Cheryl Langdon-Orr is the ccNSO Liaison for 2011-12.
NEW Current ccNSO Activities; Call for Comment; etc., recommended for ALAC, RALO and/or ALS input, contribution or focus upon:
1. NEXT ccNSO Council Meeting December 20th 2011 DRAFT Agenda (see below)
2. Activities of the following ccNSO WG's relate to specific interests of ALAC and parts of At-Large.
- The Geographic Regions Review WG - Home Page of Geographic Regions Review Working Group
- The Framework of Interpretation WG - http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/foiwg.htm
- The Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis WG - http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-wg.htm
- At-Large Workspace for Joint ccNSO and GNSO Working Group on Single Character IDN TLDs - November 2011
Please, note that corrections and updates will be done continuously.
Draft Agenda for NEXT ccNSO Council Meeting.
Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Telephone Conference
20 December 2011
1. Minutes and Actions ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 15 November 2011
1.1 Minutes
1.2 Action points
2. Updates
2.1 Chair
o Briefing on ICANN Outreach Framework
2.2 Vice-chairs
2.3 Councillors
2.4 ccNSO Support Staff
3. Improving Awareness of and Availability of Information on ccTLD Managers’ Local Initiatives.
For discussion: Proposed changes to ccNSO website to increase highlighting and accessibility of information on ccTLD managers local initiatives.
Decisions:
· Staff is requested to adjust the ccNSO website to enable easier access to information on local initiatives as proposed.
· Staff to request community members to provide overview and material on local initiatives, including local IGF’s and other local initiatives.
4. JIG Letter on Introduction Single Character IDN TLDs
Description: The JIG has proposed to the ccNSO and GNSO council to adopt a letter to be send to the ICANN Board of directors seeking clarification on some aspect of the ICANN Board resolution (August 2011) and urging the Board to include Single character IDN TLD’s in the first application round.
Decision: Adopt the letter of the JIG Working Group.
5. Working Group and Other Updates
5.1 Finance Working Group
5.2 SOP Working Group
5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group
5.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1:
· Board resolution to update Fast Track Implementation Plan (11 December)
5.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2
5.6 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG): other matters
5.7 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA)
5.8 Meetings Programme WG.
· Appoint Vika Mpisane as vice-Chair with responsibility to liaise between the Council and WG.
· Update
5.9 Progress ccNSO statement on Geographic Regions draft report
5.10 Progress NomCom
· Need for assistance job description ICANN Board members and ccNSO Councillors?
5.11 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
Not included in this overview are:
· GAC-ccNSO liaison Working Group. Until further notice the Working Group is dormant.
· Contact Repository Implementation Working Group, no progress to date.
6. Schedule Costa Rica Council Meetings
· Council Workshop
o Review of work plan
o Review of roles and Responsibilities Councillors
· Logistical Council meeting
· ccNSO Council meeting
o Election of chair
o Election of vice-chairs
7. Next ccNSO Council Meeting
7.1 Meeting 14 January 2012
7.2 Meeting Schedule for Upcoming Year
8. Liaison Updates
8.1 ALAC Liaison
8.2 GNSO Liaison
9. AOB
Minutes from for ccNSO Council Meeting 15th November 2011
Also available at http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-15nov11-en.pdf
Victor Abboud, .ec
Carolina Aguerre, LACTLD
Lesley Cowley, .uk
Keith Davidson, .nz
Fernando Espana, .us
Hiro Hotta, .jp
Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Roelof Meijer, .nl
Patricio Poblete, .cl
Ron Sherwood, ccNSO liaison to the ALAC
Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi
Peter Van Roste, CENTR
Hong Xue, NomCom
Jian Zhang, APTLD
Bart Boswinkel
Kristina Nordström
Gabriella Schittek
Sokol Hiaxhu, NomCom
Juhani Juselius, .fi
Han Chuan Lee, ccNSO liaison to the GNSO
Young-Eum Lee, .kr
Vika Mpisane, .za
Gabriella Schittek, ICANN
1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions ccNSO Council Meeting 26
October 2011
The Chair asked the Councillors for comments or questions to the minutes from the Council
meeting in Dakar on 26 October 2011. No comments were noted and the minutes were
approved.
Bart Boswinkel noted three outstanding action items from the previous meeting:
Action 68-02:
The Secretariat to circulate the formal invitation for input from the Nominating Committee on NomCom
appointed ICANN Board Director to the Council email list as soon as it is received, and ask the
Councillors for input.
This action is still awaiting further input from the NomCom.
Action 68-03:
The Secretariat to circulate the formal invitation for input from the Nominating Committee
on the skill set for the NomCom appointee to the ccNSO Council to the Council email list as soon as it
is received, ask the Councillors for input and collate the information.
This action is awaiting further input from the NomCom.
Action 68-04:
The Secretariat to collate any input posted on the Council email list on the skill set and other
requirements for the new ICANN CEO for further distribution.
This action is still awaiting input from the Councillors.
The Chair reported that she had been following up with the Secretariat on a number of
issues and that she sent a letter to the ICANN Chair Steve Crocker with ccNSO comments
on the ICANN Board meeting in Dakar.
Other than WG activities, Councillors had no additional activity reports at this time.
3. ccNSO Work Plan Update
The Chair reminded the Council of the agreement to do a quick review of the ccNSO Work
Plan at this meeting and to do a full review at the San José meeting.
Bart Boswinkel referred to the documents circulated on the Council email list and explained
that one of them includes the work leading up to the Dakar meeting whilst the other projects
the future work leading up to October 2012.
The Chair added that the Council also needs to consider and evaluate the capacity to
complete the tasks in the Work Plan.
There were no alterations or additions suggested at this stage and no Council comments,
therefore the current version was accepted.
The Chair thanked Bart for his thorough work on the Work Plan.
4. Dakar Meeting Evaluation
4.1 Review of Survey Results
Bart Boswinkel reported that the panel discussion session in Dakar received good ratings in
the meeting evaluation, whilst the sessions in general were rated slightly lower than usual.
The Chair noted that the survey received only around 20 responses and noted the
importance of feedback being submitted in order to be able to improve the ccNSO meetings.
She further asked Councillors to lead by example and encouraged them to respond to the
meeting surveys.
4.2 Appointment of New co-Chair Programme Working Group
Bart Boswinkel noted that we will need to seek a replacement for Patricio Poblete and will
be seeking a Councillor who is a member of the Program Working Group to act as co-Chair
for the Working Group and to take on the role as liaison between the Working Group and the
Council.
Action 69-01:
The Secretariat to approach the Councillors who are members of the Programme Working
Group to appoint a vice chair who will also act as a liaison between the Working Group and
the ccNSO Council.
4.3 Strengthening Relation Tech Day and Programme Working Group
It was agreed that we should improve liaison between the Tech Day WG and the programme
WG. Bart Boswinkel noted that as Chair of the Programme Working Group and a member
of the Tech Working Group, Ondrej Filip would work to strengthen the liaison between the
groups in order to plan for future Tech Days.
Roelof Meijer suggested that since Tech Day and the ccNSO Members Meeting often have
similar topics, the purpose of Tech Day should be clarified.
Bart Boswinkel noted that even though Tech Day and the Members Meeting share the same
topics, the audience as well as the angles are usually different.
Patricio Poblete suggested that the Tech Day should be part of the ccNSO Members
Meeting and therefore also be organised by the Programme Working Group.
Keith Davidson noted that the Tech Working Group is working to broaden the audience of
Tech Day and to make it a cross-community event rather than a ccNSO event.
The Chair suggested asking the Tech Day chair, Eberhard Lisse, to provide the Council with
a briefing paper regarding the future direction of Tech Day and to later on invite him to join
the Council in the discussion of this matter.
Action 69-02:
The Secretariat to ask the Tech Day chair Eberhard Lisse to provide the Council with a
briefing paper regarding the future direction of Tech Day.
5. Improving Awareness of and Availability of Information on ccTLD Managers
Activities in Local Initiatives (for example IGF) and Development
The Chair explained that she had received a suggestion to acknowledge local ccTLD
activities and contributions to development work etc and to use the ccNSO website as a way
to increase visibility and awareness of ccTLD and Regional Organisation work.
Roelof Meijer noted that a potential acknowledgement of certain ccTLD accomplishments
must not be done in a competitive way and suggested that such information should be
general rather than specific.
Bart Boswinkel suggested that a briefing paper should be prepared to explain the objective of
the suggestion and present some options
Action 69-03:
The Secretariat to compose a briefing paper that explains and explores the suggestion
to show ccTLD activities and developments on the ccNSO website or options open to the
ccNSO to increase awareness by some other route.
6. ccNSO Membership
Roelof Meijer reported that the ccNSO received a membership application from .mn
(Mongolia), and that no objections were noted on the Council email list. Since no comments
were noted the membership was approved.
Roelof further noted that an application for membership had been received by Caledonia,
and that this application would be dealt with shortly.
7. Overview of Conflict of Interest Policies ccTLDs
The Chair reminded the Council that there was a call on the Council email list for comments
on the conflict of interest policies for ccTLDs in order to send a recommendation for best
practice to the ICANN Board.
Bart Boswinkel noted that the comments received on the email list had been collated
and would be posted on the email list again for further distribution to ICANN. Bart further
suggested that the comments should be published on the ccNSO website. This was agreed.
Action 69-04:
The Secretariat to post the collated comments on conflict of interest policies for ccTLDs on
the email list for further distribution to ICANN, and post them on the ccNSO website.
8. Working Group and Other Updates
8.1 Finance Working Group
Roelof Meijer noted that no activity had taken place in the Finance Working Group since the
Dakar meeting.
8.2 SOP Working Group
Roelof Meijer reported that the SOP Working Group would shortly submit its comments to
the ICANN Strategic Plan 2012-2015.
Bart Boswinkel added that the submission would also be published on the ccNSO Website
the same day.
8.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group
Keith Davidson reported that Olga Cavalli had stepped down from the GNSO Council and
therefore had been replaced by Carlos Aguirre as Working Group liaison.
Keith further noted that the Interim Report on Consent is currently open for public
consultation, but that no replies were received so far. He also reported that the group as a
next step would address the more controversial topic of unconsented redelegation.
8.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1
Bart Boswinkel reported that the sub-working group to the IDN PDP Working Group 1
continues to work on the issues regarding confusingly similarity.
8.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2
Hiro Hotta noted that the Draft Final Report from the Working Group is currently open for
public comments, closing on 15th of December. Hiro encouraged Councillors and ccNSO
members to read the draft report and provide feedback.
It was decided that a reminder and encouragement to send in comments should be sent to
the community about the FoI Working Group and IDN PDP Working Group 2 reports.
Action 69-05:
The Secretariat to send out a reminder to the ccTLD community regarding the Framework of
Interpretation Working Group and IDN PDP Working Group 2 reports, both open for public
comments.
8.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group
The Chair noted that the Incident Repository Implementation Working Group had expressed
a wish to change its name to Contact Repository Implementation Working Group, and asked
the Councillors for comments or objections. No comments were noted and the change was
approved.
8.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
Jian Zhang reported that the draft response to the ICANN Board regarding the resolution on
single character IDN TLDs had been sent to the GNSO and ccNSO Councils for approval the
previous day.
The Chair referred to a reference in the draft letter to previous Council resolutions approving
the JIG Final Report and asked Jian to track back that resolution/s.
Action 69-06:
Jian Zhang to track back that ccNSO Council resolution approving the JIG Final Report.
The Chair further pointed to the second paragraph in the letter regarding consent for single
character IDNs, noted that the issue might be more relevant to gTLDs and asked Jian to
elaborate on the relevance for ccTLDs. Jian replied that the Working Group had discussed
this and had come to the conclusion that it would be of relevance for both groups.
Given that the draft was distributed to the Council just before the meeting it was decided
that the decision on approval should be deferred to the next meeting. In the meantime, any
questions or comments should be directed to Jian via the Council email list.
8.8 Joint Security & Stability Analyses Working Group (DSSA)
Bart Boswinkel reported that the Joint Security & Stability Analyses Working Group continues
to work on the list of vulnerabilities and threats in regard to the DNS.
8.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
Keith Davidson reported that the Study Group had no meetings subsequent to Dakar.
8.10 Progress ccNSO statement on Geographic Regions Draft Report
Bart Boswinkel reported that the first draft of the statement regarding the re-arrangement of
the ICANN geographic regions was circulated within the drafting team and that it should be
concluded within a week and sent to the Council for comments.
Peter Van Roste reminded the Council about the question raised by Mathieu Weill regarding
the possible impact the change might have on the Regional Organisations. Carolina Aguerre
agreed.
Bart Boswinkel replied that the statement drafting team should include this issue as a point in
its submission to ICANN.
