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New gTLD Batching Announcement
by Gabriella Schittek June 7, 2012

June 7, 2012

Dear all, ICANN has published an announcement on how the batching of new gTLDs will be performed: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06jun12-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Your availability for cocktails with ICANN Board
by Gabriella Schittek June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Dear Councillors, The ICANN Board would like to invite the ccNSO Council for cocktails on Monday, 25 June, starting at 19.00 (scheduled to end around 20.00) However, we are aware that there are many other events going on in parallel, so I would be grateful if you could let me know if you have the possibility to join the cocktails, or if you can't make it. Please, could you send me an email on your availability by Monday, 11 June at the latest. Thanks! Gabi

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New gTLD applicants to be revealed at news conference 13 June 2012
by Gabriella Schittek June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Dear all, ICANN will reveal who applied for gTLDs and which domain names they are seeking during a London news conference in London on 13 June 12.00-13.00 UTC: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-06jun12-en.pdf Kind regards, Gabi

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Preparation Material Council Call 12 June 2012
by Gabriella Schittek June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 12 June 2012 Agenda: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-12jun12-en.pdf 1. Minutes and Actions ccNSO CouncilTelephone Conference 8 May 2012 1.1 Minutes 1.2 Actions Minutes and actions: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/31443 2. Updates 2.1 Chair 2.2 Vice-Chairs 2.3 Councillors Roelof Meijer: On the day of our previous call, 8 May, we received an application for ccNSO membership from .is, Iceland’s ccTLD. Membership was granted on 17 May, Iceland is member #131 On 18 May, we received an application from .km, the Comores’ cc. .km became member #132 on 30 May. On 3 June, we received an application from .bh, Bahrain’s ccTLD. Some corrections in the application were necessary and at this moment, we are waiting for IANA’s “all clear”. 2.4 Observers 2.5 ccNSO Support Staff 3. Letter Elise Gerich See attachment 1 Protection alpha two letter country codes (confusing similarity) 4. Letter ccNSO Council to Board Public Participation Committee on Public Comment Process 5. Working Group and Other Updates 5.1 Finance Working Group (Byron Holland) 5.2 SOP Working Group (Roelof Meijer) Some members (among whom myself) attended the FY13 Ops Plan&Budget conference call organised by Xavier Calvez on 9 May. The formal closing date of the comments period being 24 May, it was clear that we were not going to have our comments ready in time. We decided to submit a “placeholder” in which we would comment on the procedures followed so far, in particular: • Planning cycle • Additional briefing scheduling issue, clarification • General Procedural issue: as result of new public comment process ( breaking up timeframe in comment and response period, submission of SO coordinated comments during public comment period is not feasible anymore, (effectively time is reduced from 42 days to 24 days, including week-ends and public holidays) The placeholder was submitted on 24 May. In the meantime, the four SOP WG teams started the work of compiling their draft comments. Participation from the SOP WG members regrettably was disappointedly low, only a handful of members submitted comments and/or reacted to drafts. One team did not react at all. Clearly something I will bring up in our F2F meeting in Prague. We are slightly behind schedule as a result and will submit the SOP WG comments on the FY13 Ops Plan&Budget one day later than planned: 7 June. 5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Keith Davidson) 5.4 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (Jian Zhang) 5.5 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Bart Boswinkel) 5.6 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (Young Eum Lee) 5.7 Meetings Programme Working Group (Vika Mpisane) 5.8 IDN WG 1 (Bart Boswinkel) 5.9 IDN WG 2 (Hiro Hotta) WG had conf. call on May 24. We discussed how the output from WG was to be described, considering the fact that more members of the WG had become support "one vote per member", not "one vote per territory". Since few WG member participated in the call, we will discuss further in the coming call on June 12. 5.10 Informal Study Group on Capacity Building (Fernando Espana) 5.11 Tech Working Group We are working on the briefing paper /on Tech day/ and should have it ready for Prague. 5.12 Public Comment Requests (Vika Mpisane, Keith Davidson) - material on alert list, need for action? Not included in this overview are: * GAC-ccNSO liaison WG. Until further notice the WG is dormant * Contact Repository Implementation Working Group 6. ICANN Board-ccNSO Meeting Topics Topics in order of priority for discussion: * ICANN Board's views on (and ICANN's strategy for) WCIT. * IANA Contract * The top priorities that the Board will give the new CEO for FY13 * FY13 Ops Plan and Budget * New gTLD program: highlights of past months, trends, looking forward * Proposed method of batching 7. GAC-ccNSO Meeting Topics Topics for joint meeting (proposal): * Progress FOIWG to date, * Country names Study Group/UNECO survey, progress to date of study group * ccNSO view Ops Plan and Budget 8. ccNSO-GNSO Meeting Topics /Juhani Juselius, Roelof Meijer/ 9. Liaison Updates 9.1 ALAC liaison See attachment 2 (Liaison Report) and 3 (ALAC response to the ccNSO on request for input on issues of joint interest) 9.2 GNSO liaison Not delivered in time for posting. 10. Next ccNSO Council Meetings 27 June 2012 Prague, 16.00 CET (14.00 UTC) 3 July 2012 11.30 UTC – Informal Council call 28 August 2012 12.00 UTC 25 September 2012 12.00 UTC 11. AOB

