Maureen Hilyard served as the ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO from ICANN46 in Beijing, March 2013 - until the end of ICANN61 in San Juan, March 2018 when the role was formally passed on to Barrack Otieno who will serve as the ccNSO Liaison until the end of ICANN66 in Nov 2019.
January 2019 CCNSO Update
ccNSO Activity Summary
ICANN64:
Meeting page: https://meetings.icann.org/en/kobe64
Registration: https://registration.icann.org/
ccNSO-related sessions: https://community.icann.org/x/wwT_BQ (page will be updated with remote participation details as they become available)
TechDay at ICANN64! Please contact the Tech WG if you have questions or interested in presenting at TechDay
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
31 January – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
30 January - ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
23 January - TLD OPS Standing Committee and Playbook Drafting Team Telephone Conference
21 January – Meetings Programme Committee - Wiki
17 January – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
16 January - ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
14 January – Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - Wiki
ccNSO Council:
ccNSO Council call 17 January - wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN’s Accountability Process:
IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Page
Initial Report on CSC Effectiveness – 16 January 2019
Other Announcements:
2021 ICANN Public Meeting – Annual General Meeting Location Announced – 31 January 2019
ICANN Board Reaffirms Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data – 29 January 2019
ICANN Board Creates Working Group on Anti-Harassment – 28 January 2019
EPDP Team Makes Substantial Progress Toward Final Report – 24 January 2019
ICANN Publishes Documents Regarding the Implementation of the Procedure for Release of Two-Character Labels – 22 January 2019
Opportunities to Participate: ICANN Reviews – 22 January 2019
Apply Now for ICANN and PTI Leadership Positions – 17 January 2019
2019 Nominating Committee Priorities and Agenda – 9 January 2019
Amendment to the IANA Naming Functions Contract, Annex A – 7 January 2019
SSAC2 Review: Final Report Available – 7 January 2019
December 2018 CCNSO Update Year in Review
ccNSO in numbers (2018):
- We welcomed 7 new members this year,
- Bringing the total to 171 members: AP region – 54, AF region – 39, EU region – 46, LAC region – 27, and NA region – 5
- There are 6 active ccNSO working groups/committees
- 1 active Study Group
- 1 active Working Party
- 2 active cross community working groups
- 1 active specific review, and 1 pending
- 2 special CSC related reviews and participation in the IFRT
- 1 active ccNSO organisational review
- 6 days of face-to-face meetings, 3 Tech Days, and 6 days of WG meetings
ccNSO Council in numbers (2018):
- 18 Councillors in total: 3 per each of the 5 regions, 3 appointed by NomCom; 11 males, 7 females
- 3 new Councillors joined (one vacancy filled in)
- 2 Councillors left
- 10 meetings: 7 conference calls and 3 face-to-face meetings
- 3 prep meetings
- 1 workshop
- 51 decisions
- 50 action items
- 3 statements
As Council we submitted the following comments:
- ccNSO Council statement on draft Operational Standards
- ccNSO Council statement on Long-term adjustment of the schedule of reviews
- ccNSO Council statement on the Interim Report of the GNSO PDP Subsequent Procedures WT1-5
All together we have developed, discussed, and/or adopted:
- Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community’s Rights to Reject Specified Actions
- Guideline: ccNSO Council Election Procedure
- Guideline: ccNSO Selection and Appointment Liaisons
- Updated membership application form
- Terms of Reference for the ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as Second Level Domains
- Final Report of the ccNSO Meeting Strategy Review Working Group
- Final Report of the CSC Charter Review Team
- Template to determine the CSC Effectiveness Review
- Final WS2 Recommendations
We welcomed volunteers to the following groups:
- Customer Standing Committee
- Strategic and Operational Planning Committee
- PDP Retirement Working Group
- Community Onboarding Pilot Program
- Nominating Committee
- ccNSO Review Working Party
- Study Group on Use of Emoji as Second Level Domains
- ICANN Fellowship Programme
- IANA Function Review Team
- ATRT3 Review Team
- Joint ccNSO-SSAC Working Party Risk Mitigation Procedure.
