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Meeting invitation: EURALO monthly meeting - Tuesday 16 December 2014 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 9, 2014

Dec. 9, 2014

Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday, 16 December 2014 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda (TO BE UPDATED) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/ijjxAg 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<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> _______________________________________________ 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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Many Webinars on IANA Stewardship Transition? Why? Which ones to attend?
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Dec. 3, 2014

Dec. 3, 2014

(apologies for cross posting) Dear all, you will have seen the announcements for various Webinars this week and next week on the IANA Stewardship Transition. There are many of them. Here is a short note to make sense of all of these Webinars: *Webinars of the CWG on Naming Related Functions Public Consultation on Draft Transition Proposal*: - 3 December from 7:00 – 8:30 UTC - 4 December from 12:30 – 14:00 UTC - 4 December from 16:00 – 17:30 UTC These Webinars are repeats of each other and are organised and Chaired by the Community Working Group (CWG) which is presenting a first draft of the Naming Communities input to the IANA Stewardship Transition process. This Webinar will be used to explain the contents of the First Draft of the Proposal. This will really help in understanding the draft which is currently under Public Comment from 1 to 22 December 2014. I highly recommend you attend at least one of them. Details on how to join are given in the message at the bottom of this email. ------ *Capacity Building Program Webinar #1:** **- Wednesday 3 December 2014 13:00 - 14:00 UTC** **IANA Functions (standards, Numbering and Naming) - Patrik Fältström* Are you interested in this topic but do not know where to start? This Webinar is for you! Indeed, this Webinar is a great introduction about all of the IANA Functions, introduced by the Chairman of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee. He is an expert! If you are interested in what is probably one of the key topics for the year and want to learn about it, then do not miss this Webinar! Tell people in your ALS! Tell anyone who is interested! Watch, listen, learn and ask questions - that's what this Webinar is about. The draft Agenda and call details are on: https://community.icann.org/x/2zrxAg *------ Capacity Building Program Webinar #2:** **- Wednesday 10 December 2014 21:00 - 22:30 UTC** **IANA Naming Issues by IANA Issues WG* This Webinar will have the members of the At-Large IANA Naming Issues working group explain the proposed ALAC response to the Public Comment period that has opened on 1 December and will close on 22 December 2014. This is your chance ask any questions about the proposed response and to comment on it too! However, we highly recommend that you attend the above capacity building Webinar before to better understand the issues and at least one of the three CWG Webinars above to learn about the CWG's First Draft. Call details for this Webinar will be sent out in due course. Reserve the time slot now! Kind regards, Olivier On 02/12/2014 08:05, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote: > > To view the original post, please > see: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-01-en > > > WEBINAR: Cross Community Working Group (CWG) On Naming Related > Functions Public Consultation on Draft Transition Proposal > > Following the request of the National Telecommunications and > Information Administration (NTIA) forICANN to "convene a > multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. > government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and > related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG) > was tasked with developing a consolidated transition proposal for the > elements of the IANA Functions relating to the Domain Name System > (DNS). The CWG has now published its draft transition proposal > for public comment > <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-naming-transition-2014-12-01-en>. > Comments can be submitted until 22 December at 23:59 UTC. > > In order to brief the community on the contents on this draft > transition proposal and encourage community feedback, the CWG will be > organizing three identical webinars at different times to facilitate > participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on: > > * *3 December from 7:00 – 8:30 UTC *(time zone converter here > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CWG-Stewardship+We…>) > * *4 December from 12:30 – 14:00 UTC *(time zone converter here > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CWG-Stewardship+We…>) > * *4 December from 16:00 – 17:30 UTC *(time zone converter here > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CWG-Stewardship+We…>) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /Webinar Details & How to Attend/ > > The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room > <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwgiana/>. If you are interested in > attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, > please send an email to grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org > <mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org> and indicate which day / time you > would like to attend the webinar. Please note that the webinar will be > conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. > Subsequently the transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages > and posted on the CWG Wiki here <https://community.icann.org/x/SIEHAw>. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /The Draft Transition Proposal/ > > The CWG structured its draft transition proposal based on > the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Request for > Proposals. These are: > > 1 Description of Community's Use of IANA Functions > 2A Existing, Pre-Transition Arrangements – Policy Sources > 2B Existing, Pre-Transition Arrangements – Oversight and > Accountability > 3 Proposed Post-Transition Oversight and Accountability Arrangements > 4 Transition Implications > 5 NTIA Requirements > 6 Community Process > > Sections 1, 2A and 2B describe the current situation. > > Section 3, which is the heart of the transition proposal, is still a > work in progress as not all details have been ironed out as of the > publication of this consultation. Although lacking some details, the > information provided in this section should be sufficiently detailed > to allow the communities to comment on all key components. In summary, > section 3 proposes the creation of 4 new entities to replace the > current NTIAarrangements. These are: > > 1. *Contract Co.* – This primary function of this entity (likely a > non-profit corporation) is to be signatory to the contract with > the IANA Functions Operator. This entity should be lightweight and > have little or no staff. > 2. *Multistakeholder Review Team (MRT)* – The MRT would be a > multi-stakeholder body with formally selected representatives from > all of the relevant communities (exact composition TBD). The > operation of the MRT would be based on the concept of maximum > public transparency. The responsibilities of the MRT will include: > * Developing the detailed contract terms for the agreement > between Contract Co. and theIANA Functions Operator, based on > the key contract terms proposed as part of this proposal and > set forth as Annex 3 > * Making key decisions for Contract Co. (e.g., whether or not to > enter into a rebidding (RFP) process for the operation of > the IANA Naming Functions) > * Conducting the IANA Functions Operator Budget Review > * Addressing any escalation issues raised by the Customer > Standing Committee (CSC) including the possibility of engaging > in enforcement > * Performing certain elements of administration (including > periodic performance reviews) currently set forth in > the IANA Functions Contract and currently being carried out by > theNTIA > * Managing a re-contracting or rebidding (RFP) process for the > operation of the IANAFunctions, both as an enforcement option > and as part of a regular rebidding procedure > The CWG is in the process of discussing whether there is an > additional enforcement role for the MRT related to policy > implementation by the IANA Functions Operator; specifically, > whether the MRT should be able to commence a proceeding before the > Independent Appeals Panel. > 3. *Customer Standing Committee (CSC)* – While the exact composition > is still to be determined, the CSC would primarily be made up of a > number of representatives of registry operators, > including ccTLD and gTLD registries. Input from the CSC would feed > into and inform the work of the MRT. It is possible that the CSC > would also include additional individuals with relevant expertise > and/or liaisons (or representatives) from other SO/ACs. The CSC > would: > * Work with the MRT to establish Service Levels and Performance > Indicators for the performance of the IANA Naming Functions > * Receive reports from the IANA Functions Operator including > regular performance reports. > * Review these reports against established service levels and > escalate any significant issues to the MRT > 4. *Independent Appeals Panel (IAP)* – The CWG recommends that > all IANA actions which affect the Root Zone or Root > Zone WHOIS database be subject to an independent and binding > appeals panel. The Appeals Mechanism should also cover any policy > implementation actions that affect the execution of changes to > the Root Zone File or Root Zone WHOIS and how relevant policies > are applied. This need not be a permanent body, but rather could > be handled the same way as commercial disputes are often resolved, > through the use of a binding arbitration process using an > independent arbitration organization (e.g., ICDR, ICC, AAA) or a > standing list of qualified people under rules promulgated by such > an organization. > > Sections 4, 5 and 6 are currently in development and are directly > dependent on the final choices that will be made for section 3. > > For further details, you are encouraged the review the draft > transition proposal in its entirety, availablehere > <https://community.icann.org/x/SoEHAw>. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /Further information/ > > For further information about the CWG's work, please > see https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg. > > For further information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship > Transition, please seehttps://www.icann.org/stewardship. > > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org

