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23 July 2020
by ICANN Community Leadership Digest July 23, 2020

July 23, 2020

Thursday, 23 July 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing NEW: Universal Acceptance Steering Group FY21 Action Plan Available for Community Feedback REMINDER: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Public Comment Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Information Sharing NEW: Universal Acceptance Steering Group FY21 Action Plan Available for Community Feedback From: Sarmad Hussein, Internationalized Domain Names and Universal Acceptance Program Universal Acceptance (UA) is when all domain names and all email addresses work in all software applications. The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) was formed in 2015 to encourage the relevant stakeholders to make their applications UA ready. The UASG FY21 Action Plan is available for community feedback until Friday, 31 July 2020. REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process Announcement On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document before submission. The document includes the following information: Panel Position Description Required or Highly Preferred Skills Required or Highly Preferred Experience Time Commitment Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020(a)icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. REMINDER: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building Announcement ICANN recently opened a one-month nomination period for the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building. ICANN first introduced the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building in January to recognize ICANN community members for significant efforts in developing capacity in areas related to ICANN's Mission. The award was established in honor of the late Dr. Tarek Kamel, an Internet pioneer known for his contributions to global Internet governance. At the time of his passing, Kamel was ICANN's Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Vice President for Government and Intergovernmental Organization Engagement. Submit your nominations here by Friday, 21 August 2020. Public Comment Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Close Date: Friday, 31 July 2020 Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Close Date: Sunday, 2 August 2020 Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Close Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2020 Volume 2, Issue 57 | Archive | Next Issue: Monday, 27 July 2020 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council(a)icann.org Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by david.olive(a)icann.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!

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European Union Update: The Digital Services Act
by Joke Braeken July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020

Dear All, Read the latest Government Engagement publication that provides an update on the Digital Service Act initiative launched by the European Union. The paper provides a background and analysis of the initiative with the potential relevance to the ICANN community and to ICANN's technical role in the Internet ecosystem. A public consultation on the DSA initiative has been currently launched by the European Commission and will remain open until 8 September 2020. ICANN org will submit a contribution to the open consultation, and encourages the community to take this opportunity to contribute as well. Read the report here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/government-engagement-publications-20…>. 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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20 July 2020
by ICANN Community Leadership Digest July 20, 2020

July 20, 2020

Monday, 20 July 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing TODAY AND WEDNESDAY: Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Webinar NEW: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building NEW: The Africa Regional Plan for FY21-25 – What it Means NEW: European Union Update: The Digital Services Act REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Public Comment Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Information Sharing TODAY AND WEDNESDAY: Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Webinar From: Sally Newell Cohen, Senior Vice President, Global Communications The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) team is hosting two webinars to provide a demo of preview.icann.org. ITI began in January 2018 with the goal of delivering increased and improved accessibility and findability of information on icann.org. The ITI Team completed the development of several content types for the preview website in May 2020. Join us for one of these two upcoming webinars to learn about the new icann.org. Learn more. ITI Webinar 1 Monday, 20 July 2020, 20:00 UTC (all other times) Register ITI Webinar 2 Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 14:00 UTC (all other times) Register NEW: Nomination Opens for Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building Announcement Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a one-month nomination period for the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building. ICANN first introduced the Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building in January to recognize ICANN community members for significant efforts in developing capacity in areas related to ICANN's Mission. The award was established in honor of the late Dr. Tarek Kamel, an Internet pioneer known for his contributions to global Internet governance. At the time of his passing, Kamel was ICANN's Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Vice President for Government and Intergovernmental Organization Engagement. Submit your nominations here. NEW: The Africa Regional Plan for FY21-25 – What it Means From: Pierre Dandjinou, Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement - Africa I am pleased to share with you ICANN's final Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-2025. The launch of the ICANN Strategic Plan for FY21-25 provided an opportunity to review and realign our engagement plan for Africa. Accordingly, the Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) Africa team, in collaboration with the community, initiated the process to align the ICANN Africa Regional Plan with ICANN's. An Africa Strategy Working Group (ASWG2020), made up of 25 diverse representatives selected through a public call, was then formed in January 2020 to develop the regional plan. Learn more. NEW: European Union Update: The Digital Services Act Read the latest Government Engagement publication that provides an update on the Digital Service Act initiative launched by the European Union. The paper provides a background and analysis of the initiative with the potential relevance to the ICANN community and to ICANN's technical role in the Internet ecosystem. Read the report here. REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process Announcement On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document before submission. The document includes the following information: Panel Position Description Required or Highly Preferred Skills Required or Highly Preferred Experience Time Commitment Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020(a)icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. Public Comment Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Close Date: Friday, 31 July 2020 Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Close Date: Sunday, 2 August 2020 Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Close Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2020 Volume 2, Issue 56 | Archive | Next Issue: Thursday, 23 July 2020 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council(a)icann.org Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by david.olive(a)icann.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!

