October 2016 - EURO-Discuss

RSVP - Webinar on new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG Charter - Thursday 13 October at 16.00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 12, 2016

Oct. 12, 2016

Dear All, Following the Drafting Team's request for input concerning pertinent issues that would prevent adoption of the proposed charter for the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working Group from all ICANN SO/ACs (see https://community.icann.org/x/7Bq4Aw<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…>), the Drafting Team has received a request from the GNSO leadership team to have a webinar to allow for a walk through of the charter followed by Q & A to address any questions there might be. As such, a webinar will be organized on Thursday 13 October at 16.00 UTC. This webinar will also be open to other SO/ACs as others may have been similarly challenged to give the proposed charter due consideration (note, to date only formal input has been received from the ccNSO (see https://community.icann.org/x/7Bq4Aw<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…>). If you are interested in participating, please confirm your attendance at gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org>. Note that the webinar will be recorded and transcribed. Best regards, Marika Marika Konings Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings(a)icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses[learn.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__learn.icann.org_courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages[gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>. From: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday 13 September 2016 at 10:41 To: Katrina Sataki <katrina(a)nic.lv<mailto:katrina@nic.lv>>, "thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch<mailto:thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch>" <thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch<mailto:thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch>>, "paf(a)netnod.se<mailto:paf@netnod.se>" <paf(a)netnod.se<mailto:paf@netnod.se>>, "James M. Bladel" <jbladel(a)godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com>>, "louie(a)louie.net<mailto:louie@louie.net>" <louie(a)louie.net<mailto:louie@louie.net>>, "tsinha(a)umd.edu<mailto:tsinha@umd.edu>" <tsinha(a)umd.edu<mailto:tsinha@umd.edu>>, "bverd(a)verisign.com<mailto:bverd@verisign.com>" <bverd(a)verisign.com<mailto:bverd@verisign.com>>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>>, Oscar Robles <oscar(a)lacnic.net<mailto:oscar@lacnic.net>> Cc: Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel(a)icann.org<mailto:bart.boswinkel@icann.org>>, Olof Nordling <olof.nordling(a)icann.org<mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org>>, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org<mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org>>, Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes(a)icann.org<mailto:carlos.reyes@icann.org>>, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng(a)icann.org<mailto:steve.sheng@icann.org>>, "dt-cwg-auctionproceeds(a)icann.org<mailto:dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org>" <dt-cwg-auctionproceeds(a)icann.org<mailto:dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org>> Subject: For your review - proposed charter new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG Sending on behalf of Jonathan Robinson, new gTLD Auction Proceeds Drafting Team Chair & Alan Greenberg, DT Vice-Chair: Dear SO/AC Chairs, On behalf of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Drafting Team (DT), we are delighted to submit to you and your respective SO/ACs, the proposed charter for a Cross-Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds. As you may recall, representatives of all ICANN SO/ACs, apart from the ccNSO (which decided not to take part in the DT effort), participated in the DT deliberations (see https://community.icann.org/x/AR_AAw[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> for DT members). This proposed charter is the result of extensive input and deliberations, including careful review of input that was received as part of the cross-community session at ICANN 56 in Helsinki (see https://community.icann.org/x/fgmbAw)[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> and we believe it now represents a careful balance between the different viewpoints and perspectives, including from both the DT Members and the ICANN Board liaisons to the DT. As such, the DT would like to request you review the proposed charter with this careful balance in mind and only flag to the DT any pertinent issues that would prevent your respective SO/AC from adopting this charter. We would like to request you highlight such pertinent issues by 30 September 2016 at the latest, including an indication of when you anticipate your respective SO/AC to be in a position to consider the charter for adoption following 30 September, provided that no pertinent issues have been identified by any of the ICANN SO/ACs. Of course, should you have any clarifying questions, please do not hesitate to respond to this message. The DT looks forward to receiving your feedback. Best wishes, Jonathan Robinson, DT Chair & Alan Greenberg, DT Vice-Chair

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Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 18:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 11, 2016

Oct. 11, 2016

**Please make sure you use the updated Adobe Connect URL shared below. Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST). The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/uBO4Aw NEW Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: <http://adigo.com/icann/> <http://adigo.com/icann/> <http://adigo.com/icann/> http://adigo.com/icann/ EURALO Work space: <https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi><https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi>https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org><applewebdata://0D4A8A53-1FDC-4FF7-A251-F8A2DF11D229/staff@atlarge.icann.org>staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 7, 2016

