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ccNSO Travel funding
by Gabriella Schittek Nov. 2, 2008

Nov. 2, 2008

Dear ccNSO members, ICANN has allocated funding to the ccNSO Council for travel to ICANN meetings. The fund is primarily aimed at sponsoring the ccNSO Councillors; however, the Council is also entitled to use some of the funding for other ccNSO participants. The ccNSO Council was requested to create a travel fund process to define how the funding shall be used. The suggested process is attached. It will be discussed during the Processes Working Group session on Tuesday and will be up for voting during the Council meeting on Wednesday. Kind regards, Gabi

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FW: Process for and draft of ICANN 2009-2012 Strategic Plan
by Chris Disspain Oct. 31, 2008

Oct. 31, 2008

All, Please see email from Doug Brent below plus attachment. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator ceo(a)auda.org.au www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Brent [mailto:doug.brent@icann.org] > Sent: Friday, 24 October 2008 05:05 > To: Chris Disspain > Cc: Denise Michel; Bart Boswinkel; Gabriella Schittek > Subject: Process for and draft of ICANN 2009-2012 Strategic Plan > > Dear Chris, > cc: Denise, Bart, Gabi > > As you are aware, ICANN operates on an annual planning cycle; the strategic > plan is developed in the second half of the calendar year and the operating > plan is developed in the first half of the calendar year. Consistent with > this timetable, we are posting a first draft of the strategic priorities > that form the basis of the July 2009 June 2012 Strategic Plan for > consultation with the ICANN community. > > Given the enormous volume of work that is happening in the community at the > moment, we have decided to use an incremental approach to developing the > Strategic Plan this year. When you read the plan, you will see that it is > very much based on the current Strategic Plan. This is not surprising given > that the Strategic Plan covers a three year timeframe. Although we have > achieved much in the past year, there have been few major changes in ICANN¹s > environment and primary objectives. The draft plan that is attached to this > email is based on input from the Board and maintains the direction that was > set in the current plan. In terms of top priorities, there are two > additions from the plan developed last year: Strengthen processes for > developing policy (which highlights the importance of policy development in > ICANN) and Globalize ICANN¹s Operations (which addresses the challenges of > dealing effectively with ICANN¹s global community). > > Could you please forward the attached plan to your Council or Committee for > their review? I and other staff would be happy to meet with you during the > Cairo meeting to get your feedback on these priorities. Additionally, at > your request, there is opportunity for feedback in a telephonic meeting > (post-Cairo), and, as always, written feedback is welcome. Please let me > know if you would like to set up an in-person meeting in Cairo, and I will > schedule it. > > The draft priorities will also be posted on the ICANN website and a public > comment forum will be opened so that all members of the community can > contribute. > > In parallel to seeking community input on these priorities, we are also > developing the activities that sit below each of the priorities outlined in > the document that you have in front of you now. We hope to be able to share > these with you during the Cairo meeting and then to post them for public > comment. As in past years, our objective is to have the Strategic Plan > approved by the Board at its December meeting. > > Thank you for your support of this important element of the ICANN planning > process. > > Regards, > Doug > -- > Doug Brent > Chief Operating Officer > ICANN > Voice: +1 310.301.3871 > Mobile: +1 650.996.4447 > Fax: +1 310.823.8649 > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3547 (20081022) > __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3550 (20081023) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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OPEN JOINT SESSIONS IN CAIRO
by Chris Disspain Oct. 31, 2008

Oct. 31, 2008

All, The upcoming ICANN Cairo meeting will experiment a new session format called Open Joint Sessions. Organized jointly by gNSO, ccNSO, GAC and ALAC, their purpose is to foster interaction between the different constituencies on some key issues on the Agenda. The sessions are open to all ICANN attendees and will take place in the main room, under the chairmanship of the respective Chairs of the four involved SOs and ACs. The sessions will be moderated to encourage structured interaction but devoted to contributions from the floor. There will be two sessions on Monday afternoon and one session on Thursday morning. Monday afternoon : Initial interaction * the first session, devoted to the expansion of the Domain Name Space, will address the two issues of new gTLDs and IDN ccTLDs, on the basis of the presentations by staff in the morning on the documents recently released (Draft <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-comments-en.htm> Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs and Draft <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-pl an-23oct08-en.pdf> Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track) * the second session will be devoted to the Transition Action Plan, on the basis of the documents produced by the President's Strategic Committee (PSC) : the revised versions of the Transition <http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/action-plan-revised.htm> Action Plan and Improving <http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/improving-confidence-revised.htm> Institutional Confidence Although staff will be available to answer specific questions should the need arise, the purpose of these sessions is primarily to allow a direct, "trans-silo", interaction on key documents and major issues at stake between members of the Councils and Committees as well as all members of the community before they are discussed in the various constituency fora. It is hoped that the sessions will help identify the key points in the various documents that will most benefit from the opportunity of face-to-face interaction in Cairo and that they will trigger better understanding between the different constituencies on the potentially delicate issues. Thursday morning : reporting back A third session on Thursday morning will offer the opportunity to report back on discussions held during the week and to identify common issues of interest or concern within the Community and the way to address them moving forward. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator ceo(a)auda.org.au www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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ccNSO council workshop
by Chris Disspain Oct. 30, 2008

