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Call for volunteers to the drafting team at ME Space @ICANN66
by Nadira Alaraj Sept. 2, 2019

Sept. 2, 2019

Dear ICANN MEAC community, As per the discussion on the mailing list, the ME Space leading team is pleased to announce that the selected topic for the ME Space at ICANN 66 in Montreal will be “*Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model*” and call for for members to form the drafting team. The call for Drafting Team members opens today 2 September at 12:00 UTC and closes on 13 September at 12:00 UTC By Sept. 13, the volunteers will select their pen-holder to lead the work. Hence, I call upon the community members to respond to this email or they can write directly offlist to Mr. Tijani and me. We encourage all those interested in this topic to get into the experience of development the Middle East position to be submitted to the right channel and posted to the public comments below. If you wish you can browse through the background documents that you can find in the link below before deciding to volunteer. *Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model.* https://www.icann.org/public-comments/multistakeholder-model-next-steps-201… The kick-off in drafting will be starting with all at equal level, as we believe that each one of us are able to contribute with substantial input even with one value added comment. However, we will keep track to those who volunteered and didn't contribute and we will list them as observers. Will be waiting eagerly for the coming volunteers. Best wishes, Nadira > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:16 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa(a)topnet.tn> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben >>> Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the >>> following timeline: >>> >>> >>> *Date* >>> >>> *Days* >>> >>> *Action* >>> >>> August 19 - 30 >>> >>> 12 >>> >>> Call for topics >>> >>> September 2 >>> >>> >>> >>> Announcement of the selected Topic >>> >>> September 2 - 13 >>> >>> 11 >>> >>> Call for volunteers for the drafting team >>> >>> September 16 >>> >>> >>> >>> Announcement of the drafting team composition >>> >>> September 16 - 30 >>> >>> 14 >>> >>> Drafting of the statement (1st draft) >>> >>> September 30 >>> >>> >>> >>> Publishing of the 1st draft for comments >>> >>> Sept. 30 to October 10 >>> >>> 10 >>> >>> Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement >>> >>> October 11 - 18 >>> >>> 8 >>> >>> Drafting of the final version >>> >>> October 21 >>> >>> >>> >>> Final draft published >>> >>> >>> We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed >>> at ICANN 66 in Montreal. >>> >>> The chosen topics should be current and of high interest at ICANN. >>> >>> Please provide your choice before Friday 30th August 2019 at 23:59 UTC. >>> Best regards >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *Tijani BENJEMAA* >>> Executive Director >>> Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (*FMAI*) >>> Telephone: +216 52 385 114 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>

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[Webinar Invitation] ICANN65 Online Readout Session for the Middle East | Tuesday 3 September 2019 | 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM UTC
by Fahd Batayneh Sept. 2, 2019

Sept. 2, 2019

Dear All, We will be holding a webinar to provide an update on key discussions that took place during ICANN65 in Marrakech. Where: Online on Zoom. Link to access the readout at https://icann.zoom.us/j/359753507 When: Tuesday 3 September 2019 at 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM UTC (time zone converter here<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html>) Agenda: * Welcome Note | Baher Esmat [1 minute] * GAC Update and the Africa Capacity Development Workshop | Manal Ismail [8 minutes] * EPDP 2.0 | Rafik Dammak [8 minutes] * SubPro | Julie Hedlund [8 minutes] * Universal Acceptance of TLDs | Sarmad Hussain [8 minutes] * Registry Data Access Protocol (RDAP) | Mert Saka and Aysegul Tekce [8 minutes] * ATLAS III in Montreal | Nadira Alaraj [4 minutes] * Q&A | All [14 minutes] * Closing Remarks | Baher Esmat [1 minute] We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Baher Esmat and Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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ME Space @ ICANN 66
by Tijani BEN JEMAA Aug. 29, 2019

Aug. 29, 2019

Dear all, Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the following timeline: DATE DAYS ACTION August 19 - 30 12 Call for topics September 2 Announcement of the selected Topic September 2 - 13 11 Call for volunteers for the drafting team September 16 Announcement of the drafting team composition September 16 - 30 14 Drafting of the statement (1st draft) September 30 Publishing of the 1st draft for comments Sept. 30 to October 10 10 Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement October 11 - 18 8 Drafting of the final version October 21 Final draft published We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 66 in Montreal. The chosen topics should be current and of high interest at ICANN. Please provide your choice before Friday 30th August 2019 at 23:59 UTC. Best regards -- Tijani BENJEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) Telephone: +216 52 385 114

