July 2015 - Npoc-discuss - lists.icann.org

New NPOC member approved recently by NCSG EC.
by Rudi Vansnick Aug. 4, 2015

Aug. 4, 2015

Dear NPOC members, We are pleased to inform NCSG EC has approved a new NPOC member during the recent EC meeting. The new member is Alter Mundi from Argentina and Nicolás Echániz is the representative to NPOC/NCSG. Their website can be found at http://altermundi.net/ <http://altermundi.net/> Dear Nicolás Echániz, We welcome you in our community. Feel free to introduce your organisation and yourself to the NPOC community. Share your interests and of course your concerns related to the DNS by posting them to this mailing list (NPOC Discuss), which is accessible to every NPOC member. Hope to read you soon and have you on our NPOC calls in the near future (next call will be scheduled in August). Kind regards, Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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IDN working group - invitation for experts participation
by Rudi Vansnick (NPOC) July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

The message below is sent to you for your information. If you have any questions, please contact us. On behalf of the GNSO Council, I write to draw your attention to the following invitation for the GNSO to appoint three community experts to the new Working Group that is to be formed to review the IDN Guidelines: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en>. The IDN Guidelines govern the implementation of IDNs at the second level by registry operators and are intended to minimize the risk of consumer confusion and cyber-squatting. Under the New gTLD Program, registry operators offering IDNs are contractually bound to follow the Guidelines. Since the Guidelines were last revised in 2011, the ICANN staff in charge of implementing IDNs are convening a Working Group comprising experts from across the ICANN community, viz. ALAC, ccNSO, GNSO and SSAC. You may recall the recent outreach efforts, by ICANN to the GNSO, requesting a list of issues from the GNSO community for the Working Group to consider. An informal group was formed as a result of this request, comprising Edmon Chung (dotAsia), Dennis Tan Tanaka (Verisign) and Kal Feher (ARI Services). Although the group did not ultimately finalize a list of issues, members of that group may be interested in volunteering for this new Working Group effort. As the GNSO Council is expected to approve the appointment of the three community experts to the new Working Group, I would be grateful if you can reach out to your community and let me know of any qualified members who may be interested in being considered for the appointments. The deadline is August 3rd. Please inform NPOC if you are willing to join the working group based on the criteria defined in the IDN Guidelines document. Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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RSVP - WEBINAR: Briefing on 2nd Draft CCWG-Accountability Proposal
by Rudi Vansnick (NPOC) July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

The message below is sent to you for your information. If you have any questions, please contact us. RSVP - WEBINAR: Briefing on 2nd Draft CCWG-Accountability Proposal ICANN News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-30-en <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fnews%2Fannouncem…> WEBINAR: Briefing on 2nd Draft CCWG-Accountability Proposal 30 July 2015 The CCWG-Accountability will be publishing its 2nd draft for 40-day public comment on 3 August 2015. Community feedback is requested on this 2nd draft proposal of proposed enhancements to ICANN's accountability framework that the CCWG-Accountability has identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1). Community feedback will help the CCWG-Accountability to improve its proposal and carry on with next steps, including Chartering Organizations' endorsement of the CCWG-Accountability output before it is submitted to the ICANN Board during or after ICANN 54 in Dublin in October 2015. In order to brief the community on the contents of their 2nd draft proposal, the CCWG-Accountability Chairs will host two identical briefing webinars on 4 and 7 August at different times to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on: 4 August from 19:00 – 21:00 UTC (time zone converter here) 7 August from 07:00 – 09:00 UTC (time zone converter here) Webinars will be conducted in English. Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. Webinar Details & How to Attend The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff(a)icann.org <mailto:acct-staff@icann.org> and indicate: The time at which you would like to attend the webinar; and Your language request (if requested). Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. Please note that the webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be posted on the CCWG-Accountability Wiki here. Further information For further information about the CCWG-Accountability's work, please see https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icann.org%2Fx%2FogDxAg…>. For further information about the related IANA Stewardship Transition, please see https://www.icann.org/stewardship <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fstewardship&usd=…> or https://www.ianacg.org <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ianacg.org&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNG…>. Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report – Register for the FY15 Q4 call on 20 August 2015
by Rudi Vansnick (NPOC) July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