Peter was asked to circulate a request to his colleagues in the Regional Organisations to
investigate any possible impact the re-arrangement might have on their work.
Action 69-07:
Peter Van Roste to circulate a request to his colleagues in the Regional Organisations to
investigate any impact the re-arrangement of the ICANN geographic regions might have on
their work.
9. Liaison updates
9.1 ALAC liaison
The Chair thanked Ron Sherwood for his written report to the Council on ALAC activities and
asked for questions or comments. No comments were noted.
9.2 GNSO liaison
Since no GNSO liaison was present no update was received. The Chair asked the
Secretariat to remind Han Chuan Lee about the value of a written update to the Council on
relevant GNSO activities.
Action 69-08:
The Secretariat to remind Han Chuan Lee about the written update about relevant GNSO
No other business was noted.
The meeting closed.
----An Informal Teleconference was held on November 8th with the ccNSO selected Members of the ICANN Board to 'debrief and discuss matters arising from the DAKAR Meeting:
Attendees from the Informal Council call:
Councillors:
Keith Davidson
Byron Holland
Young-Eum Lee
Roelof Meijer
Paulos Nyirenda
Patricio Poblete
Dotty Sparks de Blanc
Hong Xue
ICANN Board Members:
Chris Disspain
Mike Silber
Liaisons & Observers:
Cheryl Langdon Orr
Han Chuan Lee
Peter Van Roste
Jian Zhang
Staff:
Bart Boswinkel
Kristina Nordström
Gabriella Schittek
Apologies:
Lesley Cowley
Hiro Hotta
Ron Sherwood
ccNSO Council Meeting Agenda Dakar 26 October 2011
Agenda: http://dakar42.icann.org/meetings/dakar2011/agenda-council-26oct11-en.pdf
DRAFT Minutes of the ccNSO Council Meeting in Dakar
Attendees:
Victor Abboud, .ec
Becky Burr, NomCom
Lesley Cowley, uk
Fernando Espana, .us
Byron Holland, .ca
Hiro Hotta, .jp
Juhani Juselius, .fi
Young-Eum Lee, .kr
Roelof Meijer, .nl
Vika Mpisane, .za
Paulos Nyirenda, .mw
Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci
Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi
Observers/Liaisons:
Peter Van Roste, CENTR
Cheryl Langdon Orr, ALAC
ICANN Staff:
Bart Boswinkel
Kristina Nordström
Gabriella Schittek
Via telephone bridge: Patricip Poblete, .cl
Apologies:
Keith Davidson, .nz
Han Chuan Lee, ccNSO liaison to the GNSO
Sokol Haxhiu, NomCom
Ron Sherwood, ccNSO liaison to the ALAC
1. Minutes and Action Points ccNSO Council Conference Call 4 October 2011
The Chair asked the Councillors for comments to the minutes from the Council meeting on 4 October 2011. No comments were noted and the Minutes were approved.
The Chair asked Gabriella to run through the action items from the previous meeting.
Action 67-01:
Peter Van Roste to find out when the IANA contract expires and share the information on the Council email list.
This action was completed.
Action 67-02:
Gabriella Schittek to contact Sokol Haxhiu for the latest update of the activities of the PPC Focus Group.
This action was completed.
Action 67-03:
Bart Boswinkel to summarise the discussion on post Board membership in a document and distribute it on the Council email list in order for the Council to decide whether or not it should be publically shared.
This action is still in progress.
Action 67-04:
The Chair to send a list of suggested topics for the ccNSO-ICANN Board meeting to the email list.
This action was completed.
Action 67-05:
Han Chuan Lee to distribute the Charter of the GNSO Consumer Trust Working Group on the Council email list.
This action was completed.
2. Updates from Chair, Vice-Chair and Councillors
The Chair reported on her recent ccNSO related activities:
- Participating in the IGF meeting in Nairobi.
- Giving a ccNSO update at the CENTR meeting.
- Having a face-to-face meeting with Bart Boswinkel.
- Sending two letters to ICANN Chair Steve Crocker:
1. A request for an ICANN Board liaison to the FoI Working Group.
2. A request for the Board to reconsider the resolution on sponsorship agreement.
- Meeting with new ICANN CFO together with the Chairs of the SOP and Finance Working Groups.
- Participating in SO/AC meeting with Rod Beckstrom.
- Having a preparatory Council meeting in Dakar.
The Chair noted two suggestions as an outcome of conversations with ccTLD managers at the Dakar meeting:
- To collate and present summary information on ccTLD work on security and stability and internet governance. She noted that this topic would be on the Council agenda for the next call.
- To, as a topic for the next panel discussion in Costa Rica, discuss the changing landscape of internet governance.
She welcomed any further topic suggestions for upcoming panel discussions.
Hiro Hotta reported on his activity as Chair for the IDN PDP Working Group 2, and his presentation on the ccNSO to the APRALO at the Dakar meeting.
Byron Holland reported on his activity in the IGF meeting in Nairobi, as well as his activities as Chair of the Finance Working Group and meetings with the new ICANN CFO.
Various Councillors reported on their recent ccNSO related activities.
3. Selection of ICANN Board Member Seat nr 12
The Chair explained that Michael Silber was nominated and seconded as a candidate to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors for a term for 3 years, starting at the end of the ICANN meeting in June 2012, and that Mike had accepted his nominations. No other candidates were nominated.
She further noted that a Questions and Answers session was held with Mike at the ccNSO Members Meeting and asked the Councillors for further questions or comments.
Roelof Meijer noted that it would be preferable to have two candidates in the future but noted that he supports the resolution.
Young-Eum Lee highlighted the fact that a Board members is not chosen to represent the interests of the specific group by which he was selected, but rather to honour the responsibilities of the Board in general, and noted that this could be a topic for discussion in the future.
Becky Burr expressed her appreciation over Mike’s dedication to follow the work on the ccTLD arena.
Resolution 68-01:
THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to select Michael Silber as the ccNSO appointed Board member for seat nr 12, in accordance with the ccNSO guidelines for the selection of ccNSO selected Board members and Article IX of the ICANN Bylaws.
The ccNSO Council requested its Chair to inform the secretary of the Board accordingly.
The resolution was passed unanimously.
Action 68-01:
The Chair to inform the secretary of the ICANN Board that Mike Silber was elected as the ccNSO appointed Board member for Seat nr 12.
4. Council Elections
Gabriella Schittek reported that the election in the African region had ended and that Vika Mpisane was re-elected for another 3-year period on the ccNSO Council. With this outcome the end results of the Council election period is following:
African Region: Vika Mpisane, .za
Asia-pacific Region: Young-Eum Lee, .kr
European Region: Juhani Juselius, .fi
Latin American Region: Margarita Valdes, .cl
North American Region: Byron Holland, .ca
Gabriella further noted that a nomination/election report would be published shortly.
The Chair thanked Gabriella for running the election process and the elected Councillor were congratulated by acclamation.
5. ccNSO Membership
5.1 .bf Membership
Roelof Meijer explained that the ccNSO received a membership application from .bf, Burkina Faso and that no objections to the membership were received on the Council email list.
The Chair welcomed .bf as a new member of the ccNSO.
5.2 Outreach Letter
The Chair explained that according to ccNSO improvement recommendations the ccNSO should reach out through the GAC to government related ccTLD for inclusion in activities of the ccNSO. She noted that a draft invitation letter was sent to the Council email list and asked for comments.
No comments were noted and the letter was adopted.
6. Resolutions on Confusingly Similarity
Bart Boswinkel read the explanatory background to the proposed resolution on Confusingly Similarity:
At its meeting in San Francisco the ccNSO Council adopted a resolution to request a
sub-group of IDN ccPDP WG1 to develop, as soon as possible, guidelines (within the
framework of the existing rules for the Fast Track) to improve the predictability of
the evaluation process relating to string confusion as defined in the IDNC WG Final
Report and the Final Implementation Plan as adopted by the ICANN Board in
November 2009.
The sub-working group focused on various issues, and has not yet concluded its
work, in particularly on improving the predictability of the overall string evaluation
process.
Taking into account the experimental nature of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process
and the overarching requirement to preserve the security and stability of the DNS,
the risk of string confusion with any of two letter [a-z] codes (for existing and future
ccTLD’s) is reduced as much as possible. Therefore an IDN ccTLD string that either
does not meet the technical criteria as listed in the Implementation Plan or is
confusingly similar with any combination of two letter [a-z] is not valid under the
IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
However, in some cases, the requested IDN ccTLD string is a meaningful
representation of the name of the territory and is only confusingly similar with the
two-letter [a-z] country code that is associated with the same territory.
And, if the proposed IDN ccTLD manager is and remains the manager of both the
IDN ccTLD and the two-letter country code TLD, additional measures can mitigate
the risk of user confusion.
Resolution 68-02:
THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt following proposals:
Taking into account the experimental nature of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, in particular the experiences gained with the confusingly similarity evaluation as foreseen in the Implementation Plan, the ccNSO Council requests the ICANN Board of Directors to instruct staff to amend the relevant sections of IDN ccTLD Implementation Plan so that:# Where the DNS Stability Panel finds that a requested IDN ccTLD string is ONLY confusingly similar with the two --letter ASCII ccTLD that refers to the same territory this should be noted in its findings and reported.
- If it is documented that:
- The intended manager for the requested IDN ccTLD and the manager for the two-letter ASCII ccTLD are one and the same entity; and
- The applicant shall in future request the delegation for the IDN ccTLD string; and
- The applicant, and if necessary the relevant public authority, accept and document that the IDN ccTLD and ccTLD are and remain to be operated by one and the same manager, and specific and pre-arranged other conditions with the goal to mitigate the risk of user confusion as of the moment the IDN ccTLD becomes operational;
Then the requested IDN ccTLD string is deemed to be valid under the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
If either the requester, intended manager or the relevant public authority do not accept the pre-arranged conditions or at a later stage in the Fast Track process refutes the acceptance, the IDN ccTLD is deemed to be invalidated and subsequently the Termination Process according to IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process will be initiated.
Young-Eum Lee commended the Working Group for reaching a sensible solution to this
complex issue.
Patricio Poblete asked for a clarification to the wording “later in the Fast Track process”.
Bart replied that this is referring to the string-request stage as well as the delegation
stage.
The resolution was passed unanimously, however Patricio Poblete who participated in the meeting via telephone was temporarily disconnected from the call at the point of the vote.
7. ccNSO Statement on Geographic Regions Draft Report
The Chair reminded the Councillors about the presentation on the Geographic Regions Working group Final Report given to the Council by David Archbold, and noted that the draft recommendations would impact the ccNSO.
Resolution 68-03:
THE COUNCIL RESOLVED adopt following proposals:
-
- To launch the ccNSO process to develop and submit a ccNSO statement on the draft proposal of the Geographic Regions Working Group.
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- To appoint Becky Burr, ccNSO Councillor appointed Councillor, as chair and as its members:##* Kathryn Reynolds, .ca
- Stephan Deerhake, .as
- Mathieu Weill, .fr
- Demi Getsko , .br and
- Paulos Nyirenda . mwTHE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to circulate the formal
invitation for input from the Nominating Committee as soon as it is received. Based on
the invitation the Council and ccTLD community members will provide input,
collate this input and after adoption by the Council distribute it to the Nominating
Committee.
- To appoint Becky Burr, ccNSO Councillor appointed Councillor, as chair and as its members:##* Kathryn Reynolds, .ca
The Secretariat to circulate the formal invitation for input from the Nominating Committee
on NomCom appointed ICANN Board Director to the Council email list as soon as it is
received, and ask the Councillors for input.
The Chair further noted that the Council will also be requested to provide input to the
required skill set and other requirements for the NomCom appointee to the ccNSO
Council.
on the skill set for the NomCom appointee to the ccNSO Council to the Council email list
as soon as it is received, ask the Councillors for input and collate the information.
10.1 Finance Working Group
Byron Holland noted that an update of the work of this group was presented the day
before at the ccNSO Members Meeting. He added that the group would wait for
the previously requested information from the new ICANN CFO before taking any major
new steps.
10.2 SOP Working Group
Roelof Meijer noted that the SOP and Finance Working Group Working Groups had a
session on Sunday with the with Kurt Pritz and Carol Cornell as guests presenting the
Draft Strategic Plan 2012-2015. He further noted that the Draft Strategic Plan is currently
open for comments and that the SOP Working Group would submit its comments before
the 11th of November.
10.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group
Becky Burr reported that the Framework of Interpretation Working Group had a meeting
on Sunday and gave an update at the ccNSO Members Meeting. She reminded the
Council that the Interim Report on Consent is published and open for comments.
10.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1
Bart Boswinkel noted that the IDN PDP Working Group 1 had lately been focused mainly
on the Confusingly Similarity issue which resulted in the resolution under agenda item 6.
