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Pre-Cartagena ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
by Gabriella Schittek Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear all, ICANN’s policy department is organising a pre-Cartagena webinar, summarising ongoing ccNSO, GNSO and ASO activities. If you are interested in joining, see below for more information. Kind regards, Gabi PRE-CARTAGENA 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 Cartagena remotely or in person, you're invited to a quickreminder 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 Monday 22 November at 14.00 and 20.00 UTC, 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: - Vertical Integration Policy Development Process (GNSO) - Registration Abuse Policies Recommendations (GNSO) - Registrar Accreditation Agreement (GNSO) - WHOIS Studies (GNSO) - Internationalized Domain Names PDP (ccNSO) - Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group (ccNSO) - Global policy for handling IPv4 address space (ASO) 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 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 slides and MP3 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, 14.00 UTC or 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html> ). 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.

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ATRT Draft recommendations open for public comment
by Chris Disspain Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

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Call for volunteers Finance Working Group
by Gabriella Schittek Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Dear all, The ccNSO is looking for volunteers for its Finance Working Group. The charter of this working group was adopted by the ccNSO Council on 19 October 2010 and is included for reference. The objective of the Finance Working Group is: I.) a. to discuss with ICANN (i.) the amounts attributed to ccTLDs and (ii) the underlying attribution method(s) to attempt to establish which of those amounts and method(s) are reasonable and may be acceptable to the ccTLD community b. to discuss with ICANN a methodology for individual ccTLDs to use to calculate a fair and equitable voluntary financial contribution to ICANN and propose such a methodology to the ccTLD community. II.) to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in the financial aspects of ICANN's strategic and operational planning and budgetary processes. If you are interested in joining the Finance Working Group – please, send me an email by the 5 November 2010 at the latest. Please note that according to the charter membership of the working group is open to all representatives of ccTLD managers (members and non-members of the ccNSO) who meet the following criteria: · An ongoing long-term commitment to actively participate in the activities of the working group; · An involvement in financial area of the ccTLD they represent; · An ability and willingness to attend face- to face meetings. The members of the working group will be appointed by the ccNSO Council, taking into account the background of the applicants to reflect the diversity of the ccTLD community. Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO Activity Summary October 2010
by Gabriella Schittek Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

ccNSO Activity Summary October 2010 Working Groups All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during September 2010 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar Minutes Strategic and Operational Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 21 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-sop-21oct10-en.pdf Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Notes 14 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drdwg-notes-14oct10-en.pdf Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Notes 7 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-drd-07oct10-en.pdf IDN PDP Working Group 1 Notes 6 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg1-06oct10-en.pdf Joint IDN ccTLD/GNSO Working Group Transcript 5 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-jig-05oct10-en.pdf ccNSO Council ccNSO Council Nomination and Election Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/election-report-28oct10-en.htm Minutes Council Telephone Conference 19 October 2010: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-council-19oct10-en.pdf Mp3 Recording of Council Telephone Conference 19 October 2010: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20101019-en.mp3 ccNSO Nominations of one Director to the ICANN Board ccNSO ICANN Board Nomination Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11oct10-en.htm Call for Volunteers (OPEN until 5 November 2010) Call for Volunteers to ccNSO Finance Working Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/call-for-volunteers/call-for-volunteers-finance-… Various Announcements Adopted ICANN Board Resolutions 28 October 2010: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm Updated Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting Cartagena: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/cartagena/agenda.htm ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie is leaving ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28oct10-en.htm ICANN posts its FY10 Audited Financials: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27oct10-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/financials/financial-report-fye-30jun10-en.pdf Update from ICANN's Policy Department October 2010: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-oct10-en.htm ICANN and UNESCO Sign Letter of Intent on Work on IDN ccTLD implementation: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07oct10-en.htm http://icann.org/en/global-partnerships/mous/icann-unesco-letter-of-intent-… Safety and Security Plan for ICANN International Meetings posted: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05oct10-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/topics/ssr/safety-security-plan-05oct10-en.pdf Risk assessment of the Cartagena meeting: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/ssr/threat-assessment-cartagena2010-05oct10-… Update to ICANN FY11 Security, Stability & Resiliency Plan Posted: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13sep10-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13sep10-en.htm Fellowship Programme is Taking Applications to San Francisco Meeting: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05oct10-en.htm .CV Joins ICANN as member 108: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-04oct10-en.pdf Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods (OPEN until 17 December 2010) Review of IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22oct10-en.htm Two Root Server Scaling Reports released: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06oct10-en.htm 1: (OPEN until 5 November 2010) Summary of Root Zone Scaling when including new technologies and adding new top-level domains to the root: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-of-impact-root-zone-scalin… 2: (OPEN until 5 November 2010) Delegation Rate Scenarios for new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/delegation-rate-scenarios-new-gtld… http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201011-en.htm#delegat… (OPEN until 3 November 2010) Public Participation Webinar Information: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#ppc-webinar-meetings (OPEN until 3 November 2010) FY 11 Update to Plan for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#ssr-plan-fy11 (ONGOING) Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Public Forum on ATRT Review: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#atrt-community-feedback

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Adopted Board Resolutions
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 31, 2010

Oct. 31, 2010

Dear all, Following resolutions were adopted by the ICANN board at its special meeting on the 28 October 2010: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN Ombudsman leaving
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

Dear all, The ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie is leaving ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28oct10-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Results Nominations & Elections to ccNSO Council
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

Dear all, The end results of the nominations and elections to the ccNSO Council are as follows: African Region Soleymane Oumtanaga, .ci Asia-Pacific Region Hiro Hotta, .jp European Region Roelof Meijer, .nl Latin American and Caribbean Region Victor Abboud, .ec North American Region Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi The Councillors’ term will begin at the end of the ccNSO Council Meeting in San Francisco, USA on 16 March 2011. For more details, see the attached Nomination & Election report. It will also be posted at ccnso.icann.org later today. Congratulations to all new and remaining Councillors! Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN FY10 Audited Financials posted
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 28, 2010

Oct. 28, 2010

Dear all, ICANN has posted its FY10 Audited Financials. See: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27oct10-en.htm and http://www.icann.org/en/financials/financial-report-fye-30jun10-en.pdf The Community is invited to review the audited financials and to provide comments and questions. Kind regards, Gabi

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Comments sought on IDN Fast Track process
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 26, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010

Dear all, ICANN is opening a public comment forum for reviewing the IDN ccTLD fast-track process: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22oct10-en.htm Commenters are asked to suggest changes to improve the process for the end-users. The public comment period is open until 17 December 2010. ICANN is also planning a session in Cartagena to discuss this issue further. Kind regards, Gabi

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Council Minutes 19 October
by Kristina Nordstrom Oct. 26, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010

Dear Councillors, Attached you will find the Minutes from the Council call on 19th October. Please let me know before 1st November if you wish to make any changes. Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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