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TAS Interruption - Update (25 April 2012)
by Glen de Saint Géry April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-25apr12-en.htm TAS Interruption - Update (25 April 2012) Statement by Akram Atallah, COO 25 April 2012 ICANN's system for applying for new generic top-level domains, known as TAS, remains offline due to a technical glitch. We are systematically combing through TAS logs and analyzing data for signs of access applicants may have had to file names and user names of others. We have narrowed the pool of affected applications and the associated posted documents. However, the integrity of each and every application is our number one priority, so we must be as thorough as possible. Last Friday, we announced our intention to provide an update on the reopening of the system within a week. That is this Friday, 27 April, and it remains our plan. We appreciate your continued patience. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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RE: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy WG
by john＠crediblecontext.com April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012

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Whois access
by Stéphane Van Gelder April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012

All, This message is meant as a heads-up to you and a primer for one of the discussions we will have during our next Council meeting. TheWhois access requirement has been added to our agenda for that meeting. You will recall that on our consent agenda for the February 16 meeting, we considered a proposal to end this work. At that meeting, the ISP constituency requested that the proposal to end this work be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the GNSO's main agenda. A further suggestion was suggested that constituency/stakeholder members work with Staff to identify a path forward and that the topic be further discussed at the Costa Rica meetings. Can I ask that you prepare for this agenda item at our next meeting so that we are in a position to decide on what course of action we would like to undertake for this project item, whether it can be terminated, and if not, what are the precise next steps for it? Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT

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JAS WG
by Stéphane Van Gelder April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012

All, This message is meant as a heads-up to you and a primer for one of the discussions we will have during our next Council meeting. The JAS WG has been added to our agenda for that meeting. As a reminder, we passed a resolution in September 2011 asking the JAS WG to remain on call to review the outcome of the ICANN implementation of its recommendations (resolution 20110922-5 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201109) As part of that process, ICANN staff has reached out to the group to invite members of the JAS WG to have an active role in the design of the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP). As we are now deep in the first new gTLD application window and implementation of the JAS recommendations, I have asked Staff to provide an update to us on the JAS WG. So as a prelude to that update, should any Councillors have any questions on the JAS WG, please post them to this list so that Staff can pick up on them and hopefully address them in their presentation. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT

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ICANN Nominating Committee Candidate Recruitment Period Has Ended
by Glen de Saint Géry April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-24apr12-en.htm ICANN Nominating Committee Candidate Recruitment Period Has Ended 24 April 2012 The 2012 Nominating Committee application period closed on Monday, 16 April 2012 at 23:59 UTC. The 2012 Nominating Committee (NomCom) has the task to select qualified candidates for the following key positions within ICANN: * Three members of the Board of Directors * Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the North America and Europe regions) * One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) At the deadline, the NomCom had received 72 Statements of Interest. Twelve candidates are from Europe, 15 are from Asia/Pacific, 24 are from Latin America, 14 are from North America, and seven are from Africa. Fourteen candidates are female, 58 are male. Candidates have expressed primary interest in serving as follows: 53 on the ICANN Board, 21 on the GNSO Council, 21 on the ccNSO Council, and 13 on the ALAC. Some candidates have asked to be considered for more than one position. Individuals selected by the NomCom will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address intriguing technical coordination problems and related policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across these boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective. The 2012 NomCom began its work in October 2011 after the ICANN Annual General Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, and has since then organized outreach events in multiple locations in addition to individual outreach activities performed by its members globally. The NomCom holds conference calls to plan and follow-up its work. More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org/. Selections will be announced in early September 2012. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual General Meeting in October 2012. Candidate questions or comments may also be emailed to nomcom2012(a)icann.org<mailto:nomcom2012@icann.org>. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Document and motion Deadline 2 May for GNSO Council meeting 10 May at 15:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

Dear Councillors, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 8 days in advance (i.e. WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012) of the GNSO Council meeting on 10 May 2012 at 15:00 UTC. Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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TAS Interruption - Update (23 April 2012)
by Glen de Saint Géry April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-23apr12-en.htm TAS Interruption - Update (23 April 2012) Statement by Akram Atallah, COO 23 April 2012 ICANN made progress over the weekend in identifying all applicants who may have been affected by the technical issue that caused the TLD application system, or TAS, to be taken offline. We also want to inform all applicants, prior to reopening, whether they have been affected by the glitch, and are still gathering the information we need to do that. Testing the fix is also proceeding well. As noted in the FAQs posted on Saturday, we have postponed publication of the list of applied-for new domain names, which was previously planned for 30 April. Everyone involved in the new gTLD program is committed to bringing TAS back online as soon as possible. Thank you again for your patience. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Public Comment: Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review
by Glen de Saint Géry April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-09apr12-en.htm ________________________________ Public Comment: Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review 9 April 2012 Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 9 April 2012 Categories/Tags: Top-Level Domains Purpose (Brief): ICANN is now opening a public comment forum for the second annual review of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Community members and specifically those who were directly involved in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, including requesters, public authorities, and end users of the delegated IDN ccTLDs, are kindly asked to provide feedback on their experience in the process. Public Comment Box Link: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/fast-track-review-2012-09apr12-… Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Re: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy WG
by Stéphane Van Gelder April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

Thanks Olivier. Just to be clear, is the WG's mandate to implement the academy, or to analyze whether the academy should be created or not? Stéphane Le 24 avr. 2012 à 01:34, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond a écrit : > Dear Stéphane, > Dear John, > > thank you for considering our invitation. > In sending invitations both to Stéphane and to Chairs of stakeholder groups, I wanted to keep the door as open as possible to whoever wanted to volunteer to be part of the working group. I realise that my knowledge of GNSO Council procedures and GNSO stakeholder groups is limited, hence if you feel that someone from Council should take part, whilst at the same time, someone from each Stakeholder group should take part, that's okay with me. > > The rules in At-Large regarding working groups do not limit who can take part, especially if there is a specific invitation to other SOs/ACs to take part. > > To answer Stéphane's comment, when presenting the proposal at the ICANN Costa Rica conference, we received many comments of support but also heard concerns, hence the wish to involve the whole ICANN community as early as possible. Happy to discuss this at your leisure. > > Kindest regards, > > Olivier > > > On 23/04/2012 17:53, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote : >> >> Thanks John. As you have copied Olivier, I will let him respond directly. >> >> Stéphane Van Gelder >> Directeur Général / General manager >> INDOM Group NBT France >> ---------------- >> Head of Domain Operations >> Group NBT >> >> Le 23 avr. 2012 à 17:33, <john(a)crediblecontext.com> a écrit : >> >>> Stephane, >>> >>> I am unclear on the invitation. Is Olivier asking for "the inclusion of some interested members of your community," by which I assume it means the GNSO overall or "a volunteer from your community" by which I assume he means the Council or the Registrars? >>> >>> As it is a working group, are the rules in the At-Large different from those in the GNSO and thereby limits those who can participate? >>> >>> I have alerted the executive committee of the Business Constituency to the opportunity. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> John Berard >>> Founder >>> Credible Context >>> 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 >>> San Francisco, CA 94127 >>> m: 415.845.4388 >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy WG >>> From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> >>> Date: Mon, April 23, 2012 2:15 am >>> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com>, >>> "council(a)gnso.icann.org GNSO" <council(a)gnso.icann.org>, >>> soac-chairs(a)icann.org >>> Cc: sandra hoferichter <info(a)hoferichter.eu>, Heidi Ullrich >>> <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org> >>> >>> >>> Thanks Olivier, >>> >>> I am copying the GNSO Council on my response to you, so that they are informed and can in turn inform their respective groups and communities. I am also copying the other SO and AC Chairs as I believe the concept of an ICANN academy is relevant to all of them. >>> >>> As an initial comment, I want to thank ALAC for reaching out and for laying down the groundwork on this concept. >>> >>> Although I think the idea of a WG on the academy is great, I am surprised however that the mandate for this WG should be "to finalize a proposed curriculum" for the academy. It feels like we are getting slightly ahead of ourselves if that's the case and that the WG should start by looking to see if the academy should happen at all. I understand that ALAC thinks it should and has already worked hard on it, but surely the other communities should also be given a chance to either sign on or sign off before ICANN as a whole moves ahead on this. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Stéphane >>> >>> >>> >>> Le 21 avr. 2012 à 16:49, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond a écrit : >>> >>> > Dear Stéphane, >>> > >>> > During the ICANN meeting in San Jose, the ALAC presented the proposal >>> > for an ICANN Academy, a program for people selected by the various ICANN >>> > communities and the NomCom to be more effective when they take their >>> > position and that would complement other ICANN capacity building >>> > activities. As part of that presentation, I announced that we would be >>> > inviting all ICANN communities to participate in the further development >>> > of this proposal. >>> > >>> > The initiative for the ICANN Academy was initially conceived by At-Large >>> > members as a comprehensive stand-alone project, which would include a >>> > variety of educational offerings for all ICANN participants. On review >>> > of various options and based on the existence of the current ongoing >>> > other efforts such as Fellowship Program, Newcomers’ Tracks and Lounge, >>> > ICANN staff expressed an immediate need to provide a capacity building >>> > program for the future leaders of ICANN, those whose term starts at the >>> > end of 2012 AGM in Toronto. The ALAC formed a Working Group to develop a >>> > program to respond to this specific need and organized it as a pilot >>> > operation. >>> > >>> > The first draft of this pilot program for new ICANN leaders was >>> > presented recently at the ICANN meeting in San Jose. While the feedback >>> > was favorable, it also supported that there was a growing need for >>> > learning opportunities also among other constituencies >>> > >>> > The At-Large community views the ICANN Academy as an ICANN project >>> > initiated by At-Large that needs further community support in order to >>> > realize its full potential. As a result, we wish to invite members of >>> > other advisory committees, the supporting organizations and the various >>> > constituencies in the GNSO to join us in the Academy Working Group, to >>> > contribute actively in furthering the concept and curriculum. >>> > >>> > Therefore, I kindly invite you to consider the inclusion of some >>> > interested members of your community in the Academy Working Group to >>> > finalize a proposed curriculum and the faculty for this pilot operation, >>> > and to continue later on developing the aspects of the comprehensive >>> > project together with ICANN Staff. >>> > It is absolutely vital that at least one person from your constituency >>> > takes part in the designing of the academic program. Just as the best >>> > source of information about ALAC matters is an At-Large community >>> > member, we believe that the best source of information for your >>> > constituency's work is someone from your constituency. This will ensure >>> > a *fair and balanced point of view* expressed to Academy participants - >>> > a foundation feature of the ICANN Academy. >>> > I look forward to hearing from you about a volunteer from your community >>> > to take part in the working group as soon as possible, but certainly >>> > before 30 April 2012. >>> > >>> > Warmest regards, >>> > >>> > Olivier Crépin-Leblond, >>> > ALAC Chair >>> > >>> >>> >> > > -- > Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD > http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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RE: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy WG
by john＠crediblecontext.com April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012

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