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We seek your input and feedback regarding the ICANN68 ccNSO Members Meeting
by Joke Braeken June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

Dear All, The ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) seeks your input and feedback regarding the ICANN68 ccNSO Members Meeting. Which sessions were particularly interesting to you? What can we do better? Which topics would you like to see addressed at ICANN69? Your input is valuable in helping us shaping future ccNSO Members Meetings. How to provide your feedback? Via the online response form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MMICANN68 The online survey will be open until 12 July 2020, 23:59 UTC. Thank you! 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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MPC | 26 June 2020 (13 UTC)
by Joke Braeken June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

this meeting starts in approx. 30 minutes from now. Joke Braeken is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: MPC | Friday, 26 June 2020 (13 UTC) Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92507743744 Meeting ID: 925 0774 3744 Password: 0B+940SZ^0 Password: 550419 (only if you join via phone) Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/an7wKce3T By joining the meeting, your personal information will be processed in accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) By joining the meeting, you agree to abide by the ICANN electronic Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) = = = = = = * Notes & Action items: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WAN0msQVT_bNmzkTakSMRWBXfnrN1_mhY_3VsUq… * Workspace: <https://community.icann.org/display/ccNSOCWS/Council+Meetings+-+2019> https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/Conference+Calls+-+2020

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next MPC meeting will be held on Friday, 26 June 2020 | 13 UTC.
by Joke Braeken June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

hello All, This is a reminder that the next MPC meeting will be held tomorrow, Friday, 26 June 2020 | 13 UTC. Since we will mainly focus on the review of ICANN68, the ccNSO Council and observers to the Council have been invited to the MPC meeting as well. Proposed agenda 1. Welcome 2. Review ICANN68 ccNSO Members Meeting 3. Preparing for ICANN69 * Virtual ccTLD News Session * ccNSO Members Meeting 4. AOB 5. Closure & next meeting Thu, 23 July 2020 | 14 UTC Join the meeting Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92507743744 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_925077…> Meeting ID: 925 0774 3744 Password: 0B+940SZ^0 Password: 550419 (only if you join via phone) Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/an7wKce3T<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_u_an7wKc…> Notes & Action items https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WAN0msQVT_bNmzkTakSMRWBXfnrN1_mhY_3VsUq… Workspace Materials used during the meeting, as well as recordings, will be posted on the workspace. https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/26+June+2020+%7C+13+UTC 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.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=Dw…> Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso…> http://ccnso.icann.org [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwMGa…>

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Adopted FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Adopted FY21 Budget Take Effect 1 July 2020
by Joke Braeken June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

Dear All. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and the FY21 Budget will take effect on 1 July 2020. Click here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/current-en> to view these documents. The ICANN Board adopted both documents on 8 May. ICANN's Empowered Community did not raise a petition to reject any of the approval decisions. The Empowered Community is the mechanism through which ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) can organize under California law to legally enforce community powers. For more information on the Empowered Community, please click here<https://www.icann.org/ec?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJSa1pqVm1ORGxqTWpWaCIsInQiOiJNSV…>. Community participation and engagement in ICANN's planning process is a cornerstone of transparency and accountability to the public. The FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and FY21 Operating Plan and Budget were the result of 11 months of collaboration between the ICANN org, the community, the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board, and the ICANN Board's Finance Committee (BFC). ICANN thanks all community members who participated in this important process and contributed to improving its outcome. Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-06-24-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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ICANN68 as virtual meeting: first impressions
