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Letter from ALAC to ICANN
by vitech-ron Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Good afternoon, Councilors: For your information, please find the attached copy of a letter from Cheryl Langdon-Orr to Peter Dengate Thrush. Thanks, Ron (ccNSO / ALAC Liaison)

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FW: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Dear Councillors, Ron Sherwood asked me to forward this to you for your information. It relates to the "ccTLDs as registrars" topic dealt with at the last council meeting. Gabi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gisella Gruber-White" <Gisella.Gruber-White(a)icann.org> To: <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:52 PM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] Doodle: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) > Dear All, > > At its meeting on 3 September 2009, the GNSO Council approved the charter > to convene a drafting team to: > (i) draft a registrant rights charter in cooperation with ALAC, and > (ii) discuss further amendments to the RAA and to identify those on which > further action may be desirable. > > For those of you who are interested in participating in these efforts, > please reply to this email and use the Doodle below to identify the times > that you are available in order to schedule the first call. > > Please also submit your Statement of Interest along with your response. > The Statement of Interest should include the following information: > 1. Current vocation, employer and position > 2. Type of work performed in 1 above > 3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership > interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested > parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, > contract, or other arrangement > 4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy > development outcomes. Are you representing other parties? > 5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other > group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as > a work team member. > > The purpose of this first call will be to determine the logistics on how > to proceed with these RAA related efforts, and to identify coordinators > from ALAC and the GNSO for this joint effort, as well as the chair for the > work of each of the subgroups. > > Please complete the attached Doodle link - this poll closes on Friday, 25 > September at 1700 UTC. The date and time of this call will then be > announced. > http://www.doodle.com/87ynpg26iidk7g8m > Time zone active > > For more information on the RAA effort, please refer to the materials > posted on the WIKI at > https://st.icann.org/raa-related/index.cgi?joint_alac_gnso_wg_and_at_large_… > > Thank you > Kind regards > Gisella > > On behalf of GNSO/ALAC Secretariats > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Updated draft ccNSO meeting agenda Seoul
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, An updated draft agenda of the ccNSO members meeting in Seoul is now posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-draft-meetings-agenda-26oct09-en… Please, also check ccnso.icann.org/calendar for further ccNSO meetings. Kind regards, Gabi

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Call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, At the meeting in Nairobi, one ccNSO Councillor from each region is stepping down: Africa- Paulos Nyirenda, .mw Asia/Australia/Pacific- Chris Disspain, .au Latin America/Caribbean- Oscar Robles-Garay, .mx Europe- Lesley Cowley, .uk North America- Oscar Moreno, .pr Below you will find all details of the procedure for nominations and for seconding nominations. Nominations can be made from the 11th September 00.00 UTC until 2 October 2009, 00.00 UTC. Nominations can only be made via ccnso-nominations(a)icann.org and will require verification. Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided. Please use these templates. You can also find all this information at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-11sep09.htm You can see who has been nominated at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations Kind regards, Gabi ---- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CCNSO COUNCIL Nomination of Candidates: Open: 11 September 2009 at 00:00 UTC Close: 2 October 2009 at 00:00 UTC 1. One candidate per "Geographic Region": Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America/Caribbean islands; Africa; and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council 2. Call for nominations The 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 11 September 2009. 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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Participation Working Group Recommendations to Council & Secretariat
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear Councillors, One of my action items from the last council call was to send out a note to you with comments to the recommendations of the Participation Working Group's final report, so that the Council is aware of which items still need to be dealt with. The recommendations to the ccNSO Council and ccNSO Secretariat are copied in below with my comments. The final report can be found at: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-participationwg-final-report-feb… 4.1 ccNSO Council We recommend that the Council should: * Introduce a ccTLD mentor programme - where interested ccTLD Managers would be mentored by volunteer experienced ccTLD Managers There was a trial to launch such a programme in cooperation with the ICANN Fellowship programme (where most of the new ICANN ccTLD participans "start") - however, it was not very successful and has not been continued during the last two meetings. I will ask for feedback from Janice from the Fellowship Programme what we could do to improve this. * Conduct any relevant ICANN surveys in collaboration with the RO's and consider coordinating any relevant global ccTLD surveys via the RO's. No surveys have been done in collaboration with the Regional Organisations. * Improve liaison collaboration between the ccNSO and the RO's All Regional Organisation representatives are invited to take part in all of the ccNSO meetings, Working Groups, Council meetings and workshops. The representatives also have a direct influence on the shaping of the ccNSO meeting agenda, by their presence in the Programme Working Group. * Continue to update ccNSO Members on the work of the RO's The Regional Organisations have a set slot on the meeting agenda for their updates and the representatives are subscribed to the email lists, where they have the possibility to post information. A joint leaflet was produced on the work of the ccNSO as well as the Regional Organisation, which is distributed at each ICANN meeting. The Regional Organisation meetings are also announced on the ccNSO website (ccnso.icann.org under "Upcoming Related Events"). 4.5 Secretariat We recommend that the Secretariat should: * Publish a list of ccNSO participants to the ccNSO website in advance of each meeting, to facilitate better networking. (As a sub-section of the Registered Attendees who have given permission for their names to be published) This has been done. See https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40X%20W0%20%20%0A for the Seoul meeting * Endeavour to upload relevant documents and communiqués in a timely Manner It is hard to measure this, as many factors influence when something is posted. The goal is to always post something as soon as possible. However, it might be worth noting that the first draft of the meeting agenda for Seoul was already posted on the 24 August, 2 months prior to the meeting itself, which is an improvement. * Create a ccTLD profile page for each ccTLD on the ccNSO website (for example to include a brief history, contact information and a link to the website of the ccTLD) The profile page is up: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm - we are continuously working on receiving more profiles. * Create a resource area for ccTLD managers on the ccNSO website (for example with links to registry management software etc.) A first step to fulfill this recommendation is the "Shared Resources Session" in Seoul, where registries and Regional Organisations are invited to speak on resources they are would be happy to share. Based on that session, a special dedicated page will be created where resources will be listed. The session is meant to draw attention to this project and will hopefully spur more registries to share material. Gabi

