ccNSO Activity Summary August 2016 ICANN57 Hyderabad: ICANN57 Hyderabad: What You Need to Know<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann57-hyderabad-what-you-need-to-know> blog by Nicholas Tomasso ICANN57 Hyderabad: What You Need to Know (Part 2)<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann57-hyderabad-what-you-need-to-know-part...> blog by Nicholas Tomasso Call for Presentations Tech Day at ICANN57 in Hyderabad If you are interested in participating, please email one or all of: el@lisse.NA ondrej.filip@nic.cz jacques.latour@cira.ca kimberly.carlson@icann.org Working/Study Group Meeting Output: Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar 3 August - Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-programme-03aug16-en.mp3> 8 August - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-grc-08aug16-en.mp3>; wiki space<https://community.icann.org/x/ag6bAw> 10 August - CWG-ISTP Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-cwg-istp-10aug16-en.mp3> 18 August - TLD OPS Standing Committee Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-tld-ops-18aug16-en.mp3> 22 August - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-grc-22aug16-en.mp3>; wiki space<https://community.icann.org/x/cAesAw> 25 August - CWG-ISTP Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-cwg-istp-25aug16-en.mp3> 29 August - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names as TLDs Telephone Conference - recording<http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-cwg-ctn-29aug16-en.mp3> 31 August - CWG-ISTP - recording<http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-cwg-istp-31aug16-en.mp3> 31 August - Proposed Guidelines for the Second String Similarity Review Process - comment period closed on 31 August - https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-epsrp-guidelines-2016-07-20-e... ccNSO Council: ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm ccNSO Council Wiki space <https://community.icann.org/x/BiyAAw> Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN's Accountability Process: IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Page<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation> Implementation Planning, Execution, and NTIA's Response<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/implementation-planning-execution-and-ntia-s...> ICANN Submits Implementation Planning Status Report to NTIA<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2016-08-12-en> ICANN Announces the Formation of Two Committees Required for IANA Stewardship Transition<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-12-en> ICANN Announces Incorporation of Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-08-11-en> Other Announcements: ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-29-en> ICANN Hires Top Security Expert<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-22-en> 15 Successful Candidates Have Been Selected for NextGen@ICANN57<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-19-en> Additional IDN ccTLD Requests from India Successfully Pass String Evaluation<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-15-en> ICANN's Quarterly Stakeholder call FY16 Q4 output and report<https://www.icann.org/quarterlyreports>