ccNSO Liaison Reports 2013-2016

On 22 September 2015, the ALAC re-appointed Maureen Hilyard to serve as the ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO. This term will be from the end of the ICANN 54 Meeting in October 2015 through the end of the 2016 AGM. Maureen Hilyard has served as the  ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO since 2013.

January 2016 ccNSO Updates

• ccNSO Council meeting 21 January 1200UTC.  Draft agenda. Associated documents include:
  • FOI Implementation - relates to a query from ICANN staff about how to implement a request to IANA without contacting the admin and technical contacts listed on the IANA database , when it is an issue of delegation or revocation or retirement. There should be a specific person or procedure for these more serious changes to the IANA database. The Council are being asked to consider this issue.
  • Advice re Meeting B format - the council have been advised to maintain 3 meetings a year, at least until the end of 2017 until they have had time to assess the new format. It was noted that this new format was devised prior to discussions about Stewardship and Accountability, and did not take into account the changing role of the ccNSO /ccTLD community, and further policy development needs. The technical and ccNSO meeting days were considered by their very nature to already be outreach oriented.
  • Phases and Timelines of ccNSO PDPs
  • Update CCWG Country and Territory Names - the result of the consultation process following their survey on 3-character TLDs produced such a diversity of viewpoints t that on certain points it was difficult to come up with a single position that could be recommended as a way forward. The WG propose to make a strawman in time for the Marrakech meeting. 
  • GNSO Liaison Report - Patrick Miles  (included a reference to a comparison between GNSO and ccNSO)
  • ALAC Liaison Report - Ron Sherwood
  • ISTACC Report - 
  •  Monthly workplan update - provides status of current ccNSO WGs
• First draft of the ccNSO meeting agenda for the Marrakesh meeting
• ALAC-ccNSO meeting in Marrakech  (5.30pm Sunday 6 March) 
• Byron distributes final ccNSO statement on the CCWG 3rd Proposal for Council consultation before sending to CCWG.
• Volunteers called for to participate on the committee to select Ethos  Awardees (8 volunteers, 2015 rep was Young Eum Lee) and also to replace Steffan Johnson as the ccNSO rep on the CWG Stewardship. (3 volunteers)
• New staff member joins ccNSO Secretariat Joke Braeken
• ccNSO community asked to comment on the "Final Report of the ICANN Geographic Regions Review" by 24th April

December 2015 ccNSO Report

CCWG Discussion meeting - 23 December - outcomes
1) No formal resolution was to be required
2) The ccNSO Council would provide input to the CCWG, which would request greater clarity on key issues as well as adherence to the requirements of the CWG.  Further, that the ccNSO was generally supportive of the "direction of travel".
3) This input was to be summarized by the Chair and shared with Council before transmission to the CCWG.

 Council Meeting - 10 December 2015 
 Resolution adopted: The ccNSO Council has no objection to the CWG-Stewardship to proceed with overseeing the implementation as described in its letter November 2015 to the chartering organisations.

• There was discussion about Lise Fuhr's continuing with her coChair role now that she is no longer employed with .dk. The concensus supported her continuation but with a recommendation to look for new volunteers to take over this or similar roles in the future.

Resolution adopted: The ccNSO Council adopts the Nomination and Election Report Nominations and Elections to ccNSO Council 2016 and congratulates: Abibu Ntahigiye (.tz) African Region; Debbie Monahan (.nz) Asia-Pacific Region; Peter Vergrote ( .be) European Region; Demi Gethschko (.br) Latin American and Caribbean Region; Becky Burr (.us) North American Region with their election. The ccNSO Council also thanks Gabriella Schittek for her hard work as Election Process Manager.

• Nigel has suggested that the rules and procedures related to the Election process be examined to prevent any future appointments being made before the end of the election process. Katrina explained the error.

• CCWG Webinars - I attended one of the two sessions which were held to update the ccTLD community about the CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations.  The presentation and recordings can be found on http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#dec. Bart read a followup report from Mathieu and Becky provided specifics. The council will meet on Dec 23 to make a decision about whether to support the recommendations made by the CCWG-Accountability Proposal or not.

• GNSO Update received from Patrick Myles (ccNSO Liaison); ccNSO liaison to ALAC report received

• Byron raised concern related to difficulties achieving a quorum at Council meetings due to members not attending nor providing reports indicated in the agenda
• Next meeting - December 23  
  
  

November 2015 ccNSO Report

• Post Council meeting Election Results: these newly elected Council members will take up their seats at the end of the ccNSO meeting (9 March 2016) in Marrakesh. 

  African Region
  Abibu Ntahigiye, .tz
  Asia-Pacific Region
  Debbie Monahan, .nz
  European Region
  Peter Vergote, .be
  Latin American and Caribbean Region
  Demi Getschko, .br
  North American Region
  Becky Burr, .us

• ccNSO Council meeting 19 Nov: Main items discussed and decisions made
  • Becky gave an update on the ccWG for those who couldn't attend Mathieu's webinar 
  • Byron and Peter van Roste reported on their participation in the IFG Brazil esp. WSIS+10, Human rights, IXPs (Byron), cybersecurity esp terrorism, intellectual property rights (Peter). 10 streams per session sometimes made it difficult to follow threads.
  • With Alejandra Reynoso's election by the LAC region to replace Victor Abboud, the election report was adopted
  • Stephen Deerhake was elected for North American region, and the election report adopted.
  • Wafa Dahmani Zaafouri (.tn) and Hiro Hotta (.jp) were appointed to the Working Group Extended Process Similarity Review Panel.
  • Next Council meeting Dec 10, and a special meeting on Dec 23 to discuss ccNSO decision about the ccWG proposals
• 18 Nov - ccTLD Webinar - ccWG update: Great summary of progress of the ccWG up to and after Dublin, given by Mathieu Wiel who is one of the ccNSO co-chairs. Bart provided a summary of the discussions held by the ccNSO in Dublin. A recording and Mathieu's ppt presentation will be placed on the ccNSO website shortly.
• ccNSO Special Council meeting (6 November 12.30UTC) held to discuss the decision-making process of the CCWG (Accountability) Proposal with Matthieu Weill. The Council raised concerns relating to the overwhelming amount of information that needs to be reduced to some "digestible" volume so that ccTLD managers can become better informed through the consultation process and provide appropriate feedback which the Council can return to the CCWG. Concern was also raised relating to the proposed "working session" at the IGF and decisions being potentially made excluding those who could not attend the meeting in Brazil, it lacked transparency - Mattheiu assured the Council that a formal meeting would not take place. The Council decided to create outreach opportunities as per the CWG consultation which proved successful. Council appointed members will provide our primary input - consensus being the model rather than unanimity. Webinars (in conjunction with the ROs) and social media will be used to get information out to as many of the ccTLD community as possible - Staff to collate information on how many ccTLDS actually provide feedback. The tight ccWG timeframe constrains the consultation process so that the Council will meet a few days before the deadline date of 31 December in order to make the final decision/statement for delivery to the ccWG.
• ccNSO Council and ccNSO community have been invited to comment on the GNSO Questionnaire CCWG Use of names of country and Territories: 3-letter codes. Comments required by 30 November. This request is a follow-up from the presentation Annebeth Lange (.no) and Paul Szyndler (.au) gave at the ccNSO meeting in Dublin. Their presentation can be found here: https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-ccnso-members/presentation-ctn-20oct15-en.pdf
• A summary has been provided of the discussions from the ccNSO’s ICANN 54 sessions in Dublin related to the IANA Stewardship Transition and the ICANN Accountability work.  An audio recording of the meeting can be found here http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/dublin54/transcripts.htm. A more detailed update of the CCWG Accountability timeline, which can be found at https://www.icann.org/news/blog/volume-11-an-update-on-iana-stewardship-discussions . This update includes key dates and a brief description of the next steps in the process to enable the report on Work Stream 1 recommendations of the CCWG Accountability to be finalized and sent to the ICANN Board by mid-January 2016

October 2015 ccNSO Report

Decisions made at the ccNSO Council meeting 21 October 2015 (Dublin meeting)

• The ccNSO Council approved the application of the ccTLD manager of .tk and welcomes Telecommunications Tokelau Corporation(Teletok), the ccTLD manager for .tk (Tokelau) as 157th member of the ccNSO.

• The ccNSO Council appointed Celia Lerman Friedman as member of the ccNSO Travel Funding Committee (replacing Jordi Iparraguirre)

• The ccNSO Council appointed Abibu Ntahigiye as Councilor to oversee the ccNSO membership application process
• The ccNSO Council appointed Mats Dufberg (.se) and Pablo Rodriguez (.pr) as the two ccNSO members on the IDN Guideline review working group. There was a query raised by the Korean councillor about whether other members could participate. Bart suggested he contact the Chair of the committee. 

• The ccNSO Council adopted the timeline for the special ccNSO Council election for the North American region (replacing Dotty Sparks de Blanc)) for the remainder of the seat term, March 2017. The ccNSO Council appointed Gabriella Schittek as Election Manager for the ccNSO Council Election Process 2016.  

• The election process for the LAC region has been extended until 30 October.  There will be an election in the EU region, starting 5 November and closing on 19 November.

• Thanks were extended to Dotty Sparks, Kristina Nordstom, Martin Boyle and Keith for their hard work on the ccNSO. 

