September 2014 - Ccnso-council

Blog post on ICANN 51
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, Chris Mondini, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement - North America has written a blog post about the upcoming ICANN meeting in Los Angeles: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/back-to-the-future-icann51-is-just-around-th e-corner Kind regards, Gabi

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Alan Greenberg new ALAC Chair
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, Alan Greenberg has been selected as the next ALAC Chair. Greenberg replaces Olivier Crépin-Leblond, who has served as ALAC Chair since December 2010. He will begin a one-year, renewable term on October 16, 2014 during the ICANN51 Meeting in Los Angeles: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-15-en Kind regards, Gabi

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Pre-ICANN 51 Policy Update Webinar
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 2 October 2014 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarising policy activities across the ICANN policy development community including the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions and the ICANN Accountability track efforts. For more information and to RSVP, please see: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-17-en Kind regards, Gabi

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FY15 Operating Plan and Budget adopted
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, The ICANN Board has adopted the Fiscal Year 15 Operating Plan and Budget: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-16-en Kind regards, Gabi

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Important - Nominations to Council and Board
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, The email addresses for nominations to the ccNSO Council and the Board (ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org and ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org) did not work properly up until now. If you have used any of these addresses to nominate or second someone, you should have received an error message. The problem is now solved. Should you have tried to nominate during the past days, please, re-nominate again. Sorry about the inconvenience. Kind regards, Gabi

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New gTLD requests to allow introduction of two-characher domain names
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18, 2014

Dear all, .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI and .BERLIN have submitted requests to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for the below TLDs. Public comments are welcome by 3 October 2014: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-12-en Kind regards, Gabi

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ATLAS II Commendation from Steve Crocker
by Ron Sherwood Sept. 14, 2014

Sept. 14, 2014

Dear ccNSO Councilors. Please see copied below, a message from Steve Crocker to Olivier Crepin-LeBlond. I would like to draw the Council's attention to the Declaration, and to the Resolutions with specific reference to the penultimate paragraph of the Rationale for Resolutions: "The ALAC is seeking feedback on the Declaration from the wider ICANN community." Olivier has approved the sharing of this message with the ccNSO community if the Council so wishes. Ron Sherwood ccNSO/ALAC Liaison -------- Copy of Forwarded Message --------Subject:Comment on the Board resolution re the ATLAS II Summit Final DeclarationDate:Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:19:40 +0000From:Steve Crocker <steve.crocker(a)icann.org> <steve.crocker(a)icann.org>To:Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com> <ocl(a)gih.com>CC:steve@shinkuro.com <steve(a)shinkuro.com> <steve(a)shinkuro.com>, Icann-board ICANN <icann-board(a)icann.org> <icann-board(a)icann.org> Olivier, I don’t normally comment on a resolution because the text, including the rationale, is intended to speak for itself, but a fine point arose during our discussion that deserves special attention. The Board was completely in favor of accepting the report and wanted to signal congratulations and support. A few wanted to include the possibility of making the Summit a regular event. While that’s a reasonable expectation based on the success of the two Summits, the Declaration did not explicitly mention this and the majority of us felt, as a matter of form, that it was inappropriate for the Board to go beyond the Declaration in formulating our thank you. Three Board members, notably including both the ALAC appointed member, Sébastien Bachollet, and our president and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, as well as Wolfgang Kleinwächter, signaled their preference for a stronger resolution by abstaining from the vote. Normally abstentions signal some level of disagreement with the basic tenet of a resolution, but in this case the abstentions were meant to signal a desire for strengthening the resolution. On behalf of the entire Board, I am passing on to you the strong appreciation for the work all of ALAC has done and, in line with the conversation we had previously, our expectation that we will receive specific advice based on the Final Declaration. The resolution is posted at https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-09-09-en#3.e , and at the end of the resolution, prior to the Rationale, is the following Note: *Note: Three voting members of the Board abstained from voting on the resolutions. They stated for the record that they were supportive of the work resulting from the ATLAS, but wanted to draw attention to their encouragement for the Board to take future consideration of plans to develop the ATLAS into a regularly occurring event.* Please feel free to share this with the ALAC community. Thanks, Steve Crocker Chair, ICANN Board of Directors ----------------end copy---------------

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ccTLD IANA transition forum
by Byron Holland Sept. 13, 2014

