February 2020 - Npoc-discuss

ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum schedule is now available.
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 29, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Dear NPOC Members, The #ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum schedule is now available. Build your personal schedule, interact with other virtual attendees, and more. Get the full schedule here >> https://go.icann.org/2TbyPoW Regards, Caleb Ogundele ________________ Sent with thumbs from a small screen mobile device. Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr.

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by Joan Kerr Feb. 28, 2020

Feb. 28, 2020

Hello Everyone, ICANN hosted a planning meet to organize the virtual meeting for ICANN67. The schedule is streamlined to focus on the work that necessitate progress and decisions. The NPOC sessions are not included. There is hope that ICANN68 will be a face to face meeting. ICANN has prepared a FAQ <Hello Everyone, ICANN hosted a planning meet to organize the virtual meeting for ICANN67. The schedule is streamlined to focus on the work that necessitate progress and decisions. The NPOC sessions are not included. There is hope that ICANN68 will be a face to face meeting. ICANN has prepared a FAQ page, please visit it for any questions regarding the virtual meeting. It is my understanding that a final schedule will be available sometime next week. During the calls, these are the decisions to date: The timezone is Cancun, UTC -5; and Translations are offered in Spanish and French; I received many emails regarding technology challenges and the costs associated with using individual phones etc and have tried to address it, will continue to ask. I hope this helps with an update in a changing and virtual conference. We could learn a lot for the future. Regards,> page, please visit it for any questions regarding the virtual meeting. It is my understanding that a final schedule will be available sometime next week. During the calls, these are the decisions to date: - The timezone is Cancun, UTC -5; and - Translations are offered in Spanish and French; I received many emails regarding technology challenges and the costs associated with using individual phones etc and have tried to address it, will continue to ask. I hope this helps with an update in a changing and virtual conference. We could learn a lot for the future. I was looking forward to seeing many of you and to get some of those work that hard to complete done. Regards, -- Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian _____________________________________ Chair, Climate Smart Victory Garden Team Chair, ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency Chair, IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada UN WSIS Award Recipient, for Content & Creativity Durham Region Recipient, Community Partnership Award Founder, Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities www.joankerr.ca, www.fbsc.org Skype: joankerr_fbsc 1-416-907-0783

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Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Upcoming Middle East DNS Forum Postponed
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 28, 2020

Feb. 28, 2020

Caleb Ogundele ________________ Sent with thumbs from a small screen mobile device. Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ICANN <no-reply(a)external.icann.org> Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 12:46 AM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Upcoming Middle East DNS Forum Postponed To: <muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com> [image: ICANN Announcement Alerts] *Upcoming Middle East DNS Forum Postponed <https://newsalerts.icann.org/P000N0dCPR0ub00j0aaE132>* 27 February 2020 ISTANBUL – 27 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that its Middle East DNS Forum, scheduled for 24-25 March 2020, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is being postponed. This decision was made in partnership with our hosts, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization <https://newsalerts.icann.org/j3bR012PC000a0uNEdc0j00>. A new date will be determined in coordination with the event host, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC <https://newsalerts.icann.org/F1aRP00dc0C0u2j3000EdN0>). ICANN thanks the CITC for its efforts to host this meeting. We appreciate their understanding and look forward to returning to Riyadh in the future. This decision comes one week after the ICANN Board of Directors announced <https://newsalerts.icann.org/E0d0C0udRea0N03E2j00P01> that the ICANN67 Community Forum, which was scheduled for 7-12 March 2020 in Cancún, Mexico, will instead be held as a virtual conference with remote participation to ensure the health and safety of all attendees. 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. [image: shadow] *[image: Twitter] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/eN0afE02000RCj0301ePu0d>* [image: Facebook] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/wRaEN0dCP0000u1f0032g0j> [image: Instagram] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/I010hCa0P0ugNd230j0RE00> [image: Linkedin] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/Aj0h00CR20Nd1u300P0i0aE> [image: YouTube] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/B100iC2EN00000jR0ajPu3d> [image: shadow1] Unsubscribe <https://newsalerts.icann.org/E0d0C0ujRka0N03E2j00P01> | https://www.icann.org <https://newsalerts.icann.org/I010lCa0P0ukNd230j0RE00> <https://newsalerts.icann.org/DCm000l0ERa00j01PN2u0d3>

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Fwd: Featured Blog Post: Explaining the Legal Enforceability of the PIC Proposed by Ethos for .ORG
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 25, 2020