10.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2
Hiro Hotta reported that the IDN PDP Working Group 2 had been working on inclusion of
IDN ccTLDs and that a report for public comments were posted shortly before Dakar and
will remain open until mid December. He further noted that the Working Group would
meet face-to-face the following day.
10.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group
Bart Boswinkel noted that the group would meet face-to-face the following day.
10.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
Jian Zhang reported that the Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group is hoping to, after
adoption by both Councils, submit its response to the ICANN Board on its resolution
on Single Character IDNs.
She further noted that the group would shortly publish a first draft report on universal
acceptance of IDN TLDs and that the group continues to investigate the issue of
variants.
10.8 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA)
Bart Boswinkel noted that the Joint Security & Stability Working Group would meet face
to-face the following day.
10.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
Becky Burr reported that the Study Group developed a draft typology that was presented
to UNESCO and that the group would meet the following day to discuss this topic
further.
10.10 GAC-ccNSO Liaison
The Chair noted that until the GAC-ccNSO Liaison Working Group can resume its
activity she would take on the role to liaise with the GAC Chair regarding any relevant
matters.
10.11 PPC Focus Group update
The Chair noted that Sokol Haxhiu was a member of the Focus Group but that the group
has concluded its work.
Kristina Nordström forwarded a message from Ron Sherwood saying that a written
report would be distributed on the email list shortly.
The Chair noted that Ron had not been well and that the Council wishes him a
speedy recovery.
Minutes of the Council Telephone Conference for 4th October 2011 at 1200 UTC via teleconference.
Victor Abboud, .ec
Lesley Cowley, uk
Fernando Espana, .us
Byron Holland, .ca
Hiro Hotta, .jp
Juhani Juselius, .fi
Young-Eum Lee, .kr
Roelof Meijer, .nl
Paulos Nyirenda, .mw
Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci
Patricio Poblete, .cl
Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi
Observers/Liaisons:
Cheryl Langdon-Orr, ALAC
Han Chuan Lee, ccNSO liaison to the GNSO
Peter Van Roste, CENTR
Guests (for agenda tem 2 only):
1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions Council Meeting 23 August 2011
The Chair asked the Council for comments to the minutes from the Council meeting on 23
August in Singapore. No comments were noted and the Minutes were approved.
The Chair asked Gabriella to run through the outstanding action items from previous Council
meetings.
Action 63-04:
Bart Boswinkel to elaborate Option B in the paper on a closed section on the ccNSO
website, including preparation for a Confluence training session.
This action was completed and included as an agenda item for this meeting.
Gabriella Schittek to amend the timeline for the ccNSO Board election process so that it incorporates a Q
& A session at the ccNSO meeting in Dakar, and to send it to the Council email list for approval.
This action was completed.
Action 66-02:
The Chair to contact GAC Chair Heather Dryden regarding the way forward for the ccNSO-GAC liaison
Working Group.
This action was completed and an update provided under agenda item 3.
Action 66-03:
Bart Boswinkel to confer with Chris Disspain and Mike Silber to get their views on regular pre-ICANN
meeting briefing calls.
This action was discarded.
Action 66-04:
The Chair to liaise with ICANN Board Chair Steve Crocker regarding the interaction between Board
members and the ccNSO at ICANN meetings.
This action was completed and an update provided under agenda item 8.
The Chair welcomed David Archbold and Rob Hoggarth to the call as representatives of the
community-wide Working Group on Geographic Regions and noted that the draft Final Report
had been shared on the ICANN email list.
David explained that the group had looked for a more broadly applicable definition of the
geographical regions but had found that one did not exist. Hence, the group had focused on
solutions within ICANN and consider that the adoption of the Regional Internet Registries (RIR)
areas could solve a number of the current issues. The group has now published a draft Final
Report suggesting a transfer to the RIR areas and is seeking input from the ccTLD community.
Rob noted that the public comment period would lead up to mid December and that a workshop
would be held in Dakar as an opportunity for people to learn more about the topic.
Bart Boswinkel noted that this topic will be included as an agenda point at the Council meeting in
Dakar in order to discuss a possible formal comment from ccNSO.
3. High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities
The Chair briefed the Council on her recent ccNSO related activities:
Meeting with the SO/AC leaders to prepare a round table discussion with the ICANN
CEO.
Meeting with GAC Chair to prepare the ccNSO/GAC session in Dakar and discuss a re-
launch of the ccNSO/GAC liaison Working Group. The Chair noted that she is waiting for
input from the GAC Chair.
Discussion regarding the IDN confusing similarity issue.
Meeting with ICANN Chair regarding ccNSO-ICANN Board session.
Participation in the IGF meeting.
Meeting with the NTIA regarding the IANA Further Notice of Inquiry. She noted that a
competitive process for the IANA function would be announced in mid October.
Peter Van Roste noted some confusion to when the IANA contract expires and offered to
seek clarity on this and share the information on the email list.
Peter Van Roste to find out when the IANA contract expires and share the information on the
Council email list.
Byron Holland and Hiro Hotta reported on their participation in the IGF meeting and
noted that the Finance Working Group and IDN PDP Working Group 2 activities would be
addressed in agenda point 5.
Paulos Nyirenda reported that the countries in the African Region had a workshop at the IGF
meeting, and that they also met with the other Regional Organisations to discuss areas of
cooperation.
Roelof Meijer reported that the ccNSO has received several membership applications and
that the application from .ir is still open for objection until the end of the week.
Juhani Juselius reported on his visit to the Estonian registry, which runs .ee. He noted
that .ee has applied for re-delegation with the IANA and is planning to apply for ccNSO
membership as soon as that is approved.
4. Nominations/Elections Update
4.1 Council Nominations/Elections
Gabriella Schittek noted that the nomination period for the Council elections ended on 16
September and presented the nominees:
African Region: Vika Mpisane, .za and Mohamed Ibrahim, .so
Asia-Pacific Region: Young-Eum Lee, .kr
European Region: Juhani Juselius, .fi
Latin-American & Caribbean Region: Margarita Valdes, .cl
North American Region: Byron Holland, .ca
Gabriella noted that there would be an election for the African region, starting 7 October and
ending 21 October.
Gabriella Schittek reported that the nomination period for the Board elections closes on 6
October and that Mike Silber is the only nominee so far. She further noted that a Q and A
session would be held in Dakar irrespective of the number of candidates.
5. Working Group and Other Group Updates
5.1 Finance Working Group
The Chair thanked Byron Holland for the written update on the Finance Working Group activities
on the list and asked the Councillors for any questions. No questions were received.
Byron added that ICANN had provided a first draft overview of the ccNSO related support
costs and that the group is waiting for further information. He also noted that a survey would be
conducted to seek community input before Dakar.
Roelof Meijer reported that ICANN has published a first draft of the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan
with a comment period until 17 November, followed by an updated version and a Board review of
the document. He further noted that the SOP Working Group would go through the document in
details and discuss it at its session in Dakar.
5.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group
Bart Boswinkel reported that the Working Group is preparing to publish its first document about
consent for delegations and re-delegations, and that a progress report would be adopted and
announced in time for Dakar.
5.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1
The Chair thanked Bart Boswinkel for the written update that was distributed to the email list and
asked the Councillors for comments or questions. No questions were received.
5.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2
The Chair thanked Hiro Hotta for the written update that was distributed to the email list and
asked the Councillors for comments or questions. No questions were received.
5.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group
Bart Boswinkel reported that the Working Group is currently establishing a work plan and will
give and update of the work so far in Dakar.
5.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
Bart Boswinkel reported that the JIG Working Group is currently focusing on the use of IDNs as
well as following up with ICANN staff on the implementation on single character IDNs.
5.8 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA)
The Chair thanked Bart Boswinkel for the written update that was distributed to the email list and
asked the Councillors for comments or questions. No questions were received.
5.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
The Chair thanked Bart Boswinkel for the written update that was distributed to the email list
and asked about the timeline for the Study Group. Bart replied that the Study Group is currently
focusing on the discussion with UNESCO regarding the typology and plans to provide its
recommendations by the Prague meeting next year.
5.10 GAC-ccNSO Liaison
The Chair reported that she is having a dialogue with the GAC Chair regarding the re-launch of
the GAC-ccNSO Liaison Working Group, but in the meantime this would be on a Chair to Chair
basis.
5.11 PPC Focus Group update
Since Sokol Haxhiu was not present on the call, Gabriella Schittek offered to contact him for the
latest update on the work of the Focus Group to the Council email list.
Gabriella Schittek to contact Sokol Haxhiu for the latest update of the activities of the PPC Focus
Group and to provide this to the Council email list.
6. Post Board Membership Conflict of Interest Discussion
The Chair reported that since the last discussion on the post Board membership, several
Councillors had shared their comments on the email list. She noted that the ccNSO needs to
make a decision on further action, based on the options outlined in the agenda, which were:
No action;
Request further clarification from the ICANN Board and/or ICANN legal staff;
Item for the Board – ccTLD community discussion
Item for further discussion with ccNSO membership at the ccNSO meeting in Dakar
Item for discussion with other SO and ACs
Council and or ccNSO statement and letter to the Board, expressing concern.
After discussion, it was agreed to combine actions 3 and 4 and, depending on the outcome of
those discussions, possibly move on to action 6.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr reported that the ALAC have also looked at this issue and are preparing a
statement with suggested changes to the current rules. She further welcomed alternative 5, a
discussion between the ACs and SOs, in order to find a joint approach.
Young-Eum Lee asked whether or not the views of the ccNSO Council on this topic should be
public.
Bart offered to summarise the comments in a document and distribute it on the email list in order
for the Councillors to decide whether or not it should be published.
Bart Boswinkel to summarise the discussion on post Board membership in a document and
distribute it on the Council email list in order for the Council to decide whether or not it should be
published.
7. Closed Wiki Section ccTLD community
The Chair noted that Gabriella Schittek had provided an explanatory paper on the ccTLD
community wiki space, including a suggestion to move forward with the closed space and asked
the Councillors for questions or comments.
Roelof Meijer asked whether the users of the wiki space would be instructed to keep the content
of the space confidential. Gabriella replied that a disclaimer could be included in the space to
ensure confidentiality.
Gabriella Schittek also noted that Kristina Nordström would hold a workshop in Dakar in order for
the ccTLD community to learn more about the wiki space, as well as the Adobe Connect meeting
tool.
The Chair reminded the Council that the wiki space would undergo a 6 months trial period and
Bart Boswinkel confirmed that the system would be evaluated at the Prague meeting.
It was agreed to proceed on this basis.
8.1 ccNSO- ICANN Board Meeting
The Chair reported that the participants in the ccNSO Members Meeting would meet with the
ICANN Board on Tuesday in Dakar to address various ccNSO related topics. She noted that
she would send a list of suggested topics for discussion to the email list and encouraged the
Councillors to add any further suggestions to this list.
The Chair further noted that she had also requested topics from the Board.
The Chair to send a list of suggested topics for the ccNSO-ICANN Board meeting to the email
list.
8.2 Follow-up from EAG discussion Singapore with ICANN Board.
Byron Holland reported that the dialogue is moving forward and that the intention is to keep the
visibility of the conversation. He noted that there had been some positive feedback from Board
members on the ccNSO approach.
8.3 Topics for Public Forum
Bart Boswinkel explained that the ICANN Chair would like to cluster the public forum topics in a
more organised way and therefore would be grateful for any topics suggested in advanced.
Following topics were identified:
- Expense Area Group – financial issues
- ICANN 2012-2015 Strategic Plan
- Board ethics/revolving dor policies
- Process of recruitment of CEO
Han Chuan Lee reported that the GNSO Council is moving ahead with the Consumer Trust
Working Group that other SOs will be welcomed to join the group if they wish.
The Chair asked Han Chuan to share the Working Group Charter on the Council email list and
suggested that this could be a topic for the Joint ccNSO/GNSO Council meeting in Dakar.
Han Chuan Lee to distribute the Charter of the GNSO Consumer Trust Working Group on the
Council email list.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr reported that the At-Large recently endorsed the Joint Applicant Support
Working Grouo Final Report and that input from the ccNSO would much welcomed.
Cheryl also offered to share with the Council a link to the liaison reports on ccNSO activities
back to the At-Large through the Counfluence wiki space. The Chair welcomed this.
The Chair reported that the ccNSO had been asked to select a volunteer who would take part in
future ICANN meeting planning. She noted that she would send an email to the list with further
details.
