September 2014 - Ccnso-council

ICANN Accountability: Public Comment Invited on Enhancing the Accountability Process
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 8, 2014

Sept. 8, 2014

Dear all, FYI This is on ICANN Accountability: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-08-2014-09-05-en > ICANN News Alert > <http://www.icann.org/> > News Alert > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-08-2014-09-05-en > > Public Comment Invited: Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process > 6 September 2014 > > Forum Announcement:Comment Period Opens onDate:6 September 2014 > Categories/Tags:Transparency/Accountability > Purpose (Brief):Due to both the critical crossroad ICANN is at now and the > considerable work that needs to be done to achieve the anticipated IANA > Functions Stewardship Transition, ICANN has launched a 21-day Public Comment > period starting 6 September 2014, to consider the Enhancing ICANN > Accountability and Governance Process > <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en> > posted on 14 August, in conjunction with the stewardship transition.The > decision to post this comment period is based on 3 factors: > 1. A request from the community for more time to discuss with their > constituencies the process posted, allowing for a broader consideration of the > process before moving ahead. > 2. The emphasis made by the U.S. government at ICANN's Town Hall Meeting at > the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul that the enhancement of > ICANN's accountability mechanisms be narrowly focused on those related to the > IANA Functions Stewardship Transition, that is reiterating its focus is on the > changing historical contractual relationship with the US, and that both the > transition and accountability processes be delivered simultaneously by > September 2015 when the IANA contract expires. > 3. Consideration of recent questions submitted by ICANN community leaders, > requesting clarification on several issues concerning the posted process. > The Enhancing ICANN Accountability mechanisms will remain operational through > this comment period but will not address the substantive issues of enhancing > ICANN accountability in the absence of the U.S. Government contract until the > end of the 21-day public comment period. Any changes to the process structure > instituted following the 21-day public comment period will be implemented > accordingly.Your participation is important.In light of the opening of this > public comment period, the first meeting of the Cross Community Group, > announced for 15 September 2014, will proceed as an informational call. No > chartering or Coordination Group selection will occur during the informational > session. > Public Comment Box > Link:https://www.icann.org/public-comments/enhancing-accountability-2014-09… > -en > > > Kind regards, > > Gabi >

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IANA Stewardship Transition: Request for Proposals for IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 8, 2014

Sept. 8, 2014

Dear all, FYI:This is about the IANA Stewardship Transition: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-09-03-en > ICANN News Alert > <http://www.icann.org/> > News Alert > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-05-en > > Revised: Request for Proposals (RFP) for IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal > Issued by the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group > 5 September 2014 > > This announcement is to correct the omission from the 3 September > communication of the draft nature of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the > IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Issued by the IANA Stewardship Transition > Coordination Group. The IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) issued a > Draft RFP for the IANA stewardship transition proposal with the intent of > providing communities working on proposals the substantive elements of the RFP > as soon as possible. The latest working draft of the RFP can be found here > <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-03sep14-en… > df> [PDF, 95 KB] Kind regards, Gabi

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FW: [CWG-DT-Stewardship] Resolutions passed by the GNSO Council Thursday, 4 September 2014
by Bart Boswinkel Sept. 5, 2014