As the chair of the ccNSO Council I would like to thank the chairs and all the members of our working groups/committees for their time, knowledge, and contribution to the work of the ccNSO and ICANN community in general:
- PDP Retirement Working Group (Chair: Stephen Deerhake): 24 members, 7 participants, 4 experts and observers. The goal of this WG is to report on and recommend a policy for the retirement of the delegated Top Level Domains associated with the country codes assigned to countries and territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 within the framework of the ccNSO Policy Development Process.
- Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (Chair: Giovanni Seppia): 18 members, 1 observer. The Committee coordinates, facilitates, and increases the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and PTI's strategic and operational planning processes and related budgetary processes.
- Meeting Programme Standing Committee (Chair: Alejandra Reynoso): 20 members, 2 observers. The objective of the Committee is to coordinate and manage the high-level schedule of the ccNSO-related sessions, including the ccNSO Members Meeting agenda at ICANN public meetings, and related matters.
- Technical Working Group (Chair: Eberhard Lisse): 18 members, 3 observers. The purpose of the WG is to provide the ccTLD community with advice and to share information on the technical and operational aspects of running a ccTLD.
- Guidelines Review Committee (Chair: Katrina Sataki): 13 members. This Committee reviews the current guidelines and ascertains whether they reflect current practices and working methods, identify potential gaps, and based on this analysis propose changes to the current guidelines to the Council.
- TLD-OPS Standing Committee (Chair: Jacques Latour): 7 members, 2 liaisons. This Standing Committee governs the daily operation of the TLD-OPS email list; and, when deemed necessary, develops and implements progress plans for future improvements and developments of the TLD-OPS email list, including its ecosystem.
- Study Group on Use of Emoji as Second Level Domains (Chair: Peter Koch): 13 members, 2 observers. The study group is established to provide to ccTLD community, the ccNSO Council a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the use of Emoji as second level domains, and the need for and current practice by ccTLD managers to allow Emoji as second level domains
November 2018 CCNSO Update
ccNSO Activity Summary
November 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
29 November – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
26 November - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - Wiki
23 November – Meetings Programme Committee - Wiki
23 November – TLD OPS Standing Committee Telephone Conference
21 November - ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
21 November – ccNSO Review Working Party - Wiki
15 November – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
ccNSO Review Survey Available for Community Input
ccNSO Council:
ccNSO Council call for November was combined with December, and will be held on 6 December - wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN’s Accountability Process:
IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Page
Initial Report on Review of the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Charter
Other Announcements:
ICANN Publishes ICANN63 By the Numbers Report – 28 November
Fellowship Program Post-Meeting Report Now Available – 20 November
Policy Status Report: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) – 14 November
Chair's Blog: ICANN63 Meeting & Board Workshop – 12 November
SSR2 Review Team: Seven Highlights from Our Meeting at ICANN63 – 12 November
Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN64 Fellowship – 12 November
Successful Candidates Selected for NextGen@ICANN64 – 9 November
Accountability Indicators Feedback 1 July - 30 September 2018 – 7 November
Annual Publication of Financial Information – 5 November
October 2018 CCNSO Update
ccPDP on retirement working group Face to Face Meeting - 20 October 2018
The working group held its face to face meeting on 20th October 2018 in Barcelona. The meeting was a continuation of the sessions held on 27 September 2018. During the session members continued with various mindmap exercises that sought to address among other things issues such as the time required by a Registry to complete a retirement process as well as what would happen if a country that had previously retired its ccTLD decided to revert to its old name hence requiring the old country name code to be restored to the root.
ccNSO Study Group on use of Emojis as SLD Face to Face Meeting - 20 October 2018
The study Group had a face to meeting in Barcelona. During the meeting , participants felt that there was need to avoid dwelling on negative aspects of using emojis as TLDs and pay more attention on positive aspects. The Study Group requested for more time from the ccNSO council to enable it consolidate views from a cross section of members and present its final report in Kobe Japan. Overall, the SSAC maintained the same point of view they had in the previous meeting that Emojis should not be allowed as SLDs due to their confusing similarity.
ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Commitee Face to Face meeting - 21 October 2018
The Strategic and operational planning commitee met ICANN's Finance team and reviewed the FY 2018 Finance Highlights. Notable issues were a reduction in the number of Staff and the fact that ICANN had put in place austerity measures that enabled it to operate below the projected budget leading to a profit.
