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Fwd: [CCWG-ACCT] [Blog] Building an Enhanced, Community Empowered ICANN
by Greg Shatan April 19, 2016

April 19, 2016

All, The latest ICANN Blog may be of interest. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hillary Jett <hillary.jett(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 4:27 PM Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] [Blog] Building an Enhanced, Community Empowered ICANN To: CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic… Building an Enhanced, Community Empowered ICANN <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-an-enhanced-community-empowered-ic…> The submission <https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability> of the IANA Stewardship Transition Package to the U.S. Government last month marked the end of an impressive proposal development effort by the global multistakeholder community. It also marked the beginning of the next, intense period of work, to ensure that the proposals can be implemented in a timely manner if they’re accepted. We’ve seen significant progress since the submission, with a great deal of focus for ICANN and the community on updating ICANN’s Bylaws. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has said they need to see adoption of any changes to ICANN’s Bylaws before they can complete their anticipated 90-day review. To meet this aggressive timeline, immediately following the ICANN55 meeting in Marrakech, a drafting team was formed consisting of ICANN’s legal team and the two external law firms involved with the Community Working Group (CWG-Stewardship) and Cross Community Working Group (CCWG-Accountability). The drafting team is working closely with representatives of all the involved community groups and theICANN Board to ensure that the updated Bylaws accurately reflect the recommendations in the IANAStewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and the CCWG-Accountability proposals. Consistent with the current timeline, we will post the new draft Bylaws for a 30-day public comment period on 20 April 2016, with tentative adoption by 27 May. The Bylaws will only become effective upon the successful completion of the transition. We are also continuing our joint planning efforts to remove NTIA’s administrative role from the root zone management system (outlined in my recent blog update <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/a-progress-update-ensuring-the-security-sta…>), and as announced <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en> last week, ICANN and Verisign are currently undertaking a 90-day “parallel testing” period of the Root Zone Management System (RZMS). The parallel testing period is part of the proposal <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_pr…> that ICANN and Verisign submitted toNTIA in August 2015. Additionally, we hope to complete two other critical agreements this month – the Service Level Agreement with the five Regional Internet Registries ( RIR) and the Memorandum of Understanding Supplemental Agreement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). We will make the drafts of these agreements available for a 30-day public review period prior to ICANN Board consideration. To keep everyone informed on all these strands of planning, we will start publishing weekly updates on icann.org beginning next week. I encourage anyone who’s interested in the transition’s implementation details to check back for those updates. There are 25 weeks left until the end of the current term of the IANA Functions contract with NTIA. We clearly have a lot of work to do as an organization and a community to be fully prepared, but the end goal of an enhanced, community empowered, independent ICANN, is well within sight. _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community

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ICANN - Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC/Russell C Pangborn - FW: IPC-GNSO Digest, Vol 10, Issue 6
by Aslam Mohamed April 16, 2016

April 16, 2016

Welcome aboard Russell. Thank you Greg. You are in the right spot at the right time with Seed IP. Startup India Policy is looking out for just your kind of initiative. I have friends in Marksmen Microsoft and Intel, your erstwhile inhouse, and know these organisations hold you in high esteem. I look forward to continuing our conversation and exploring possibilities of cooperation. Kind regards, Aslam Mohamed Partner RNA IP Attorneys India Committee INTA IPO Member ICANN APAA Also at WIPO & ICC M : +91 9845063520 T : +91-124-4655 999 T : +91-44-4214 7 426 Visit us at www.rnaip.com ________________________________________ From: ipc-gnso-bounces(a)icann.org [ipc-gnso-bounces(a)icann.org] On Behalf Of ipc-gnso-request(a)icann.org [ipc-gnso-request(a)icann.org] Sent: 09 April 2016 17:30 To: ipc-gnso(a)icann.org Subject: IPC-GNSO Digest, Vol 10, Issue 6 Send IPC-GNSO mailing list submissions to ipc-gnso(a)icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ipc-gnso or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ipc-gnso-request(a)icann.org You can reach the person managing the list at ipc-gnso-owner(a)icann.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of IPC-GNSO digest..." Today's Topics: 1. New IPC Members (Greg Shatan) 2. Re: New IPC Members (Kiran Malancharuvil) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:16:10 -0400 From: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc(a)gmail.com> To: IPC-GNSO <ipc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [IPC-GNSO] New IPC Members Message-ID: <CA+aOHUR8qRi-Bn_urQ8RzQ++H3WfmKKCsMvxiO987ATFOSx4sA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Fellow IPC Members, I would like to welcome three new members to the IPC (one of whom is not actually new). *Towerhouse LLP * is a London-based law firm and consultancy. Their primary representative is Liz Williams and their secondary representative is David Stewart. *Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati *is a US law firm founded in Silicon Valley. Their primary representative is Aaron Hendelman (Seattle office) and their secondary representative is John Slafsky (Palo Alto office). *Russ Pangborn *is a partner with the Seed IP Law Group in Seattle. Russ is a long-time IPC participant, having served as an IPC representative for Marksmen and before that, Microsoft. Russ rejoins us from his new "home." Please welcome our new members and their representatives, and please welcome back Russ! Best regards, Greg Shatan IPC President

