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Useful links for Buenos Aires Meeting
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 31, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Dear all, Below are some links that may be useful for the upcoming ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires: ICANN Buenos Aires Meeting Page: http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/ ICANN Meetings full schedule: http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule-full Pre-registered ICANN Participants: https://registration.icann.org/reg_disp.php?id=buenosaires48 ccNSO Buenos Aires Meeting Page: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires Draft Agenda: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires/agenda.htm Presentation summaries: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires/presentations.htm Room & Time information ccNSO Meetings: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Remote Participantion information ccNSO Meetings: To be published at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar (closer to the meeting) Pre-registered ccNSO Participants: https://registration.icann.org/reg_ccnso_disp.php?id=buenosaires48 Please, also note that ICANN's Policy team will hold a Pre-Buenos Aires Update Webinar on Thursday, 7 November at 12.00 UTC and 19.00 UTC. If you wish to participate in any of these webinars, please email gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org. Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for Five-Year Strategic Plan published
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 30, 2013

Oct. 30, 2013

Dear all, ICANN has posted a "Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for a Five-Year Strategic Plan" http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/strategic-29oct13-en.htm for public comments. It has been written based on brainstorming that occurred April September 2013 and reflects input from ICANN's Board of Directors, community and staff. The comments received to this draft are meant to support the creation of ICANN's Vision and Five-Year Strategic Plan, scheduled to be posted and up for public comment in February-March 2014. Comments on this document are welcome until 31 January 2014. A session on Strategic Planning will held at the ICANN Buenos Aires meeting on Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:15-18:45. Kind regards, Gabi

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Council Minutes 8 October
by Kristina Nordstrom Oct. 29, 2013

Oct. 29, 2013

Dear all, Please find attached the Council minutes from 8 October and let me know before 5 November if you wish to make any amendments. Kind regards, Kristina

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Framework of Interpretation Working Group Seeks Public Comments to Revocation Report
by Kristina Nordstrom Oct. 28, 2013

Oct. 28, 2013

Dear all, The ccNSO Framework of Interpretation Working Group (FoI WG) seeks public comment on its initial interpretations of current policy and guidelines related to "Revocation", which is defined as redelgations undertaken without the consent of the ccTLD manager. "Revocation" refers to the process by which the IANAOperator rescinds responsibility for management of a ccTLD from a manager. For more information and to submit your comments, please visit http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/foi-interim-28oct13-en.htm Kind regards, Kristina

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Pre-Buenos Aires ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation - 7 November 2013
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 24, 2013

Oct. 24, 2013

Pre-Buenos Aires ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation 7 November 2013 In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> ) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires, remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on: Thursday 7 November at 12.00 UTC (for other places see:http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx <http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx> ) and Thursday 7 November at 19.00 UTC. (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/lj8jqep) summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: * Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation * Thick Whois * Protections of IGO/INGO Identifiers in gTLDs * Policy & Implementation * Draft Guidelines on ccTLD's Financial Contribution The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org> . In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> ) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 12.00 UTC (for other places see:http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx <http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx> ) or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/lj8jqep) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 24, 2013

Oct. 24, 2013

Dear all, The call for Nominations for a Director to the ICANN Board seat nr 11 started today at 00.00 UTC. It ends on 4 November at 00.00 UTC. See instructions below on how to nominate your candidate. This call is also published at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct13-en.htm Our current Board Director on seat 11, Chris Disspain, is eligible to re-stand for the same position, if he so wishes. You can read more about Chris at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/disspain.htm Kind regards, Gabi == Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN Date: 14 October 2013 The term of the ICANN Board seat number 11 expires at the ICANN AGM 2014 and a nomination process therefore needs to be launched. Should there be more than one candidate nominated for seat number 11, an election will be held. Bylaw Article IX section 3.9 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#IX> states: "The ccNSO Council shall make selections to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such selection must have affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office. Notification of the ccNSO Council's selections shall be given by the ccNSO Council Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, Sections 8(4) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-8.4> and 12(1) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-12.1> ." The ccNSO Council and the ccNSO members have decided that before making the nomination of Directors, the ccNSO members shall be entitled to nominate and vote for candidates they wish the Council to nominate to the ICANN Board. Section 2(3) of Article VI of the Bylaws states "In carrying out their responsibilities to fill Seats 9 through 14, the Supporting Organizations shall seek to ensure that the ICANN Board is composed of members that in the aggregate display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 3 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-3> of this Article. At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region." Pursuant to this Bylaw, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes from ccNSO members will be nominated by the Council to the ICANN Board. Each member can nominate one candidate for seat 11 on the ICANN Board and each member can second one candidate. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must be a member of the ccNSO by 14 October 2013. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org PLEASE NOTE: If you send a Nomination or Second you will receive an email from ICANN asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org. For your Nomination or Second to be valid you MUST respond to the email requesting confirmation. Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations Please use this template for nominations: Template for Nomination: 1a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 1b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 1c. Country of which the candidate is a citizen. 2a. Full name of the nominator: 2b. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for Seconding a Nomination: 1 Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2a. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Election Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. The candidate will then have a chance to submit their CV and/or a mission statement. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations

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Call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 24, 2013

Oct. 24, 2013

Dear all, The call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council started today, 14 October at 00.00 UTC. It ends on 4 November at 00.00 UTC. See below for instructions on how to nominate your candidate. This call is also published at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-14oct13-en.htm The Councillors whose terms expire in March 2014 are: Africa: Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci Asia-Pacific: Hirofumi Hotta, .jp Europe: Roelof Meijer, .nl Latin America: Victor Abboud, .ec North America: Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi These Councillors are eligible to re-stand for their positions, if they wish. You can read more about each Councillor at http://ccnso.icann.org/council-members.htm Kind regards, Gabi === Call for Nominations to ccNSO Council Date: 14 October 2013 Nomination of Candidates: Open: 14 October 2013 at 00:00 UTC Close: 4 November 2013 at 00:00 UTC 1. 2. One Candidate per "Geographic Region": Africa; Asia Pacific; Europe; Latin America/Caribbean Islands and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council 3. 4. Call for Nominations The ICANN Bylaws Section 4 (Membership), paragraph 8 state: > > "Any ccNSO member may nominate an individual to serve as a ccNSO Council > member representing the ccNSO member's Geographic Region. Nominations must be > seconded by another ccNSO member from the same Geographic Region." Each member can nominate one candidate for election to the ccNSO Council and each member can second one candidate. Candidates do not need to be resident in the region or a citizen of a country within the region in which they stand for election. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must have been a member of the ccNSO by 14 October 2013. Nominations or Seconds should be sent by e-mail to the Nominations Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org PLEASE NOTE: If you send a Nomination or Second you will receive an email from ICANN asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org. For your Nomination or Second to be valid you MUST respond to the email requesting confirmation. Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/. Please use this template for nominations: Template for Nomination: 1 Region for which nomination is being made: 2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 3a. Full name of the nominator: 3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator 3c. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region. Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for Seconding a Nomination: 1. Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Nominations Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/. The Nominations Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees. In the event that a region has more than 1 nominee, an election in that region will be called.

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ICANN Fellowship Programme
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 23, 2013

Oct. 23, 2013

Dear all, For those of you who are interested in ICANN's Fellowship Programme the application period for the ICANN meeting in Singapore 23-27 March 2014 is closing on 1 November 2013. Read more at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement20sep13en.htm Please, note that ICANN's Fellowship Programme is different from the ccNSO Travel Funding Programme. Whilst the ccNSO Travel Funding Scheme is mainly for ccTLD operators, the Fellowship Programme is aiming to increase attendance at ICANN meetings by all stakeholders, not just ccTLD operators. The main restriction for the Fellowship Programme is that applicants must be citizens of eligible countries, determined by economic ranking. Fellowships are awarded by an independent selection committee based on a mix of criteria including applicant experience and references, geographic proximity to meeting, receipt of past fellowships, etc. The ccNSO Travel Funding application period for the Singapore meeting will open for applications later this year. Kind regards, Gabi

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Press release on first delegated new gTLDs
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 23, 2013

Oct. 23, 2013

Dear all, ICANN's press release on the first delegated New gTLDs is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-23oct13-en Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN audited financial statements published
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 23, 2013

Oct. 23, 2013

Dear all, ICANN has published a Report of Independent Auditors and Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended 30 June 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23oct13-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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