Blog from July, 2015
ICANN
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-30-en
WEBINAR: Briefing on 2nd Draft CCWG-Accountability Proposal
30 July 2015
The CCWG-Accountability will be publishing its 2nd draft for 40-day public comment on 3 August 2015. Community feedback is requested on this 2nd draft proposal of proposed enhancements to ICANN's accountability framework that the CCWG-Accountability has identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1).
Community feedback will help the CCWG-Accountability to improve its proposal and carry on with next steps, including Chartering Organizations' endorsement of the CCWG-Accountability output before it is submitted to the ICANN Board during or after ICANN 54 in Dublin in October 2015.
In order to brief the community on the contents of their 2nd draft proposal, the CCWG-Accountability Chairs will host two identical briefing webinars on 4 and 7 August at different times to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on:
4 August from 19:00 – 21:00 UTC (time zone converter here)
7 August from 07:00 – 09:00 UTC (time zone converter here)
Webinars will be conducted in English. Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Webinar Details & How to Attend
The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff@icann.org and indicate:
The time at which you would like to attend the webinar; and
Your language request (if requested). Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Please note that the webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be posted on the CCWG-Accountability Wiki here.
Further information
For further information about the CCWG-Accountability's work, please see https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg.
For further information about the related IANA Stewardship Transition, please see https://www.icann.org/stewardship or https://www.ianacg.org.
Hello All,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 27-31 July 2015
Update 3:
Friday added:
18:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 27 July 2015
13:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP2 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC (GNSO) CWG on country and territory names as TLDs https://community.icann.org/x/X7XhAg
Tuesday 28 July 2015
12:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
19:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/R600Aw
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 29 July 2015
None
Thursday 30 July 2015
05:00 UTC: At-Large APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/W4BCAw
11:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
17:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: At-Large ALT Monthly Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/14hCAw
Friday 31 July 2015
18:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/Y4tCAw
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls: staff@atlarge.icann.org
For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer@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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
Hello All,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 27-31 July 2015
Update 1:
Wednesday: removed 11:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability Stress Test
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 27 July 2015
13:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP2 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC (GNSO) CWG on country and territory names as TLDs https://community.icann.org/x/X7XhAg
Tuesday 28 July 2015
12:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
19:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/R600Aw
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 29 July 2015
None
Thursday 30 July 2015
05:00 UTC: At-Large APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/W4BCAw
20:00 UTC: At-Large ALT Monthly Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/14hCAw
Friday 31 July 2015
None
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls: staff@atlarge.icann.org
For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer@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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-27-en
Apply Now to Be the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Representative, North America Region
27 July 2015
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) Nominating Committee (NomCom) was recently notified that the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) North America region representative, appointed by ICANN's 2014 NomCom has resigned. The NomCom invites interested individuals from the North America region to apply to become an ALAC representative for the remainder of the current term, starting at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting (AGM) in October 2015 in Dublin, and ending at the ICANN AGM in 2016.
The ALAC is the ICANN body responsible for representing the voice of the end user in policy and operational discussions. For more information on the work of the ALAC see: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/.
North American citizens who submitted applications in 2014, will be invited to update their applications and have them considered by the NomCom.
This position requires regular participation in teleconferences and may involve international travel, including travel to ICANN's three annual Public Meetings.
Fluency in English is a requirement for this position.
More information about criteria and time commitment for this position is available on the 2015 NomCom webpage at: https://www.icann.org/nomcom2015
Please submit applications for the position described above through the on-line application request form [PDF, 35 KB] or by emailing nomcom2015@icann.org.
All applications are confidential and should be received by 12 August 2015 (23:59 UTC) for full consideration. The selection will be announced in September 2015. The successful candidate will take up the position following ICANN's AGM in Dublin, Ireland in October 2015.
ICANN's geographic regions are explained in this document: http://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/montreal/geo-regions-topic.htm.
More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at: http://nomcom.icann.org/.
Background:
The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN's structure.
It is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. NomCom members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws.
NomCom members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them.
The challenge for the NomCom is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting Organizations and other ICANN bodies, individual NomCom members are not accountable to their appointing bodies.
NomCom members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by the NomCom.