Oct. 7, 2016

Dear Niels and Corinne, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that Article 19 has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in Article 19 and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. It¹s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful: The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information: The At-Large introductory page<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2265510> help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google calendar<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Calendar> at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting! >From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top left hand corner of the page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development Activity<https://community.icann.org/x/bwFO> , find out more about the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs)<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Regional+At-Large+Organisations>, and about At-Large Working Groups<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Working+Groups> . For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during ICANN Public meetings, it is worth bookmarking this wiki page<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ICANN+Meetings>! Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org<http://www.afralo.org/> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org<http://www.apralo.org/> European Region: http://www.euralo.org<http://www.euralo.org/> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org<http://www.lacralo.org/> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org<http://www.naralo.org/> At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The primary and secondary points of contact you have identified in the application form will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. ALAC website. The ALAC website<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to At-Large staff.<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> ICANN website: The ICANN website<https://www.icann.org/> is where all announcements<https://www.icann.org/news> are posted, and where you can find practical information about ICANN Public meetings<http://meetings.icann.org/> . Skype chat: At-Large community members and staff use Skype group chats extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we¹ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click here <http://www.skype.com/en/> if you don¹t have a Skype account. It¹s free and staff are available to help if you run into any trouble. Facebook: The At-Large community has its own Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge?fref=ts> . It¹s useful to keep up with announcements and helpful information Twitter: Members of At-Large tweet extensively and are particularly active during ICANN Public meetings. Follow At-Large on Twitter<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge?lang=fr%3E> ! We will forward the At-Large Beginners' guide shortly, as it is in the process of being updated. In the meantime, please refer to [any recent recording of a welcome event] . You may also like to refer to (RALO Outreach Strategic Plan] for further engagement opportunities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee http://www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ALS decertification
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Oct. 6, 2016

Oct. 6, 2016

Dear EURALO members, on the topic of ALS decertification, we have received notice from the Committee for a Democratic UN (KDUN), a current EURALO ALS, that their priorities have changed and their key topic of focus is now unrelated to ICANN and EURALO. As a result, they have suggested that an official decertification would be the right course of action. Since this is a non-controversial issue and the ALS themselves have asked to be decertified, I have transmitted this request to the ALAC with EURALO's approval that the ALAC passes the motion using its procedures for decertification. The full email thread is posted in the decertification workspace on https://community.icann.org/x/iBe4Aw (login required). Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond EURALO Chair

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Please RSVP: Pre-ICANN 57 Policy Update Webinar Announcement
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 5, 2016

Oct. 5, 2016

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-10-05-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> Please RSVP via this form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_LTVbnZ8zX…> by 14 October 2016. Remote participation details will be sent the week of 17 October 2016. The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 20 October 2016 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, in preparation for the upcoming ICANN Annual General Meeting in Hyderabad. The purpose of the webinar is to summarize policy activities across the ICANNpolicy development community and briefing the community on the Cross-Community sessions taking place in Hyderabad. Cross-Community Sessions Briefings: * New generic Top Level Domain Auction Proceeds Drafting Team * Cross-Community Working Group for Framework of Cross-Community Working Group Principles * Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names as Top Level Domains Community Engagement Team Update: * Community Recognition at ICANN57 and Multistakeholder Ethos Award 2017 Process Launch * Supporting Organizations/Advisory Committees Work Effort Inventory/Snapshot Update * Policy Staff Support in Community Charter Amendment Processes Supporting Organizations & Advisory Committee Updates: * Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and Regional Internet Registries (RIR) Policy Development * Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Update * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP) * Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in all Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Policy Development Process (PDP) * Next-Generation Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Policy Development Process (PDP) * IGO/INGO Access to Curative Rights Mechanisms Policy Development Process (PDP) * At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and At-Large Community Update * Government Advisory Committee (GAC) * Adaptation of Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Processes to the new ICANN Bylaws * Government Advisory Committee Vice-Chairs Elections taking place in Hyderabad * Capacity Building Session for the Asia Pacific Region organized by the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Working Group for Underserved Regions * The Government Advisory Committee developing further input for ongoing Policy Development Processes on Registration Directory Services and Future new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) * Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Update * Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Update The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be run in English. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect 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 in Adobe Connect. Recordings of the webinars will be made available here[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. Please RSVP via this form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_LTVbnZ8zX…> by 14 October 2016. Remote participation details will be sent the week of 17 October 2016.