Sept. 13, 2014

Council members, To facilitate broad-based dialogue on the IANA transition, I have had an online forum developed for discussing issues of particular interest to the ccTLD community. I believe this forum will ensure inclusivity of all ccTLDs – not just ccNSO members – in the consultation for the IANA transition process. The forum can be accessed here: http://ianatransitiondiscussion.org/. Topics for discussion can be posted by all users, and documents can be posted to the forum for review and comment. To ensure the discussions are limited to the ccTLD community, commenters’ initial posts will be moderated. Subsequent comments will be posted without moderation. A CIRA employee will moderate the forum until an external individual is identified to take that role on. We will be announcing the forum with a media release (with limited distribution) and a post on my blog (cirablog.ca), as well as an email to the global ccTLD list this coming week. Once launched, I hope you will use the forum to help advance your issues and concerns in this important process. Sincerely, Byron

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Re: [ccnso-council] FW: [ccTLDcommunity] Enhancement ICANN Accountability Process: ccNSO input public comment
by Lesley Cowley Sept. 12, 2014

Sept. 12, 2014

Hi Mathieu, Thank you for the very helpful update. I am happy to support your planned approach. Kind regards, Lesley On 12/09/2014 11:04, "Bart Boswinkel" <bart.boswinkel(a)icann.org> wrote: > >Dear all, >Please find included an email from Mathieu Weill, in his capacity as chair >of the drafting team preparing the input public comment. >Please that due to the limited timeframe, the draft will be submitted to >the Council on 23 September. Adoption of the draft will be included on the >Council agenda of 25 September >Kind regards, >Bart > > >On 9/12/14, 11:58 AM, "Mathieu Weill" <mathieu.weill(a)afnic.fr> wrote: > >>Dear colleagues, >> >>As you may have noticed ICANN has invited the community to review and >>comment on the proposed process and next steps for the Enahncement of >>ICANN¹s Accountability Process. The public comment period opened on 6 >>September and will close on 27 September. The full announcement of the >>public comment can be found at: >>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/enhancing-accountability-2014-09-05 >>- >>en >> >> >>In response to this announcement the ccNSO Council has requested the >>drafting team that prepared the initial ccNSO Council response in June >>2014 to draft a ccNSO input. Given the limited timeframe, the ccNSO >>input has to be submitted as a ccNSO Council Statement. However, the >>drafting team, wants to keep you informed of its progress, and is >>seeking your input. >> >>According to ICANN's announcement the Accountability Process is intended >>" to deal with focused systemic issues caused by the changing historical >>relationship with the United States, including for example, by stress >>testing against internal or external captures or takeovers, and >>safeguards against capture at all levels, which is a pre-condition of >>the IANA stewardship transition.² Further, "the public comment is >>intended to be focused on addressing questions about the design of the >>Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process not about the potential >>solutions or outcomes of the review.² >> >>In its response the drafting team intends to focus on the following >>points: >> >>1. Clarify that the goal of the accountability track is to reinforce >>trust (and so the process better be trusted itself). >> >>2. Set up ONE cross community WG (instead of three confusingly similar >>groups), based on standard procedures. >> >>3. The Board and staff could be observers in this group (but no more, as >>it sshould be a multistakeholder bottom up initiative). liaison as well >>with IANA coordination group. >> >>4. Include external Advisors providing specific skills (Advisors have no >>vote, selected by the ccWG based on predefined skillset and open >>nomination process, specific high expectations against conflicts of >>interest for Advisors). Compensation of Advisors should be considered to >>attract most competent people. >> >>4. Secretariat for the group should be provided by independant provider, >>selected by the group >> >>5. Examine possibility of "Non voting" chairman of the WG elected >>amongst Advisors (should be very skilled at chairing, complex groups and >>management of processes). >> >>6. Scope should address any "appropriate" accountability mechanism >>(based on Sao Paulo definition), without any restriction. However the >>outcome should be prioritized in the context of the IAAN Stewardship >>Transition. Therefore the outcome needs to be prioritized with a view of >>what needs to be in place before the IANA transition. >> >>7. Clarify upfront conditions of Board approval or rejection of >>recommendations (inspired by current policy approval rules for instance). >> >>8. Working methods : charter and working methods defined for the CCWG. >> >>9. In case Icann would proceed with the process submitted for comment, >>importance of taking into account diverse nature of ccTLD accountability >>mechanisms in the constituion of the groups. >> >>Please let me, or the ccNSO secretariat know, if you have any concerns >>regarding these points or if you want any additional points added. To be >>most helpful, you are kindly invited to do so by Tuesday 16 September. >> >>The drafting team intends to complete its draft by 23 September 2014 to >>the Council, for approval at its meeting on 25 September 2014. The >>drafting team will share its final draft with you as well, and will >>invite you to express support and use it to prepare your own submission. >> >>On behalf of the drafting team, regards, >>Mathieu Weill >>Chair >>_______________________________________________ >>ccTLDcommunity mailing list >>ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org >>http://www.lists.cctld-managers.org/mailman/listinfo/cctldcommunity >> >>To unsubscribe please send a blank email to >>ccTLDcommunity-unsubscribe(a)lists.cctld-managers.org > >

