August 2021 - Ccnso-council

REMINDER: ccNSO Rules Community Webinar | 26 August @12:00 UTC
by Kimberly Carlson Aug. 26, 2021

Aug. 26, 2021

Invitation to Webinar Please join the Guideline Review Committee Subgroup<https://community.icann.org/x/T4eUCQ> on the ccNSO Rules Webinar. For more information on the webinar please visit: https://community.icann.org/x/OAA_Cg (recordings, supporting documents and presentations will be posted as it becomes available) * Date: Thursday, 26 August 2021 * Time: 12:00 UTC (for other times<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GRC+SG+Webinar+on…>) * Zoom Meeting: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92071930729?pwd=dzhDQjh5R3BvU1pyZW1UQmgxNHpIQT09 | Meeting ID: 920 7193 0729 | Passcode: ccNSO-0826 The webinar will be conducted via Zoom. What will be discussion? * Take-aways from recent community survey seeking feedback on the ccNSO Rules * Proposed rules as drafted by the subgroup * Questions from the community. On behalf of the GRC SG, David McAuley (Chair) Irina Danelia Stephen Deerhake Chris Disspain Atsushi Endo Ann-Cathrin Marcussen Alejandra Reynoso Katrina Sataki (observer) Sean Copeland (observer)

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Invitation: ccNSO Rules Community Webinar | 26 August @12:00 UTC
by Kimberly Carlson Aug. 23, 2021

Aug. 23, 2021

Please join the Guideline Review Committee Subgroup<https://community.icann.org/x/T4eUCQ> on the ccNSO Rules Webinar. For more information on the webinar please visit: https://community.icann.org/x/OAA_Cg (recordings, supporting documents and presentations will be posted as it becomes available) * Date: Thursday, 26 August 2021 * Time: 12:00 UTC (for other times<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GRC+SG+Webinar+on…>) * Zoom Meeting: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92071930729?pwd=dzhDQjh5R3BvU1pyZW1UQmgxNHpIQT09 Meeting ID: 920 7193 0729 | Passcode: ccNSO-0826 The webinar will be conducted via Zoom. Links and calendar invites will be sent. Preparation and background materials will be circulated prior What will be discussion? • Take-aways from recent community survey seeking feedback on the ccNSO Rules • Proposed rules as drafted by the subgroup • Questions from the community. On behalf of the GRC SG, David McAuley (Chair) Irina Danelia Stephen Deerhake Chris Disspain Atsushi Endo Ann-Cathrin Marcussen Alejandra Reynoso Katrina Sataki (observer) Sean Copeland (observer)

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Monday 23 August 2021-EOI for Chair of Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team DUE WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST
by ICANN Community Leadership Digest Aug. 23, 2021

Aug. 23, 2021

Monday, 23 August 2021 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. How Domain Name System Policy is Developed, and How You Can Get Involved Table of Contents Information Sharing NEW: Revised Dates for ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting 🚨🚨WEDNESDAY: Expressions of Interest: Chair of Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen@ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open Public Comment Step-by-Step Public Comment Submission Guidelines Zoom Replay: Public Comment Submission Training Zoom Replay: Public Comment User Experience Demonstration THIS WEEK: Proposal for Greek Root Zone Label Generation Rules Information Sharing NEW: Revised Dates for ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that the ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting, initially scheduled to begin on 23 October 2021, will now be held from 25 to 28 October 2021. ICANN72 Prep Week is scheduled for 12-14 October. Registration for ICANN72 is open and you must register to participate. Read More. 🚨🚨WEDNESDAY: Expressions of Interest: Chair of Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) to chair the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team. The GNSO Council approved the formation of the team and provided instructions during its meeting on 22 July 2021. The deadline to submit an EOI is 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 25 August 2021. Read more. REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen@ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open The NextGen@ICANN Program seeks nominations for its Mentor Program through Tuesday, 31 August 2021. The community-nominated selection committee will be responsible for overseeing the mentor selection process. Communities may choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active community members who have an interest in mentoring students. Guidelines for the program can be found here. Interested community groups should select their respective volunteers and notify deborah.escalera(a)icann.org. New Public Comment Feature Launches 31 August! Step-by-Step Public Comment Submission Guidelines Zoom Replay: Public Comment Submission Training Zoom Replay: Public Comment User Experience Demonstration THIS WEEK: Proposal for Greek Root Zone Label Generation Rules Close Date: Thursday, 26 Aug 2021 Volume 3, Issue 62 | Archive | Next Issue: Thursday, 26 August 2021 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council(a)icann.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by david.olive(a)icann.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!

