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Telephone conferences January 2015 - Doodle to act on!
by Patrik Fältström Dec. 24, 2014

Dec. 24, 2014

Hi, I would like to send seasonal greetings from Sweden where it is raining more than ever at the moment. Not the best weather for holiday season, but...well...one can not be lucky every year. After talking with the other co-chairs, we have decided to have the first three calls as follows: 7 January, around 20:00 21 January, around 04:00 28 January, around 12:00 This as last call was around 12:00, and we until other agreements continue with our rotation. Please fill out the following Doodle for decision on exact time for the calls: <http://doodle.com/kfrdeudzh97qzpzr> The agenda for the calls will be as follows (might change of course): 7 January: - New secretariat, changed practical things, working methods etc 21 January: - Hopefully we will have got something from the operational communities, and we can have an open discussion about what we have 28 January: - Planning for our f2f meeting in Singapore Best, Patrik Fältström Co-Chair, ICG

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The Middle East’s First Regional Webinar on IANA Stewardship Transition ..
by Manal Ismail Dec. 21, 2014

Dec. 21, 2014

Dear All .. Mohamed and I have been invited to speak at the Middle East’s First Regional Webinar on IANA Stewardship Transition, agenda attached below .. We have compiled the attached slides mainly from ICG agreed slides and documents .. We agreed to split as follows: - Mohamed to talk about the ICG (Mandate, composition, charter, RFP, …) slides 1-11, and - I talk about the proposals and community engagement (expected 3 proposals, importance of community engagement, how to engage, …) slides 12-25 Please let us know if you have any feedback on the attached .. I would also appreciate your views on whether to keep or delete the red bullets on slide 22 (I’m inclined to delete them) and would appreciate any corrections from operational community members on what’s being shared in relation to their processes .. The webinar is tomorrow, Monday, 22 December 2014 at 1600 UTC , apologies for the short notice .. Kind Regards --Manal Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:30 AM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Join Us for the Middle East’s First Regional Webinar on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN’s Accountability <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-15-en ________________________________ Join Us for the Middle East’s First Regional Webinar on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN’s Accountability 15 December 2014 The ICANN Middle East team invites you to participate in the first regional webinar on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN's Accountability. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the discussion. When: Monday, 22 December 2014 at 1600 UTC (for time conversions, please refer to the link at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/) Where: Adobe Connect at https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg and over Telephone/Skype (dial-out numbers can be found online at http://adigo.com/icann/) The call will be conducted in English and there will be real-time Arabic translation. Agenda Time Slot Name Speaker 16.00 – 16.05 Welcome note Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN 16.05 – 16.25 Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy 16.25 – 16.45 The IANA Coordination Group (ICG) Manal Ismail, Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority – NTRA Mohammed Elbashir, Technical Department Manager – ictQatar 16.45 – 17.25 Q&A Open Floor 17.25 – 17.30 Closing Remarks Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN Questions and interventions can be made in either language, and can be posted either over the call, or as text in the Adobe Connect room. In order to join the call, you can either: 1.Request for dial-out assistance. Please send your name, a phone number you want to be called at and your language preference to meswg(a)icann.org, no later than 20 December 2014 at 23.59 UTC; or 2.Join by dialing into a toll-free number for your country as shown at http://adigo.com/icann/ either using a telephone or via Skype Call one of the toll-free numbers listed in the same link (toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, please enter 47139 if you wish to join the Arabic channel or 83137 if you wish to join the English channel.

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NTIA's Role in Root Zone Management ..
by Manal Ismail Dec. 18, 2014

Dec. 18, 2014

The NTIA posted this on its role in Root Zone Management: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/ntias_role_root_zone_manage… with the following note: "Note: This slide deck is intended to describe NTIA’s role in Root Zone management and does not represent the entirety of the Root Zone management process. Specifically, it does not detail the activities of ICANN or Verisign." Thought to bring it to the attention of the group .. Apologies to those who have already received it through other mailing lists .. Kind Regards --Manal

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Fwd: Proposal finalization process, post-call
by Alissa Cooper Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Fwd: [Internal-cg] Proposal finalization process, post-call > Date: December 11, 2014 at 9:08:00 AM PST > To: Alissa Cooper <alissa(a)cooperw.in> > > Please find attached my comments > Kavouss > Pls send it to others as I failed to do that > Kavouss > > 2014-12-11 17:11 GMT+01:00 Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg(a)ripe.net>: > > Language in section 5 now addresses all concerns I have raised. > > The rest of the document now looks reasonable as well. I agree with the new intro, even in the light of my 'ceterum censeo'. ;-) > > Thank you Alissa. > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Internal-cg mailing list > Internal-cg(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg >

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U.S. Government Funding Bill & ANA Transition
by Adiel Akplogan Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141210_breaking_us_government_funding_bill_… Just read this, and wondering if anyone has more insider information about what it means to this process? My reading is that the transition process cannot start before 30 September 2015. Which in my sense is not that alarming as much as it effectively starts then (it is a transition process). The other part that caught my attention is the fact that the NTIA is required to inform Congress 45 days prior to extending the IANA contract or taking any other decision in regard to it. Which means that the NTIA will have up to the 15th of August 2015 to evaluate the proposal we will submit, in order to present their suggested action to Congress. That gives them only 15 formal days from the time we have planned to submit our proposal. If we build in the 14 days given to ICANN board to assess and deliver this to the NTIA … I don’t see how we will achieve the target without putting emphasis right now on the fact that our published timeline has to be executed as a waterfalls process where many things has to be done in parallel, particularly toward then end. - a.

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Session(s) in Singapore
by Patrik Fältström Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

All, We must do scheduling in Singapore. Part from our meeting that start at 9AM on Friday as announced earlier, I have also heard some interest in yet another open session with the community. My suggestion is to have a session in Singapore where we offer time for the various operational communities that have or will send input to us to explain what they have done (so far). The session would be 3x30 min (15 min presentation plus 15 min Q&A) plus 30 min for over all Q&A. I.e. 120 min. What do you think? Patrik

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Re: [Internal-cg] [CWG-Stewardship] CCWG Accountability
by Kavouss Arasteh Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

