November 2024 - ccNSO-UACommittee

NOTES | UAC | 27 November 2024 (14:00 UTC)
by Joke Braeken Nov. 27, 2024

Nov. 27, 2024

NOTES | UAC | 27 November 2024 (14:00 UTC) 1. Welcome Welcome by Abdalmonem 2. Admin matters a. SoI Fill out the ccNSO Statement of Interest form: https://forms.gle/79Jw4wSnNhn5W4Z46<https://forms.gle/79Jw4wSnNhn5W4Z46> Check your SOI here: https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg<https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg> Consult the ccNSO SOI Guideline: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-internal-p… 1. Review workplan UAC Work Plan, March 2024 https://community.icann.org/x/UIfxDg Workplan contains a list of work items to be addressed in In the near or immediate future, and a list of items and mid- to long term items Bart: await feedback from ICANN82, before including any additional work items Slides from ICANN 81, where work plan was discussed as well: ICANN81 | UAC | 9 Nov 2024<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M73AA22ZEMwHrIfnAICbGyCBIfA6_vcCboZ…> See also PDF circulated prior to the meeting 3. Themes for the consultation on UA awareness/readiness See materials shared prior to the meeting: * Identify risks and blockers (PDF) a. Format of consultation Bart: attempt to identify a few themes. Look for people who could provide a testimonial, and questions related to these themes and topics. 2 motivators for IDNs (2024 IDN World Report) * Link between IDNs and UA acceptance. Regina: we were asking registries how they see the awareness among end-users, and the support by registrars. We added these questions simply to understand what is useful, how to move forward. Good to move forward for the next year. Bart: from IDNs to UA acceptance Abdalmonem suggested the other way around. As a ccTLD, you want to register domains Valuable to look into the numbers. Not just the IDN World Report Domain name registration numbers provide context. Suggestion to use this as an intro the session, when we do the consultation. Present the underlying data to date. To avoid that it becomes a discussion of concepts, and nothing else. Why UA readiness? Why is it important Regina: good idea to have a better understanding of the blockers and motivators Just returned from SEEDIG. In the region there is a lot of focus on IDNS. serbian registry is active. But if you do not have enough content in the smaller languages, it is an issue for the learning models. E.g. field of AI. should the registries promote more content in the languages Bart: general understanding. How does the landscape look like? What you just mentioned could be a nice testimonial. A motivator. Inspiration for the discussion Regina: agree. Bart: focus on one motivator. Then have a series of questions and discussion points. Abdalmonem: I am asked to present on the importance of UA from ccTLD and gTLD perspective to government representatives. 11% of the ccTLDs, only recorded unicode at IANA. For UA, it could be non-latin. Ask the participants, who are the majority of ccTLDs, what are the barriers that prevent them from not hosting IDN levels. Share knowledge and motivation. Who do not have levels in IDN. 11% is a small part. Needs to be bigger. Bart: how do you want to structure this? There are many materials regarding motivators. See page 1 of the doc. Barriers for UA readiness How does this relate to Abdalmonem’s story? Abdalmonem: get more international customers. E.g. tanzania. E-mail systems must have different languages. Email as one of the applications. Maybe ccTLDs have barriers to host second level in chinese. What are the blockers? What are the motivations? Bart: registry level But that is a different thing. Regina pointed to it. Content as one of major issues Abdalmonem: can siri understand that i want to go to a french domain name? Not a matter of content. We are going beyond this. Bart: do you agree that the focus of the session should be on motivators and barriers? is this a good way to interest people on UA readiness? Green ticks in the room Bart: Should we start with the current state of play? Have a factual intro? Green ticks in the room Regina: yes, good to start with it. It informs people who are not deeply involved. Bart: easy mentimeter question. This is the current state of play. Ice breaker question: how ready is your TLD? Good to hear the group agrees with the main structure for the session Another way to look at it, is to check the value chain analysis. We supported another group, that did a rudimentary value chain analysis [cid:image001.png@01DB40E5.EEB3F0A0] Bart: what does it mean to be UA ready as an operator, if the additional chain is not ready? Puts things into perspective. We had some data from icann global support on complaints. We might do something similar for UA at ICANN82. Different context, but brainstorming that this might fit into the intro as well. Any thoughts? Maria: i really like the scheme. Think it will be useful. What do we want to get out of the session? While we talk about motivators and barriers, those that are not yet interested, might see more barriers than motivators. Too many actors that need to become UA ready before the registry. In the IDN world report, UA readiness look at the readiness by others. When it is achieved by others, IDN operators will win and achieve their goals. We have 2 different cctld operators: * Those who are already involved and understand they need to do something. They want to sell their products, which are well supported in the whole infrastructure on the internet * Users buy domain names. They are not interested in growing idn registries * Those that do not want to have idns. They do not believe they are needed. Bart: consultation of level of UA readiness of the people in the room. And maybe also on strategies. The scheme i shared is on strategies. Where to focus on? Abdalmonem: regarding what Maria mentioned. A ccTLD must be UA ready. Bart: why? Abdalmomnen: 3R model. I need to have my email address in arabic. Form for registrar should be ready. Protocol between the registry and registrar needs to be ready. Protocol needs to work. Full environment needs to be ready. Ask question: if you are a asci cctld, are you accepting unicode? If no, why not? Bart: the use of must is very normative. Not all ccTLDs will accept the message, if stated like that. Maria: any registry should be able to work with EAI. accept e-mail addresses for registrars and registrants Ask the audience: motivate and explain that we want them to ua ready? Bart: if you say, you must be ready. Why do you consult? Major point by Maria. We want to know why they are not ready? How to motivate them to become ready? Maria: i saw that among the motivators we mentioned “getting international users”. From what we see, the idns grow better in countries where local users use idn domain names and the local language. Market that registries and registrars can cover. Bart: seems you have a different experience, than what is included in the world report Bart: local registrations (green), or international ones (red)? Regina: no middle ground Maria: good to discuss with audience Abdalmomen: internation. From experience here in Egypt. See our university. How could the russian go for admission to class at university? Governmental department. Have more customers. So it is business. The local customer consumes 45% from Egypt. Others are international customers. Vadim: local or international oriented model. It depends on the circumstances of the business model of the national ccTLD. In our region we have restriction about foreign registrants. Other ccTLDs have a different approach. E.g. .tv hard to divide: for a local model? Or not? Bart: what should be the focus? Local market. If the market for IDNs is limited, the motivation for .nl is limited. It is one of the factors, your registration model and your focus. Bart: regarding the motivators, look at the customer focus. Local or international? Script use. 2 testimonials: * One international * One local Could include something like what Vadim mentioned regarding policies Abdalmonem: brands. Bart: could be, could be your story. Lots of variety in the models. Bart: do something similar regarding main barriers. Have a story. How is it dealt with? How does it affect the ccTLD? 1. Trends form the UA readiness survey 1. Trends from IDN World Report 4. Next meetings 11 December 2024 22 January 2025 5 February 2025 19 February 2025 ICANN82 (8-13 March 2025) 5. AOB Abdalmonem: like the DASC workshop at ICANN 81. Different actors in cctlds. Address all items raised by maria, regina etc. adoption UA. Like slides used by DASC. I prepared some pages. Hope to share by next time. DASC delivered the message. I know now how to proceed, in case of ransomware. Target is the Oman meeting Joke: ransomware was mentioned? That workshop was prepared by TLD-OPS, not DASC. DASC deals with DNS Abuse. 6. Adjourn Thanks all. bye Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>