by Joke Braeken June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Dear All, For your information, please find below a message to the MPC, regarding today’s conversation by the ccNSO Council on the first impressions about ICANN68. The next MPC meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, 26 June 2020 | 13 UTC. The main topics on the agenda will be the review of ICANN68, and preparing for ICANN69. You are most welcome to attend. Join the meeting Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92507743744<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_925077…> Meeting ID: 925 0774 3744 Password: 0B+940SZ^0 Password: 550419 (only if you join via phone) Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/an7wKce3T<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_u_an7wKc…> Workspace Materials used during the meeting, as well as recordings, will be posted on the workspace. https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/26+June+2020+%7C+13+UTC 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-programmewg <ccnso-programmewg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Joke Braeken <joke.braeken(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2020 at 13:30 To: ccnso MPC <ccnso-programmewg(a)icann.org> Subject: [ccnso-programmewg] ICANN68 as virtual meeting: first impressions Dear members of the MPC, observers. You might be aware that the ccNSO Council met as part of ICANN68 a few hours ago. One of the topics on their agenda was “ICANN68 as virtual meeting: first impressions.” A recording of the session will be posted in the next day or 2 on the ICANN public schedule. Please find included below some high-level notes from this discussion. 2 sessions as part of the members meeting were already concluded. The ccNSO Members Meeting as part of the ICANN68 Virtual Policy Forum focuses on 3 sessions: * Governance models of ccTLD managers | Tue, 23 June. 07:00-09:30 UTC (incl. 15 min break) * DNS in times of COVID-19: The ccTLD experience | Wed, 24 June. 00:30-03:00 UTC (incl. 15 min break) * Q&A ccNSO appointed ICANN Board members | Thu, 25 June. 08:30-09:30 UTC Positive feedback from Stephen Deerhake and David McAuley and Nick Wenban-Smith. Session duration: Max 1 hour is ideal, breaks were good in between. Lots of efforts were put into the prep work for these sessions. Alejandra Reynoso: good idea to have sessions prior to ICANN68, to not overload ICANN68. Biyi Oladipo agreed. We adjusted well to the zoom room settings. ccNSO Cocktail was great: Video participation was good. Pablo: useful and interesting that we picked content relevant to others, outside of the ccNSO. Polling during the session on Tuesday was helpful. Katrina: being a panelist and seeing the participants in the webinar zoom room (versus regular attendees, not listed as panelist) was helpful. For further discussion during the MPC meeting on Friday, 26 June at 13:00 UTC! 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.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=Dw…> Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso…> http://ccnso.icann.org [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwMGa…>

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Agenda & draft resolutions | ccNSO Council Meeting at ICANN68 | 24 June 2020
by Joke Braeken June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Dear All. The ICANN68 ccNSO Council meeting was held a few hours ago, on Wednesday, 24 June 2020| 07:00 UTC - 08:00 UTC Please find the agenda and draft resolutions enclosed. This announcement will become available here<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/news/announcements> as well. 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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ICANN68 | NOTES ccNSO Council Meeting
by Joke Braeken June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

ICANN68 | NOTES ccNSO Council Meeting Wednesday, 24 June 2020| 07:00 UTC - 08:00 UTC * ICANN public schedule and remote participation details: <https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116981> https://68.schedule.icann.org/meetings/ggSYJ3MPmhqE6axoX * Notes & Action items: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGMd20dkcf5JPDhK7bIvneq9vG6kmH_hPcrhdPS… ________________________________ 1. Welcome and roll call Welcome by Chair Katrina Sataki (.lv) No Council prep, unlike at face-to-face meetings Few weeks ago a virtual council workshop. We will probably have more often workshops, now that we can do them virtually. 2. Minutes, Action Items & To-Do’s Minutes previous Council meeting distributed to Council mailing list on 20 June Still 2 ongoing action items: * Charter review WGs * Continue to work on ccNSO knowledge base 3. Intermeeting ccNSO Council decisions & Actions (since 16 April 2020) We selected a NomCom delegate. Juhani Juselius (.fi) Congratulations to Juhani 4. Approval of amended SOPC Charter Major changes: membership rules E.g. Chair may advise Council Chair to terminate membership of non-responsive members. Move? Pablo Second? Alejandra Questions or comments? None Against? None Abstain? None All in favour 5. Adoption of RWP’s proposed assessment & initial Implementation Plan ccNSO Review ccNSO organisational review. 