Dear All, In addition to what I informed you before is that , Under WS 1 they already agreed to the terms and conditions as stipulated in the Board Resolution adopted in LA I.E. ALLOWING THE BOARD TO VETO the content of the accountability whereas in case of ICG we have clearly mentioned that the Board should not modify the ICG work and send it as it was received to NTIA .However, should the Board has any comment, they may send it separately to NTIA In case of CWG and WS1 of CCWG, it is not the case. I am worried about that. I mentioned that in virtual meeting to all CCWG Regards Kavouss 2014-12-14 17:49 GMT+01:00 Gomes, Chuck <cgomes(a)verisign.com>: > > Wolf-Ulrich, > > > > I totally agree with you that this will have to be discussed. > > > > Chuck > > > > *From:* cwg-stewardship-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto: > cwg-stewardship-bounces(a)icann.org] *On Behalf Of *WUKnoben > *Sent:* Sunday, December 14, 2014 9:20 AM > *To:* Kavouss Arasteh; Drazek, Keith > *Cc:* ICG; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; > accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org > *Subject:* Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [Internal-cg] CCWG Accountability > > > > I agree that close coordination is needed at least between the > CWG-Stewardship and the CCWG-Accountability. In addition with respect to > the timeline coordination is needed with the ICG. > > > > The respective charters of CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability make > reference that > > << > > Accountability for the administration of the IANA functions (i.e., > implementation and operational accountability), however, is properly within > the scope of the CWG-Stewardship > > >> > > What makes me a bit nervous is the timeline for workstream 1 (WS1) of > CCWG-Accountability focusing on mechanisms enhancing ICANN accountability > that must be in place or committed to within the time frame of the IANA > Stewardship Transition. At the time being submission of WS1 is scheduled > for June 2014. However the Stewardship transition proposals (from > CWG-Stewardship) are expected by Jan 2014. > > > > I’m not fully clear what the potential impact on the overall timeline may > be. But this should be discussed – and coordinated – between the various > groups’ leaderships. > > > > Best regards > > Wolf-Ulrich > > > > *From:* Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh(a)gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Saturday, December 13, 2014 12:49 AM > > *To:* Drazek, Keith <kdrazek(a)verisign.com> > > *Cc:* accountability-ccg-members(a)icann.org ; gac-iana-cgroup(a)icann.org ; > ICG <internal-cg(a)icann.org> > > *Subject:* Re: [Internal-cg] CCWG Accountability > > > > Alissa, > > Thank you very much for your message. > > I will participate in CCWG ,for the time being and until the GAC chair > make different rarrangements, as A PARTICIPANT. When I intervene, I make it > clear that I am speaking on that capacity, should I need to intervene as > ICG,as I made once, indicating that the deadline for Workstream 1 should > meet and match with time lines that ICG established. > > What I can inform you now as ICG Liaison is that the course of action > being taken does not correspond to the expectation of the overall > accountabilty and there is insufficient coordination between CWG and CCWG > workstream 1. > > Infact what ICG awaiting on accountability for its current activities ON > NAMES should be fed from CWG and not CCWG. > > tHE Scope of activities of CCWG on accountabilty is currently norrowed > down to collection of information from the past expereince and not > addressing the fundamental issue of accountability ,if and only if, NTIA > transfers the stewardship of IANA functions to Global Multistakeholder > which would certainly bedifferent from the existing structure and mechanism > of ICANN . > > We should all remember that currently ICANN is accountable to NTIA.To > which entity ICANN would be accountable after transition, it is not yet > clear. Certainly ,ICANN would not be accountable to ICANN .tHERE MUST BE A > WORKABLE MECHANISM to which ICANN would be accountable .This is a fact and > reality. > > By the way, I was not voluteer to be Liason at CCWG, i WAS VOLUNTEERED FOR > cwg, YOU ASKED ME TO WITHDRAW FROM CWG and I respected your request > > tks > > Kavouss > > > > > > > > 2014-12-12 21:26 GMT+01:00 Drazek, Keith <kdrazek(a)verisign.com>: > > I would also add that Kavouss, like anyone, can participate actively in > the Enhancing ICANN Accountability CCWG as an individual participant. I > will be doing the same thing. I am not the official "appointed member" from > the Registries Stakeholder Group (GNSO) but I will still be very active on > behalf of Verisign, my employer. Similarly, Kavouss can participate > actively on behalf of the Government of Iran or in his individual capacity. > There is no restriction to anyone's active participation. Hope that helps! > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 12, 2014, at 2:45 PM, "Alissa Cooper" <alissa(a)cooperw.in> wrote: > > Hi Kavouss, > > > > As I mentioned to you off-list, I think it’s fine if you want to > participate in the CCWG-Accountability as both a GAC representative and ICG > liaison, as long as (i) you confirm that the GAC wants you to serve as its > representative, which is a decision that needs to be made among you and the > other GAC members, without involvement from the ICG, and (ii) you make it > clear to all CCWG participants that all of your contributions are on behalf > of the GAC unless you explicitly state that you are providing information > from the ICG. The ICG has no role in decisions of the GAC about the GAC’s > representation in the CCWG. > > > > As the ICG discussed in Los Angeles, (see pages 50-60 of our meeting > transcript: > http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/fri-icg/transcript-icg-17oct14-en.pdf ) > the ICG wanted to make sure that we had people who could send information > back and forth between our group and the CCWG. As summarized in the > transcript, "Anything you think is important, let us know. Anything that we > think is important, we'll let you know." The structure of the CCWG had not > been formulated at the time when you agreed to liaise, but I think we had > good agreement within the ICG nonetheless that the liaison role there on > our behalf would be to share information back and forth, and not to > specifically represent the ICG or vote on our behalf. > > > > If you would prefer, we can see if we can find a different ICG liaison or > rely solely on Keith Drazek for now if you think serving as the liaison > will interfere with your ability to participate in the CCWG. > > > > Best, > > Alissa > > > > On Dec 12, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > I wish to inform you that on the unfounded bureaucratic ground ,people > wishes to avoid or prevent receiving any comments from me on the most > crucial and most fundamental issue of ICANN ACCOUNTABILITY CCWG . > > However, I continue to comments and do in no way accept that because I am > not the member of that group ( not included in the Thomas Schneider letter > to the chair of that group my sincere volunteer to fully and actively > participate as GAC member from Asia Pacific which is the most largest > ICANN geographical region with more than 75 countries or geographical > dependent territories , my volunteer was rejected by the chair and the crew > ). > > This is not fair nor acceptable > > I have asked to be the member of that Group from July 2014 in multiple > communications to the former GAC Chsair and the Secretary. > > We need to encourage those who wish to contribute and not put an obstacle > in using purely bureaucratic element that participants or Lisison can not > actively contribute > > Regards > > Kavouss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Internal-cg mailing list > Internal-cg(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Internal-cg mailing list > Internal-cg(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg >

