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Re: [IPC-GNSO] Final Agenda for Today's IPC Leadership Call
by Greg Shatan Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

With apologies, this agenda and call was not directed to the whole list. Please disregard this email The full membership call is next week, on *October 6 at 15:30 UTC*. An agenda for the membership call and Adobe Connect and dial-in details will be distributed prior to that call. Thanks! Greg On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Christina Gervasi <cgervasi(a)aipla.org> wrote: > Can you send me the call in information? Thanks! > > > > *From:* ipc-gnso-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:ipc-gnso-bounces@icann.org] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Shatan > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:47 PM > *To:* Adams, Michael D.; Brian Winterfeldt; claudio di gangi; Heather > Forrest; Steven Metalitz > *Cc:* gnso-secs; IPC-GNSO > *Subject:* [IPC-GNSO] Final Agenda for Today's IPC Leadership Call > > > > Fellow IPC Leaders, > > > > I've attached the agenda, as well as the Recommendation 23 document on the > agenda. Please try to review before the call if you have not already seen > it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Greg >

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Final Agenda for Today's IPC Leadership Call
by Greg Shatan Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

Fellow IPC Leaders, I've attached the agenda, as well as the Recommendation 23 document on the agenda. Please try to review before the call if you have not already seen it. Thanks! Greg

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Dublin Full Schedule Now Online
by Greg Shatan Sept. 29, 2015

Sept. 29, 2015

All, The full public schedule for ICANN54 is now online at https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin2015/schedule-full. Greg

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Fw: Follow up items from GNSO Council Meeting on 24 September
by Heather Forrest Sept. 28, 2015

Sept. 28, 2015

Dear colleagues, Below is follow-up information arising from questions asked about the GNSO Review during the most recent Council meeting. This information isn't new and doesn't particularly add to what we have already discussed, but I post to the list for completeness. Best wishes, Heather ________________________________ From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org <owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Larisa B. Gurnick <larisa.gurnick(a)icann.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 5:26 To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: Jen Wolfe (jwolfe(a)wolfedomain.com) Subject: [council] Follow up items from GNSO Council Meeting on 24 September Dear members of the GNSO Council, I understand that there were some questions raised at your meeting on 24 September in connection with the briefing on the GSNO Review, and staff would like to provide additional clarifying information. Competitive Bidding Process and Selection of Independent Examiner In connection with the open competitive bidding process used to select the independent examiner, a total of 7 proposals were submitted. All bids were reviewed and evaluated for all data responsive to the RFP, not just the low bid. Price was one of many considerations. Bids received ranged from less than $50,000 to over $1 million, with the lowest and highest representing significant outliers. Westlake's bid pricing was in the median range when adjusting for the significant outliers. Once all bids were evaluated, Westlake was selected as the most qualified consultant relative to, but not limited to, the following high level selection criteria: 1) Understanding of the assignment 2) Knowledge and expertise a. Demonstrated experience in conducting broadly similar examinations b. Not-for-profit experience c. Basic knowledge of ICANN d. Geographic and cultural diversity, multilingualism, gender balance e. Suitability of proposed CVs 3) Proposed methodology a. Work organization, project management approach, timelines b. Suitability of tools and methods or work c. Clarity of deliverables 4) Flexibility, including but not limited to meeting the timeline 5) Reference checks 6) Financial value 7) Conflict of Interest => Additional information about the RFP<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr14-en.htm> => GNSO Review FAQs<https://community.icann.org/x/zbXhAg> Staff is available to provide the GNSO Council a more complete overview of how the competitive bidding/RFP process functions, including what information is required to be kept confidential for the benefit of the process' integrity. Review Methodology The methodology used for the GNSO Review followed best practices and professional standards for independence, proficiency and due professional care. The current GNSO Review achieved 178 completed 360 Survey responses and 40 one-on-one interviews, compared with an average of 71 survey responses and 60 interviews for prior Organizational Reviews. Information was collected through a variety of means - online 360 Survey with quantitative and qualitative aspects, one-on-one interviews that resulted in twice as many individuals interviewed as originally planned, extensive desk review of documents and in-person observations during three ICANN meetings. Additionally, Westlake participated in the majority of the 21 GNSO Review Working Party calls and 23 public sessions held at ICANN meetings and considered feedback provided by the GNSO Review Working Party as well as by others through formal public comment process and other feedback means. The Independent Examiner provided their rationale in response to community feedback throughout the process (for example, see Comparison Chart<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56136596/GNSO%20Review%20R…>) => Detailed information on Review Methodology is included in the Final Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf>, Section 3 (pages 24-30). Thank you for your continued interest and support of this important accountability mechanism. Larisa B. Gurnick Director, Strategic Initiatives Mobile: 1 310 383-8995 Skype: larisa.gurnick

