ccNSO Activity Summary
September 2014


Working/Study Group Output:

23 September - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names as TLDs Telephone Conference Transcript

11 September - Cross-Community Working Group on Framework of Operating Principles Telephone Conference Transcript

Mp3 recordings and agendas of various ccNSO working group meetings can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#sep


ccNSO Council Output:

Latest ccNSO Council Minutes: ccNSO Council Minutes 21 August

ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm

ccNSO Council Decisions on Requests for input: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions.htm

ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm


ccNSO-related Public Comment Periods:

18 September - .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI and .BERLIN requests to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for the below TLDs: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-12-en (Comments welcome until 3 October)


Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN’s Accountability Process:

22 September - Bringing order to Chaos; ccNSO Chair Blog Post on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability Processes

22 September - ICANN has posted replies to questions on the "Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process”: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-chehade-to-soac-et-al-18sep14-en.pdf

19 September - The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Guidelines for Decision Making: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-18-en

11 September - ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé blog post - "Internet governance is in your hands"https://www.icann.org/news/blog/internet-governance-is-in-your-hands

10 September – ICG suggested timeline for the IANA Stewardship Transition Process: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icg-process-timeline-08sep14-en.pdf

8 September - ccNSO Selection Process for Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions

ccNSO IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability Coordination Committee (ISTACC) webpage http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/istacc.htm


Other Announcements:

19 September - Update from ICANN's Policy Department

18 September - Chris Mondini (Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement - North America) blog post about the upcoming ICANN meeting in Los Angeles: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/back-to-the-future-icann51-is-just-around-the-corner

18 September – Selection of new ALAC Chair: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-15-en

18 September - ICANN Fiscal Year 15 Operating Plan and Budget: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-16-en

12 September - Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN

12 September - Call for Nominations to ccNSO Council

11 September - First Draft ccNSO Meetings Agenda Los Angeles 14-15 October 2014