The meeting then closed.
ccNSO Activity Summary September 2011 (as reported to ccNSO Membership list in email on Oct 1st)
ICANN Meeting Dakar
ICANN Dakar Meetings Page: http://dakar42.icann.org/
ccNSO Dakar Meetings Page: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/senegal/
Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/senegal/agenda.htm
Pre-registrations ccNSO Meeting: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40H%26WP%20%20%0A
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during September 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Transcript Joint DNS Stability and Security Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 29 September 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-29sep11-en.pdf
Notes IDN PDP Working Group 2 Telephone Conference 22 September 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg2-22sep11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group 15 September 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-15sep11-en.pdf
Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 2 September 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-wg-02sep11-en.pdf
Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 1 September 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foiwg-01sep11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Stability and Security Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 1 September 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-01sep11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/26595
Election Procedure to Elect an ICANN Director: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/26593
ccNSO Council Nomination Period Extended for North America: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19sep11-en.htm
ccNSO Council Nomination Archive: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations
New Members
.OM and .PH Join as Newest ccNSO Members: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/26547
Youtube Contributions
5 Years RNIDS (.rs): http://www.youtube.com/ccnso#p/a/u/0/izxC7QIp3aA
Various Announcements <snipped>
ccNSO Activity Summary August 2011 (as reported to ccNSO Membership list in email on Sep 1st)
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during August 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 30 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-30aug11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 25 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-25aug11-en.pdf
Notes Finance Working Group Telephone Conference 19 August 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-finance-19aug11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 18 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-18aug11-en.pdf
Notes Strategic and Operational Plan Working Group Telephone Conference 16 August 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sop-16aug11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 11 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-11aug11-en.pdf
Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 4 August 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foiwg-04aug11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 4 August 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-04aug11-en.pdf
Youtube Contributions
Nominet (.uk) Internet Awards Ceremony 2011: http://www.youtube.com/ccnso#p/a/u/0/mb-lh3-sKWc
ccNSO Council
Call for Nominations to ccNSO Council: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-26aug11-en.htm
ccNSO Council Nomination Archive: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations
Various Announcements <snipped>
ccNSO Council Meeting
Agenda 23 August 2011 DRAFT Minutes of the Meeting
Call recording MP3 http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110823-en.mp3
1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions council meeting 22 June 2011
2. High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities
- Chair
- Vice-chairs
- Councillors
3. Work plan Update
4. Approval of Timelines and Appointment of Election Manager (Gabi) for:
- Council election process.
The following councillors need to step down:
Vika (AF region)
Young Eum (AP region)
Juhani (EU region)
Patricio (LAC Region
Byron (NA Region)
All are eligible for re-election
- Board member selection process.
Mike Silber’s term as Board member is up at the June 2012 meeting. He is eligible for re-election.
6. Metrics GNSO Working Group
Participation of ccNSO in process to develop consumer metrics.
7. JIG Working Group Motion on Charter Extension.
The JIG WG has created a Work plan. The GNSO has extended the mandate of the JIG until 2012 accordingly.
Decision needed: extension of charter of the JIG WG.
8. Response to Rod Beckstrom letter on security issues and use of satellite phones
This is an action item from the previous Council meeting. Draft response included in the materials.
9. Working and other Group Updates
9.1 Finance Working Group (Chair: Byron Holland)
9.2 SOP Working Group (Chair: Roelof Meijer)
9.3 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Chair: Keith Davidson)
9.4 IDN PDP Working Group 1 (Update: Bart Boswinkel)
9.5 IDN PDP Working Group 2 (Chair: Hiro Hotta)
9.6 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group (Update: Bart Boswinkel)
9.7 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (co-Chair: Jian Zhang, APTLD)
9.8 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Update: Bart Boswinkel)
9.9 Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (Update: Bart Boswinkel)
9.10 GAC-ccNSO Liaison (Chair: Keith Davidson)
9.11 PPC Focus Group update (Sokol)
10. Dakar preparations ccNSO council.
The proposal is to have a preparatory Council meeting Monday 24 October, 11-12 am local time.
11. Results from the call with ccNSO appointed Board members.
a. Informal calls with ccNSO appointed Board members pre- and post ICANN meetings.
- Continue update calls with ccNSO appointed Board members?
- If to be continued, format of the meeting (no minutes, no recording, no action items, only councillors and Board members, agenda) and schedule
b. Interaction with ICANN Board during the ICANN meeting, including possible changes Friday morning Board meeting.
12. Discussion on extension of ICANN Board conflict of interest rules.
Immediate cause: Peter Dengate Thrush within two months after stepping down from the Board accepted and was appointed executive chairman of Mind & Machines, a company actively involved in new gTLD process.
13. Liaison Updates
13.1 At-Large Liaison
13.2 GNSO Liaison
14. AOB
Monthly ccNSO Activity Summary as published by ccNSO to Members (see also the ccNSO Master Calendar at [
http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar] )
July 2011
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during July 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Notes and Transcripts from the Singapore Meeting are available at:http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 21 July 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-21jul11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 19 July 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-jig-19jul11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 5 July 2011:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-05jul11-en.pdf
Call for Volunteers
(CLOSED 29 July 2011) Call for Volunteers to 2012 Nominating Committee:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18jul11-en.htm
Youtube Contributions
The Singapore Meeting from a ccNSO Perspective: http://www.youtube.com/ccnso#p/a/u/0/ze7_I-IXNWU
New Members
.AE ccNSO Member 117: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-25jul11-en.pdf
Organisational
Complete ccNSO Guidelines posted: http://www.ccnso.icann.org//about/guidelines.htm
ccNSO Improvements Implementation Project Plan: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/25655
Various Announcements
Request for Community Input on Formulation of 2012-2015 Strategic Plan:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29jul11-en.htm
ccNSO submission on Further Notice of Inquiry on IANA Function Contract:http://ccnso.icann.org/node/26039
New version of IDN Implementation Guidelines: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-clean-25jul11-en.pdf
ICANN comment to US Department of Commerce Further Notice of Inquiry on the IANA Functions Contract:
http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-alexander-22jul11-en.pdf
Third IANA Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26apr11-en.htm
Update from ICANN’s Policy Department July 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-jul11-en.htm
Workshop on DNS Health and Security to be held in Rome, Italy 18 – 19 October 2011:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-06jul11-en.htm
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 29 August 2011) Formulation of 2012-2015 Strategic Plan:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29jul11-en.htm
(OPEN until 26 August 2011) Version 3.0 of Proposed IDN Implementation Guidelines:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jul11-en.htm
The IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group (comprised of ccTLD and gTLD registry representatives, supported by ICANN staff) has published a new version of the IDN Implementation Guidelines (3.0): http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-clean-25jul11-en.pdf
It is open for public comments until 26 August 2011:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-guidelines-revision-27jul11-en.htm
ccNSO Activity Summary June 2011
ccNSO Meetings Singapore - detailed reporting is below this monthly summary/ ccNSO Council Minutes Singapore 2011.doc
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during June 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar]
Transcript Framework of Interpretation (FoI) Working Group Meeting 23 June 2011: http://singapore41.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/transcript-foiwg-23jun11-en.txt
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group Meeting 20 June 2011: http://singapore41.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/transcript-jig-20jun11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group Telephone Conference 14 June 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-14jun11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis (DSSA) Working Group Telephone Conference 9 June 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-09jun11-en.pdf
ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning (SOP) Working Group Comments to ICANN Draft Fiscal Year 2012 Operational Plan and Budget: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/25035
Notes Framework of Interpretation (FoI) Working Group Telephone Conference 2 June 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foiwg-02jun11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Recording ccNSO Council Meeting 22 June 2011: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/ccnso-council-22jun11-en.mp3
Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 7 June 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/25591
Recording Council Telephone Conference 7 June 2011: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110607-en.mp3
ccNSO Resources
(OPEN until 1 July 2011) ccNSO Travel Funding Open for Dakar Applications:http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01jun11-en.htm <http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01jun11-en.htm>
Updated Policy & Legal Resources: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/resources/policy-resources.htm
New Members
.GG, .JE and .NA Join as Newest Members of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/25611
Youtube
.cl Registry Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQ3lC8DO8E
.eu Summary of ICANN Brussels 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ool_RMUhrrI
.it quality certification process to ISO 9001 standards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbs9JJNn3o
Various Announcements
Further Notice of Inquiry (FNOI) on IANA Functions published 14June 2011: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_06102011.pdf
ICANN Board Meeting Resolutions 24 June 2011:http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-24jun11-en.htm
ICANN Board Approves Launch of New gTLDs 20 June 2011: http://www.icann.org/
ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning (SOP) Working Group Comments to ICANN Draft Fiscal Year 2012 Operational Plan and Budget; 16 June 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/25035
SSAC Report on DNS Blocking; 14 June 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac050.pdf
June Update from ICANN’s Policy Department; 11 June 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-jun11-en.htm
ICANN Forms six IDN Variant TLD Case Study Teams; 9 June 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-09jun11-en.htm
Norwegian Recommendations on new Top Level Domains with National Significance:http://www.norid.no/nytt/arbgr-nyetoppdomener-sluttrapport.en.html
ccNSO Comments on the ICANN Security Stability Resilience (SSR) Framework FY 2012; 6 June 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/24807
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(Open until 29 July 2011): Further Notice of Inquiry (FNOI) on IANA Functions: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_06102011.pdf
(OPEN until 23 July 2011) WHOIS Policy Review Team Discussion paper:http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/whois-rt-discussion-paper-09jun11-en.pdf
Singapore Meeting#41 Information
Detailed Summary and report for ccNSO Meetings Singapore
ccNSO Singapore Meeting Page: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/singapore/
Presentations ccNSO Meetings Singapore: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/singapore/presentations.htm
ccNSO Singapore Meeting Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/singapore/singapore-meeting-report-24jun11-en.pdf
Evaluation Results ccNSO Meeting Singapore: http://ccnso.icann.org//meetings/singapore/evaluation.htm
Recordings, Transcripts, Notes: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Photos ccNSO Meeting Singapore: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccnso/
The ccNSO Singapore Meeting Highlights Report is posted at: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/25551ccNSO on 24th June
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Meeting Highlights
ccNSO meetings at the 41th ICANN meeting in Singapore
Tech Day Meeting
The ccNSO Tech Day organized by the ccNSO working group with the same name was well attended again with over 70 attendants. The 10 presentations on operational and technical topics relevant for the ccTLD community ranged from a keynote address from Jeff Moss, ICANN’s new VP Chief Security Officer to DNSsec Key Management and Scaling the Registry. All presentations can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/singapore/workshop.htm.
The ccNSO Members and Council Meeting
The ccNSO Meetings were attendant by more than 130 attendants from more than 50 ccTLD’s.
ICANN’s Draft Ops Plan and Budget FY 2012
During the ccNSO meeting the ccTLD community present extensively discussed ICANN’s Draft Operation Plan and Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 (1 July-30 June 2012) with ICANN’s acting CFO Akram Atllah and other staff and the ICANN Board of Directors. The discussion focused on the main points of the ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning and the work done by the Finance WG. The main points the discussion were:
Greater clarity, enhanced description of specific goals of activities and the addition of measurable objectives, where they are missing.
The spiralling ICANN costs, in particular the budgeted 13% overall expenditure increase compared with a budgeted 6.5% overall revenue increase. In particular the discussion focused on the 15 % increase in professional services and the increase in staff costs. With regard to the increase the ccTLD’s expressed their concern on to manage all these professionals and their contracts In relation to the staff costs the ccTLD community present noted the planned increase of almost 25 % in staffing in FY2012 and the management issues this raises.
The concerns of the ccNSO of the initial 30% increase in ccTLD related costs, with initially no explanation or justification, and the very late reduction of USD 2.0 Million as a result from the input of the SOP WG.
ccNSO Reponse on Further Notice of Inquiry on the IANA Functions contract.
The NTIA of the USG published its Further Notice of Inquiry regarding its IANA Functions Contract (the IANA contract) and in particular on the Statement of Works it contains. In the FNOI comments are sought on the proposed changes. The ccTLD community present discussed some aspects of the FNOI process with the ICANN Board and at a session dedicated to this topic. At it meeting the ccNSO Council decided to initiate the process to provide a ccNSO response on the Further Note of Inquiry.
ccNSO Improvements: adoption of ccNSO workplan and guidelines and documentation of process for ccNSO statement or responses.
As a result of the ccNSO review the ccNSO is expected to introduce, maintain and review a 3 year forward looking rolling policy roadmap and a documentation of the process to provide a ccNSO Reponse or Statement. The ccNSO council has been discussing the work plan and associated procedures since its meeting in San Francisco and provided an overview to the ccNSO membership. At its meeting in Singapore the council adopted the work-plan and related guidelines, to maintain, update and review the work plan. The Council also adopted guidelines with the documentation of the processes for a ccNSO, ccNSO Council and critical incident statement processes.
Panel Discussion on Impact of new gTLD’s on ccTLD’s and cvice versa
At the Wednesday meeting a panel discussion was held on potential impact of new gTLD’s on ccTLD’s and vice versa. The theme was approached from a regulatory/policy and business/marketing perspective. The regulatory perspective was introduced by a presentation on a new regulatory framework of Norway for Geo new gTLD for which the Norwegian Government needs to be involved. One the panel were ccTLD registries, a representative from ALAC and Geographic (new) gTLD’s, providing a diverse range of experience and views.
