Dear all, In preparation of the next Council call on Tuesday, 13 October: The agenda is available at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-13oct09.pdf Agenda point 1: Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions from Council call 15th September 2009 The minutes are attached (attachment 1). The actions are: Action 44-01: The Chair to follow up on action Item 43-01; The Chair to send out a note to the group regarding an update from the GAC Liaison Working Group. Action 44-02: The Chair to follow up on Action Item 43-07; Becky Burr to send out a note to the Secretariat and Chair about the review and registry/registrar issues for further distribution. Action 44-03: Bart Boswinkel to ask Kim Davies for an update on which countries are currently using wildcarding. Action 44-04: Gabriella Schittek to send a note to the Council with comments to the Final Report from the Participation Working Group in order for the Council to know which items still need to be dealt with. Action 44-05: The Secretariat to inform the Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group about the new members. Action 44-06: Gabriella Schittek to make a call for volunteers on the Council list for a Committee for the preparation of ICANN Board update sessions on the ccNSO agenda. Action 44-07: The Council to review the list of volunteers for the Joint ccNSO/GNSO Working Group in order to approve new members. Action 44-08: Bart Boswinkel to compare the tasks for the Joint ccNSO/GNSO Working Group and the ICANN IDN expert group and to inform the Council and Working Group about the result. Action 44-09: The Secretariat to inform the Incident Response Working Group about the new members. Agenda Point 2: Affirmation of Commitments See ICANN Announcement http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#announceme... Agenda Point 3: ICANN Board Resolution on the retirement of ccTLDs See Kim Davies's email copied in below. Agenda Point 5: DNSSEC survey feedback See attachment 2, alternatively see page 13-14 in the DNSSEC Survey report at http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/dnssec-survey-report-2009.pdf Agenda Point 6. Root Zone scaling See ICANN announcement http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-01oct09-en.htm Agenda Point 9: Liaison Update The liaisons will provide you with a written update prior to the meeting. Kind regards, Gabi ------ Forwarded Message From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:53:30 -0700 To: Chris Disspain <ceo@auda.org.au> Cc: Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org>, Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org> Subject: Resolution concerning retiring ccTLDs Dear Chris, I am writing to inform you of a resolution the ICANN Board made yesterday, which relates to the ccNSO. The Board of Directors has requested the ccNSO investigate the matter of retirement of country-code top-level domains as part of its ongoing work in this area already ongoing. I attach the language of the Board resolution, and the relevant parts of the RNIDS appeal to the Board. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kim Davies Manager, Root Zone Services Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Board Resolution (draft):

Whereas, the .YU top-level domain is being decommissioned after being superseded by the .RS and .ME domains for Serbia and Montenegro respectively.

Whereas, the Board resolved during its 11 September 2007 meeting that the .YU domain be decommissioned by 30 September 2009.

Whereas, the .YU domain's caretaker RNIDS has sought an extension of the deadline in order to better finalise the transition away from the .YU domain.

Resolved (2009.09.30.__), that the deadline for .YU domain decommissioning be extended to 30 March 2010.

Furthermore, whereas RNIDS has asked ICANN for better guidance for the future on how the process of retiring country-code top-level domains should be conducted, in the form of clear and transparent rules.

Whereas, the Board is aware that the ccNSO Council has established a working group to advise on whether to launch a policy development process to review the current policy on delegation, redelegation and retirement of country-code top-level domains.

Resolved (2009.09.30.__), that the ccNSO is asked to consider the RNIDS request on better supporting the process of retiring country-code top-level domains, and report back to the Board its findings.

Document provided by RNIDS:

This transition [of .YU] also brought into light some new problems in the process of retiring ccTLDs, caused by the tremendous growth of the Internet and widespread deployment of interconnected and interdependent Web services. ... Furthermore, the Managing Board of RNIDS calls upon the ICANN Board of Directors and the relevant ICANN Supporting Organizations to develop a set of clear and transparent rules for managing the process of retiring ccTLDs and devote appropriate resources for providing better support to ccTLD managers in overcoming the negative effects of retiring ccTLDs on stable functioning of the Internet, within the affected community and the rest of the world.