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ICANN Fellowship Programme opens for applications to San Jose' meting
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

Dear all, ICANN’s Fellowship Programme is now accepting applications to the ICANN Meeting in San Jose’: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-30sep11-en.htm Applications are welcome until 14 November 2011. Please, note that ICANN’s Fellowship programme differs from the ccNSO Travel Funding Scheme. You can read more about both programmes at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/ccnso-travel-funding-04dec08.htm The call for applications to the ccNSO Travel Funding scheme will open at the end of October. Kind regards, Gabi

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Lunch sponsors sought ccNSO meeting Cartagena
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

Dear all, We are looking for lunch sponsors for the ccNSO members meeting on the 7 and 8 December in Cartagena. If your registry would be interested in sponsoring one of the two ccNSO meeting day lunches, please, let me know! Kind regards, Gabi

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Youtube contribution from .rs
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Dear all, .rs, the Serbian registry, has posted a contribution on the ccNSO Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/ccnso#p/a/u/0/izxC7QIp3aA Thank you .rs! Kind regards, Gabi

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Council Preparation Material
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Draft Agenda Council Telephone Conference (including links and materials) 4 October 2011 Draft agenda: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-20111004-en.pdf 1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions council meeting 23 August 2011 Council minutes 23 August: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/26455 2. Geographic Regions (guests attending: Dave Archbold and Rob Hoggarth, (ICANN staff) Informational. Document: Summary of Draft Final Report – See attachment 1 3. High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities Informational - Chair - Vice-Chairs - Councillors 4. Nominations/Elections Update (Gabriella Schittek) Informational 4.1 Council Nominations/Elections Nominees: African Region: Vika Mpisane, .za and Mohamed Ibrahim, .so Asia-Pacific Region: Young-Eum Lee, .kr European Region: Juhani Juselius, .fi Latin-American & Caribbean Region: Margarita Valdes, .cl North American Region: Byron Holland, .ca Nomination archive: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations 4.2 Board Nominations Nomination archive: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations 5. Working Group and Other Group Updates See attachment 2 and 3 5.1 Finance Working Group (Chair: Byron Holland) 5.2 SOP Working Group (Chair: Roelof Meijer) 5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Chair: Keith Davidson) 5.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1 (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2 (Chair: Hiro Hotta) 5.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (co-Chair: Jian Zhang, APTLD) 5.8 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.10 GAC-ccNSO Liaison (Chair: Keith Davidson). 5.11 PPC Focus Group update (Sokol) 6. Post Board Membership Conflict of Interest Discussion Document: Overview of rules and viewpoints. - See attachment 4 Options or combination of options for (further) action: 1. No action; 2. Request further clarification from the ICANN Board and/or ICANN legal staff; 3. Item for the Board – ccTLD community discussion 4. item for further discussion with ccNSO membership at the ccNSO meeting in Dakar 5. Item for discussion with other SO and AC’s 6. Council and or ccNSO statement and letter to the Board, expressing concern. 7. Closed Wiki Section ccTLD community Document: Briefing paper – See attachment 5 Decision needed: Initiate experiment closed wiki space. Review of need closed wiki space during June 2012 meeting ( Prague) 8. Dakar Preparations Draft ccNSO Agenda Dakar: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/26627 8.1 ccNSO- ICANN Board meeting · ccnso board meeting update · ideas for topics? 8.2 Follow up from EAG discussion Singapore with Board. 8.3 Topics for Public Forum Document: Email on behalf of Steve Crocker below – See attachment 6 Suggestions for topics 9. Liaison Updates 9.1 At-Large Liaison 9.2 GNSO Liaison No updates received in time for posting 10. AOB

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Draft Agenda Council Call 4 October 2011
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

Dear all, Please, find the draft agenda for the upcoming Council call below. The call will be held on 4 October, 12.00 UTC; dial in information will follow closer to the meeting. Please, let me know as soon as possible if you wish to add any item to the agenda. Kind regards, Gabi Draft Agenda Council Telephone Conference 4 October 2011 1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions Council meeting 23 August 2011 2. Geographic Regions (guests attending: Dave Archbold and Rob Hoggarth, (ICANN staff) 3. High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities - Chair - Vice Chairs - Councillors 4. Nominations/Elections Update (Gabriella Schittek) 4.1 Council Nominations/Elections 4.2 Board Nominations 5. Working Group and Other Group Updates 5.1 Finance Working Group (Chair: Byron Holland) 5.2 SOP Working Group (Chair: Roelof Meijer) 5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Chair: Keith Davidson) 5.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1 (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2 (Chair: Hiro Hotta) 5.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (co-Chair: Jian Zhang, APTLD) 5.8 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (Update: Bart Boswinkel) 5.10 GAC-ccNSO Liaison (Chair: Keith Davidson). 5.11 PPC Focus Group update (Sokol Haxhiu) 6. Post Board Membership Conflict of Interest Discussion Options or combination of options for (further) action: 1. No action; 2. Request further clarification from the ICANN Board and/or ICANN legal staff; 3. Item for the Board – ccTLD community discussion 4. item for further discussion with ccNSO membership at the ccNSO meeting in Dakar 5. Item for discussion with other SO and AC’s 6. Council and or ccNSO statement and letter to the Board, expressing concern. 7. Closed Wiki Section ccTLD community Decision needed: Initiate experiment closed wiki space. Review of need closed wiki space during June 2012 meeting ( Prague) 8. Dakar Preparations 8.1 ccNSO- ICANN Board Meeting · ccNSO Board Meeting Update • Ideas for topics 8.2 Follow up from EAG discussion Singapore with Board 8.3 Topics for Public Forum 9. Liaison Updates 9.1 At-Large Liaison 9.2 GNSO Liaison 10. AOB

