Dear all, 

Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 29 September 2014. Updates will follow as Doodles close.

Removed:

Tuesday 30 September 2100 UTC: FBSC

 Monday 29 September

13:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media WG https://community.icann.org/x/nhfxAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large Technology Taskforce: https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg

15:00 UTC: At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Member for the ICANN Accountability & Governance Coordination Group https://community.icann.org/x/2hjxAg

16:00 UTC: NARALO Outreach https://community.icann.org/x/nQzxAg

19:00 UTC: ALAC Subcommitte on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/sxfxAg

Tuesday 30 September

14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large ICANN 51 Briefing Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/vRbxAg

Wednesday 01 October

18:30 UTC: AFRALO Monthly call: https://community.icann.org/x/25Mi

19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag

21:00 UTC: Joint BCEC/BMSPC call https://community.icann.org/x/uAafAg

Thursday 02 October

10:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag

19:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

Friday 03 October

13:00 UTC: ICANN Accessibility Taskforce Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/MoHFAg

Please confirm your dial-out requests

For GNSO calls:

GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org

 For At-Large calls:

At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org

Kind regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

Dear All, 

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on selecting the 2015 APRALO ALT Member.

***

Question: Who do you support to become the ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) member from APRALO for the period of a year beginning at the end of the ICANN Los Angeles Meeting in October 2014? Please either select one candidate from the list below (listed in alphabetical order of the family name) or abstain:

• Rafid Fatani
• Holly Raiche 
• Abstain 

***

For information about the candidates, please visit the 2015 APRALO ALT Candidate Questions and Answers Workspace. 

The Poll will be open from 29 September 2014 18:00 UTC to 03 October 2014 23:59 UTC. 

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-28-en

IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Belarus Successfully Passes String Evaluation

29 September 2014

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Belarus.

Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion

The IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) ccTLD Fast Track Process was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009. First requests were received starting 16 November 2009. The process enables countries and territories to submit requests to ICANN for IDN ccTLDs, representing their respective country or territory names in scripts other than Latin. IDN ccTLD requesters must fulfill a number of requirements:

• the script used to represent the IDN ccTLDs must be non-Latin;
• the languages used to express the IDN ccTLDs must be official in the corresponding country or territory; and
• a specific set of technical requirements must be met (as evaluated by an external DNS Stability Panel comprised of DNS and IDN experts).

The request and evaluation processes entail three steps:

• Preparation (by the requester in the country / territory): Community consensus is built for which IDN ccTLD to apply for, how it is run, and which organization will be running it, along with preparing and gathering all the required supporting documentation. Requests are submitted through an online system together with additional material supporting the process at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
• String Evaluation: Requests are evaluated in accordance with the technical and linguistic requirements for the IDN ccTLD string(s) criteria described above.
• String Delegation: Requests successfully meeting string evaluation criteria are eligible to apply for delegation following the same ICANN IANA process as is used for ASCII based ccTLDs. Requesters submit string delegation requests to IANA root zone management: root-mgmt@iana.org

With this announcement, a total of 34 countries/territories requests have successfully passed through the String Evaluation. Of these, 26 countries/territories (represented by 36 IDN ccTLDs) are delegated in the DNS root zone; with the remainder either readying to apply, or actively applying for, delegation of the string. Up-to-date numbers about the IDN Fast Track Program will continue to be provided on the Fast Track Process web page at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track

ICANN looks forward to enabling the availability of non-Latin country-code domains for countries that meet the Fast Track Process requirements. ICANN will continue to accept new string evaluation requests in the Fast Track Process. Staff support is available to help all countries and territories interested in participating in the Fast Track Process. Please email idncctldrequest@icann.org for any inquiries for participation.

Dear All, 

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a ratification vote be held by the ALAC on the Joint SO-AC-SG-C Comment on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability Process. 

***

Question: Should the Joint SO-AC-SG-C Comment on Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability Process submitted by Keith Drazek be accepted? The consensus call during the ALAC Monthly Teleconference on 23 September was to adopt this joint comment

***

The Poll will be open from 29 September 2014 23:59 UTC to 03 October 2014 23:59 UTC. 

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge

Dear All, 

The ALAC has decided to conduct a vote on the ALS Application (209) Internauta Colombia. 

The following question has been posed to the ALAC:

*****

Question: Should the ALS Application (209) Internauta Colombia be accepted? LACRALO did not reach consensus regarding the Regional Advice to provide for this application.

*****

Please note that this vote will be open from 29-September-2014 23:59 UTC until 06-October-2014 23:59 UTC.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

Dear all, 

Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 29 September 2014. Updates will follow as Doodles close.