Feb. 25, 2020

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: KeyPointsAbout.org <newsletter(a)keypointsabout.org> Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 3:11 PM Subject: Featured Blog Post: Explaining the Legal Enforceability of the PIC Proposed by Ethos for .ORG To: <muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com> Ethos Capital has recently announced that it has voluntarily proposed to add an amendment to Public Interest Registry's (PIR) .ORG Registry ... Explaining the Legal Enforceability of the PIC Proposed by Ethos for .ORG <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…> *Originally published in CircleID* *BY ALLEN GROGAN* Ethos Capital has recently announced that it has voluntarily proposed to add an amendment to Public Interest Registry's (PIR) .ORG Registry Agreement with ICANN in the form of a Public Interest Commitment, also known as a "PIC." In the press release <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…> Ethos indicated that the PIC would become "legally binding" and "enforceable" both by ICANN and by members of the community. I anticipate that some would ask a number of logical questions: How would that work in practice? Are these commitments really legally enforceable? And by whom? I would like to address these questions and confirm that the PIC that Ethos is proposing will indeed constitute legally binding commitments that will be enforceable by ICANN — and by members of the .ORG community. As a reminder, the commitments codified in the PIC include: (1) affordability of .ORG domain names; (2) the role of the .ORG Stewardship Council in approving modifications to policies regarding censorship and freedom of expression, and use of .ORG registrant and user data; (3) the establishment of a Community Enablement Fund; and (4) the publication of annual reports assessing PIR's compliance with its public interest commitments and the ways in which PIR pursued activities for the benefit of .ORG domain name registrants. If PIR fails to live up to any of these commitments, both ICANN and the community will have recourse against PIR. *A Primer on PICs* Public Interest Commitments (PICs) are embodied in Specification 11 of ICANN's new gTLD Registry Agreement and thus are part of the contract between ICANN and a Registry Operator. Broadly speaking, there are two categories of contractually binding PICs. Some PICs are mandatory and are listed in Specification 11 of every base gTLD Registry Agreement, which now include, for example, not only .ORG but also .INFO and .BIZ. The second form of PIC is sometimes referred to as a "voluntary PIC" because they are entered into voluntarily by an individual Registry, rather than mandated or negotiated by ICANN. The PIC proposed by Ethos and PIR fits into this second, voluntary category. Although this form of PIC is referred to as "voluntary," once incorporated into the Registry Agreement, the PIC, just like other portions of the Registry Agreement, cannot be subject to unilateral modification or revocation by PIR. Any change or amendment to a PIC would be subject to the amendment procedures established in the Registry Agreement, which could include a public comment period and Board approval. *PICs Are Enforceable by ICANN* All PICs are subject to enforcement by ICANN's contractual compliance department in the ordinary course of its enforcement activities. If ICANN compliance receives a complaint from anyone in the community, or if ICANN's compliance team learns of potential non-compliance with a PIC from other sources, it can undertake an investigation and seek to require PIR to comply with the terms and conditions of the PIC. As noted, anyone can file a contractual compliance complaint with ICANN if they believe PIR is breaching its agreement with ICANN and ask ICANN's compliance team to investigate. If a complaint is filed, ICANN's compliance team will investigate, and if PIR is found to have breached the PIC and fails to cure that breach, ICANN can pursue various remedies, potentially including termination of the Registry Agreement. An example of ICANN's enforcement activities with respect to PICs can be found here <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…>. In that example, following an audit that concluded in September 2019, ICANN required remediation to bring some Registry Operators into compliance with the obligations regarding DNS security threats contained in the mandatory PIC found in Section 3(b) of Specification 11. *PICs Are Enforceable by Community Members* Someone who believes that PIR has failed to comply with a PIC and that they have been harmed as a result may report the alleged non-compliance to ICANN's compliance team for review and investigation under the Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure ("PICDRP") <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…>. If ICANN refers the matter to a PICDRP panel, this process provides an alternative or parallel mechanism to address breaches of a PIC, similar to an arbitration proceeding. While the PICDRP is under way, ICANN can continue to investigate and pursue the matter through its normal compliance channel, so any issue found to have merit could be solved by ICANN or the PICDRP panel. Examples of community members invoking the PICDRP panel process to address failures of Registry Operators to comply with PICs can be found here <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…> and here <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…>. In both of these cases, members of the community filed a report of non-compliance with ICANN, ICANN referred the matter to a PICDRP panel, and the PICDRP panel concluded that the Registry Operator was not in compliance with its Public Interest Commitments and referred the matter back to ICANN for enforcement. The important point here is that these mechanisms work. *Conclusion* By embedding a PIC into Specification 11 of the Registry Agreement, Ethos is taking action to make clear that it means what it says. The commitments Ethos and PIR are making will now become legally binding and enforceable against PIR by both ICANN and members of the community. There is no clearer statement that Ethos will abide by its pledges than by giving ICANN and the community the power to enforce those promises. Source: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20200224_legal_enforceability_of_pic_proposed… <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…> *Copyright © 2020 Key Points About .ORG, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. *Our mailing address is:* Key Points About .ORG 1775 Wiehle Ave Ste 100 Reston, VA 20190-5109 Add us to your address book <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/vcard?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97e7b47c…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97e7b4…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://keypointsabout.us4.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=bbe393a821d0d7ef97…>. -- *Ogundele Olumuyiwa Caleb* *muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com <muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com>* *234 - 8077377378* *234 - 07030777969*

