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Financial Assistance for Qualifying New gTLD Applicants
by Gabriella Schittek March 2, 2012

March 2, 2012

Dear all, On behalf of ICANN’s New gTLD Applicant Support Team, please, find two links where you can gain information on a Financial Assistance Programme for qualifying new gTLD applicants: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support And http://newgtlds.icann.org/applicants/candidate-support/applicant-support-fa… Kind regards, Gabi

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IDN Variant Issues Project Session in Costa Rica
by Gabriella Schittek March 2, 2012

March 2, 2012

Dear all, This is an invitation to participate in an IDN Variant Issues Project Session in Costa Rica. ================== We hope you can join the IDN Variant Team at its next session at the ICANN Costa Rica Meeting. The Session will discuss the Integrated Issues Report published by the IDN Variant Issues Project. The report is a study of the issues that the project has identified in relation to the management of IDN variant TLDs. It represents the completion of the second phase of the IDN VIP project. Session will also discuss the next phase of the project toward determining the conditions under which certain types of variant TLDs could be implemented. Session Name: IDN Variant TLDs Issues Report and Next Steps Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:00-10:30 CST Room: La Paz A Remote participation is available at: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/sjo43-lapaza We hope to see you online or in Costa Rica! The IDN Variant Issues Project ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Re: [ccTLDcommunity] Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains effort
by Barrack Ong'ondo Otieno March 2, 2012

March 2, 2012

Received with thanks, AfTLD will be represented by its President Vika Mpisane. Best Regards On Fri, March 2, 2012 9:59 am, Gabriella Schittek wrote: > Dear all, > > This is an invitation to a roundtable discussion to be held in Costa Rica > on Universal Acceptance of All TLDs. > > > ************MESSAGE > > > Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains > > ICANN staff members from several departments are working together on the > Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains project. The goal of the > project is to raise awareness of the acceptability issues with software on > the Internet and to define the best ways of addressing these issues. In > order to discuss what type of work and in which areas ICANN should focus > its efforts on, we will be conducting a round table discussion during the > ICANN Costa Rica meeting. This meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 14 > March 2012, 12:30-14:00 CST in La Paz A. We welcome in-person and remote > participation. > > Overview of the project: > ICANN initiated the project when acceptability issues were first > identified relating to the earlier rounds of adding new gTLDs. For > example, some software and web sites have made the assumption that > top-level domains were always either 2 or 3 characters long, which is > problematic for a number of newer TLDs. More attention has been given to > these issues with the adoption of IDN top-level domains, and with the > expectation that many more ASCII and IDN gTLDs will be added to the DNS in > the near future. > > ICANN is conducting an outreach within the ICANN community to discuss the > best ways of raising awareness of these issues. As part of this outreach, > we contacted the existing gTLD and IDN ccTLD registry operators to gather > their feedback of what acceptability issues they've encountered or > received reports of in the past. More information on this project can be > viewed here: > > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/tld-acceptance > > In 2006, we developed some proof-of-concept TLD verification code that was > written in several programming languages. We have posted the most recent > version of this code at https://github.com/icann which should allow for > collaborative future development. This code is posted in five languages > Java, C, C#, Perl and Python. We are currently reviewing the code to make > some improvements, and have plans to add new functionality as well as > making the tools available in additional programming languages. > > If you have any questions or comments on this topic, please contact us at > tld-acceptance(a)icann.org. > > Kind regards, > > Nadia Sokolova > ICANN > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > _______________________________________________ > ccTLDcommunity mailing list > ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org > http://www.lists.cctld-managers.org/mailman/listinfo/cctldcommunity > > To unsubscribe please send a blank email to > ccTLDcommunity-unsubscribe(a)lists.cctld-managers.org > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC) > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC)

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Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains effort
by Gabriella Schittek March 2, 2012