• New members Christelle Vaval, NomCom appointee and Alejandra Reynoso (LAC representative) were welcomed.

ccNSO Meeting Agenda for Dublin:  http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/dublin54/agenda.htm

• remote participation will be available for ccNSO meetings on the 18th and 19th October and 21 Oct (Council meeting). Pre-registration required
• All ccNSO related meetings for Dublin will be posted here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#oct. 
• ccNSO is seeking two volunteers for the IDN Implementation Guidelines review team. Purpose of the group is to update the IDN Guidelines 2011
• Council volunteers are also being sought to oversee the Membership application process and to participate on the Councils Travel Funding committee - specifically from AP, AF and LAC, to give regional coverage
• At the close of the nomination period, the LAC region does not have a nomination for Council membership for the coming year. One nomination that was put forward has been withdrawn. The Council is being asked if the period for nomination can be extended for the LAC region as the other regions have already put forward their nominations.
• Council is being asked to consider an application from .tk (Tokelau Islands from the Pacific region). 
• Letter received by the Council  from the CCWG Accountability Co Chairs (Leon, Mathieu and Thomas) regarding the CCWG being unable to present their Work Stream 1 recommendations in Dublin due to their need to consider public comments and further engagement with the community. 
• Kristina Nordstrom from the Secretariat leaves ccNSO as of 31 October.
• Dotty Sparks (.vi) has tendered her resignation from the ccNSO Council  as of October 21 after 12 years of service. 

ccNSO Activity Summary - September 2015

ICANN 54 - Dublin   Full schedule - here   ccNSO Members Meeting - Agenda

Working/Study Group Meeting Output:

14 September – Rules and Guidelines Review Committee - recording

17 September – Meetings Programme Working Group - recording

 21 September – Rules and Guidelines Review Committee - recording

 21 September - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country and Territory Names – transcript andrecording

 23 September – IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability Coordination Committee - recording

 28 September – CWG-ISTP - recording

 For output from the CCWG meetings see the CCWG Wiki Page: CCWG Wiki Page

 Recordings of various Working Group Meetings can be found here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

ccNSO Council:

24 September – Council Telephone Conference - recording

20 August Council Call – Council Minutes 

ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm

ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm

terminology around IDN’s and language tables.

ccNSO Council meeting resolutions  (24 September)

• audio recording http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-24sep15-en.mp3

• The ccNSO Council appoints Vaggelis Segredakis (.gr) as member of the Working Group Extended Process Similarity Review Panel. For the record it re-confirms the appointment of Giovanni Seppia (.eu) as member. The chair of the WG EPSRP is requested to find additional members of this WG. The secretariat is requested to inform the volunteers and update the webpage and email list.

• The ccNSO Council appoints the following persons as Oversight Committee of the TLD-Ops mailing list :  Cristian Hesselman, .nl,  Erwin Lansing, .dk,  Jacques Latour, .ca,  Frederico Neves, .br,  Abibu Ntahigiye, .tz,  Geng-Da Tsai, .tw,  Ali Hadji Mmandi (.km).   It also requests the Oversight Committee to provide a plan for their succession by the Marrakesh meeting (March 2016).

• The ccNSO Council adopts the secretariat report on the selection of the ccNSO delegate on ICANN’s NomCom FY 2016. The secretariat is requested to inform the NomCom and candidates as soon as possible on the appointment of Joerg Schweiger (.de).

• Progress report on the ccNSO Council elections:  To date, the following regions have nominated ( seconded) one candidate:  Asian Pacific Region, African Region, Latin American and Caribbean Region, North American Region.  The European region still has to nominate a candidate.  The Latin American and Caribbean Region have to nominate a second candidate.

• The ccNSO Council adopts the report on the selection process for candidates for the ICANN leadership training by the leadership training ad-hoc committee.  The candidates are Lesley Cowley and Jordi Iparraguirre

• The ccNSO Council requests the secretariat to send out a call for volunteers as soon as possible for two members on ICANN’s IDN Guideline review committee. The call for volunteers should include a reference to the requirements included the ICANN announcement ((https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en) In the event more then two volunteers put their name forward during the call for volunteers, the ccNSO Council will select the two members by an email decision making process, similar to what was used for the selection of the ccNSO appointed delegate on ICANN’s NomCom.

• Following the meeting, reports were received on Internet Governance (Young Eum Lee), CCWG Use of Country and Territory Names (Annebeth Lange and Paul Szyndler) and a report on the complete set of questions posed by the  ICG to the CWG-IANA (Keith Davidson)
• Dublin Meeting programme; CCWG and related topics. Legal and Marketing session. ccTLD new session. Session on Meeting B strategy and general meeting with two appointed Board members

SEPTEMBER 2015 ccNSO Report

The ccNSO Council Meeting will be held on 24 Sept. 

• ccNSO has been asking members for volunteers to serve on the Nom Comm - 3 names have been put forward - This is the second call after some members of the community indicated concern about the non-conformity of the earlier procedure with their established cNSO Guideline on Appointment of Delegate to the Nominating Committee (2008). The Council will vote at their next Council meeting.
• The Secretariat have been awaiting member response with regards to a draft Charter and Resolution for the formation of the working group of the "Extended Process Similarity Review Panel" (WG EPSRP). As there have been no comments made, the charter and resolution will be posted for volunteers to come forward.  The Working Group will review the Extended Process Review Process as defined in the Implementation Plan and the Guidelines for the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel and as part of the overall proposed policy for the selection of the IDN ccTLD Strings, including the definition of confusing similarity. "The ccNSO also seeks participants from the GAC and the SSAC to work on the working group in a manner that is appropriate to them and in accordance with their own rules and procedures. To ensure that the Board request for consultation is adequately met, the GAC and the SSAC are invited, at a minimum, to express no objection to submitting recommendations to the Board from the working group".
• Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures was distributed to council members (3 Sept). No responses via email list. 
• Paul Kane (Chair, SLE WG, CWG Stewardship subgroup) distributed the IANA Service Level Expectations document. Only one comment from the community.
• Chris Disspain (message to Council members 30 Aug) noted that of the 9 submissions made to ccWG Accountability, none had come from ccTLDs. He encouraged input from the community.. 

ccNSO Council Submission on the Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions (7 September 2015)

The ccNSO Council welcomes the opportunity to review the Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community.    The comments of the ccNSO council focus on sections 1027 and 1036 of the ICG’s Proposal.   This submission was adopted by the ccNSO Council (unanimously/majority) through email vote on 7 September 2015.  On behalf of the ccNSO Council

Byron Holland,   Chair

Framework of Interpretation (Section 1027)

The  Council wishes to bring to your attention that certain statements set out in section 1027 of the consolidated IANA stewardship Transition proposal are rendered obsolete..  From the Proposal (s.1027)

“The ccNSO formally endorsed the FOIWG’s Final Report in February 2015 and transmitted it to the ICANN Board of Directors. It is currently pending review and adoption by the ICANN Board.”   The Framework of Interpretation (FOI) is no longer pending.

At its meeting on 25 June 2015 ICANN’s Board of Directors adopted and endorsed the Framework of Interpretation without reservation.The Board of ICANN directed that  “the CEO & President or his designee to develop an implementation plan for the recommendations for community consideration through a public comment, and to implement the plan when finalized.”[1]

We understand the difficulty to reflect the current state-of affairs of the matters documented in the proposal. However, in order given the paramount importance of the Framework of Interpretation in the context of delegation and re-delegations of ccTLDs, it is also important that there be a defined and current baseline documentation available post-transition.

Accordingly, we recommend the ICG, to consider the Proposal a 'living instrument' and update it from time-to-time to accurately reflect the actual and current state of affairs regarding the Framework of Interpretation. We suggest it is updated by the ICG up and until the submission of the Transition Proposal to the ICANN Board of Directors.

The ccNSO Council undertakes to inform the ICG on future relevant matters relating to the Framework of Interpretation, if any, to assist the ICG in keeping the Proposal up to date with respect to all matters pertaining to ccTLDs.

References to documentation of policy development and dispute resolution processes (ccTLDs) (Section 1036) 

The ccNSO Council notes that the list of reference documentation of policy development and dispute resolution process (ccTLDs), section 1036, includes a reference to ICP-1, carrying the implication that ICP-1 is policy. 

The ccNSO Council regrets this, and believes that this reference creates unnecessary ambiguity and uncertainty now and, more importantly, for the post-transition landscape.

The ccNSO Council further regrets that the inclusion of such a reference has unnecessarily re-opened a debate on the proposal as a whole, and as a result has had a adverse effect on the support for the Stewardship Proposal by the ccTLD community.

Inclusion of a reference to ICP-1 in this way is incorrect. It is not a document of policy development and dispute resolution processes as implied by the heading of this section.

As noted in section 1027 of the Proposal, the ccTLD community and the ccNSO have very longstanding and formal objections to ICP-1 on the grounds of both content and procedure.

Further, as noted above, section 1025 of the Proposal, following formal submision of the Framework of Interpretation, the ICANN board has agreed to our recommendation that ICANN is to archive ICP-1, News Memo – 1 and also the GAC Principles 2000 (superseded by the GAC Principles 2005[2]).  Also, the Framework of Interpretation, accepted unanimously by ccTLD members of the ccNSO, articulates that RFC1591 and the 2005 GAC Principles are they only applicable policies and guidelines for delegations and redelegations of ccTLDs.

Finally, we observe that referencing ICP-1 alone in this section is inconsistent. Either, all obsolete and non-policy documentation should be included, or only actual and current documentation. In the first case News Memo – 1 and the GAC Principles 2000 along with several early RFCs should be included as well (marking them as obsolete and their status of archived), or none of them should be referenced at all. 

The ccNSO Council therefore recommends and requests appropriate editorial changes, which can be achieved by removing the reference to ICP-1 in section 1036 altogether, and including a footnote referencing the removal clearly indicating the non-status of ICP-1 as well as News Memo 1 and GAC Principles from 2000 (the latter having been formally superseded by the GAC).   