The GAC-ccNSO meeting
The ccNSO was pleased that its meeting with the GAC was reconvened in order to foster the cooperation between the GAC and the ccNSO and inform each other of on-going work on issues of concern for each of the communities. Topics that were discussed ranged from the new Regulatory Framework on GEO new gTLD’s to progress of the Framework of Interpretation Working Group and the findings of the ccNSO SOP and Finance WG on the FY 2012 Draft Ops Plan and Budget.
New Format of the ccNSO – GNSO Council Meeting
The ccNSO and GNSO council met on Monday afternoon in a new format to improve the sharing of information and mutual understanding. Main topics on the agenda were a brief explanation of the restructuring of the GNSO improvements and an extensive session on the make-up and method of working of the SOP WG and its findings regarding the FY 2012 Draft Ops Plan and Budget.
Other Sessions
Update on the IANA Function by ICANN staff (Kim Davies).
ccTLD news session from 7 ccTLD’s. and the Regional Organizations
Security session, with updates of the DSSA WG, and presentation from ccTLD from Costa Rica and Japan on incidents they had to cope with, and updates from the Anti --Phishing Work Group, on ICANN’s DNSSEC deployment and the .CZ DNSSEC awareness campaign.
AoC review updates on the implementation of the ATRT and the current status of the SSR Review Team activities.
IDN Session. The IDN WG 1 and the JIG provided an update on their current activities. IDN ccPDP WG 2 presented the complex issues involved in the future make-up of the ccNSO, if the IDN ccTLD will be included. In particular the focus was on the topic of formal voting mechanism in the ccNSO. The WG sought feed-back and input from the ccNSO on the one-vote per territory and one-vote per member as a principle for voting. As part of the IDN session 6 ccTLD involved in IDN gave a presentation.
Working Groups
All 12 working groups, including the cross-community working groups in which the ccNSO is participating have held meetings in Singapore, starting on Sunday 19 June and running through to Thursday 23 June. The ccNSO Council also extended the charter of the JIG WG, until the next meeting of the Council on 24 August awaiting a work plan from the JIG.
Presentations
All presentations will be available on the ccNSO Website ( www.ccnso.icann.org)
Thank You’s
Host of the Singapore meeting
The ccNSO Council wants to thank the hosts and sponsors of ICANN 41th meeting, and in particular the .SG ccTLD manager for there great hospitality and assistance.
Peter Dengate Thrush
Finally, the ccNSO expresses its deep appreciation to Peter Dengate Thrush for his service to the community as a ccNSO elected Board and his work as chair of ICANN. Peter has been selected to the Board in 2005 and his depth of knowledge and leadership to resolve issues for the general ICANN community in general, and the issues facing ccTLD managers in particular have been invaluable. The ccNSO Council wishes Peter all success in his future endeavours.
ccNSO Council Meeting draft agenda for Wednesday, 22 June is now posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggrups/agenda-council-22jun11-en.pdf
ccNSO Meeting, Time & Room details (including remote participation details,closer to the meeting): http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
ccNSO Meeting Summaries of Presentations:http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/singapore/presentations.htm
List of pre-Registered ccNSO Meeting Participants:https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24%2A%40H%23W%20%20%20%0A
ICANN Main Meeting Page: http://singapore41.icann.org/
ICANN Main Meeting Schedule: http://singapore41.icann.org/full-schedule
ICANN Meeting Schedule Overview: http://singapore41.icann.org/sched-overview
ICANN Pre-registered Participants:https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40H%23W0%20%20%0A
Registration form for ICANN Meeting:http://www.registration123.com/ICANN/SG41/ http://ccnso.icann.org//meetings/singapore/agenda.htm
Monthly Reports see also the ccNSO Master Calendar at [http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar]*
June ccNSO Council Meeting Agenda - Meeting 7th June at 1200 UTC.
The recording from call is here : http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar and http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110607-en.mp3
Agenda ccNSO Council Telephone Conference
7 June 2011
1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions Council call 10 May 2011
2. High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities
· Chair
· Vice-chairs
· Councilors
3. Appointment of Volunteers Preparation Meeting in Singapore for ICANN Summit on Developing Countries.
4. ccNSO Response on ICANN Security, Stability and Resilience Plan Framework
· ccNSO response status update
· Issues arising out of this process
o Documentation of process to produce statements and responses in an organised manner. Initial draft of actions and timelines.
o Need for DNS and DNSSEC capacity building: how is it organised?
5. Working Group updates
5.1 IDN PDP Working Group 1 (Chair: Chris Disspain)
5.2 IDN PDP Working Group 2 (Chair: Hiro Hotta)
5.3 SOP Working Group (Chair: Roelof Meijer)
5.4 Finance Working Group (Chair: Byron Holland)
5.5 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Chair: Keith Davidson)
· Update charter for adoption by the council. Mode of GAC participation needs to be reflected in charter.
· Nomination of Becky Burr as vice-chair of FoI WG. To be appointed by the Council
· Update activities
5.6 Joint IDN WG (JIG) (co-Chair: Jian Zhang)
5.7 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA) (Update: Bart Boswinkel)
6. ccNSO Draft Work Plan - Update (Bart Boswinkel)
· Draft Guideline to maintain and update work plan
· Update work plan
7. Update Singapore ccNSO Meeting
· ccNSO council meetings (informal, with Board, GNSO etc)
· ccNSO meeting agenda
8. ccNSO-GNSO Meeting
· Liaison between councils
· Informational: Briefing paper on joint working groups
9. Proposal for Additional Informal Council Call: de-briefing by ccNSO appointed Board Members (5 or 12 July 2011)
10. Liaison Updates:
10.1 At-Large Liaison (Ron Sherwood)
10.2 GNSO Liaison (Han Chuan Lee)
11. AOB
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May 2011 ccNSO Activity report Summary of ccNSO Activities as distributed to ccNSO Members on 31st May 2011
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during May 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Notes Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Telephone Conference 25 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sop-25may11-en.pdf
Notes Finance Working Group Telephone Conference 24 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-finance-24may11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 24 May 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-24may11-en.pdf
Notes Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Telephone Conference 18 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sop-18may11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 17 May 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-17may11-en.pdf
Notes IDN PDP WG 2 Telephone Conference12 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg2-12may11-en.pdf
Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 11 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-11may11-en.pdf
Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 11 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-wg-11may11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 3 May 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-03may11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Draft Agenda Council Telephone Conference 7 June 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-07jun11-en.pdf
Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 10 May 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/24413
Recording Council Telephone Conference 10 May 2011: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110510-en.mp3
ccNSO Resources
Registry Resources sought to fill Policy & Legal Resources page: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/resources/policy-resources.htm
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 26 June 2011): Updated Draft ICANN Travel Support Guidelines: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201106-en.htm#travel-support-2012
(OPEN until 17 June 2011): ICANN Fiscal Year 2012 Operating Plan and Budget: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201106-en.htm#op-budget-fy12
(OPEN until 7 June 2011): ICANN Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR) Framework Fiscal Year 2012:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-02may11-en.htm
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Council Telephone Conference Agenda 10 May 2011 1200 UTC
The recording from this Council call (10 May) is now available here:
http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110510-en.mp3
Minutes of the ccNSO Council Telephone Conference - 10 May 2011
Attendees:
Victor Abboud, .ec
Becky Burr, NomCom appointee
Lesley Cowley, .uk (Chair)
Keith Davidson, .nz
Fernando Espana, .us
Byron Holland, .ca (vice Chair)
Hiro Hotta, .jp (vice Chair)
Han Chuan Lee, ccNSO Liaison to the GNSO
Juhani Juselius, .fi
Cheryl Langdon-Orr, At-Large Liaison to the ccNSO
Young Eum Lee, .kr
Roelof Meijer, .nl
Paulos Nyirenda, .mw
Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci
Patricio Poblete, .cl
Ron Sherwood, ccNSO Liaison to the At-Large
Peter Van Roste, CENTR
Jian Zhang, APTLD
ICANN Staff:
Bart Boswinkel
Kristina Nordström
Gabriella Schittek
Apologies:
Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi
1 Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions from 12 April 2011
Gabriella Schittek ran through the action items from the Council Call on 12 April 2011:
Action 62-01:
Bart Boswinkel to ask Jörg Schweiger to give a presentation about the
Incident Response Working Group recommendations at the Singapore meeting.
This action was completed.
Action 62-02:
The Chair to contact the GAC Chair, Heather Dryden, to discuss the GAC’s
involvement in the Framework of Interpretation Working Group.
This action was completed.
Action 62-03: Keith Davidson, Juhani Juselius and Patricio Poblete to liaise
with respective Regional Organisation to seek involvement from the ROs in
the Meetings programme Working Group.
This action is still in progress.
Action 62-04: Bart Boswinkel to contact the Finance Working Group Chair,
Byron Holland, in order to set up a Finance Working Group conference call.
This action was completed but a date was not yet selected.
Action 62-05: The Chair and Secretariat to discuss a paper on options for a
closed section on the ccNSO website.
This action was completed.
Action 62-06: The Chair and Keith to contact GAC Chair Heather Dryden in
order to discuss a reactivation of the GAC-ccNSO liaison Working Group.
Due to Heather Dryden’s vacation, this action is in progress.
Action 62-07:
The Chair to contact GNSO Chair Stephane Van Gelder to discuss a process for
approving joint working group reports.
This action was completed.
2 High-level de-Briefing on ccNSO Related Activities
The Chair de-briefed the Councillors about her trip to Washington where she met with Becky
Burr as the first in a series of meetings with all Councillors. She further met with the NTIA
to discuss the input on the IANA NOI and visited NEUSTAR where she spoke to Fernando
Espana and GNSO vice Chair Jeff Neuman to discuss cross-community work between
the ccNSO and the GNSO. It was decided that the chairs and vice chairs would arrange a
meeting to prepare for the joint Council meeting in Singapore.
Byron Holland reported that he had participated in the drafting of the ccNSO Work Plan and
Hiro Hotta reported on his involvement in the IDN PDP Working Group 2 and the Meetings
Programme Working Group.
Han Chuan Lee reported that the regional IGF meeting will be held in Singapore on the 16th-
17th June and encouraged Councillors travelling to the ICANN meeting to extend their trip to
participate in the IGF meeting.
Various other Councillors reported on their recent activity.
3 Letter from Rod Beckstrom to the ccNSO Chair on Continuity Plan/Crisis
Communications Strategy
The Chair informed the Councillors about the letter received from ICANN CEO Rod
Beckstrom to the ccNSO Chair regarding a continuity plan and crisis communications
strategy.
The Council noted its receipt of the letter and the Chair suggested three possible reactions:
1. To take no further action beyond acknowledging the receipt of the letter and thanking
Rod Beckstrom.
2. To compose a response to Rod Beckstrom and highlight the ccNSO work so far on
continuity and crises planning.
3. To set up a best-practice group on business continuity.
The Councillors discussed whether or not satellite phones would be useful in a crisis and
further agreed that a response to Rod should be drafted presenting the disparate opinions.
The response would further inform Rod about the publication of the letter on the ccNSO
website. Becky Burr offered to draft the response.
Action 63-01:
The Secretariat to publish and announce Rod Beckstrom’s letter to the ccNSO Chair
regarding continuity plan and crisis communications strategy.
Action 63-02:
Becky Burr to, on behalf of the Council, draft a response to Rod Beckstrom’s letter on
continuity plan and crisis communications strategy.
4 Incident Repository Implementation Working Group
The Chair presented the amended list of volunteers for the Incident Repository
Implementation Working Group:
Luis Diego Espinoza, .cr
Wim Degezelle, CENTR (observer)
Hitoshi Saito, .jp
Mohamed Ibrahim, .so
Antoinette Johnson, .vi
Zoran Vlah, .hr
The Council agreed to approve the volunteers as presented.
5 Framework of Interpretation Working Group (FoI)
The Chair reported that the ALAC, GNSO and the GAC have confirmed their interest to
participate in the Framework of Interpretation Working Group.