March 2, 2012

Dear all, This is an invitation to a roundtable discussion to be held in Costa Rica on Universal Acceptance of All TLDs. ************MESSAGE Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains ICANN staff members from several departments are working together on the Universal Acceptance of All Top Level Domains project. The goal of the project is to raise awareness of the acceptability issues with software on the Internet and to define the best ways of addressing these issues. In order to discuss what type of work and in which areas ICANN should focus its efforts on, we will be conducting a round table discussion during the ICANN Costa Rica meeting. This meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 12:30-14:00 CST in La Paz A. We welcome in-person and remote participation. Overview of the project: ICANN initiated the project when acceptability issues were first identified relating to the earlier rounds of adding new gTLDs. For example, some software and web sites have made the assumption that top-level domains were always either 2 or 3 characters long, which is problematic for a number of newer TLDs. More attention has been given to these issues with the adoption of IDN top-level domains, and with the expectation that many more ASCII and IDN gTLDs will be added to the DNS in the near future. ICANN is conducting an outreach within the ICANN community to discuss the best ways of raising awareness of these issues. As part of this outreach, we contacted the existing gTLD and IDN ccTLD registry operators to gather their feedback of what acceptability issues they've encountered or received reports of in the past. More information on this project can be viewed here: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/tld-acceptance In 2006, we developed some proof-of-concept TLD verification code that was written in several programming languages. We have posted the most recent version of this code at https://github.com/icann which should allow for collaborative future development. This code is posted in five languages — Java, C, C#, Perl and Python. We are currently reviewing the code to make some improvements, and have plans to add new functionality as well as making the tools available in additional programming languages. If you have any questions or comments on this topic, please contact us at tld-acceptance(a)icann.org. Kind regards, Nadia Sokolova ICANN ------ End of Forwarded Message

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ccNSO Activity Summary February 2012
by Gabriella Schittek March 1, 2012

March 1, 2012

ccNSO Activity Summary February 2012 Costa Rica Meeting Information ICANN Costa Rica Meeting Page: http://costarica43.icann.org/ ICANN Meetings Schedule: http://costarica43.icann.org/sched-overview ccNSO Costa Rica Meeting Page: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/ Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/agenda.htm Room and Time information, including remote participation details: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar/ Presentation Summaries: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/presentations.htm Registered ICANN Meeting Attendees: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40D%27W%40%20%20… Registered ccNSO Meeting Attendees: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40D%27T0%20%20%0A Working Groups All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during February 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout February 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary. Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 28 February 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-28feb12-en.pdf Transcript IDN PDP Working Group 1 Telephone Conference 28 February 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-idn-pdp-1-28feb12-en.pdf Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report on Obtaining and Documenting "Consent" for Requests of ccTLD Delegation and Redelegation: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27feb11-en.htm Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 23 February 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-23feb12-en.pdf Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 20 February 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-20feb12-en.pdf Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 16 February 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-16feb12-en.pdf Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Comments on ICANN's Fiscal Year 2013 Operational Plan Framework: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/29291 Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 9 February 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-09feb12-en.pdf Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 9 February 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-09feb12-en.pdf Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 1 February 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-01feb12-en.pdf Council Minutes Council Telephone Conference 14 February 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29feb11-en.htm Agenda Council Telephone Conference 14 February 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-14feb12-en.pdf New Members .pf ccNSO Member nr 125: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-25feb11-en.htm Call for Volunteers (OPEN until 6 March) Call for additional Volunteers to Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-22feb12-en.htm Various Announcements Call for Contact Details for New ccTLD Community Address Book on ccNSO Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/ccTLD/ccTLD+Adress+Book At-Large ICANN Academy Working Group Webinar Proposal for the Establishment of an ICANN Academy: https://community.icann.org/x/1p-bAQ Re-designed ICANN Website: http://www.icann.org/ and: http://blog.icann.org/2012/02/icann-org-redesign-welcomes-the-global-visito… Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report on Obtaining and Documenting "Consent" for Requests of ccTLD Delegation and Redelegation: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27feb11-en.htm ICANN CEO Search Update: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21feb12-en.htm Final Integrated Issues Report on IDN Variants: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20feb12-en.htm Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Comments on ICANN's Fiscal Year 2013 Operational Plan Framework: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/29291 The Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group extends public comment period on Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs to 23 March 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan1… New ccNSO Resource Page on Internet Government Control Acts.: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/resources/national-and-international-control-act… ICANN Board Resolutions from 7 February 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07feb12-en.htm ccNSO Travel Funding Opens for Prague applications: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10feb11-en.htm Geographic Regions Working Group summary of comments to draft Final Report: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/report-comments-geo-regions-review-0… ccNSO Framework of Interpretation Working Group Interim Report on “Significantly Interested Parties”: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03feb12-en.htm ICANN Policy Department Pre-Costa Rica Webinar 1 March 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb12-en.htm Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods (OPEN until 30 March 2012) ccNSO Framework of Interpretation Working Group Interim Report on “Significantly Interested Parties”: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03feb12-en.htm (OPEN until 23 March 2012) Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan1… (OPEN until 18 March 2012) Final Integrated Issues Report on IDN Variants: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20feb12-en.htm (OPEN until 18 March 2012) Draft Roadmap on Security and Stability Advisory Committee's Report on Domain Name WHOIS Terminology and Structure (SAC 051): http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb12-en.htm (OPEN until 18 March 2012) WHOIS Policy Review Team Draft Report: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/whois-rt-draft-final-report-05dec11-…