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FW: RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Leads Bicameral Letter Asking GAO to Determine Whether Obama Administration Has Power to Give Away the Internet
by Jeff Neuman Sept. 28, 2015

Sept. 28, 2015

FYI Jeffrey J. Neuman Senior Vice President |Valideus USA | Com Laude USA 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600 Mclean, VA 22102, United States E: jeff.neuman(a)valideus.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com> or jeff.neuman(a)comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com> T: +1.703.635.7514 M: +1.202.549.5079 @Jintlaw From: Press, Cruz (Cruz) Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:54 AM Subject: RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Leads Bicameral Letter Asking GAO to Determine Whether Obama Administration Has Power to Give Away the Internet [cid:image001.png@01D0F9F8.AAD8E090] UNITED STATES SENATE Sen. Ted Cruz Press Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cruz Press Office: 202-228-7561 Phil Novack: phil_novack(a)cruz.senate.gov<mailto:phil_novack@cruz.senate.gov> September 28, 2015 Sen. Cruz Leads Bicameral Letter Asking GAO to Determine Whether Obama Administration Has Power to Give Away the Internet Judiciary Chairmen Grassley and Goodlatte, with Rep. Issa, join Cruz to get answers on whether Administration's plan violates the Constitution WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an affirmative determination of whether the Obama Administration's plan to transfer U.S. oversight of the Internet violates the Constitution. The Wall Street Journal's columnist L. Gordon Crovitz reported on the letter today in his Information Age column, "Not Obama's to Give Away."<http://www.wsj.com/articles/not-obamas-to-give-away-1443386189> Sen. Cruz said: "Under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the exclusive power 'to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.' If the contract governing U.S. oversight of the Internet is indeed government property, the Administration's intention to cede control to the 'global stakeholder community' -- including nations like Iran, Russia and China that do not value free speech and in fact seek to stifle it -- is in violation of the Constitution and should be stopped." The letter is being sent at a time when efforts by both the Administration and Congress, via the DOTCOM Act, are underway to facilitate the transition of U.S. control over the Internet without an affirmative vote from Congress. In another action to protect U.S. control of the Internet, Sen. Cruz recently filed the DOTCOM Act<http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2402> as an amendment to the highway reauthorization bill the Senate considered in July. Cruz's amendment is identical to the original version of the DOTCOM Act being considered by the Senate with one exception: it would require Congress to have an affirmative up or down vote on the Obama Administration's plan to give away the Internet. Read the full text of the Cruz-Grassley-Goodlatte-Issa letter here<http://cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20150922%20Grassley%20Cruz%2…> and below: September 22, 2015 Mr. Gene Dodaro Comptroller General U.S. Government Accountability Office 441 G Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Dodaro: On March 14, 2014, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") announced its intent to relinquish oversight of Internet domain name functions to the "global stakeholder community." This proposed transition raises questions about NTIA's authority to transfer possession and control of critical components of the Internet's infrastructure to a third party. The Internet as we know it has evolved from a network infrastructure first created by Department of Defense researchers. One key component of that infrastructure is the root zone file, which the federal government currently designates as a "national IT asset."[1] Creation of the root zone file was funded by the American taxpayer and coordinated by the Department of Defense, and the file has remained under United States control ever since. Under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the exclusive power "to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States." One question arising from NTIA's decision to transfer its Internet oversight functions to a third party is whether NTIA may relinquish possession and control of the root zone file-or any other similar component of the Internet that was financed and developed by the United States-without authorization from Congress. This concern was raised in 2000 by the Government Accountability Office ("GAO"), which questioned whether NTIA could relinquish authority over the root zone file and concluded that it was "unclear whether such a transition would involve a transfer of government property to a private entity."