Sept. 5, 2014

Dear all, FYI, The GNSO Council also adopted the charter of the CWG to develop an IAAN Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions. Kind regards, Bart From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org<mailto:Glen@icann.org>> Date: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 10:44 AM To: "cwg-dt-stewardship(a)icann.org<mailto:cwg-dt-stewardship@icann.org>" <cwg-dt-stewardship(a)icann.org<mailto:cwg-dt-stewardship@icann.org>> Subject: [CWG-DT-Stewardship] Resolutions passed by the GNSO Council Thursday, 4 September 2014 .......................... Ahead of the Council minutes, please find the resolutions passed by the GNSO Council at its meeting on Thursday, 4 September 2014. ......................................... Council adopted a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions Whereas, 1. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management. 2. On June 6 2014, ICANN proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) "responsible for preparing a transition proposal reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions." 3. It was determined that the transition proposal should be developed within the directly affected communities (i.e. the IETF for development of standards for Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, the ASO, and the RIRs for functions related the management and distribution of numbering resources; and the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain Name System). These efforts would inform the work of the ICG, whose responsibility would be to fashion an overall integrated transition proposal from these autonomously developed components. 4. Following distribution of an invitation to participate, a drafting team (DT) was formed with participants from the ccNSO, GNSO, SSAC and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions. 5. The DT delivered the proposed charter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14…> for consideration to the ccNSO, GNSO, SSACC and ALAC Resolved, 1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14…> and appoints Jonathan Robinson as the GNSO Council liaison and member to the CWG. 2. Each GNSO Stakeholder Group will identify one member for the CWG by 15 September taking into account the charter requirement that best efforts should be made to ensure that members: * Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable subject matter; * Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG on an ongoing and long-term basis; and * Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of individuals in the organization that appoints them. 3. The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for observers to join the CWG, each in accordance with its own rules. 4. Until the CWG selects its co-chairs for the CWG, the GNSO Council recommends that the co-chairs of the Drafting Team shall serve as the interim co-chairs of the CWG. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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IANA Stewardship Transition Process: Call for Nominations Cross Community WG to Develop IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 4, 2014

Sept. 4, 2014

Dear all, This is a reminder on the call for Nominations to participate in the cross community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposals on Naming Related Functions. See below and attached for further information. Last day to apply is 11 September 2014. Kind regards, Gabi > Call for Nominations for ccTLD Managers to Participate in the > Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition > Proposal on Naming Related Functions > > Summary > The ccNSO will participate in the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an > IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG), which > is being formed as part of the process to develop an IANA stewardship > transition proposal, specifically for the Naming related Functions. The ccNSO > has been asked to appoint up to five (5) members of the CWG. The purpose of > this email is to seek nominations for these five (5) places. The ccNSO > Council will appoint the members to the CWG at its meeting on 25 September > 2014. > Background > On 14 March 2014 the US Department of Commerce¹s National Telecommunications > and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to transition > stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the > global multistakeholder community. The NTIA asked the Internet Corporation for > Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), as the IANA functions contractor and > global coordinator for the Domain Name System (DNS), to convene a > multistakeholder process to develop a proposal for the transition. IANA also > said that the transition proposal must have broad community support and > address the following four principles: > · Support and enhance the