ICANN72 | ccNSO Members Meeting

Q&A with ccNSO Council candidates
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 | 16:00-17:00 UTC 

 Session Recordings

Session Chair: Irina Danelia (.ru)

The 3-year term for five members of the ccNSO Council will end in March 2022.  Mid-September 2021, the ccNSO opens a call for nominations to fill those seats.  All candidates that accepted their nominations are kindly invited to participate in the Q&A session, which  will provide the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community an opportunity to interact with the Council candidates. In preparation of the Q&A session, the written candidate statements and possible other material shared by the candidates will be posted on the ccNSO website.  Read more here.

ccNSO Governance Session

Tuesday, 26 October 2021 | 17:30-19:00 UTC 

 Session Recordings | Notes

Session Chair: David McAuley

ICANN72 marks the 4th ccNSO Governance Session, building on the previous sessions at ICANN69, ICANN70 and ICANN71, where the ccNSO Council and Members have been discussing the need to update the internal rules of the ccNSO, which were adopted in 2004.  A ccNSO Working Group held various consultations with the ccNSO membership to identify issues, find solutions and to update about progress.

The goal of this ICANN72 session is to consult the ccNSO membership on the proposed revised internal Rules of the ccNSO, and to collect feedback. The new Rules will have a direct impact on the governance structure of the ccNSO, specifically on the respective roles and responsibilities of the Council and ccNSO membership. Based on the feedback, the Working Group will finalize its draft, which will then be put before the ccNSO membership for adoption.

Background documentation

You are highly encouraged to review these materials prior to the session.

• E-mail by David McAuley (sent to ccNSO members mailing list on 19 October 2021)
• Draft Internal Rules ccNSO 2021 (version 7 | 14 October 2021) 

ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee 
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 | 19:30-21:00 UTC 

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Session Chair: Giovanni Seppia (.eu)

The aim of the SOPC is to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and Public Technical Identifiers strategic, operational planning, and related budgetary processes. The SOPC meets regularly with representatives from ICANN org and other ICANN stakeholders. The goal of this ICANN72 session is to explore how the ICANN Prioritization Framework could work in practice, from a community perspective. The session will prepare the SOPC and other stakeholders on prioritization, as part of the next operational and financial planning cycle. 

ccNSO DNS Abuse Session
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Part 1: 21:30-23:00 UTC 
Part 2: 23:30-00:30 UTC 

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Session Chair: Alejandra Reynoso (.gt)
Moderator: Nick Wenban-Smith (.uk)
Panellists: Jim Galvin (GNSO), Gabriel Andrews (GAC), John Crain (ICANN org), Kristof Tuyteleers (.be, .brussels), Angela Matlapeng (.bw), Byron Holland (.ca)

Join us for a discussion with ccTLD managers and representatives from GAC, GNSO and ICANN org. The goal of the session is to understand what the ccNSO should do with respect to DNS abuse, in addition to what is already happening at the local and regional ccTLD level. Based on the guidance of the ccTLD community, the ccNSO Council will plan the ccNSO involvement in the discussions pertaining to DNS abuse and related activities that could assist ccTLDs. If a plan moves forward, it will be shared with the community during ICANN73 or an intersessional webinar.

Joint session: ccNSO COUNCIL & ICANN BOARD 
Thursday, 28 October 2021 | 16:00-17:00 UTC

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ccNSO topics:

• ccNSO recommended policy on the retirement of ccTLDs: introduction of the policy, its scope, why we believe it is needed. In preparation of a possible implementation process: what are the next steps from a Board perspective, and how does the roadmap look like?  
• change of Article 10 and Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws to allow the inclusion of interested IDN ccTLD Managers in the ccNSO: what are the next steps of the process?
• At the end of ICANN72, Nigel Roberts will be stepping down as member of the ICANN BoD.  What are Nigel's views on his years on the Board, the relation between ICANN and the ccTLD community in general, and the ICANN Board and ccNSO specifically?

 ICANN Board topic:

• how to efficiently identify and work more closely with governments globally, as well as educate, train and interact when it comes to geopolitical issues relating to ICANN’s mission

ccNSO COUNCIL 
Thursday, 28 October 2021 | 17:30-19:00 UTC

 Session Recordings | Notes

The ccNSO Council will have its 177th meeting at ICANN72 on Thursday, 28 October 2021 (17:30-19:00 UTC). All Council meetings are open to observers. Topics for discussion will include next steps following the ICANN72 ccNSO Members Meeting, DNS abuse session, and the ccNSO request to change ICANN Bylaws to include Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) ccTLD managers in the ccNSO. Additional topics for the ccNSO Council meeting will be made available on the ccNSO Council workspace.

TLD-OPS Session
Thursday, 28 October 2021 | 19:30-21:00 UTC

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TLD-OPS is the incident response community for and by ccTLDs that brings together people who are responsible for the operational security and stability of their ccTLD. The goal of the TLD-OPS community is to enable ccTLD operators worldwide to detect and mitigate incidents that may affect the security and stability of ccTLD services, such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, malware infections, and phishing attacks. TLD-OPS further extends members' existing incident response structures, processes, and tools, rather than replace them. TLD-OPS is open to every ccTLD, regardless of ccNSO membership. 

TLD-OPS is fully governed by the ccTLD community through the TLD-OPS Standing Committee, which consists of representatives of ccTLDs and liaisons from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and the ICANN security team. The Standing Committee oversees the daily operation of its list and the further development of the TLD-OPS ecosystem.The TLD-OPS Standing Committee will meet during ICANN72 to reflect on its past activities and determine next steps.