Page History

...

* 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.

*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).

*Council minutes from the meeting in Helsinki

• my apologies for not attending this meeting due to a clash with an interview with Tom McKenzie and the ALAC meeting with Steve Crocker.
• The Council requested the Guidelines Review Committee develop process and procedures relating to the implementation of the CWG-Stewardship Proposal. With the adoption of the new ICANN Bylaws, other processes and procedures will need to be implemented.
• The Council received a request to review the draft proposal for additional budget for work stream 2. The Council validated the FY 17 budget for the CCWG-Accountability and agreed with the formal process as proposed by the ICANN Finance Committee to deal with additional expense requests.
• As the CCWG-Accountability will now start with WS 2, the ccNtwo members are being requested to  . Given the expected and extended time commitment of membership, the Council requests its chair to ask the ccNSO appointed members on the CCWG to indicate whether they want to remain on the CCWG-Accountability as member.

*Council members in Helsinki.

Image Added

June 2016 ccNSO Update

 UPDATES FROM HELSINKI:

 *Member engagement: Travel funding applications for ICANN 57 in Hyderabad are open and their request for applications highlighted a difference between our organisations. ccNSO use their travel funding to reward engagement. (They get their funds from their members so that there is a real expectation of mutual benefit). The ALAC does not have any such fund which can similarly reward ALS members who are not currently in a funded position yet put in a lot of effort into the work of At-Large. In the ccNSO, an important criteria for travel is active engagement in the work of the ccNSO which could include active participation in a ccNSO working group, a presentation at the ccNSO member meeting, or other engagements that strengthen the activities of the ccNSO. Perhaps when we are looking at ways to encourage engagement with our ALSes we too could seek a similar fund to get hardworking ALS members to ICANN meetings.

...

• 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 30 June
  
  

   

May 2016 ccNSO Update

...