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http://www.icann.org/Week ending 24 July 2015
Announcements This Week
EXTENDED: Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
24 July 2015
Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
22 July 2015
Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Paris Communiqué
20 July 2015
ICANN CEO Search Committee Announces CEO Candidate Criteria: Deadline for Application Submission is 20 September 2015
20 July 2015
Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
20 July 2015
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Dear All,
ICANN is forming a new Working Group to review the IDN Implementation Guidelines. One member in this Working Group will be representing the ALAC. An ideal candidate should have expertise in IDN usability and universal acceptance matters and be also involved with the universal acceptance initiative of ICANN. Please see the full announcement below.
If you are interested in applying this position, please send your resume and Statement of Interest to staff@atlarge.icann.org by Thursday 30 July 23:59 UTC. The ALAC will review the candidate(s) and make the selection.
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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
ICANN
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en
Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
20 July 2015
1. Introduction
The IDN Implementation Guidelines address the IDN registration policies and practices, designed to minimize the risk of cybersquatting and consumer confusion, and respect the interests of communities using local languages and scripts. These Guidelines are for registry operators to implement IDNs at the second level. Registry operators that offer IDNs under the new gTLDs, resulting from the 2012 application round, are contractually bound to adhere to the Guidelines per Specification 6 of the Registry Agreement. The IDN ccTLDs are encouraged to follow the Guidelines through the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, but are not contractually obligated to do so.
IDN Implementation Guidelines were last updated in 2011. ICANN is now initiating a revision of these guidelines and soliciting the participation of expert community volunteers to form a working group for this purpose. The working group will comprise of expert volunteer members from GNSO, ccNSO, SSAC and ALAC, as per the details below.
Interested experts should be endorsed by their respective SOs/ACs and should send their Resumes and Statements of Interest to IDNProgram@icann.org by 3 August, 2015.
2. Background
Historically, the IDN Implementation Guidelines have been updated when there was a change to relevant protocols or other demand from the community, but not on a regular basis. As there are contractual obligations associated with the Guidelines, updating them may have a significant impact. To date, there have been five versions of the Guidelines, available through the link: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-en. The current Version 3.0 was developed through a community based effort and finalized on 2 September 2011. This wasendorsed by the ICANN Board of Directors on 28 October 2011.
Since publication of the latest version of the Guidelines in 2011, there have been changes in the terminology around IDNs and language tables (e.g. see Appendix 2 of Integrated Issues Report [PDF, 2.15 MB]), as well as a definition of the formal representation of the language tables to make them machine readable. Additional analysis and data are also available, including Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR), informational RFC 6912 and revised IANA IDNA tables for Unicode 6.3.0. Finally there have been recommendations for consistency and manageability of variants across different levels in a domain name, e.g. in the User Experience Study [PDF, 1.38 MB] and related SSAC comments in SAC 60 [PDF, 655 KB] report.
Based on the experience with implementing IDNs accumulated since 2011, GNSO Council and its members have asked ICANN to update these guidelines.
3. Working Group Expertise and Composition
The working group members should have expertise in one or more of the following areas, as relevant for the second level.
DNS and IDNA protocols
IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules
IDN policy
IDN implementation
IDN label registration process and registration data
IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity
IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance
The working group is anticipated to have expertise in all these areas, with tentatively seven members: GNSO (3), ccNSO (2), SSAC (1) and ALAC (1). The number of GNSO and ccNSO members are based on membership during previous revisions of IDN Implementation Guidelines. SSAC and ALAC members are being added for additional consideration of SSR and usability issues.
4. Tentative Work Plan
The working group will determine its own work plan and deliverables, after its formation. The following are tentative steps and the timeline the working group may undertake to complete its work. The working group is expected to hold regular conference calls to undertake this work.
Formation – August 2015
Identification of relevant issues
Public comment on issues – ICANN 54
Finalization of issues
Development of initial recommendations against the issues identified
Public comment on Interim draft – ICANN 55
Finalization of recommendations
Development of complete draft
Public comment on complete draft– ICANN 56
Publication of updated IDN Implementation Guidelines – August 2016
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-24-en
EXTENDED: Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
24 July 2015
The Public Comment period for the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization has been extended by an additional week. In view of the current community workload and the impact the recommendations will have on the workload of the community and staff, the comment period has been extended to 31 July 2015 23:59 UTC at the request from the members of the GNSO Review Working Party.
