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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.

August 2016 ccNSO Update

*Next ccNSO Council meeting is September 1, 1100UTC

*ccNSO will have an interim representative on the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) until Hyderabad when they will commence their selection process according to ccNSO internal procedures before Sept 30. The interim representative will be the Council Chair, Katrina.

*Alejandro Reynaso presented the results of the feedback from members about the ccNSO programme in Helsinki. The feedback will provide information which will guide the programming for the Hyderabad meetings. The top 3 most informative sessions were: (1) the legal session, (2) ccTLD News session and (3) operational session and marketing session. Topics that members wanted to include in ICANN57 are: marketing and an update on the GNSO project to create generic country domains. Members got value from attending ccNSO@ICANN meetings (mainly self-funded) because: they appreciated the contribution from volunteers to work on WGs; Learning about what other managers are up to; Sharing information about the ongoing discussions within ICANN; and Meeting everyone at the ccNSO cocktail 

*A request has gone out for more ccTLD managers to participate in the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal (ISTP) call in order to seek active participation from a broader group of people who might be actively involved in post-IANA transition work. Currently the team is a small group off ccTLD members already closely involved in the implementation of the CWG-Stewardship Proposal (Lise, Allan, Martin, Maarten and Paul).

*On 5 August,  Jörg Schweiger was selected as the ccNSO representative to the FY2017 NomCom

*The ccNSO Meetings Programme Working Group  has developed the first version of the draft agenda of the ccNSO Members’ Days in Hyderabad -  http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/hyderabad57/agenda.htm.  Although details are likely to change, the programme consists of:

        Friday 4 November: ccNSO working group face-to-face meetings
        Saturday 5 November: Tech Day
        Sunday 6 November: ccNSO Member's meeting, day 1
        Monday 7 November: ccNSO Member's meeting, day 2
        Monday 7 November, 5 pm local: ccNSO Council meeting

*On August 2, the ccNSO and GNSO coordination call finalised approval of the full slate for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC). Both groups agreed that for future rounds of CSC slate formations, sufficient time be allowed to pursue greater diversity during the selection process. The ccNSO community will be informed of the joint ccNSO-GNSO statement to the wider community, after it has been endorsed at the next Council meeting.  

*July ccNSO Activity Summary 

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".

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