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[news@eurodig.org] EuroDIG info letter 8/14 - Join us for an outreach and networking cocktail!
by sandra hoferichter Nov. 28, 2014

Nov. 28, 2014

EuroDIG_Logo_medium.jpg Sofia 4-5 June 2015 Info letter no. 8/14 Come and join us for the EuroDIG outreach and networking cocktail ! EuroDIGer's and interested Europeans are invited to join us on 1st December 2014 for an outreach cocktail in the Montbrillant restaurant area at the ITU premises in Geneva from 6-8 pm. We will provide an update on the EuroDIG 2015 participation process which includes: . Call for proposals Europeans are invited to submit proposals on topics and issues to contribute to EuroDIG's 2015 agenda until 31st of December 2014. Please use the online submission form available at our website. . Public planning meeting on 27 January 2015 in Sofia It became a tradition that the broader European community meets the local community of the host country at the beginning of each year to agree on the overarching theme and to evaluates the proposals we received. Everybody can participate personally or remotely. Registration details, the agenda and further information are available on the EuroDIG website. . South Eastern European round table We would like to take the next EuroDIG in Bulgaria as an opportunity to better involve participants from South Eastern European countries and are planning a roundtable discussion the day before EuroDIG on 3rd June 2015. The EuroDIG team If you haven't received this info letter by email, but like to be informed please subscribe to [news(a)eurodig.org] _____ European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) <mailto:office@eurodig.org> office(a)eurodig.org <http://www.eurodig.org> www.eurodig.org

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On the phenomenon of “Eurotechnopanic”
by Wolf Ludwig Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

Hello This is an excellent article / Essay I would like to share and recommend: http://www.zeit.de/kultur/2014-11/jeff-jarvis-eurotechnopanic-google-german… German version: http://www.zeit.de/kultur/2014-11/jeff-jarvis-eurotechnopanik-google-verleg… It was published by a German weekly (Die Zeit) while focusing on some strange to stupid debates in Germany but the phenomenon of “Eurotechnopanic” is actually much broader ;-) Best regards, Wolf EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig

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Deadline Approaching: Call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Interested members from the At-Large Community please submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. Kindly see details below: On 10 October 2014, ICANN published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en>, a document that describes the process to examine how ICANN's accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address the absence of its historical relationship with the US Government and to strengthen its overall accountability and governance processes. The process will be carried out by a Cross Community Working Group (CCWG). A Drafting Team which included two members of the ALAC was convened to propose a Charter for the CCWG. On 05 November 2014, the Charter<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en> was presented and is now undergoing ratification by ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC). The Charter allows the ALAC to name five people and our intent is to select one per ICANN region (based on citizenship as per ALAC membership). Under the assumption that the charter will be ratified by the majority of ICANN ACs and SOs, the selection of ALAC representatives is now beginning. Members must be familiar with, or be prepared to quickly learn about, current ICANN accountability measures and the earlier Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) efforts (see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-2014-05-06-en, Section "Inventory of ICANN's Accountability Efforts"). Members must also commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and long-term basis. This means attending conference calls which will likely last 60-90 minutes per week, ongoing mailing list interactions and the ability to travel to any potential face to face meeting, if the CCWG decides to do so. The total length of engagement is likely to be at least 6 months to a year or possibly more. The “At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability" (“Selection Committee”) is requesting that interested members from the At-Large Community submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. In their EoI, candidates should respond to the following: * A resume (maximum three pages) * A statement explaining why they are interested in serving in this capacity * A Declaration of Interests indicating any potential or actual conflicts * Respond to the following questions addressing your ability to carry out posed by the Selection Committee as follows: * (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end user interests on the ICANN Accountability CCWG? (b) Are you prepared to act as a representative of the ALAC act according to the directions set by the ALAC? (c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third party. (d) Describe how you meet or will meet the criteria regarding ICANNs current accountability mechanisms and review processes (e) Are you prepared to make the participation and time commitment specified above? The candidate EoI will be published in a secured section of the Selection Committee wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg>, which only Selection Committee members can access. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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NOW OPEN: Call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. On 10 October 2014, ICANN published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en>, a document that describes the process to examine how ICANN's accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address the absence of its historical relationship with the US Government and to strengthen its overall accountability and governance processes. The process will be carried out by a Cross Community Working Group (CCWG). A Drafting Team which included two members of the ALAC was convened to propose a Charter for the CCWG. On 05 November 2014, the Charter<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en> was presented and is now undergoing ratification by ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC). The Charter allows the ALAC to name five people and our intent is to select one per ICANN region (based on citizenship as per ALAC membership). Under the assumption that the charter will be ratified by the majority of ICANN ACs and SOs, the selection of ALAC representatives is now beginning. Members must be familiar with, or be prepared to quickly learn about, current ICANN accountability measures and the earlier Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) efforts (see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-2014-05-06-en, Section "Inventory of ICANN's Accountability Efforts"). Members must also commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and long-term basis. This means attending conference calls which will likely last 60-90 minutes per week, ongoing mailing list interactions and the ability to travel to any potential face to face meeting, if the CCWG decides to do so. The total length of engagement is likely to be at least 6 months to a year or possibly more. The "At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability" ("Selection Committee") is requesting that interested members from the At-Large Community submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. In their EoI, candidates should respond to the following: * A resume (maximum three pages) * A statement explaining why they are interested in serving in this capacity * A Declaration of Interests indicating any potential or actual conflicts * Respond to the following questions addressing your ability to carry out posed by the Selection Committee as follows: * (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end user interests on the ICANN Accountability CCWG? (b) Are you prepared to act as a representative of the ALAC act according to the directions set by the ALAC? (c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third party. (d) Describe how you meet or will meet the criteria regarding ICANNs current accountability mechanisms and review processes (e) Are you prepared to make the participation and time commitment specified above? The candidate EoI will be published in a secured section of the Selection Committee wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg>, which only Selection Committee members can access. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg>. Please submit any comments on the At-Large ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg> using the comments function. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Call For Volunteers: Join A Generation Panel, Speak Up for Your Language
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Dear All, Satish Babu, Co-Chair of the At-Large Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Policy Working Group, in collaboration with Sarmad Hussain, Senior Manager of the ICANN IDN Program, has requested a call for volunteers in the Generation Panel. Kindly see the details below. ** Speak up for your Language! Join a Panel Today In the past, labels in the Internet's Root Zone could only contain ASCII characters. The rules for creating new top-level domain labels were simple: labels must (i) only be composed of letters in the English alphabet, and (ii) consist of two to 63 characters. All of that is changing now. The future holds a multilingual Internet, where a user from anywhere across the world can navigate entirely in his or her native language. Be a part of this historic change! ICANN is calling for volunteers to serve on one of several panels that will define the rules for generating new top-level domain labels for the script or writing systems for their community. Join a Generation Panel today by emailing idntlds(a)icann.org. Make sure to tell us the language you speak and the script or writing system you want to get involved with. Please help inform and motivate others to join as well. The goal of these panels is to support the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) by determining what is a valid top-level domain label in each script or writing system. This involves answering three questions: (i) which subset of characters from the various scripts can be used to form a label*, (ii) which of these characters (if any) may be considered confusable or variants by end users, and (iii) what are additional constraints** on these labels? As there is a single Root Zone, all such label generation rules for all the scripts must be merged into a single reference, which is called the Label Generation Rule-set (LGR). The ICANN community has established a procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> to develop the LGR for the Root Zone. This procedure is divided into three steps: 1. The basis is a subset of Unicode code points which may be appropriate for the Root Zone and called the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR). 2. Communities representing various scripts (e.g., Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Chinese, Latin, Thai, etc.) are invited to organize into Generation Panels to start from the MSR and propose the label generation rules (which contains the three types of rules defined above) for their respective scripts. 3. The script-based proposals developed by the communities are reviewed by a panel of experts called the Integration Panel. Proposals that meet the criteria in the procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> are integrated into the LGR by the Integration Panel. The LGR is incrementally built upon until it contains all the necessary scripts. For Step 1, ICANN recently released the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1)<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en>, covering 22 scripts (Arabic, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu and Thai) and containing 32,790 code points short-listed from 97,973 allowable code points from Unicode version 6.3. Work on additional scripts will be completed soon. Step 2 is now underway; ICANN needs your help in developing proposals to extend the Root Zone LGR to cover each of these scripts. There is a role for everyone: general script community representation as well as volunteers with knowledge of scripts, linguistics, Unicode, IDNA/DNS or policy. Volunteering is easy; just send an email to idntlds(a)icann.org. Join a Generation Panel today. Help ICANN support top-level domain names in your language! Note: *Code points appropriate for labels must be letters and should be in widespread modern use. **For example, a label cannot be formed entirely by combining marks and must contain at least two letters Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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REMINDER: Meeting invitation: EURALO monthly meeting - Tuesday 18 November 2014 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday, 18 November 2014 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/xSzxAg 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<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> _______________________________________________ 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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EuroDIG call for proposals now open until 31 Dec. 2015
by office＠eurodig.org Nov. 14, 2014

