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Reminder: Invitation Webinar Community TLDs and Human Rights January 18 - 15:00 UTC
by Niels ten Oever Jan. 18, 2017

Jan. 18, 2017

Dear all, A short reminder for the webinar that will be held at 15:00 UTC today. Best, Niels On 01/11/2017 07:22 PM, Niels ten Oever wrote: > > Dear all, > > On behalf of the ARTICLE 19, the Council of Europe, and the Cross > Community Working Party on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to > Respect Human Rights I am very happy to invite you to a > > ** webinar on Community top-level domains (TLDs) and human rights ** > > * January 18 - 15:00 UTC at https://participate.icann.org/ncsg/ * > > In this webinar we will present and discuss the main findings from the > Council of Europe report on Community Based gTLDs and Human Rights [0] with: > > Facilitators: > Niels ten Oever > Head of Digital at Article 19 > Chair of the CCWP HR > Rapporteur for CCWG WS2 Human Rights sub-team > > Patrick Penninckx > Head of Information Society Department, Council of Europe > > Key findings: > Eve Salomon, > Co-Author of the report > International consultant and legal expert on media law and > human rights > > Kinanya Pijl > Co-Author of the report > PhD Candidate, European University, Florence > > Discussants: > Mark Carvell > GAC Vice-Chair > Co-Chair GAC WG on Human Rights and International Law > > Chris Disspain > ICANN Board Member > > Jamie Baxter > Dotgay LLC > > Cherine Chalaby > ICANN Board Member > > Avri Dora > Internet Researcher > Co-Chair Subsequent gTLD procedures WG > > We're greatly looking forward to your participation. Feel free to share > this invitation widely among your constituencies and communities. > > All the best, > > Niels ten Oever > > [0] > https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53772653/Report%20on%20Com… > > Please find the AC room and dial in details here: > > Adobe Connect room: https://participate.icann.org/ncsg/ > > Passcodes/Pin codes: > Participant passcode: CCWP HR > > > For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the conference. > > > Dial in numbers: > > ARGENTINA > > 0800-777-0519 > > AUSTRALIA > ADELAIDE: > > 61-8-8121-4842 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRALIA > BRISBANE: > > 61-7-3102-0944 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRALIA > CANBERRA: > > 61-2-6100-1944 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRALIA > MELBOURNE: > > 61-3-9010-7713 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRALIA > PERTH: > > 61-8-9467-5223 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRALIA > SYDNEY: > > 61-2-8205-8129 > > 1-800-657-260 > > AUSTRIA > > 43-1-92-81-113 > > 0800-005-259 > > BELGIUM > > 32-2-400-9861 > > 0800-3-8795 > > BRAZIL > > 55-11-3958-0779 > > 0800-7610651 > > CHILE > > 1230-020-2863 > > CHINA > CHINA A: > > 86-400-810-4789 > > 10800-712-1670 > > CHINA > CHINA B: > > 86-400-810-4789 > > 10800-120-1670 > > COLOMBIA > > 01800-9-156474 > > CROATIA > > 080-08-06-309 > > CZECH REPUBLIC > > 420-2-25-98-56-64 > > 800-700-177 > > DENMARK > > 45-7014-0284 > > 8088-8324 > > ESTONIA > > 800-011-1093 > > FINLAND > > 358-9-5424-7162 > > 0-800-9-14610 > > FRANCE > LYON: > > 33-4-26-69-12-85 > > 080-511-1496 > > FRANCE > MARSEILLE: > > 33-4-86-06-00-85 > > 080-511-1496 > > FRANCE > PARIS: > > 33-1-70-70-60-72 > > 080-511-1496 > > GERMANY > > 49-69-2222-20362 > > 0800-664-4247 > > GREECE > > 30-80-1-100-0687 > > 00800-12-7312 > > HONG KONG > > 852-3001-3863 > > 800-962-856 > > HUNGARY > > 36-1-700-8856 > > 06-800-12755 > > INDIA > BANGALORE: > > 91-80-61275204 > > INDIA > MUMBAI: > > 91-22-61501629 > > INDIA > INDIA A: > > 000-800-852-1268 > > INDIA > INDIA B: > > 000-800-001-6305 > > INDIA > INDIA C: > > 1800-300-00491 > > INDONESIA > > 001-803-011-3982 > > IRELAND > > 353-1-246-7646 > > 1800-992-368 > > ISRAEL > > 1-80-9216162 > > ITALY > MILAN: > > 39-02-3600-6007 > > 800-986-383 > > ITALY > ROME: > > 39-06-8751-6018 > > 800-986-383 > > ITALY > TORINO: > > 39-011-510-0118 > > 800-986-383 > > JAPAN > OSAKA: > > 81-6-7739-4799 > > 0066-33-132439 > > JAPAN > TOKYO: > > 81-3-5539-5191 > > 0066-33-132439 > > LATVIA > > 8000-3185 > > LUXEMBOURG > > 352-27-000-1364 > > 8002-9246 > > MALAYSIA > > 1-800-81-3065 > > MEXICO > GUADALAJARA (JAL): > > 52-33-3208-7310 > > 001-866-376-9696 > > MEXICO > MEXICO CITY: > > 52-55-5062-9110 > > 001-866-376-9696 > > MEXICO > MONTERREY: > > 52-81-2482-0610 > > 001-866-376-9696 > > NETHERLANDS > > 31-20-718-8588 > > 0800-023-4378 > > NEW ZEALAND > > 64-9-970-4771 > > 0800-447-722 > > NORWAY > > 47-21-590-062 > > > 800-15157 > > > PANAMA > > 011-001-800-5072065 > > PERU > > 0800-53713 > > PHILIPPINES > > 63-2-858-3716 > > > 1800-111-42453 > > POLAND > > 00-800-1212572 > > PORTUGAL > > 8008-14052 > > ROMANIA > > 40-31-630-01-79 > > > RUSSIA > > 8-10-8002-0144011 > > SAUDI ARABIA > > 800-8-110087 > > SINGAPORE > > 65-6883-9230 > > 800-120-466 > > SLOVAK REPUBLIC > > 421-2-322-422-25 > > 0800-002066 > > > SLOVENIA > > 0-800-81310 > > SOUTH AFRICA > > 080-09-80414 > > SOUTH KOREA > > 82-2-6744-1083 > > > 00798-14800-7352 > > SPAIN > > 34-91-414-25-33 > > > 800-300-053 > > SWEDEN > > 46-8-566-19-348 > > 0200-884-622 > > SWITZERLAND > > 41-44-580-6398 > > > 0800-120-032 > > TAIWAN > > 886-2-2795-7379 > > > 00801-137-797 > > > THAILAND > > 001-800-1206-66056 > > > TURKEY > > 00-800-151-0516 > > > UNITED ARAB EMIRATES > > > 8000-35702370 > > > UNITED KINGDOM > > > BIRMINGHAM: > > > 44-121-210-9025 > > > 0808-238-6029 > > > UNITED KINGDOM > > > GLASGOW: > > > 44-141-202-3225 > > > 0808-238-6029 > > > UNITED KINGDOM > > > LEEDS: > > > 44-113-301-2125 > > > 0808-238-6029 > > > UNITED KINGDOM > > > LONDON: > > > 44-20-7108-6370 > > > 0808-238-6029 > > > UNITED KINGDOM > > > MANCHESTER: > > > 44-161-601-1425 > > > 0808-238-6029 > > > URUGUAY > > 000-413-598-3421 > > > USA > > 1-517-345-9004 > > > 866-692-5726 > > > VENEZUELA > > 0800-1-00-3702 > > PS Sorry for cross-posting > -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9