14 final recommendations. RWP reviewed the recommendations and decided what to do. Completed a report, which needs to be submitted to the Board. RWP fully supported 4 recommendations, considered some already implemented (e.g. 4 and 12), and supported the issues as identified by the independent reviewer, but did not support the recommendations. 6 recommendations: revised approach suggested. Discussion regarding term limits for ccNSO Councillors. Currently there are no term limits. Good governance: something needs to be done. To be discussed with the community. Better to have this discussion face-to-face. Not just whether to have term limits, but also how to implement it. Bart produced a table, to see how many years Councillors served. Being displayed in the zoom room. Median length of service: probably less than 9 years, 7 or 8. Move? Alejandra Second? Pablo Comments or questions? Council to inform RWP, RWP should submit the results of the review to the Board OECD. Young-eum: agrees with recommendation number 5. We need new blood on the Council. Katrina: we do not have a long line of volunteers. Uncontested elections. Alejandra: the fact that there is no term limit is an issue. People are already in the Council and willing to continue. Community might not suggest a replacement for that reason. Against? None Abstain? None All in favour 6. Update ccPDP 3 a. Part 1 Retirement – Update The third ccNSO Policy Development Process (ccPDP3-RET) Working Group, tasked with developing and proposing policy for the retirement of country code Top-Level Domains, is seeking input and feedback from the broader community on its proposed process to retire ccTLDs, when the country code is removed from the list of country codes in the ISO3166 standard. After closure of the public comment period, the working group will review the comments received and take into account while developing a final set of policy recommendations. Close date for public comments is 10 July 2020 (23:59 UTC). Read more here<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccnso-pdp3-retire-cctlds-2020-05-05-en>. * Part 2 Review Mechanism –Update The ccPDP3-RM Working Group focuses on the development of a review mechanisms pertaining to decisions regarding the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs. The group decided on a 3-step approach to identify decisions that should be subject to review: 1. Decision points As part of the development of the retirement process, the ccPDP3-RET WG compiled a list of 6 decisions taken by the IANA Function Operator (IFO) and the ICANN Board of Directors. PTI staff presented an overview of the delegation and transfer process<https://www.iana.org/help/cctld-delegation>, to identify decision points. 2. Scope As a next step, the WG needs to determine whether the decisions are within scope of the policy on the proposed review mechanism. 3. Questions Lastly, the group is advised to discuss a set of questions, on who takes the identified decision, who and how is oversight provided and which decisions are to be made subject to a review mechanism For more information, go to the ccPDP3-RM workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/Policy+Development+Process+%…>. 7. IDN ccTLD related work items a. ccPDP4 This fourth-ever ccNSO Policy Development Process aims to develop policy recommendations for the ICANN Board. 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. During its meeting on 21 May, the ccNSO Council adopted the Issue Report<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/132088151/Item%205%20a-%20…> on Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) country code top-level domain strings. With the adoption of this report, the fourth policy development process (ccPDP) for the ccNSO is initiated. Mid-July 2020, the ccNSO Secretariat will send out a call for volunteers and will invite stakeholders as listed in the group’s charter, to join the Working Group. Prior to this call for volunteers, the secretariat will organise 2 editions of a webinar, on 8 and 9 July, to inform the community about the topics to be addressed and the working methods of the ccPDP4 WG. A save-the-date was posted here: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23jun20-en.htm Presentation and recording for the webinar will be posted here: https://community.icann.org/x/H4VIC  * Progress Bylaw Change 8. ccNSO Board Seat 12 Nomination process Due diligence verifications: sufficient time this round. 1 candidate has been nominated, with several secondments. 9. ccNSO Council Nomination and Election Process 2021 Elections around the third ICANN meeting of the year, following a Q&A session. Proposed timeline shared in background material, and shown in Zoom. Term end in March 2021: Abdalla (AF) Young-eum (AP) Katrina (EU) Margarita (LAC) Byron (NA) Joke to be appointed as election manager, and adopt the timeline. Move? Stephen Second? Young-eum All in favour 10. Adoption ccNSO Council letter to the Board on approval process FY 21 Budget and 5-years operational plan. The process caused concerns. No question regarding the need to take the decision Draft letter was circulated with Council Move? Giovanni Second? Pablo 11. Adoption Final Report CCWG Auction Proceeds Final report to be adopted during the August meeting, by the ccNSO as one of the Chartering Organisations. An informational webinar for the Chartering Organizations of the CCWG Auction Proceeds about the CCWG’s Final Report<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/63149512/New%20gTLD%20AP%2…> will take place on Tuesday, 7 July at 12:00 UTC for 60 minutes. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to gnso-secs(a)icann.org to receive Zoom details. The webinar will be open to all interested. 12. Review ccNSO Council Workshop: Format, results and next steps Consolidated overview of the weaknesses and strengths. Action on how to address them. Bart will share that next week, post ICANN68. Review this at the next meeting. Bart also started looking at the ccNSO recommendations around the purpose of the ccNSO, but also its operations and structure. Major one: updating the ccNSO website (one of the major weaknesses of the ccNSO). Actionable items. Results of the polling around the purpose and value of the ccNSO. Clear that the vast majority of the Council strongly agrees with it. A minority agrees, but not in full. No shift over time. The poll (same question) was repeated twice: first at the start of the workshop, and then also at the end. Katrina: we used to have 1 Council Workshop per year. We could hold workshops 4 or 5 times per year. Topic foreseen for ICANN67: how to make ccPDPs more efficient and effective? Still to be discussed. Feedback regarding number of workshops? Stephen thinks we should be more conservative. 13. Update ECA & CSC a. ECA * CSC * Update from CSC PTI performance over May 2020: 100% met thresholds ccTLD delegation and SLAs approved by ccNSO and GNSO Councils. Will become effective 1 June * Appointment ccNSO Appointed Member on CSC, consultation with RySG and approval of full membership Call for volunteers closed last Friday. 1 candidate; Brett Carr Consultation with RySG on slate of members. Hopefully to be concluded by Mid July. Full slate approval foreseen by Mid September. 14. Council updates (Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, Regional Organisations, Secretariat) Good email exchange. 15. WG/Committee Updates a. GRC The ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee is currently discussing the following topics: * A ccNSO guideline to remove Board members nominated by the ccNSO Council, in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws. Next steps: How to remove NomCom appointed member? How to remove entire Board? * Guideline to appoint members to external groups (e.g. NomCom, CSC). have 1 general guideline, and then add the specifics for each group. But call for volunteers and voting by Council to be harmonised. * The need to simplify the many guidelines developed and adopted by the ccNSO, eg. by introducing generic procedures or wordings, available in a central location. * SOPC (taken from the meeting) The SOPC will meet as part of ICANN68, on Thursday, 25 June (08:30-09:30 UTC). Join us here<https://68.schedule.icann.org/meetings/p3YCxvGv5eMKxvDpz#/?limit=10&sortByF…>. * TLD-Ops (taken from the meeting) One of the ccNSO success stories. * Tech WG (taken from the meeting) Thanks for another excellent Tech Day. good attendance, and interesting presentations. Recording is available * IGLC (taken from the meeting) * The IGLC created a repository of sessions held at the ICANN68 Policy Forum that address ccTLD-relevant topics in the Internet Governance area. Consult the repository: https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/Repository * On Wednesday, 24 June, IGLC Chair Pierre Bonis will contribute to a session entitled “The DNS in times of COVID-19: the ccTLD experience”, held as part of the ccNSO Members Meeting. He will focus on capacity building efforts by ccTLD managers. Join us here<https://68.schedule.icann.org/meetings/rRQSbvhyJLnjAsqpQ#/?limit=10&sortByF…>. * The IGLC will meet as part of ICANN68, on Wednesday, 24 June (08:30-09:30 UTC). Join us here<https://68.schedule.icann.org/meetings/YArXMrTMkSgTfjT78#/?limit=10&sortByF…>. * MPC (will meet post ICANN68) Thanks to MPC Chair and the committee members for excellent planning 16. Update liaisons a. Update ALAC Liaison (written update) b. Update GNSO Liaison (written update) 17. Meetings a. ICANN68 as virtual meeting: first impressions. 2 sessions as part of the members meeting were already concluded. The ccNSO Members Meeting as part of the ICANN68 Virtual Policy Forum focuses on 3 sessions: * Governance models of ccTLD managers | Tue, 23 June. 07:00-09:30 UTC (incl. 15 min break) * DNS in times of COVID-19: The ccTLD experience | Wed, 24 June. 00:30-03:00 UTC (incl. 15 min break) * Q&A ccNSO appointed ICANN Board members | Thu, 25 June. 08:30-09:30 UTC Consult the ICANN68 ccNSO Members Meeting Session Brief here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Members+Meeting+%7C+IC…>. Positive feedback from Stephen Deerhake and David McAuley and Nick. Max 1 hour is ideal, breaks were good in between. Lots of efforts were put into the prep work for these sessions. Alejandra: good idea to have sessions prior to ICANN68, to not overload ICANN68. Biyi agreed. We adjusted well to the zoom room