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EURALO flyer
by Oksana Prykhodko April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

Dear all, Could you please update information on actual positions of Olivier and Wolf? Thank you very much in advance, Best regards, Oksana

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CALL ON NOW: Meeting Invitation / EURALO Monthly Meeting on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 22, 2016

March 22, 2016

**CALL ON NOW If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)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. Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/5iiAAw Adobe Connect room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo 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. 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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REMINDER: Meeting Invitation / EURALO Monthly Meeting on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 22, 2016

March 22, 2016

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)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. Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/5iiAAw Adobe Connect room: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo>http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo EURALO Work space: <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>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: 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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REMINDER submit your requests for FY 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project- Captioning calls for April
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 22, 2016

March 22, 2016

Dear All, On behalf of Judith Hellerstein, At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO's Secretary, this is a reminder to submit your request for captioning facilities for calls to be held in April 2016. The implementation of this project will be structured as follows: * Three calls to include captioning each month for a total of 9 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per call (with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting) * The calls shall be held between January - first week June 2016. * During the first pilot phase of this captioning project the language used will be English. * In order to select the calls the captioning team has developed a set of criteria to evaluate and rate the requests. The request for captioning must meet at least one of these criteria to be put on the list. Criteria for Captioning: 1) Are there persons with disabilities or with limited bandwidth participating? 2) Are there webinars of general interest to the ICANN community that would increase the engagement of non-native English speakers? 3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible tools or software? If you would like to have a teleconference captioned during this pilot phase please submit your request to At-Large Staff<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>> by March 30th . * The At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, in collaboration with At-Large Staff, will select the calls that will have captioning based on the criteria noted above. * A short poll will be made at the end of each call where captioning is used to ask for feedback on the captioning program during that call. See further details Wiki: At-Large Captioning Pilot Project<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Proje…>. Thank you for your support in the planning and implementation of this exciting project. Kind regards Judith Hellerstein At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO Secretary Thank you! Kind regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim' Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC 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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Meeting Invitation / EURALO Monthly Meeting on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016

Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/5iiAAw Adobe Connect room: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo>http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo EURALO Work space: <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>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: 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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EMEA Newsletter I ENGLISH I MARCH 2016
by ICANN March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1118638566701&ca=b26ddf08-… 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 http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001fV5zcrmnzCVnMiD3Cw8NvQ%3D%3… if you no longer wish to receive our emails. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Culmination of a Two-Year Effort by the Global Internet Community Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker submitted to the U.S. Government a plan developed by the international Internet community that, if approved, will lead to global stewardship of some key technical Internet functions. "This plan is a testament to the hard work of the global Internet community and the strength of the multistakeholder model," said Crocker, who transmitted the plan on behalf of the global community. "The plan has now been sent to the U.S. Government for its review, and assuming it meets the necessary criteria, we will have reached an historic moment in the history of the Internet." The plan provides a comprehensive package to transition the U.S. Government's stewardship of these technical functions, called the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which are critical to the Internet's smooth operation. It also proposes ways to enhance ICANN's accountability as a fully independent organization. The transition is the final step in the long-anticipated privatization of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), first outlined when ICANN was incorporated in 1998. The ICANN Board received the package from the community during its 55th public meeting in Morocco, and transmitted it to the U.S. National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA). Click here to read more. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN's Luna Madi sat down with interim ICANN President & CEO Akram Atallah and ICANN Board Chair Steve Crocker to talk about ICANN's historic week. They discussed the community's extraordinary effort in developing the plan to Transition Stewardship of Key Internet Functions that was sent to the U.S. Government. They also discussed plans for the transition to the new CEO Göran Marby, the new gTLD program and IDNs. Click the picture or visit ICANN's YouTube Channel [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] to watch the interview. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Exploring the Potential of the Digital Economy in Africa On the periphery of the GMSA Mobile World Congress held last month in Barcelona, Spain, ICANN hosted a successful breakfast roundtable on the topic of "Digital Opportunities for African Economies." Africa's population will make up a quarter of the next four billion people to be connected globally. The interactive discussion focused on the economic and social aspects of Africa's digital opportunities - and the hurdles that Africa needs to overcome to meet its digital potential. Session participants also heard success stories from the region. The event was hosted by Pierre Dandjinou, VP of Stakeholder Engagement in Africa for ICANN, and included a presentation by Dr. David Dean from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and an interactive discussion moderated by Alan Marcus from the World Economic Forum (WEF). Read David Dean's article on the digital opportunities in Africa [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Middle East DNS Report Is Available Last month, ICANN published the final report on the Domain Name System (DNS) for the Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC), called the "Middle East DNS [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] Study [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…]" The report was also the subject of the ICANN55 session "DNS Industry in the Middle East." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join Us this Month in Istanbul The Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) will host its 16th meeting in Istanbul from 19-24 March 2016. The six-day event will consist of four days of training (two workshops running in parallel) and a two-day plenary. The workshop on DNS Operations and DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) will be led by ICANN's Rick Lamb, with Kadir Erdogan of NIC.tr as a co-trainer. During the plenary, ICANN will share the findings of the MEAC DNS Study. ICANN is a Training Sponsor of this event. Learn more about MENOG 16 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICANN to Open Office in Africa ICANN was pleased to announce at ICANN55 that later this year, it will open an engagement office in Nairobi, Kenya. The Nairobi office will act as the main engagement center for Africa and will give ICANN a physical presence on the continent. The office will support three staff members, and will be the focal point for engagement in the region in the region. The location and opening date will be announced soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates The Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications and/or to recommend candidates for key leadership positions: three members of the ICANN Board of Directors, two At-Large Advisory Committee representatives (one each from the European and North American regions), one member of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, and one member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council. Apply for these positions by completing the online application [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] or by emailing nomcom2016(a)icann.org [mailto:nomcom2016@icann.org]. All applications are confidential and should be received by 20 March 2016 (23:59 UTC) for full consideration. Selections will be announced in August or September 2016. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the New At-Large Website! The new At-Large Community website [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] is now live. Over the past year, the At-Large Community and ICANN staff have worked to create a more engaging website for both newcomers and experienced members. The new website features simple navigation, dynamic features and accessible content. You can search policy advice statements, follow news and events, find regional activities and participate in the At-Large Community. Start exploring now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SSAC Publishes Two Advisories The Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has published SAC079 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] "SSAC Advisory on the Changing Nature of IPv4 Address Semantics." In this advisory, the SSAC considers the changing role of IPv4 addresses caused by the increasing scarcity, and subsequent exhaustion, of IPv4 addresses. The SSAC also published SAC078 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] "SSAC Advisory on Uses of the Shared Global Domain Name Space." This advisory informs the ICANN Board and community that SSAC has formed a work party to study the security and stability issues associated with multiple uses of the domain name space. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Launch of Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP Following the publication of the Final Issue Report [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] the GNSO Council unanimously voted to launch a Policy Development Process (PDP) to review all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in all generic top-level domains (gTLDs). This PDP will be a two-phased effort: the first phase will review the RPMs for the new gTLD program, including the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), and the second phase will focus on a review of the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy(UDRP). For more information, please visit the GNSO webpage [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] or email gnso-secs(a)icann.org [mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join TLD-OPS, the ccTLD Incident Response Community! The goal of the TLD-OPS community is to enable country code top-level domain (ccTLD) operators worldwide to collaboratively strengthen their incident response capabilities. The TLD-OPS mailing list serves as a contact repository for ccTLDs. Subscribers regularly receive an automated email that contains an overview of all subscribed ccTLDs (170 of 293 ccTLDs have joined) and their incident response contact information. ccTLD operators also use the list to share security alerts with their peers and receive alerts from the Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA) and the ICANN security team. TLD-OPS is open to every ccTLD - find out how to join [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soufia Bellamkirab, Yaovi Atohoun, Gisella Gruber, Noura Znaidi, Heidi Ullrich and Alan Greenberg At-Large Outreach Activities Engage Africa The At-Large Community held a series of exciting outreach events at ICANN55 to engage African end users and NGOs. Invited by the African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO), representatives of African NGOs participated in the daily capacity building sessions [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] to deepen their understanding of ICANN and the At-Large Community. For the first time, sixty university students from Rabat immersed themselves in ICANN55 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] At-Large leaders also traveled to Université Cadi Ayyad to discuss the multistakeholder model with the students. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MENOG16: Registration Now Open The Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) is a forum for network operators in the region to discuss core operational issues and share knowledge and expertise relating to growing the Internet in the region. MENOG16 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] will take place 23-24 March in Istanbul, Turkey. Registration is now open. There are also optional tutorials [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] before the start of the meeting, running on 22-23 March. Attendance at MENOG16 and the tutorials are free and anyone may attend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IPv4 Policy Proposals in AFRINIC Region Policy discussions in the AFRINIC region have focused on the management of the last /8 IPv4 address block. There are two proposals: 1) Soft Landing bis [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] revises the maximum and minimum allocation sizes during Phases 1 and 2 of IPv4 Exhaustion as defined in the current "IPv4 Soft Landing" policy. The proposal also introduces an IPv6 deployment prerequisite to members that will need to acquire IPv4 space during the exhaustion phases. Lastly, the proposal outlines provisions for reserving an IPv4 block for critical Internet infrastructure. 2) Soft Landing Overhaul [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] stipulates a reserve for new resource requestors and does not stipulate a minimum value. The intent of the proposal is to accelerate IPv4 consumption and consequently encourage IPv6 uptake and adoption. The two proposals have conflicting objectives on extending the lifetime of IPv4 space, with the former prolonging IPv4 lifetime, while the latter shortens it. Learn more about the AFRINIC policy development process here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Universal Acceptance Fact Sheet and Quick Guide Have you heard the term "Universal Acceptance" recently, but aren't quite sure what it's all about? The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) has published a fact sheet [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] that provides a high-level overview of Universal Acceptance, as well as a quick guide [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] for developers that includes definitions of key terms and recommended steps for becoming Universal Acceptance-Ready. Learn the basics with these handy documents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Version Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone Released On 2 March 2016, ICANN released the first version of Label Generation Rules (LGR-1) for the Root Zone, which has support for the Arabic script. This is a significant step to achieving a truly multilingual Internet. Find out [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] how the community achieved this exciting milestone and what it means for current and future Arabic script Internet users. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twenty-seven new gTLDs and two ccTLDs delegated in February 2016 ею tunes song store chase yahoo flickr gallup pwc jpmorgan For the full list of new gTLDs delegated in February 2016, click here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Conference Digital economy: chances and challenges [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] | 17 - 18 March 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic * DIDS 2016: Living the Internet... Globally - Securely - Locally [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] organized by the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS) | 15 - 16 March 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia * ICANN as Training Sponsor at MENOG 16 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] | 19 - 24 March 2016 | Istanbul * Connected East Africa: Bridging the Service Gap [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] | 21 - 24 March 2016 | Mombasa, Kenya * RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] | 30 March - 1 April 2016 | San Francisco, California, USA * 7th Russian Internet Governance Forum [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] | 7 April 2016 | Moscow, Russia Look at complete list of ICANN engagements [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aBIw14S1vWK_hqwxBBBkRL4dZjboG1a9W0G-D4BZliq1…] here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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New ALS application received
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org March 6, 2016