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FW: [ccTLDcommunity] Enhancement ICANN Accountability Process: ccNSO input public comment
by Bart Boswinkel Sept. 12, 2014

Sept. 12, 2014

Dear all, Please find included an email from Mathieu Weill, in his capacity as chair of the drafting team preparing the input public comment. Please that due to the limited timeframe, the draft will be submitted to the Council on 23 September. Adoption of the draft will be included on the Council agenda of 25 September Kind regards, Bart On 9/12/14, 11:58 AM, "Mathieu Weill" <mathieu.weill(a)afnic.fr> wrote: >Dear colleagues, > >As you may have noticed ICANN has invited the community to review and >comment on the proposed process and next steps for the Enahncement of >ICANN¹s Accountability Process. The public comment period opened on 6 >September and will close on 27 September. The full announcement of the >public comment can be found at: >https://www.icann.org/public-comments/enhancing-accountability-2014-09-05- >en > > >In response to this announcement the ccNSO Council has requested the >drafting team that prepared the initial ccNSO Council response in June >2014 to draft a ccNSO input. Given the limited timeframe, the ccNSO >input has to be submitted as a ccNSO Council Statement. However, the >drafting team, wants to keep you informed of its progress, and is >seeking your input. > >According to ICANN's announcement the Accountability Process is intended >" to deal with focused systemic issues caused by the changing historical >relationship with the United States, including for example, by stress >testing against internal or external captures or takeovers, and >safeguards against capture at all levels, which is a pre-condition of >the IANA stewardship transition.² Further, "the public comment is >intended to be focused on addressing questions about the design of the >Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process not about the potential >solutions or outcomes of the review.² > >In its response the drafting team intends to focus on the following >points: > >1. Clarify that the goal of the accountability track is to reinforce >trust (and so the process better be trusted itself). > >2. Set up ONE cross community WG (instead of three confusingly similar >groups), based on standard procedures. > >3. The Board and staff could be observers in this group (but no more, as >it sshould be a multistakeholder bottom up initiative). liaison as well >with IANA coordination group. > >4. Include external Advisors providing specific skills (Advisors have no >vote, selected by the ccWG based on predefined skillset and open >nomination process, specific high expectations against conflicts of >interest for Advisors). Compensation of Advisors should be considered to >attract most competent people. > >4. Secretariat for the group should be provided by independant provider, >selected by the group > >5. Examine possibility of "Non voting" chairman of the WG elected >amongst Advisors (should be very skilled at chairing, complex groups and >management of processes). > >6. Scope should address any "appropriate" accountability mechanism >(based on Sao Paulo definition), without any restriction. However the >outcome should be prioritized in the context of the IAAN Stewardship >Transition. Therefore the outcome needs to be prioritized with a view of >what needs to be in place before the IANA transition. > >7. Clarify upfront conditions of Board approval or rejection of >recommendations (inspired by current policy approval rules for instance). > >8. Working methods : charter and working methods defined for the CCWG. > >9. In case Icann would proceed with the process submitted for comment, >importance of taking into account diverse nature of ccTLD accountability >mechanisms in the constituion of the groups. > >Please let me, or the ccNSO secretariat know, if you have any concerns >regarding these points or if you want any additional points added. To be >most helpful, you are kindly invited to do so by Tuesday 16 September. > >The drafting team intends to complete its draft by 23 September 2014 to >the Council, for approval at its meeting on 25 September 2014. The >drafting team will share its final draft with you as well, and will >invite you to express support and use it to prepare your own submission. > >On behalf of the drafting team, regards, >Mathieu Weill >Chair >_______________________________________________ >ccTLDcommunity mailing list >ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org >http://www.lists.cctld-managers.org/mailman/listinfo/cctldcommunity > >To unsubscribe please send a blank email to >ccTLDcommunity-unsubscribe(a)lists.cctld-managers.org

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