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New IPC Members
by Greg Shatan April 11, 2016

April 11, 2016

Fellow IPC Members, I would like to welcome three new members to the IPC (one of whom is not actually new). *Towerhouse LLP * is a London-based law firm and consultancy. Their primary representative is Liz Williams and their secondary representative is David Stewart. *Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati *is a US law firm founded in Silicon Valley. Their primary representative is Aaron Hendelman (Seattle office) and their secondary representative is John Slafsky (Palo Alto office). *Russ Pangborn *is a partner with the Seed IP Law Group in Seattle. Russ is a long-time IPC participant, having served as an IPC representative for Marksmen and before that, Microsoft. Russ rejoins us from his new "home." Please welcome our new members and their representatives, and please welcome back Russ! Best regards, Greg Shatan IPC President

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Fwd: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] For those of you who missed yesterday's GNSO Working Group Newcomer webinar
by Greg Shatan April 6, 2016

April 6, 2016

For those new (or newish) to ICANN, the following may be of interest. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathalie Peregrine via Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg(a)icann.org> Date: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:17 AM Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] For those of you who missed yesterday's GNSO Working Group Newcomer webinar To: "gnso-newgtld-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg(a)icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> *Dear all,* *Yesterday another edition of the GNSO Working Group Newcomer webinar was held, chaired by Donna Austin, GNSO Council vice-chair.* *For those of you who couldn’t make it *please find the* transcription and slide deck of the presentation *attached to this email. Please also find the* Adobe Connect recording* here: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p5t711npn5b/ <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p5t711npn5b/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=ad6eb32f94d9cb4…> The mp3 recording, as well as the aforementioned materials have been posted to the GNSO Master calendar here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#apr Thank you all! Kind regards Nathalie _______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-wg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-wg(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg

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Fellows Announced for ICANN56
by Greg Shatan April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

The Fellows for the ICANN56 "Policy Forum" have now been announced. https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram Applicants for this meeting were limited to alumni of the Fellowship Program. Congratulations to IPC members Dusan Popovic and Charne LeRoux on their selection as Fellows for ICANN56! Greg Shatan IPC President

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TMCH Independent Review Questionnaire Now Available
by Chantelle Doerksen April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Dear all, Kindly see the note regarding the TMCH Independent Review Team below, and the request to complete the corresponding questionnaire at http://www.analysisgroup.com/icann-trademark-clearinghouse/ . Many thanks. Kind regards, Chantelle _______ Dear SO/AC leaders, To follow up on our previous message sent prior to ICANN 55, we wanted to thank all those who reached out and met with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Independent Review Team to provide input on this study. We are continuing with outreach and stakeholder discussions, and as part of this work, Analysis Group has developed a questionnaire to assess the opinions of various groups that interact with either all or some of the TMCH services. Given that feedback from interested stakeholders is extremely valuable to this review, we would greatly appreciate your assistance in helping us promote the TMCH questionnaire. Therefore, it would be fantastic if you could share the following link (http://www.analysisgroup.com/icann-trademark-clearinghouse/) via one or more of your communication channels (website, blog, e-mail, bulletin board, newsletter etc.) and encourage your members to complete the questionnaire. As noted previously, ICANN is conducting an independent review of the TMCH, which was recommended by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in 2011 (see https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may1…) The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the TMCH in combination with the areas that the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) specified for review, which include: (1) handling of non-exact matches to trademarks, (2) extension of the Trademark Claims notifications, and (3) impacts of the Claims services on the commercial watch services market. This is intended as an informational study to support discussions on related Right Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) activities, such as the work of the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) review of all RPMs in all gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP). Thank you again for taking the time to consider our request, and please let us know if you have any questions that we can help address. Best regards, Antonietta Mangiacotti Research Assistant Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers antonietta.mangiacotti(a)icann.org Office: 310.578.8903 Mobile: 310.795.8543

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