The purpose of the Public Comment posting is to request community feedback on the Draft Report issued by Westlake Governance Limited (Westlake) on the Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). As the Independent Examiner, Westlake has drafted their report after conducting extensive work, including but not limited to online surveys (178 responses), 40 one-on-one interviews (considerably more than originally anticipated in the scope of work), review and analysis of documents and direct observations of GNSO proceedings at three ICANN meetings. In addition, Westlake has been engaged in consultations with representatives from the GNSO and other community members.
Westlake will issue their Final Report at the end of August 2015 after considering community feedback via Public Comment process, in-person meetings at ICANN53 and ongoing interaction with the GNSO Review Working Party. The final report, along with public comments, will be considered by the Board. After the Board takes action and accepts the report, the implementation phase will begin.
The Report Summary (Section 1, pages 4-20) offers a brief overview of Westlake's work and outlines 36 proposed recommendations, classified into four topical themes: Participation and Representation; Continuous Development; Transparency; and Alignment with ICANN's Future. Please refer to the specific recommendation and relevant section of the Draft Report for additional details and context about each recommendation.
Word [DOCX, 65 KB] and PDF [PDF, 283 KB] templates have been developed to facilitate input to this Public Comment.
Hello All,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 27-31 July 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 27 July 2015
13:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP2 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC (GNSO) CWG on country and territory names as TLDs https://community.icann.org/x/X7XhAg
Tuesday 28 July 2015
12:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
19:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/R600Aw
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 29 July 2015
11:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability Stress Test https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
Thursday 30 July 2015
05:00 UTC: At-Large APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar https://community.icann.org/x/W4BCAw
20:00 UTC: At-Large ALT Monthly Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/14hCAw
Friday 31 July 2015
None
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls: staff@atlarge.icann.org
For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer@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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
Dear All,
Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR).
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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
Hello All,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 20-24 July 2015
Update 1:
Wednesday removed:
11:00 UTC: Stress Tests Meeting
16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG
Wednesday added:
11:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP2
14:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP3
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1
Thursday added:
14:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party
15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 20 July 2015
14:00 UTC: At-Large Technology Taskforce https://community.icann.org/x/AoJCAw
23:00 UTC: At-Large LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/cqw0Aw
Tuesday 21 July 2015
06:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
18:00 UTC: At-Large EURALO Single Issue: Dublin General Assembly Preparation call https://community.icann.org/x/haw0Aw
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 22 July 2015
11:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP2 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP3 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability WP1 https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
Thursday 23 July 2015
06:00 UTC: At-Large APRALO monthly https://community.icann.org/x/Mqw0Aw
14:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party https://community.icann.org/x/94VCAw
15:00 UTC: At-Large Ad-Hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/LodCAw
18:00 UTC: GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting (SCI) https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT
Friday 24 July 2015
None
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls: staff@atlarge.icann.org
For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer@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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en
ICANN CEO Search Committee Announces CEO Candidate Criteria: Deadline for Application Submission is 20 September 2015
20 July 2015
Following the announcement by ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, who has been CEO since 2012, that he will be departing ICANN after the ICANN Public Meeting in March 2016, the ICANN Board of Directors established a search committee to plan and execute a strategy to identify CEO candidates for submission to the Board. The committee was established at the Board's 21 June 2015 meeting, and its membership consists of George Sadowsky (chair), Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Chris Disspain, Markus Kummer, Ram Mohan and Ray Plzak.
All candidate inquiries must be directed to Odgers Berndtson (contact email below).
ICANN: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
ICANN's global public interest mission is to promote the stability and security of the global Internet through coordination of the unique identifiers that comprise its naming and addressing systems - numbers, names, and protocol parameters.
ICANN's mission touches all countries and it fulfills it by engaging with a large global community of actively participating stakeholders representing the domain name industry, governments, businesses, academia, NGOs and individuals, dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. ICANN has three meetings a year that gather about 1,500 participants each.
ICANN was formed in 1998 as a Californian public benefit not-for-profit corporation. ICANN's current baseline operating expense budget (excluding initiatives) is about US$113 million, mostly derived from fees levied on domain name registrations.