AUGUST 2015 ccNSO Report

ccNSO Council Meeting (20 Aug)

 Recording: http://ftp.adigo.com/clients/icann/20150820_ccNSO_Council_Call.zip

•  Internet Governance - Report provided by Young Eum Lee
• ICG - Keith Davidson
  • ICG put out a proposal at end of July, if ccNSO intends to submit comments they have until 8 Sept. To date 22 submissions have been received - issues identified to date are easily addressed
  • ICG has held two webinars
  • There was a lot of discussion around the ICP-1 (the Internet Coordination Policy 1) which was one of 3 documents produced by ICANN staff shortly after the creation of the Internet Coordination Policy group in an attempt to update operational details over how the DNS was structured and should be run. The document has been a source of significant friction between ICANN and the ccTLD community. The ccNSO formally rejected the ICP-1 document arguing that it modified policy but did not meet the requirements for doing so at the time of its introduction in 1999. (Refer Final Proposal for Chartering Organizations' Consideration (11 June))
  • ccNSO noted some reservations in BA around the CWG Stewardship proposal re the inclusion of the ICP-1 in the list of relevant documents. There was further discussion about this and it has been decided  that a letter to the Board and  submission will be made by the ccNSO (Keith, Becky and Nigel willl assist the Secretariat to draft a note for the ICG and Board). Unanimously supported.
  • Nigel voiced reservation about the"implementation of the FOI" as reported by Keith. Policies are implemented. A policy already exists. FOI is interpretation of existing policy and hence needs to be applied.
  • Keith said that aspects of systems, website, etc need to be changed to accommodate FOI within existing processes. Indications are that IANA are treating it with urgency. Moving forward expeditiously. 
• CWG Stewardship (Lisa Fuhr unavailable)
  • main item has been around the SLE (Service Level Expectation) effort; strong indication is that the SLE is almost concluded. Issue of ICP-1 was discussed extensively
• ccWG Accountability (Becky Burr)
  • 2nd proposal has been published. GAC members have been involved in the process - stress test 18 - their advice is taken in consensus. 
  • Becky is concerned that not all ccTLD issues have been addressed. Fundamental pieces have been agreed upon, but the goal is to have these accepted in Dublin. All aspects of CWG requirements have been met, but no formal feedback has been received from CWG yet.
• Preparation for the Decision-making proces on CWG and CCWG proposals in Dublin
  • At the Dublin meeting the ccNSO will most likely have to decide on:
  • Whether there is community support for the Final Proposal of the CCWG Accountability, in particular on WS 1
  • Check whether the CCWG Accountability Final Proposal meets the conditionality requirements (as defined by the CWG-Stewardship, as required by BA resolution)
  • In order to prepare for the decision-making in Dublin, this item will be included on the agenda of this and upcoming Council meetings. 
  • Discussion points:
    • Should the RO’s be invited again to co-organise the meeting?  Becky say yes! Their input is important.
    • Use similar structure of sessions (relevant for the Program WG)?
      • Informational sessions;
      • Discussion sessions
      • Council decision is sensing level of support by community and recording this and based on the recorded level of community endorsement, support submission to the Board of Directors.
• IDN ccTLD Fast Track Review
  • At its Buenos Aires meeting, the ICANN Board of Directors have requested the ccNSO to provide further guidance pertaining to IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, in particular on issues relating to the second panel to assess potential confusing similarity of strings. In providing guidance the GAC and SSAC need to be consulted

  • The draft charter is still under discussion. As soon as draft charter is ready, it will circulated with to Council email list for discussion and adoption. After adoption the secretariat will send out a call for volunteers.

• SECIR Working Group (Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response)
  • The SECIR WG has completed its work, which is documented in its Final report, including recommendations for next steps. In anticipation of closure of the WG, and following the ccNSO Council resolution in BA, the WG has drafted a charter/statement of purpose for the TLD-Ops Standing Committee. The role of the committee is to give guidance to and oversee activities of the TLD-Ops secretariat. To ensure continuity, the SECIR WG will act as interim TLD-Ops up and until all members of the TLD-Ops Standing Committee are appointed by Council.
    
  • The Council adopted the SECIR Final Report and its recommendations. The Council thanked the working group for their hard work and for turning the project into a success.
  • The Council adopted the proposed charter for the TLD-Ops Standing Committee and is requesting volunteers for membership of this committee
• Discussion of Meeting B Strategy
  • No decision has been made regarding programme for proposed new Meeting B. Working group plan to run a survey - ccNSO would like a fulsome discussion with the full community in Dublin. There was concern raised about how they would carry out their normal work, and that they will need to amend their current processes so that they can do everything that needs to be done.
• ccNSO Council Elections
  • Five regional councillors are stepping down according to schedule: Lesley Cowley (EU) Demi Getschko (LAC) Keith Davidson (AP) Abibu Ntahugiue (AF) and Becky Burr (NA). Victor Abboud (LAC) has also resigned so that the LAC region will need two councillors. 
  • A timeline for the ccNSO Council election has been outlined and adopted. Gabriella Schittek has been appointed as Election Manager.
• Appointment of ccNSO member on ICANN's nominating committee
  • There was some considerable discussion about whether the Council had followed its guidelines for receiving nominations within an identified timeframe. The discussion focused on on the fact that the Council has not followed the guidelines basically since it was created. Lesley noted that this was because there was seldom an election required, as it was already difficult to find someone prepared to take on the NomCom role. This year there are two candidates and Nigel Roberts asked that they follow the guidelines or amend the ones they've got to fit what they have done. Nigel's point was that in light of ICANN Accountability it was not a good look for the ccNSO Council to not follow its own rules, especially when there has been a complaint. 
  • BYRON - "The decision is to continue to follow the current process - because the Council can decide. We recognise that there has been some dissension on this issue and suggest we delay the nominations for another week and reissue the call for nominations - with proposers and seconders. The Seccretariat will write up the resolution."
• Strategic and Operational Working Group (SOPWG)
  • Four volunteers were appointed to the WG: Barrak Otieno (AfTLD), Pablo Rogrigues (.pr), Dotty Sparks de Blanc (.vi) Michael Vasilakis (.gr)
• ICANN Leadership Training (Dublin)
  • The ccNSO is eligible to appoint two volunteers for the ICANN leadership training in Dublin. The traning is intended for current ccNSO Leadership (councillors, working group chairs) and potential leaders. Closing dat for appointment is 31 Aug 2015.
  • Lesley asked if there were any volunteers (Jordi Iparraguirre volunteered in the chat). Byron suggested setting up a WG to seek someone.
  • Byron said it was always difficult to get volunteers because everyone was so busy with their jobs (not just a ccNSO problem)
• GNSO Liaison Update - provided by Patrick Miles
• ALAC Liaison Update - provided by Ron Sherwood

JULY 2015 ccNSO Report

• No July ccNSO Council meeting.
• The ccNSO council have been notified about the public comment periods for:
  • 29-2015: Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report
  • ICANN CEO Search Committee Announces CEO Candidate Criteria: Deadline for Application Submission is 20 September 2015
  • The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group's (ICG) Interim Final Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the IANA Functions opening on 31 July, with an end date of around 8 September. The ICG will hold webinars at the beginning of the public comment period to provide an overview of the proposal. 
  • The CCWG-Accountability also plans to publish the second version of its proposal for a 40-day public comment also beginning 31 July and ending 8 September 2015. 

• Katrina Sataki (Chair of the Guidelines Review Committee) has asked for volunteers for her committee to . Seven ccTLD members have answered the call. (.eu, .rs x2, .as, .gt, .cc, .gt)
• ccNSO July 2015 Workplan
• June summary of ccNSO activities including:
  • ccNSO Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires53/presentations.htm
  • Tech Day Output: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires53/workshop.htm
  • 25 June - ccNSO Council Resolution on CWG Final Proposal
  • 24 June - .BN (Brunei) Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO
  • 22 June - ccNSO travel funding committee is now accepting applications to the ICANN meeting in Dublin, Ireland 18-22 October 2015: ccNSO Travel Funding Open for Dublin Applications
  • 17 June - Overview of Outreach Efforts Regarding the IANA Stewardship Transition with Special Reference to the ccTLD Community
  • 16 June - CWG – Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability co-chairs blog-post on coordination and dependencies between the two processes and confirm their conditionality. https://www.icann.org/news/blog/continuing-alignment-working-together-towards-a-new-stewardship-and-enhanced-accountability
  • 15 June - Invitation from ccNSO Chair to Participate in Discussions on the CWG Proposal in Buenos Aires
  • 12 June - CWG Update Webinar for the ccTLD Community Presentation and Adobe Connect Recording
  • 8 June - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs Telephone Conference Transcript
• NOTES
• (July 21) A memorial notice has been placed on the ccNSO website in commemoration of Dr. Oscar Moreno who passed away July 14.  Dr. Moreno was member of the ccNSO Council from October 2007- until 2009. 
• (July 17) Council Chair notified council members of one ccWG member's procedural concern at the Paris meeting. Jordan informed me that the deviation from the standard process had been discussed and agreed on at an earlier teleconference that for any areas of work that were not contentious, then the two readings over the two days would ensure consensus on these issues, as part of their Second Public Comment Report (NOT to finalise it in the proposal). It would save further discussion time in later phone meetings where consensus was evident. Their ability to make this internal change is in their Charter.
• (Buenos Aires) Thanks again to Byron for attending our joint ALAC/ccNSO meeting in BA -  late afternoon - not good timing for us or them. But appreciated his update on ccNSO decision-making and he touched on outreach activities.

JUNE 2015 ccNSO Report

ccNSO COUNCIL MEETING (BUENOS AIRES): Resolutions passed.