Added:

• Wednesday 2100 UTC: Joint BCEC/BMSPC call
• Friday 1300 UTC: ICANN Accessibility Taskforce Meeting

 Monday 29 September

13:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media WG https://community.icann.org/x/nhfxAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large Technology Taskforce: https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg

15:00 UTC: At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Member for the ICANN Accountability & Governance Coordination Group https://community.icann.org/x/2hjxAg

16:00 UTC: NARALO Outreach https://community.icann.org/x/nQzxAg

19:00 UTC: ALAC Subcommitte on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/sxfxAg

Tuesday 30 September

14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large ICANN 51 Briefing Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/vRbxAg

21:00 UTC: Finance &Budget Sub Committee: https://community.icann.org/x/5xfxAg

Wednesday 01 October

18:30 UTC: AFRALO Monthly call: https://community.icann.org/x/25Mi

19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag

21:00 UTC: Joint BCEC/BMSPC call https://community.icann.org/x/uAafAg

Thursday 02 October

10:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag

19:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

Friday 03 October

13:00 UTC: ICANN Accessibility Taskforce Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/MoHFAg

Please confirm your dial-out requests

For GNSO calls:

GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org

 For At-Large calls:

At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org

Kind regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-26-en

Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions

26 September 2014

In Brief

The organizations that have adopted the charter for the Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to develop an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions call for observers to join this effort. The primary goal of the CWG is to produce a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to the Domain Name System.

Participating as observer

Participation in the CWG is open to members and observers. In addition to members, who are appointed by the chartering organizations, anyone interested in the work of the CWG, can join as an observer. Observers are expected to actively participate and attend all meetings. The only difference between a member and an observer is that any consensus calls or formal decisions that may need to be made will be limited to CWG members appointed by the chartering organizations. However, this does not take away that it is the expectation that the CWG will operate as much as possible with the views and consensus support of all participants in mind as the importance of considering all input and views on this important topic is recognized. Observers may be from a chartering organization, from a stakeholder group or organization not represented in the CWG or currently active within ICANN, or self-appointed.

How to join

If you are interested in joining, please contact Grace Abuhamad (grace.abuhamad@icann.org), or the secretariats of your Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee. All participants (members and observers) will be listed on the CWG's webpage. All observers are also required to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) following the procedures of their chartering organization, or where that is not applicable for observers, the GNSO Procedures should be followed (see https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg).

Next steps

The CWG is currently in formation. To date, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Country Code Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) have adopted the charter, and are in the process of appointing members. The CWG will have its first meeting (via teleconference) on 6 October at 13.00 UTC, followed by a F2F meeting in Los Angeles during the ICANN meeting (scheduled for Monday 13 October from 12.15 – 13.45 local time (19.15 – 22.45 UTC), with remote participation). Both sessions will be recorded and transcribed.

Background

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management. In making its announcement, the NTIA specified that the transition proposal must have broad community support and meet the following principles:

• Support and enhance the multistakeholder model
• Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS
• Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services
• Maintain the openness of the Internet.

NTIA also specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an intergovernmental organization solution.

On June 6 ICANN proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) "responsible for preparing a transition proposal reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions."

It was determined that Stewardship Transition proposals for each of the IANA functions should be developed by the directly affected communities, the IETF and IAB for IANA functions related to Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, the ASO, and the RIRs for functions related the management and distribution of numbering resources; and the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain Name System. These efforts will inform the work of the ICG, whose responsibility is to develop an overall integrated transition proposal from these autonomously developed components.

Two of IANA's global directly affected communities, the addressing and Internet protocol parameter communities, have responded to the NTIA's announcement and the formation of the ICG, by establishing working groups to provide input on their specific needs and expectations with respect to the IANA Stewardship Transition.

This CWG was formed as an integral part of this transition process, and to develop a proposal for the elements of the IANA Stewardship Transition that directly affect the naming community.

Further Information

• Charter of Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions [PDF, 277 KB]
• CWG Wiki

Dear all, 

Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 29 September 2014. Updates will follow as Doodles close.

