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- September 2014 – The GAC leadership group (Chair and Vice Chairs) sent out an e-mail to GAC members seeking final agreement on joining the CWG, including adopting the Group's Charter
- December 2014 – GAC will have a webinar for all GAC members during the public comment period right after the CWG draft is published
- October 2014 – Letter from the GAC Chair to Co-Chairs of the CWG Charter Drafting Team - confirming that the GAC has adopted the charter and will join as a chartering organization with two members
- October 2014 – ICANN 51 Meeting in Los Angeles: Internal GAC discussions on the CWG charter and procedures for exchange of information from the members to the GAC. GAC rep in CWG has the responsibility to inform the GAC on CWG discussions and deliverables. For this purpose GAC members of the CWG has created a Workspace on the GAC website with systematic information from the CWG Wiki - including meeting schedules, agendas, notes and timelines for comments and deliverables. An internal GAC document was produced to map the scope of work in CWG Charter and current IANA Functions Contract against existing GAC Advice
- In addition to the GAC Workspace, GAC members and members and participants of the CWG use the GAC mailing list to point attention to specific items and discussions in the smaller working groups in the CWG. Since there is no opportunity to have a face-to-face GAC meeting between the ICANN 51 Meeting in Los Angeles and the CWG deadline for submission of a proposal to the ICG, each GAC member has been invited to submit comments to GAC CWG members and participants to be put forward in the in the discussions in the CWG
- November 2014 – The draft principles document of the CWG was forwarded to GAC for comments and analysis of overlaps against the GAC work on high-level principles on IANA transition and associated accountability processes. The GAC broadly supported the draft principles from the CWG, but there were substantial contributions from GAC members and topic leads on identifying concerns to be forwarded in the discussions on the principles in the face-to-face meeting in Frankfurt on 19-20 November.
- November 2014 – GAC members of the CWG gave a report to the GAC on the latest discussions and developments in the CWG especially in regards of the work in RFP3 (Post-Transition oversight and Accountability Arrangements), and the documents featuring the “triage of IANA Functions Contract” and “issues flowing from the IANA Functions Contract”. On 13 November, the first "Strawman Matrix" with alternatives and a set out picture of models for discussion were forwarded to the GAC list, asking for GAC colleagues comments on specific items before the face-to-face meeting in Frankfurt. The GAC discussion and input online feed into the CWG items on, among others, multistakeholder involvement, separation of ICANN/IANA, and the establishing of an appeals mechanism. This input was forwarded in the discussions in Frankfurt.
- November 2014 – Chairs’ Statement and information update was sent to the GAC list for comments following the face-to-face meeting in Frankfurt
GAC members and participants in the CWG and the GAC secretariat have been using GAC mailing list to point attention to specific items and discussions in the CWG, asking for GAC members comments and questions in the ongoing process. The GAC secretariat has also established a CWG/CCWG whiteboard on GAC website - for updates and exchange on both CWG and CCWG draft proposals. The GAC secretariat have been following the CWG process closely, using the whiteboard to give summary of CWG/CCWG discussions, updated timeline on CWG and CCWG draft proposals and processes, information about Webinars, summary of public comments from other Governments/GAC members and information about internal GAC procedures and range of possible options for taking a position as a Chartering Organisation of CWG. Information on the whiteboard is functioning as a coordination tool between CWG stewardship and CCWG Accountability.
- GAC has held briefing sessions between GAC leaders team and CWG members for update on CWG process and timeline before the public comment period for the CWG draft proposal in April.
- On the 22nd of April, the GAC Chair Thomas Schneider wrote a letter to all GAC members to remind members about the CWG and CCWG timeline and public comment period and to inform how the GAC can contribute to the CWG and CCWG process before, during and after Buenos Aires meeting.
- GAC members and participants in the CWG, together with the GAC secretariat, gave a summary of the CWG draft proposal before GAC wide calls.
- The GAC has held GAC-wide calls on the 5th and 6th of May to enable individual GAC members to discuss and develop their views on the CWG draft proposal and share their views across the GAC. Discussions on these wide-calls identified issues of special interest to the GAC in both the CWG and CCWG draft proposals.
- Sufficient time has been allocated for GAC discussions on CWG final proposal and CCWG draft proposal during the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires.
- GAC CWG members and participants and the GAC secretariat has provided analysis of how GAC input is reflected in the CWG proposal, including how the sets of principles agreed by the GAC in desember 2014 have been reflected in the CWG
Outreach and Engagement by the RySG (GNSO) members and participants
The following are the highlights of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) consultations and outreach efforts within the community of gTLD registry operators regarding the IANA Stewardship Transition Cross Community Working Group (IANA CWG).
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- The ALAC and At-Large Community (global with representation from all 5 ICANN Geographic Regions) has primarily acted through its 'At-Large Ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Function Work Group'; there is a main wiki page which links to all activities including the weekly teleconferences / meetings and in each of those sub pages Agendas, Minutes/Notes, Meeting Transcripts and Recordings in EN, FR, ES (at a minimum) is found here.
- This completely open Community WG was formed for the purpose of both consultation and support and feedback for our representation in the ICG as well as other committees and WG's related to this matter. The mission is stated as "...The mission of this ad-hoc working group is to discuss the transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA function in relation to the discussions taking place in other fora such as the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordinating Group (ICG) and the discussions and processes taking place in RIR, IETF, ISOC & IAB spaces. Membership of this WG is open to all At-Large members. ..."
- Additionally this last week's At-Large Capacity Building Program - 2014/15 Webinar was also on the Topic "IANA Functions (Standards, Naming & Numbering)". The trainer was Patrik Fältström, SSAC Chair; Noting that ALAC believes that a solid understanding of the fundamentals of IANA Functions (based on the recently released- Aug 15, 2014 SAC067) is essential to ensure well informed deliberations, debate and constructive community consultations...
Outreach and Engagement by RrSG (GNSO) members
- Reached out to all ICANN accredited registrars to inform and identify those that are interested in the work of the CWG as well as the IANA Stewardship Transition as a whole.
- Within the Registrar stakeholder group (RrSG), there have been regular updates, summaries and discussions as the CWG has progressed.
- The RrSG has also formed a small internal group to summarize the work to date of the CWG to all Registrars, as well as to provide feedback on the published draft proposal.
Outreach and Engagement by NCSG (GNSO) members and participants
- In NCSG various level of drafts have been sent to the NCSG Discuss list that all members and member reps are subscribed to.
- There is a sublist of the full Discuss list for discussions, though some discussions do go on on the main Discuss list. The Stewardship sublist is open to all members and employees of members.
- NCSG have an epad open for NCSG stakeholder comments that should result in a submitted comment before the closing deadline.