Nov. 14, 2014

*We apologise for cross posting* If you haven't received the last EuroDIG info letter please subscribe to our mailing list <http://www.eurodig.org/about/newsletter/> and visit the new EuroDIG website <http://www.eurodig.org/> cid:4D7E4731.09B495E6.00000002 Information letter No. 7/14 1. Call for proposals now open With some delay the call for proposals is now open and is a core element of EuroDIG's inclusiveness and bottom-up process. Everybody is invited to submit proposals on topics and issues to contribute to EuroDIG's 2015 agenda setting until 31st of December this year. Please use the online submission form available at www.eurodig.org. The EuroDIG core team is always seeking to improve and simplify participation at EuroDIG. After evaluating our previous events, the clustering of themes in our previous compilation of proposals has always been a challenge. The core team decided to try a slightly different approach for this year: In addition to freely propose any topic that you would like to see discussed, you can also propose a topic that might fit in one of the key topics we propose to you. We hope that this new approach might facilitate the task of the programme team to better structure the incoming proposals into a programme schedule. Suggested key topics: 1. Accessibility (Equality / Digital divide) 2. Internationalised Domain Names 3. Human Rights 4. Security 5. Innovation and economy development 6. Other According to discussions in the core team, these key topics may reflect some of the specific challenges and areas of interest to stakeholders also in South-Eastern European countries. 2. New website We start the 2015 EuroDIG process with a new website. Our aim is to provide clear guidance through the EuroDIG participation process and allow everybody to get involved at any time. The website is work in progress. We are still working on some modules and this process will be finalised by the end of the year. Let us know how you like it! 3. Save the date -Public planning meeting on 27 January 2015 in Sofia It is a tradition that the broader European community meets the local community of the host country at the beginning of each year, agrees on the overarching theme and set the scene for the EuroDIG programme of the upcoming year. You can participate personally or remotely. Precise meeting details and agenda will be published timely on the website. 4. South Eastern European round table We would like to take the next EuroDIG in Bulgaria as an opportunity to better involve participants from South Eastern European countries and are planning a roundtable discussion the day before EuroDIG on 3 June 2015. Please fix the date in your calendar and let us know whether you like to contribute to this event. Of course, such a round table needs a significant number of stakeholders from these regions and we are trying hard to raise travel funds. Please contact the EuroDIG secretariat <mailto:office@eurodig.org> if you see opportunities to raise travel funds. Thanks for your ideas and precious contributions! The EuroDIG team Unsubscribe from the news letter here <http://www.eurodig.org/about/newsletter/> _____ European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) <mailto:office@eurodig.org> office(a)eurodig.org <http://www.eurodig.org> www.eurodig.org

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