Keith Davidson presented the updated list of Working Group volunteers to the Council:
ccNSO:
Ugo Akiri, .ng
Martin Boyle, .uk
Becky Burr, NomCom (Vice Chair)
Keith Davidson, .nz (Chair)
Chris Disspain, .au
Stephen Deerhake, .as
Dejan Djukic, .rs
Daniel Kalchev, .bg
Dmitry Kohmanyuk, .ua
Desiree Miloshevic, .gi
Eberhard Lisse, .na
Lesley Cowley, .uk (ex-officio)
Paulos Nyirenda, .mw
Patricio Poblete, .cl
Nigel Roberts, .gg
Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi
Denzil West, .ms
GAC:
Frank March
Bill Dee
Jayantha Fernando
Suzanne Sene
Other Liaisons:
Cheryl Langdon Orr, ALAC
to be advised, GNSO
Staff Support and Special Advisors:
Jaap Akkerhuis (ICANN / ISO)
Bart Boswinkel (ICANN)
Kim Davies (IANA)
Elise Gerich (IANA)
Kristina Nordström
Gabriella Schittek
Bernard Turcotte
Bill Semich, .nu
Bart Boswinkel added that the GAC Chair, Heather Dryden, and one of the vice Chairs would
also be subscribed to the FoI email list as a way for them to stay informed.
The Council agreed to approve the volunteers as presented and the Chair thanked the
volunteers for their willingness to contribute to this particularly demanding working group.
6 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) Final Report
Bart Boswinkel reported that Patrick Fältström and Edmon Chung had a discussion
regarding recommendation 3 D in the JIG Final Report. Patrick had felt that the IDN TLD
testing of confusable similarity should not be limited to only single or two character ASCII
TLDs. The issue was resolved and included in the report.
The Council agreed to adopt the JIG Final Report.
7 Working Group Updates
7.1 IDN PDP Working Group 1
Bart Boswinkel reported that a sub-group to the IDN PDP Working Group 1 had been
initiated to address the confusability issue in ccTLD strings. The group would start its work
shortly with the aim to present its recommendations at the Singapore meeting.
7.2 IDN PDP Working Group 2
Hiro Hotta reported that the IDN PDP Working Group 2 is continuing its discussions on the
‘one vote per territory’ issue and will have one or two conference calls on this topic before
the Singapore meeting.
7.3 SOP Working Group
Roelof Meijer reported that the SOP Working Group submitted its recommendations to the
ICANN Operational Plan Framework on the 3rd of April.
Bart Boswinkel added that a conference call is scheduled with ICANN Controller Juan Ojeda
on 18th of May in order for Juan to present and explain the Draft Operational Plan to the SOP
Working Group, based on the Working Group input.
7.4 Finance Working Group
Byron Holland reported that there had not been any activity in the Finance Working Group
since the last Council call but that a conference call is planned shortly in order for the group
to prepare for the Singapore meeting.
7.5 Joint Security & Stability Working Group (DSSA)
Bart Boswinkel reported that two conference calls are scheduled for the DSSA Working
Group before Singapore and that the group is aiming to have a work plan ready for the face-
to-face meeting.
8 ccNSO Review Work Plan
The Chair suggested that the Council should go through the ccNSO Review Work Plan page
by page to consider the proposed priorities and actions.
The Chair asked for comments to recommendations 1,2 and 3.
Roelof Meijer suggested that the costs for translation of key documents could be covered
by ccTLD sponsorships and that it would be wise to use ICANN’s translators for consistency
reasons.
Bart Boswinkel suggested that this topic should be revisited after the Dakar Meeting. This
was agreed.
The Chair asked for comments to recommendations 4, 5, 6,7 and 8. No comments were
noted.
The Chair asked for comments to recommendations 9, 10, 11, 12.
Roelof Meijer expressed that the consideration of a term limit for the ccNSO Council should
have low priority. The Chair noted that the issue should be revisited in the future.
The Council agreed to adopt the proposed priorities and actions.
Bart Boswinkel offered to inform the ICANN Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC)
about the adoption of the Review Work Plan.
Action 63-03:
Bart Boswinkel to inform the ICANN Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) about
the adoption of the ccNSO Review Work Plan.
9 ccNSO Draft Work Plan
The Chair thanked Bart Boswinkel for his work on the Draft ccNSO Work Plan and informed
the Council that Bart would visit her during the week to discuss the topic further.
The Chair asked the Councillors for comments to the proposed adoption process:
Step 1: Initial discussion by the council 10 May
Step 2: Update based on discussion
Step 3: Finalise proposal Council call 7 June 2012
Step 4: Present Work Plan at ccNSO members meeting in Singapore
Step 5: Update Work Plan for adoption
Step 6: Adoption either at Singapore meeting or Council call 23 August
Hiro Hotta suggested that since the process is rather detailed it would be useful for the
ccNSO Working Group chairs to review the process in order to synchronise it with the
working group schedules.
The Chair asked for comments or objections to the Draft Work Plan. No comments were
noted.
10 ccNSO Website
10.1 Closed Section
The Chair asked for opinions to the suggested options for a closed section on the ccNSO
website:
Option A: There should be a clearly marked, closed ccNSO website space, with
the possibility to contain areas such as address books, sensitive material etc.
Option B :The (Confluence) Wiki tool should be used for the purposes of a closed
section whilst the ccNSO website should remain completely open.
Option C: No areas on the ccNSO website or the Confluence Wiki Spaces should
be closed
Various Councillors voted for Option B and Option C. The Chair suggested a trial period for
Option B and this was agreed.
Bart Boswinkel offered to elaborate Option B for better comprehension, including preparation
for a Confluence training session.
Action 63-04:
Bart Boswinkel to elaborate Option B in the paper on a Closed section on the ccNSO
website, including preparation for a Confluence training session.
10.2 Biographies of councillors and pictures
The Chair thanked the Councillors who already provided pictures and biographies to the
Council page on the ccNSO website and asked those who did not yet submit the information
to do so as soon as possible.
11 Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR)
The Chair reported that the draft ICANN Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR) Plan was
published and that the ccNSO had agreed to submit a response.
Bart Boswinkel reported that a briefing call with Patrik Jones was held and that a draft
response is in progress and should be submitted before the close of the public comment
period on the 1st of June.
12 Draft Agenda Singapore Meeting
Gabriella Schittek reported that the Meetings Programme Working Group is finalising the
Singapore meeting agenda and that the IDN session was recently moved from Monday
evening to Tuesday evening.
The Chair encouraged the Councillors to forward any input on the Singapore agenda to the
Meetings Programme Working Group.
13 Liaison Updates
13.1 At-Large Liaison
The Chair thanked Ron Sherwood for the number of reports forwarded to the Council on
various ALAC topics.
13.2 GNSO Liaison
The Chair noted that a GNSO report was circulated by Han Chuan Lee earlier the same day.
Han Chuan highlighted that the GNSO Council is planning a workshop in Singapore on the
Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation, and that
ccNSO members are invited to participate.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr underlined the importance of cross-community participation in the
workshop. The Chair confirmed that ccNSO members would be involved in the discussions.
14 AOB
Bart Boswinkel reported that he was approached by Naela Sarras regarding a revival of the
IDN Guidelines Working Group. He further noted that Hiro Hotta and Mohamed El-Bashir
was asked as previous members to continue their work and that they both had accepted.
The meeting then closed.
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APRIL 2011 ccNSO Activity report Summary of ccNSO Activities...
ccNSO Activity Summary
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during April 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Programme Working Group Telephone Conference Notes 19 April 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-wg-19apr11-en.pdf
IDN PDP Working Group 2 Telephone Conference Notes 14 April 2011:http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg-2-14apr11-en.pdf
Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference Transcript 5 April 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-jig-05apr11-en.pdf
IDN PDP Working Group 1 Meeting Notes 17 March 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg-1-sf-sv-17mar11-en.pdf
Strategic and Operational Plan Working Group Meeting Notes 13 and 17 March 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sopwg-13-17mar11-en.pdf
Finance Working Group Meeting Notes 13 March 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-fwg-13mar11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Meetings and ccNSO Correspondence
Letter from ICANN CEO to ccNSO Chair on ccTLD Continuity Plans and Crisis Communications Strategies, 21 April 2011:http://ccnso.icann.org/about/beckstrom-to-crowley-21apr11-en.pdf
Recording Council Telephone Conference 12 April 2011: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110412-en.mp3
Council Meeting Minutes 12 April 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/23949
Recording Council Meeting 16 March 2011: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/siliconvalley2011/ccnso-council-16mar11-en.mp3
Council Meeting Minutes San Francisco16 March 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/23719
Calls for Volunteers
(OPEN until 19 May 2011) Call for Volunteers for IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project:http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-call-for-volunteers-case-study-teams-20apr11-en.pdf
andhttp://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20apr11-en.htm
(OPEN until 5 May 2011) Presenters sought for ccTLD News Session Singapore: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-21apr11-en.htm
(CLOSED) Call for Volunteers to Incident Repository Implementation
Working Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18apr11-en.htm
(CLOSED) Call for Volunteers to SSAC DNSSEC Workshop presentation: http://ccnso.icann.org/resources/call-for-participation-dnssec-workshop-22jun11-en.htm
(CLOSED) Call for Volunteers to Framework of Interpretation Working Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-30mar11-en.htm
ccNSO Resources
SSAC Resources page: http://ccnso.icann.org/resources/ssac-resources.htm
Various Announcements
Translations of Discussion Draft of New gTLD Applicant Guidebook:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29apr11-en.htm
New ICANN Chief Security Officer: http://icann.org/en/news/releases/release-28apr11-en.pdf
Anti-phishing Working Group Survey Report: http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/APWG_GlobalPhishingSurvey_2H2010.pdf
Third Background Report on Handling Recovered IPv4 Address Space: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26apr11-en.htm
SSAC Comments on Registry Transition Process and Policies Described so far: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac047.pdf
Update from ICANN’s Policy Department, April 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/23865 <http://ccnso.icann.org/node/23865>
Final Proposal for IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project:http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-delegation-20apr11-en.pdf
andhttp://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20apr11-en.htm
GAC Comments on Board Response to GAC Scorecard: http://gac.icann.org/system/files/
Discussion Draft of New gTLD Applicant Guidebook: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm
Adopted Board Resolutions 21 April 2011: http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-21apr11-en.htm
ICANN Board Agenda 21 April 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-21apr11-en.htm
Impact Analysis of DNSSEC Deployment in the Root Zone: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14apr11-en.htm
Singapore Meeting Information: http://singapore41.icann.org/
ICANN’s Annual Report 2010: http://www.icann.org/en/annualreport/annual-report-2010-en.pdf
Updated Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 by IANA Post Exhaustion - Background Report: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11feb11-en.htm
Submissions to NTIA's Request for Comments on the IANA function: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 15 May 2011): Discussion Draft of New gTLD Applicant Guidebook: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm
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March 2011 ccNSO Activity report Summary of ccNSO Activities...
ccNSO Activity Summary - March 2011
San Francisco Meeting
Compiled San Francisco Meeting Information: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/
Presentations Tech Day/OARC Meeting 13 – 14 March 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/workshop.htm
Presentations ccNSO Members Meeting 15 – 16 March 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/presentations.htm
ccNSO Meeting Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/23251
ccNSO Meeting Evaluation Results, Day 1: http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266VZZLZVGG
ccNSO Meeting Evaluation Results, Day 2: http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266V22GLBZB
Chris Survey Report & Presentation: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/surveys/chris-survey-16mar11-en.htm
Chris Disspain – the Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5hovnJ2xE
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during March 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar <http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar>
SOP Working Group Comments on ICANN FY 2012 Operational Plan Framework: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggrousp/sop-comments-fy12-ops-plan-framework-30mar11-en.pdf
Notes IDN PDP Working Group 2 Telephone Conference 3 March 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-wg2-03mar11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Nomination Report for nominations in the Asia-Pacific Region: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/22561
Call for Volunteers
(OPEN until 15 April 2011) Call for volunteers to Framework of Interpretation Working Group: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-30mar11-en.htm
(OPEN until 4 April 2011) Nominating Committee call for candidates for ICANN leadership positions: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08mar11-en.htm
New Members
.CD and .UA Join as Newest Members of the ccNSO: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02mar11-en.htm
ccNSO Resources
Cybercrime and Security Resources Updates:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/resources/cybercrime-resources.htm
Marketing Resources Updates: http://ccnso.icann.org/resources/marketing-resources.htm
ccNSO Youtube Contributions
ccNSO @ ICANN San Francisco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPxlMuMbfSs
Chris Disspain – the Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5hovnJ2xE
ICANN Board/GAC Consultations on New gTLDs
Meetings and Correspondence (not including SFO ICANN #40
Letter from Peter Dengate-Thrush to Heather Dryden, including comments on new gTLD scorecard:http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-dryden-05mar11-en.pdf
GAC Communiqué on ICANN Board/GAC Meeting Brussels 28 February – 2 March 2011: http://gac.icann.org/system/files/Brussels%20Intersessional%20Meeting-%20GAC%20Communique.pdf
Transcripts of ICANN Board/GAC meeting Brussels 28 February – 2 March 2011 posted: http://meetings.icann.org/board-gac-spring11
Various Announcements
Adopted ICANN Strategic Plan 2011 – 2014 posted: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28mar11-en.htm
ICANN response to NTIA NOI regarding IANA: http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-alexander-25mar11-en.pdf
ICANN Board San Francisco Resolutions: http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm
Update from ICANN’s Policy Department March 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar11-en.htm
ccNSO Review Working Group Final Report:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03mar11-en.htm
SSAC Workplan 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-activity-report-28feb11-en.pdf
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 17 April 2011) WHOIS Review Team seeks comments on several issues: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04mar11-en.htm
(OPEN until 6 April 2011) Draft proposal for IDN Variant Issues Project: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-5-21feb11-en.htm
(OPEN until 6 April 2011) Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team seeks input on set of issues: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-9-21feb11-en.htm
(OPEN until 4 April 2011) ICANN Framework for Operating Plan & Budget for FY 2012: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb11-en.htm <http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb11-en.htm>
Report from the #40 ICANN Meeting in San Francisco 13-18 March 2011 Published to ccNSO on April 1st 2011.