The message below is sent to you for your information. If you have any questions, please contact us. https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-30-en <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-30-en> ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August 2015 at 14:00 UTC. The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015 and will review some of the information from the latest KPI Beta Dashboard, anticipated to launch around the same time. Please click here http://goo.gl/forms/4T76Zn1ulT <http://goo.gl/forms/4T76Zn1ulT> to register for the call and to receive joining instructions. If you are unable to access the form, please email us <mailto:icann.communications@icann.org> to register with your full name and an email address to send the joining instructions to. Kind regards, Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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Fwd: [liaison6c] call for comments: Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making
by Olévié Kouami July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> Date: 2015-07-30 13:16 GMT+01:00 Subject: [liaison6c] call for comments: Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making To: liaison6c <liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29… Comments close in 39 Days Contents - Brief Overview <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Submit Comment to Forum <comments-data-metrics-29jul15(a)icann.org> - Comments Forum <http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-data-metrics-29jul15> - Section I: Description, Explanation & Purpose <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Section II: Background <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Section III: Relevant Resources <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Section IV: Additional Information <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Section V: Reports <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> - Staff Contact <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29…> Brief Overview *Purpose:* This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the Initial Report from the GNSO's Working Group (WG) on possible recommendations for the use of Data and Metrics for Policy Making. The WG's intent is to develop solutions that will improve the way in which consensus policies are developed and help ensure that the most critical registrant, registry, and registrar issues are addressed by evolving the culture to better informed, fact-based policy development and decision-making. *Next Steps:* After close of the public comment period, the WG will review the submitted comments and update the report as agreed upon, thus producing the Final Report for submission to the GNSO Council. Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose The Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group (WG) is exploring opportunities to review standard methodologies of reporting and metrics that could better inform fact-based policy development and decision making; including how the community can collaborate with Contracted Parties and other service providers in the sharing of metrics and data. The WG's charter contains eight specific questions for the WG, derived from the Final Issue Report that was published in March 2013. The Charter questions cover issues including: - The question “which comes first, policy-process or definitive data describing the problem?” along with suggestions as to how data can be gathered when it has not yet been included in the reporting process. - How processes can be continuously improved, simplified and made more consistent for people wishing to either report a problem or learn about their options when their problem falls outside ICANN policy; - Principles that enhance metrics and data available to better inform the GNSO policy development process; - Improved understanding of the limits of ICANN policies regarding data measurement and tracking and other options to pursue if an issue is not covered by policies that gather data - Mechanisms whereby GNSO working groups can request information (both internal to ICANN or external, including GNSO contracted parties) which support fact-based policy-making; - Mechanisms to ensure appropriate safeguards with regard to the confidentiality of certain types of information; - A framework for distributing information to the GNSO policy-making community with the intent of both informing those groups and providing the ongoing basis for identifying and correcting problem-reporting and data-collection problems; - Any changes needed to incorporate the processes described above into the ongoing Policy Development Process. Opportunities discovered by the group include: - Improve the way in which Consensus Policies are developed and help ensure that the most critical registrant, registry, and registrar issues are addressed - Evolve culture to better informed, fact-based