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***REMINDER*** ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) | 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 27, 2024

Nov. 27, 2024

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) is scheduled for 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC. An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9N…> Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S__;!!PtGJab4!9…>

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Please accept my apologies
by AM NIC Hostmaster Nov. 25, 2024

Nov. 25, 2024

Dear all, Please accept my apologies, I have to attend a major Registry event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the .am/.հայ domain zone and will not be able to attend the ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) on November 27. Kindest regards, Anna Karakhanyan -- ------------------------------------------------------------- AM Hostmasterhostmaster(a)amnic.net AM Network Information Centerhttps://www.amnic.net Yerevan, Armenia -------------------------------------------------------------

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (28) | 11 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (28) is scheduled for 11 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC. An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (28) | 11 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (28) is scheduled for 11 December 2024 at 14:00 UTC. An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) | 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) is scheduled for 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC. An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S

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ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) | 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Dear all, The next ccNSO UA Committee teleconference (27) is scheduled for 27 November 2024 at 14:00 UTC. An agenda will be circulated prior to the call. Please find the call details below: Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/91427477253?pwd=VFh2ck9NczlLMXdRTjhYUlRHWHFOdz09 Meeting ID: 914 2747 7253 Passcode: ccNSO-UAC1 Dial in Passcode: 5321318135 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adKGO9HP2S

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NOTES | UAC | 9 November 2024 (9 am)
by Joke Braeken Nov. 9, 2024

Nov. 9, 2024

NOTES | UAC | 9 November 2024 (9 am) Agenda and PDFs are all uploaded to the ICANN81 website : https://icann81.sched.com/event/1p28O/ccnso-universal-acceptance-committee 1. Welcome Welcome by Abdalmonem, chair UAC First committee meeting for UAC to meet during ICANN81 2. Administrative matters a. SOI updates Fill out the ccNSO Statement of Interest form: https://forms.gle/79Jw4wSnNhn5W4Z46 Check your SOI here: https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg<https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg> Consult the ccNSO SOI Guideline: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-internal-p… Abdalmonem: Unless you have already done so, please complete your SOI 3. Workplan a. Closing discussion: survey or consultation session ICANN82 (8-13 March, Seattle) Bart: follow-up from the discussions by UAC from 2 weeks ago. solicit views from the ccTLD community. Status of UA awareness? You can see a variety of responses. The group was not clear about the goal of the survey. What do you want to achieve, determines the questions. Also, there was no clear view on who would be the target for the survey, again making it difficult to draft the questionnaire The alternative to a survey would be a dedicated session. Suggestion to have a ccTLD testimonial, followed by interactivity. Use of mentimeter is proposed. Additional testimonial, with mentimeter polling as a follow-up. Bart speaks to his illustration. To solicit views from the community around UA awareness. It will require preparation (less than the survey). Similar questions need to be asked * What are you trying to achieve? Stick to 2 or 3 major themes. And have 2 or 3 relevant, inviting presentations / testimonials. Followed by a round of questions * Depends on the length of the session: 2 testimonials for 60 minute session, and 3 for a 90 min. session Engaging way to solicit views and provide inspiration Taking into account the meeting schedule, you have a limited amount of time to prepare. Need to start after ICANN 81 with the prep for ICANN82 Abdalmonem: results will be useful for the UAC. Regina: submit views outside the session Bart: advantage of having open questions Anil: In case we want to have a session at icann82, time is short. Not just ccTLDs who present, but also provide a learning experience. UASG and ICANNorg do a readiness report every year. There was a specific ccTLD survey. That also covers what the blockages are for some ccTLDs regarding UA adoption Preference expressed for the consultation session UA Readiness Report: https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-050-ua-readiness-report-fy24 Anil: progress made. Bart: what are the major factors? Anil: explains why people