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Webinar invitation: demo of preview.icann.org
by Joke Braeken July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020

Dear All, The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) team is hosting two webinars to provide a demo of preview.icann.org. ITI began in January 2018 with the goal of delivering increased and improved accessibility and findability of information on icann.org. The ITI Team completed the development of several content types for the preview website in May 2020. Join us for one of these two upcoming webinars to learn about the new icann.org. ITI Webinar 1 Monday 20 July 2020, 20:00 UTC (all other times<https://tinyurl.com/yameyekf>) Register<https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkduyprDksHdJtEXNWl1TkoXA55VJI6wVQ> ITI Webinar 2 Wednesday 22 July 2020, 14:00 UTC (all other times<https://tinyurl.com/ybafoc5j>) Register<https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcudeGoqDopH9Je2KGiSMIgaQQUYOXfxa0j> 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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16 July 2020
by ICANN Community Leadership Digest July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

Thursday, 16 July 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing NEW: Guidelines for Developing New Courses on ICANN Learn NEW: New ICANN Learn Course: Constructive Dialogue NEW: The Importance of ITHI to You, and How to Participate REMINDER: Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Webinar REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Public Comment Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Information Sharing NEW: Guidelines for Developing New Courses on ICANN Learn From: Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to President & Senior Vice President Global Stakeholder Engagement ICANN has recently published guidelines for developing new courses on ICANN Learn. Capacity development is a significant way to enhance engagement with the policy development work that takes place in the ICANN community, and ICANN Learn is a particularly effective platform for this during a time when fact-to-face training is not possible. We have provided high-level guidelines that we hope will help the community determine when and how to make requests for the development of online courses for the ICANN Learn e-learning platform. Each request that complies with these guidelines will be considered alongside existing workflows, timelines, and overall objectives for ICANN Learn. Learn more. NEW: New ICANN Learn Course: Constructive Dialogue From: Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to President & Senior Vice President Global Stakeholder Engagement What better way to spend this time that we are not traveling than to improve our policy-making skills? ICANN Learn has launched a new course on constructive dialogue. This course contributes to the suite of skill-building courses on ICANN Learn, which includes Unconscious Bias, Holding Effective Meetings, and Writing for Policy and Public Comment. 704.1 Constructive Dialogue gives ICANN-specific advice about communicating productively in the policy-making environment. Sign up for ICANN Learn and enroll today. NEW: The Importance of ITHI to You, and How to Participate From: Gabriella Schittek, Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager – Nordic & Central Europe; and Alain Durand, Principal Technologist One way ICANN fulfills its mission of ensuring the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems is by monitoring and collecting Domain Name System (DNS) related data. For this purpose, ICANN has launched a number of data-collecting initiatives, of which the Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) project is perhaps the best known; and is proving helpful when pursuing domain name abuse during COVID-19. A somewhat less known, but equally important, undertaking is the Identifier Technology Health Indicator (ITHI) initiative, focusing on analyzing trends in DNS operation. The data from ITHI shows how traffic patterns between recursive resolvers and authoritative servers. This is helpful in mapping and understanding how the DNS actually works and to observe trends in the flow of traffic. One interesting finding, which ITHI uncovered, is that only 208 recursive resolvers (out of millions of resolvers worldwide) were needed to see 50% of the DNS traffic of all Internet users (June 2020). More detailed data on ITHI findings, such as the percentage of resolvers that perform Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) validation can be found here. Learn more. REMINDER: Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) Webinar From: Sally Newell Cohen, Senior Vice President, Global Communications The Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) team is hosting two webinars to provide a demo of preview.icann.org. ITI began in January 2018 with the goal of delivering increased and improved accessibility and findability of information on icann.org. The ITI Team completed the development of several content types for the preview website in May 2020. Join us for one of these two upcoming webinars to learn about the new icann.org. Learn more. ITI Webinar 1 Monday, 20 July 2020, 20:00 UTC (all other times) Register ITI Webinar 2 Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 14:00 UTC (all other times) Register REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process Announcement On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for the ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document before submission. The document includes the following information: Panel Position Description Required or Highly Preferred Skills Required or Highly Preferred Experience Time Commitment Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020(a)icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. Public Comment Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Close Date: Friday, 31 July 2020 Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Close Date: Sunday, 2 August 2020 Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Version 4 (RZ-LGR-4) Close Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2020 Volume 2, Issue 55 | Archive | Next Issue: Monday, 20 July 2020 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council(a)icann.org Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by david.olive(a)icann.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!