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KIND REMINDER: ICANN News Alert -- Help Improve ICANN, Take the At-Large Review Survey!
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Oct. 5, 2016

Oct. 5, 2016

Hello all, just a kind reminder of the At-Large Review Survey --- as part of the Affirmation of Commitments mandated At-Large Review. This is a high level review, with hired external consultants producing an important report with recommendations, so I hope you can find the 10-15 minutes to fill it. English: http://items.fr/atlargesurvey/ French: http://items.fr/atlargesurvey-fr/ Spanish: http://items.fr/atlargesurvey-es/ Kindest regards, Olivier -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Help Improve ICANN, Take the At-Large Review Survey! Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:30:39 -0400 From: ICANN News Alert <no-reply(a)external.icann.org> Reply-To: no-reply(a)external.icann.org To: ocl(a)gih.com ICANN News Alert ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-09-26-en ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help Improve ICANN, Take the At-Large Review Survey! 26 September 2016 The Independent Examiner ITEMS is seeking broad community input to measure community perception of the effectiveness of At-Large internal procedure, work output, and the leadership team. Please take this online survey http://items.fr/atlargesurvey/ to inform ITEMS recommendations in its final March 2017 Report. The survey closes on 21 October 2016!

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Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition
by Schweighofer Erich Oct. 5, 2016

