April 2014 - council - lists.icann.org

Volunteer to join GAC / GNSO Consultation Group
by Jonathan Robinson April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

All, As you will be aware, the GAC / GNSO Consultation Group is working on improved engagement of the GAC with the GNSO policy process. With the resignation of Councillor Mikey O'Connor from his various ICANN functions, we now have a single vacancy in that group. Note: We currently have a fixed number of participants which is approximately balanced from GAC & GNSO hence only a single GNSO vacancy. The work of the group is covered in more detail here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsogcgogeeipdp/GAC-GNSO+Consultation+Gr oup+on+GAC+Early+Engagement+in+Policy+Development+Processes+Home If you are interested, please be aware that this is an active group meeting every two weeks and we need as much help as we can to get the work done. So, if you have the time, interest and willingness to get up to speed, we'd very much like to hear from you! Thanks, Jonathan

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REMINDER: Document and Motion deadline Monday 28 April 2014 at 23:59 UTC for Council meeting on 8 May 2014 at 15:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

Dear Councillors, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. MONDAY, 28 April 2014 at 23:59 UTC) of the GNSO Council meeting on 8 May 2014 at 15:00 UTC. Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list and will then be posted on the Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+8+May+2014 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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FW: A way forward on the Specification 13 question
by Jonathan Robinson April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

All, A reminder of the background information prepared by Philip Sheppard and previously forwarded by Glen to the Council list. For reference, Philip is now working for the BRG but has long history of involvement in GNSO policy including a time as GNSO Council Chair. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: BRG [mailto:philip@brandregistrygroup.org] Sent: 28 April 2014 08:26 To: jrobinson(a)afilias.info Subject: A way forward on the Specification 13 question Jeff, Jonathan, et al The essence of the current GNSO discussion seems to be focusing on the letter of recommendation 19 as it appeared in the final report. That was after various draft reports and 2 years of discussion. I had previously circulated the attached to Council to provide background on those 2 years. The essence is that it was ICANN staff not Council that introduced phrasing on non-discrimination. Compare the final report to the last draft report. Feb 2007: "Registries will be required to use ICANN accredited registrars." August 2007: "Registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars." And Registries wanted to discuss the issue of use of exclusive registrars but did not so in time. Spec 13 is thus NOT inconsistent with Council's deliberation over those 2 years. Focusing on the letter of rec. 19 in the final report is insufficient to judge Council's perspective at that time. Did this backgrounder get discussed? Philip

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TR: [community-finance] FY15 Budget draft: Update on the process timeline
by Glen de Saint Géry April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

Dear SO/AC leaders and community members, I would like to provide an update on the Operating/Budget process: you may have noticed that we have not published the draft FY15 Budget information for public comment yesterday, as originally planned. Instead, the publication of the FY15 Draft Operating plan and Budget will be delayed until a tentative date of May 8th. Kickoff calls will be rescheduled to the days following this date. The main driver to this delay is the NTIA announcement and its impact on the budget process: the management needed to change the allocation of resources in order to allow the organization to prioritize the USG transition work, and therefore adjust the resource allocation of the rest of the organization. Performing this exercise, and communicating it thoroughly with the BFC, has added approximately 2 weeks to the process of finalizing the draft budget. The BFC and Board are meeting during a workshop from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th of April (next week). During these meetings, the full updated schedule of the budget process until Board approval will be determined by the BFC and reviewed for consent by the Board. We will then publish a more comprehensive announcement relative to this timeline change. We are not happy to delay a significant milestone of the process, but needed to dedicate the necessary amount of time to take into account the change of circumstances. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this transition phase. Best regards, Xavier

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 50 possible Thursday change
by Glen de Saint Géry April 27, 2014