• Resolution on the Final Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group on Naming-Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship)
  • The ccNSO Council notes and welcomes the exemplary, long and intensive consultation efforts and process the CWG-Stewardship went through to gather input and feed-back from the community and wholeheartedly thanks all members and participants of the CWG-Stewardship for all its hard work.

• • Taking into account the outreach, engagement and consultation efforts of the CWG-Stewardship, the outreach and engagement efforts of the ccNSO appointed members on the CWG-Stewardship, and the ccNSO and Regional ccTLD Organizations, and taking into account the extensive consultation of the ccTLD community present in Singapore and Buenos Aires, the ccNSO Council is in a position to take a decision on whether it supports the submission of the CWG-Stewardship Proposals to the ICG.

• • The ccNSO Council notes the unanimous support for the CWG-Stewardship Proposal by the ccTLD community present at the sessions on the topic at the Buenos Aires joint meetings of the ccNSO and Regional Organizations.
    
    
  • Taking into account the unanimous support by the ccTLDs present for CWG-Stewardship Proposal, the ccNSO Council supports that the CWG-Stewardship submits its Final Proposal to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group.

• • The ccNSO Council support is based on the assumption that the CWG-Stewardship Final Proposal is conditional upon the implementation of ICANN-level accountability mechanisms substantially in the form listed in the Final Proposal section 106, and which are part of the ICANN-level accountability mechanisms (Work Stream 1) being developed by the CCWG-Accountability and moreover that: 

1. 1. These mechanisms will need to be supported by the ccNSO and;
   2. Approved by the ICANN Board and;
   3. All required bylaws amendments will need to be adopted before the transition and;
   4. All other required implementation be completed before the transition or, if not implemented beforehand, that there will be irrevocable commitments of such implementation to be complete within a reasonable time period after the transition, not to exceed one year.

• • Following the submission of the Final Report of the CCWG-Accountability on Work Stream 1 and subsequent ccNSO consideration of the proposals of the CCWG-Accountability, the ccNSO Council will communicate the results of these deliberations to the ICG, ICANN Board and NTIA, as necessary, to confirm whether or not the conditionality requirements as set out in the CWG-Stewardship Final Proposal have been met from a ccNSO perspective.

• • The ccNSO Council recommends that the CWG-Stewardship only be formally closed upon submission, by the ICANN Board, of the final transition proposal to the NTIA, thus allowing the CWG-Stewardship to provide input to the ICG and/or ccNSO should any questions or issues arise before that time.

• • The ccNSO Council requests the secretariat to publish this resolution as soon as possible after the closure of this ccNSO Council meeting. In accordance to the rules of the ccNSO (http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf), the decisions in this resolution will become effective seven days after publication of these decisions by the Council. For the interim, the chair of the ccNSO is requested to inform the co-chairs of the CWG-Stewardship of decisions of the ccNSO Council under the assumption the decision is effective and subsequently, after seven (7) days, whether the decision has become effective

• Approval of .BN application

  • The ccNSO Council approves the application of the ccTLD manager of .bn and welcomes Brunei Darussalam Network Information Centre Sdn Bhd, the ccTLD manager for .bn (Brunei) as 156th member of the ccNSO.

• Appointment of FOI advisory team
  • Taking into account and under the assumption that the ICANN Board will task ICANN staff to start the implementation of the Framework of Interpretation (FOI), and anticipating that he ccNSO Council will be requested to appoint a small advisory team of experts to assist ICANN staff, the ccNSO Council appoints the former chairs and vice-chair of the FOIWG, Keith Davidson and Becky Burr, as the ccNSO FOI implementation advisory team. In this capacity they are requested to regularly update Council and the broader community on progress made with respect to the implementation of the FOI. The secretariat is requested to inform relevant ICANN staff of this appointment.
• Retirement Interaction Strategic and Operational Plan Guideline.
  • At the suggestion of the Guideline Review Committee (GRC) and taking into account that during the update by GRC to the community present there were no objections, the ccNSO Council retires the ccNSO Guideline Interaction Strategic and Operating Plan, 5 November 2008, and request the secretariat to archive the Guideline as retired on the ccNSO website.
• Additional Volunteers GRC.
  
  • The ccNSO secretariat is requested to send out a call for volunteers to the community as soon as possible to seek additional volunteers
  • Appointment ccNSO members CCWG Use of Names of Country and territory names as TLDs.
  • Sanna Sahlman, .fi 
  • Monica Capparelli, .ar 
  • Lucila abate, .ar.  
  • The ccNSO Council appoints the following persons as ccNSO members of the cross-community working group on use of country and territory names as TLDs:
• SECIR (Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response)
  • Taking into account the advice of the SECIR working group to ensure continuation of oversight and guidance of the secretariat in maintaining and enhancing the SECIR email list of contact details, the ccNSO Council requests the SECIR WG to draft a charter for such an oversight and guidance committee. The SECIR WG is also requested to submit the draft charter at the same time it submits its final report and perform the oversight and guidance role until the envisioned SECIR oversight and guidance committee has been appointed.
• Additional Call for volunteers SOP WG
  

  1. The ccNSO Council thanks Peter Van Roste (CENTR) and Dina Beer (formerly with the .IL registry, for their hard working and contribution to the success of the SOPWG.

  2. The ccNSO request the secretariat to send out a call for volunteers who have developed an expertise in Strategy and Operating Plans as well as budgetary matters and can commit to work at least six days on a yearly basis

• Next meetings

- 20 August 2015, 12.00 UTC (conference call)

- 24 September 2015, 12.00 UTC (conference call)

- 21 October 2015, 16.00 UTC (in person, Dublin ICANN meeting)

Members Days (Tuesday & Weds) - ICANN updates including IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability (CWG and CCWG activities and perspectives), New Meeting Strategy, etc 

• Documents, etc available at http://ccnso.icann.org//meetings/buenos-aires53/agenda.htm
• Presentations by speakers available at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires53/presentations.htm
• Currently only audios of ccNSO meetings available at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires53/transcripts.htm).

Technical Day (Monday) included .ke explaining a DNSSEC crash,mistakes and lessons learned plus offers of support and assistance from other members to anyone with similar difficulties. 

• Currently only audio of sessions on Technical Day available at http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/buenos-aires53/workshop.htm)

ccNSO/ALAC meeting (Sunday) - not as animated as normal (perhaps 4.45pm not a good time after ALAC's no-break programme since 8am). Thanks to Byron and his team for explaining their decision-making process and outreach activities. 

NB:  ccNSO meetings attended as ALAC involvements allowed. 

ccNSO Activity Summary for May 2015

Working/Study Group Meeting Output:

MAY 2015 ccNSO Report

*Council meeting - 21 May - The minutes of last month's meeting (23 April)

Updates given on Internet Governance WG (Young Eum Lee), CWG (Lise - written) and CCWG (Mathieu).

• CCWG-IG - it was noted that the CCWG-IG does not have the mandate from the groups they represent to agree on a certain position regarding Netmundial. This will be discussed at the Buenos Aires meeting
• CWG Stewardship - Bart noted that of the 49 submissions, 14 came from ccTLDs.
• CCWG - Mathieu noted appreciation of the Council Chair's letter regarding broad consensus issue. Co-Chairs would like input from ccTLD community - interactive webinars possible option

The decision-making process on the CWG and CCWG proposals does not fit the ccNSO model of decision-making - a PDP is to attempt to find a solution "in the near future" (this wording was debated -  Bart and Keith to work on wording that better reflects the reality of the time required to undertake a PDP )

A resolution was unanimously passed that ALL ccNSO Council members will also be on the ccNSO Members email list - this was a major discussion topic on the Council list!

SECIR report - membership now 148 (from 131 a week ago).

ccNSO-Board topics for BA: 

• Update FOI & potential discussion open issues (see also Substantive issues and proposal Keith on letter to CWG and CCWG and future PDPs)

ccNSO/ccTLD community specific issues with timeline, CWG and CCWG proposals

• SOPWG submission and questions re draft FY 16 Ops Plan and Budget

Rumour raised by Ron that there may be a change of date and time for the ccNSO-ALAC joint meeting in BA? Gisella to confirm.

*ccNSO Workplan for the month of May 2015 (Bart to discuss at the Council meeting - contains ccNSO member activities and involvements eg working groups)

*A special Council meeting will be held on the 28 May to give the Council a special session to address the CWG 2nd draft proposal public comments.  

*The proposed agenda for ccNSO sessions at Buenos Aires can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org//meetings/buenos-aires53/agenda.htm

*ccNSO Pre-registration Form (for Buenos Aires)

In preparation for the Buenos Aires meeting the ccNSO have set up a pre-registration form for ccTLDs to pre-register for the meeting. Although it is not compulsory, it would give the staff some idea of what numbers they are preparing for at each of their sessions. The registration form asks for : (1) their ccTLD (2) their country (3) First name (4) Last name (5) email address  and (6) a robot check.  It is only available for registering ccTLD members.There is no option for  registration for those who are not ccNSO members or those who might be peripheral to the work of ccTLD managers. 

However, the idea of a pre-registration form has merit perhaps for the ALAC. In light of what has occurred with some of our members, pre-registration would be helpful to track the progress of visas; perhaps advise of needed support in preparation for ALAC and working group meetings, etc; it might allow for ALAC members to identify what sessions they plan to spend most of their non-ALAC time, to ensure an overall coverage of ALAC areas of interest. Pre-registration would give the ALAC Chair some indication of the voting membership to be available at the meeting beforehand, or at specific ALAC events; staff would get some idea of catering needs for the different sessions (ALT, ALAC, ALAC working groups). Pre-registration could add value to how the ALAC operates.

 *UNANIMITY or CONSENSUS Debate

In answer to an email debate among the membership in response to concerns raised by the that has come from the ccNSO co-Chairs of the CWG and CCWG, Byron Holland provided a formal statement " This is a follow up to our letter dated March 26, 2015. Subsequent conversations with the ccNSO appointed co-chairs on the CWG- Stewardship and CCWG Accountability on April 15, 2015,  and an informal Council call on April 17, 2015 suggest that the initial content of the letter from the ccNSO Council may have raised questions and caused some confusion. Specifically, we understand that clarity is required around the following statement: “…that the proposals coming out of the CWG and CCWG are…. broadly supported by their membership, and, in particular, by all of the ccTLD representatives”.  It was asked whether this implied that the final proposal of the CWG or CCWG required unanimity or full consensus of the ccNSO appointed members, members and representatives. This question was discussed at the ccNSO Council meeting on April 23, 2015. In the view of the Council, broad support by the ccTLD representatives does NOT imply unanimity or full consensus, either by the ccNSO members or by the non-ccNSO ccTLD members and representatives of the group. Unanimity would mean the ccNSO Council impose a higher level of consensus on the internal decision-making process of the CWG or CCWG than what is defined in the charter adopted by the ccNSO. It would also reach above requirements set by NTIA, according to its announcement on consensus support. Although unanimity is not required, we do expect the proposal of the CWG or CCWG, when submitted, to reflect significant consensus. We also expect that all the ccTLD members and representatives of these groups will apply reasonable efforts to take into account all views and concerns."

*SECIR ("Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response”) Conference Call #14

This group includes non-members as well as members of ccNSO .. as a consequence, their subscription list has risen from 97 last month to 131. Information links for TLD-OPS: http://ccnso.icann.org/resources/tld-ops-secure-communication.htm and for  SECIR: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/secir.htm

APRIL 2015 ccNSO Report

With the Buenos Aires meeting looming, we need to work on an agenda for our joint meeting proposed for Tuesday 23 June 7.15-8.15 (with coffee and snacks). Support for cWG and ccWG issues? Inreach - internal cctld/ALS liaison? Ron's recent liaison report to ccNSO highlighted the number of ALSes and the potential benefits of their building a relationship with their ccTLDs.

ccNSO Council Meeting 23 April - summary report

Young Eum Lee (.kr) replaces Jordan Carter as Co-Chair for Internet Governance due to Jordan's commitments with the ccWG Accountability

The Council expressed no objection to the change made in the ccWG IG Charter encouraging participation by any interested parties in IG working groups. Any formal decisions will be made by those appointed by their chartering organisations.

Discussion about the need for unanimity of ccNSO representatives on the ccWG Accountability resulted in a agreement by the Council that strong consensus of its appointed members should suffice. Disagreement centres around one member who is supporting the status quo rather than the IANA transition process.  

There is still discussion about how best to get feedback from the ccTLD community without going through their normal process of F2F discussion. Of particular concern is how to gain their timely feedback on cWG and ccWG matters.

The SECIR WG has now subscribed over 100 members (77 last month). Looking at a brochure and outreach activities to help to build this number. Next call is May 11. The purpose of the group is to build up a communication network for ccTLD incident response.

Special ccNSO Council meeting (for cWG and ccWG updates) – 17 April

Report from Lise re CWG IANA update: focus on internal model with legal separation of IANA Function Operator as an affiliate with light weight Board (operational) – legal team investigating model - cWG webinar being prepared – cWG deliverables conditional on some aspects of ccWG  (IANA Budget, community empowerment, redress and review, appeal mechanism (ccTLD delegation and redelegation is excluded from appeal process – ccNSO to work on this at a later stage). Public comment period 28 days. Consultation window conflicts with normal ccNSO process which includes full discussion with community (including a face-to-face meeting). This matter will require a decision by the Council to redesign their decision-making process to deal with the speed of decision-making required of the CWG and CCWG proposals. A question was raised about how easy it was to gain consensus from such a diverse group. Lise explained that decisions are very much consensus-based. There is a technical group but there also needs to be a group to deal with complaints. No objections to the model under discussion from the Council.

"Secure Email Communication for cccTLD Incident Response” (SECIR) conference call #13

number of ccTLDs that have joined the mailing list increased from 77 last month to 97.  ccNSO Secretariat have been contacting non-members in batches since ICANN52, and have now invited everyone to join. The WG will increase its outreach in order to encourage more engagement.

A TLD-OPS brochure has been produced to hand out at F2F meetings or by email, encouraging joining up.

Outreach activities proposed - e.g. announcement of the 100th ASCII subscriber, and a short presentation at the ccNSO Members Day in BA to update the community. 

MARCH 2015 ccNSO Report

 ccNSO Activity Summary for March 2015

 Working/Study Group Output:

19 March - CCWG IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions Teleconference   Transcript

ccNSO members are being frequently updated by email about cWG. ccWG and internal activities. Member engagement is a focus of the TLD-OPS WG and a recent conference call demonstrated increased interest in the work of the ccNSO within their community. How the ccNSO might encourage ccTLDs to become more informed and to contribute more to the decision-making of the Council has been raised as an issue. As this too is a concern of the ALAC, the results of our proposed review of ALAC communication and participation processes and our aims to encourage more ALS engagement, could be helpful to the ccNSO. It could also be a topic for discussion at our joint meeting at ICANN53.

 Follow-up to Council Mtg- Click here for the letter from the ccNSO Council to the CWG and CCWG co-Chairs regarding the decision-making process the ccNSO community will employ to make its decisions about the proposals that will come out of the Stewardship and Accountability workstreams.  Briefly, proposals are initially distributed to the at-large ccNSO community by email for comment, and then discussed and generally decided upon by the Council and those who attend a face-to-face meeting. 

Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incident Response (SECIR) WG - Conference call #12 Mar 20

TLD-OPS status - membership of the list has grown from 29 to 77 since the last conference call on Feb 24.  Invitations to attend the WG sessions by the ccNSO Secretariat are reliant on all IANA Admin Contact email addresses are up to date

Rules of Engagement - feedback on the two webinars on TLD-OPS "rules of engagement" have been discussed. The need for more clarity has resulted in the group refining their draft set of rules over the next weeks, for instance, adding an example for each of the TLD-OPS colour levels. More information about the WG on http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/secir-tld-ops-overview-02mar15-en.pdf

Sharing of incident information - while the purpose of the group is to act as a contact repository for ccTLDs the group decided that  they may share incident information which may be useful and relevant to a large number of subscribed ccTLDs. The group's guidelines will stipulate the use of the main list for sharing but one example could be one ccTLD wanting to notify its peers of an ongoing dictionary attack on the ccTLD's name server because the attack might soon hop to another ccTLD.

The next conference meeting will be during the week of April 8. 

 Informal Report on the ccNSO Council meeting 19 March 1200UTC

CWG and CCWG updates featured highly in reports

Engagement of ccTLD members (including those outside of ccNSO) in the decision making process became a hot topic - to ensure that the ccTLD community viewpoint is heard in discussions about the separability issue, the FOI, use of ICANN finances, etc. Current consensus is that people aren't involved enough. More outreach and facilitating a greater understanding among ccTLD managers is required  to enable more ccTLD managers with appropriate knowledge and expertise to be more involved in ccNSO decision making about important ICANN issues that the ccNSO should be contributing to.

the Council chair and the Chair of the FOIWG have written to the Board Chair, recommending that "the ICANN Board of Directors adopt the FOI and the related recommendations, as included in the Final Report of the FOI WG as the specific guidance on the interpretation of the existing and applicable policies and guidelines on delegation, redelegations and revocation and transfer of ccTLDs."  The ccNSO Council will also "provide the FOI as input to both the CWG Stewardship and CCCWG Accountability working groups, with the request that the FOI and relevant recommendations from the report be incorporated into their work, including the Service Level Agreement, which will be included in the proposal for the IANA Transition Plan".

the Council adopted their Annual Workplan and Schedule and requested that the Secretariat update the workplan monthly and in accordance with the ccNSO Guideline to maintainims, update and review the ccNSO Workplan.

ccNSO Report February 2015

ccNSO Council Meeting (11 Feb, Singapore52 meeting)

(1) Internet Governance Report (Bart) - there was a proposal to change the role of observers to that of participants

(2) British Virgin Islands (.vg) becomes ccNSO's 153rd member

(3) Giovanni Seppia is appointed to the Chair of the ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning (SOP) WG - he will liaise between the SOPWG and the Council; Andreas Musielak (.de) was appointed as a member.

(4) Young Eum Lee and Celia Lerman Friedman were appointed as ccNSO's community nominations for the 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award panel.

(5) Five regional councillors re-elected for another 3 year term - Africa, Vika Mpisane (.za), Asia-Pacific, Young-Eum Lee (.kr), Europe, Katrina Sataki (.lv), Latin America, Margarit Valdes (.cl), North America, Byron Holland (.ca).

(6) Final Report of the Freedom of Interpretation Working Group (direct wording of the resolutions)

(6.1) Support Framework of Interpretation. The ccNSO Council expresses its final support for the "Framework of Interpretation" to provide more accurate and detailed analysis of the existing policies for the delegation, transfer and revocation of country code Top Level Domains.

(6.2) Submission of the Framework of Interpretation and recommendations to CWG Stewardship and CCWG Accountability: The ccNSO Council will provide the Framework of Interpretation as an input to both the CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability working groups, with the request that the Framework and relevant recommendations from the report be incorporated into their work, including into the Service Level Agreement that will be included in the proposal for the IANA Transition Plan.