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Candidate list ICANN Board Seat 12
by Joke Braeken July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

Dear All, On Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 23.59 UTC, the recent call for nominations for the position of ICANN Board seat 12 was closed. In accordance with the applicable rules, the following candidates - in alphabetical order - were nominated, seconded and have accepted their nomination: Nigel Roberts Katrina Sataki Both candidates accepted their nomination, and due diligence verifications will be starting shortly. An election will be held - starting in November 2020, after completion of the due diligence verifications - according to the timeline previously agreed upon by the ccNSO Council. The ccNSO Council and ccNSO members have agreed that the ccNSO members shall propose and elect candidates for the two ICANN Board seats allocated to the ccNSO, and that the winner of said election - i.e. the candidate that receives the majority of the votes cast - shall in turn be nominated to the ICANN Board seat by a majority vote of the ccNSO Council. A Q&A session will be held at the October 2020 Virtual ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN69. This Q&A session will provide the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community an opportunity to interact with the candidates. In preparation of this session, the candidates were invited to share their written candidate statements. Please find them included in attachment. This announcement, including the candidate statements, will be posted on the ccNSO website<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/nominations.htm> as well. Links * Announcement call for nominations<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jun20-en.htm> * Announcement closure call for nominations<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01jul20-en.htm> * Announcement extension acceptance deadline<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jul20-en.htm> * Archive for nominations and secondments<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-boardnominations/> * Relevant ccNSO guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-nomination…> * Timeline<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/timeline-nomination-icann-board-se…> (v2) Best regards, The Nomination Process Manager 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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Call for volunteers ccPDP4: (de)selection of IDN ccTLD strings
by Joke Braeken July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