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Fwd: Proposal finalization process, post-call
by Alissa Cooper Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Internal-cg] Proposal finalization process, post-call > Date: December 12, 2014 at 7:25:22 AM PST > To: Alissa Cooper <alissa(a)cooperw.in> > > Alissa > It does not confusion on the contrary it. Clearly explain the scope and objectives of the matter . > Pls thus retain that word > Kavouss > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 10 Dec 2014, at 22:04, Alissa Cooper <alissa(a)cooperw.in> wrote: >> >> There was one topic that I failed to include in the email below: >> >> — As a follow-on to the discussion of 2b, Elise suggested in the chat removing the word “independent” from 2b. This whole phrase comes from our charter, but I don’t think it would hurt to remove that single word, if it’s causing confusion. >> >> Alissa >> >>> On Dec 10, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Alissa Cooper <alissa(a)cooperw.in> wrote: >>> >>> Attached and in Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohtn5rbalvo8piu/proposal-finalization-process-v4-…> is proposal-finalization-process-v4-wuk-alc.docx, which reflects the discussion we had on the call and suggestions made on the list. I have removed comments and accepted edits that were provided prior to the call and were non-controversial in steps 1, 2, and 5 (since those were the sections we discussed). >>> >>> If you have further comments on this document, please send them to the list by 20:00 UTC on December 12. I will incorporate further comments received and then hopefully we will be ready to initiate a consensus call for publication on the mailing list. >>> >>> A couple of my own comments: >>> >>> — Please take a look at the new introduction text which is provided to address Adiel’s comment about timeliness. >>> >>> — I assume that people are comfortable with the text in 2(c) regarding testing, but please comment if not, it’s possible that we didn’t discuss it today due to lack of time more than lack of interest. >>> >>> — In section 4, Wolf-Ulrich had a comment that we did not have time to discuss: >>> >>> "Can we define “broad public support”? Isn’t here ICG’s coordination role required in a way to bring together those who object with the respective OC?” >>> >>> First, I think if NTIA chooses to further articulate what it means by broad public support, we could certainly use that further definition. Otherwise I think we need to go with a plain English reading, i.e., most people and communities that we hear from are in favor. >>> >>> Second, I think we can certainly encourage people with objections to get involved in the operational communities. I view this as a subset of what we have been doing all along, which is encouraging all interested parties to be involved in the operational community processes, so I’m not sure that it needs to be re-stated here. >>> >>> Best, >>> Alissa >>> >>> <proposal-finalization-process-v4-wuk-alc.docx>_______________________________________________ >>> Internal-cg mailing list >>> Internal-cg(a)icann.org >>> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Internal-cg mailing list >> Internal-cg(a)icann.org >> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg

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FW: [bwg+] Cromnibus blocks NTIA from transitioning IANA
by Milton L Mueller Dec. 11, 2014

Dec. 11, 2014

Here is an anonymized message from someone more familiar with the ways of Washington: -----Original Message----- I think it's pretty much a done deal. This document is the product of negotiations involving both House and Senate leaders, and it needs to be approved by both House and Senate *today*. So there's going to be huge pressure not to make any changes at all; even small changes have to potential to unravel things, prevent passage by the end of the day, and thus bring about a government shutdown.

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Proposal finalization process, post-call
by Alissa Cooper Dec. 11, 2014

Dec. 11, 2014

Attached and in Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohtn5rbalvo8piu/proposal-finalization-process-v4-…> is proposal-finalization-process-v4-wuk-alc.docx, which reflects the discussion we had on the call and suggestions made on the list. I have removed comments and accepted edits that were provided prior to the call and were non-controversial in steps 1, 2, and 5 (since those were the sections we discussed). If you have further comments on this document, please send them to the list by 20:00 UTC on December 12. I will incorporate further comments received and then hopefully we will be ready to initiate a consensus call for publication on the mailing list. A couple of my own comments: — Please take a look at the new introduction text which is provided to address Adiel’s comment about timeliness. — I assume that people are comfortable with the text in 2(c) regarding testing, but please comment if not, it’s possible that we didn’t discuss it today due to lack of time more than lack of interest. — In section 4, Wolf-Ulrich had a comment that we did not have time to discuss: "Can we define “broad public support”? Isn’t here ICG’s coordination role required in a way to bring together those who object with the respective OC?” First, I think if NTIA chooses to further articulate what it means by broad public support, we could certainly use that further definition. Otherwise I think we need to go with a plain English reading, i.e., most people and communities that we hear from are in favor. Second, I think we can certainly encourage people with objections to get involved in the operational communities. I view this as a subset of what we have been doing all along, which is encouraging all interested parties to be involved in the operational community processes, so I’m not sure that it needs to be re-stated here. Best, Alissa

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