April 27, 2014

Envoyé de mon iPhone Début du message transféré : Expéditeur: "steve(a)shinkuro.com<mailto:steve@shinkuro.com>" <steve(a)shinkuro.com<mailto:steve@shinkuro.com>> Date: 25 avril 2014 22:42:44 UTC+2 Destinataire: "SOAC-infoalert(a)icann.org<mailto:SOAC-infoalert@icann.org>" <SOAC-infoalert(a)icann.org<mailto:SOAC-infoalert@icann.org>> Objet: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 50 possible Thursday change SO and AC chairs, As you know, ICANN50 is fast approaching and post NETmundial we are now turning our thoughts to the tricky subject of how to ensure that we carve out enough quality time in the agenda to handle effective and comprehensive public dialogues on the Transition of the NTIA Stewardship of the IANA function as well as the new ICANN Accountability track. These will both require a chunk of non-conflicted time in London and the ability to offer high quality remote access to maximise participants from around the world. To the latter, we're exploring the possibility of setting up a series of remote hubs as some of you will have seen used at NETmundial to great acclaim. We will explore this idea further over the next week or so and keep you updated. On the scheduling point, we'd like to suggest that for this meeting only we reshuffle the planned Thursday agenda. Currently our thinking is that we start the morning at 8.30 to allow those groups having wrap up sessions to handle those requirements between 8.30 and 10am. We follow this with a two hour session on ICANN Accountability followed by an early lunch break and then run a session on the Transition of the NTIA Stewardship of the IANA function from 1-3 or 3.30. This is the most effective time slot to maximise international participation. We'd run a shorter Public Forum from 4 - 6 and wrap up with a public Board meeting finishing at 7 and then Cocktails. The RSSAC would like an open session during the meeting and we'd propose to put that into a Monday afternoon slot. We anticipate that two hours will probably be adequate for the Public Forum because the Transition of the NTIA Stewardship of the IANA function and ICANN Accountability topics will be very important for the community and would likely take up a chunk of the public forum under normal cirumstances. If you are in agreement with this suggestion we'd like to communicate it this week to enable people to firm up their travel plans. Please let us know your thoughts in the next day or two. Thank you. Steve. _______________________________________________ soac-infoalert mailing list soac-infoalert(a)icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-infoalert

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Ramp-up for London
by Volker Greimann April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

Dear fellow councillors, we, i.e. ICANN staff and Jonathan, David and me are currently in the first stages of preparing the London meeting schedules. One of the main feedback points we received from the last poll was that the council appreciated the discussion slots more than the presentation slots. One comment also requested better preparation of these discussions, therefore it will be valuable to have the council discuss the main topics for discussion in advance. That would save us valuable time on Saturday that we can use to potentially extend the discussion slots. We will still include preparation time, however that should be used to adjust the plans with regard to events that happened since travelling to London was initiated. With regard to the working group reports, many commenters were of the opinion to cut short the time of any groups that did not have anything substantial to report, however this is very difficult to achieve in advance as many WGs will be publishing their reports "just in time" i.e. at a time when the main schedule is already set. I would therefore like to ask the council liaisons to the various working groups to reach out to me with their estimation of how much time - if any - their groups would need to present the current work results. That way we may have more time for groups that just published a report or need time to reach out to the council for feeedback and less time for groups that are still happiliy plugging along, but have nothing to report that they didn't already report the last time. Other than that, do we want to hear from anyone (staff, community leaders, etc) we did not hear from last meeting ? Suggestions are welcome. -- Best regards, Volker Greimann

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Document and Motion deadline Monday 28 April 2014 at 23:59 UTC for Council meeting on 8 May 2014 at 15:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

Dear Councillors, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. MONDAY, 28 April 2014 at 23:59 UTC) of the GNSO Council meeting on 8 May 2014 at 15:00 UTC. Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list and will then be posted on the Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+8+May+2014 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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Request for Proposal for Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
by Glen de Saint Géry April 23, 2014

