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 On 22 September 2015, the ALAC re-appointed Maureen Hilyard to serve as the ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO. This term will be from the end of the ICANN 54 Meeting in October 2015 through the end of the 2016 AGM. Maureen Hilyard has served as the  ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO since 2013.

July 2016 ccNSO Update

*Council member, Vika Mpisane, has given notice of his intention to resign from the Council due to his non-ICANN commitments which he felt had intruded on his ability to fully participate in his ccNSO Council responsibilities. All Council members expressed their regret at this decision given Vika's major contributions to the work of the ccNSO over the years. Vika assured the Council that he would continue to remain as an active member of the ccNSO. The discussion among Councillors mainly focused on the process required to fill the position half way during the term.  Katrina suggested that due to the heavy workload of the Council at the moment, a formal election of his replacement could be left until the next General election is actually due. This was given support by the rest of the Council along with an additional recommendation which addressed "respect for the process".

*A membership application has been received from .by (Belarus) and is being considered by members

*Transcripts and Adobe Connect recordings from ccNSO-related meetings in Helsinki:  http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/helsinki56/transcripts.htm

* The ccNSO Selection Committee participated on the coordination call with the Selection Committee of the RySG and they have made their selections of people to serve on the CSC. The four members of the CSC are: Byron Holland, ccNSO, Elaine Pruis, RySG, Jay Daley, ccNSO and Kal Feher, RySG

*The ccNSO is still seeking nominations for their FY17 Nom Com member. Candidates need not be Council members and can self-nominate as long as they are ccTLD managers. The nominations close on the 29th July so that the Council can vote and the successful candidate be available for the meeting in Hyderabad.

*The ccNSO is also seeking EOIs for representatives on the Customer Standing Committee. Bart has sent friendly reminders to prod volunteers to apply. Two members for the CCWG Accountability are needed to address accountability topics for Workstream 2 (also 29th July closing date), and volunteers are also being sought for the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2-RT).

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June 2016 ccNSO Update

•  UPDATES FROM HELSINKI

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 *New member: The ccNSO welcomes .dk, the ccTLD for Denmark as its 160^th member. 

• At-Large Capacity Building Webinar: Bart Boswinkel made a Capacity-Building Webinar presentation to the At-Large Community about the "Impact of the IANA Stewardship Transition on the Delegation, Revocation and Transfer of ccTLDs". There were 23 non-staff participants. The presentation was well received with some interesting queries from participants about the end-user perspective of any impacts. Bart clarified that enduser impacts must be dealt with a the local level.
  
  
• Customer Standing Committee: Current discussions within the ccNSO are focusing on the selection of the ccNSO candidates for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) following the approval by the ICANN Board of the new ICANN Bylaws for the IANA Stewardship Transition, effective upon the expiration of the IANA Functions Contract between ICANN and NTIA. Article 17 of the new Bylaws calls for the creation of the CSC to monitor the performance of the Post Transition IANA entity (PTI)  which will perform the IANA Functions relevant to the ccTLDs post transition (see: https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/43-csc-scope-and-responsibilities-v-v2). The ccNSO is required to appoint two members to represent ccTLD registry operators who may not not necessarily be members of the ccNSO. The appointment is required by 22 July 2016. This creates a very tight timeframe for the ccNSO which is currently in the process of creating new guidelines for this selection process. The Council hopes to adopt these new guidelines at its 16 June meeting and to make a formal call for EOIs around 30 June so that they can meet the appointment deadline by 22 July. A set of requirements for interested potential candidates has been provided to initiate some preparation for applications from the community. It was pointed out that no travel funding would be provided for members of this committee.
  
  
• ccNSO Accountability: The ccNSO Council will be sending out an Accountability survey to Councillors based on basic concepts derived from the outcomes of the CCWG Accountability. The aim of the survey is to improve ccNSO accountability in relation to transparency, consultation, review and redress. The survey has initially been distributed to Councillors for any amendments or other inputs. The aim is to launch the survey at Helsinki.
  
  
• The next ccNSO Board meeting: 16 June
  
  

   

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