(6.3) Submission of the Framework of Interpretation and recommendations to ICANN Board of Directors. The ccNSO Council empowers its Chair and Keith Davidson, former chair of the FOIWG, to recommend the Final Report of the FOIWG to the ICANN Board of Directors, if they consider that the terms of the GAC Communiqué are compatible with such recommendation. The ccNSO Council also recommends that ICANN adopt the Framework of Interpretation and adopt the document as the specific guidance on the interpretation of the existing, applicable policies. With that in mind, the ccNSO Council recommends that certain previous documents including the GAC Principles 2000 (which the GAC has superseded in 2005), ICANN's ICP1 and News Memo 1 should be archived and considered no longer used by ICANN or IANA staff.  The ccNSO Council urges ICANN and IANA staff to apply the Framework in the near future, and the Council stands ready to assist IANA staff with that work.

(7)  The ccNSO Council adopted the assignment of roles and responsibilities of Council members  after the workshop on Sunday 8th Feb.   

(8) Byron Holland (.ca) was elected for this third term as Chair of the ccNSO; Katrina (.lv), Keith (.nz),

ccNSO-ALAC  Joint meeting 10 Feb, Singapore

(1) Giovanni Seppi gave an update report on developments of the ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning WG.

(2) Byron summarised the work of the CWG Transition - ALAC asked for a copy of his summary (TBA)

(3) Outreach and Engagement - ccNSO provide webinars for newcomers, and to explain ccTLD issues

(4) Tuesday 7am decided as the ccNSO-ALAC meeting time at each meeting. A request was made for breakfast to be provided.

General Information

 What's on top for the ccNSO at this time? 

ccNSO Report January 2015

ccNSO Internet Governance Coordination Committee: At the Council meeting, I was appointed as an observer on the ccNSO IG Coordination Committee - IG issues for ccTLDs are an interest area for me and I appreciate the support of the Council for my membership of this committee; 

ALAC-ccNSO meeting in Singapore (Tuesday 10th Feb, 7.15am-8.15am). Their proposed topics include: Setting a fixed time for future meetings, CWG Stewardship: progress to date, Decision making processes, outreach efforts? and CCWG Accountability: progress to date. More details as the Council minutes become available.

ccNSO Newcomer Webinar- 27 January @ 8:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC. To introduce newcomers to the ccNSO and ICANN world 

ccNSO Council mtg Agenda (22 January 1200UTC) to include updates on : Internet Governance Update (Jordan Carter); IANA Stewardship Transition Process (CWG-Lise Fuhr; ICG-Keith Davidson; ISTACC-Byron Holland); Enhancement ICANN's Accountability Process (Matthieu Weill); Appointment of members to the Review Guidelines Committee and of the ccNSO IG Coordination Committee; Name Collision issue; Feedback on the Top 5 ICANN Enterprise Risks for the Board Risk Committee; Council Schedule for the Singapore meeting (including meeting with ALT on Tuesday am); and Councillors' updates. 

Meeting documents from 11 Dec Council meeting available http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm (minutes still to be confirmed)

Current email discussions: 

• Patrick Myles flagged in his GNSO report the topic of ICANN revenue produced by the new gTLD auctions - a CCWG appropriate?
• Chris Disspain recently raised gTLDs wanting the CWG Accountability Group to have a role in determining an Appeals process for registry operators and governments (In the case of ccTLDs) to deal with delegation and "redelegation" decisions. Don't they recognise the new policy that the Freedom of Interpretation WG (FOIWG) spent more than 3 years developing? (Cheryl to comment?) 
• Olivier began the year with a request for ccTLDs who were not members of ccNSO - I raised the spreadsheet which Ron, Dev and I partially coordinated, of ALS, ccNSO  and GAC members from each country. Not all countries have all 3 organisational members. RALO coordination is required to complete the details in the spreadsheet but then it would be helpful to be able to attach it to something meaningful where the information could be accessed and made useful. 

ccNSO Report 15 December 2014

ALAC staff's suggested times for the ALAC-ccNSO joint meeting are to be proposed to the next Council meeting. The suggested times are Sunday evening, or Tuesday morning (before the start of the ccNSO meeting). A proposal for a topic or topics TBC before then as well. Katrina will consult with Byron and Keith. 

ccTLD feedback is being sought for a range of topics to be considered by the Triage team for presentation to the Council. The topics are being considered include: Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information; auDA's alternative proposal to the CWG; IDN TLDs - LGR Procedure Implementation - Maximal Starting Repertoire Vn 2 (refer to https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-15-en; IGO/INGO Access to curative rights protections WG; and.. Country and Territory Names within the .BMW and .MINI TLDs 

Draft ccNSO meeting schedule for Tues 10 and Weds 11 Feb 2015, http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/Singapore52/agenda.htm 

ccNSO Council meeting held on 11 December 2014 (2am Cook Islands)

Jordan Carter, ccNSO co-Chair of the CCWG-Internet Governance reported that due to the attention focused largely on the IANA stewardship and Accountability processes there is little action for other WGs. They are currently fleshing out ideas with other co-Chairs for their first call and a work programme, and for Singapore meeting

CWG Accountability report by Lise Fuhr - "There seem to be concerns regarding the Independent Appeals Panel and delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs. Furthermore the relationship between Contract co. and the Root Zone Manager has been raised as an issue too. Overall within the cc-community there seem to be concerns about the rushing of the proposal because of the deadline of January 30 and concerns about the accountability group not being on the same track since they haven’t really started yet."

CCWG use of Country and Territory Names - the co-Chairs of this CCWG requested the ccNSO and the GNSO councils not to object to the submission proposed by the CCWG as part of the public comment process of the GAC sub-group on Geographic Names. The council agreed to not object.to the statement stating t the use of country and territory names in new gTLD strings. The submission is as follows:

Dear GAC Sub-Working Group,

We are writing to you on behalf of the Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on the use of Country and Territory Names. The intension of this input is to direct your attention to the on-going work of this CWG as we believe a constructive exchange between your group and ours will contribute to our respective deliberations and also be beneficial to the wider community by facilitating the development ofcomplimentary policies. The CWG is open to members from all SO/ACs and we would therefore encourage members of the GAC sub-Working Group to join our effort. A broad membership will ensure that the CWG drafts a practical, feasible and workable policy framework that will lead to an effective policy, which will hopefully be acceptable to all Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, and serving the interest of all of ICANN’s stakeholders.

 We would like to take this opportunity to clarify the scope of the CWG, as it diverges from the GAC’s Sub-working group for protection of geographic names in next rounds of new gTLDs, and we feel it is important that both you and the wider community are aware of these differences. The CWG has been chartered to reviewthe status of country and territory names under current ICANN policies, guidelines and procedures. Furthermore, the CWG has been asked to provide advice regardingthe feasibility of developing a consistent and uniform framework – for country and territory names as top-level domains – that could be applicable across the respective Supporting Organization and Advisory Committees. Finally, should such a framework be deemed feasible, the CWG should provide detailed advice as to the content of said framework.

 We would like to stress that our work is limited to representations of names of countries, territories and their subdivisions listed on or eligible to be listed on theAlpha-2 code International Standards for country codes and codes for their subdivisions (ISO 3166-1). All other geographical indicators are considered out of scope. Moreover, our work is limited to top-level domains; second or other level domains are also outside of the scope of the CWG’s work.

 Based on the specificity of our mission, we feel it appropriate to point to the far-reaching scope of your Report on ‘The protection of geographic names in the new gTLDs process’. According to the Final Report of the ccNSO Study Group (ccNSO Study) on the Use Country and Territory Names developing a comprehensive list of all geographic names, as you propose, could lead to more impracticalities than benefits, not least because of the ‘incredible level of complexity associated with any attempt to definitely categories country or territory names, especially when such an effort includes multiple languages or scripts.’

1 The goal of the CWG is to provide a framework for policy development across the country code and generic top-level domain space. Consequently, we are cautious about the proposal of the GAC Sub Working Group to amend the Applicant Guidebook prior to the conclusion of the CWG’s work, as there could be eventual conflicts that might affect the implementation of any effective policy regarding country and territory names as top-level domains. Furthermore, we would strongly advocate coordination of the work of our respective groups as much as possible to avoid discordant recommendations.  Please note that our CWG has been chartered by the GNSO Council and the ccNSO Council

2 its membership includes participants from the ccNSO, GNSO, ALAC and the GAC. The ccNSO and GNSO Councils have both been made aware of thiscommunication effort; however, it is important to emphasize this does not represent a formal position of either Council.  

In addition, we consider it beneficial to convene a joint face-to-face meeting between the GAC Working Group and our Cross Community Working Group during the forthcoming ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore. We would suggest a working lunch  meeting on Monday, 9 February 2015 and hope this aligns with your agenda. Of course, we would be very happy to consider any alternative time you might suggest.

We hope that you will find our comments useful to your work and are optimistic that this marks the beginning of a fruitful work relationship between our respective groups. We remain at your disposal for any questions or clarifying follow-ups you might have.