multistakeholder model; > · Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS; > · Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of > the IANA services; and, > · Maintain the openness of the Internet. > The NTIA also said that it will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA > role with a government-led or an inter-governmental organization solution. > Full details of IANA¹s announcement are available at: > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition… > y-internet-domain-name-functions. > On June 6 ICANN proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition > Coordination Group (ICG) ³responsible for preparing a transition proposal > reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA > functions.² > Two subsets of IANA¹s global customers/partners, the addressing and Internet > protocol parameter communities, led by the Internet Engineering Task Force > (IETF) and the number resource community comprising the Number Resource > Organization (NRO), the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and the Regional > Internet Registries (RIRs), have responded to the NTIA¹s announcement and the > formation of the ICG, by establishing working groups to provide input on their > specific needs and expectations with respect to the IANA Stewardship > Transition. It was determined that the transition proposal should be developed > within the directly affected communities (i.e. the IETF for development of > standards for Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, the ASO, and the RIRs for > functions related the management and distribution of numbering resources; and > the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain Name System). These > efforts would inform the work of the ICG, whose responsibility would be to > fashion an overall integrated transition proposal from these autonomously > developed components. > Therefore there is a need for the naming community to come together to > articulate its needs and expectations in an integrated fashion, as an integral > part of this transition process, and to develop a proposal for the elements of > the IANA Stewardship Transition that directly affect the naming community. The > ccNSO Council together with GNSO Council have taken the initiative to create a > cross-community working group. > At its meeting on 21 August adopted the charter of the Cross Community Working > Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related > Functions. The adopted charter can be found at: <include link> > ccTLD Participation on the Cross-Community Working Group > In accordance with the adopted charter of the CWG the ccNSO (as well as each > of the other chartering organizations) shall appoint a minimum of 2 and a > maximum of 5 members to the working group. The ccNSO Council decided as > usual- that membership of the CWG is open to both ccNSO members and non-ccNSO > members. > In addition, the CWG will be open to any interested person as an observer. > Observers may be from the ccNSO, from a stakeholder group not represented in > the CWG, or may be self-appointed. Observers will be able to actively > participate in and attend all CWG meetings. > However, any consensus calls or decisions that need to be made will be limited > to CWG members appointed by the ccNSO and the other chartering organizations. > Call for membership Nominations > The ccNSO Council is seeking nominations from ccTLD managers (independent of > ccNSO membership), who might wish to serve as one of the five (5) ccTLD > members on the cross-community working group. > Candidates are expected to have: > · A thorough understanding of operating requirements of a ccTLD manager, > · Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG on an > ongoing and long-term basis; and > · Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of > individuals from the ccTLD community. > · Effective communication skills in order to represent ccTLD interests on > the ccWG and to keep the ccNSO and broader ccTLD community abreast of the > state of play in the cross-community group. > Candidates for this role are requested to provide the ccNSO > (ccNSOsecretariat(a)icann.org ) with the following by 11 September 2014, 23.59 > UTC). > · a recent curriculum vitae summarizing background and experience, > including that in ccTLD operations, and > · a statement of what the candidate sees as being the main objectives > that ccTLD operators should be seeking in an IANA transition proposal. > The list of nominations will be made public after closure of the nomination > period. > The ccNSO Council will make select and appoint the five members on the WG at > its meeting on 25 September 2014, based on the selection criteria mentioned > above and taking into account the diversity of the ccTLD community, including > geographical diversity. > Interviews of shortlisted candidates may be conducted.