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Second CSC Effectiveness Review
by Bart Boswinkel Aug. 20, 2021

Aug. 20, 2021

Dear all, As you will recall, you recently conditionally adopted the template for the second CSC Effectiveness Review. Condition was that the GNSO would adopted the same template. Earlier this week Alejandra was informed that the GNSO proposes some friendly amendment to the text , to clarify the text and proposes to extend the tentative timeline with one month until April 2022. See redline version. Yesterday the GNSO Council adopted the latest version (including the friendly amendment). To ensure that the ccNSO and GNSO Council agree and work from the same text you are requested to agree with latest version as adopted by the GNSO Council by 26 August 2021, noon UTC. If no major concerns or objections are raised, the secretariat will send out a call for two volunteers starting 26 August 2021. Kind regards, Bart

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Proposed Amendment Article 10 (ccNSO) Bylaws
by Bart Boswinkel Aug. 20, 2021

Aug. 20, 2021

Dear all, As you may recall, the ccNSO requested a change of Article 10 and Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws to enable IDNccTLD Managers to become members of the ccNSO. Recently ICANN legal raised some additional questions and suggested some further changes to the proposed Bylaw changes. The proposed changes are included in the redlined document and listed at the end of this email. The ccnSO Council had no issues with the further changes (Council was consulted from 13-19 August). As a next step you are asked, whether you have any concerns / comments regarding the latest proposed changes to Article 10 and Annex B. The proposed changes are listed at the end of this email and included in the attached document. If so please mail them to the membership list by Friday 27 August 2021, noon UTC. Kind regards, Bart Boswinkel ccNSO support staff Background. The change request of Article 10 and Annex B is the result of an extensive consultation of the ccNSO members. It started with the second ccNSO Policy Development Process on IDNccTLDs, which was adopted by the membership in 2013. Additional community consultations took place in October 2019 on separating the Bylaw change effort and the launch of the 4th ccNSO PDP on the selection of IDNccTLD strings and finally as part of the ccNSO Statement process on the proposed changes of Article 10 and Annex B ( https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/ccnso-to-icann-legal-18feb21-en.pdf) Recently ICANN legal provided a response to the ccNSO Statement on the proposed changes to Article 10 of the ICANN Bylaws. ICANN legal had some questions and suggested some additional changes. The proposed changes are included in the redlined document and listed at the end of this email. Recently the drafting team that prepared the ccNSO Statement has reviewed the additional proposals and had no comments nor did the ccNSO Council when they were consulted from 13- 19 August 2021 on the proposed changes. As a next step you are asked, whether you have any concerns/comments regarding the latest proposed changes to Article 10 and Annex B. If there are no major concerns from your end, the consultation will be closed and ICANN informed that the ccNSO supports the amendment of Article 10 and Annex B as proposed. The additional proposed amendments to Article 10 and Annex B of the Bylaws. Article 10 * Section 10.4 (a) – changed “variant” to “modification” since variant has a special meaning in this context. Let me know if this works. * Section 10.4(i) – added the concept of plurality. Now, the rule would be that the a majority of the Emissaries entitled to vote in a Geographic Region is needed for quorum, and a candidate must receive a plurality of votes cast by the Emissaries within the Geographic Region to win. In addition the drafting teams suggests to change the heading of Article 10. 4.e. The suggestion is to strike “and Territory” from the heading: “ Designation of Representative and Territory “. The section is about the designation of the ccTLD Representative. Annex B * Section 1.a. – Changed “affirmative vote of” to “documentation of support from” so as not to confuse the issue about voting on requesting an Issue Report. * Section 1.e. – Changed the language regarding requesting an Issue Report by the members of the ccNSO. The language now reads, “At least ten members of the ccNSO from at least ten different Territories may call for the creation of an Issue Report at any meeting or by electronic means.” * Section 1, last paragraph – Deleted the following phrase from the last paragraph of Section 1 so as to not confuse the issue about voting on requesting an Issue Report: “Any request for an Issue Report must be in writing and must set out the issue upon which an Issue Report is requested in sufficient detail to enable the Issue Report to be prepared. It shall be open to the Council to request further information or undertake further research or investigation for the purpose of determining whether or not the requested Issue Report should be created.” This final sentence creates ambiguity. * Section 2, 1st paragraph – changed the time from 7 days to 14 days for when the Council is required to appoint an Issue Manager after receipt of a request for an Issue Report. Also, deleted the references to the Item 1 sub-points since the timing requirement will apply to all of Item 1. * Section 3.a – changed “e-mail” to “electronic means” * Section 4 – changed “e-mail” to “electronic means” * Section 7.b. – changed “e-mail” to “electronic means” Although out of scope, the drafting team re-iterated the need to discuss the issue pertaining to a single entity organization managing multiple ccTLD related to different Territories and their ability to cast multiple votes. This was already raised as an issue when they drafted the ccNSO position, but brought to the attention of the Council again.