 Yours sincerely

Annebeth Lange - ccNSO Member, .no  Co-Chair CWG on Country and Territory Names as top-level Domains

Carlos Raúl Gutierrez – GNSO Council Member, NomCom  Co-Chair CWG on Country and Territory Names as top-level Domains

Heather Forrest, GNSO Council Member, IPC  Co-Chair CWG on Country and Territory Names as top-level Domains

Paul Szyndler – ccNSO Member, .auCo-Chair CWG on Country and Territory Names as top-level Domain

ccNSO Report  18/11/2014

Thomas Rickert is the new GNSO liaison to the ccNSO 

Documents delivered in preparation for the ccNSO Council meeting 20 Nov 1200UTC: ALAC Liaison Report, cNSO Activity Update, CCWGCharter

With Don Hollander's resignation as General Manager of APTLD, their Board is advertising through the ccNSO system for a replacement. 

ccNSO have a Secure Email Communication for ccTLD Incidence Response (SECIR) working group that is looking at a working version of the SECIR services online as soon as possible. The SECIR services will be based on DNS-OARC’s OPS-Trust platform, as proposed to and approved by the community at ICANN51 in LA

(01/11/2014)

Regional organisations have sent out a survey to ccTLD managers - members and non-members - to provide the CWG reps with as wide a view as possible on their expectations of the IANA stewardship transition and how IANA should be structured in the future. A webinar is taking place on Tuesday November 4^th at 8 - 9 AM UTC (Adobe Room:  https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-istp/) to provide an overview whats currently happening and to give everyone some background to the survey and allow for questions. Current discussion on the ccNSO email list have raised several questions already from the community which will add grist to the mill.  

the Council voted for a Co-Chair for the Drafting Team Charter of the ccWG Accountability - Mathieu Weill (.FR)

Although a meeting evaluation for the LA meeting was taken, the results are unfortunately as individual responses rather than an aggregated analysis which would have been interesting. ALAC doesn't seek an evaluation from its members of what went well, and what could be improved at face-to-face meetings. Could be something to look at.

Because the session on Universal Acceptance was on at the same time as the Council meeting, Don Hollander provided a report which included some important issues for the ccNSO.

• There was an action item for the ccNSO council to make sure that papers that it has approved are monitored on a regular basis as they flow through the rest of the ICANN community.

• ICANN has started development work on a roadmap with some ideas, but no execution.   
• Their plans include:
• • Developing some presentation decks and related collateral that different members of the community can use locally.
  • Going to software development conferences to raise the issue.
  • Planning for a help-desk where problems associated with Universal Access can be received, recorded, and forwarded to the relevant party.
  • None of these initiatives are actually in place.

• • Mozilla has maintained a Public Suffice List for some time.  This list is used by many applications to validate top and 2^nd level domain space.   IANA appears to be providing a CSV file with a copy of TLDs for validation.  While ICANN update this four times a day, Mozilla – which maintains the Public Suffix List through a volunteer effort – keeps their file update once a month or so as volunteer time becomes available.
  • The JIG report, which was a cooperative agreement between the ccNSO and the gNSO, remains unadopted by the Board.
  •  A comment was made that ICANN was looking to raise Universal Acceptance to the same level as IPv6 and DNSSEC, yet both those initiatives have been underway for nearly two decades.
  • There is a group outside of ICANN who are keen to see Universal Acceptance sorted and APTLD will be building a ‘coalition of the willing’ to identify paths to solution – with a possible meeting in Morocco in conjunction with ICANN52.

ccNSO Activity Report for October 2014 - 

(from Kristina Nordstrom 01/11/2014)

Los Angeles Meeting Output:

30 October - Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions Telephone Conference Transcript

27 October - ccNSO Members Meeting Evaluation Los Angeles 14-15 October 2014

22 October - Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions Transcript

16 October - Los Angeles GAC Communiqué: https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee

Audio & Transcripts from the Los Angeles Meeting http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/los-angeles51/transcripts.htm

Presentations from the ccNSO Members Meeting Los Angeles 14-15 October http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/los-angeles51/presentations.htm

Audio, Transcripts & Presentations from Tech Day Los Angeles 13 October http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/los-angeles51/workshop.htm

Working/Study Group Output:

7 October - Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report and Recommendations

7 October - Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report on Revocation

7 October - Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report on “Significantly Interested Parties”

2 October - IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability Coordination Committee Telephone Conference Transcript

Mp3 recordings and agendas of various ccNSO working group meetings can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#oct

ccNSO Council Output:

22 October - ccNSO ICANN Board Nomination Report

22 October - Nomination Report for ccNSO Council 2015

20 October - Interim Adoption of Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report

ccNSO Council Meeting Transcript Los Angeles 15 October

Latest ccNSO Council Minutes: ccNSO Council Minutes 25 September

ccNSO Council preparation material and output can be found here http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm

ccNSO Council Decisions on Requests for input: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions.htm

ccNSO Council Decisions and Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm

ccNSO Progress report 10/10/2014

Final Report of the FOIWG (07/10/2014)

The Framework of Interpretation WG’s (FOIWG) Final Report has been posted and can be found at:   Framework of Interpretation Working Group Final Report and Recommendations

ccNSO members for the CWG announced (07/10/2014); 

Lise Fuhr, Erick Iriarte, Paul Kane, Vika Mpisane, Staffan Jonson

(Summary) Council meeting minutes - 25 September (08/10/14)

 1. Minutes and Actions - All action items completed with exception the action regarding a note to ICANN about the number of ccNSO seats on the Accountability process Coordination Group, which had been overtaken by events.

2. Selection ccNSO Participants ICANN Leadership Training - Resolution 98-01:THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Hasnul Fadhyly Bin Hasan, .my and Mohammed Al-Kindy, .om for the ICANN Academy Leadership Training Program. The selection was based on following criteria: (1) Representative of ccTLD managers, (2) Potential leadership role in the ccNSO/ccTLD community

3. Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance -  

Adoption of charter - Resolution 98-02: THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the charter for the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance. The secretariat is requested to inform the conveners of the informal WG as soon as possible as well as the chairs of the other SO’s and AC’s . Action 98-01: The Secretariat to inform the conveners of the informal Working Group as well as the chairs of the other SO’s and AC’s about the adoption of the charter for the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance.

Call for (additional) Volunteers - current members of the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance; Participants - Jordan Carter, Becky Burr, Young-eum Lee, Abibu Nitahigeiye (Observer) Keith Davidson.  Resolution 98-03: THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to seek confirmation of the current members whether or not they want to remain members of the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance. Once confirmed, the secretariat is requested to send a call for volunteers for the remainder of the slots. The volunteers will be appointed / reconfirmed by the Council. The chair and vice-chairs of the Council are requested to propose a candidate for co-chair of the Working Group, to be confirmed by the Council. Action 98-02: The Secretariat to seek confirmation from the current members of the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance on whether or not they would like to stay on the group.  Action 98-03: The Secretariat to send out a call for volunteers for the remaining slots of the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance.

4.  Cross-Community Working Group on the IANA Stewardship Transition - The Chair noted that theGNSO had adopted the charter of the Cross-Community Working Group on the IANA Stewardship Transition, that the ALAC is in the process of selecting members, that SSAC about to call for volunteers and that the GAC had expressed interest to participate in this group. He further noted that he had written a letter with the GNSO chair Jonathan Robinson suggesting that the timeline that had been set for this group was unrealistic. He also noted that he would initially act as interim co-chair together with Jonathan but that the intent is to select another ccNSO co-chair once the group has been formed. He finally noted that observers had been given a significant status in the group, and even though  they would not be able to vote they would be welcomed participate actively in the work of the group. He encouraged anyone interested in this work to join as an observer.  The Chair noted the receipt of a letter from Peter Van Roste urging the Council to be inclusive and transparent in the selection process of the Working Group members and suggested that instead of the Council selecting all candidates, the regional managers could come together and chose one of the five. The Council agreed that the selection meant to be made on the special Council meeting the same day should focus on selecting four of the candidates whilst the fifth candidate would be presented by the Regional Organisations within a few days, and that no final Council approval of the fifth candidate would be necessary. Lesley Cowley suggested that the Council and the Regional Organisations could have a separate discussion on to improve collaboration in the future. Peter Van Roste welcomed the suggestion and noted that the Regional Managers would do their best to put forward a candidate within the next few days. Peter also agreed with Lesley’s suggestion and noted that some work in this respect is already ongoing.

5. Progress Accountability Process - Resolution 98-04: THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the proposed draft as a ccNSO Council Statement. The ccNSO Council thanks the drafting team for its efforts and hard work to produce the statement in the limited timeframe. The Council request the Chair of the ccNSO to submit the adopted Statement as ccNSO Council.  Action 98-04: The Chair to submit the adopted Statement on behalf of the ccNSO Council.  

6. ICG Update - Keith Davidson reported that the ICG group met face-to-face during the IGF meeting in Istanbul and again recently over telephone. He noted that the next face-to-face meeting would take place during the Los Angeles meeting and that observers are welcome to join the meetings. He further noted that a request for proposals for the IANA Stewardship Transition had been issued by the group. He noted that the deadline for submitting proposals, 15 January 2015, could be difficult to keep in some cases. Keith noted that he would submit a more fulsome written report on the progress of the ICG on the Council email list. Don Hollander suggested that the ICG should also look at administrative issues. Keith welcomed Don to raise this issue with the group at the Los Angeles meeting. Action 98-05: Keith Davidson to provide a written report on the progress of the ICG on the Council email list, including links to various important documents.

7. Update ccNSO Coordination Committee - The Chair reported that the members of the coordination group would be appointed ex-officio. He further noted that a webpage had been created with the relevant links and events, which can be found at the ccNSO webpage. He also noted that an email list had been created and that the group would have a meeting on 2 October. He further suggested that the Regional Managers would be invited to participate in this group as observers. This was agreed. Action 98-06: The Secretariat to add the Regional Organisation managers to the ISTACC email list.

8. Council Updates - Chair reported that he attended the IGF meeting in Istanbul and that the SO/AC leaders had sent a joint letter to ICANN regarding the accountability process. Vice Chair - Keith Davidson noted that he would include any activity updates with his update on the ICG.  Councillors - No updates were noted. Regional organisations - Don Hollander noted that he had sent a written update to the Council email list; Peter Van Roste reported that CENTR would have a day where they would invite registrars to their General Assembly the following week and the CENTR is currently conducting a study on the sales channels for New gTLDs and how it could affect the dynamic between registrars and ccTLDs; Carolina Aguerre reported that LACTLD would have a technical meeting in Sao Paulo and that she would provide an update of the outcome of this meeting; It was noted that the joint ccNSO/ALAC meeting in Los Angeles would take place on Thursday morning on 16^th of October at 7:30 local time. Staff - No updates were noted.