Oct. 30, 2008

All, It is not going to be possible to find a room for a pre tour council session. So, I have made a unilateral executive decision to postpone the workshop. We may try to find space/time on Thursday but if we are unsuccessful then it will happen in Mexico. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator ceo(a)auda.org.au www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Draft agenda Council Meeting 5th November 2008
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 29, 2008

Oct. 29, 2008

Dear Councillors, Below is a draft agenda for next week's Council meeting in Cairo. Please, let me know as soon as possible if you have any subjects you would like to add. Gabi -- Draft Agenda Council Meeting Cairo 5th November 2008 1) Confirmation of approval of minutes and actions from council call 15th October 2008 2) Processes Working Group: 2.1 Approval of travel process paper 2.1.1 Appointment of three travel fund committee members 2.2) Approval of process paper on NomCom appointments 2.3) Approval of process paper on Input to the ICANN Strategic Plan 2.4) Closure of processes Working Group/or replacement of Slobodan Markovic. 3) Working Group Update IANA Working Group Participation Working Group Tech Working Group 4) Council elections update 5) Thanks to Slobodan Markovic and welcome to Jian Zhang 6) AOB

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Egyptian Odyssey : Revision in 2nd Nov Itinerary
by Patricio Poblete Oct. 29, 2008

Oct. 29, 2008

Dear colleagues, There is a free tour being organized by Skenzo-LogicBoxes for Sunday afternoon, going to the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx, a Cruise on the Nile (including dinner and live entertainment), ending with a Sound & Light Show,.The organizers tell me that they would be very glad if the members of the ccNSO could join them in this tour. The tour would depart around 2pm. I have spoken with Chris, and he thinks that if the Council members would like to go on this tour, he might be able to reschedule our workshop to start at 11am, if he can find a room. So, what do you think? Patricio -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Egyptian Odyssey : Revision in 2nd Nov Itinerary Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:31:22 +0530 From: Avirup Das <avirup.d(a)directi.com> To: 'Patricio Poblete' <ppoblete(a)nic.cl> CC: <events(a)logicboxes.com> References: <4905DF9E.3010700(a)nic.cl> <49066A10.9030109(a)nic.cl> Hi Patricio, Thanks for writing in to us. We'd love to have the company of the ccNSO council members for this event! Kindly inform me of their names, email addresses as well as their affiliations to the Internet industry in general, so that I may add them to the list of attendees for the trip scheduled on 2^nd . Rest assured I'll take care of the registration details at our end :) Cordially, *Avirup Das* The LogicBoxes Events Team Tel: +1 (310) 483 7167 Extn: 8520 Fax: +1 (904) 369 0153 Skype: avirupd -------- Mensaje original -------- *Asunto: *** Egyptian Odyssey : Revision in 2nd Nov Itinerary *Fecha: *** Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:58:06 +0530 *De: *** Skenzo - LogicBoxes :: Events <events(a)logicboxes.com> <mailto:events@logicboxes.com> *Para: *** 'Undisclosed Recipients' <events(a)logicboxes.com> <mailto:events@logicboxes.com> Dear Guest, I hope this finds you well! We have completed a final tabulation of the attendees for Sunday's event, and we're glad to know that you'll be joining us :) Over the last week, we've been receiving numerous requests to adjust the itinerary in order to accommodate the new gTLD GNSO meeting, scheduled from 9am -- 11am. Also, some other guests that are keen to participate, were unable make it in time since they arrive late Sunday morning. To ensure that all of you can participate and a large majority isn't inconvenienced, I'm happy to inform that we've managed to rework the itinerary. What's more, I'm positive that you'll find the new schedule far more exciting and exotic than the previous one! In a glimpse: We'll begin our journey in the afternoon (around 2 pm), with a visit to the *Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx* Next, we move on to a *Cruise on the Nile *aboard the renowned* Nile Pharaoh*, replete with dinner and live entertainment Finally, we cap it off with the scintillating *Sound & Light Show *which is* *set against the back-drop of the* *Pyramids.* * To know more about the revised itinerary, please visit our event website: http://events.logicboxes.com/cairo. Within the next couple of days, you will receive all the details required on the day of the event. As always, if you have any queries or feedback for us, feel free to get in touch with us at events(a)logicboxes.com <mailto:events@logicboxes.com>. We look forward to seeing you there! *The Skenzo-LogicBoxes Events Team*