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CcNSO Council Work shop review and update of ccNSO Work plan
by Bart Boswinkel Feb. 29, 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

Dear all, As you may know the ccNSO Council will conduct a work shop during the Costa Rica ICANN meeting on Sunday 11 March 2012 from 10 am until noon at the Tienda room. One of the topics of the work shop is to review and update the ccNSO overall work plan. As the work plan also relates to the working groups you are chairing, you are kindly invited to participate in this part. Chairs of other working groups are also council members so they participate anyway. The other main topic of the workshop is on roles and responsibilities of councillors. Could you be so kind to indicate whether you will attend the workshop? Early next week I will send the attendants of the workshop documentation in preparation of the workshop. Kind regards, Bart

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Useful links for Costa Rica meeting
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 29, 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

Dear all, Here are some links that may be useful for those of you attending the Costa Rica meeting, both in person or remotely. Please, note that some information might still be missing, but the pages are being updated continuously: ICANN Costa Rica Meeting Page: http://costarica43.icann.org/ ICANN Meetings Schedule: http://costarica43.icann.org/sched-overview ccNSO Costa Rica Meeting Page: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/ Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/agenda.htm Room and Time information, including remote participation details: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar/ Presentation Summaries: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/costa-rica/presentations.htm Registered ICANN Meeting Attendees: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40D%27W%40%20%20% 0A Registered ccNSO Meeting Attendees: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40D%27T0%20%20%0A Kind regards, Gabi

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Adobe/Wiki Workshop in Costa Rica
by Kristina Nordstrom Feb. 29, 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

Dear all, A Workshop on Adobe Connect and Confluence Wiki will be held in Costa Rica on Monday 12 March at 17:00-18:00 CST in room Tiffanys. Please feel free to stop by if you want to refresh your knowledge on any of these tools. Agenda: 1. Adobe Connect refresher - basic features 2. ccTLD Community Wiki overview 3. Questions / Individual assistance To get an idea of what community members want to learn more about in regards to Adobe and the Confluence Wiki, please feel free to send me an email with questions or suggestions and I will try to include this in the workshop. Please note that the workshop is only for people who are present in Costa Rica, but everybody is welcome to send me questions. Kind regards, Kristina

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FW: Meeting Invitation / ICANN Academy Webinar: 02.03.12 @ 12:00 UTC
by Gabriella Schittek Feb. 29, 2012

Feb. 29, 2012

Dear all, The email below is forwarded on behalf of the At-Large community. === Dear All, The At-Large ICANN Academy WG is hosting a webinar on Friday 02 March 2012 at 12:00 UTC, to introduce and discuss their proposal for the establishment of an ICANN Academy, an annual training program for newly appointed ICANN AC/SO officers and ICANN Board members. The webinar will review the proposal for the Academy, including timeline for the program and curriculum. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/7yzlkp6 The draft agenda (to be updated) and participation details are available under https://community.icann.org/x/1p-bAQ This call will be held in English only due to insufficient demand for interpretation. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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ccTLD Adress Book: Request for contact details
by Kristina Nordstrom Feb. 28, 2012

Feb. 28, 2012

Dear all, We are now introducing the ccTLD Adress Book as a new feature for the ccTLD Community Wiki space. A list of ccTLD contacts was requested by several community members when we were planning the update of the ccNSO website. The purpose is to have a non-public location where you can go to find contact information for your peers and make it easier for everyone to exchange information. The contact information in the address book is listed in in alphabetical order based on the country code, regional organisation, etc, with one slot for every person. This means that everyone who would like to be listed need to contact me individually. I would like to ask you all to send me your contact information so that I can put it on the wiki https://community.icann.org/display/ccTLD/ccTLD+Adress+Book Any information you would like to list is of course voluntary, but you can use the example below as a template: ------- Name of Registry: Name of Contact: Email: Telephone Nr: Address: URL: Other information: ------- Thanks and kind regards, Kristina

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