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ICANN 67 FAQS
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 25, 2020

Feb. 25, 2020

ICANN has published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page to help answer your travel questions about ICANN67 as promised in the cancellation announcement <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qqs4fh6y16ncfwiWRcfHtOwKfsrTXdnDwdFzOsVVeL7B…> and our email sent on 19 February. Please click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qqs4fh6y16ncfwiWRcfHtOwKfsrTXdnDwdFzOsVVeL7B…> for the FAQ page. Best wishes, Caleb Ogundele ________________ Sent with thumbs from a small screen mobile device. Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr.

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Re: [Npoc-discuss] Ethos Capital, seeking to run .org registry, makes concessions
by Sam Lanfranco Feb. 22, 2020

Feb. 22, 2020

Joan, et. al., The core message in all of this is that the key issue is "...the Registry Agreement...". Whatever views we may hold about other aspects of the pending sale, the nature of the registry agreement between ICANN and the owners of the .org registry is the central issue. It is important that both the ICANN Board and the ICANN administration understand that. Failure to place needed protections in the agreement will risk two consequences. One, of course, is the extent to which the .org registry stays faithful to, or strays from, the community's public interest concerns. The other is that how ICANN handles this will be a litmus test on ICANN's multistakeholder model. Given the concerns of the ICANN constituencies, failure to consult and failure to properly amend the registry agreement will tarnish ICANN's claim to being an inclusive multistakeholder organization. Sam L.

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Ethos Capital, seeking to run .org registry, makes concessions
by Sam Lanfranco Feb. 22, 2020

Feb. 22, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private equity firm seeking to buy rights to operate the internet’s .org suffix said Friday it will cap price hikes and create an advisory board with veto powers to ease concerns from the nonprofit community. Ethos Capital has offered S1.1 billion to buy the Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit corporation that runs the databases containing more than 10 million .org names registered worldwide. Organizations ranging from the Girl Scouts of the USA and Consumer Reports to the American Bible Society have opposed (https://apnews.com/4b4c0687283f774b855e7d5b5bee4744) the sale, warning of potential price gouging and censorship. California’s attorney general (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-nevett-30ja…) and four congressional members (https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%…) have also requested information to evaluate a deal’s potential impact to nonprofits. For the rest of the story see: https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb (https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb) Sam L

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Cancun
by Joan Kerr Feb. 20, 2020