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Update from SECIR WG
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 3, 2014

Sept. 3, 2014

Dear all, The Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response (SECIR) Working Group had a conference call on Tuesday and discussed following issues: * It was felt that an existing implementation of a secure email system would meet most requirements for a secure email list and secure contact repository. However, the subscribers will need to use PGP Keys to be able to use the system. Some training might be required; * Discussions were also held as to who should host such a platform; this topic is currently being explored; * The policies around membership criteria and according to what principles subscribers should be added also still needs further clarification; * The community will hopefully get an option presented before or at the Los Angeles meeting community feedback will be sought; * The WG is still aiming to meet the goal to have a first system up and running by December 2014 == Kind regards, Gabi

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Sponsors Sought for ccTLD Cocktail Event in Los Angeles!
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 3, 2014

Sept. 3, 2014

Dear all, We are now looking for sponsors for the ccNSO organised ccTLD Cocktail Event on Tuesday night, 14 October in Los Angeles! Should your registry be interested in sponsoring this event, please let me know as soon as possible. Any amount is welcome and appreciated! Kind regards, Kristina

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ccNSO Activity Summary August
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 2, 2014

Sept. 2, 2014

ccNSO Activity Summary August 2014 Working/Study Group Output: 27 August - Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference Notes<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-27aug14-en.pdf> 26 August - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names as TLDs Telephone Conference Transcript<http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-ccwg-unct-26aug14-en.pdf> 5 August - Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response Working Group Telephone Conference Notes<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-secir-05aug14-en.pdf> Mp3 recordings and agendas of various ccNSO working group meetings can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#aug ccNSO Council Output: Latest ccNSO Council Minutes London<http://ccnso.icann.org/node/46140> 25 June 2014. ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm ccNSO Council Decisions on Requests for input: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions.htm ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm ccNSO Membership: 19 August - .IN (India) Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO<http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19aug14-en.htm> ccNSO-related Public Comment Periods: 25 August - ICANN's Board Working Group on the Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom) report on the Nominating Committee (NomCom): https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bwg-nomcom-2014-08-21-en (Comments open until 21 October) 25 August - Four Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests have been submitted by the registry operators for .club, .saarland, .immo and .sohu to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for these four TLDs. https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-19-en (Public comments welcome until 9 September) Links and Announcements regarding the IANA stewardship transfer: 19 August - Fadi Chehadé has written a blog post on the coming NETmundial Initiative announcement by the World Economic Forum in partnership with ICANN and other organisations: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/an-initiative-for-action 15 August - ICANN announcement on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-14-en Other Announcements: 28 August - Letter from ICANN CEO and Chair to SO/AC and Constituency Chairs reg. Announcement on Enhancing Accountability & FAQ's <http://ccnso.icann.org/about/chehade-crocker-to-so-ac-chairs-28aug14-en.pdf> 26 August - ICANN webpage on its participation in the upcoming IGF meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 2-4 September: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-08-25-en 25 August - ICANN FAQ page for questions on ICANN's Accountability and Governance: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-22-en 25 August - Call for Nominations IANA Transition Coordination Group<http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-ccwg-iana-stewa…> (open until 11 September) 18 August - Update from ICANN's Policy Department<http://ccnso.icann.org/node/46237> 17 August - The 2014 Nominating Committee selected nominees: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-15-en 9 August - ICANN's Fellowship programme is now opening for applications to the Marrakech meeting 8 - 12 February 2015: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-08-en (Application period open until 19 September). 2 August - ICANN call for volunteers to serve on one of several panels that will define the rules for generating new top-level domain labels for the script or writing systems for their community: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en

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Council Resolution on Recommendation Quorum Study Group
by Bart Boswinkel Sept. 2, 2014

Sept. 2, 2014

Dear all, At the last Council call of 21 August 2014) it was decided to take a Council vote on the recommendation of the Quorum Study Group, included in its Final report of. This Report was submitted some time and is now included her as well. In the preparatory note for the Council meeting the following background and draft resolution was presented: Quorum Interpretation Study Group Final Report and Recommendation Background The Quorum Group was created to suggest implementation of the recommendation to develop a mechanism whereby ccNSO members could indicate how their "non-vote" should be interpreted during a voting - Abstain/Will not subscribe to policy?Do not count me as quorum (the latter meaning that the member does not want to hinder the issue to pass a voting). The Study group conducted a survey among the members of the ccNSO. Based on that survey the Study Group recommends not to implement any change to the current rule. Resolution The ccNSO Council adopts the Final Report of the Study Group and the group is closed. The ccNSO Council thanks the chair Katrina Sataki and it members for their work. The ccNSO adopts the recommendation of this Group not to implement a change of the quroum rule as suggested before. As always, is considered adopted, unless councillors indicate need for further discussion or objections to the resolution by 10 September 2014. Kind regards, Bart

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Feedback to ATLAS II Declaration
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 1, 2014

Sept. 1, 2014

Dear all, ALAC is currently seeking feedback to the ATLAS II Declaration. The ATLAS II Declaration is a key deliverable of the Summit, focuses on the post-ATLAS II endeavors of the At-Large community, ensuring that the user perspective is placed at the center of ICANN activities. https://community.icann.org/display/als2/ATLAS+II+Declaration Please send any feedback as soon as possible to atlas2comments(a)icann.org Kind regards, Kristina

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Enhancing ICANN Accountability & Governance Town Hall Meeting @ IGF Istanbul
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 1, 2014

Sept. 1, 2014

Dear all, ICANN invites all interested stakeholders to a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance Process during the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey. The Town Hall Meeting will provide an opportunity for an open dialogue to address and clarify any remaining questions about the Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance Process. Date: 2 September 2014 Location: ICEC in the Topkapi A Room, Istanbul, Turkey Time: 06:00-07:30 UTC For more information, also on how to participate remotely, see https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-29-en Kind regards, Gabi

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