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[Webinar] Developing a Work Plan for the Evolution of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 29, 2019

Aug. 29, 2019

If you are interested in the work on Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model, the 2 identical webinars on 11 September 2019 at 23.00 UTC and 12 September 2019 at 16.00 UTC might be of interest. Fahd Batayneh ICANN Date: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 1:55 AM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Developing a Work Plan for the Evolution of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model Webinar Developing a Work Plan for the Evolution of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model Webinar 28 August 2019 LOS ANGELES – 27 August 2019 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) invites the ICANN community to participate in a webinar on the next steps related to developing a work plan to further the community's work on evolving ICANN's multistakeholder model (MSM) . This facilitated conversation will take place on 11 September 2019 at 2300 UTC and 12 September 2019 at 1600 UTC. The facilitator, Brian Cute, will walk the community through the "Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model" document that was recently opened for public comment. The public comment seeks community input on whether the issues highlighted in the document are already addressed or, if not, which group in the ICANN community should address the issue. This input will form the basis of a work plan to address the issues outlined in the public comment document. Webinar Details Date and TimeMeeting Room Details 11 September 20192300 – 2400 UTCJoin via Zoom: https://icann.zoom.us/j/474494091 Meeting ID: 474 494 091Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abMeNpezpU 12 September 20191600 – 1700 UTCJoin via Zoom: https://icann.zoom.us/j/474494091 Meeting ID: 474 494 091Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abMeNpezpU About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique, so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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[Webinar Invitation] ICANN65 Online Readout Session for the Middle East | Tuesday 3 September 2019 | 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM UTC
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 28, 2019

Aug. 28, 2019

Dear All, We will be holding a webinar to provide an update on key discussions that took place during ICANN65 in Marrakech. Where: Online on Zoom. Link to access the readout at https://icann.zoom.us/j/359753507 When: Tuesday 3 September 2019 at 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM UTC (time zone converter here) Agenda: Welcome Note | Baher Esmat [1 minute] GAC Update and the Africa Capacity Development Workshop | Manal Ismail [8 minutes] EPDP 2.0 | Rafik Dammak [8 minutes] SubPro | Julie Hedlund [8 minutes] Universal Acceptance of TLDs | Sarmad Hussain [8 minutes] Registry Data Access Protocol (RDAP) | Mert Saka and Aysegul Tekce [8 minutes] ATLAS III in Montreal | Nadira Alaraj [4 minutes] Q&A | All [14 minutes] Closing Remarks | Baher Esmat [1 minute] We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Baher Esmat and Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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Re: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 28, 2019