policy development and decision making - Base deliberations and decisions on tangible evidence as opposed to “gut feeling” or anecdotal evidence - Instill notion of continuous improvement to the policy process and effectiveness consensus policy implementations Key Definitions: - *Data*: Individual facts, a set of values, statistics, or items of information - *Metrics*: A set of measurements that help quantify results, which allows for better determination of the level of success against a set of goals The WG’s preliminary recommendations include: - Initiation of a pilot effort whereby the GNSO community at the early stages of the policy process (Issue Identification or Working Groups) can submit tactical sized requests for data and metrics to assist in validation of issues or to better inform policy deliberations - Creation of WG work product templates (Charter, Final Report) including updates to the GNSO’s Operating Procedures and Working Group Guidelines (WGG) - Update to the Charter template to assist drafting teams in determining key metrics to be used to meet the goals of resolving issues - Updates to the Final Report template with a standard but modifiable recommendation forcing a review of the policies implemented at a future date to determine if it met the stated intent - Creation of a Metrics Request Decision Tree and Request Form to formalize the request process; including inclusion into the WGG. Following analysis of all public comments received, the WG will finalize its recommendations and prepare a Final Report for delivery to the GNSO Council, for its review and action. Section II: Background The 2010 Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) identified the Meta Issue: Uniformity of Reporting which it described as "need for more uniformity in the mechanisms to initiate, track, and analyze policy-violation reports." The RAPWG recommended in its Final Report that "the GNSO and the larger ICANN community in general, create and support uniform problem-reporting and report-tracking processes." The GNSO Council recommended the creation of an Issue Report to further research metrics and reporting needs in hopes to improve the policy development process. The report created by ICANN staff outlined accomplishments regarding reporting and metrics by the Contractual Compliance function and it also reviewed other reporting sources that may be of relevance. The GNSO Council subsequently adopted the recommendation to form this non-PDP Working Group tasked with exploring opportunities for developing reporting and metrics processes and/or appropriate standardized methodologies that could better inform fact-based policy development and decision making. The WG has developed preliminary recommendations for a number of the charter questions it was tasked to address, which are described in its Initial Report <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-gnso-data-metrics-policy…> [PDF, 395 KB]. Those recommendations that contain suggested edits to the GNSO's Operating Procedures are also included in a redline version <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-operating-procedures-redli…> [PDF, 768 KB] should the WG's recommendations be adopted by the GNSO Council. Section III: Relevant Resources - Working Group Initial Report: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-gnso-data-metrics-policy… - Redline of GNSO Operating Procedures: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-operating-procedures-redli… - Working Group Charter: http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/dmpm-charter-23jan14-en.pdf - DMPM Project Page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm - DMPM Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/marwg Section IV: Additional Information Note that a few of the WG’s recommendations suggest updates to the GNSO’s Operating Guidelines; specifically Annex 1 "GNSO Working Group Guidelines" and Annex 2 "Policy Development Process Manual”. The recommendations within the Initial Report include the proposed changes or creation of new material. A redline version of GNSO’s Operating Guidelines are included to highlight the possible updates to this document should the GNSO Council adopt the WG’s recommendations. Section V: Reports Staff Contact Steve Chan steve.chan(a)icann.org -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Président/CEO de INTIC4DEV (http:www.intic4dev.org) Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT sarl (Editeur de logiciels de gestion SIGE (Syscoa/Ohada) SG de ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC ( http://www.estetic.tg) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) Membre du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) et Membre de de Internet Society ( www.isoc.org) Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo ICANN - Fellow & Alumni Secrétaire Général du RIK-Togo ( Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo)