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ccTLD Fast Track IDN Final Implementation Plan published
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Dear all, ICANN's proposed Final Implementation Plan for ccTLD Fast Track IDNs has been published: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-30sep09-en.htm The plan is scheduled for ICANN Board consideration at the ICANN meeting in Seoul on the 30 October 2009. ICANN is also looking for community feedback to the plan. The launch is proposed to be 16 November 2009. Kind regards, Gabi

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FW: ICANN Signed Affirmation Agreement
by Denise Michel Sept. 30, 2009

Sept. 30, 2009

Forwarding email to ensure delivery to ASO, ccNSO, GNSO, ALAC, RSSAC, SSAC. Please share with your community members as appropriate. Thank you. Denise Michel VP Policy ICANN =============================== Dear ICANN Community Members: It is my pleasure to inform you that ICANN has signed a permanent "Affirmation Agreement" www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org> with the U.S. Department of Commerce that replaces the "Joint Partnership Agreement," which expired on 30 September 2009. This permanent agreement between ICANN and the U.S. Government, which was approved by ICANN's Board and signed by me, affirms our mutual commitment to ICANN's bottom-up, consensus-driven model and oversight by the global Internet community. Details of the of Affirmation Agreement can be found on ICANN's homepage, but I wanted to call your attention, in particular, to the important role ICANN's Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees have in ICANN's future. Under the Agreement, SO and AC representatives and ICANN's international stakeholders are recognized reviewers who can formally hold ICANN accountable. For example, from paragraph 9.2 of the Affirmation, with bold added for emphasis: The review will be performed by volunteer community members and the review team will be constituted and published for public comment, and will include the following (or their designated nominees): the Chair of the GAC, the CEO of ICANN, representatives of the relevant Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations, and independent experts. Composition of the review team will be agreed jointly by the Chair of the GAC (in consultation with GAC members) and the CEO of ICANN. This is another step in an amazing trajectory of the Internet's role in encouraging openness, innovation, commerce and freedom. I, along with ICANN's Board and Staff, look forward to working with you to implement the Agreement. We appreciate your support in bringing ICANN to this important new step in its history. Warmly, Rod Beckstrom President and CEO ICANN Addressing the Global Internet ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Announcement on Affirmation of Commitments
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 30, 2009

Sept. 30, 2009

Dear all, ICANN has published an announcement on the Affirmation of Commitments between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#announcem… Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN Policy Department Update September 2009
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Dear all, The monthly update from ICANN's Policy Department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-sep09-en.htm The ccNSO topics (see items 4-8) include issues on Wildcarding, the DNSSEC survey and expanding Working Groups. See also item 15, which gives an overview on the Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group. Kind regards, Gabi

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ccNSO meeting pre-registrations
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Dear all, This is just to remind you that you can find out who has pre-registered for the ccNSO meeting in Seoul at https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40X%20W0%20%20%0A Alternatively, go to http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/seoul/, click "Pre-registrations". Kind regards, Gabi

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