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ccNSO Council nominees
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

Dear all, Following people were nominated and seconded to the ccNSO Council during the nomination period: African Region: Vika Mpisane, .za and Mohamed Ibrahim, .so Asia-Pacific Region: Young-Eum Lee, .kr European Region: Juhani Juselius, .fi Latin-American & Caribbean Region: Margarita Valdes, .cl North American Region: Byron Holland, .ca (please, also see archives at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/) All nominees have accepted their nomination. As there are two candidates for the African region, elections need to be held in this region. The elections will start on the 7th October and will end on the 21st October. Electronic ballots will be sent to the primary contacts of our African members. More information will follow closer to the start of the voting. Congratulations to all other Councillors, who will take their seat straight after the end of the San Jose’ meeting in March 2012! Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO Application for Membership by .ir
by Roelof Meijer Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

Dear fellow councillors, We have received an application for ccNSO membership from .ir, the cc for Iran.the application was filed by Alireza Saleh, representing the manager for .ir, the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences. I refer to IANA's "all clear" below and request you to inform me of any objections to .ir's membership before Saturday 8 October 2011. Best regards, Roelof Meijer CEO SIDN | Utrechtseweg 310 | 6812 AR | P.O.Box 5022 | 6802 EA - Arnhem | The Netherlands T +31 26 352 55 00 | M +31 611 39 57 75 Sent through my mobile device Op 26 sep. 2011 om 22:29 heeft "Gabriella Schittek" <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> het volgende geschreven: > Roelof, > > Ready to go to the Council! > > Gabi > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Kim Davies <kim.davies(a)icann.org> > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:08:05 -0700 > To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> > Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.ir) > > Hi Gabi, > > There are no outstanding IANA requests for .IR. > > cheers, > > kim > > On Sep 26, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Gabriella Schittek wrote: > >> Hi Kim, >> >> Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .ir? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gabi >> >> On 9/24/11 7:17 AM, "applications(a)icann.org" <applications(a)icann.org> wrote: >> >>> Application for Membership >>> Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) >>> >>> Confirmation E-mail: alireza(a)irnic.ir >>> cctld: .ir >>> >>> To: ccNSO Membership >>> c/o ICANN Secretary >>> Date: 23/9/2011 >>> Regarding: ccNSO Membership >>> ------------ >>> >>> With this letter, I, Alireza Saleh declare that Institute for Research in >>> Fundamental Sciences is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, >>> (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the .ir and wishes to apply for membership of >>> the ccNSO and that I am duly authorized to make and sign this application for >>> membership on behalf of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences. >>> >>> Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences hereby recognizes the role of >>> the ccNSO within the ICANN >>> structure, and agrees, for the duration of its membership in the ccNSO to: >>> >>> (a) adhere to the rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules; and >>> (b) adhere to ICANN Bylaws as they apply to ccTLDs (Article IX and >>> Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws. >>> >>> Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences understands that: >>> >>> (i) membership in the ccNSO is independent of any individual >>> relationship a ccTLD manager has with ICANN or the ccTLD manager's receipt >>> of IANA services. (Article IX Section (4)(3)); and >>> >>> (ii) currently there are no fees payable for ccNSO membership. However, >>> under the ICANN bylaws (Article IX Section (7) (3)), the ccNSO could in the >>> future, subject to members approval, establish membership fees. >>> >>> Signed by Alireza Saleh for and on behalf of Institute for Research in >>> Fundamental Sciences: >>> >>> Name of ccTLD Manager: Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences >>> Name of Representative: Alireza Saleh >>> Name of Primary Contact: Alireza Saleh >>> Primary Contact Address: >>> Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences >>> Shahid Bahonar (Niavaran) Square, >>> Tehran 1954851167, Iran >>> Primary Contact Telephone Number: +982122828080 >>> Primary Contact E-Mail: alireza(a)irnic.ir >>> >>> *DEFINITION: >>> >>> 1) A ccTLD Manager is the person or organisation referred to in the IANA >>> database entry for a ccTLD under the current heading "Sponsoring >>> Organisation". >>> >>> 2) Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an >>> individual person then that person is the Representative. Where the > Sponsoring >>> Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an organisation then the >>> Representative is the individual person who is completing the application > form >>> for the organisation and is authorised to do so by the organisation. >>> >>> 3) The Primary Contact is the main contact for the member and should be >>> either the Administrative Contact or Technical Contact listed in the IANA >>> database for the ccTLD. >>> >> >> >> ------ End of Forwarded Message >> > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message >

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Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

Dear ccNSO members, The ccNSO is now opening for nominations to fill ICANN Board seat number 12, which expires in June 2011. Nominations can be made from 15th September 00.00 UTC to 6th October 00.00 UTC. The nomination process is outlined below and is also available at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-15sep11-en.htm The election procedure, including a time table, will be sent to you shortly in a separate email and can also be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN Date: 15 Sep 2011 The term of the ICANN Board seat number 12 expires in June 2012 and a nomination process therefore needs to be launched. Should there be more than one candidate nominated for seat number 12, 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 12 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 15 September 2011. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-boardnominations(a)icann.org 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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September Update from ICANN's Policy Department
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

Dear all, The September Update from ICANN¹s Policy Department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-sep11-en.pdf Kind regards, Gabi

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Board resolutions
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Dear all, The latest ICANN Board resolutions from its meeting on 17 September are available at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-17sep11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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