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Please join - LIVE CAPTIONING AVAILABLE!!!! - Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 17, 2017

Jan. 17, 2017

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<file://composeviewinternalloadurl/staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. ***Live Captioning will be provided on this call in English. If you do not have the bandwidth to join the call, the live Captioning streaming is available via this link: <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/teleconference-participation-en> <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN> https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/u7LDAw Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ EURALO Work space:https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> facebook.com/icann<facebook.com/icannatlarge><https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> @<@ICANNAtLarge><https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<@ICANNAtLarge>

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REMINDER: LIVE CAPTIONING AVAILABLE!!!! - Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 17, 2017

Jan. 17, 2017

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<file://composeviewinternalloadurl/staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. ***Live Captioning will be provided on this call in English. If you do not have the bandwidth to join the call, the live Captioning streaming is available via this link: <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/teleconference-participation-en> <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN> https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/u7LDAw Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ EURALO Work space:https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> facebook.com/icann<facebook.com/icannatlarge><https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> @<@ICANNAtLarge><https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<@ICANNAtLarge>

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FY18 Additional Budget Requests - Process has Started
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 16, 2017

Jan. 16, 2017

Dear All, The FY18 Additional Budget Request process has started. This process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget. FY18 Additional Budget Requests cover the period 1 July 2017 through 30 June 2018. The relevant information is available on the At-Large FY18 Budget Development Workspace[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_di…>, including the key deadlines, details of the process, principles and the request template. IMPORTANT: In 2016, the members of the ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC) agreed to the following criteria for At-Large proposals: * Outreach should not be a major focus. Activities to improve engagement with existing members is encouraged. * If any request is made on outreach, it should probably go through the CROPP program and not this special request process. * Proposals should include ways in which will make the ALAC and/or the At-Large community more effective and develop the At-Large community. * RALO requests must go through a bottom up process within their RALO prior to being submitted for consideration by the FBSC. * RALOs should consider the General Assembly/Summit timeline (APRALO is scheduled for a General Assembly in FY18) * They must be explicitly supported by the RALO representative on the FBSC. * Staff is currently expecting that basic resources for community communications/printing will be supported through the core ICANN budget, but that community proposals for printing , etc. will be accepted as a back-up in case expectations change. Specific proposals for communications resources beyond simple printing and editing functions should be prepared and submitted. IMPORTANT: Between now and 16 January 2017 the RALOs are asked to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to At-Large Staff<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Kind 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: atlarge.icann.org<https://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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UPDATE: LIVE CAPTIONING AVAILABLE!!!! - Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC
by Yesim Nazlar Jan. 16, 2017