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Revised Dates for ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting
by Kimberly Carlson Aug. 19, 2021

Aug. 19, 2021

https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/revised-dates-for-icann72-vi… Revised Dates for ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting LOS ANGELES -19 August 2021 Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that the ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting, initially scheduled<https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann72-to-be-virtual-annual…> to begin on 23 October 2021, will now be held from 25 to 28 October 2021. ICANN72 Prep Week is scheduled for 12-14 October. Registration for ICANN72 is open and you must register<https://events.icann.org/icann72/registration> to participate. The ICANN72 schedule will be published on 4 October 2021 and registration is required to view the schedule. Those interested in attending the virtual meeting are encouraged to visit the event website<https://72.schedule.icann.org/> to learn more about the meeting time zone, Prep Week, and participation tools<https://72.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools>. The decision to modify ICANN72 to a four-day meeting was made following consultation with ICANN community leadership to support better working hours for attendees and encourage greater participation. Sign up<https://subscribe.icann.org/> to receive ICANN announcements directly to your email inbox to keep up to date on the latest ICANN72 news. ICANN72 Resources: * Registration: https://events.icann.org/icann72/registration * ICANN72 information and schedule: https://72.schedule.icann.org<https://72.schedule.icann.org/> * Prep Week: https://72.schedule.icann.org/prep-week * Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program: https://72.schedule.icann.org/internet-access-reimburse

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Thursday 19 August 2021
by ICANN Community Leadership Digest Aug. 19, 2021

Aug. 19, 2021

Thursday, 19 August 2021 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. How Domain Name System Policy is Developed, and How You Can Get Involved Table of Contents Information Sharing NEW: ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections NEW: Universal Acceptance Course on ICANN Learn NEW: Recent Improvements to ICANN's IDN Table Review Process NEXT WEEK: Expressions of Interest: Chair of Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen@ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open Public Comment Step-by-Step Public Comment Submission Guidelines Zoom Replay: Public Comment Submission Training Zoom Replay: Public Comment User Experience Demonstration Proposal for Greek Root Zone Label Generation Rules Information Sharing NEW: ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections The ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the selections for nine leadership positions. Read more. NEW: Universal Acceptance Course on ICANN Learn The Universal Acceptance (UA) of all valid domain names and email addresses is an important priority for ICANN organization (org) and a strategic goal outlined in the ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. One of the central aspects of this work is raising general awareness of UA and its challenges, while also providing remedies to relevant stakeholders. As part of these efforts, ICANN is now offering an Introduction to UA course on the ICANN Learn platform. Read more. NEW: Recent Improvements to ICANN's IDN Table Review Process Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) allow for users around the world to use domain names in their native languages. Promoting broad and secure use of IDNs has been a focus for the community and ICANN organization (org). In June 2021, ICANN org completed several significant improvements related to IDN tables. An IDN table lists all characters that a top-level domain (TLD) registry operator (RO) supports for domain name registration, including script specific variant definitions and rules. The updates incorporate the significant amount of work done by the community over the past few years on the technical design considerations and the linguistic details of IDN tables. Read more. NEXT WEEK: Expressions of Interest: Chair of Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) to chair the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team. The GNSO Council approved the formation of the team and provided instructions during its meeting on 22 July 2021. The deadline to submit an EOI is 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 25 August 2021. Read more. REMINDER: Nominations for NextGen@ICANN Mentor Positions Now Open The NextGen@ICANN Program seeks nominations for its Mentor Program through Tuesday, 31 August 2021. The community-nominated selection committee will be responsible for overseeing the mentor selection process. Communities may choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active community members who have an interest in mentoring students. Guidelines for the program can be found here. Interested community groups should select their respective volunteers and notify deborah.escalera(a)icann.org. New Public Comment Feature Launches 31 August! Step-by-Step Public Comment Submission Guidelines Zoom Replay: Public Comment Submission Training Zoom Replay: Public Comment User Experience Demonstration NEXT WEEK: Proposal for Greek Root Zone Label Generation Rules Close Date: Thursday, 26 Aug 2021 Volume 3, Issue 61 | Archive | Next Issue: Monday, 23 August 2021 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council(a)icann.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by david.olive(a)icann.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!