[2] The 2000 GAO report further detailed that the Department of Commerce advised the GAO at the time that "we have not devoted the possibly substantial staff resources that would be necessary to develop a legal opinion as to whether legislation would be necessary" to authorize transfer of the root zone file. Congress should be made aware of the legal status of the root zone file-or any other potential government property-before it makes any final decisions about whether to transfer the government's Internet oversight functions to a third party. Some observers and parties involved in the proposed transfer have asserted that the termination of NTIA's contract with ICANN would not result in the transfer of United States Government property.[3] Others believe that termination of this contract would result in government property being transferred to ICANN and point to a number of factors that would indicate that the root zone file and other contractual deliverables are property of the United States. Supporters of this position point to the fact that the United States acquired title to the root zone file because it was invented pursuant to Department of Defense contracts.[4] In addition, the United States has long claimed ownership or control over the root zone file. For example, President Clinton's Internet "czar" Ira Magaziner asserted United States ownership of the entire Domain Name System because "[t]he United States paid for the Internet, the Net was created under its auspices, and most importantly everything [researchers] did was pursuant to government contracts."[5] Additionally the Commerce Department's contract with ICANN explicitly declares that "[a]ll deliverables provided under this contract," including the "automated root zone," are "the property of the U.S. government."[6] And Verisign and ICANN contracts make clear that changes to the root zone file cannot be made without approval of the Department of Commerce.[7] Congress has also been actively engaged in managing the root zone file. Recently, it enacted the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, which explicitly prohibited the Commerce Department from using federal funds to relinquish stewardship of the domain name system, "including responsibility with respect to the authoritative root zone file."[8] Given this history, we are concerned that NTIA might potentially relinquish ownership of some form of United States property. To inform the Congress so that it may take any necessary and appropriate steps regarding NTIA's planned transition of the IANA functions, we would like the GAO to conduct a review to address a number of specific questions. 1. Would the termination of the NTIA's contract with ICANN cause Government property, of any kind, to be transferred to ICANN? 2. Is the authoritative root zone file, or other related or similar materials or information, United States government property? 3. If so, does the NTIA have the authority to transfer the root zone file or, other related materials or information to a non-federal entity? Please include in this report a description and analysis of the relevant legal authorities and case law dealing with the transfer of United States Government property. We understand that to perform this work, GAO will need to conduct both significant audit work and complex legal analysis. Please contact Jonathan Nabavi (Chairman Grassley), Sean McLean (Senator Cruz), Vishal Amin (Chairman Goodlatte), and Veronica Wong (Congressman Issa) of our staffs if there are questions regarding this request. Sincerely, ______________________ _________________________ Charles E. Grassley Ted Cruz Chairman United States Senator Senate Committee on the Judiciary _______________________ __________________________ Bob Goodlatte Darrell Issa Chairman Member of Congress House Committee on the Judiciary [1]See, Verisign Company Information: http://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/index.xhtml [2]U.S. Government Accountability Office., GAO-B-284206, Department of Commerce: Relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (2000) [3]Letter from Lawrence Strickling, Assistant Sec'y for Commc'ns and Info., U.S. Dep't of Commerce, to Representative Sean Duffy & Representative James Sensenbrenner, U.S. House of Representatives (June 11, 2015) [4]U.S. Congressional Research Service. Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress (R42351; August 18, 2015), by Lennard G. Kruger [5]Jack Goldsmith & Tim Wu, Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World 41 (2006) [6]Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Functions Contract between U.S. Department of Commerce and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Contract Number SA1301-12-CN-0035. October 1, 2012. [7]See, Amendment 11 of the Cooperative Agreement NCR-9218742 between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Verisign, Inc. Also see, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Functions Contract between U.S. Department of Commerce and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Contract Number SA1301-12-CN-0035. October 1, 2012. [8]Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Pub. L. No 113-235, § 540, 128 Stat. 2130, 2217 (Dec. 16, 2014) ###