Dear All, The ccNSO seeks volunteers for the Working Group which is tasked to develop policy recommendations for the (de)selection of IDN ccTLD strings, as part of the fourth ccNSO Policy Development Process (ccPDP4). In time, the results of this ccPDP will replace the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, which currently guides the selection process of IDN ccTLD strings. Detailed background information about ccPDP4 is included below. Recently, the ccNSO Secretariat held to inform the community about the topics to be addressed and the working methods of the ccPDP4 WG. Consult the recording and slide deck here<https://community.icann.org/x/H4VIC>. This announcement will become available on the ccNSO website<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/news/announcements> as well. Call for volunteers Opening date for this call for volunteers is Thursday, 16 July 2020. The call for volunteers will close Friday, 7 August 2020 (23:59 UTC). If you are interested in participating in this policy development process, consult the instructions included under the heading "How to apply?". Who can join? * Membership of the WG is open to representatives of all ccTLD managers (whether members of the ccNSO or not). * If you are not directly related to a ccTLD Manager but are interested in becoming a member, you are kindly requested to demonstrate support form a ccTLD manager. * In addition, the WG is open to * Participants: representatives from Regional Organisations or other ICANN stakeholder groups * Experts: PTI staff, experts on the ISO 3166-1 list and relevant ICANN staff. * Observers: ccPDP4 Issue Manager, any person appointed as observer by the chair of the WG. Participants and experts shall not be considered members of the WG, and are entitled to participate on equal footing with members, unless the charter states otherwise. Members, participants, and experts commit to participate actively and regularly in the work of the WG and are expected to have at least a basic understanding of the reference material (see below). The group composition will be listed on the ccNSO website. Workload and working method ccNSO Working Groups typically meet through telephone conferences (1 hour to 90 minutes - bi-weekly), and potentially during the ICANN meetings. However, most work is done online. The ccPDP4 Working Group is expected to create at least 2 sub-groups: 1. Sub-group 1: Focusing on the review of the confusing similarity evaluation 2. Sub-group 2: Development of recommendations for the Management of Variant IDN ccTLD. How to apply? If you are interested in applying for membership of the ccNSO PDP4 Working Group on the (de)selection of IDN ccTLD strings, kindly send an e-mail to joke.braeken(a)icann.org. Are you interested in acting as chair or vice-chair for this group? Please specify this in your e-mail. Closing date of this call for volunteers is Friday, 7 August 2020 (23:59 UTC). By applying you commit to participate actively and regularly in the work of the WG and express to have at least a basic understanding of the Reference Material (see below). By applying you also commit to the charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/138969190/Draft%20Charter%…> of the WG, including but not limited to the internal decision making and standards of behavior. Next steps The ccNSO Council will appoint the members to the Working Group as soon as possible, after closure of the call for volunteers. Once the members have been appointed, the ccNSO Secretariat will send you a Public Data Consent Form. Via this form, you consent to ICANN processing data in order to add you as a member of the Working Group and its mailing list(s). The form explains the information ICANN will process to administer your participation in the Working Group and how the information will be used for this purpose. It also describes the rights you have regarding your information. About ccPDP4 In September 2013, the ccNSO submitted the IDN country code policy development process (ccPDP2) Board Report to the ICANN Board of Directors. The recommended policy ccPDP2 contains two parts: 1. High-level proposals for the criteria and requirements for the IDN ccTLD string selection and activities, roles, and responsibilities of the actors involved in the string selection and string evaluation processes and procedures. 2. Proposals to enable the inclusion of IDN ccTLDs in the ccNSO. By mutual understanding between the ccNSO and the ICANN Board, the Fast Track Process evolved, to test and gain more experience with the policy aspects pertaining to the introduction of IDN ccTLDs. The latest step in the evolution of the Fast Track Process was the introduction of the Risk Mitigation Panel and related process in case of confusing similarity of a requested IDNccTLD string in 2018. In March 2019 the ccNSO Council tasked a team (Preliminary Review Team or PRT) to review ccPDP2 in light of the impact of the following related processes on the recommended policies: * The evolved Fast Track Process, * The request of the ICANN Board of Directors with respect to IDN Variants and * Other relevant developments such as retirement of the (IDN) ccTLDs Based on its high-level analysis, the PRT identified various issues with the recommended policy for the selection of IDN ccTLD strings and advised Council to launch a ccNSO Policy Development Process (ccPDP4) to address these issues, including the de-selection of IDN ccTLD strings. In January 2020, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report. In May 2020, after the Issue Report was submitted to Council, including the opinion of ICANN’s General Counsel, the ccNSO Council initiated the ccNSO Policy Development Process 4 to develop policy for the (de-)selection of IDN ccTLD strings. In addition, it was proposed to conduct ccPDP4 by way of a chartered working group, according to the proposed timeline. The Issue report will be published for comments shortly. The public comments, if any, will be used to inform the discussions of the WG. Reference Materials & Links * Issue report<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/132088151/Item%205%20a-%20…> * ccPDP4 section on ccNSO website: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/idn-cctld-strings.htm * ccPDP4 Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/ZoBIC 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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Board Seat 12 Nomination Process: administrative decision
by Joke Braeken July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020