settings. ccNSO Cocktail was great. Video was good. Pablo: useful and interesting that we picked content relevant to others, outside of the ccNSO. Polling during the session on Tuesday was helpful. Katrina: being a panelist and seeing the participants in the webinar zoom room was helpful. * Next Council Meeting schedule · 20 August – 12:00 UTC · 17 September – 18:00 UTC · October @ICANN69: Virtual meeting · 19 November – 12:00 UTC · 17 December – 18:00 UTC Alejandra: what happened to the rotation we decided last meeting? Katrina: we need to look into this. Another Council Workshop prior to ICANN69. Council meetings are open to observers, including the regular ones, not held at the occasion of ICANN meetings. To those interested: feel free to join. 18. AOB Draft paper on return to face-to-face meetings. Phased approach suggested. To be discussed during the plenary session on Thursday, as part of ICANN68. Alejandra: what will happen in the future? Do not think it is realistic to have face-to-face meetings soon. Cancun might not be possible, even though she wishes for it. Stephen: issues for those travellers from the US for the foreseeable future Marie-Noemie: good to have a plan. Physical participation used to be preferred. Now that we have remote only, the idea is to move to physical participation in a cautious manner. People with higher risk. Must consider their own personal safety. Nick: agrees with Peter. Regional meetings for Regional Organisations. Opportunities to increase participation, while we do not have physical meetings. Environmental impact. Interesting time, stretch boundaries of the possibilities 19. Closure Thank you all. Bye. 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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Face-to-face meetings?
by Katrina Sataki June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Could you please find a few minutes to read the document and think about it. It would be great to discuss it during our meeting tomorrow under AOB. Thank you! Kind regards, ]{atrina From: cctldcommunity <cctldcommunity-bounces(a)lists.nic.cz> on behalf of Katrina Sataki <katrina(a)nic.lv> Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 at 19:22 To: "ccnso-members(a)icann.org" <ccnso-members(a)icann.org>, "ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org> Subject: [cctldcommunity] Face-to-face meetings? Dear Colleagues, I hope you actively participate in the virtual sessions of ICANN68, especially, in the sessions of the ccNSO Members Meeting. Although remote participation has always been a part of our meetings, the main focus was on face-to-face interaction. During the past year or two we significantly increased the number of webinars for ccTLDs and broader community. It helps us to reach out to those registries and their representatives who are not among frequent ICANN meeting attendees or even have never attended any face-to-face meeting. We will continue these efforts and will provide a platform for virtual interaction between ICANN meetings. However, today many people mentioned how much they miss face to face interaction. So, what’s the plan? Will we ever see each other again? ICANN has prepared a draft proposal for phased return to face-to-face meetings (attached). Please have a look and let me know if you have any comments/suggestions regarding the draft. Thank you! Kind regards, ]{atrina _______________________________________________ cctldcommunity mailing list cctldcommunity(a)lists.nic.cz https://lists.nic.cz/mailman/listinfo/cctldcommunity

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UPDATED Zoom URLS ICANN68: ccNSO-related sessions | 25 June 2020
by Kimberly Carlson June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Dear all, Here are the revised links to the ccNSO-related sessions at ICANN68 | Thursday,25 June: Day 4, Thursday, 25 June * Strategic & Operational Planning Standing Committee (SOPC)<https://68.schedule.icann.org/meetings/p3YCxvGv5eMKxvDpz#/?limit=10&sortByF…> – 15:00-16:00 (block 5) (07:00-08:00 UTC) Zoom Webinar Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/94024786983?pwd=a3d4aDZlL3RDN0hQQVh4dVhQbDhsQT09 * Members meeting: Q&A – ccNSO Appointed Board members – 1630-1730 (block 6) Zoom Webinar Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/94104252549?pwd=MkFkcmdCMG1yMGdoZG9WdHU3UWxkUT09 ICANN Blog Author: Ashwin Rangan, SVP, Engineering & Chief Information Officer https://www.icann.org/news/blog/important-update-icann68-to-be-held-as-zoom… On the first day of ICANN68, several sessions were subject to instances of disruption, or “Zoombombing.” This occurs when Internet trolls interrupt public Zoom meetings and use Zoom’s features to share offensive audio, images, and video. The individuals responsible for these disruptions were removed from the sessions by the Meetings Technical Services team as quickly as possible. To reduce these types of interruptions in the short term, some participant features were disabled, including the ability for participants to unmute their own microphones and rename themselves on the participant list. In other instances, chat between participants was also disabled. We do not take these incidents lightly and are working diligently to mitigate any future disruptions. All remaining ICANN68 sessions will be held using a password-protected Zoom Webinar format, with the exception of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), pending further evaluation by GAC leadership. The event schedule, https://68.schedule.icann.org/, will be updated daily to reflect the changes to the Zoom participation links. All other services, such as remote simultaneous interpretation and real time transcription, are not impacted by this change. Please note that if you have exported any session information to your calendar, the links will not update automatically. To update your calendar, you will need to export the new information as it becomes available. The Participation Tools<https://68.