Aug. 28, 2019

Dear All, Just to flag a new blog posted by Brian Cute who is leading the Evolving ICANN's Mutlistakeholder Model (MSM) process >> https://go.icann.org/2UavLIk. Thank you, Fahd From: <icann-meac-swg(a)googlegroups.com> on behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa <tijani.benjemaa(a)topnet.tn> Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 12:55 PM To: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj(a)gmail.com> Cc: "middle-east(a)icann.org" <middle-east(a)icann.org>, MEAC-SWG <icann-meac-swg(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: [Ext] Re: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Dear all, I find the ME Space at ICANN 66 the best opportunity to give our region community opinion on this very topic. The resulting consensus statement would be our region's comment in the public comment platform. it will also be sent to the ICANN Board as usual. So, again, Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model is my preference. It's not that I don't agree to address the IDR which is in my opinion an excellent topic for our region, but this is the exact good time for evolving the ICANN MSM. Tijani Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj(a)gmail.com> a écrit : Dear MEAC Community members, Greetings to all, I would like to thank the valued input from our active community members. If you noticed that as lead to the ME Space we paused our input to the vibrant discussions, in the hope of hearing from you. I'm trust that there are more among us have their perspective that we would like to hear. It could be in the form of supporting the proposed topics, discussing the issue or suggesting new one. Looking forward to more community input within the proposed timeline. Best wishes Nadira AL-Araj I On Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 03:07 Hadia El Miniawi <hadiaminiawi(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Thanks Manal Dear All, Now that we have the document about the "Next steps to improve the effectiveness of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model" open for public comment, I would suggest to take a look at it and see if we would like to provide a statement. You can find the PDF at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/multistakeholder-model-next-ste… [icann.org] The document addresses phase two which is about developing the work plan. The work plan will focus on four things: 1. The issues to be addressed. 2. Which entity or process will take on the task of developing and proposing a solution or approach to address the issue (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, Community, ICANN Board, ICANN organization)? 3. The projected time frame when the owner of that task will deliver a proposed solution or approach within fiscal years 2021-2025; and 4. The estimated resources the issue owner will need to develop and propose a solution or approach to address the issue. According to the document what you will need to do is to review the description of each issue and the impact it is having on ICANN’s MSM. Next the document identifies and provides links to potential solutions that are being developed through other work streams in ICANN. You are asked to review the potential solution that is being developed to determine if you think the work will solve the problem. The questions which will need to be answered in the public comment are: 1. Is there an existing solution or a solution being developed in other work streams that could sufficiently address the issue? If yes, comment on how you think it will sufficiently address the issue. If there is an existing or potential solution being developed in the community that is not identified in this document, please identify that solution and explain whether it will sufficiently address the issue. If you have your own solution to an issue that you would like to suggest, please do so. 2. If there isn’t a solution that will sufficiently address this issue, who should take on the task of developing a solution (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, community, ICANN Board, ICANN organization)? Please be specific about which entity or which community process should take on the task. 3. How would you prioritize the issue? Although the other two suggested topics are good as well, Amr's proposal though very important may be lost now amidst all the other hot topics and as for choukri's proposal, though we still have the time to make an impact, but the public comment period is actually closed and we now have the opportunity to tackle an actually open one. As said above, I would suggest that we read the above document and if we find that we would like to provide feedback, then lets go ahead and make our ICANN 66 statement about the next steps to improve the effectiveness of the multi-stakeholder model (The development of the work plan) Best Hadia On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 01:25:57 AM GMT+2, Manal Ismail <manal(a)tra.gov.eg> wrote: Dear All .. Following our discussion, kindly note that ICANN org has now opened the public comment period on how to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model [icann.org] .. This may provide more information and help colleagues to decide whether to comment in Montreal or at a following meeting .. Kind Regards --Manal From: icann-meac-swg(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Manal Ismail Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 11:53 PM To: Amr Elsadr; Nadira Alaraj Cc: MEAC-SWG; middle-east(a)icann.org Subject: RE: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Many thanks Amr and Chokri for your proposals .. I take your points .. I believe the 3 topics are important and of interest .. So maybe some guidance on: - where each process stands, - what’s expected from the community in Montreal and beyond, - …. Would guide our discussions and help us prioritize the topics, decide what would be timely and influential if submitted in Montreal, and maybe consider the remaining 2 topics in following meetings if their timelines allow .. I’m totally flexible and look forward to hearing what everyone thinks .. Kind Regards --Manal From: Middle-East [mailto:middle-east-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Amr Elsadr Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 3:37 PM To: Nadira Alaraj Cc: MEAC-SWG; middle-east(a)icann.org Subject: Re: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Hi again, I’d like to share a thought on the suggested topics, if I may. First, for the sake of clarification, my proposal is on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD), not Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This concerns data submitted by registrants upon registering a gTLD (or ccTLD) domain name. I didn’t include any of the substantive policy issues or recommendations in the body of my previous email, but those are all available in the links I shared, for anyone who is interested in reviewing them. I’d also be happy to answer any questions (to the best of my ability) on the issue, so feel free to share them here (probably best on a different thread). All three proposed topics (by Manal, Chokri and myself) are clearly relevant and important, but I’d like to explain why I personally prefer IRD as a topic of at least some focus by the MEAC ICANN community. The “Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model” is clearly one that is of great importance, and seemingly one of high priority to ICANN Org. Similarly, the “Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews” topic is one that is of very high interest to the ICANN community as a whole. They are both very deserving of the MEAC’s attention and participation. Having said that, IRD is different in a couple of respects. IRD is a topic on which there is far less interest, even among stakeholders who are regularly engaged in gTLD policy development. It might be presumptuous of me to