 Monday 29 September

13:00 UTC: At-Large Social Media WG https://community.icann.org/x/nhfxAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large Technology Taskforce: https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg

16:00 UTC: NARALO Outreach https://community.icann.org/x/nQzxAg

19:00 UTC: ALAC Subcommitte on Outreach: https://community.icann.org/x/sxfxAg

Tuesday 30 September

14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

14:00 UTC: At-Large ICANN 51 Briefing Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/vRbxAg

21:00 UTC: Finance &Budget Sub Committee: https://community.icann.org/x/5xfxAg

Wednesday 01 October

18:30 UTC: AFRALO Monthly call: https://community.icann.org/x/25Mi

19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag

Thursday 02 October

10:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag

14:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/YQ7xAg

19:00 UTC: Pre-Los Angeles ICANN Policy Update Webinar: https://community.icann.org/x/IxbxAg

Friday 03 October

None at this time

Please confirm your dial-out requests

For GNSO calls:

GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org

 For At-Large calls:

At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org

Kind regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session

These ongoing monthly sessions are for new GNSO WG participants to come together and discuss any questions they may have about GNSO Working Groups, procedures and/or processes. We know there is a lot of information to digest when you join a GNSO Working Group and these monthly meetings are an opportunity for newcomers and more experienced participants to meet in an informal setting without the pressure of “real work” that needs be done.

The agenda is flexible. The presenters will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them.  Feel free to submit questions, either in advance or at the beginning of the meeting, if there is a topic that you would like to explore in more depth .  Providing useful answers to a wide range of questions is part of the reason why these meetings are

Thursday 23 October at 12.00 UTC (new date)
Thursday 6 November at 20.00 UTC
Thursday 4 December at 12.00 UTC

To convert to your local time zone, please see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

If you are interested to join the next meeting on 23 October or any of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (gnso-secs@icann.org) and we will send you the call details. If there are any specific questions you already have, or any overviews or introductions you think would be helpful (e.g. GNSO Policy Development Process or GNSO Working Group guidelines), please let us know in advance and we will prepare materials accordingly. Feel free to share this invitation with others that you think may be interested.

We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!

Nathalie Peregrine

GNSO Secretariat

UPDATE:

**Added Friday: 16:30 UTC: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group

Dear all, 

Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 22 September. Updates will follow as Doodles close

 Monday 22 September

15:00 UTC: GNSO IRTP D Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/B4JwAg

16:00 UTC: NARALO Outreach https://community.icann.org/x/nQzxAg

Tuesday 23 September

09:00 UTC: CWG on Country and Territory Names as TLDs meeting http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-unct.htm

14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

14:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly Teleconference https://community.icann.org/x/KxPxAg

20:00 UTC: GNSO Data and Metrics for Policy Making non PDP WG: https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag

Wednesday 24 September

14:00 UTC: At-Large Metrics Working Group https://community.icann.org/x/HJfbAQ

16:00 UTC: IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Working https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg

19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag

19:00 UTC: RALO Secretariats https://community.icann.org/x/JxTxAg

20:00 UTC: ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/NhPxAg

Thursday 25 September

13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag

14:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/YQ7xAg

Friday 26 September

15:00 UTC: AFRALO ROP WG https://community.icann.org/x/Yg-xAg

16:30 UTC: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group https://community.icann.org/x/vRXxAg

Please confirm your dial-out requests

For GNSO calls:

GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org

 For At-Large calls:

At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org

Kind regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-24-en

Chinese Community Steps Forward for Chinese TLDs - Forms Generation Panel for Root Zone Label Generation Ruleset (LGR)

24 September 2014

ICANN is pleased to announce that the Generation Panel for the Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated.

Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules published on 11 July 2013, the Chinese script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 27 August 2014, the Proposal for the Generation Panel for the Chinese Script Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone (Proposal Appendix A). ICANN staff has reviewed the proposal including panel composition and scope, to ensure that requirements set forth in the LGR Procedure, and in particular the criteria set forth in the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules, are fulfilled.

On behalf of ICANN, we would like to use this opportunity to thank each of the members for offering their time and expertise to volunteer for the Chinese Script Generation Panel.

With composition and work plan approved, the Chinese Script Generation Panel will start its work on the label generation rules. According to the LGR Procedure, the starting point of any Generation Panel's work is Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR1) released on 20 Jun 2014. The full specification of Generation Panel's tasks can be found in the LGR Procedure in particular, Section B.3 "Variant Rule Generation Procedure".

ICANN will provide a central public location workspace on the project website where Chinese Script Generation Panel composition, work plan updates, public reports, contact details, and any other relevant information will be included.

As a reminder, and to highlight the importance of script community involvement required in the development of the IDN Root Zone LGR, we would like to reiterate the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules. A successful development of the IDN Root Zone LGR depends on having Generation Panels for each script represented in the Root Zone. In the IDN Root Zone LGR development, in addition to ongoing efforts with the Arabic and Chinese script, Generation Panel formation is expected to cover other scripts including Armenian, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethopic, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Myanmar, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai and Tibetan.