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools> section of the event website has been updated with information on how to use Zoom Webinars. We encourage all participants who are unfamiliar with how to participate in Zoom Webinars to review this information. We appreciate your understanding and will provide additional information as it becomes available.

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Reminder | Call for nominations: Board Seat 12, closing 30 June 2020
by Joke Braeken June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Dear All, This is a reminder about the ongoing call for nominations for Board Seat 12, which close on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 (23:59 UTC). The term of Nigel Roberts, the ccNSO nominated Director fulfilling ICANN Board Seat 12, will expire at the ICANN72 Annual General Meeting. By October 2021, Nigel will have served 1 term on the Board: He is eligible for reappointment. The ccNSO Council is required to select a candidate in accordance with the relevant ICANN Bylaws, and internal rules of the ccNSO applicable at the time of the call for nominations. To ensure that the ccNSO meets the ICANN Bylaws requirement of appointing a Director by 28 April 2021, the ccNSO Council will open a call for nominations to fill ICANN Board Seat number 12, starting Tuesday, 9 June 2020 (00:01 UTC) and closing 3 weeks later, on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 (23:59 UTC). Elections by the ccNSO members will start in November 2020, after completion of the background check process of the candidate(s) and a Q&A session with the candidate(s) during ICANN69 in October 2020. Below you will find all details related to the procedure for nominating and seconding candidates, and the next steps. This announcement will also be published here: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/nominations.htm <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_abo…> How to nominate and second a candidate Timeline of the nomination and secondment procedure: START: Tuesday, 9 June 2020 (00:01 UTC) END: Tuesday, 30 June 2020 (23:59 UTC) * Each ccNSO member may nominate one (1) person for a seat to be filled on the ICANN Board. The Nomination shall be published. * If a ccNSO member nominates a second or further candidate, only the first nomination will be valid and published as such. * Each ccNSO member can second one or more persons for a seat to be filled on the ICANN Board * Only ccTLD Managers who are a member of the ccNSO as of the publication date of the call for nominations, i.e. on Monday, 8 June 2020, can nominate or second a candidate * All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member * Nominations and secondments should be sent by e-mail to the Nomination Process Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided below. You are kindly invited to follow these instructions closely. Please do not use alternative templates. Template for nominations: NOMINATION TO THE ICANN BOARD Your full name: Your email address: Your ccTLD: Full name of the person you nominate to the ICANN Board: E-mail address of the person you nominate: Country of citizenship or domicile of the person you nominate: Template for seconding nominations: SECONDING A NOMINATION TO THE ICANN BOARD 1. Your full name: 2. Your e-mail address: 3. Your ccTLD: 4. Full name of the nominee you would like to second: 5. E-mail address of the nominee you would like to second: Consult here<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-boardnominations/> the archive for nominations and secondments. Requirements for suitably qualified candidates * Citizenship or domicile Bylaw Article 7 – Section 7.2 (c) [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…> states: "(c) In carrying out their responsibilities to nominate Directors for Seats 9 through 15 for designation by the EC, the Supporting Organizations and the At-Large Community shall seek to ensure that the Board is composed of Directors who, in the aggregate, display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 7.3, Section 7.4 and Section 7.5. The Supporting Organizations shall ensure that, at any given time, no two Directors nominated by a Supporting Organization are citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region. For purposes of this Section 7.2(c), if any candidate for Director maintains citizenship or Domicile of more than one country, that candidate