The past three years have been key in establishing ICANN as a global organization. In addition to the hub office in Los Angeles, USA, ICANN has hub offices in Istanbul, Turkey, and Singapore, and engagement offices in Beijing, Brussels, Geneva, Montevideo, Seoul and Washington. The organization currently has 325 staff spread across 30 countries.
In addition to the globalization of the organization, the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLDs) Program was developed, which includes gTLDs in both Latin and non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic that allow people to use a domain name in their native language or script. More than 1,300 new gTLDs are expected to be delegated in total.
ICANN's multistakeholder model is essential to the organization's ability to serve the global public interest and to enhance its accountability and the trust in its work. The organization is currently undergoing substantial global community-led efforts to strengthen this model.
The ICANN website (http://www.icann.org) provides extensive information about the organization and the way it works.
Some key characteristics of ICANN's are:
ICANN as an Organization
ICANN is a unique not-for-profit organization that comprises and serves a broad, global group of stakeholders from across all sectors that work to develop its policies through an inclusive "bottom-up" process
Transparency, inclusion, and participation form the basis of its conduct of business and its accountability towards stakeholders and the larger public
ICANN's open and transparent policy development mechanisms promote well-informed decisions based on advice from a diversity of views. ICANN staff supports policy development processes by the community, the Board's steering/validation role, and executes the resulting policies
There is a delicate balance of distributed/shared responsibilities between the ICANN staff led by the CEO, the global volunteer community, the Board of Directors and the stakeholder constituencies
ICANN within the Internet Governance Ecosystem
ICANN is part of a broader, distributed Internet governance ecosystem with other major players including key partners in the technical community. These actors work together to preserve one single, interoperable and permissionless Internet
ICANN works closely with related technical organizations, and each performs their technical functions within their own well defined and limited remit.
ICANN also works with a growing number of non-technical players in the Internet governance ecosystem (including IGOs, NGOs, foundations, governments, associations, as well as private organizations) and participates within its specific remit and responsibilities for the Internet's system of unique identifiers
Candidate Profile
ICANN requires a public interest-minded leader with a combination of business, diplomatic and organizational skills to assume the leadership of a successful multi-stakeholder organization. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate to the highest degree possible the following experience and skills. These have been grouped in no particular order under several headings that embody the multi-faceted nature of the role:
ICANN seeks candidates motivated to increase the effectiveness of the global Internet for the benefit of all.
Management and Operational Experience
Solid record of achievement in respected public, corporate, academic service, NGOs, foundations, and/or other public service institutions
Proven record of strengthening, fostering and consolidating operational excellence
Previous experience working with and/or on Boards of non-profit and/or profit organizations
Ability to foster consensus-building
Significant experience of, and achievements in, a multi-stakeholder environment, and an understanding of policy development processes.
Experience in fostering diversity
Strong operational experience running an established organization of substantial size, with ultimate responsibility for all key functions
Success in managing the continued evolution of a dynamic organization, with complex legal issues and significant contractual relationships
Experience in resource allocation and the management of competing priorities
Experience in establishing, strengthening and consolidating business systems and processes
Good negotiator who would be able to represent ICANN and present it well in potentially adversarial environments
Global Experience
Understanding of relevant political and policy processes, with awareness of current Internet issues around the world
Global exposure: experience working in leadership roles in different countries and with different cultures
Experienced leadership of dispersed international teams of significant size and active and diverse stakeholders
Experience managing complex and global process work flows and an ability to anticipate issues and advance pre-emptive action
Strong diplomatic skills, ability to balance between all facets of a complex ecosystem, including technical, business, and political aspect
Significant experience interacting and engaging with media
Close familiarity with the ways in which governments, the Internet technical community, civil society, business sector interests and regulatory authorities interact
Leadership Style
Intellectually engaging, contributes to 'thought leadership,' helps to define vision and strategy, and leverages the organization's competencies
Appreciates the aspects of multilingualism and how this affects many players in the developed and the developing world
Appreciates and handles the geopolitical currents and pressures that will affect the future of a global organization
Understands and demonstrates empathy, and instills that quality throughout the organization as a core part of the values and mode of operation.
