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TAS Interruption - Update (17 May 2012)
by Glen de Saint Géry May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-17may12-en.htm TAS Interruption - Update (17 May 2012) 2<https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-17may12-en.htm> Statement by Akram Atallah, COO 17 May 2012 As we announced last week, ICANN is targeting 22 May 2012 as the reopening date for the TLD Application System, or TAS. Specifically, we are targeting 19:00 GMT/UTC on 22 May for the reopening. When we took the system offline on 12 April, just over twelve hours remained in the application window. We anticipate keeping TAS open for eight full days to allow users to review their applications and complete any remaining activities. We expect to close TAS at 23:59 GMT/UTC on 30 May 2012. We appreciate the community's continued interest and feedback on the TAS interruption. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Draft Council minutes 10 May 2012
by Glen de Saint Géry May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012

Dear Councillors, Attached please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting held on 10 May 2012. "If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting." on 28 May 2012. " Thank you. Kind regards, Glen

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda
by Stéphane Van Gelder May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012

Councillors, FYI. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Début du message réexpédié : > De : Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org> > Objet : Rép : [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda > Date : 16 mai 2012 23:03:20 HAEC > À : "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> > Cc : "steve.crocker(a)icann.org" <steve.crocker(a)icann.org> > > > Dear ICANN Community Leaders, > > As I am awaiting for your suggested agenda topics for the Prague ICANN Public Forum, I would also like to note another call with the same deadline: > > If you recall, Steve sought your input for his speech for the last two meetings and appreciated the various points he received. He'd like to repeat the process for Prague. > > In Prague he will be making a speech to the community during the opening ceremony on Monday. This is a chance to get across key messages, so he is again soliciting your suggestions. It will be helpful to have your inputs by June 4. And, of course, he can't guarantee to include anything until he sees how this shapes up. > > Hope to hear your input on this too. > > Kind regards > > --- > Filiz Yilmaz > Sr Dir Participation and Engagement > ICANN > > > From: Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org> > To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> > Cc: "steve.crocker(a)icann.org" <steve.crocker(a)icann.org> > Subject: ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda > > > [Sent on behalf of Steve Crocker] > > > Dear ICANN Community Leaders, > > We are approaching ICANN 44 in Prague. > > As usual, we will have a Public Forum that will take place on Thursday, 28 June 2012, where Community members can make comments and ask questions to the Board and in front of the rest of the community. > > Following the practice we had in the recent meetings, we would like to build the agenda with your input again as this facilitates the forum process and results in a productive session with the subjects that the Community thinks are important to talk about. > > Publishing the agenda as early as possible also facilitates more informed discussions during the Public Forum as we have experienced in recent meetings, allowing the Community ample time to be aware of the agenda topics before the meeting actually starts. > > Please let Filiz Yilmaz (filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org) know of one or two suggested topics that your groups would like to see included in the Public Forum agenda in Prague, before the end of Monday, 4 June 2012. > > We will then review the suggestions, accommodate them as much as possible, combine common or related topics under one agenda topic and publish the agenda for the Public Forum after my approval. > > Thanks for your consideration and input. > > Kind regards, > Steve Crocker > > > > _______________________________________________ > soac-infoalert mailing list > soac-infoalert(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-infoalert

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda
by Stéphane Van Gelder May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012

Councillors, FYI. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Début du message réexpédié : > De : Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org> > Objet : Rép : [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda > Date : 16 mai 2012 23:03:20 HAEC > À : "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> > Cc : "steve.crocker(a)icann.org" <steve.crocker(a)icann.org> > > > Dear ICANN Community Leaders, > > As I am awaiting for your suggested agenda topics for the Prague ICANN Public Forum, I would also like to note another call with the same deadline: > > If you recall, Steve sought your input for his speech for the last two meetings and appreciated the various points he received. He'd like to repeat the process for Prague. > > In Prague he will be making a speech to the community during the opening ceremony on Monday. This is a chance to get across key messages, so he is again soliciting your suggestions. It will be helpful to have your inputs by June 4. And, of course, he can't guarantee to include anything until he sees how this shapes up. > > Hope to hear your input on this too. > > Kind regards > > --- > Filiz Yilmaz > Sr Dir Participation and Engagement > ICANN > > > From: Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org> > To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> > Cc: "steve.crocker(a)icann.org" <steve.crocker(a)icann.org> > Subject: ICANN 44 Public Forum agenda > > > [Sent on behalf of Steve Crocker] > > > Dear ICANN Community Leaders, > > We are approaching ICANN 44 in Prague. > > As usual, we will have a Public Forum that will take place on Thursday, 28 June 2012, where Community members can make comments and ask questions to the Board and in front of the rest of the community. > > Following the practice we had in the recent meetings, we would like to build the agenda with your input again as this facilitates the forum process and results in a productive session with the subjects that the Community thinks are important to talk about. > > Publishing the agenda as early as possible also facilitates more informed discussions during the Public Forum as we have experienced in recent meetings, allowing the Community ample time to be aware of the agenda topics before the meeting actually starts. > > Please let Filiz Yilmaz (filiz.yilmaz(a)icann.org) know of one or two suggested topics that your groups would like to see included in the Public Forum agenda in Prague, before the end of Monday, 4 June 2012. > > We will then review the suggestions, accommodate them as much as possible, combine common or related topics under one agenda topic and publish the agenda for the Public Forum after my approval. > > Thanks for your consideration and input. > > Kind regards, > Steve Crocker > > > > _______________________________________________ > soac-infoalert mailing list > soac-infoalert(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-infoalert

