabi > >On 31/01/14 12:13, "Gabriella Schittek" <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> >wrote: > >>Dear all, >> >>Last year, the ccNSO Council initiated a Study Group, which looked into >>ways >>of building capacity in the ccNSO Community and how to enhance its work. >>The >>final report is available at >>http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/capacity-final-27feb13-en.pdf. >> >>One of the Study Group recommendations was to "Find out the skill set of >>the >>community members, target this more efficiently and enhance the skills >>that >>exist". In other words the ccNSO Secretariat is tasked to ask members >>(non-members are also welcome to respond) to indicate the expertise they >>can >>contribute with (if interested). The secretariat will then maintain a >>list >>of the "pools of expertise" that exists in our community - in order to be >>able to target the relevant people, when needed. >> >>Situations where such "pools of expertise" could be needed are, for >>instance, when the ccNSO receives a request for input from ICANN (or >>other >>relevant institutions) and quickly needs to react, or when a Working >>Group >>is set up to look into a certain topic. >> >>To meet this recommendation, we are now reaching out to you and ask if >>you >>are interested in participating, to indicate the expertise you could >>contribute with. Areas of expertise could be: >> >>Legal >>Financial >>Technical >>Administrative >>Strategy >>Internet Governance >> >>Šbut you are welcome to define/add any other area. >> >>Participating in this initiative is entirely voluntary, however, the more >>people that participate, the better we get! Therefore, I would like to >>encourage as many as possible to step up and let us know your areas of >>expertise. Non-ccNSO members are also most welcome to participate. >> >>If you are interested, please send me an email and the ccNSO Secretariat >>will keep the data. You can, at any time, withdraw from this initiative >>as >>well. >> >>Kind regards, >> >>Gabi >> >> >>

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LAC Newsletter
by Gabriella Schittek March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014

Dear all but especially all Latin American ccTLDs, ICANN's Engagement Center for Latin America and the Caribbean has published a first version of a Latin American and Caribbean Newsletter please, find this attached. Kind regards, Gabi

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Volunteers sought for input to ICANN Strategy Panel Recommendations
by Gabriella Schittek March 7, 2014

March 7, 2014

Dear all, As you may recall, ICANN's four strategy panels recently published their reports with recommendations for public comment. The ccNSO Council is suggesting to create four groups of volunteers, which is to provide input to each of these recommendations. All ccTLD Community members are invited to contribute to each of these groups. On behalf of the ccNSO Council, I would therefore like to encourage you to volunteer to participate in drafting a reply to one of the following recommendations: Identifier Technology Innovation: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn ology/report-21feb14-en.pdf ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder -innovation/quest-blueprint-30jan14-en.pdf Public Responsibility Framework: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib ility/outline-23feb14-en ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy stem/report-23feb14-en.pdf More information is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-25feb14-en.htm If you are interested in joining one of these groups, please, let me know by the end of Tuesday, 11 March. Kind regards, Gabi

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Volunteers sought for Input to ICANN Strategy Panel Reports
by Gabriella Schittek March 7, 2014

March 7, 2014

Dear Councillors, As you may recall, ICANN's four strategy panels recently published their reports with recommendations for public comment. The Triage committee suggested: "The Council establishes four groups (one group per report) to draft a reply. Secretariat makes call for volunteers for every group within the Council + Community. These groups draft input, present it to community + Council prior to submission." This suggestion was adopted by the Council, which means that I would now like to encourage you to volunteer to participate in drafting a reply to one of following recommendations: Identifier Technology Innovation: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn ology/report-21feb14-en.pdf ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder -innovation/quest-blueprint-30jan14-en.pdf Public Responsibility Framework: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib ility/outline-23feb14-en ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy stem/report-23feb14-en.pdf More information is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-25feb14-en.htm Please, could you let me know which group you wish to assign to by the end of Tuesday, 11 March. According to the agreed way forward, I will also make a similar call for volunteers in the community. Kind regards, Gabi

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14-2014: IDN Variant TLDs LGR Procedure Implementation Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1
by Gabriella Schittek March 6, 2014

March 6, 2014

Dear Councillors, In case you disagree with the recommended action of the Triage Committee for this request on IDN Variant TLDs LGR Procedure Implementation Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 1 , please email this list by the 10 March at the latest. Thanks, Gabi > Topic: IDN Variant TLDs LGR Procedure Implementation Maximal Starting > Repertoire Version 1 > > Originator: ICANN > > Summary of request: ICANN is releasing for public comment version 1 of the > Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1). The MSR is the first deliverable under > the "Procedure to Develop and Maintain Label Generation Rules for the Root > Zone With Respect to IDN Labels. > http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/msr-03mar14-en.htm > > Date received: 4 March 2014 > > Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 28 March 2014 > > Recommended action, if any: Inform members per email list (done) > > Expertise needed, if any: Technical > > Date of submission to Council: 6 March 2010 > > Last date of Council decision: 10 March 2010 > > Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Varying > > >

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13-2014: Initial Report Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP
by Gabriella Schittek March 6, 2014

March 6, 2014

Dear Councillors, In case you disagree with the recommended action of the Triage Committee for this request on the Initial Report Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP, please email this list by the 10 March at the latest. Thanks, Gabi > Topic: Initial Report Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP > > Originator: GNSO IRTP Working Group > > Summary of request: The IRTP WG is requesting comments to their Initial Report > of the IRTP Part D PDP. The Report provides 12 preliminary recommendations to > the six questions that this PDP Working Group (WG) was charted with: > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-03mar14-en.htm > > Date received: 4 March 2014 > > Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 3 April 2014 > > Recommended action, if any: None > > Expertise needed, if any: Administrative, managerial > > Date of submission to Council: 6 March 2014 > > Last date of Council decision: 10 March 2014 > > Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low > > >

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New ICANN Chief Innovation and Information Officer
by Gabriella Schittek March 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Dear all, ICANN has appointed Ashwin Rangan as new Chief Innovation and Information Officer: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03mar14-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Report on ICANN Accountability Benchmarks and Metrics
by Gabriella Schittek March 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Dear all, One World Trust, an independent research organisation, has published a report, which includes assessment and measurement recommendations on how to improve ICANN's Accountability. A summary of this report is available at http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04mar14-en.htm; the full report is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/metrics/benchmarks-consultancy -28feb14-en.pdf A session, discussing this report will be held in Singapore (see http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-executive-dashboard) where community input is welcome. Other feedback can also be submitted at accountabilitymetrics(a)icann.org. Kind regards, Gabi

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