chose for UA readiness, and what are the blockages UA Readiness Survey for ccTLDs https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ua-readiness-survey-report-cctl… Anil: ccTLDs can consult with each other. Also, the UASG reports are helpful for registries. Thirdly, there are several agencies that help registries and registrars to help with UA adoption. Blockages? The gvt policies. Often gvt is not taking the decision regarding UA adoption. Some ccTLDs do not get the IDN. resources and manpower are also an issue. Some of the ccTLDs do not have awareness about UA, and the advantages. Bart: baseline for session themes. The starting point. Look at the reports, and check where there are themes. Who could provide a testimonial. Regina: have a look at content of the surveys. Where are there synergies? We are open to enhance it. Seda: Please note newly published brochure is available at the ICANN booth: UA Roadmap for Registry and Registrar Systems https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ua-roadmap-registries-registrar… Bart: 1. Identify themes from the report 2. Prepare the mentimeter questions and seek presenters for those topics Plan for ICANN82 and beyond. Since the results are inspiring. 1. Review current work items Abdalmomen speaks to the UAC charter, and the purpose and value of the UAC, compared to the value of the ccNSO To prepare the UAC workplan, the UAC used a 3-phased approach. 1. Napkin pitch 2. Impact-effort analysis 3. Setting priorities UAC workplan: https://community.icann.org/x/UIfxDg Bart: suggestion is to have a look at the current work plan, before undertaking any new items. Review the current list of items. Are they still relevant? Regina: this workplan is from March 2024. 2 categories * Near or immediate future items * Mid- to long term items 1. The library is set up. Please suggest additional content, or consult it To suggest new content for the UAC Library, use this template<https://community.icann.org/x/UIAvEQ> and send it to ccnso-uac-submissions(a)icann.org 2. Sharing success stories? Ongoing. In planning for icann82 3. Inform about UA day. See webinar 4. Coordination: reaching out to ALAC, GAC etc. ongoing, and planned 5. Liaison: appointed, doing good work 6. Share reports Abdalmonem: UAC welcomes new members to the committee. To contribute to UAC work The ccNSO Universal Acceptance (UA)Community Mailing and Contact List is used to share and receive UA-related information, ranging from updates of the information repository (library) maintained by the ccNSO Universal Acceptance Committee (UAC) to information on practices, education and tips and events. The Mailing and Contact List also acts as a contact Repository: subscribers receive an automatically generated email every quarter that contains the UA Mailing and Contact list information (UA contact, phone numbers, email addresses as agreed for release under applicable privacy laws) of all subscribed ccTLDs To subscribe, please use the subscription template<https://community.icann.org/x/gYFREw> and send it to ccnsosecretariat(a)icann.org<mailto:ccnsosecretariat@icann.org> Important: your subscription request email must come from the administrative contact address you have currently registered in the IANA database<https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db>. Regina speaks to the mid- to long term work items. List from current workplan displayed on the slide. Abdalmonem: priority setting for the work items happened during the March icann meeting. Any additional items? Ai-Chin: we have done a lot of work. The chair and vice chair. How do we evaluate the progress? Bart: you have a nice way to measure progress. E.g. participation of cctld managers in UA Day events. This year UAC is more involved. As a result of the webinar and the session in Kigali, the level of interest among cctlds increased. That is a good measurement. Whether it can all be attributed to UAC is another question Secondly, what we will do at icann82. If you repeat the same exercise in 2 years, you might see a progress. Mutegeki Cliff to Everyone (9 Nov 2024, 07:53) Uganda DNS Forum under ugCCTLD with take part in organising UA day in Uganda. Abdalmomen: UA Day proposals and cctld participation to evaluate Bart: regarding the mid to long term activities, item number 2: add bullet to it. Survey (session ICANN82) ongoing Based on the experience witj the DASC survey. Based on the icann82 session, you see items developing from it. Revisit this list again after ICANN82. That is one way of taking onboard the results of the 1. Identify new work items 2025-2026 (time permitting) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_Zcl9v5HoVzavhu7QzMYmoMwCoTYk6jjPbLdR5… 4. UAC at ICANN81 a. Prep week session ✅ 1. UA Strategy: Capacity Building Initiatives | Monday, 11 November. 10:45-12:00 local 5. Meeting schedule post ICANN81 Displayed on screen 6. AOB & Closure Regina: reminder to have a look at the library. Secondly, join the mailing list. Thirdly, let us know if there are any additional priorities. Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Read more about the ccNSO at ICANN81: https://community.icann.org/x/IgDyF