March 6, 2016

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Austrian Computing Society. It is based in Wien, Austria and would be a member of EURALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. 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 Website: atlarge.icann.org <https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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New ALS application received
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 5, 2016

March 5, 2016

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from WZRI Wiener Zentrum fuer Rechtsinformatik / VCLI Vienna Centre for Legal Informatics. It is based in Wien, AUSTRIA and would be a member of EURALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. 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: www.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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WG: [IRPCoalition] Fwd: Net of Rights
by Wolf Ludwig March 4, 2016

March 4, 2016

Hello, this is an interesting reading (and film) on the ongoing discussion to explore "the link between internet protocols and human rights online". Best, Wolf IRPCoalition sent Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:07: >Forwarding Press Release > >Hi all, > >Today, 4 March, ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights are launching ‘Net of >Rights’, a short film which explores the link between internet protocols >and human rights online. The film will screen at 6pm at the Internet >Freedom Festival. > >Please find the film Net of Rights here: >https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io.mp4 > >and the teaser here: >https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io_teaser.mp4 > >If the teaser doesn't show in your browser, you can also use this link: >https://vimeo.com/157722482 > >Here is the press release (also below): >http://is.gd/kqYjc3 > >and please get involved in the work at: https://hrpc.io/ > >It is too-often assumed that there is no link between protocols (the >standards which underpin the way the internet functions) and human >rights, but this is simply not the case, as the film argues. > >The Internet aspires to be the global ‘network of networks’, providing >connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content. Connectivity >increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights, meaning >that the architectural design of the internet is, necessarily, >intertwined with the human rights framework. > >Promoting open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for the >rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how are these concepts >addressed at the protocol level? Without proper definition, the human >rights-enabling characteristics of the internet are at risk. > >The role of human rights in Internet policy is slowly becoming part of >the general discourse. Former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on >the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and >expression, Frank La Rue, explicitly spoke of the replationship, leading >to the approval of the landmark resolution "on the promotion, protection >and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet" at the UN Human Rights >Council, and the resolution "The right to privacy in the digital age" at >the UN General Assembly. > >Mapping the relationship between human rights and internet protocols and >architectures is a new research challenge, which requires the >development of a consistent methodology, bringing human rights experts >together with the community of researchers and developers of Internet >standards and technologies. The Human Rights Protocol Research Group is >a group chartered to research how standards and protocols (the rules by >which the internet functions) can enable, strengthen, or threaten human >rights. > >The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be increasingly >endangered if they are not properly defined, described and protected as >such. And, indeed, the other way around: by not protecting these >characteristics, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity in the >architecture of the internet itself. > >To protect human rights online, it will be necessary to explore and map >the link between rights and protocol, ensuring the survival of a >decentralized and collaborative internet, in which freedom of expression >through unimpeded connectivity remains a central principle, and a >guiding force. > >Conceived in partnership between ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights, this film >aims to highlight the importance of addressing this issue within the >technical community and human rights advocates, but also to feed into >the work of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group >(HRPC) in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This group is >currently mapping the relation between human rights and Internet >protocols, in order to strengthen the Internet as a human rights >enabling environment, in which freedom of expression through unimpeded >connectivity remains a central principle and guiding force. > >All the best, > >Niels > >-- >Niels ten Oever >Head of Digital > >Article 19 >www.article19.org > >PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 > 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 > > > > EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig Swiss IGF http://swiss-igf.ch EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits(a)lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits

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Invitation to ICANN55's European stakeholders’ networking cocktail, Tuesday 8 March 2016 from 1800
by Jean-Jacques Sahel March 3, 2016

March 3, 2016

[Dear all, It is our great pleasure to invite you to ICANN55’s European stakeholders’ networking cocktail on Tuesday 8 March 2016 from 1800 in room Grand Bleu Looking forward to seeing you there! ICANN GSE Europe team https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/tue-european-stakeholder] Vice-President, Europe ICANN Tel: +44 77 400 73176 Skype: jean-jacques.sahel.icann Email: jean-jacques.sahel(a)icann.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jean-jacques.sahel(a)icann.org');> @pointjjs One World, One Internet [cid:689AB906-EEAC-46C8-8257-7506F7B78BD8] https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/tue-european-stakeholder

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