make that statement, but at a minimum, there has been little-to-no progress on this issue in years now. On the other hand, the main beneficiaries of resolution of policy development on this topic are those communities around the world whose languages/scripts are not based on the Latin alphabet, such as those who are from the MEAC region. Allowing registrants the option to submit registration data in local languages/scripts is something I personally believe should be afforded, provided that there is a practical way to get this done. This view seems to be shared by the IRD EWG, and is reflected in their recommendations. IMO, this topic also requires a champion(s); a part of the community that will keep an eye on this, and continue to remind the broader ICANN community that it merits serious attention and follow-up. Right now is probably not the best time for the GNSO, and other SOs and ACs to start this, but it is important that it doesn’t become a topic that is completely forgotten because of other events taking place that are understandably overwhelming the community’s bandwidth and resources. It seems to me that the MEAC ICANN community is one such group that should be all over this. If we don’t or are unable to emphasize the importance of policy issues that are of regional significance to us, then we shouldn’t really expect the rest of the community to take on this role on our behalf. Still…, this topic is not as time-sensitive as other high-interest ones, like the ones Manal and Chokri proposed. It’s one that can wait, and isn’t absolutely necessary to raise at ICANN66. If this is something the rest of this group would like to take a little more time becoming familiar with, that is also fine by me. For my part, my intention was really just to bring it to the attention of subscribers to this mailing list. Thanks again. Amr On Aug 26, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj(a)GMAIL.COM> wrote: Thank you Hadia for sharing your insights on the 3 proposed topics by Amr, Manal and Chokri. I will note your support on the 3 topics. Nadira On Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 14:26 Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia(a)tra.gov.eg> wrote: I also support chokri's proposal. The public comments report was published July 30th and we could still have an effective input if we wish. Best Hadia From: icann-meac-swg(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nadira Alaraj Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 12:03 PM To: Chokri Ben Romdhane Cc: Tijani BENJEMAA; middle-east(a)icann.org; MEAC-SWG Subject: Re: [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Thank you Chokri for your comments on “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” that I personally support. If this topic got selected the ME input will be on the second stage or the points that you've raised. As for your topic: "Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews [icann.org]" It is noted and I hope it will gain the community support. Nadira On Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 12:54 Chokri Ben Romdhane <chokribr(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi Manal and all, Personaly , I would like to support Manal proposal since the effectiveness of the ICANN MSM is crucial issue in which we should get involved , but from what I know the next stage of this work , as announced during ICANN65 by the independent team managing this job , is to assigne to every issue the corespondent constituencies or actors that will be responsible for its evolvement , I don't know if It will be useful for us to trigger a statement about this assignment? if not I would like to propose another crucial topic: "Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews [icann.org]" . Friendly Chokri Le dim. 25 août 2019 à 23:50, Manal Ismail <manal(a)tra.gov.eg> a écrit : Dear Nadira, Tijani and All .. Apologies for my weak participation on this mailing list, due to work load .. I still follow the discussions though a bit delayed .. Following your emails I would like to propose “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” as a topic for ICANN66 ME Space .. It’s not a policy topic but a topic that has to do with the existing model and current process and aligns with ICANN Strategic Plan 2021-2025 [icann.org] – Strategic Objective #2 on Governance, aiming at improving the effectiveness of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of governance .. Community discussions identified an initial list of 21 issues [icann.org] that are preventing ICANN’s multistakeholder model from functioning more effectively and efficiently .. The 21 issues were then merged and consolidated to a final list of 11 issues [icann.org] namely: 1. Prioritization of Work 2. Precision in scoping the work 3. Costs 4. Representativeness + Inclusiveness 5. Consensus 6. Terms 7. Recruitment + Demographics 8. Complexity 9. Efficient Use of Resources 10. Culture + Trust + Silos 11. Roles and Responsibilities + Holistic View of ICANN Worth noting that, here will be a community discussion on this topic on the Thursday of the Montreal week, per the announced Block Schedule, and I believe it would be a good opportunity if the ME space compiles input on few issues of interest to our region and present it during the session (similar to the excellent intervention on Universal Acceptance in Marrakech, thanks to everyone who was involved) .. You may find additional information on this page [icann.org] .. @Baher @Fahd, should this be agreed, appreciate if you can check the exact version of the document that will be discussed in Montreal .. Kind Regards --Manal From: icann-meac-swg(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nadira Alaraj Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 8:10 AM To: Tijani BENJEMAA Cc: middle-east(a)icann.org; MEAC-SWG Subject: [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Dear All, I would like to encourage the community members to propose ICANN Topics to bring attention to our collective voice. You don't have to be travelling to ICANN 66 in order to propose a topic. The ME statement for ICANN Kobe was a success in spite many of the drafting team were able to attend the meeting. Looking forward hearing from you, Best wishes, Nadira AL-Araj On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:16 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa(a)topnet.tn> wrote: Dear all, Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the following timeline: DateDaysAction August 19 - 3012Call for topics September 2 Announcement of the selected Topic September 2 - 1311Call for volunteers for the drafting team September 16 Announcement of the drafting team composition September 16 - 3014Drafting of the statement (1st draft) September 30 Publishing of the 1st draft for comments Sept. 30 to October 1010Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement October 11 - 188Drafting of the final version October 21 Final draft published We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 66 in Montreal. The chosen topics should be current and of high interest at ICANN. Please provide your choice before Friday 30th August 2019 at 23:59 UTC. Best regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tijani BENJEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) Telephone: +216 52 385 114 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MEAC SWG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to icann-meac-swg+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/icann-meac-swg/CAJdpWNDLvz2sfJ-72F1uTJuMQ… [groups.google.com] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MEAC SWG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to icann-meac-swg+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. 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Middle East DNS Forum - Call for Program Committee Members
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 26, 2019