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Fwd: NCPH nomination for GNSO council chair
by Greg Shatan Sept. 26, 2015

Sept. 26, 2015

Fellow IPC Members, I am extremely pleased to report to you that the Commercial Stakeholders Group and the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group have jointly nominated Heather Forrest of the IPC as the Non-Contracted Parties House candidate for Chair of the GNSO Council. I think that this is a great moment for the IPC, the CSG, the NCSG, then NCPH and the GNSO. Our ability to work together and come to a common understanding (and a timely one) is critical not only for our interests but for the future of the GNSO and the multistakeholder model. As with any multistakeholder exercise, this was the result of a process; in this case, we see that the process can bring us all to a positive result. Congratulations, Heather! On to the election.... Greg Shatan IPC President ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Metalitz, Steven <met(a)msk.com> Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:00 PM Subject: NCPH nomination for GNSO council chair To: "gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org" <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>, Edward Morris <egmorris1(a)toast.net>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com>, "avri(a)acm.org" <avri(a)acm.org>, David Cake <dave(a)difference.com.au>, Stephanie Perrin < stephanie.perrin(a)mail.utoronto.ca>, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel(a)gmail.com>, "David Fares (dfares(a)21cf.com)" <dfares(a)21cf.com>, Tony Harris < harris(a)cabase.org.ar>, "Tony Holmes (tonyarholmes(a)btinternet.com)" < tonyarholmes(a)btinternet.com>, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr(a)egyptig.org>, "Greg Shatan (gregshatanipc(a)gmail.com)" <gregshatanipc(a)gmail.com> On behalf of our respective stakeholder groups, we are pleased jointly to nominate Heather Forrest to serve as chair of the GNSO Council beginning at the conclusion of the forthcoming Dublin meeting. Please acknowledge the timely submission of this nomination on behalf of the Non-Contracted Parties House. Thank you. Rafik Dammak, for NCSG Steve Metalitz, for CSG

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 2015 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
by Greg Shatan Sept. 25, 2015