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Non-PDP Data & Metrics Policy Making (DMPM) - Public comments Posted
by Olévié Kouami July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015

Dear all, I'm kindly invited you to participate sas possible as you can tho this ongoing process. I am a member of this WG as NPOC representative and so I have the duty to spread the love. Please go through : https://www.icann.org/public-comments/data-metrics-policy-making-2015-07-29… Thanks to all who contributed and participated in this effort. Warm regards. -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Président/CEO de INTIC4DEV (http:www.intic4dev.org) Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT sarl (Editeur de logiciels de gestion SIGE (Syscoa/Ohada) SG de ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC ( http://www.estetic.tg) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) Membre du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) et Membre de de Internet Society ( www.isoc.org) Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo ICANN - Fellow & Alumni Secrétaire Général du RIK-Togo ( Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo)

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ICANN Policy Update July 2015
by Rudi Vansnick July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

ICANN Policy Update | Volume 15, Issue 6 | July 2015 Full article can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en> Robust Policy Development and Advice Work Continues At ICANN53, the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) presented its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) with the approval from its five chartering organizations. To learn more about this milestone, please watch <https://youtu.be/va-EnoXV4h8> CWG-Stewardship Co-Chair Jonathan Robinson provide an overview of the process and outline next steps. Despite the extraordinary circumstances since NTIA's announcement of its intent to transition stewardship of the IANA functions, the ICANN community has remained deeply engaged in its core work of policy development. The GNSO Council recently approved the final reports of both the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process Working Group and the Policy & Implementation Working Group, among other accomplishments <https://youtu.be/02kzQqHOmfA>. Meanwhile, the advisory committees continue their work as well. The ALAC submitted statements on the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report and on the Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for Affirmation of Commitments and Organizational Reviews. The SSAC also recently published two comments, and the RSSAC will soon review the work of its Root Zone TTLs Work Party—just as a new work party launches in the Caucus. The Policy Development Support Team joins me in congratulating the community for its exceptional work on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability efforts. We also thank the community for advancing ICANN's core policy development and advice work through sustained commitment and look forward to continued productivity and progress. Best regards, David Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Istanbul Hub Office <>Issues Currently Open for Public Comment Several public comment proceedings are currently open on issues of interest to the ICANN community. Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en> The purpose of this public comment proceeding is to request community feedback on the Draft Report issued by Westlake Governance Limited (Westlake) on the Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). Public Comment Period Closes: 24 July 2015, 23:59 UTC Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE, and .FIRESTONE TLDs <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2015-06-21-en> This public comment period aims to gather community input on proposed amendments to the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE Registry Agreements to allow the registration of country and territory names currently reserved under Section 4 of Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement. These amendments are intended to implement the requests from the registry operators to offer a new registry service, which were submitted through the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process. Public Comment Period Closes: 3 August 2015, 23:59 UTC GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/transliteration-contact-recommendatio…> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the seven recommendations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization's Policy Development Process on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. Public Comment Period Closes: 10 August 2015, 23:59 UTC Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-prelim-issue-2015-07-13-en> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the new Preliminary Issue Report concerning Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS. Public Comment Period Closes: 6 September 2015, 23:59 UTC At any time, the full list of issues open for public comment, plus recently closed and archived public comment proceedings can be found on the Public Comment web page <https://www.icann.org/public-comments>. The staff also populates a web page to help alert the community and preview potential "upcoming" public comment opportunities. The Upcoming Public Comment <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/upcoming-2012-02-25-en> page provides specific information about these future comment opportunities. The page is updated around the scheduled time of every ICANN public meeting to help individuals and the community set priorities and plan future workloads. Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org <mailto:rudi.vansnick@npoc.org> Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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ICANN Policy Update July 2015
by Rudi Vansnick (NPOC) July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