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ICANN81 - UAC
by Claudia Ruiz Nov. 9, 2024

Nov. 9, 2024

ICANN81 ccNSO: Universal Acceptance Committee<https://icann81.sched.com/> Participation Links To help reduce session disruptions, please do not share Zoom participation links on social media. However, we encourage you to share YouTube livestream links (when available) on social media. To ensure transparency of participation in ICANN’s multistakeholder model, please remember to sign in to Zoom sessions using your full name (e.g. First Name + Last Name/Surname). • Zoom Meeting Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/91017066669?pwd=w6oDPuIq14Dk8173FP2crNjW2Nc38n.1 • Zoom Meeting ID: 910 1706 6669 • Zoom Meeting Passcode: ad#tEek1a@ • Zoom International Dial-In Numbers: https://icann.zoom.us/u/ac7QJvXUGO • Zoom Phone Passcode: 631 217 8587 Interpretation Service • Languages Available: English Session Details The ccNSO Universal Acceptance Committee (UAC) will hold an internal work session. The purpose of the UAC is to provide the ccTLD community a platform to interact and share information at a global level and with other groups under the ICANN umbrella on topics related to UA and acceptance of IDNs. Read more: https://community.icann.org/x/IgDyF Session Leader: Bart Boswinkel Staff Facilitator: Claudia Ruiz

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