The session also delved into ICANNs Financial year 2020 operating plan and budget process which covered the process overview and deliverables, planning structure, document overview as well as the proposed timeline and key dates. Members of the commitee sought to know how the Community will be involved in the process.
The ICANN Multi Stakeholder and Strategic Initiatives team gave an update on the ICANN Strategy Plan 2021 - 2025. The team outlined the process that will be following during the Community Consultation phase. Participants encouraged the team to review comments that were made by different consituencies on the current strategic plan . Members noted that the Strategic trends exercises that were conducted in Panama yielded very usefull output which should be considered. Members also requested the tean to avopid requesting for comments during Holiday seasons.
ccNSO Council - 24 October 2018
Intersessional decisions
Selection members IFRT: The Council was informed that the Selection of members to the IANA Functions Review Team had been completed.
Submission WT1-4 Statement: The Council was informed that the ccNSO had already submitted its statement on WT1-4 after consolidated additional feedback as discussed on the ccNSO Council Mailing List.
Launch call for volunteers for additional members to the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee & GRC
Call for additional volunteers ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee: The council resolved to issue a call for additional Volunteers to join the ccNSO Meetings Programme Commitee the Secretariat to implement the same.
Call for additional volunteers ccNSO Guideline Review Committee: The Council resolved to issue a call for additional volunteers to join the Guideline Review Commitee, the Secretariat to implement the same.
Call for additional volunteers ccNSO Guideline Review CommitteeUpdate PDP: from the meeting
Update CSC, RZERC, ECA: The council adopted the updates from the Committees as presented during the ccNSO members meeting
Update liaison
Update ALAC Liaison : The Council received a written update from the ALAC Liason
Update GNSO Liaison: The Council received a written update from the GNSO Liaison.
Regular meeting
Adoption of CCWG Accountability WS 2 recommendations & Next Steps
Adoption of Recommendations WS 2
ccNSO Council unanimously agreed to approve the recommendations
ccNSO Activity Summary
September 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
27 September – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
26 September - ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
17 September - SSAC call with ccNSO on the IDN Similarity Risk Mitigation Guidelines Telephone Conference
12 September – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
12 September – ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
10 September – Programme Working group - Wiki
10 September - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - Wiki
ccNSO Council:
ccNSO Council call 20 September 2018 - wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
Links and Announcements regarding the IANA Stewardship Transfer and ICANN’s Accountability Process:
IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Page
Initial Report on Review of the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Charter
ccNSO Activity Summary
August 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
30 August – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
29 August - ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
29 August – TLD Ops Standing Committee Telephone Conference
27 August – Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - Wiki
15 August – ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD Telephone Conference - Wiki
ccNSO Council:
ccNSO Council call 23 August 2018 - wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
ccNSO Activity Summary
July 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
30 July – Meetings Programme Working Group - wiki
19 July – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group - Wiki
18 July – ccNSO Study Group on Use of Emoji as SLD - Wiki
16 July - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Wiki
ccNSO Council:
ccNSO Council has combined their July and August call and will take place on 23 August 2018
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
ccNSO Activity Summary
May 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
31 May - ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference – Wiki
29 May – Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
28 May -Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference - Wiki
23 May – TLD OPS Standing Committee Telephone Conference
17 May – ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
7 May - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Wiki
3 May - ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference –Wiki
ccNSO Council:
24 May – ccNSO Council Telephone Conference - https://community.icann.org/x/7SkFBQ
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
26 February – Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
12 February - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
9 February – Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
8 February - ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
7 February – ccNSO Meeting Strategy Review Working Group Telephone Conference
7 February - TLD OPS Standing Committee Telephone Conference
ccNSO Council:
15 February – ccNSO Council Telephone Conference - Mp3 and Wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
ccNSO Activity Summary
January 2018
Working/Study Group Meeting Output:
Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
29 January - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
25 January - ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
16 January - ccNSO Meeting Strategy Review Working Group Telephone Conference
15 January - Guidelines Review Committee Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
12 January – Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference - Wiki
11 January - ccPDP on Retirement Working Group Telephone Conference – Mp3 and Wiki
4 January - TLD OPS Standing Committee Telephone Conference
ccNSO Council:
18 January – ccNSO Council Telephone Conference - Mp3 and Wiki
ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm
ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm