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Save the date: Invitation to the ccNSO Council Election Webinar about the upcoming call for nominations to the ccNSO Council
by Joke Braeken Aug. 18, 2021

Aug. 18, 2021

Dear All, The 3-year term for five members of the ccNSO Council will end in March 2022: * Africa: Biyi Oladipo * Asia Pacific: Jordan Carter * Europe: Nick-Wenban Smith * Latin America/Caribbean: Demi Getschko * North America: Pablo Rodriguez On 15 September 2021, the ccNSO will open a call for nominations to fill those seats. Are you considering running as a candidate for the ccNSO Council? Would you like to learn more about the ccNSO Council and the need to nominate candidates? You are invited to join the ccNSO Council chair and other Councillors for a Zoom webinar, on Thursday, 16 September 2021 at noon UTC. During this webinar, the ccNSO Council Chair Alejandra Reynoso (.gt) and other Councilors will provide you with an overview of the election process and address the need to replace Councillors at reasonable and regular intervals. Moreover, you will receive further information about the required skill sets for Councillors, the time commitment and working methods of the ccNSO Council. Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/93153058916?pwd=WVVGWElzVWNLYllmeFdxVGlmQ2VPQT09 Meeting ID: 931 5305 8916 Passcode: $ksHxSNNn7 Passcode: 4700373704 (phone only) Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acw9DnQp0S The webinar<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Webinars> will be recorded, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. The announcement<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections/council.htm> about the call for nominations to the ccNSO Council will be posted shortly. This save the date has been posted here as well: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11aug21-en.htm Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken(a)icann.org

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September ccNSO Council teleconference | 16 September at 20:00 UTC
by Kimberly Carlson Aug. 18, 2021

Aug. 18, 2021

Dear all, The September Council teleconference has been scheduled for 16 September at 20:00 UTC. The agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Call details: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91726936806?pwd=SjRSZ1NTdGczVGVGNEsxemlGM1dLZz09 Meeting ID: 917 2693 6806 Passcode: Council-09 Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/c4S1CQ (background material, attendance, recording, transcript will be posted as it becomes available)

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SAVE THE DATE: ccNSO Rules Community Webinar | 26 August @12:00 UTC
by Kimberly Carlson Aug. 18, 2021

Aug. 18, 2021

Invitation to Webinar Save the Date Please join the Guideline Review Committee Subgroup<https://community.icann.org/x/T4eUCQ> on the ccNSO Rules Webinar. For more information on the webinar please visit: https://community.icann.org/x/OAA_Cg (recordings, supporting documents and presentations will be posted as it becomes available) * Date: Thursday, 26 August 2021 * Time: 12:00 UTC (for other times<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GRC+SG+Webinar+on…>) The webinar will be conducted via Zoom. Links and calendar invites will be sent. Preparation and background materials will be circulated prior What will be discussion? * Take-aways from recent community survey seeking feedback on the ccNSO Rules * Proposed rules as drafted by the subgroup * Questions from the community. On behalf of the GRC SG, David McAuley (Chair) Irina Danelia Stephen Deerhake Chris Disspain Atsushi Endo Ann-Cathrin Marcussen Alejandra Reynoso Katrina Sataki (observer) Sean Copeland (observer)

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