Aug. 26, 2019

Friends and Colleagues, As you may know, ICANN organizes the Middle East DNS Forum on annual basis. The forum has a Program Committee of 6 members who work on the agenda in terms of suggesting topics and suggesting speakers. Every year, 3 members retire, thus pave the way for 3 new members to join the PC. This is a call for interested experts and relevant stakeholders to apply for one of the 3 vacancies of the ME DNS Forum PC. Interested candidates are expected to: * Serve with no financial compensation incurred; * Attend teleconference calls when needed; * Have expertise in one or more of the following: * DNS Registry and Registrar Operations; * Domain Name Marketing and Business Development; * DNS Protocols and Technologies, including DNSSEC, IPv6, IDNs, etc.; * DNS Security, Stability, and Resiliency; * Expertise in event planning and agenda development; and * Strong network of contacts. * Serve for a term of 2 years; and * Devote adequate time especially around the forum’s dates. If interested, please fill out the form at https://forms.gle/L67xKFR4vg1y65sn6. The form remains open until Sunday 15 September 2018 at 23.59 UTC. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh On Behalf of the Middle East DNS Forum Program Committee

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Webinars on DMARC - Global Cyber Alliance (GCA)
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 26, 2019

Aug. 26, 2019

Friends and Colleagues, On September 9th, GCA will start a 6-week DMARC Bootcamp. This bootcamp will guide participants to implement a DMARC - an effective way to limit the spoofing of email from protected domains. This bootcamp will guide participants to implement policy level of “none” after becoming acquainted with DMARC within the first few weeks. By the end of the bootcamp, participants will have enough information and confidence to move to the highest DMARC policy level of “reject” immediately or within a few months. Link for registration: https://mailchi.mp/1833debd40eb/dmarcbootcamp. To obtain more information on this, please read on. DMARC is considered the industry standard for email authentication to prevent attacks in which malicious third parties send harmful email using a counterfeit address. DMARC stops email impersonation - by implementing DMARC, domains lower the odds of their domains being spoofed and used for phishing attacks on recipients. The result of a domain not implementing any form of DMARC policy is exposing its recipients to possible phishing attacks and, unsurprisingly, 91% of all cyber-attacks begin with a phishing email. Since June 2016, the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) has been working to accelerate adoption of DMARC through advocacy, by providing a set of easy-to-use tools, and campaigns to drive deployment. GCA also measured the economic impact of DMARC. In just a few short years, GCA’s DMARC initiative has resulted in more than 5,700 organizations across more than 180 countries adopting DMARC. This has led to estimated financial benefits of more than $19 Million USD in 2018 across a diverse array of industries and governments. Moreover, the $19M estimate is merely from GCA’s activity. GCA’s other partners, including nonprofit organizations, commercial vendors, governments, and enterprises are also deploying and supporting the deployment of DMARC. For these organizations, the most-affected 1% of them will save $302,000 per year solely from reducing business email compromise (BEC) through DMARC, even assuming only 1% of BEC emails lead to action. If that number grows to 5%, the loss reduction for that 1% is $1.3M per year. Adding that up across the Internet is a big number, and that is from BEC losses alone. Starting September 9, GCA will run a 6 weeks bootcamp to enable organizations to learn about DMARC and support them in its implementation. Every step of the way, GCA and partners will assist with resources and guidance, including multiple webinars and demonstrations. (Please note that the below is subject to change and additional webinars and resources may be added as needed) Timings for Webinars: Wednesday of each week 7am EST (12pm BST, 1pm Paris), 12pm EST (9am PST, 5pm BST, 6pm Paris) , 12am EST (12pm Singapore, 2pm Sydney, AU) The agenda will be as follows: Weeks 1-2: Getting Started Overview of DMARC, SPF and DKIM Weeks 3-4: Time to Implement! Demonstrations on how to implement DMARC on Windows DNS, BIND and a Cloud-based DNS Provider. Weeks 5-6: On Going Management: Analyze, Review and Adjust What to look for in DMARC reports and what needs to be adjusted before moving to an enforcement policy More details on the modules are here: Weeks One-Two: Getting Started Sept 10th - Bootcamp introduction and DMARC: An Overview (60 min) This is the first webinar of the DMARC Bootcamp series. We will provide a brief overview of the bootcamp and then an overview of DMARC. Sept 18th - What are SPF and DKIM? (60 min) In this session we will be going over SPF and DKIM. We’ll cover the basics and options of performing DKIM key generation and signing. Weeks 3-4: Time to Implement! Sept 24 and Sept 30 - DMARC Technical Details and Windows DNS (60 min) In this session we will go over each of the tags for a DMARC policy and then provide a demonstration on how to create the DNS records for SPF, DKIM and DMARC on Windows DNS. Sept 25 and Oct 2 - DMARC Technical Details and BIND (60 min) In this session we will go over each of the tags for a DMARC policy and then provide a demonstration on how to create the DNS records for SPF, DKIM and DMARC on BIND server (Linux). Sept 26 and Oct 3 - DMARC Technical Details and Cloud DNS (60 min) In this session we will go over each of the tags for a DMARC policy and then provide a demonstration on how to create the DNS records for SPF, DKIM and DMARC on Google Cloud DNS and 1&1.com. Weeks 5-6: On Going Management: Analyze, Review and Adjust We will have multiple webinars from DMARC partners regarding DMARC reporting and next steps. Date and times are being set for these. Additional information and links will be forthcoming as the bootcamp advances. Please register for the bootcamp in order to receive the link for all of the webinars. Sign up to join the bootcamp and get updates about our Webinars and other resources as they become available. Please join us by registering at https://mailchi.mp/1833debd40eb/dmarcbootcamp. If you have any questions, contact gca-dmarc(a)globalcyberalliance.org.