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Amended ccNSO Travel Funding paper
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 28, 2008

Oct. 28, 2008

Dear Councillors, Attached is an amended version of the Travel Funding document, on which a resolution is expected to be passed in Cairo. The Processes Working Group received three comments to the document, and here is an explanation on how they were implemented, or why not: - What if the meeting schedule changes so that there are only two ICANN meetings per year? The Processes Working Group added an additional paragraph on "review" with the suggestion that the travel funding guidelines will be revisited in situations when considered necessary. - Adjust timeline so that some time is allowed for the appeal process The Processes WG decided to skip the option of the appeal process. The basic thoughts behind this were: a. Given the limited time between the call for applications and granting funding, an appeal would create a logistical nightmare. Firstly, informing the Council and the decision time will take at least one or two weeks. Secondly, pending the decision on an appeal, somebody who could go instead would have to wait until a final decision was made by the Council, before this second application could be taken into consideration. b. It was felt the Council should be involved as little as possible in taking decisions of individual travel funding. However, in case this guideline would not work i.e. ambiguity would remain, an extra paragraph was added (see "Omission in Case of Unreasonable Impact of Guidelines") to deal with these circumstances on an ad-hoc basis. If it would be more structural, the review process could kick in. - The Travel Fund Committee should be comprised by the managers of the regional organisations. The Processes Working Group felt that it would be inappropriate to let a group of people from outside the ICANN structure decide on ICANN funding. Also, it was pointed out that not all regions (North America) have a regional organisation and that if the funding committee is foreseen to consist of three voting members + ccNSO Secretariat, not all regional organisations will have the possibility to participate. The Processes Working Group hopes that you find the amended Travel Funding guidelines acceptable and will propose a resolution on this at the next Council meeting in Cairo. Kind regards, Gabi

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Agenda for Councillors Cairo
by Gabriella Schittek Oct. 27, 2008

Oct. 27, 2008

Dear Councillors, Attached is an agenda which lists the meetings you should be present at. Please, note that it doesn't list all ongoing meetings (such as working group meetings) so you might want to have a look at http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar/ as well - this page is continuously updated. Thanks, Gabi

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Draft Implmentation plan Fast Track
by Bart Boswinkel Oct. 25, 2008

Oct. 25, 2008

Dear all, ICANN has published the draft Implementation Plan for Fast Track IDN ccTLDs (see: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-23oct08-en.htm ) Kind regards, Bart

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FW: ICANN News Alert -- How to Apply for a New Generic Top-Level Domain
by Chris Disspain Oct. 25, 2008