April 23, 2014

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr14-en.htm Request for Proposal for Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) 22 April 2014 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking a provider to conduct an independent review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO<http://gnso.icann.org/en/>), as mandated by ICANN's Bylaws<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws>. As part of ICANN's ongoing commitment to its evolution and improvement, Article IV - Section 4 of ICANN's Bylaws contains provisions for "periodic review of the performance and operation of each Supporting Organization, each Supporting Organization Council, each Advisory Committee (other than the Governmental Advisory Committee), and the Nominating Committee." These periodic reviews present ICANN structures with opportunities for continuous improvement through consistent application of compliance review principles to objectively measure performance relative to specific and quantifiable criteria developed by ICANN based on the unique nature of its structures. The resulting implementation of improvements and the systematic means of measuring performance and validating effectiveness of implementation are of utmost importance to the ongoing legitimacy of ICANN. The GNSO is the policy-making body responsible for generic top-level domains, such as .COM, .NET, and .ORG. Its members include representatives from generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) registries, gTLD registrars, intellectual property interest, Internet service providers, businesses and non-commercial interests. The GNSO strives to keep gTLDs operating in a fair, orderly fashion across one global Internet, while promoting innovation and competition. Given the significant increases in the number and nature of the generic Top Level Domains resulting from the recent launch of the New gTLD Program, the upcoming review of the GNSO is of critical importance to the ICANN community. ICANN is planning to start the review on 1 July 2014, with an anticipated duration of 6 months, and is seeking qualified providers to conduct the review in a timely and efficient manner. For additional information and instructions for submitting responses please see http://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/rfp-gnso-review-22apr14-en.zip [ZIP, 672 KB]. Activity Dates RFP published 22 April 2014 Participants to indicate interest in submitting RFP 30 April Participant proposals due by 13 May Target for participant presentations (finalists) Week of 19 May (May 19-23) Target for Final evaluations and selection of vendor (includes contracting and award to participant) 10 June Board appointment of independent reviewer 26 June Estimated start of implementation 1 July Final Report 15 January 2015 Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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NetMundial - Thursday 23rd
by Jonathan Robinson April 22, 2014

April 22, 2014

All, I have been asked / invited to participate as a panellist in the session on Thursday at NetMundial in Sao Paulo, Brazil. If you have updates, comments or information on work going on in your respective groups in the GNSO that can be fed into that session, Id welcome that. See below for details: Jonathan http://netmundial.br/agenda/ 14:00 16:30 - Beyond NETmundial - Panel 1: NETmundial and the Internet Governance Ecosystem Moderator: Andile Ngacaba Panelists: Chengetai Masango, Christoph Steck, Fadi Chehadé, Hamadoun Touré, Kathy Brown, Milton Mueller. - Panel 2: Public consultation session with stakeholders about the transition of stewardship role of USG over the IANA functions Moderator: Theresa Swinehart Panelists: Adiel A. Akplogan, Byron Holland, Frederico Neves, Heather Dryden, Jari Arkko, Jonathan Robinson, Jörg Schweigert, Russ Housley

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FW: [Soac-infoalert] Nomination Period Opens for ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | ICANN
by Jonathan Robinson April 22, 2014

April 22, 2014

All, Please be aware of this ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award. Note also that ICANN is looking for help from the Community to evaluate these awards. They envisaged a panel of approximately 15 people including two from the GNSO. Their original idea was to include the chairs (myself in this case) and one other. I have mentioned this to the Council Vice Chairs. Any comments or suggestion on panellists welcome. Note from below that anyone is welcome to nominate: Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an email to ethosaward2014(a)icann.org including: * Name of nominee. * Community of nominee. * Reasons for nomination. Jonathan From: soac-infoalert-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:soac-infoalert-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of David Olive Sent: 22 April 2014 04:52 To: soac-infoalert(a)icann.org Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Nomination Period Opens for ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | ICANN http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-21apr14-en.htm First Award Targeted for ICANN Public Meeting in London Nominations Close 17 May 2014 ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's new Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees. The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, recognized the importance of ICANN's multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN's organization and its community. The nomination period for community nominees opens today, 21 April 2014 and closes on 17 May 2014. Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an email to ethosaward2014(a)icann.org including: * Name of nominee. * Community of nominee. * Reasons for nomination. Please note that the reasons outlining the candidate's merit for the nomination may be as brief or as long as required. Candidates for this inaugural step of the program development will demonstrate at least five years of participation in the ICANN Community. Both individuals and organizations are eligible for the award. A panel of community members is being gathered to help review all community nominations and determine the best candidates for the first awards. The decisions of the panel will be made based on the following criteria: 1. Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees. 2. Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building. 3. Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner. 4. Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness. Please submit your nominations via email to ethosaward2014(a)icann.org <mailto:ethosaward2014@icann.org?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20 Nomination> . Award recipient(s) will be announced this June at the ICANN Public Meeting in London. David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters -Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.381.8727 Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 Email: david.olive(a)icann.org www.icann.org

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