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Triage recommendation 09-2016, Call for Volunteers: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Implementation and Work Stream 2
by Joke Braeken April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Dear Councillors, Please find below the proposed triage recommendation 09-2016. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of 6 April, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation. Thank you. Topic: 09-2016 - Call for Volunteers: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Implementation and Work Stream 2 Originator: ICANN, CCWG Accountability Summary of request: With the completion of the Work Stream 1 report and delivery to NTIA in March 2016 <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-10-en>, work is beginning on the implementation of the Work Stream 1 recommendations, followed by the development of a Work Stream 2 report. The CCWG-Accountability is open to anyone who wishes to join, and the group welcomes all interested stakeholders to join in this next phase. https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-25-en Date received: 29 March 2016 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: The next meeting of the CCWG-Accountability will take place on Tuesday, 5 April from 19:00-21:00 UTC to review draft Bylaw language as a part of implementation of Work Stream 1. The group anticipates finalizing discussions on the draft Bylaws in mid-April. After these discussions are completed, the group will focus on the inventory of Work Stream 2 items. Recommended action, if any: Distribute the call for volunteers via the e-mail lists and twitter. Done. Expertise needed, if any: policy, legal, strategic, operation, managerial Date of submission to Triage Committee: 30 March 2016 Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 01 April 2016, 23:59 UTC Date of submission to Council: 5 April 2016 Deadline Council decision: 6 April 2016, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: middle Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org

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News Alerts: GDD Summit and Fellowship Programme.
by Joke Braeken April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Dear all, Please find below an overview of the latest ICANN News Alerts: Global Domains Division (GDD) Industry Summit ICANN's second Global Domains Division (GDD) Industry Summit will be held 17-19 May 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The three-day event is intended to provide contracted parties with the opportunity to meet and address issues of shared importance including operational issues, and emerging and ongoing challenges. It is not intended for discussion of policy. The GDD Summit also provides attendees with an opportunity for direct, one-on-one interaction with members of ICANN's GDD team. For more information visit. https://www.icann.org/gddsummit. News Alert: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-04-en Fellowship Program Brings Experienced Alumni to ICANN56 Policy Forum Twenty-five Alumni with previous Fellowship and ICANN Community experience have been selected to participate in ICANN's Policy Forum at the 56th Public Meeting in Helsinki, 27-30 June 2016. These individuals represent all sectors of society including civil, government, academia, business, technical, security, end user groups and country code supporting groups. They are members of the GAC, ccNSO, gNSO Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups and At Large. For the ICANN56 Meeting, 54 Fellowship Alumni applications were received through the online process and assessed by an independent selection committee. The successful candidates were selected based on references from current Community leaders, Global Stakeholder Engagement and Policy policy members who have witnessed their commitment and engagement in the Internet ecosystem, their region and/or the ICANN community through one of its Multistakeholder Model groups. Click here to see the list of selected candidates and learn more about the Fellowship program: https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram News Alert: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-04-04-en Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org

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Appointment additional volunteers ccNSO Guideline Review Committee
by Bart Boswinkel April 4, 2016

April 4, 2016

Dear all, As requested by the Council decision in Marrakesh ( 9 March), the secretariat send out a call for volunteers for additional members of the ccNSO Guideline Review Committee, in particular for volunteers who have a thorough understanding tof the CWG-Stewarship Proposal. The call for volunteers closed on 30 March 2016, 17.00 UTC, and following persons have put their names forward: * Christelle Vaval ( NomCom Councillor) * Maarten Simon ( .nl , ccNSO appointed member CWG-Stewardship) * Martin Boyle (.uk, participant CWG-Stewardship and ccNSO appointed member ICG) As always members of the GRC need to be appointed by Council. In this case the GRC is seeking appointment as soon as possible as it wil have its first call on the implementation of the CWG-Stewardship work next week ( 11 April) If you object or have any questions, please sent this by 8 April noon UTC to the list. Thank you and kind regards, Bart

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Your attention needed: Travel funding (resolution included)
by Katrina Sataki April 4, 2016

April 4, 2016

Dear Councillors, Your decision is needed! I have been made aware that the Travel Funding Committee and the Secretariat are facing an issue with respect to travel funding of the Councillors elected by ccNSO members. As you know the ccNSO has 12 travel slots per ICANN meeting. According to the Travel Funding Guideline (hereinafter Guideline, see http://ccnso.icann.org/about/travel-funding-12feb13-en.pdf please NOTE: this Guidelines hasn¹t been reviewed by the Guideline Review Committee yet) : * 3 slots are for NomCom Council members. If not used they fall back to pool for other eligible candidates like presenters, WG members, etc. * 5 Slots for Councillors who are elected by members (one per region). According to the Guideline one Councillor per region is funded per ICANN meeting. If the eligible Councillor does not use the allocated travel slot it falls back to the pool for other eligible candidates. Further, the Councillors from each of the regions need to come up with a rotational scheme (per year): who is eligible for travel funding. The Secretariat will implement this scheme. Some of the ccTLD related Councillors have not used their slots (for various reasons). The unused slot then falls back to the pool for other eligible candidates (non-Councillors). * Basically, and according to the Guideline there are 4 slots for non-Councillors (other eligible persons). This number will increase if Councillors do not use their assigned slot. The issue the Travel Funding Committee and staff are facing right now is that for some regions all ccTLD related Councillors indicate that one specific Councillor can use more than one slot per year. Whatever the arguments (and there are plenty!), the current Guideline clearly states another mechanism. This puts the Travel Funding Committee in a position to make that choice (between the Guideline and the decisions of the Councillors from a particular region). Therefore there is a need for the ccNSO Council to step in and make a decision. And, sorry, but we cannot wait for the call to discuss this issue because we need to submit the list of funded travellers ASAP. So here¹s a suggestion to move forward: 1. The Guideline will be changed making clear that it is effectively up to the Councillors from a particular region how they want to assign the slots (independently of the number of fundigs received before). Only if none of the Councillors from the region expresses a need for the travel funding, it will be made available to the pool for others. 2. This change is effective immediately (after adoption by the ccNSO Council), hence applicable for the Helsinki meeting. If agreed, here is a draft resolution to amend the Guideline. May I ask you to indicate whether you want further discussion, or object to it by 7 April 2016 17.00 UTC? Thank you very much! Draft Resolution Background According to the ccNSO Travel Funding Guideline as adopted by the ccNSO Council in February 2013: One Councillor from each of the 5 regions, on a rotating basis, will receive travel funding for an ICANN meeting (i.e. a Councillor from each region will be funded once a year). The Councillors representing the Region are to decide in which order the rotation shall take place. If no decision is made, the order is defined alphabetically. If a Councillor does not want to use his allocated funding, the funds will be allocated to the ³Other Eligible Parties Category² or remain available for use during the remainder of the current fiscal year. It has been brought to the attention of the ccNSO Council that in some cases this creates issues for the Travel Funding Committee and for some ccNSO Councillors. To address the issue it is suggested that the Travel Funding Guideline will be amended to say: For Councillors: One Councillor from each of the 5 regions will receive travel funding for an ICANN meeting (i.e. a Councillor from each region will be funded per meeting). The Councillors representing the Region are to decide among themselves who will receive funding to attend a meeting. If no decision is made, or if none of the Councillors from a region wants to use the allocated funding, the funds for that region will be allocated to the ³Other Eligible Parties Category² or remain available for use during the remainder of the current fiscal year, to be determined by the Councillors from that Region. Draft Decision The ccNSO Council decides to replace the current language of the section Criteria for Eligibility, the sentences starting with For Councillors and ending with This will be determined by the Committee with: For Councillors: One Councillor from each of the 5 regions will receive travel funding for an ICANN meeting (i.e. a Councillor from each region will be funded per meeting). The Councillors representing the Region are to decide among themselves who will receive funding to attend a meeting. If no decision is made, or if none of the Councillors from a region wants to use the allocated funding, the funds for that region will be allocated to the ³Other Eligible Parties Category² or remain available for use during the remainder of the current fiscal year, to be determined by the Councillors from that Region. The Secretariat is requested to publish the amended Guideline as soon as possible after adoption. The amended Guideline will become effective immediately after publication. Kindest regards, ]{atrina

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Congratulations Becky!!!
by Katrina Sataki April 4, 2016

April 4, 2016

Congratulations to Becky for being selected to the ICANN Board of Directors! That's what happens when you dedicate countless hours of your time, your experience and your knowledge to the community :) I am glad to see the ICANN Board in good hands and I am sure this is not the end of the journey! Congratulations, Becky! Best of luck to you! You¹re wonderful! Cheers, ]{atrina

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Council Minutes - 9 March
by Kimberly Carlson April 4, 2016

April 4, 2016

Dear Councilors, Please find, attached, the 9 March 2016 minutes for your review. Kind regards, Kim Carlson

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invitation to participate in survey: review of the Trademark Clearinghouse
by Joke Braeken April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

Dear All, ICANN is conducting an independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse, which was recommended by the GAC in 2011 (see https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may1…) The GAC advised that the following specific topics should be included in the review’s terms of reference: (1) handling of non-exact matches to trademarks, (2) extension of the Trademark Claims notifications, and (3) impacts of the Claims services on the commercial watch services market. ICANN has engaged Analysis Group (http://www.analysisgroup.com/home/) to perform this review. Analysis Group has developed a questionnaire to assess the opinions of various groups that interact with either all or some of the TMCH services. Given that feedback from interested stakeholders is extremely valuable to this review, Analysis Group would like to invite you to participate in this questionnaire. http://www.analysisgroup.com/icann-trademark-clearinghouse/ This is intended as an informational study to support discussions on related Right Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) activities, such as the work of the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) review of all RPMs in all gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP). Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org

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ccNSO Activity Summary March 2016
by Kimberly Carlson April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

ccNSO Activity Summary March 2016 ICANN 56 Helsinki Meetings Page<https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56> and Registration<https://registration.icann.org/> ICANN 55 Marrakech: * Members Meeting Day 1: Recordings and Presentations<https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/tue-ccnso-members> * Members Meeting Day 2: Recordings and Presentations<https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-ccnso-members> * Tech Day: Recordings and Presentations<https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-tech> Working/Study Group Meeting Output: Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar ccNSO Council: ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN's Accountability Process: IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Page<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation> 10 March - ICANN Board Transmits IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Recommendations to NTIA<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability> 25 March - Call for Volunteers: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Implementation and Work Stream 2<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-25-en> Other Announcements: Expectations of Service Level Expectations<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/expectations-of-service-level-expectations> Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/contributing-to-sustainable-development-goa…> Conduct at ICANN Meetings<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings> Release of Country and Territory Names within the .TORAY and .PICTET TLDs<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-28-en>

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