Jan. 16, 2017

***Live Captioning will be provided on this call in French. If you do not have the bandwidth to join the call, the live Captioning streaming is available via this link: <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/teleconference-participation-en> <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN> https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/u7LDAw Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ EURALO Work space:https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> facebook.com/icann<facebook.com/icannatlarge><https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> @<@ICANNAtLarge><https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<@ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]

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EMEA Newsletter I ENGLISH I JANUARY 2017
by ICANN Jan. 16, 2017

Jan. 16, 2017

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1118638566701&ca=c26ec588-… Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in ICANN. Don't forget to add emea.communications(a)communications.icann.org to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox! You may unsubscribe if you no longer want to receive our emails. You may unsubscribe https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001fV5zcrmnzCVnMiD3Cw8NvQ%3D%… if you no longer wish to receive our emails. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The two-day long event sparked valuable discussions among participants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN's First Eastern European DNS Forum Gets Off to a Good Start On 1-2 December 2016, ICANN's Global Stakeholder Engagement team in Central Asia and Eastern Europe kicked off the first Eastern European Domain Name System (DNS) Forum in Kiev, Ukraine. The event was held in conjunction with UADOM, the annual conference on DNS issues held by .ua registry operator Hostmaster Ltd. With ICANN's support, UADOM evolved this year into a regional event, covering current regional and global Internet issues. It attracted a diverse group of stakeholders from Ukraine and neighboring Eastern European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia and Serbia. There were 230 participants attending in person and another 400 remote participants through the livestream connections available on both days. The forum was praised by speakers and participants. We were pleased to see the ICANN community come together and contribute to the first regional event of this kind. We look forward to developing this into an annual event. Senior members of the ICANN organization presented at the forum: * George Sadowski, ICANN Board member, delivered a keynote speech on the history and perspectives of DNS infrastructure and related issues. * David Olive, ICANN's Senior VP of Policy Development Support and General Manager of the ICANN regional hub in Istanbul, gave an opening speech. * Dave Piscitello, ICANN's VP of Security and ICT Coordinator, gave a range of talks on "Securing the Internet's Identifier Systems." Videos, presentations, photos and the event agenda can be found here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register Now for the Next Quarterly Stakeholder Call In the second call in our new format, we'll continue to focus on how ICANN has implemented community policy, with a Board update and news from a specific region. This quarter's call features Africa and the Middle East. ICANN's Istanbul hub office will host the call at the end of the first day of the Turkey DNS Forum. Everyone is welcome. Register here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] 15 February 2017 at 15:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Live interpretation is offered in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The call will be recorded and posted in all languages on the Quarterly Reports page [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Read the full announcement [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register Now for ICANN58 in Copenhagen Registration is open for ICANN58. This first ICANN Public Meeting of 2017 will take place from 11-16 March 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. If you attend, you can network with your peers in the community, engage in face-to-face discussions, ask questions and help develop and implement Internet policies. Register now for ICANN58. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Before you book your travel, check the ICANN58 home page [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] to find out if you need to obtain a visa to travel to Denmark. Our page has links to the relevant pages on Denmark's official website, which gives detailed information about visa requirements, the application process and deadlines. If you determine that you do need a visa, you can request the Danish host letter through the ICANN58 page. Please check as soon as possible so you don't miss any deadlines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jamie Hedlund Takes on Senior Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards Role at ICANN On 4 January 2017, ICANN announced that Jamie Hedlund, Vice President of Strategic Programs for ICANN's Global Domains Division, will take on Allen Grogan's role as Senior Vice President (SVP), Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards, following Grogan's previously announced [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] departure. "Contractual compliance, consumer safeguards and public responsibility are areas of central importance to ICANN," said CEO Göran Marby. "Jamie has years of ICANN and legal experience, which he will be using to build upon the great work already done by Allen and the rest of the global Contractual Compliance team." Read more ... [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Tayfun Acarer was recently appointed as the Chairman of the Turkish Internet Improvement Board. David Olive Meets with the Chairman of Turkey's Internet Improvement Board In early December, ICANN's David Olive, Senior VP of Policy Development Support and General Manager of the ICANN regional hub in Istanbul, met with Dr. Tayfun Acerer, the new Chairman of the Internet Improvement Board [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] They engaged in a constructive dialogue on efforts in Turkey to improve and enable a secure Internet and how the Internet Improvement Board is similar to ICANN in terms of its multistakeholder model. The board consists of seven members, each representing different stakeholders, from academia to government, private sector to NGOs. The board is advising the government on Internet-related issues. At the meeting, David Olive said, "When I first arrived in Istanbul to establish the ICANN hub office, Dr. Acarer, at the time a member of the Internet Improvement Board in Turkey, invited to me to meet with the Board members and talk about ICANN's planned activities for Turkey and the EMEA region. With the recent appointment of Dr. Acarer as the Chairman, we are able to strengthen our cooperation and communications with this multistakeholder board and our Turkish Internet stakeholder community." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukrainian Watch the interview on Ukrainian television with Michael Yakushev, ICANN's VP of Stakeholder Engagement in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: День народження українського домену "UA" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Russian Read these two articles published in digital.report [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] after the First Eastern European DNS Forum in Kiev, Ukraine: В октябре 2017 года интернет перейдет на новый ключ для подписания ключей [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] EE DNS Forum /UADOM: Биткоины, интернет вещей и автомобили-убийцы [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Spanish Read about the major changes in the Internet DNS by Andrea Beccalli, ICANN's Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manager for Europe: ¿Cómo está utilizando españa los nuevos dominios de Internet? [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] English Read the article on the IGF by Nigel Hickson, ICANN's VP, Intergovernmental Engagement: The Internet Governance Forum Enters Its Second Decade [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN's Fahd Bataneyh briefs participants about ICANN's role in Internet governance. The Second Pakistan School on Internet Governance Is a Success The second Pakistan School on Internet Governance (pkSIG 2016) took place in the beautiful city of Lahore from 26-29 November 2016. What made this four-day event unique was the fact that the organizers worked on designing and promoting the event in a bottom-up multistakeholder fashion. The school trained more than 30 participants from Pakistan. There were also 5 participants from Afghanistan, which will host a similar school soon. The school attracted faculty members who were mostly experts from the local community as well as faculty members from APNIC (the Regional Internet Registry of the Asia Pacific), the Internet Society and ICANN. The agenda covered different areas of Internet governance. In a role-play that spanned three sessions, participants identified problems in the Internet ecosystem and suggested ways to tackle them. ICANN's Fahd Batayneh, Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Middle East, briefed participants on the Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA) functions and a gave a post-IANA transition status. He also shared the findings of the Boston Consulting Group report on e-friction entitled " [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU… the Wheels of the Internet Economy" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] - with a focus on Pakistan. He also joined in the role-play sessions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Middle East Strategy: Approaching the Finish Line On 9 December, the Middle East Strategy Working Group published its final strategy report [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] The report was a result of the hard work of 50 strategy working group members and observers over the course of almost 6 months. The contributions from the wider ICANN community via the public comments window and the ICANN57 public session were of great influence in its drafting. The working group has now started developing the implementation plan for the first year. The ICANN team has been advised to implement its findings by 30 June 2017. In line with our bottom-up multistakeholder model of developing strategy, a webinar was held on 21 December to update the community on the progress and to seek feedback on the implementation plan. If you have any comments or suggestions, email us at meac.swg(a)icann.org [mailto:meac.swg@icann.org]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN Holds the Second Youth Education Initiative Workshop in Tunisia As a part of ICANN's academic engagement in Tunisia, the second bimonthly workshop took place on 14 December at Manouba University in Tunis. This workshop's theme was "How the Internet Naming System Works." The hosts were the Computing Center Al Khwarizmi (Centre de Calcul El-Khawarizmi) and the Tunisian Internet Agency (Attounissiya Internet). The workshop attracted around 30 participants. The agenda for the workshop included an introduction to ICANN and fundamentals of the DNS and DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Many questions were raised about ICANN's business model, how the DNS works and the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The next workshop will be in February 2017. Attendance is open to all and is free of charge. If you are interested in attending the next workshop or in getting involved in our academic engagement, email us at meac.swg(a)icann.org [mailto:meac.swg@icann.org]. Learn more [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] about the collaboration underlying this initiative. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN organization and community members meet at AFRINIC-25. ICANN Plays a Key Role at AFRINIC-25 AFRINIC-25, the yearly conference of the Regional Internet Registry for the African region, was held in Mauritius from 25-30 November 2016. ICANN has a maintained a close partnership with AFRINIC for many years and was a silver sponsor of the event. Members of ICANN's Africa team attended the event - Pierre Dandjinou, VP of Global Stakeholder Engagement in Africa; Yaovi Atohoun, Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager for Africa; and Bob Ochieng, Stakeholder Engagement Manager for East Africa. Mrs. Rooba Moorghen, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation of Mauritius, opened the event and emphasized the need for Africa to adopt Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), especially with the advent of the Internet of Things. The Africa strategy session covered the many capacity-building initiatives from FY17 and the Africa DNS Market Study. Other sessions covered different topics related to ICANN: * "Are We There Yet? IPv6 as Related to GDP per Capita," Alain Durand, Principal Technologist, ICANN * "Rolling the Root Zone DNSSEC Key Signing Key," Subramanian Moonesamy, AFRINIC * "IANA Report," Selina Harrington, IANA Senior Specialist, ICANN Watch videos [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] of plenary sessions and interviews from AFRINIC-25. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN's Bob Ochieng (at right) speaks on a panel at the RDF-AFR event. ICANN Plays a Role at Two ITU Events in Rwanda In December, two events of the ITU, the U.N. agency for information and communications technologies (ICTs), were held back-to-back in Kigali, Rwanda. The Regional Development Forum for Africa (RDF-AFR) took place on 5 December 2016, followed by the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 17th World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) for Africa (RPM-AFR) held 6-8 December. The RDF-AFR served as a platform for reviewing the implementation of the five Africa regional initiatives approved by WTDC-14. These initiatives are related to ICT infrastructure, policy and regulatory frameworks, capacity building and increased confidence and security. ICANN joined the "New ICT Opportunities and Challenges for the Region" panel. Bob Ochieng, Stakeholder Engagement Manager for East Africa, highlighted the core role of the DNS in the Internet and ICANN's role in coordinating the Internet's identifier systems, and how this has enabled the Internet grow exponentially. We also used the opportunity to meet various government delegations and update them on multiple issues at ICANN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN Travels to Namibia for Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime >From 28 November to 2 December, ICANN's Pierre Dandjinou, VP of Global Stakeholder Engagement in Africa, participated in the Commonwealth Regional Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime for African Parliamentarians [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] in Namibia. The conference provided critical information on cybersecurity and cybercrime to parliamentarians and equipped them with tools and methodologies for implementing laws related to national cybersecurity strategies. More than 40 parliamentarians and some international organizations participated in the event. The meeting was a mix of information-sharing and hands-on practice. Parliamentarians were walked through different ways to generate national laws to combat cybercrime, equip law enforcement agencies and oversee governmental delivery on the subject. Participants identified priorities in their jurisdictions and designed action plans for developing national frameworks for cybersecurity. International organizations such as ICANN offered support. The presentation on ICANN's role in securing the identifier system of the Internet was received with much interest and many questions. The event concluded with a consensus that the fight against cybercrime should be a collaborative effort at both national and international levels. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN Organizes Two Capacity-Building Workshops in Cotonou, Benin The Internet Governance Workshop for Youth Community (YouthCom) took place in Cotonou, Benin, on 6-7 December. The event's 30 participants learned about the Internet and the ICANN ecosystem. On 8-9 December, ICANN held a second workshop in Cotonou, this time with the support of the DNS Entrepreneurship Center of Egypt [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] (DNS-EC). The main topic of this workshop was "marketing" - tools that promote the growth of registrar businesses in Benin and throughout Africa. The local host for the workshop was IGF BENIN, which is also an ICANN At-Large Structure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNSO and ccNSO Approve Final Framework for Future Cross-Community Working Groups In October 2016, the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) approved [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] the Final Framework of Operating Principles for Future Cross-Community Working Groups (CCWGs), followed by the Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) approval in November 2016. This Final Framework was developed by the Cross Community Working Group to Develop a Framework of Principles for Future CCWGs (CWG Principles) [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] which was jointly chartered by the GNSO and the ccNSO. The adoption by the GNSO and ccNSO Councils marks the official completion of work on the CWG Principles. A CCWG is a mechanism that allows two or more of any of ICANN Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to work together to address issues that are of common interest and do not fall within the sole remit of one SO or AC. The Final Framework intends to provide a general outline for the establishment, operations and closure of CCWGs, and will highlight certain principles that are considered fundamental to the effective functioning of a CCWG. Read the Final Framework here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CCWG on New gTLD Auction Proceeds Calls for Volunteers To date, over 230 million USD has been accrued through ICANN's authorized auction services to resolve string contention in the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program. A Cross-Community Working Group has been formed and will be tasked with developing one or more proposals on a mechanism to allocate these auction proceeds. Once the proposal is developed, its Chartering Organizations and the ICANN Board will consider the proposals. The CCWG is open to anyone interested. If you would like to volunteer for this effort, you can become an individual participant or a mailing list observer, or can respond to public consultations when these are held. In addition, each Chartering Organization will appoint up to five members to keep its respective group up to date on progress and deliberations. The CCWG is expected to convene for its first meeting the week of 23 January 2017. Learn how to join here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Customer Standing Committee Begins Monthly Reporting on PTI Byron Holland, Chair of the Customer Standing Committee (CSC), provided the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) community with the first monthly reports (October 2016 and November 2016) on how Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) is performing the IANA naming function. The CSC concluded that overall PTI performance was satisfactory - that PTI met its service level agreements. The CSC is aware of minor issues, but noted no trends. The CSC is in an ongoing discussion with PTI on how to remediate these issues. No persistent problems were identified, so no further action is needed. More background on the CSC and other useful information, including the full PTI reports, can be found here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNSO Council Approves Review Implementation Plan On 15 December 2016, the GNSO Council approved [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] the plan developed by the GNSO Review Working Group [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] to implement the 34 recommendations in the GNSO Review Final Report [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] The Implementation Plan suggests a three-phased prioritization approach and specifies for each recommendation its dependencies, owner, resource requirements, budget effects and implementation steps. The ICANN Board will now consider adopting the proposed implementation plan. Following approval by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Review Working Group will execute and oversee the implementation, provide the GNSO Council with regular status updates, and identify any questions or concerns. Learn more about the Implementation Plan. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two Candidates Proceed to Next Stage in Selection of At-Large Board Director On 16 December 2016, the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) concluded its evaluation of the six applicants who submitted their expressions of interest for the ICANN Board Director position selected by the At-Large Community. The BCEC named Alan Greenberg and Leon Felipe Sanchez Ambia to proceed to the next stage, which is managed by the Board Member Selection Process Committee. The selection process will conclude by Friday, 21 April 2017, with the announcement of the successful candidate on that date. Learn more about the process. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN Academy Begins a Pilot Program for Enhancing Chairing Skills The ICANN Academy Working Group started a new course this month - the Chairing Skills Program. This course aims to help ICANN community leaders improve their effectiveness when chairing a working or community group. The program has two sessions: skills for chairing teleconferences, which began in January 2017, and skills for chairing in-person meetings, which will take place around the time of ICANN58. A professional coach from Incite Learning and multiple ICANN community coaches will facilitate this program. Besides providing a general framework and guidelines on developing chairing skills, coaches will observe their trainees during teleconferences and in-person meetings and provide targeted feedback. Learn more [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNSO Council Submits Review of the GAC ICANN57 Communiqué On 15 December 2016, the GNSO Council adopted [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] the GNSO Review of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) ICANN57 Communiqué. Subsequently, the GNSO Council submited the Review to the ICANN Board. The Review provides feedback on gTLD-related issues in the GAC Communiqué. The issues include future gTLDs policies and procedures, mitigation of domain name abuse, and two-letter country/territory codes at the second-level. The Review specifies whether those issues are within the remit of the GNSO, whether they are subject to existing or ongoing GNSO policy development work, and how the GNSO will deal with them. This Review aims to promote coordination and information-sharing among the GAC, GNSO and ICANN Board on gTLD-related policy activities. Read the Review here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAC Looks to 2017 On 15 December 2016, the GAC and the ICANN Board had a conference call relating to the GAC ICANN57 Communiqué. The call was organized by the ICANN Board-GAC Implementation Working Group. The purpose of the call was to make sure that the interpretation of the GAC Advice in the ICANN57 Communiqué is coherent and that both parties have a common understanding of what the GAC intended and can expect in terms of answers from the ICANN Board. Furthermore, following positive initial comments from GAC members at ICANN57, the GAC is considering participating as a chartering organization in the Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds. Looking ahead to ICANN58, a survey has been launched within the GAC to help prioritize which matters must be addressed at ICANN58, and which topics can be handled through intersessional calls or email exchanges. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Report Presents Accuracy of WHOIS Data in gTLDs In December 2016, ICANN published the latest WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) report. WHOIS data is information about registered domains. The data is publicly available and includes the name, address, email and phone number of the registrant or registrar. Because WHOIS data connects individuals or organizations with domain names, registrants are required to provide accurate and reliable contact details. The WHOIS ARS project tests syntax and operability accuracy of WHOIS records in generic top-level domains (gTLDs). A report of findings is published quarterly. Read the key findings [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] or listen to a recording [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] of the webinar about the latest report. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two-Character Second-Level ASCII Domain Names Authorized for Release On 13 December 2016, ICANN authorized the release of all letter/letter two-character ASCII labels at the second-level for registry operators that implement "Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes." The measures - adopted by the ICANN Board during ICANN57 - provide a standardized framework to help Internet users avoid confusion between country codes and corresponding letter/letter two-character domain names. This change is the result of more than two years of work by members of the Internet community and the ICANN organization. Read the measures [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Make Universal Acceptance a Priority! Universal Acceptance addresses technical issues that prevent Internet users from successfully completing online transactions. Problems can arise when applications reject or don't treat all parts of domain names correctly, which can occur when domain names are longer than three characters or are in different languages and scripts. Worldwide adoption of Universal Acceptance will enable a truly multilingual Internet, which will help bring the next billion users online. If you've found an application or system that's not Universal Acceptance-ready, report the issue [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Our Global Support Center will track and work to resolve all reported issues. Interested in learning more about Universal Acceptance? Visit uasg.tech [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Updated gTLD Marketplace Health Index Published On 21 December 2016, ICANN published an update to the gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta), which presents statistics and trends related to generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The index was first published in July 2016. ICANN plans to publish these statistics twice a year to track progress against its goal of supporting the evolution of the domain name marketplace to be robust, stable and trusted. A community advisory panel is working with ICANN to refine the index in preparation for publishing version 1.0. Read the gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta) [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten New gTLDs Were Delegated in December 2016 HOSPITAL PHONE MOBILE FUN DATA HAIR See the full list here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us at these upcoming EMEA events: * 23-26 January 2017 - Capacity-building workshop for African GAC members [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Nairobi, Kenya * 25-27 January 2017 - CPDP 2017: Computers, Privacy & Data Protection [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Brussels, Belgium * 15-16 February 2017 - Turkey DNS Forum [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Istanbul, Turkey * 11-16 March 2017 - ICANN58 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Copenhagen, Denmark * 29-31 March 2017 - RightsCon Brussels [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] Brussels, Belgium Learn more about how ICANN will be participating in regional events near you [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OnyIJ0mvMb1G7Wnlg8jURQIbkfdzQp3bR81U2lSEC4zU…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward this email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=nj88a9rab&m=1118638566701&ea=… This email was sent to euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org by emea.communications(a)communications.icann.org. 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Call for Volunteers: .NGO Community Advisory Panel
by Alan Greenberg Jan. 13, 2017

