Blog from February, 2015
Dear All,
Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC Statement on the Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process.
The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the At-Large Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement Workspace.
Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 06 March 2015 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-2015-02-26-en
Results Available for 25 February 2015 New gTLD Program Auction
26 February 2015
On 25 February 2015, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (gTLD) string: .APP. Applicants for the string were unable to resolve contention among themselves; thus their contention set proceeded to auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention as prescribed in Module 4 of the New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook. Subject to payment of the winning price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will enter ICANN's contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the gTLD.
Twelve applicants participated in the auction for APP. Charleston Road Registry Inc. prevailed with a winning price of $25,001,000.
All proceeds from the Auction are being segregated and withheld from use until ICANN's Board of Directors define a plan for an appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community.
More Information
- Contention Set Status: 178 of 233 contention sets are now resolved. While a majority have self-resolved, 11 sets resolved via Auction (method of last resort).
- Auction Results: Auction reports on this page of the New gTLD Microsite provide additional information on each Auction outcome.
- Auction Proceeds and Costs: A detailed summary of the proceeds and costs of each Auction through January 2015. This information will be updated to within 7 days of each Auction.
- Auction Schedule [PDF, 284 KB]: Subsequent auctions are scheduled to occur on a monthly basis through mid-2015.
- General New gTLD Program Auctions information.
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-25-en
Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability
25 February 2015
Date: Thursday 5th March 2015
Time: 12:00 UTC
AGENDA SUMMARY:
Time | Event | Speaker |
12.00 – 12.05 | Welcome note | Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN |
12.05 – 12.25 | Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes | Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy |
12.25 – 12.45 | The IANA Coordination Group (ICG) | Manal Ismail, Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority – NTRA Mohammed El Bashir, Technical Department Manager – ictQatar |
12.45 – 13.25 | Q&A | Open Floor |
13.25 – 13.30 | Closing Remarks | Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN |
Questions and interventions can be made in either Arabic or English over the phone or posted as text in the Adobe Connect room. https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg
HOW TO JOIN:
- Request for dial-out assistance. Please send your name, the phone number you want to be called at and your language preference to meswg@icann.org, no later than March 3rd at 23:59 UTC.
- Join by dialing the toll-free number for your country as shown at http://adigo.com/icann/ toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, enter:
47139 - Arabic
83137 - English
Dear all,
Update 3:
Wednesday: added 21:00 UTC FBSC AND 21:00 UTC CCWG ACCT WP1
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 23 February 2015
23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw
Tuesday 24 February 2015
15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw
21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 25 February 2015
21:00 UTC: Finance and Budget Subcommittee WG Teleconference (FBSC) https://community.icann.org/x/CgonAw
21:00 UTC: CCWG ACCT WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/TwQdAw
Thursday 26 February 2015
11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw
14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag
Friday 27 February 2015
None
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
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
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-23-en
ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call
23 February 2015
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its twelfth conference call:
- ICG Call # 12 (agenda [PDF, 39 KB]) – Wednesday, 25 February at 04:00-05:30 UTC (time converter here)
The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial–in numbers and Conference ID codes.
A list of country dial–in numbers can be found here. Should there be no appropriate dial–in number for an interested participant, ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
- Français – Conference ID: 75929475
- Español – Conference ID: 68385764
- 中文 – Conference ID: 825702
- Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
- العربية – Conference ID: 82855066
- Português – Conference ID: 759752
Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request a dial-out service.
For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Microsite.
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/Week ending 20 February 2015
Announcements This Week
ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels
Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took action to accept advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on this subject issued in the GAC's 11 February 2015 Communiqué – Singapore, and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed immediately to implement the following changes to the process:
20 February 2015
Closing Date Approaching: Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Presentation Planned for ICANN 53 | Nominations Close 02 March 2015
On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will close on 2 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees.
19 February 2015
Second Middle East DNS Forum to Take Place in Amman Jordan
This is the second edition of the Middle East DNS Forum (ME DNS), which aims to build on the inaugural forum that took place in Dubai, early 2014.
16 February 2015
Upcoming Events
21-25 June 2015: 53rd International Public ICANN Meeting – Buenos Aires
About ICANN
Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org.
Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget
Dear all,
Update 2:
Thursday: added 13:30 UTC At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 23-27 February 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 23 February 2015
23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw
Tuesday 24 February 2015
15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw
21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 25 February 2015
None
Thursday 26 February 2015
11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
13:30 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function https://community.icann.org/x/WAknAw
14:00 UTC: GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag
Friday 27 February 2015
None
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
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
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-20-en
ICANN Updates Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels
20 February 2015
Today, ICANN is announcing updates to the "Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels" to take into account additional direction from the ICANN Board. On 12 February 2015, the Board took action to accept advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on this subject issued in the GAC's 11 February 2015 Communiqué – Singapore [PDF, 113 KB], and directed the President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed immediately to implement the following changes to the process:
- Implement improvements to the process to alert relevant governments when requests are initiated. Comments from relevant governments will be fully considered.