Sept. 25, 2015

All: The NomCom has announced its selections, below. If anyone has any pertinent information on some of the less well-known nominees, particularly GNSO, please respond. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *David Olive* <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN 2015 Nominating Committee Announces Selections To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> [image: ICANN] <https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-09-25-en ------------------------------ ICANN 2015 Nominating Committee Announces Selections 25 September 2015 The ICANN 2015 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce its selections for nine leadership positions within ICANN. (See alphabetized list for each ICANN body below) ------------------------------ ICANN Board of Directors [image: Rafael Ibarra] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#rafael-ibar…> Rafael Ibarra <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#rafael-ibar…> Latin America/Caribbean Islands [image: George Sadowsky] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#george-sado…> George Sadowsky <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#george-sado…> North America [image: Lousewies van der Laan] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#lousewies-v…> Lousewies van der Laan <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#lousewies-v…> Europe At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) [image: Timothy Denton] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#timothy-den…> Timothy Denton <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#timothy-den…> North America [image: Kaili Kan] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#kaili-kan> Kaili Kan <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#kaili-kan> Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands [image: Leon Sanchez] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#leon-felipe…> Leon Sanchez <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#leon-felipe…> Latin America/Caribbean Islands [image: Photo Not Available] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#dahmani-wafa> Dahmani Wafa <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#dahmani-wafa> Africa Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) [image: Johan Helsingius] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#johan-helsi…> Johan Helsingius <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#johan-helsi…> Europe [image: Hsu Phen Valerie Tan] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#hsu-phen-va…> Hsu Phen Valerie Tan <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#hsu-phen-va…> Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) [image: Christelle Vaval] <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#christelle-…> Christelle Vaval <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2015-09-25-en#christelle-…> Latin America/Caribbean Islands ------------------------------ Those selected will take up their positions after the end of ICANN's Annual General Meeting, which will take place during the ICANN Public Meeting scheduled for 18-22 October 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. The NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's leadership. The NomCom is mandated to ensure that ICANN's overall leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience and perspective. The basic criteria is that selectees are people of integrity, objectivity, sound judgment, support decision-making within groups, work effectively in English, understand ICANN's mission and operation, are committed to its success, have experience in world affairs, contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and can work long and hard, generally as volunteers, for the global public trust. An independent body at the community's service Discussing the 2015 Nominating Committee results, Stephane Van Gelder, the Chair of the 2015 NomCom, shared the following: "As Chair, it is my honor, pleasure and duty to report that the 2015 Nominating Committee has completed the task assigned to it by the ICANN Community and made the selections shown above. By the close of the application period on 15 March 2015, the 2015 Nominating Committee had received 81 applications for the nine positions it was tasked with filling. Once this work was completed, the 2015 Nominating Committee was then called upon to select a replacement for the position of North American ALAC representative, following the resignation of its previous selectee to that position and received nine applications for that position. I want to thank the Nominating Committee members for working diligently through these two separate processes. It is rare that a NomCom gets called back to reselect for another position once its main slate for the cycle has been decided. This year's members had to withstand the added pressure of this late selection, whilst continuing to work as a group fully independent of ICANN's SOs, ACs and the Board. They rose to this challenge and completed their assigned tasks with aplomb and integrity. Throughout the year, the Committee has reported on its processes through Report Cards, video updates and documents published on its webpage ( https://www.icann.org/nomcom2015) During this year's Annual General Meeting in Dublin in October, the Committee will present the ICANN Community with a Final Report detailing its work and providing in-depth data on the applications received." Regional Breakdown As noted above, the 2015 NomCom received 81 Statements of Interest from candidates all over the world (12 female and 69 male) during its open nomination period from 8 December 2014 to 15 March 2015. The regional breakdown of this year's candidates is: 22 from Africa 10 from Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands 19 from Europe 22 from Latin America/Caribbean Islands 8 from North America ALAC North America Region Selection Process 9 Candidates from Canada and the United State of America 1 female 8 male For more information about the NomCom, please visit http://nomcom.icann.org/

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Thoughts Heading into Los Angeles - ICANN
by Greg Shatan Sept. 24, 2015