Dear All, On 8 July 2020, Katrina formally accepted her nomination as candidate for the Board Seat 12 Nomination. As a result, and according to the Guideline: ccNSO Nominations Process ICANN Board Seats 11 and 12<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-nomination…>, section 3.5 and section 3.8, the Council needs to designate another person to take on the Chair’s tasks under the Guideline. The Guideline was approved by Council at its meeting on 21 May 2020 and can be consulted here: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-nomination… The ccNSO Council (excluding Katrina) is kindly requested to take this administrative decision as soon as possible, but no later than 15 July 2020 (23:59 UTC). Byron has been approached by some of you to take on that role. If you have any objections, please use the Council mailing list. To Byron: Could you be so kind to confirm whether you accept this role for the duration of this Board Seat 12 Nomination Process? Thank you. Best regards. The Nomination Process Manager. 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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The importance of ITHI to you, and how to participate
by Joke Braeken July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020

Dear All, ICANN is inviting more participants to the Identifier Technology Health Indicator (ITHI) initiative, which focuses on analyzing trends in DNS operation. The data from ITHI shows how traffic patterns between recursive resolvers and authoritative servers. This is helpful in mapping and understanding how the DNS actually works and to observe trends in the flow of traffic. Read more about ITHI, its benefits are for you and how to participate, here: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-importance-of-ithi-to-you-and-how-to-pa… 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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Webinar Invitation: Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report
by Joke Braeken July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020

Dear All, Further to the e-mail below, the third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) invites the community to participate in a webinar on its Final Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt3-report-29may20-en.pdf>. There are two opportunities to participate: * Wed, 15 July 2020 at 15:30-16:30 UTC * Thu, 16 July 2020 at 07:00-08:00 UTC During the webinar, the ATRT3 will present an overview of the recommendations in its Final Report and answer questions. Details on how to attend are available here<https://community.icann.org/display/atrt/Webinar%3A++ATRT3+Final+Report+-+1…>. 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 From: Ccnso-members <ccnso-members-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Joke Braeken <joke.braeken(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, 15 July 2020 at 13:48 To: "ccnso-members(a)icann.org" <ccnso-members(a)icann.org>, "cctldcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org>, ccnso-council <ccnso-council(a)icann.org> Subject: [ccnso-members] Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report Dear All, On 1 June 2020, the third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) submitted its final report to the ICANN Board. Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2020-06-16-en [icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2020-0…> The report is now issued for Public Comment to inform Board action on the ATRT3's final recommendations. Close date: 31 July 2020 Per the Bylaws (Section 4.6(a)(vii)(C)) [icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance…> the Board shall consider the final report [icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt…> within six months of receipt, i.e. by 1 December 2020. The Board will consider a feasibility analysis and impact assessment of the implementation of recommendations, which will take into account initial cost and resource estimates and dependencies with other ongoing efforts within the community, and the report of the Public Comment submissions received. The Board will then direct implementation of the recommendations that were approved and provide written rationale for the decision if any recommendations are not approved. The ATRT3 Final Report [icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt…>contains five recommendations with regard to ICANN accountability and transparency in the following areas: 1. Prioritization of review and Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, Work Stream 2 (WS2) recommendations 2. Amending Specific and Organizational Reviews 3. Accountability and transparency relating to Strategic and Operational Plans, including accountability indicators 4. Public input 5. Assessment of the implementation of ATRT2 recommendations The ATRT3 makes a further suggestion in its 1 June 2020 letter<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/atrt3-review/2020-June/000952.html?mkt_tok=e…> to the ICANN Board, on which the Board welcomes community feedback during this Public Comment proceeding: "Given the recommendation in Section 8 of its report ATRT3 is proposing significant changes to Organizational Reviews and Specific Reviews. ATRT3 strongly suggests that the ICANN Board implement a moratorium on launching any new Organizational and Specific Reviews until it has made a decision on this recommendation." The Accountability and Transparency Review is mandated by ICANN's Bylaws (Article 4, Section 4.6 [icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance…>), which require the review of "ICANN's execution of its commitment to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making reflect the public interest and are accountable to the Internet community." 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 [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/ccNSO__;!!PtGJab4!pQ7SWJfKYS…> Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/ccnso/__;!!PtGJab4!pQ7S…> http://ccnso.icann.org [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/ccnso.icann.org__;!!PtGJab4!pQ7SWJfKYSScr…>

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