Jan. 13, 2017

The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the operator of the .NGO and .ONG top level domains (see http://pir.org/products/ngo-ong-domain/) is looking for one person to represent the ALAC in its NGO Community Advisory Council. The Advisory Council provides important feedback and advice on issues relating to the NGO community ranging from policy considerations to the introduction of new services. The NGO Community Advisory Council plays a vital role in helping Public Interest Registry fulfill its mission. With .ngo domain users representing NGOs of varying size, sectors,scope and geography, it is important to have advocates in the Internet community who fully understand their needs as diverse service-based organizations. The Council continually lends its unique global expertise to help us meet those needs and strengthen our efforts in supporting NGOs worldwide. The Advisory Council meets Face-to-Face annually (generally in September) and via teleconference four times per year. To the extent allowed by PIR confidentiality rules, the successful applicant will be expected to regularly report to the ALAC on Advisory Council issues and if applicable consult with the ALAC. PIR has asked the ALAC to identify a number of candidates. Ideally, such candidates will come from an active At-Large ALS that has a proven record of engagement with the NGO community. Candidates should have notable leadership experience in non-commercial/civil society community and an acute understanding of the issues and policies that affect the NGO society. Candidates should submit their Expression of Interest detailing their experience, expertise and qualifications along with a statement that they have sufficient time and interest to fulfill the Advisory Council duties. The ALAC Appointee Selection Committee will review all EoIs and will select a small number which will be forwarded to PIR. The final selection on the ALAC Representative will be done by the PIR Nominating Committee. All EoIs must be sent to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org by Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 23:59 UTC. Please use an e-mail Subject of: NGO Community Advisory Council. Alan Greenberg Chair, ALAC