Sept. 24, 2015

The latest from Steve Crocker on ICANN and Accountability. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *David Olive* <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Thoughts Heading into Los Angeles - ICANN To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/thoughts-heading-into-los-angeles The CCWG-Accountability chairs recently observed in a blog post <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/building-momentum-an-update-from-the-ccwg-a…> how critical it is that we all keep up our energy and momentum going into the next CCWG-Accountability face-to-face meeting <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56135261> in Los Angeles on 25 and 26 September. I could not agree more. The CCWG-Accountability deserves much applause for its tremendous and impressive work leading to the 2nd Draft Proposal, this most recent public comment period and for its commitment to bring this process to a successful conclusion. It hasn't always been easy. The Board has tried to act in good faith throughout this process, weighing the most appropriate and helpful times to contribute, and in what manner in this unprecedented community effort. The CCWG meeting in Los Angeles comes at a critical time. While it's easy to analyze the areas where consensus still needs to be reached, it is important to also recognize the many elements of the accountability proposal that have reached broad support. In studying the public comments, we agree with the CCWG that there are many areas of agreement and we look forward to contributing as a part of the community to refine and build upon the 2nd Draft Proposal to create the necessary enhancements to ICANN's accountability. It is more important to get this work done right than it is to get it done quickly. However, should the group not focus on the core accountability requirements to fill the backstop role of the U.S. Government, I fear that it will drive the transition towards delay or even possible failure after being so close to completion. A lot of work has been done by our community, in the CCWG and at the ICG, and the crafting of these two dynamic proposals has been a testament to the capability of the multistakeholder community – we must not let this moment pass. I am personally looking forward to using this time in Los Angeles to contribute constructively to the work of the CCWG and remain confident we will continue to enhance what we have built together. Details - ICANN Blog - Author: Steve Crocker - 24 Sep 2015 Sent from my iPhone David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 <+%201.%20202.341.3611> Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 Email: david.olive(a)icann.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david.olive(a)icann.org');> www.icann.org

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Draft of New gTLD Program Implementation Review Available for Public Comment
by Greg Shatan Sept. 23, 2015

Sept. 23, 2015

All, Here is an announcement from ICANN, which includes a new public comment period, fortunately through December 7. Please reply to this email so that John McElwaine can assemble the comment team. Thanks! Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *David Olive* <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Draft of New gTLD Program Implementation Review Available for Public Comment To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-09-23-en ------------------------------ Draft of New gTLD Program Implementation Review Available for Public Comment 23 September 2015 – ICANN today announced the publication of the draft New gTLD Program Implementation Review, a self-assessment of the implementation of New gTLD Program processes. The draft report is available for public comment through 7 December 2015. *Read the draft Program Implementation Review report <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/implementation/draft-program-review-16…> [PDF, 2.48 MB]*. The report is ICANN's assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of its implementation of the program, and is intended to help inform a community review team's assessment of the application and evaluation processes. This document is intended to share ICANN's perspective on the execution of the New gTLD Program, but as part of the review, ICANN considered feedback from the many stakeholders who played a major role in the program, including applicants, service providers and other members of the community. With the draft report now published for public comment, ICANN is seeking additional input from stakeholders. This stakeholder feedback will be considered before the report is finalized. *Comment on the report <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-draft-review-2015-09-23-en>* . "This review is one of several planned sets of assessments and activities to help measure our progress against the goals of the New gTLD Program," said Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Global Domains Division. "Once the community has a chance to provide comments, we'll use the findings to help shape future rounds of the program." In implementing the New gTLD Program and reflecting upon the challenges of execution, ICANN has identified several areas that may benefit from further work and discussion. The Program Implementation Review report supports one of several reviews <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews> intended to help measure how the New gTLD Program is promoting competition, consumer choice, and consumer trust. # # # About ICANN *ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org <https://www.icann.org/>.*

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Reflections on the IANA Stewardship Transition Process
by Greg Shatan Sept. 23, 2015

Sept. 23, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *David Olive* <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Reflections on the IANA Stewardship Transition Process To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> Reflections on the IANA Stewardship Transition Process September 23, 2015 by Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling [image: Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling] [image: Printer-friendly version]Printer-friendly version <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/print/blog/2015/reflections-iana-stewardship-transi…> With the closing of the public comment period, we at NTIA continue to be impressed by the dedication and hard work of the many stakeholders involved in planning the transition of NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet’s domain name system. We are pleased to see so many stakeholders participate in the crafting of the plan to transition NTIA’s role related to the DNS technical functions, known as the IANA functions. Everyone that benefits from the Internet has a stake in the success of the multistakeholder model and a voice in this process. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/reflections-iana-stewardship-transition-p… Sent from my iPhone David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 <+%201.%20202.341.3611> Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 Email: david.olive(a)icann.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david.olive(a)icann.org');> www.icann.org

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