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FW: [WEBINAR] Internet Governance in July & August 2019 | Tuesday 27 August 2019 | 11.00 - 12.00 UTC
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

This webinar by the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) summarizing Internet Governance in July and August 2019 might be of interest to some. If interested, please read on and register. Fahd Date: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 2:30 PM Subject: [Briefing] Internet governance in July & August 2019 Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser [diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com] Internet governance in July & August 2019 Tuesday, 27th August, 13:00 CEST (11:00 UTC) Online What were the main Internet governance updates in July & August, and how will they shape future developments? What can we expect in September? Join us for our next monthly briefing Tuesday, 27th August at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UTC), online for the now-customary discussion. You receive hundreds of pieces of information on digital politics. We receive them, too. We decode, contextualise, and analyse them. Then we summarise them for you.Held on the last Tuesday of the month, the Internet governance briefings provide a 'zoomed-out' update of the major global IG and digital policy developments. Register for the briefing The monthly Internet governance briefings are organised by the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP), a Swiss initiative run by DiploFoundation. Learn more about our monthly briefings and local hubs. To keep up-to-date with GIP events, subscribe to our mailing list. More information at gip(a)diplomacy.edu.

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FW: Accountability and Transparency Review: Survey Available for Community Input
by Fahd Batayneh Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) has published a survey for community input. The survey remains open until Friday 13 September at 23.59 UTC. If interested, please read on and take the survey. Fahd Batayneh ICANN Date: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 1:03 AM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Accountability and Transparency Review: Survey Available for Community Input [ICANN Announcement Alerts] Accountability and Transparency Review: Survey Available for Community Input<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_l…> 22 August 2019 LOS ANGELES – 19 August 2019 – The third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_B…>) has published a survey for community input. Click here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_B…> to take the survey now. The aim of this survey is to collect opinions from individuals in the ICANN community on ICANN's accountability and transparency, and to help the ATRT3 Review Team to identify areas which require improvement and could benefit from a recommendation. The Review Team has published a separate survey<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_Y…> to collect opinions from groups in the ICANN community. Following the close of both surveys on 13 September 2019 at 23:59 UTC, the ATRT3 Review Team will evaluate responses as input to its draft final report. The survey questions are available in PDF format here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_l…> (for reference purposes only). Background The Accountability and Transparency Review is mandated by ICANN's Bylaws (Article 4, Section 4.6<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_L…>) to review "ICANN's execution of its commitment to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making reflect the public interest and are accountable to the Internet community." Learn more about the ATRT3 Review here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newsalerts.icann.org_r…>. About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world. [shadow]

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