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Reminder: Pre-Prague ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
by Gabriella Schittek June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Dear all, For those of you interested in attending the ICANN Policy Webinar on 14 June – see below. Kind regards, Gabi === http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-16may12-en.htm REMINDER: Pre-Prague ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation 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 Prague remotely or in person, you're invited to an update on 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 14 June at 12.00 UTC (For other places see: http://tinyurl.com/cbj6eow) and Thursday 14 June at 19.00 UTC, (For other places see: http://tinyurl.com/cwx3mkt)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: · Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy · WHOIS · RAA Improvements · Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation · Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories · Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs · Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group · Participation and Engagement activities in Prague In addition, staff will provide a briefing on the ALAC's activities related to current policy development issues of the Supporting Organizations. 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/cbj6eow) or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (For other places see: http://tinyurl.com/cwx3mkt)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<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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ICANN Board Conflict Report open for public comments
by Gabriella Schittek June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Dear all, The independent expert report on ICANN Board Conflicts of Interest and ethical frameworks is now open for public comments: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05jun12-en.htm Your comments are welcome until 6 July 2012. The report is available at http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-ethics-coi-final… Kind regards, Gabi

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Invitation to ccNSO Members Dinner Prague
by Gabriella Schittek June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012

Dear ccNSO members, On behalf of our Czech hosts, I am pleased to invite you to our ccNSO members dinner in Prague. The dinner will take place on Tuesday, 26 June at 19.00 in Restaurant Kolkovna Celnice (http://www.kolkovna.cz/index.php?language=en&show=hot&place=13) The restaurant is in a walking distance from the meeting venue. We will meet in the Hilton hotel lobby and walk together to the venue. If you wish to attend this dinner, please let me know by Friday, 15 June at the latest. Please also indicate if you have any special food requirements! Due to the limited number of seats, we can't unfortunately guarantee a seat for everyone. If you are attending with more than three people per registry, any extra participants will be placed on our reserve list. Many thanks to the Czech Registry for not only organising this dinner, but also sponsoring the entire event! Also, a special thanks to Michaela Vyternova for coordinating all. Kind regards, Gabi

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Draft Agenda Council Telephone Conference 12 June 2012
by Gabriella Schittek June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012

Dear all, Please, find the draft agenda for the Council telephone conference on 12 June 2012 (12.00 UTC) below and attached. Please, let me know if you wish to add any item as soon as possible. Thanks! Gabi Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 12 June 2012 1. Minutes and Actions ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 8 May 2012 1.1 Minutes 1.2 Actions 2. Updates 2.1 Chair 2.2 Vice-Chairs 2.3 Councillors 2.4 Observers 2.5 ccNSO Support Staff 3. Letter Elise Gerich 4. Letter ccNSO Council to Board Public Participation Committee on Public Comment Process 5. Working Group and Other Updates 5.1 Finance Working Group (Byron Holland) 5.2 SOP Working Group (Roelof Meijer) 5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Keith Davidson) 5.4 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (Jian Zhang) 5.5 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Bart Boswinkel) 5.6 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (Young Eum Lee) 5.7 Meetings Programme Working Group (Vika Mpisane) 5.8 IDN WG 1 (Bart Boswinkel) 5.9 IDN WG 2 (Hiro Hotta) 5.10 Informal Study Group on Capacity Building (Fernando Espana) 5.11 Public Comment Requests (Vika Mpisane, Keith Davidson) 6. ICANN Board-ccNSO Meeting Topics 7. GAC-ccNSO Meeting Topics 8. ccNSO-GNSO Meeting Topics 9. Liaison Updates 9.1 ALAC liaison 9.2 GNSO liaison 10. Next ccNSO Council Meetings 11. AOB

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GNSO Report on Protection of International Organisation Names i new gTLDs
by Gabriella Schittek June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012

Dear all, This might be of interest to some of you the GNSO has published a preliminary report for public comments on the Protection of International Organisation Names in new gTLDs: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/intl-org-names-prelim-issue-report-04jun12-en. pdf Comments are welcome until 25 June 2012. Kind regards, Gabi

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Report on ICANN Board conflicts of interest and ICANN ethical culture posted
by Gabriella Schittek June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012

Dear all, An independend expert team has prepared a report for discussion on ICANN Board conflicts of interest and improvements of ICANN's ethical culture: http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-ethics-coi-final… A special session on this report will also be held at the Prague meeting on 25 June: http://prague44.icann.org/node/31635 For more details, see announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-8-04jun12-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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