San Francisco Meeting - More than 50 ccTLD's were represented at this meeting.
Compiled San Francisco Meeting Information: [http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/|http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/]Presentations Tech Day/OARC Meeting 13 – 14 March 2011: [http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/workshop.htm|http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/workshop.htm]Presentations ccNSO Members Meeting 15 – 16 March 2011: [http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/presentations.htm|http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/presentations.htm]ccNSO Meeting Report: [http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/23251|http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/23251]ccNSO Meeting Evaluation Results, Day 1: [http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266VZZLZVGG|http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266VZZLZVGG]ccNSO Meeting Evaluation Results, Day 2: [http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266V22GLBZB|http://www.zoomerang.com/Shared/SharedResultsPasswordPage.aspx?ID=L266V22GLBZB]Chris Survey Report & Presentation: [http://www.ccnso.icann.org/surveys/chris-survey-16mar11-en.htm|http://www.ccnso.icann.org/surveys/chris-survey-16mar11-en.htm]Chris Disspain – the Movie: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5hovnJ2xE|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5hovnJ2xE]
End March DRAFT as currently circulated to ccNSO Members list. Synopsis notes and addendum from me will be added when final material is published by ccNSO
ccNSO Meeting Agenda and presentation / resource materials can be found here ccNSO Meeting Agenda for ICANN #40
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<end snip>Summary of High Lights
- of ccTLDs present to be added
Tech Day MeetingThe ccNSO Tech Working Group in close cooperation with DNS-OARC organized a two day event (13 and 14 March) with over 25 presentations on operational and technical topics relevant for the ccTLD community. The presentations ranged from using tools to monitor traffic to updates on Name Server software.
Delegation & Re-delegation Working Group Report
During the ccNSO meeting the Final Report of the Delegation, Re-delegation and Retirement Working Group was discussed. The DRDWG recommended the ccNSO Council undertake, as a first step, the development of a "Framework of Interpretation" for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs. The DRDWG recommended that the ccNSO should launch a cc Policy Development Process on the retirement of ccTLDs At the same time the DRDWG advised that the Council consider the development of a Framework of Interpretation as a higher priority than the ccPDP for retirement of ccTLDs
At its meeting the ccNSO Council thanked all members, experts, observers on the DRDWG for their outstanding work, and timely delivery of the Final Report.
The ccNSO Council further resolved to create the Framework of Interpretation Working Group (FoI WG) as recommended and adopted its charter. The ccNSO Council will revisit whether or not to launch a ccPDP on the retirement of ccTLDs at the time the FoI WG has submitted its Final Report as foreseen in the charter of the FoI WG
Fast Track review and IDN ccPDP sessionDuring the ccNSO meeting the results of the review process of the Fast Track were presented and issues discussed, in particular the issues pertaining to string confusion. The session included presentations on the applications from Bulgaria and Greece on the issues they have encountered regarding string confusion.
At its meeting the ccNSO council requested IDN ccPDP WG1 to develop, as soon as possible, guidelines (within the framework of the existing rules for the Fast Track) to improve the predictability of the evaluation relating to string confusion as defined in the IDNC Final Report and the Final Implementation report as adopted by the ICANN Board in November 2009.
ccNSO review and conclusion the process to assign roles and responsibilities.
During the ccNSO meeting the Board WG on the review of the ccNSO presented its final report and explained the next steps in the review process. The ccTLD maangers present provided feed-back on the review process itself, among others on the usefulness of the process for the ccNSO and the review process itself.
At its meeting the ccNSO council adopted the roles and responsibilities documentation. In the opinion of the council one the recommendations of the Board WG (recommendation 10 of the Independent reviewers) has been implemented.
New Chair and Vice chairs
The ccNSO Council selected Lesley Cowley (Nominet, .UK) as its chair for the term of one year. Byron Holland (CIRA, .CA) and Hiro Hotta (JPRS,.JP) were selected as Vice-Chairs.Welcome new Councilors
The ccNSO Council welcomed the following councilors and looks forward to work with them:
Roelof Meijer, Victor Abboud, Souleymane Oumtanaga, Keith Davidson: to fill the term of Chris Disspain (from 18 March until Spring 2013), for the Asian Pacific Region.Thanks
Host of the San Francisco meeting
The ccNSO Council wants to thank the hosts and sponsors of ICANN 40th meeting.
Erick Iriarte
The ccNSO Council wishes to thank Erick Iriarte Ahon for his contributions to the ccNSO and as an observer of the ccNSO Council, wishing him success in his further endeavors
Departing ccNSO Councilors
The ccNSO council wants to thank:Ondrej Filip, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Hosein for contributions
Finally, the ccNSO expressed its deep gratitude to Chris Disspain, chair of the ccNSO and ccNSO councillor for AP region, chair since December 2004, elected June 2004, and stepping down on 18 March 2011.
March 2011 ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO, Report to ALAC Meeting:
Link to ccNSO web site http://ccnso.icann.org/
NEWS March 3rd -> Keith Davidson, .nz appointed as new ccNSO Councillor from the Asia-Pacific
The nomination period for nominations of a ccNSO Councillor from the Asia-Pacific region closed on 2 March 2011.
Keith Davidson, .nz was the only candidate who received a nomination was seconded. Therefore, no elections need to be held.
Keith has also accepted his nomination.
The nomination report is available at http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/22561 Quoted from ccNSO List email 3rd March Sent at 09:20 (GMT-08:00)
http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/22561
Congratulations, Keith!
NEW During March 2011
* ccNSO Review – Final WG Report
3 March 2011
The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Review WG submitted its draft final report PDF, 787 KB], for public comment on 15 November 2010. On date of closure, 15 January 2011, two comments had been provided, expressing full support for the report while adding useful precision on details and recent ccNSO developments (see summary).
In consideration of the response and following WG discussion, the ccNSO Review WG has updated details in line with the comments, while keeping the report's overall conclusions unchanged, and now releases the final WG review report PDF, 296 KB.
This report is published pending Board consideration.
For further information, please refer to the ccNSO review web page.Final ccNSO Review – Final WG Report
3 March 2011
The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Review WG submitted its draft final report PDF, 787 KB], for public comment on 15 November 2010. On date of closure, 15 January 2011, two comments had been provided, expressing full support for the report while adding useful precision on details and recent ccNSO developments (see summary).In consideration of the response and following WG discussion, the ccNSO Review WG has updated details in line with the comments, while keeping the report's overall conclusions unchanged, and now releases the final WG review report PDF, 296 KB.
This report is published pending Board consideration.
For further information, please refer to the ccNSO review web page.
MP3 of the meeting is at http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110301-en.mp3
Informal interim notes from the meeting held :
Agenda Excerpts
Full Council Agenda: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-01mar11-en.pdf
1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions 25 January 2011
Minutes & Actions are available at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
2. Follow-up Incident Response Working Group
3. Appointment of new ccNSO Chair
See attachment 2 (resolution) inserted here =>
Resolution to appoint Lesley Cowley as chair of the ccNSO
The ccNSO Council was informed by Chris Disspain that he will step down as Chair
of the ccNSO Council at the end of the ccNSO Council meeting on 16 March 2011
during the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, USA.
Chris Disspain proposed Lesley Cowley to be chair of the ccNSO from the close
of the ccNSO meeting on 16 March 2011. The proposal was seconded by Byron
Holland, vice chair of the ccNSO. Lesley Cowley accepted the nomination.
Resolution
The ccNSO Council resolved to appoint Lesley Cowley unanimously (18 votes in
favour) as Chair of the ccNSO council for 12 months from the closure of the ccNSO
Council meeting on 16 March during the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, USA.
4. Membership applications - Accepted
4.1 .cd
See IANA confirmation email copied in below (1)
4.2 .ua
See IANA email copied in below with note (2)
5. UNESCO Survey
See attachment 3 and 4
6. Process of Working Group Candidates
See extract of email copied in below (3)
7. Appointment of Volunteers Territory names Study Group
ccNSO Volunteers:
Martin Boyle, .uk
Henry Chan, .hk
Ian Chiang, .tw
Keith Davidson, .nz
Sokol Haxhiu, NomCom
Hiro Hotta, .jp
Erick Iriarte, LACTLD (observer)
Annebeth Lange, .no
Jon Lawrence, .au
Young-Eum Lee, .kr
Leo Maluwa, .mw
Kathryn Reynolds, .ca
Nigel Roberts, .gg
Grigory Saghyan, .am
Maarten Simon, .nl
Tan Yaling, .cn
8. Briefing Delegation & Redelegation Working Group
Final Delegation & Redelegation Working Group Report: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17feb11-en.htm
10. ICANN Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation
ICANN Board Resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6
11. ccNSO Website: Closed Section
See email copied in below (4)
13. Liaison Updates:
12.1 At-Large Liaison
See attachment 5, 6 and 7
12.2 GNSO Liaison
Not available for posting
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To Agenda point 4. 1 Membership application .cd
IANA confirmation email, received 24 February 2011
From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:57:03 -0800
To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org>
Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.cd)
Nope, the redelegation is now complete.
cheers,
kim
On 23/02/2011, at 11:26 PM, Gabriella Schittek wrote:
> Hi Kim,
>
> Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .cd?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabi
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To Agenda point 4. 2 Membership application .ua
IANA email, received 28 February 2011
------ Forwarded Message
From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:52:44 -0800
To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org>
Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.ua)
There is currently an outstanding request for .UA to change the address of the operator, which we don't consider a substantial change, however:
1) They have made it clear to us in recent weeks the current operator wishes to redelegate soon; and
2) They recently applied, and were granted, membership in CENTR for an organisation different to the current operator.
Not sure if they impact your decision, but there you have it.
kim
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To Agenda Point 6: Process for Working Group Membership (extract of email posted 26 January 2011)
During the February ccNSO Council call, it was suggested by the ccNSO Secretariat to change the process in which new Working Group members are accepted. The current process is that all working group members need to be approved by the Council.
As we quite often receive requests for working group membership outside of the call for volunteers period, we suggested, in order to speed up the process, that we only require the approval of the Working Group Chair, and then inform the Council on who has been added.
It was, however, pointed out during yesterday’s discussion that in some cases if the process gets outside of the Council’s control and that that the changed procedures in general could be abused by people who were not approved by the Council in the first place.
As this probably only would happen in very rare cases, it would be desirable that the Council comes up with a solution which would suit both the wish for a smoother and faster process, but would not leave the Council out of total control.
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To Agenda Point 11: ccNSO Website: Closed Section (extract of email posted 26 January 2011)
Discussion and further decisions about open and closed space / use of the confluence wiki that ccNSO is migrating to was held.
Confluence pages can either be open for everyone, or closed to certain groups. This means that, for instance, working group members could receive passwords for “their” working group and only they can access that space (we have, in fact, already been trying to use this for some working groups with another wiki called Socialtext - but it was not very popular – perhaps due the fact that it wasn’t very user friendly).
Confluence also allows for “message board” functions (where participants can leave short comments on topics/documents discussed) and it can be set up so that those who wish receive email alerts of the activities.
Once a Working Group is closed, its Wiki space can be archived, if wished for. Furthermore, Confluence can also support some voting functions (keeping the voter anonymous to the community, but open to the manager of the space).
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22 February 2011 ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO, Report to ALAC Meeting:
Link to ccNSO web site http://ccnso.icann.org/
Recent outputs from ccNSO Council and WG Meetings http://ccnso.icann.org/operations
February 2011 ccNSO Council Call meeting notes have been posted and can now be found here:
http://ccnso.icann.org/calendarhttp://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110125-en.mp3
The Next Meeting of the ccNSO Council will be held on March 1st.
As foreshadowed in my Jan Report the ccNSO has now called for 4 Volunteers to join the Study Group on the Use of Names for Countries and Territories.