Oct. 25, 2008

All, FYI. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator ceo(a)auda.org.au www.auda.org.au Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________________ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:46 To: ceo(a)auda.org.au Subject: ICANN News Alert -- How to Apply for a New Generic Top-Level Domain News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm ________________________________________ How to Apply for a New Generic Top-Level Domain Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available for Comment New Names will Change the Face of the Internet through Innovation, Choice and Diversity 23 October 2008 Marina del Rey, CA A draft 'Applicant Guidebook' for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), is now available for review and comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-comments-en.htm. The draft Guidebook provides information for those interested in applying for new generic top-level domains. "Since ICANN was founded 10 years ago, one of the foundational principles has been to support competition and consumer choice in generic top-level domains. That competition is meant to promote innovation and enhance user choice and satisfaction" said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The Internet has produced great openness and innovation that has led to changes few of us imagined. The effect of opening up the top-level of the domain system will enable more innovation and entrepreneurial applications" he said. "One huge area of potential innovation will be applications for names that are in non-Roman characters, or Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Currently there are only 21 generic top-level names and they are all in characters that look like English. There are 1.5 billion Internet users and many non-English speakers will have the opportunity to express the whole of a domain name in characters that look like their language," Dr Twomey said. The draft Applicant Guidebook and accompanying material will be made available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish according to ICANN's translation policy. The modules contain information on the evaluation fee, the application process and evaluation criteria, as well as background material. Designed to accompany the draft Applicant Guidebook is a set of Explanatory Memoranda that are intended to assist understanding of the implementation work for new gTLDs. In addition, two new papers: "Cost Considerations of the new gTLDs Program" and "Summary of Changes to Base Agreement for New gTLDs" are also being released and complete the explanatory memoranda. Amongst the 6 modules and over 200 pages of the draft Guidebook and Memoranda, some key areas of interest are: How contested strings (or names) will be determined; How applications for geographic names will be considered; Technical requirements for new names that encompass internationalized domain names; The rights of intellectual property holders; How morality and public order objections can be raised; The cost of the evaluation process and how it is constructed. There will be two comment periods of 45 days each. Every Government in the world is being sent a letter to draw their attention to the draft and the draft Guidebook remains subject to further consultation and revision. "There has already been robust discussion and consultation regarding many phases of the new gTLD implementation plan, but this is the first opportunity to consider the application and evaluation processes as a whole," Dr Twomey said. "There's been a lot of thought involved in producing the draft Guidebook and we've used best practice and outside experts to assist us in developing the application process. Now is the time for close scrutiny, questions and input that will shape the end result and make it stronger," he said. Media Contacts: Jason Keenan Media Advisor, ICANN P: +1 310 382 4004 E: jason.keenan(a)icann.org Detailed Information on some key issues: Evaluation Fee The Evaluation Fee is designed to make the new gTLD program self-funding only. This was a recommendation of the Generic names Supporting Organization (GNSO). A detailed costing methodology including historical program development costs, and predictable and uncertain costs associated with processing new gTLD applications through to delegation in the root zone estimates a per applicant fee of $US185,000. This is the estimated cost per evaluation in the first application round. The total fee per applicant takes into account close to $US13 million invested by ICANN since October 2007 to put the design of the implementation program in place. It includes allocated staff time, direct consulting expenses and other fixed costs. This cost will be allocated across the new gTLD applications until it is reclaimed and amounts to $US26,000. The fee also includes $US100,000 per applicant relating to both fixed and variable costs of processing each application. A final element of the evaluation fee is a provision for risks related to non-standard processing of applications, or the application and evaluation process. An analysis of these and other risk elements performed by independent specialist, Willis Inc, the world's third largest insurance broker and risk consultant. This analysis identified approximately $US60, 000 to be allocated to each application. It is possible ICANN will over-collect or under-collect for the first round of applications. If fee collection exceeds ICANN expenses, the community will be consulted as to how that excess is to be used. A detailed outline of the Evaluation Fee and other financial consideration are detailed in the Explanatory Memoranda paper: "Cost Considerations for New Top-Level Domains" [PDF, 517K]. Protection of Rights Holders in new gTLDs The introduction of New gTLDs is consistent with protecting the rights of trademark holders, communities and other rights holders against abusive registration tactics and infringement. ICANN has sought input from numerous businesses, governments and the intellectual property community to devise an approach to protecting the rights of third parties. The plan outlined in the Applicant Guidebook (and corresponding Explanatory Memoranda) addresses rights protection issues at both the top-level and the second-level of the domain name space. At the top-level, ICANN is implementing an objection-based process for dispute resolution where rights holders can assert that proposed gTLD strings would infringe their legal rights based upon generally accepted and internationally recognized principles of law. This process is also being developed with the understanding that it is also not unusual to have a trademark in the same word or phrase for different products or services or registered in different jurisdictions. At the second-level, ICANN is implementing a process where new gTLD applicants are required to describe their Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) within their applications. These RPMs will be published to the community at the time applications are also made public. All new gTLDs will be subject to ICANN's existing and successful Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/#udrp) Dispute Resolution Providers To resolve disputes in a timely and independent fashion ICANN has established relationships with internationally recognized dispute resolution providers to administrate the dispute resolution processes called for as part of ICANN's evaluation of new gTLD applications. Three providers have been selected to provide expertise to ICANN relating to the evaluation of the applications: The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization; The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has agreed in principle to administer disputes brought pursuant to Morality and Public Order Objections and Community Objections. The ICC is a world-renowned dispute resolution provider based in Paris, France. The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization has agreed in principle to administer disputes brought pursuant to Legal Rights Objections. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, based in Geneva, Switzerland, was established in 1994 to offer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) options for the resolution of international commercial disputes between private parties. Finally, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has agreed in principle to administer disputes relating to String Confusion Objections. The ICDR, based in New York, NY, United States, has many cooperative agreements with arbitral institutions around the world for facilitating the administration of its international cases. New gTLDs and the Internet - Openness. Change. Innovation. After years of discussion and thought, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a global Internet presently served by only 21 generic top-level domain names. As a not for profit corporation dedicated to coordinating the Internet's addressing system, ICANN is not doing this to add to its revenue. An implementation plan is being developed with opportunities for public comment. There will be processes for objections. There has also been detailed technical scrutiny to ensure the Internet's stability and security. There will be an evaluation fee but it will recover costs only (expenses so far, application processing and anticipated legal costs). Many thousands of people representing organizations as diverse as domain name registries and registrars, businesses, engineers, scientists, governments, user, academics, and the legal fraternity have contributed. Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which ICANN was founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and growing), diversity, choice and innovation are key. The Internet has supported huge increases in choice, innovation and the competition of ideas. Expanding new gTLDs provides further opportunities. Find out detail at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm Openness. Change. Innovation. ________________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to ceo(a)auda.org.au. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Manage your subscription

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