may be deemed to be from either country and must select in his or her Statement of Interest the country of citizenship or Domicile that he or she wants the Supporting Organization or the At-Large Community, as applicable, to use for nomination purposes. For purposes of this Section 7.2(c), a person can only have one Domicile, which shall be determined by where the candidate has a permanent residence and place of habitation." Patricio Poblete, occupying Board Seat 11, has his domicile in Chile, LAC-region. * Employment by a ccTLD As per 3.4 of the ccNSO Guideline: ccNSO Nominations process ICANN Board seats 11 and 12 [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_sites_…>: "Candidates are not required to be employed by a ccTLD in order to be able to be nominated, but if there is an employment or other relationship, that should be disclosed by the candidate as part of their Candidate Statement." Accepting nominations and due diligence verifications After closure of the nomination period, the Nomination Process Manager will ascertain whether the nominee(s) formally accept their nomination(s). The deadline to accept nominations is Wed, 8 July 2020 (23:59 UTC). On Thursday, 9 July 2020 (latest by 23:59 UTC), the Nomination Process Manager shall provide a list with the name(s) of the candidate(s) who have accepted their nomination. Also, a record of who has nominated and seconded the candidate(s)<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-boardnominations/> is publicly available. By acceptance of the nomination, a nominee warrants, is aware of, and consents to: * The Country of Citizenship or Domicile included in the nomination form; * Not to hold a position as an official of a national government or a multinational entity (section 7.4 (a) of the ICANN Bylaws [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>; * Section 7.4 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws; [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…> * Section 7.4 (d) of the ICANN Bylaws; [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…> * Fully cooperate to undergo a due diligence screening by an external provider, which includes providing necessary consent to ICANN to transmit personal data to the due diligence provider. Candidates need to be aware that they will be approached by the external due diligence provider to sign a consent form before the actual due diligence will begin. The scope of this background check is described in: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-uniform-board-integrit… [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_syste…>. In the event a candidate does not provide consent or rescinds the consent to undergo the due diligence process, the Council will be informed, and the candidacy of that person will be ended. After completion of the due diligence process, the Chair of the ccNSO Council will be informed of the outcome and inform the Council (with the exception of a potential candidate who is still a Councillor), i.e., only whether concerns have surfaced, which warrant further consideration and decisions. Candidate Statements The Nomination Process Manager will ask candidate(s) to provide a written candidate statement. A Q&A session will be held at the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN69, in October 2020. The Q&A session gives the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community an opportunity to interact with the candidates. In preparation of the Q&A session, the written candidate statements will be posted on the ccNSO website. Elections Bylaw Article 10 – Section 10.3 (i) [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…> states: "(i) The ccNSO Council shall nominate individuals to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such nomination must have affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office. Notification of the ccNSO Council's nominations shall be given by the ccNSO Council Chair in writing to the EC Administration, with a copy to the Secretary, and the EC shall promptly act on it as provided in Section 7.25." Even if there is only one candidate that accepted nomination for ICANN Board seat number 12, an election will be held, to allow the ccNSO members to either cast their vote for the candidate, or to select the option “none of the above”. 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. The timeline for the elections is posted in the links-section below: further instructions will be provided by the Nomination Process Manager closer to the start of the elections, in November 2020. Links * Archive for nominations and secondments<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-boardnominations/> * Relevant ccNSO guideline [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_sites_…> * Timeline<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/132088151/Item%206%20b%20-…> Best regards, Joke Braeken 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 [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=Dw…> Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso…> http://ccnso.icann.org [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwMGa…>

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