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Fwd: [offtopic] Invitation Webinar Community TLDs and Human Rights January 18 - 15:00 UTC
by Niels ten Oever Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Dear all, On behalf of the ARTICLE 19, the Council of Europe, and the Cross Community Working Party on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights I am very happy to invite you to a ** webinar on Community top-level domains (TLDs) and human rights ** * January 18 - 15:00 UTC at https://participate.icann.org/ncsg/ * In this webinar we will present and discuss the main findings from the Council of Europe report on Community Based gTLDs and Human Rights [0] with: Facilitators: Niels ten Oever Head of Digital at Article 19 Chair of the CCWP HR Rapporteur for CCWG WS2 Human Rights sub-team Patrick Penninckx Head of Information Society Department, Council of Europe Key findings: Eve Salomon, Co-Author of the report International consultant and legal expert on media law and human rights Kinanya Pijl Co-Author of the report PhD Candidate, European University, Florence Discussants: Mark Carvell GAC Vice-Chair Co-Chair GAC WG on Human Rights and International Law Chris Disspain ICANN Board Member Jamie Baxter Dotgay LLC Cherine Chalaby ICANN Board Member Avri Dora Internet Researcher Co-Chair Subsequent gTLD procedures WG We're greatly looking forward to your participation. Feel free to share this invitation widely among your constituencies and communities. All the best, Niels ten Oever [0] https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53772653/Report%20on%20Com… Please find the AC room and dial in details here: Adobe Connect room: https://participate.icann.org/ncsg/ Passcodes/Pin codes: Participant passcode: CCWP HR For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the conference. Dial in numbers: ARGENTINA 0800-777-0519 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4842 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7713 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5223 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8205-8129 1-800-657-260 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-81-113 0800-005-259 BELGIUM 32-2-400-9861 0800-3-8795 BRAZIL 55-11-3958-0779 0800-7610651 CHILE 1230-020-2863 CHINA CHINA A: 86-400-810-4789 10800-712-1670 CHINA CHINA B: 86-400-810-4789 10800-120-1670 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156474 CROATIA 080-08-06-309 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-64 800-700-177 DENMARK 45-7014-0284 8088-8324 ESTONIA 800-011-1093 FINLAND 358-9-5424-7162 0-800-9-14610 FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-70-60-72 080-511-1496 GERMANY 49-69-2222-20362 0800-664-4247 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0687 00800-12-7312 HONG KONG 852-3001-3863 800-962-856 HUNGARY 36-1-700-8856 06-800-12755 INDIA BANGALORE: 91-80-61275204 INDIA MUMBAI: 91-22-61501629 INDIA INDIA A: 000-800-852-1268 INDIA INDIA B: 000-800-001-6305 INDIA INDIA C: 1800-300-00491 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3982 IRELAND 353-1-246-7646 1800-992-368 ISRAEL 1-80-9216162 ITALY MILAN: 39-02-3600-6007 800-986-383 ITALY ROME: 39-06-8751-6018 800-986-383 ITALY TORINO: 39-011-510-0118 800-986-383 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4799 0066-33-132439 JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5191 0066-33-132439 LATVIA 8000-3185 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1364 8002-9246 MALAYSIA 1-800-81-3065 MEXICO GUADALAJARA (JAL): 52-33-3208-7310 001-866-376-9696 MEXICO MEXICO CITY: 52-55-5062-9110 001-866-376-9696 MEXICO MONTERREY: 52-81-2482-0610 001-866-376-9696 NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8588 0800-023-4378 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4771 0800-447-722 NORWAY 47-21-590-062 800-15157 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072065 PERU 0800-53713 PHILIPPINES 63-2-858-3716 1800-111-42453 POLAND 00-800-1212572 PORTUGAL 8008-14052 ROMANIA 40-31-630-01-79 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-0144011 SAUDI ARABIA 800-8-110087 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9230 800-120-466 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-25 0800-002066 SLOVENIA 0-800-81310 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-80414 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1083 00798-14800-7352 SPAIN 34-91-414-25-33 800-300-053 SWEDEN 46-8-566-19-348 0200-884-622 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-6398 0800-120-032 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7379 00801-137-797 THAILAND 001-800-1206-66056 TURKEY 00-800-151-0516 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8000-35702370 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9025 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3225 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2125 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7108-6370 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1425 0808-238-6029 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3421 USA 1-517-345-9004 866-692-5726 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3702 PS Sorry for cross-posting -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9

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Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/u7LDAw Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ EURALO Work space:https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> facebook.com/icann<facebook.com/icannatlarge><https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> @<@ICANNAtLarge><https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<@ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]

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Fwd: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-PlenaryMeeting-20170111 Agenda and documents
by Christopher Wilkinson Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

FYI - CW Begin forwarded message: > From: Bernard Turcotte <turcotte.bernard(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-PlenaryMeeting-20170111 Agenda and documents > Date: 10 Jan 2017 22:09:31 GMT+01:00 > To: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> > > All, > > Please find below the agenda and associated documents for the plenary meeting > > Plenary Agenda (1900 Wednesday 11 January 2017): > > > > 1. Introduction, update to SOIs, reminder on standards of behaviour > > > > 2. Administration > > · Update on IRP-IOT Public Consultation (3 commenters, closes 25 January 2017) > > · Update on travel funding for ICANN58 and ICANN 59 > > · Reminder CCWG-Accountability Face to Face in Copenhagen is Friday 10 March 2017 (visa reminder). > > 3. Legal Committee Update > > · There are no pending requests. > > 4. Updates/Presentation from sub-groups > > · Guidelines for Good Faith (15 – 20 minutes) – First Reading > > · Human Rights > > o Second reading (5 minutes) > > o Scope issue (15- 20 minutes) > > · Jurisdiction Questionnaire (15 – 20 minutes) > > · Transparency – Second reading (30 minutes) > > 5. Review of Schedule/Timeline (15 minutes) > > > > 6. AOB > > _______________________________________________ > Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list > Accountability-Cross-Community(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community

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