- For new requests, the comment period will be for 60 days.
- For requests with pending or completed comment periods, extend or re-open the comment period so that each request will undergo 60 days of comment period in total.
The updates to the process are effective as of 23 February 2015. The webpage where users can review requests has also been updated with several enhancements to improve navigability and allow users to find information more easily. New features include the following:
- Requests can now be sorted by reference number, TLD, registry name and date posted.
- The list of all requests for letter/letter two-character ASCII labels is now available for download as a .csv file.
- A column has been added to identify whether a TLD has been granted a .BRAND specification.
- The "View Comments" page has been updated to show all comments made in a calendar year, rather than showing comments on a month-by-month basis.
Please refer to the Authorization Process for Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels webpage for additional details.
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About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
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 23-27 February 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 23 February 2015
23:00 UTC: LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/gAAdAw
Tuesday 24 February 2015
15:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
17:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: EURALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/4wYnAw
21:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 25 February 2015
None
Thursday 26 February 2015
11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
GNSO Translation & Transliteration of Contact information PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag
Friday 27 February 2015
None
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
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
On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will close on 2 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees.
The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, recognized the importance of ICANN's multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN's organization and its community.
The nomination period for community nominees closes on 02 March 2015.
Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an email toethosaward2015@icann.org including:
Name of nominee.
Community of nominee.
Reasons for nomination.
Please note that the reasons outlining the candidate's merit for the nomination may be as brief or as long as required.
Candidates for the award will demonstrate at least five years of participation in the ICANN Community.
A panel of ICANN community members will review all community nominations and determine the best candidates for the 2015 award scheduled to be presented at the ICANN 53 Public Meeting. The decisions of the panel will be made based on the following criteria:
Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees.
Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building.
Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner.
Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.
Please submit your nominations via email to ethosaward2015@icann.org.
For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki athttps://community.icann.org/x/aoIQAw.
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/Week ending 13 February 2015
Announcements This Week
CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Statement - Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting | Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson
The Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions held two sessions at the ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore (8-12 February 2015): a two-hour working session on Wednesday, and a questions and answers session on Thursday.
12 February 2015
ICANN 52 Board Statement on ICANN Sending IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Proposals to NTIA
We have received several questions requesting clarification as to how ICANN will handle receipt of the proposal from the ICG and the Work Stream 1 proposal from the CCWG. We hope the following will be helpful.
12 February 2015
ICANN and APTLD Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Regional Collaboration
Singapore… ICANN and the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain (APTLD) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to forge an alliance to foster and promote regional collaboration.
12 February 2015
IAB Liaison to the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
The Internet Architecture Board and the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) issued a joint statement confirming their ongoing liaison relationship.
12 February 2015
ICANN 52 Singapore GAC Communiqué
The Governmental Advisory Committee meeting at ICANN 52 in Singapore has issued its Singapore Communiqué.
12 February 2015
ICANN Signs MOU with EURid to Develop Local Expertise in the Domain Names System (DNS) Sector in Africa and the Middle East
Singapore, 9 February, 2015 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed today with the European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid), manager of the .eu TLD, a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of collaborating together on developing local expertise in DNS technical, policy, and business areas in Africa and the Middle East.
10 February 2015
IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Responds to Submitted Proposals
As part of its assessment of the proposals received concerning protocol parameters and numbers, the ICG has sent the following question to the IETF IANAPLAN working group and CRISP team: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-09-en#icgresponse
10 February 2015
Global Tech Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance
Singapore…Singapore's Minister of Communications and Information, Dr. Yaacob bin Ibrahim, and former Senior Advisor to President Bill Clinton, Ira Magaziner, spoke to the success of the multistakeholder model of Internet governance during the Opening Ceremony of ICANN's 52nd public meeting today.
9 February 2015
Upcoming Events
Buenos Aires Logo21-25 June 2015: 53rd International Public ICANN Meeting – Buenos Aires
About ICANN
ICANN Bylaws
Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org.
Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015
Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget
ICANN
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-16-en
Second Middle East DNS Forum to Take Place in Amman Jordan
16 February 2015
What: Middle East DNS Forum
When: March 9-10, 2015
TIMES: 8:00 – 17:30 (please see agenda below)
Where: Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University (TAG-Uni), Amman, Jordan
Middle East DNS Forum
This is the second edition of the Middle East DNS Forum (ME DNS), which aims to build on the inaugural forum that took place in Dubai, early 2014.
The ME DNS Forum is being hosted by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) and is co-organized by both the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and The Internet Society (ISOC). The 2-day event will cover topics on ccTLDs, new gTLDs, IDNs, the Domain Name Industry in underserved regions, as well as provide a brief and update on the IANA Stewardship Transition. This year's agenda was developed by a Program Committee consisting of 6 community members with expertise in various fields of the domain name industry. More on the forum can be found at http://amman2015.mednsf.org/en/.
