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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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Fwd: [NCUC-DISCUSS] WEBCAST TODAY: The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: The Conversation We Should Be Having
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

About to start. AUWCL advertises this as a 'Fireside Chat', so things may get warm! ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday February 11 2020 at noon EST (17:00 UTC) the American University Washington College of Law, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, the Internet Governance Lab and the WCL Intellectual Property Brief present 'The Cont" [image: livestream] <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>Today, *Tuesday February 11 2020* at * noon EST* (17:00 UTC) the *American University Washington College of Law <https://www.wcl.american.edu/>*, the* Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property* <https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/>, the *Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org/>* and the *WCL Intellectual Property Brief <https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/ipbrief/>* present '*The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: The Conversation We Should Be Having <https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/the-c…>*' in Washington DC. Speakers: *Andrew Sullivan*, President & CEO, Internet Society; *Mitch Stoltz*, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation; *Benjamin Leff, *Professor of Law, Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations, Washington College of Law; *Marc Rotenberg*, President, Electronic Privacy Information Center; and *Kathryn Kleiman*, IP & Tech Clinic, Washington College of Law (facilitator). The event will be webcast live via *YouTube <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>*. *VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>* *TWITTER: #dotORG <https://isoc.live/11778/#dotORG>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11778/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- - _______________________________________________ Ncuc-discuss mailing list Ncuc-discuss(a)lists.ncuc.org https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss -- *Ogundele Olumuyiwa Caleb* *muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com <muyiwacaleb(a)gmail.com>* *234 - 8077377378* *234 - 07030777969*

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ASO inspection request
by Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

Hello Everyone, Earlier the ASO asked ICANN for an inspection request as regards the dot ORG related matters. ICANN response is attached below in this email FYI for those following the dot ORG conversations closely. Regards, Caleb ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 7:31 PM Subject: [CPWG] Fwd: [ECAdmin] Correspondence To: CPWG <cpwg(a)icann.org> Just received FYI Response to ASO from ICANN Legal ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peg Rettino <peg.rettino(a)icann.org> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020, 8:05 AM Subject: [ECAdmin] Correspondence To: ecadmin(a)icann.org <ecadmin(a)icann.org> Greetings, The attached is sent on behalf of John Jeffrey. Best, Peg -- Peg Rettino Project Specialist & Executive Assistant to John Jeffrey General Counsel and Secretary ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 peg.rettino(a)icann.org Slack: peg.rettino Direct: 310-301-3868 _______________________________________________ ECAdmin mailing list ECAdmin(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ecadmin _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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Future GNSO Work Items for Prioritization and Ordering.docx
by Olivier Kouami Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

Please check the attachment Shared from WPS Office: https://kso.page.link/wps Hello NPOCers, Fyi and action. Olevie

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GNSO "To Do" List
by Sam Lanfranco Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