ICANN Policy Update | Volume 15, Issue 6 | July 2015 Full article can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en> Robust Policy Development and Advice Work Continues At ICANN53, the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) presented its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) with the approval from its five chartering organizations. To learn more about this milestone, please watch <https://youtu.be/va-EnoXV4h8> CWG-Stewardship Co-Chair Jonathan Robinson provide an overview of the process and outline next steps. Despite the extraordinary circumstances since NTIA's announcement of its intent to transition stewardship of the IANA functions, the ICANN community has remained deeply engaged in its core work of policy development. The GNSO Council recently approved the final reports of both the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process Working Group and the Policy & Implementation Working Group, among other accomplishments <https://youtu.be/02kzQqHOmfA>. Meanwhile, the advisory committees continue their work as well. The ALAC submitted statements on the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report and on the Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for Affirmation of Commitments and Organizational Reviews. The SSAC also recently published two comments, and the RSSAC will soon review the work of its Root Zone TTLs Work Party—just as a new work party launches in the Caucus. The Policy Development Support Team joins me in congratulating the community for its exceptional work on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability efforts. We also thank the community for advancing ICANN's core policy development and advice work through sustained commitment and look forward to continued productivity and progress. Best regards, David Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Istanbul Hub Office <>Issues Currently Open for Public Comment Several public comment proceedings are currently open on issues of interest to the ICANN community. Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en> The purpose of this public comment proceeding is to request community feedback on the Draft Report issued by Westlake Governance Limited (Westlake) on the Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). Public Comment Period Closes: 24 July 2015, 23:59 UTC Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE, and .FIRESTONE TLDs <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2015-06-21-en> This public comment period aims to gather community input on proposed amendments to the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE Registry Agreements to allow the registration of country and territory names currently reserved under Section 4 of Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement. These amendments are intended to implement the requests from the registry operators to offer a new registry service, which were submitted through the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process. Public Comment Period Closes: 3 August 2015, 23:59 UTC GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/transliteration-contact-recommendatio…> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the seven recommendations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization's Policy Development Process on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. Public Comment Period Closes: 10 August 2015, 23:59 UTC Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-prelim-issue-2015-07-13-en> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the new Preliminary Issue Report concerning Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS. Public Comment Period Closes: 6 September 2015, 23:59 UTC At any time, the full list of issues open for public comment, plus recently closed and archived public comment proceedings can be found on the Public Comment web page <https://www.icann.org/public-comments>. The staff also populates a web page to help alert the community and preview potential "upcoming" public comment opportunities. The Upcoming Public Comment <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/upcoming-2012-02-25-en> page provides specific information about these future comment opportunities. The page is updated around the scheduled time of every ICANN public meeting to help individuals and the community set priorities and plan future workloads. Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
by Olévié Kouami July 22, 2015

July 22, 2015

Dear all, Please FYI. Interested expert should be endorsed it and should send their Resumes and Statements of Interest to IDNProgram(a)icann.org by 3 August, 2015. More details here: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en Warm regards -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Président/CEO de INTIC4DEV (http:www.intic4dev.org) Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT sarl (Editeur de logiciels de gestion SIGE (Syscoa/Ohada) SG de ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC ( http://www.estetic.tg) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) Membre du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) et Membre de de Internet Society ( www.isoc.org) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo ICANN - Fellow - Alumni Secrétaire Général du RIK-Togo ( Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo)

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Registration Policies for GAC Category 1 Highly Regulated gTLD Applications
by Sam Lanfranco July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015

*Registration Policies for GAC Category 1 Highly Regulated Applications* ** The ICANN GAC Communique at the ICANN46 meeting in Beijing in April 2013 advised that new gTLDs with names that relate to highly regulated sectors should implement a set of safeguards to improve consumer protection. The string .health is not included for protection. Some of the protections for these strings, and how they are deployed, should be of interest to health, legal and financial not-for-profit organizations. The strings to be protected included: .pharmacy, .surgery, .dentist, .dds, .hospital, .medical, .doctor .bank, .banque, .creditunion, .creditcard, .insurance, .ira, .lifeinsurance, .mutualfunds, .mutuelle, .vermogensberater, .vesicherung, .autoinsurance, .carinsurance .bank, .banque, .creditunion, .creditcard, .insurance, .ira, .lifeinsurance, .mutualfunds, .mutuelle, .vermogensberater, .vesicherung, .autoinsurance, .carinsurance, .charity, .university .abogado, .attorney, .cpa, .dentist, .dds, .lawyer, .doctor, .corp, .gmbh, .inc, .llc, .llp, .ltda, .ltd, .sarl, .srl, .sal The background on this task can be found at: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890480/ALAC-Cat1-Review%… The gTLD protection status of individual strings can be found at: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53783879/GAC%20Cat1%20Summ… https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/Beijing%20Communique… 2013_Final.pdf <https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/Beijing%20Communique…> Sam Lanfranco, Chair, NPOC Policy Committee

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