Thrives on motivating a high level team of functioning specialists
A consensus builder, catalyst and motivator, who is practiced at, and enjoys, working in partnership and persuading others
Embodies and practices the inclusive and empowering multistakeholder approach and encourages significant volunteer involvement
Personal Characteristics
Aligns with ICANN's values: integrity, trust, humility, technical excellence, and public service
Multicultural with language skills, practiced communicator and public speaker
Strong belief in the value of the Internet: conscious of its role and complexity, fully embraces ICANN's mission, its accountability requirements, and its bottom-up process
Relishes work within a community empowered organization, while taking into account the different interests of the different communities in a balanced and fair way
Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels
Committed to strengthening diversity
Ability to generate trust with all stakeholders and respect their input
Adept at rapid assimilation and adjustment to new environments
Understanding of Internet technology and the Domain Name Industry
Able to work within ICANN's technical remit in a rapidly evolving Internet governance ecosystem, ensuring the evolution of the organization within such a framework
Familiarity with /understanding of Internet technologies and, in particular, an understanding of the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including domain names, protocol parameters and addresses, and the functioning of domain name registries and registrars
Understanding of the domain name industry and its market structure and dynamics, including issues of competition, privacy, intellectual property, consumer protection and branding
Understanding of Internet addressing challenges and opportunities, including deployment of IPv6, exhaustion of IPv4, and the implications of IPv4 scarcity on the fundamental Internet architecture
Understanding of the Internet Governance Ecosystem
Understand the institutional environment of the Internet and its administrative governance systems, such as RIRs, IETF, IAB, ISOC, W3C, and other organizations
Awareness of the international dimensions, and the ability to interact with government and intergovernmental stakeholders
Knowledge of the UN system and other international organizations and processes
Candidates may not match every single criterion listed above, but those who reach the final shortlist will satisfy many of them.
The candidate will be expected to work at ICANN's United States headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Substantial travel will be required.
APPLICATIONS
Applicants should submit a current curriculum vitae and a cover letter specifically linking their background and abilities to the candidate profile above. Applications should be submitted by e-mail to:
icann-ceo@odgersberndtson.be
Attachments should be submitted in RTF, Word, or PDF format.
The period for acceptance of applications closes on 20 September 2015.
ICANN is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color or any other protected class.
ICANN values applications from candidates with demonstrated skills in languages in addition to proficient written and spoken English.
Odgers Berndtson Assignment Team
Bernard Tobin, Senior Partner, bernard.tobin@odgersberndstson.com
David Webber, Partner, david.webber@odgersberndstson.com
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/Week ending 17 July 2015
Announcements This Week
ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA
16 July 2015 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.
16 July 2015
EXTENDED: Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
The Public Comment period for the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization has been extended.
15 July 2015
Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report
This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the new Preliminary Issue Report concerning Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS.
13 July 2015
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Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines
20 July 2015
1. Introduction
The IDN Implementation Guidelines address the IDN registration policies and practices, designed to minimize the risk of cybersquatting and consumer confusion, and respect the interests of communities using local languages and scripts. These Guidelines are for registry operators to implement IDNs at the second level. Registry operators that offer IDNs under the new gTLDs, resulting from the 2012 application round, are contractually bound to adhere to the Guidelines per Specification 6 of the Registry Agreement. The IDN ccTLDs are encouraged to follow the Guidelines through the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, but are not contractually obligated to do so.
IDN Implementation Guidelines were last updated in 2011. ICANN is now initiating a revision of these guidelines and soliciting the participation of expert community volunteers to form a working group for this purpose. The working group will comprise of expert volunteer members from GNSO, ccNSO, SSAC and ALAC, as per the details below.
Interested experts should be endorsed by their respective SOs/ACs and should send their Resumes and Statements of Interest to IDNProgram@icann.org by 3 August, 2015.
2. Background
Historically, the IDN Implementation Guidelines have been updated when there was a change to relevant protocols or other demand from the community, but not on a regular basis. As there are contractual obligations associated with the Guidelines, updating them may have a significant impact. To date, there have been five versions of the Guidelines, available through the link: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-en. The current Version 3.0 was developed through a community based effort and finalized on 2 September 2011. This was endorsed by the ICANN Board of Directors on 28 October 2011.
Since publication of the latest version of the Guidelines in 2011, there have been changes in the terminology around IDNs and language tables (e.g. see Appendix 2 of Integrated Issues Report [PDF, 2.15 MB]), as well as a definition of the formal representation of the language tables to make them machine readable. Additional analysis and data are also available, including Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR), informational RFC 6912 and revised IANA IDNA tables for Unicode 6.3.0. Finally there have been recommendations for consistency and manageability of variants across different levels in a domain name, e.g. in the User Experience Study [PDF, 1.38 MB] and related SSAC comments in SAC 60 [PDF, 655 KB] report.
Based on the experience with implementing IDNs accumulated since 2011, GNSO Council and its members have asked ICANN to update these guidelines.
3. Working Group Expertise and Composition
The working group members should have expertise in one or more of the following areas, as relevant for the second level.
DNS and IDNA protocols
IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules
IDN policy
IDN implementation
IDN label registration process and registration data
IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity
IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance
The working group is anticipated to have expertise in all these areas, with tentatively seven members: GNSO (3), ccNSO (2), SSAC (1) and ALAC (1). The number of GNSO and ccNSO members are based on membership during previous revisions of IDN Implementation Guidelines. SSAC and ALAC members are being added for additional consideration of SSR and usability issues.
4. Tentative Work Plan
The working group will determine its own work plan and deliverables, after its formation. The following are tentative steps and the timeline the working group may undertake to complete its work. The working group is expected to hold regular conference calls to undertake this work.
Formation – August 2015
Identification of relevant issues
Public comment on issues – ICANN 54
Finalization of issues
Development of initial recommendations against the issues identified
Public comment on Interim draft – ICANN 55
Finalization of recommendations
Development of complete draft
Public comment on complete draft– ICANN 56
Publication of updated IDN Implementation Guidelines – August 2016
Hello All,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of 20-24 July 2015
Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 20 July 2015
14:00 UTC: At-Large Technology Taskforce https://community.icann.org/x/AoJCAw
23:00 UTC: At-Large LACRALO Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/cqw0Aw
Tuesday 21 July 2015
06:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9 iCfAg
18:00 UTC: At-Large EURALO Single Issue: Dublin General Assembly Preparation call https://community.icann.org/x/haw0Aw
19:00 UTC: CCWG Accountability https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
20:00 UTC: GNSO DMPM https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 22 July 2015
11:00 UTC: Stress Tests Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg
16:00 UTC: GNSO IGO INGO Curative Rights PDP WG https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg
Thursday 23 July 2015
06:00 UTC: At-Large APRALO monthly https://community.icann.org/x/Mqw0Aw
18:00 UTC: GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting (SCI) https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT
Friday 24 July 2015
None
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls: GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls: staff@atlarge.icann.org
For CWG IANA Stewardship and CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Brenda.Brewer@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/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en
ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA
16 July 2015
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.
ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting on 16 July 2015 to quickly address an independent review panel's declaration that held in favor of DotConnectAfrica Trust regarding certain claims about its .AFRICA top-level domain application. (read more). During the meeting, the Board resolved to:
Continue to refrain from delegating the .AFRICA gTLD.
Permit DCA's application to proceed through the remainder of the new gTLD application process.
Reimburse DCA for certain costs related to the independent review process.
As such, the Board has directed staff to take all steps necessary to resume the evaluation of DCA's application for .AFRICA and to ensure that such evaluation proceeds in accordance with the established process(es) as quickly as possible.
"I want to thank the panel for their efforts and careful deliberation of this matter," said Steve Crocker, ICANN's Chairman of the Board. "Though these proceedings have been lengthy and delayed the launch of the .AFRICA top-level domain, the independent review process is an integral part of ICANN's community-developed accountability mechanisms, which are fundamental safeguards in ensuring that ICANN's bottom-up, multistakeholder model remains effective."
Dr. Crocker further noted, "Our commitment to ICANN's African stakeholders remains strong. As this advances to final resolution, we will assist in moving this process forward as rapidly as possible and provide all parties with the certainties they are looking for and deserve."
The next step in the process for DCA is to complete Initial Evaluation, a phase of the New gTLD Program in which multiple independent panels, including a panel dedicated to geographic names, review an application to ensure it meets the requirements in the Applicant Guidebook.
With respect to the Governmental Advisory Committee's (GAC's) consensus advice in the Beijing Communiqué that DCA's application for .AFRICA should not proceed, the Board will ask the GAC if it wishes to refine that advice and/or provide the board with further information regarding that advice and/or otherwise address the concerns raised in the Declaration.