NPOC Colleagues, We will likely be getting this list of twelve “to do” items from our GNSO Councilors (several whom are new in their positions). As you can see, they have a heavy load to carry, so they will need our help. Some items are of particular interest to our positions as stakeholder groups. /This is just an NPOC Discuss posting with some commentary to help move things along. / Sam L. a)/Expired Registration Recovery Policy – Policy Review & Rec 27 (ERRP-PR)/ - The ERRP Consensus Policy became effective 31 Aug 2013 as a result of adopted recommendations produced from the GNSO’s Post Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) PDP WG. That WG deliberated on issues related to the expiration of domain names and to what extent a Registrant should be able to recover domain names after they expire. b)*/Policy & Implementation Recommendations Review/* - The GNSO Council resolved in June 2015 that a “review of these recommendations is carried out at the latest five years following their implementation to assess whether the recommendations have achieved what they set out to do and/or whether any further enhancements or changes are needed”. c)/EPDP on the Temporary Specification on gTLD Registration Data (Phase 3)/ – addressing items that are addressed in phase 2 such as priority 2 items that are dependent on external factors. d)/Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP/ – Phase 2 Review of UDRP (RPM) e)/Transfer Policy – Policy Review Scoping Team -/ ICANN Org delivered the most recent version of the Transfer Policy Status Report (TPSR) to the GNSO Council on 22 April 2019. The TPSR provides details on the noted purposes of the Transfer Policy (formerly known as the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP)), an overview of the domain name transfer process, the impact of the Temporary Specification and the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) on the Transfer Policy, metrics related to the Transfer Policy, and a summary of the public comments and survey responses to the published TPSR. The GNSO Council formed a Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to scope the work and advise the Council on next steps. f)/Internationalized Domain Names/ - The GNSO Council established a scoping team to study the full extent of the impacts from both the IDN Variant TLD Recommendations and the IDN Guidelines upon existing registry agreements and future applicants, to determine the range of issues and appropriate mechanisms needed to address them (e.g., policy development, direct engagement with ICANN Org, other). This scoping team is limited to the tasks of identifying the scope of the issues and making a recommendation to the GNSO Council on the best mechanism(s) for resolution. Once in receipt of the recommendations from the scoping team, the GNSO Council will determine the appropriate next steps. g)/WHOIS Procedure Implementation Advisory Group/ – (WPIAG) – group tasked to review ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws h)/DNS Abuse/ – potential work addressing DNS Abuse following community wide discussions on this topic i)*/Multistakeholder Model Evolution/* / PDP improvements – work items coming out community wide discussions concerning the MS Evolution and/or PDP 3.0 follow up items. j)/Rec 27*[1]* <#_ftn1>: Review of Thick RDDS (Whois) Transition Policy/ for .COM, .NET, and .JOBS & Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display k)/Rec 27: Review of Proxy and Privacy Services/ Accreditation & Translation & Transliteration of Contact Information l)/Rec 27: Review of Whois Data Reminder Policy/, Restored Names Accuracy Policy; Additional Whois Information Policy; Whois Marketing Restriction Policy; Registry Services Evaluation Policy; Expired Domain Deletion Policy; AGP Limits Policy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] <#_ftnref1> Recommendation 27 from EPDP Phase 1: The EPDP Team recommends that as part of the implementation of these policy recommendations, updates are made to the following existing policies / procedures, and any others that may have been omitted, to ensure consistency with these policy recommendations as, for example, a number of these refer to administrative and/or technical contact which will no longer be required data elements. For the purposes of this survey, items have been clustered based on initial assessment of effort required to resolve and possible linkage. However, the Council may decide to deal with these items in a different cluster or individually.

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Fw: Fwd: [council] List of Future GNSO Work -- Please share with
by Juan Manuel Rojas Feb. 6, 2020

Feb. 6, 2020

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Rafik Dammak" <rafik.dammak(a)GMAIL.COM> To: "NCSG-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" <NCSG-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Cc: Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 10:56 Subject: Fwd: [council] List of Future GNSO Work -- Please share with hi all, this is a follow-up of SPS meeting and request for input from GNSO groups regarding the priorities for GNSO for the coming year. The attached list indicates future work for GNSO with some background informationNCSG PC should coordinate and consolidate the input by the time of GNSO Council meeting in the 20th February.Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Rafik ---------- Forwarded message --------- De : Drazek, Keith via council <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Date: ven. 7 févr. 2020 à 00:47 Subject: [council] List of Future GNSO Work -- Please share with your SGs and Cs To: council(a)gnso.icann.org <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: gnso-secs(a)icann.org <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Hi all, As a follow-up to our GNSO Council SPS discussions on work prioritization, I am attaching the list of known work items. You’ll recognize this list as the subject material for the informal “sense of the room” survey we completed on Friday. The survey result will be included in our SPS Report as a reference, but, as we agreed, it is only informational. Please share this list with your respective SGs and Cs and begin your discussions about priorities for 2020 and 2021. We will discuss this further during our 20 February Council meeting, and also during our F2F meetings in Cancun. Those conversations will be productive only if you’ve socialized this list with your colleagues and have received some direction regarding your groups’ top priorities. Thanks, Keith _______________________________________________ council mailing list council(a)gnso.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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Membership Chair Appointee
by Joan Kerr Feb. 5, 2020

Feb. 5, 2020

Hello Everyone, On behalf of the NPOC EC, I would like to congratulate Ioana Stupariu as the newly appointed NPOC Membership Chair. A call on this discuss list to replace Juan Manuel Rojas, who is now a GNSO Councillor, since martin Silva Valent has resigned. Ioana will also represent NPOC on the NCSG EC as well. Welcome Ioana to the NPOC Team, you have been a valuable resource and I look forward to working with you. 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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