ICANN Meeting 59 Johannesburg  – SSAC Liaison Report

(as at 30Jun17)

  

1. SSAC MEETING WITH ALAC.   The SSAC met with the ALAC on Thursday 29 June and discussed recent SSAC documents including 

SAC093: SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names; and

SAC097: SSAC Advisory Regarding the Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) and Registry Operator Monthly Activity Reports 

The ALAC enquired about the current status of conflicting views between the SSAC and the ccNSO on the ccNSO EPSRP Working Group’s Proposed Guidelines, released on 23 June 2016, for the evaluation of confusing similarity in IDN ccTLDs.  At the written request of the ICANN Board, the SSAC and the ccNSO have formed a small Working Group to work on this topic and to try to formulate an acceptable resolution.  The first meeting of that Working Group occurred on Thursday 29 June.

 

2. SSAC INVOLVEMENT IN CCWG ACCOUNTABILITY.   As one of the two SSAC Representatives on the CCWG-A, I attended the scheduled Working Session from 0830-1800 on Sunday 25 June.  

The SSAC was briefed on CCWG-A status and progress in detail during the SSAC Admin Committee Meeting on Monday 26 June (which was attended by the majority of SSAC Members present at Johannesburg.  It was noted that the following SSAC Inputs have been provided over the last few months: 

Human Rights Framework

  • SAC092 SSAC Input to the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability Work Stream 2 Human Rights (12 March 2017)
  • SAC096 SSAC Comment on CCWG-Accountability-WS2 Draft Framework of Interpretation for Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Diversity

  • SSAC Response to Diversity Questionnaire 

SO/AC Accountability

  • SSAC Response to SO/AC Accountability Questionnaire
  • SAC093 Comments on Draft Recommendations of the CCWG-Accountability–WS2 on SO/AC Accountability (18 May 2017)

 

3. MEETINGS ATTENDED IN JOHANNESBURG.  

SSAC Meetings

ALAC Meetings

Other Sessions and Meetings


Sunday 25 June

0900-1800: CCWG-Accountability Working Session

Monday 26 June

0830- 0900: Welcome and Community Ethos Awards

0900-1200: DNSSEC Workshop

1515-1830: Cross Community Discussion on Next-Generation gTLD RDS Policy

1900-2100: Local Host Reception

Tuesday 27 June

0830-1015: SSAC Admin Committee Meeting

1030-1200: SSAC Private Meeting

1330-1500: SSAC Admin Committee Meeting

1515-1645: Cross Community Discussion - General Data Protection Regulation

1700-1830: Cross Community Discussion - Geographic Names at the Top Level

1830-2000: Fellowship Program 10 Year Anniversary Celebration

1915-2000: Leadership Program Alumni Networking Reception

Wednesday 28 June

0830-1015: SSAC Admin Committee Meeting

1030-1200: SSAC Private Meeting

1330-1500: SSAC Admin Committee Meeting

1830-2000: AFRALO Showcase

2000-2130: Joint Board/TEG/RSSAC/SSAC Cocktail Party

Thursday 29 June

0830-1500: SSAC Private Meetings

1515-1700: Cross Community Discussion – Geographic Names at the Top Level

1830-2000: Wrap-up Cocktail Party

2000-2300: ALAC Dinner

Friday 30 June

0830-1100: ALT Meeting


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