This Forum aims to be the regional networking place for the DNS industry's key players.
Who should attend: Registries, registrars, registrants, ccTLDs, new gTLD applicants, service providers, brand owners, and legal firms
Purpose: To build bridges between interested parties in the region and world's experts in the field; by sharing experiences and best practices in the domain name industry at a global level, and of the emerging business opportunities.
Middle East DNS Forum Agenda
Monday March 9, 2015
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Opening Session – Keynote Address
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 The Internet Industry in the ME region and the Untapped Business Opportunities Available
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 New gTLDs: Experiences, and the Way Forward
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) – Lack of Utilization and the Hidden Potential
17:30-20.00 Networking Dinner
Tuesday March 10, 2015
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 ccTLDs and gTLDs: Coexisting in a New Environment
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 The IANA Stewardship Transition – What is in it for you?
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Breakout Sessions (Policy | Technical | Business)
17:00-17.30 Wrap-up and Closing
About the Middle East DNS Forum
The first edition of the forum took place in Dubai, UAE and attracted around 125 participants from more than 30 countries. More on the forum can be found online at http://mednsf.org/en/.
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 16-20 February 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 16 February 2015
None
Tuesday 17 February 2015
06:00 UTC: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
Wednesday 18 February 2015
None
Thursday 19 February 2015
11:00 UTC: CWG IANA Stewardship https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg
Friday 20 February 2015
None
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,
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
12 February 2015
We have received several questions requesting clarification as to how ICANN will handle receipt of the proposal from the ICG and the Work Stream 1 proposal from the CCWG. We hope the following will be helpful.
NTIA is expecting coordinated proposals from both groups. They cannot act on just one. Further, they expect the ICG proposal will take into account the accountability mechanisms proposed by the CCWG. We are heartened by the close coordination between the groups, including liaisons from the ICG to the CCWG. ICANN is expecting to receive both proposals at roughly the same time. When ICANN receives these proposals, we will forward them promptly and without modification to NTIA. As we have previously stated, if we do submit the proposals with an accompanying communication of comments, they will be on points we had already shared with the community during the development of the proposals.
We therefore encourage the groups to continue coordinating closely to ensure ICANN receives the proposals together and is able to provide them to NTIA in a coordinated manner.
With respect to improvements in our accountability, we are definitely open to improvements.
ICANN
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-02-12-en
ICANN and APTLD Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Regional Collaboration
Partnership aims to strengthen capabilities of ccTLDs, and increase multi-stakeholder participation in the global Internet policymaking process
12 February 2015
Singapore… ICANN and the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain (APTLD) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to forge an alliance to foster and promote regional collaboration.
Under the cooperative agreement, ICANN and APTLD will work together to coordinate and collaborate on complementary activities within the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to strengthen the capacity and capability of country code Top Level Domain operators (ccTLDs) in the region; promote and encourage APTLD members' and regional stakeholders' participation and involvement in ICANN, and foster a network of regional stakeholders and decision makers that could contribute to ICANN's policy development, and more broadly, global Internet policymaking.
"This collaboration marks another milestone in ICANN's globalization efforts after we established our ICANN Asia Pacific Hub in Singapore," said Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer.
APTLD Chairman, Lim Choon Sai and Fadi Chehadé signed the MOU at ICANN's 52nd Public Meeting in Singapore, witnessed by members of the APTLD Board.
"APTLD appreciates ICANN's globalization efforts and the ICANN Asia Pacific Hub's work in engaging with the APAC community. As a region, we need to work together to strengthen the capacity of our operational functions, as well as contribute to ICANN's policy making," said Lim Choon Sai. "As such, we hope to work with key stakeholders in each sub-region of the Asia Pacific region, including ccTLD registries and other concerned entities in our collaboration activities."
Kuek Yu-Chuang, ICANN's Vice President and Managing Director for ICANN Asia Pacific said that the APTLD meets regularly and plays a key role in fostering a network amongst the ccTLDs and regional organizations in the region.
"We are very excited to collaborate with a key regional partner such as the APTLD. Our cooperation will definitely help to strengthen regional collaboration. From ICANN, we hope to be able to contribute by adding our expertise to help our APAC ccTLDs build their operational capacity, including areas such as DNS network operations, DNS Security, Internet Infrastructure Development etc. The gathering of ccTLDs and other key stakeholders at APTLD also provides a good platform for us to update on and discuss ICANN issues from a regional perspective," he added.
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To download high resolution photos of the signing ceremony, click here.
Media Contacts
Liana Teo
Head of Communications, Asia Pacific
Singapore
Tel: +65 6808 6669
Email: liana.teo@icann.org
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
About APTLD
APTLD works as the forum of information exchange regarding technological and operational issues of domain name registries in Asia Pacific region, fostering and elevating the participation of Asia Pacific ccTLDs in global fora, and acting in the best interest of APTLD members in the global Internet policy making process.