Feb. 20, 2020

Hello everyone, The ICANN Board has made a decision to have the Cancun trip a remote meeting. Please find info below: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-19-en LOS ANGELES – 19 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that its ICANN67 Public Meeting, which was to be held in Cancún, Mexico, will now be held via remote participation-only. This decision was made as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization <https://www.who.int/>. The meeting, scheduled for 7-12 March 2020, marks the first time in ICANN's history that it will hold a Public Meeting solely with remote participation. Each ICANN Public Meeting attracts thousands of attendees from more than 150 countries. With cases in at least 26 of those countries, there is the potential of bringing the virus to Cancún and into the ICANNmeeting site. If this were to happen, there could be accidental exposure of the virus to attendees, staff, and others who come in contact with an infected individual. COVID-19 continues to be a rapidly evolving global situation, with new cases emerging daily. "This is a decision that the ICANN Board has been considering since the outbreak was first announced and it is one that we haven't taken lightly," said Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board Chair. "We know that changing this meeting to remote participation-only will have an impact on and cause disruption to our community; however, this decision is about people. Protecting the health and safety of the ICANNcommunity is our top priority." The community will have many questions about travel arrangements, scheduling, and other meeting-related issues. ICANN will consult with community leaders and groups to focus the virtual program on the most essential sessions, and will publish a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page to https://icann.org <https://www.icann.org/> in the coming days. ICANN thanks its regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who had worked tirelessly to host this meeting in Cancún. We appreciate their understanding and we look forward to returning to the LAC region for ICANN70 in 2021. Remote participation is an integral part of any ICANN Public Meeting, but it will be vastly expanded for ICANN67, and will leverage the robust technology platform in use by the community today. Those interested in attending the remote meeting should still register here <https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67>, if they have not done so previously. To learn more about remote participation, visit ICANN Public Meetings <https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote-participation>. ICANN will continue to make further announcements as circumstances warrant. In the meantime, ICANNorg will hold a webinar to provide a short update and take questions. The webinar will be held on Thursday, 20 February at 1800 UTC. ICANN also is reviewing upcoming meetings, such as the GDD Summit in Paris and the ICANN68 Meeting in Malaysia. So far, no decisions have been made and these are proceeding as planned. ICANNwill keep the community informed of any changes. 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 Regards, -- Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian _____________________________________ Chair, Climate Smart Victory Garden Team Chair, ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency Chair, IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada UN WSIS Award Recipient, for Content & Creativity Durham Region Recipient, Community Partnership Award Founder, Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities www.joankerr.ca, www.fbsc.org Skype: joankerr_fbsc 1-416-907-0783

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Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Implementation of Consensus Policy for the Protection of Red Cross & Red Crescent Identifiers
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 19, 2020

Feb. 19, 2020

Caleb Ogundele ________________ Sent with thumbs from a small screen mobile device. Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ICANN <no-reply(a)external.icann.org> Date: Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 11:27 PM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Implementation of Consensus Policy for the Protection of Red Cross & Red Crescent Identifiers To: <muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com> [image: ICANN Announcement Alerts] *Implementation of Consensus Policy for the Protection of Red Cross & Red Crescent Identifiers <https://newsalerts.icann.org/n0Cu0fd023NP0ER0a100di0>* 18 February 2020 LOS ANGELES – 18 February 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it is has revised the Protection of International Governmental Organization (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) Identifiers in All gTLDs Policy, to reflect an updated reserved names list for certain Red Cross and Red Crescent names at the second level of the Domain Name System (DNS). To view the revised policy, click here <https://newsalerts.icann.org/p0000C01eE030gNRdP0uai2>. This policy update is the implementation of the consensus policy developed by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and adopted <https://newsalerts.icann.org/I010hCa0P0ufNd230i0RE00> by the ICANN Board in January 2019. ICANN generic top-level domain (gTLD) contracted parties (registries and registrars) will have until 1 August 2020 to comply and update their reserved names. Additional information is available at the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization Working Group <https://newsalerts.icann.org/I010iCa0P0ugNd230i0RE00> and IGO and INGO Implementation Review Team (IRT) <https://newsalerts.icann.org/ujN000aR0P0d0h02iu3CE10> wiki pages. 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. [image: shadow] *[image: Twitter] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/Ai0i00CR20Nd1u300P0k0aE>* [image: Facebook] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/O0i0u03E0200NCPl0j0d1aR> [image: Instagram] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/ZRN0u01kd000030am20PECi> [image: Linkedin] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/unN000aR0P0d0l02iu3CE10> [image: YouTube] <https://newsalerts.icann.org/F1aRP00om0C0u2i3000EdN0> [image: shadow1] Unsubscribe <https://newsalerts.icann.org/s0pi0P10aRNn0C030u20d0E> | https://www.icann.org <https://newsalerts.icann.org/ToNCi0u01000aRq20P03dE0> <https://newsalerts.icann.org/XdP0upR0N000Ei0a3021Cr0>

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Fwd: Pre-ICANN67 Policy Report now available!
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 18, 2020

Feb. 18, 2020

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 12:42 PM Subject: Pre-ICANN67 Policy Report now available! To: <NCSG-DISCUSS(a)listserv.syr.edu> Dear all, Just in time for ICANN67 Prep Week, the Pre-ICANN67 Policy Report is now available: https://go.icann.org/pre67. For prep-week webinar dates and times, please check here: https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67-prep-week Many thanks, -- *Maryam Bakoshi* | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator *ICANN* | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers *S*: Maryam.bakoshi.icann | *T*: +44 7846 471777

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