This study group was established at the Cartagena meeting in response to the note of the chair of this working group that some of the issues that are raised are considered outside the scope of the PDP ( for example how to deal with meaningful representations of country or territory names that do NOT contain a non-ASCII character or are NOT in an designated language). The purpose of this workin group is to provide the ccNSO Council, ccTLD community and other interested stakeholders, including the GAC and GNSO Council, an overview of the scope and issues associated with the use of Country and Territory names as TLD strings and the scope and impact of alternative action paths on IDN ccTLD and new gTLD processes.
The Study Group's goal is to provide the ccNSO Council, ccTLD community and other interested stakeholders, including the GAC and GNSO Council, an overview of the scope and issues associated with the use of Country and Territory names as TLD strings and the scope and impact of alternative action paths on IDN ccTLD and new gTLD processes.
The statement of purpose for the study group can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/unctwg.htm.
This matter is on the Feb 22nd ALAC Agenda. <link to outcomes will be inserted here later>
During February the ccNSO
- Welcomed Moldova (.md) and Bulgaria (.bg) as Members # 110 and 111.
- posted the first draft agenda for the ccNSO meeting in San Francisco 14-16 March, which is posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/agenda.htm Minor updates to this agenda will be made continuously
- on Feb 16th called for nominations for a Council Member Representative for the AP Region to replace Chris Disspain who is resigning from his position on the ccNSO Council on the 18 March 2011, as he moves to the ICANN Board in June. This process is planned to be completed by March 16th.
- ICANN has posted an analysis of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track First Annual
Review: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-8-21feb11-en.htm
- ICANN has published a draft proposal for an IDN Variant Issues Project in order to move the work on Variant TLDs forward:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-5-21feb11-en.htm Public comments are welcome until 6 April 2011
The last two reports will be provided to the ICANN Board for their consideration at their meeting in San Francisco.
Following ICANN Board consideration, changes and actions will be implemented
by ICANN Staff.
The ccNSO WG => ccnso-idnpdpwg1 which has been quite for a short time has reconvened and will meet on Feb 24th and in SFO on March 17th
On Jan 25th the ccNSO’s DRD WG’s Fourth Progress Report has just been posted. The announcement and report can be found at:http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-24jan11-en.htm. This progress report was an update of the Third Progress Report and contained issues identified and recommendations of the DRD WG regarding re-delegations without the consent of the incumbent operator. The public comment period on the full report closed on 31 January.nThe Final Report from the WG was received by the ccNSO Council on February 14th and will be discussed at the March 1st meeting.
End February ccNSO Activity Summary as posted to ccNSO Council list and ccNSO web space updates on March 1st 2011=>
<copy from list email text>
ccNSO Activity Summary February 2011
ccNSO Activity Summary
February 2011
San Francisco Meeting Information
ccNSO Meeting Page: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/
ccNSO General Meeting Schedule, including Room & Time information: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar/
ccNSO Draft Meeting Agenda: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/agenda.htm
Summary of presentations that will be given: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/sanfrancisco/presentations.htm
Pre-registered ccNSO Meeting Participants: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40L%26V0%20%20%0A
ICANN General Meeting Page: http://svsf40.icann.org/
ICANN General Meeting Schedule: http://svsf40.icann.org/node/22237
Pre-registered ICANN Meeting Participants: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40L%26V0%20%20%0A
Registration: http://www.registration123.com/ICANN/SF40/
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during February 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group Final Report 17 February 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/final-report-drd-wg-17feb11-en.pdf
Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 17 February 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-wg-17feb11-en.pdf <http://
Notes Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Telephone Conference 16 February 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sopwg-16feb11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint IDN ccNSO/GNSO Working Group Telephone Conference 15 February 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-jig-15feb11-en.pdf
Notes IDN ccPDP Working Group 2 Telephone Conference 10 February 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-idn-pdp-2-10feb11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Call for Nominations to the Council for the Asia-Pacific Region 16 February 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org//about/elections/call-for-nominations-16feb11-en.htm
ccNSO Council comments on Final Report and Recommendations of Accountability and Transparency Review Team: http://forum.icann.org/lists/atrt-final-recommendations/msg00006.html
ccNSO Council Minutes Telephone Conference 25 January 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-ccnso-council-25jan11-en.pdf
Call for Volunteers
(CLOSED on 14 February 2011) Call for volunteers to Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31jan11-en.htm
New Members
.MD and .BG Join as Newest Members of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02feb11-en.htm
ccNSO Resources
New Section on Cybercrime and Security:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/resources/cybercrime-resources.htm
ICANN Board/GAC Consultations on New gTLDs
GAC releases scorecard on new gTLD outstanding issues:http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23feb11-en.htm
ICANN Briefing Papers on 12 New gTLD related topics identified by the GAC: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-6-21feb11-en.htm
Webpage ICANN Board-GAC consultation in Brussels: http://meetings.icann.org/board-gac-spring11
Update information ICANN Board/GAC consultation on New gTLDs: http://blog.icann.org/2011/02/update-on-icann-boardgac-consultation-on-new-gtlds/
Information on physical attendance ICANN Board/GAC meeting on New gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm
Various Announcements
Request for Comments on IANA Functions by US Department of Commerce/NTIA: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-4240.htm
ICANN meeting June 2011 to be held in Singapore: http://blog.icann.org/2011/02/june-2011-icann-meeting-to-be-held-in-singapore/
Revised ICANN meeting sponsorship programme 2011: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-24feb11-en.htm
Tentative meeting dates for ICANN meetings 2014 – 2016:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-21feb11-en.htm
Updated ICANN Strategic Plan 2011-2014: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-7-21feb11-en.htm
Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team seeks input on set of issues: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-9-21feb11-en.htm
Analysis of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track First Annual Review: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-8-21feb11-en.htm
Draft proposal for IDN Variant Issues Project: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-5-21feb11-en.htm
ccNSO Travel Funding Open for Singapore Applications: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15feb11-en.htm
Update from ICANN’s Policy Department February 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-feb11-en.htm
ICANN Framework for Operating Plan & Budget for FY 2012: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb11-en.htm
Amman ICANN meeting cancelled:http://blog.icann.org/2011/02/middle-east-developments-interfere-with-icann-
41-jordan-meeting/
ICANN Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 by IANA Post Exhaustion:http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11feb11-en.htm
Pre-San Francisco ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04feb11-en.htm
Status report on the DNS in Egypt: http://blog.icann.org/2011/01/status-report-on-the-dns-in-egypt/
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 31 March 2011) Request for Comments on IANA Functions by US Department of Commerce/NTIA: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-4240.htm
(OPEN until 8 March 2011) Tentative meeting dates for ICANN meetings 2014 – 2016:http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-21feb11-en.htm
(OPEN until 15 March 2011) Delegation and Re-delegation Working Group Final Report 17 February 2011: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/final-report-drd-wg-17feb11-en.pdf
(OPEN until 4 April 2011) ICANN Framework for Operating Plan & Budget for FY 2012: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb11-en.htm
(OPEN until 6 April 2011) Draft proposal for IDN Variant Issues Project: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-5-21feb11-en.htm
(OPEN until 6 April 2011) Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team seeks input on set of issues: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-9-21feb11-en.htm
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ccNSO Activity Summary January 2011
Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during January 2011 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Fourth Progress Report:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-24jan11-en.htm
Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 18 January 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-mpwg-18jan11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 18 January 2011: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-18jan11-en.pdf
Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 4 January 2011: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-04jan11-en.pdf
ccNSO Council
Recording of Council Telephone Conference 25 January 2011: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110125-en.mp3
Call for Volunteers
(OPEN until 14 February 2011) Call for Volunteers to Country & Territory Names Study Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31jan11-en.htm
(CLOSED) Call for Volunteers to Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis (DSSA) Working Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/call-for-volunteers/call-for-volunteers-dssa-wg-20dec10-en.htm
Various Announcements
Status Report on DNS in Egypt: http://blog.icann.org/2011/01/status-report-on-the-dns-in-egypt/
Augment proposed to technical tests performed when processing changes to the DNS root zone for top-level domain operators: http://www.root-dnssec.org/2011/01/27/rrsig-checking/
Passed ICANN Board resolutions 25 January 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jan11-en.htm
The ICANN Board to meet with the GAC on new gTLDs: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm
.AZ Joins as ccNSO Member 109: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18jan11-en.htm
ICANN’s Fellowship programme opens for applications for the Amman meeting: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14jan11-en.htm
January Update from ICANN’s Policy Department:http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-jan11-en.htm
Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods
(OPEN until 14 February 2011) Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) final recommendations: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#atrt-final
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25 January 2011 ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO, Report to ALAC Meeting:
Link to ccNSO web site http://ccnso.icann.org/
Recent outputs from ccNSO Council and WG Meetings http://ccnso.icann.org/operations
January 2011 ccNSO Council Call meeting notes have been posted and can now be found here:
http://ccnso.icann.org/calendarhttp://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20110125-en.mp3
A copy of the ccNSO 's activities during the ICANN Cartagena Meeting December 2010 (provided by ccNSO Liaison to the ALAC Ron Sherwood 12-12-10) inserted here ccNSO_Meeting_report_Cartagena.pdf is also linked to the above page
On January 18th ccNSO welcomed Azerbaijan .az as a Member.
The ccNSO Council is also currently involved in their transition to a new Chair with a candidat statement having been provided to the Council from Lesley Cowley who has been proposed for the position.
During January the ccNSO posted the following list of Open Comment Periods that are either ccNSO Working Group specific or of ccNSO related interest:-
ccNSO Working Group Reports are currently open for public comments:
(OPEN until 28 January 2011) Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Report on Redelegations Without Consent:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-21dec10-en.htm
(please, note that there was a problem earlier with the comment email address - this has now been fixed)
(OPEN until 21 January 2011) IDN PDP WG 2 Final Interim Report on Issues and Possible Solutions Inclusion of IDN ccTLD’s in the ccNSO:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 14 January 2011) Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Delegation Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-30nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 14 January 2011) Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Redelegation Report on Redelegations With Consent:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-3-30nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 14 January 2011) Delegation and Redelegation Working Group Retirement Report: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-30nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 14 January 2011) IDN PDP Working Group 1 Progress Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29nov10-en.htm
Other ccTLD related Comment Periods which currently are open:
(OPEN until 14 February 2011) ATRT Final Recommendations: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201102-en.htm#atrt-final
(OPEN until 31 January 2011) Review of IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22oct10-en.htm
(OPEN until 30 January 2011) Geographic Regions Review Working Group Interim Report: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 15 January 2011) Final New gTLD Applicant Guidebook:
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 15 January 2011) Draft Final Report of the ccNSO Review Working Group http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15nov10-en.htm
(OPEN until 10 January 2011) ICANN Draft 2011-2014 Strategic Plan:
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27nov10-en.htm
(ONGOING) Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Public Forum on ATRT Review: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#atrt-community-feedback
The ccNSO has recently posted their comments on the review of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, and 2011-01 ccNSO comments on ccNSO review draft final report. The IDN WG 2 in its report made recommendations for the inclusion of IDN ccTLDs in the ccNSO within the framework of the IDN ccPDP. See http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22nov10-en.htm
The ccNSO Council has also been approached to see what possible assistance ccTLD operators might be able to provide to assist with the UNESCO, ISOC and OECD is doing joint study on the economic aspects of local content creation and local Internet infrastructure to analyse whether the encouragement of local content creation and development of local Internet infrastructure have impact on the price of access to Internet by local users.
For this exercise we need some data which could be provided by ccTLD registries. Type of date for the period of past 10 years we are looking at is:
· Number of registered domain names at the end of the year
· Price of registration of domain name
· Price of local traffic
· Price of local hosting
· Number of ISPs in the country
The results of the study are planned to present during the next IGF.
Consideration is being given to the questions being asked by a small questionnaire which could be send out to ccTLD operators with Council encouragement, to complete, as part of the ccNSO Council Agenda in the January 25th 2011 meeting (full agenda for this meeting is at http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/agenda-council-25jan11-en.pdf )
Specific information on ALSes and ccNSO members bridging both worlds.
The list below is build upon the actual list of accredited ALSes and the relation to the region and country.
In the last column you will find, if the ccTLD is a member of ccNSO, the ccTLD extension of the country code and a direct link to the website of that specific ccTLD.
Through this list the existing ALSes can find out if in their country or region their is a ccNSO member and eventually could stimulate them to be part of the ccNSO. Same of course could happen from the ccTLD side, where they could do some promotional work in finding new ALSes joining the ALAC.
List of all ALSes and the presence in the ccNSO memberspace updated till October 2009.
The ccNSO has actually 107 members. (updated 27/9/2010).
New members since Seoul 2009 till September 2010 :
AFRICA :
.mz Mozambique |
.zm Zambia |
ASIA PASIFIC
.pg Papua New Guinea |
EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
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ccNSO Phishing report published
New ccNSO Guidelines published