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Pre-Prague ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
by Glen de Saint Géry May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-16may12-en.htm Pre-Prague ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation 16 May 2012 In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Prague remotely or in person, you're invited to an update on the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on Thursday 14 June at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 14 June at 19.00 UTC, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: * Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy * WHOIS * RAA Improvements * Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation * Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories * Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs * Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group * Participation and Engagement activities in Prague In addition, staff will provide a briefing on the ALAC's activities related to current policy development issues of the Supporting Organizations. The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:policy-staff@icann.org>. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 13.00 UTC or Thursday at 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Carlos Dionisio Aguirre May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

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RE: [council] Prague - please read!
by Winterfeldt, Brian May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

Dear Stéphane, I have taken the liberty of adding a few proposed items below for everyone’s consideration. Thank you, Brian Brian J. Winterfeldt, Esq. Steptoe & Johnson LLP From: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com<mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com>> Date: May 12, 2012 6:53:07 AM EDT To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: Re: [council] Prague - please read! Thanks to Thomas for picking up the discussion and to others for pursuing it. These proposals are great. I have summarized them in the list below. Board How could ICANN's communication be improved in the light of Fridays, URS and the TAS Glitch? What else is the Board considering - whether in relation to changing formats or duration of ICANN meetings, or in holding different types of meetings (per the budget) - that the GNSO can provide input on? Regarding the newly-estabilshed New gTLD Committee and how does it function. How can GNSO help / liaise with this committee and collaborate? How can the GNSO assist ICANN in streamlining the process for negotiating and amending +2,000 new gTLD Registry Agreements? To identify minor tweaks that all applicants want, or specific amendments that .brand applicants need? Can the GNSO assist ICANN in identifying problematic legal issues raised by certain provisions of the ICANN new gTLD Agreement? Has the Board considered and developed an opinion on the proposal to place responsibility for the contractual compliance department under the CEO, rather than the legal department? GAC In what areas might the GAC wish to co-operate with the GNSO so we can prepare / plan resources? How can the Council and the GAC can help manage expectations of both the public bodies (especially LEA) and industry when it comes to fighting abuse? Discuss the GAC views on the IGO issue, especially as the IOC has just submitted a Request for Reconsideration of the Board's recent decision not to change the AGB. How can the GAC and GNSO can improve their joint working relationship? Are our processes for joint engagement on areas of mutual interest adequate – can they be improved? A particular focus on efficiency and speed would be useful. For example, would an informal joint standing committee of some kind be helpful? ccNSO Pick up the discussion what effects the huge number of registries might have on our work and structure now that we know we should expect something in the range of 2k new TLDs. Discussion on how we can engage around areas of mutual interest such as emerging issues in the development of policies for law enforcement requests. Others, please help continue to build this list, especially with regards to our interaction with the ccNSO. All, please also provide suggestions on what weekend sessions you'd like to see. I suggest we let the above lists build up a little more and then move into a discussion of which topics we actually all feel comfortable with and want to forward to the respective groups. Thanks again. Stéphane Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Le 12 mai 2012 à 05:03, Joy Liddicoat a écrit : Thanks for the request Stephane, Suggested topic for discussion with the GAC: how the GAC and GNSO can improve their joint working relationship? Are our processes for joint engagement on areas of mutual interest adequate - can they be improved? A particular focus on efficiency and speed would be useful. For example, would an informal joint standing committee of some kind be helpful? Such an informal group could be a useful forum for initial discussion of the kinds of questions Thomas raised, providing some support for more formal joint discussions - rather than being issue or subject dependent. This could also be a topic for our own working session. For the ccNSO - discussion on how we can engage around areas of mutual interest such as emerging issues in the development of policies for law enforcement requests these are my own thoughts, and I have also passed the request on to NSCG members asking for a prompt response. Kind regards Joy -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]<mailto:[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]> On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 8:06 p.m. To: GNSO Council List Subject: [council] Prague - please read! Councillors, I would like to strongly request your help in coming up with two things in preparation for our Prague week: 1. Topics for our interactions with the Board/GAC and ccNSO and 2. Ideas for sessions for our work weekend. As added context, I should say that the Council leadership is under greater pressure than usual to provide this earlier than usual (Staff have been put under pressure due to the delay in publishing the CR agenda that people complained about there). I should also add that I have asked Jeff, who has kindly volunteered (or was kindly volunteered by me, whichever way you want to see it ;) ) to look after our Prague agenda, to ensure that we cut down on pure working lunch sessions. I find these sessions are an organizational nightmare as people need time to have their lunch, which cost down on the time afforded to the topic we are scheduled to work on. So in short, please make a greater effort than usual to provide ideas for 1 and 2 above. These sessions, both our interactions with other groups and our own working sessions, should be the result of Council-wide deliberations so that they are truly effective and have greater meaning for the Council as a whole. Thanks for your help in this endeavor. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT

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Revised ICANN Board Conflicts of Interest Policy and Other Governance Documents Adopted
by Glen de Saint Géry May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-15may12-en.htm Revised ICANN Board Conflicts of Interest Policy and Other Governance Documents Adopted 15 May 2012 As part of ICANN's review of its conflicts of interest and ethics practices, on 6 May 2012 the ICANN Board approved revisions to the Board Conflicts of Interest Policy<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/coi>, the Code of Conduct<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/code-of-conduct> and Expected Standards of Behavior<http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability/expected-standards>. The Board also approved new Corporate Governance Guidelines<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/guidelines>, a flexible framework document that collects the sources of corporate governance requirements that ICANN follows. For more information on how each of these documents applies within ICANN, please refer to this explanatory memo<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/materials-memo-11mar12-en.p…> [PDF, 128 KB]. These four documents were prepared after a review of ICANN's corporate governance documents, and the resulting recommendations as to how the documents could be improved in light of best practices in corporate governance, while still reflecting the needs of ICANN. Each of the documents were posted for public comment<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/board-coi-review-11mar12-en.htm> in March 2011. They represent just the first stage of ICANN's approach to the Conflicts of Interest and Ethics review. The ongoing work within ICANN on conflicts of interest and ethics practices may result in identification of additional changes to these exact documents. Further, in approving these revised or newly created documents, the Board has recognized that further modifications may be necessary - these are living documents that should be reviewed and amended from time to time to reflect changes within ICANN, as well as to best practices in corporate governance. Other Work on Conflicts of Interest and Ethics As reported by ICANN, there are two other portions of its review of conflicts of interest and ethics practices. One of those portions was asking Cooley LLC, a law firm with expertise in corporate governance issues and that is new to ICANN, to perform a review of ICANN's corporate governance practices. Cooley produced two reports: · First Report on Corporate Governance<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/corp-gov-report-03oct11-en.pdf> [PDF, 401 KB] (3 October 2011, revised on 27 April 2012) and · Second Report on Corporate Governance<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/corp-gov-report-17apr12-en.pdf> [PDF, 767 KB] (17 April 2012) The action items arising out of the first report, including compiling ICANN's corporate governance document in one section of the ICANN website, providing dates of amendment for documents such as the Code of Conduct, have been adopted. In addition, ICANN asked Cooley to undertake recommended research, which resulted in the Second Report. In the Second Report, Cooley conduced a comparative review of ICANN's documentation to the governance documentation of leading institutions. While Cooley noted that ICANN's policies are aligned with essential governance principles, it also noted that there may be room for improvement. Two specific recommendations for improvement followed: ICANN should consider revising its guidebook for employees to ensure that policies covering unethical behavior and complaints are satisfactorily covered; and ICANN should consider adopting a policy to deal with repeat offenders of its ethical and governance standards. ICANN has already begun work with outside counsel to review its employee policies and procedures, which will take Cooley's recommendation into account, and work is ongoing to determine how the recommendation to address "repeat offenders" can be implemented. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Ratification of Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA
by Glen de Saint Géry May 15, 2012

May 15, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15may12-en.htm Ratification of Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA 15 May 2012 The ICANN Board has ratified the Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA as sent by the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Council to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2012. The proposal was posted for public comment from 14 March 2012 through 4 April 2012, during which time no comments were submitted. The Global Policy allows the Regional Internet Registries to return IPv4 address space to an IANA-managed pool from which equal parts will be allocated to all five RIRs in a deterministic manner on a regular schedule, once triggered. http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/global-addressing/allocation-ipv4-pos…. ICANN staff will be taking all necessary steps to implement the Global Policy. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Independent Objector for New gTLD Program Selected
by Glen de Saint Géry May 15, 2012

May 15, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14may12-en.htm Independent Objector for New gTLD Program Selected 14 May 2012 ICANN is delighted to announce that Professor Alain Pellet has agreed to serve as the Independent Objector for the New Generic Top-level domain program. The Independent Objector will act solely in the interests of the public who use the global Internet. Professor Pellet's credentials and experience are an ideal fit for this key role. He is a highly regarded professor and practitioner of law and has represented governments as Counsel and Advocate in the International Court of Justice in many significant and well-known cases. He is widely published and holds several significant honors. ICANN's formal search for an Independent Objector began with the posting of a Request for Proposals in November 2011. We also advertised, utilized the services of a global recruiting firm and welcomed word-of-mouth recommendations. Numerous candidates were interviewed and considered throughout the search process. Acting solely in the best interests of global Internet users, the Independent Objector may lodge Limited Public Interest and Community objections in cases where no other objection is made to an application that the Independent Objector deems to be objectionable. More information about the Independent Objector role can be found in the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb>. More information about Professor Pellet, including his curriculum vitae, can be found at: http://www.alainpellet.eu<http://www.alainpellet.eu/> We are honored by Professor's Pellet's agreement to participate in ICANN and this program. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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