Oct. 5, 2016

Mr. Blocher, I follow the discussion intensively. Your concerns are important and the monitoring of the accountability process has to be strengthened. However, I am quite optimistic. Göran Mörby likes to stress transparency and governments, in particular also the Swiss Government, somehow still represented by Thomas Schneider, have experience with responsibility to a community. The model is not perfect but will work if we all are engaged to make it work and improve it. ICANN is an example how international co-operation may be improved, involving stakeholder communities. State-centred co-operation is in crisis for a long time, too slow, not focussed, not success in achieving a strong consensus, weak compliance etc. People deserve something better. I would be happy to discuss in detail your concerns. If you are interested, we can organise a webinar – with others – and hopefully also participants – on this topic. The webinar could be organised by Weblaw in Bern. Best regards, Erich Schweighofer, EURALO Board Member A. Univ.-Prof. Mag. DDr. Erich Schweighofer Arbeitsgruppe Rechtsinformatik Institut für Europarecht, Internationales Recht und Rechtsvergleichung Abteilung für Völkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen Universität Wien, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät Schottenbastei 10-16/2/5, 1010 Wien AT Mobil: +43 676 6907560 Tel. +43 1 4277 35305, Fax +43 1 4277 9353 Skype: erichs0502 Erich.Schweighofer(a)univie.ac.at rechtsinformatik.univie.ac.at Bitte um Beiträge IRIS2017 20 Jahre - http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS17/ Jusletter IT http://jusletter-it.eu<https://owa.univie.ac.at/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> Von: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Roberto Gaetano Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Oktober 2016 23:44 An: Eberhard Blocher; Remo Hardeman Cc: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] R: R: Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition (Rinalia Abdul Rahim) Dear Eberhard, Thanks for the long explanation, I understand much better now. I will provide just a couple of comments. First of all, even before 1. October the NTIA had no power to do changes to the root, like deleting a TLD. Their role was to approve the changes submitted by IANA. In simple words, they could “veto” a change, but not create one. They have never used this “veto” power, at least in the 6 years when I have been on the ICANN Board. I can also tell a little story about this. Paul Twomey, then CEO, and myself, then Vice-Chair of the Board, went to see John Kneuer, the predecessor of Larry Strickling. In the discussion, we pointed out that there was some unhappiness about the “power” that the US Government had on the DNS root. John replied that the NTIA did not oppose even the delegation of .kp to North Korea a couple of months earlier, what else could they do to show that they did not want to interfere with the management of the root? Of course, the problem you raise is real. What if ICANN gets crazy and deletes a record from the root? Formerly, NTIA could have vetoed the change, but now? Well, we have no one who will take action on our behalf. That means, we need to do it ourselves. Not with a letter to Göran, that I agree would be useless, but crating a real threat. With the new rules the community has even the power to remove Directors. But the main element of pressure here is the threat to create an alternate root that does not contain the unwanted change. But I believe that we will never get there. After all, the Board is composed by people selected by the community directly (by the SO/AC) or indirectly (by NomCom, whose representatives are selected by the community anyway). Glad to continue this discussion next February in Vienna, at DomainPulse. Regards, Roberto Da: Eberhard Blocher [mailto:director@ourtanzania.com] Inviato: martedì 4 ottobre 2016 12:35 A: Remo Hardeman Cc: Roberto Gaetano; euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Oggetto: Re: [EURO-Discuss] R: Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition (Rinalia Abdul Rahim) Hello Remo, Roberto and all, please excuse the perceived lack of explanation. I have personally been to quite a few ICANN meetings, to IGF and (German language) DomainPulse, and similar meetings for more than 10 years, so this is the background of the observation I made. I really thought what I wrote was quite clear, but apparently, judging from what you are writing, this doesn't seem to be the case. The IANA Stewardship Transition has led to IANA administration being de-politicized, and this, to me, is a big step in the wrong direction. This year in February, large parts of our communitiy met in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the annual DomainPulse conference. At that meeting, Thomas Rickert, who is one of the most important people working in the CCWG, described the IANA Stewardship Transition in great detail, since most of it had been thoroughly discussed and was basically agreed on, at the time. I don't think there have been any major changes in recent months. Thomas made it quite clear that what the CCWG had been creating, for ICANN, was a model "United Nations" or a model "country", with all the basic elements in place: Executive, legal and judicial branches. Checks and balances were put in place, even the possibility for the ICANN board to be forced to step down if they should abuse the power bestowed upon them. However, what the CCWG did create was just a "model" country, not the real thing. So basically, in my opinion, there is a lack of transparency, a lack of democracy and a lack of accountability in this ICANN multi-stakeholder modell, which is supposed to govern IANA in future. Just consider what was there before, i.e. up to September 30th. The DoC, i.e. NTIA, had all the power. What would have happened if they had abused this power, for example, deleting a TLD from the root? Something which never happened, of course, but it could have happened. Well, in that case, diplomatic pressure could have been put upon the US Government. For example, imagine the NTIA deleting the .DE zone from the root. In that case, the American Ambassodor to Germany could have been summoned to report to the German Government, and Lawrence E. Strickling would certainly have had to justify his actions. This is a huge amount of power that the German Government, or any government affected, could have applied. Now imagine what would happen in future if ICANN decided to delete any zone from the root. All that would remain to be done would be sending a letter to Göran Marby, or to Steve Crocker. And then, you would have to sit back and hope and pray that one of them will answer the letter of complaint. There is no way any foreign government, or indeed anyone who is not an American citizen, could apply any direct power to Mr Marby or Mr Crocker. ICANN is a private sector company incorporated in California. There is nothing anyone can do about this. Therefore, October 1st, the IANA Stewardship Transition, was a very sad day for the Internet we know and cherish. Eberhard Blocher EAHP KG P.O. Box 30 03 26 50773 Köln Germany http://www.eahp.com Tel. +49-221-9139535 Fax +49-221-2711016 http://cla.tel Am 04.10.2016 11:39, schrieb Remo Hardeman: Hello All, Hello Eberhard, As in all discussions, please explain. In my humble Point of view, I seriously doubt that a more democratic approach would be harmful to "the rest of us" Kind regards, Remo Hardeman 03.10.2016, 20:19, "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com><mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>: Hi Eberhard. You say: The new IANA Stewardship is good news for all US citizens who "know", and bad news for everybody else, mainly for those not being a US citizen, all over the world Can you give a hint on why do you believe that? In particular, being myself a non-US citizens, I don’t understand how US Government withdrawal from what was only the right of veto to changes to the DNS Root will diminish my power and rights. Cheers, Roberto Da: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org>] Per conto di Eberhard Blocher Inviato: domenica 2 ottobre 2016 07:09 A: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Oggetto: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition (Rinalia Abdul Rahim) October 1st marks a sad day for the Internet. With IANA Stewardship transitioning from the NTIA to the ICANN multi-stakeholder community, the internet now is less transparent, less democratic and less accountable. IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 it was declared We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government (...) NTIA being part of the US Government, means, following closely the US Declaration of Independence, that if it had become destructive of anything at all regarding the oversight of the IANA functions, there would have been procedures, established for 240 years, to alter or to abolish it. Now, with the new multi-stakeholder model in place for the oversight of the IANA function, all this has been discarded. How long will it take for the rest of the world to realize this? The new IANA Stewardship is good news for all US citizens who "know", and bad news for everybody else, mainly for those not being a US citizen, all over the world. Eberhard Blocher EAHP KG P.O. Box 30 03 26 50773 Köln Germany http://www.eahp.com Tel. +49-221-9139535<tel:+49-221-9139535> Fax +49-221-2711016<tel:+49-221-2711016> http://cla.tel _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition (Rinalia Abdul Rahim)
by Eberhard Blocher Oct. 4, 2016