For further information on how to form a Generation Panel or to express individual or group statements of interest for the establishment of a Generation Panel, please refer to the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules and to the additional supporting documentation provided on the Root Zone LGR Project website.

Dear All,

On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, we would like to invite you to join an ICANN 51 Briefing Webinar on Tuesday 30 September 2014 at 1400 UTC for 90 minutes.

For other times: http://tinyurl.com/kn6xrom

The main agenda items are:

• Olivier Crépin-Leblond will be presenting the ALAC Sessions with the help of the Liaisons.
• The Working Group Chairs – who will hold meetings in Los Angeles - will provide a good introduction on what they will be discussing in LA and what they are hoping to achieve. 
• The RALO leaders will present on what they will be looking forward to achieving in Los Angeles.
• Reminder on how to participate in an ICANN Meeting remotely

At-Large ICANN 51 Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/07jhAg

The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/vRbxAg

Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlarge-briefing-session/

French and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

Participant Passcodes

EN: 1638

ES: 1738

FR: 1838

Dial-in numbers: http://www.adigo.com/icann/

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff@atlarge.icann.org with your preferred number.

Thank you.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

One World, One Internet

Dear All, 

Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the Draft document from GAC Sub-group on Geographic Names has been created: https://community.icann.org/x/MRbxAg. 

If you would like to become a penholder of an ALAC Statement on this topic, kindly contact staff@atlarge.icann.org. 

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew

ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge

Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 

The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 2 October 2014 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community and the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the IANA Functions and the ICANN Accountability track efforts.

Please RSVP via this form by 26 September 2014. 

Remote participation details will be sent the week of 29 September 2014.

Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN's Support Organizations and Advisory Committees:

•  ASO and Regional Internet Registries RIR Activities
• GNSO Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part D Working Group
• GNSO Policy and Implementation Working Group
• GNSO Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group
• ccNSO Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report
• ALAC Policy Advice and RALO Activities 
• ATLAS II Implementation Progress
• GAC's Remaining Advice on new generic Top-Level Domains
• GAC's Implementation of ATRT2 Recommendations
• RSSAC Caucus Work Parties
• SSAC Advisories and Activities

The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session runs for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English only. The webinar will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function in Adobe Connect.

Recordings of the webinars will be made available. The Policy Development Support Team is always available to answer any questions via email at policyinfo@icann.org.

Again, please RSVP via this form by 26 September 2014.

Remote participation details will be sent the week of 29 September 2014. We look forward to welcoming you on the Pre-ICANN 51 Policy Update Webinar! 

Best Regards,

ICANN Policy Development Support Team

News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-23-en

IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String Evaluation

23 September 2014

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Iraq.

Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion

The IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) ccTLD Fast Track Process was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009. First requests were received starting 16 November 2009. The process enables countries and territories to submit requests to ICANN for IDN ccTLDs, representing their respective country or territory names in scripts other than Latin. IDN ccTLD requesters must fulfill a number of requirements:

• the script used to represent the IDN ccTLDs must be non-Latin;
• the languages used to express the IDN ccTLDs must be official in the corresponding country or territory; and
• a specific set of technical requirements must be met (as evaluated by an external DNS Stability Panel comprised of DNS and IDN experts).

The request and evaluation processes entail three steps:

• Preparation (by the requester in the country / territory): Community consensus is built for which IDN ccTLD to apply for, how it is run, and which organization will be running it, along with preparing and gathering all the required supporting documentation. Requests are submitted through an online system together with additional material supporting the process at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/.
• String Evaluation: Requests are evaluated in accordance with the technical and linguistic requirements for the IDN ccTLD string(s) criteria described above.
• String Delegation: Requests successfully meeting string evaluation criteria are eligible to apply for delegation following the same ICANN IANA process as is used for ASCII based ccTLDs. Requesters submit string delegation requests to IANA root zone management: root-mgmt@iana.org.

With this announcement, a total of 33 countries/territories requests have successfully passed through the String Evaluation. Of these, 26 countries/territories (represented by 36 IDN ccTLDs) are delegated in the DNS root zone; with the remainder either readying to apply, or actively applying for, delegation of the string. Up-to-date numbers about the IDN Fast Track Program will continue to be provided on the Fast Track Process web page at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track.

ICANN looks forward to enabling the availability of non-Latin country-code domains for countries that meet the Fast Track Process requirements. ICANN will continue to accept new string evaluation requests in the Fast Track Process. Staff support is available to help all countries and territories interested in participating in the Fast Track Process. Please email idncctldrequest@icann.org for any inquiries for participation.