Oct. 4, 2016

October 1st marks a sad day for the Internet. With IANA Stewardship transitioning from the NTIA to the ICANN multi-stakeholder community, the internet now is less transparent, less democratic and less accountable. INCONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 it was declared We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government (...) NTIA being part of the US Government, means, following closely the US Declaration of Independence, that if it had become destructive of anything at all regarding the oversight of the IANA functions, there would have been procedures, established for 240 years, to alter or to abolish it. Now, with the new multi-stakeholder model in place for the oversight of the IANA function, all this has been discarded. How long will it take for the rest of the world to realize this? The new IANA Stewardship is good news for all US citizens who "know", and bad news for everybody else, mainly for those not being a US citizen, all over the world. Eberhard Blocher EAHP KG P.O. Box 30 03 26 50773 Köln Germany http://www.eahp.com Tel. +49-221-9139535 Fax +49-221-2711016 http://cla.tel

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Announcement on IANA Stewardship Transition
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Oct. 3, 2016

Oct. 3, 2016

Dear Members of the At-Large Community, *The IANA Stewardship Transition is Complete* Today, on 1 October, the IANA functions contract between ICANN and NTIA expired. The expiration of the contract between ICANN and the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, will have no impact on end users of the Internet; they will not see any changes or difference in their use of the Internet. This historic moment marks the transition of the coordination and management of the Internet’s unique identifiers to the private-sector, a process that has been committed to and underway since 1998. The ICANN Community, Board and staff as well as the larger Internet community took on this challenge, over two and a half years, and succeeded. Developing the transition proposals was unprecedented, and reflected the multistakeholder community at work. Because of the hard work by everyone, the ICANN organization is now a more accountable and transparent body. There will be some small changes to how ICANN operates, but its underlying goal is the same – to support the Community and ensure the continued stable and secure operation of the DNS. It has been a privilege to be a part of this process where the multistakeholder model of Internet Governance demonstrated its power. I wanted to take a moment to thank and congratulate all of you for your hard work over the past two and a half years to get us to where we are today. Best regards, Rinalia Abdul Rahim ICANN Board Director Links to announcements that have gone out about the IANA Stewardship transition: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2016/statement-assista nt-secretary-strickling-iana-functions-contract https://www.icann.org/news/blog/final-implementation-update https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-09-30-en https://www.icann.org/news/blog/cheers-to-the-multistakeholder-community

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CROPP
by Roberto Gaetano Oct. 3, 2016

Oct. 3, 2016

Hi all. Unfortunately I am in a meeting in the US and will be unable to attend the call. One of the items on the agenda is CROPP, and I would like to follow up on the discussion at our last teleconference sharing my opinion with you. I understand the rationale behind Oksana's proposal to use CROPP funding for attendance to the next EURALO GA, but I have to disagree. I believe that, even if we could bend the rules to use the CROPP funding for bringing members to an ICANN meeting, it would be a waste of the scarce resources dedicated to outreach. There are other funding mechanisms for participation in ICANN meetings. Outreach is one of the activities where we are lacking, for a number of reasons, and we should be putting even more effort to widen EURALO's footprint and to get new members rather than use the money for the benefit of those who are already members. Last but not least, I have already expressed my dismay on the fact that if we have a funded travel people can spare a whole week for travelling to an ICANN meeting, but they cannot make up the time (2 to 4 hours) for joining the General Assembly by teleconference. Cheers, Roberto

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