9. Working Group Updates - updates deferred to the Council email list

10 Liaison Updates - The Chair noted that written updates had already been provided from the GNSO and ALAC liaisons.

ccNSO Activity Summary September 23 2014

1.The ccNsO Council have been very occupied with activities that have overtaken much of other SO and AC agendas at this time, namely:

• the IANA Stewardship Transition Process and appointments of members to the CWG
• Progress of the ccNSO Coordination Committee
• Updates on progress with ICANN's Accountability process and the adoption of the ccNSO public comment on process design
• the Selection of ccNSO participants in the ICANN leadership training
• Comments were requested of the ccNSO community on the ATLAS II Declaration

2.The Agenda for the ALAC-ccNSO Council meeting on Thursday 16 October in LA, has been confirmed.  

1. Welcome by the outgoing Chair of ALAC Olivier Crepin-Leblond and introduction of incoming Chair, Alan Greenberg (5 mins)
2. Welcome by the ccNSO Chair, Byron Holland (5 mins)
3. ATLAS II Declaration issues (Olivier – 10 mins)
4. Shared IANA and Accountability Issues (WG representatives - 20 mins)

3.This month's ccNSO Council meeting will be held on Thursday 25th September at (2am my time). Although it is during PacINET conference week, I will attend. 

ccNSO Activity Summary - August 2014

*(26 Aug) NOTE: There is concern being raised in ccNSO Council emails about ccNSO only having one seat on the Accountability Coordination Group (while gNSO gets 4). It is viewed as a very top-down approach and the appointment process of the experts group is also worrying.  They are interested in other SO/AC views. Evan?

1. Notes from the ccNSO meeting  held 21 August 1200UTC (no meeting in July)

a.       ccNSO Council Elections 2015.

Councillors whose term concludes in March 2015 include, Vika Mpisane (Africa), Young Eum Lee (Asia Pacific), Katarina Sataki (Europe), Margarita Valdes (Latin America), and Byron Holland (North America). The ccNSO has appointed an election manager for the ccNSO Council Election Process 2015.

b.      ccNSO Board member selection

The seat is currently held by Mike Silber who term ends in 2015. An election manager has been appointed for the ccNSO Board Election Process 2015. One member asked if candidates for both elections could be questioned by the members before the election. Byron confirmed that this would encourage robust dialogue so that the process is more useful to its community.

c.       ccNSO member to the NomCom

The ccNSO appointed Juhari Juselius for another term on the NomCom.

d.      Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions

The ccNSO resolved to adopt the charter for this ccWG including a friendly amendment that has been attached. Byron is to inform the chairs of the other SOs and ACs.  There was quite a bit of discussion about whether it would be possible for a ccTLD which was not a member to take up one of the 5 seats offered to the ccNSO. Byron explained that there will be a selection process but even if non-member ccTLDs are not selected for the formal seats, that they can still participate as observers, and there will be other mechanisms that will also enable them to participate, such as via a webpage and World email list. ccTLDWorld@ICANN.ORG which the staff will establish.  The Council will select its five members at its next meeting.

e.      Council Coordination Group on IANA Stewardship Transition

The Council adopted the charter as proposed for the creation of the IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability Coordination Committee. ccNSO staff will create a webpage and other means to encourage engagement of the broader ccTLD community in the two processes.

f.        Email vote for candidate for ICANN leadership training. 

Because of the delay in getting a quorum at the Council meeting, the 90 minute limit was reached before all matters could be discussed. The selection of the two candidates for the ICANN leadership training will be voted on by email.

g.      Date of next ccNSO Council meetings   

•  25 September 1200UTC
• 15 October 1500 Local, Los Angeles time
• 20 November, 1200UTC

2.      Meeting between ALAC and ccNSO in Los Angeles

Because of lack of time at the Council meeting, it was decided that Ron, Katrina and I will coordinate logistics and content for the next group meeting. This is still being finalized via Heidi and the staff. Content wise, possibly a presentation of IANA perspectives, as well as an update on the ALAC-ccNSO joint database project proposed at our last meeting. 

3.      ALAC-ccNSO Joint Database project

Discussions with Dev and Ron about progress updates relating to the ALS-ccNSO-GAC coordination for each country which is a member of any of these organisations. The current spreadsheet is listed on  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q8OAE8PcV4pwW05PwfXxfd4Rf06T_QYxL0qH745YZYU/edit?usp=sharing  with an expectation to deliver the LACRALO model of coordination as @  https://community.icann.org/display/lacstrtgy/Existing+ICANN+Stakeholders+from+LAC+region

4.      ccNSO WG on Country Names

I listened  to the recording of the last  meeting  held by the group on 15 July which was mainly an introduction to the previous WG output which was the report on the Use of Country and Territory Names.  Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names Transcript

5.      ccNSO Activity  Summary for July 2014

http://ccnso.icann.org/resources/activity-summary-jul14-en.htm

6.      ccNSO Action items completed from the last Council meeting.

Action 96-01: The Secretariat to inform the SOP Working Group about the appointment of Giovanni Seppia as interim chair of the Working Group.

 Action 96-02: The secretariat to inform the GNSO and the GNSO appointed co-chairs of the Working Group about the appointment of Lise Fuhr as ccNSO co-chair of the Working Group.

Action 96-03: The Secretariat to inform the GNSO and the GNSO appointed co-chair of the Working Group about the appointment of Becky Burr as co-chair of the Working Group for the Development of a Framework of Principles for Cross-Community Working Groups.

Action 96-04: The Secretariat to send out a call to the ccTLD community for the 4 volunteers to the charter drafting team as soon as possible after closure of the Council meeting and to indicate in the call that those who are interested may attend the informal meeting of the envisioned drafting group during the London meeting.

Action 96-05: The Chair to seek members and nominate the members of the selection committee as soon as possible and send it to the Council for final approval by 26 June noon UTC.   

Action 96-06: The Secretariat to set-up an email list, including email contacts to all ccTLDs, solely for the purpose to inform and engage the community in the IANA Stewardship Transition Process. 

Action 96-07: The Chair to finalize the call for nominations, including the criteria for selection of the 4 ccTLD members on the Coordination Committee and send it to the Council for final approval by 26 June noon UTC.  

Action 96-08: The secretariat to send out the approved call for self-nominations and refer the nominations received to the Selection Committee upon receiving the nomination.

Action 96-09: The Secretariat to publish the names of the nominees for the IANA Coordination Committee on the ccNSO Website.

Action 96-10: The Secretariat to draft a charter for a coordination committee on IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability.

ccNSO Activity Summary - July 2014

Reminder of London-related Output:

Audio & Transcripts: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/london50/transcripts.htm

Tech Day Output: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/london50/workshop.htm

ccNSO Members Meeting Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/london50/presentations.htm

Other Working/Study Group Output:

15 July - Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country/Territory Names Transcript

Mp3 recordings and agendas of various ccNSO working group meetings can be found at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#jul

ccNSO Council Output:

Council Resolutions: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions.htm

ccNSO Council Preparation Material http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/minutes.htm

Links and Announcements regarding the IANA stewardship transfer:

9 July – Latest updates on the IANA Functions

Stewardship Transition: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-16-en

19 July: Statement from the First Meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition

Coordination Group (ICG): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-icg-statement-18jul14-en.pdf

14 July - Final Report of the Selection Committee to Coordination Group IANA Stewardship Transition Process

2 July - Information on ccNSO Selection Process Coordination Group IANA Stewardship Transition Process

Other Announcements:

24 July - Update from ICANN's Policy Department

8 July - ccNSO London Meeting Highlights Report

7 July -  London Members Meeting Evaluation Results

 ccNSO Liaison Report  for ALAC - July 22

The period since London has been taken up with the selection of the Coordination Groups members. Fortunately the robust process used by the ccNSO (outlined below) prevented any arguments raised by a non-member about their non-representation in the final Coordination selection. The selection of the final four was made by a multilateral group of ccTLD managers, including a non-ccNSO member.  Apart from that, things have been fairly quiet. The monthly ccNSO Council meeting was cancelled. A survey was sought from members about their favourite session. The results are here.

The London meeting began with the Joint ALAC-ccNSO Leadership meeting (Report is below) where the main action item that resulted from this was the establishment of a database by Dev, Ron and myself linking ALSes with their ccTLDs. This database could be extended later to include GAC representatives as well. A start has been made on the database. During the London meeting I attended the first day of ccNSO presentations but unfortunately was ill on the second day and missed the ccNSO council meeting. The resolution below was the Councils initiation into the Coordination Committee selection process which resulted in the final decision (Report from the ccNSO Selection Committee on IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group) on 11 July.

London ccNSO Meeting Day Two - Draft Resolution from the ccNSO Council meeting - Weds 25 June

The ccNSO Council resolves to establish a 5 members Selection Panel to select the 4 members on the IANA Stewardship Transition Process Coordination Committee. At least 4 of the members of the selection committee shall be from the ccTLD community.  The selection committee will include at least two members of the ccNSO Council, including its chair, one member of a Board of a regional TLD organization and one non-ccNSO member. Its task is to review the applications and select the 4 ccTLD members of the Coordination Committee to the ccNSO Council by (date to be determined) prior to a special meeting of the ccNSO Council on (date to be determined). In its review and selection, the committee will take into account and be guided by the criteria for selection included in the call for nominations.

 The chair of the ccNSO is requested to seek members and nominate the members of the selection committee as soon as possible and send it to the Council for final approval by 26 June noon UTC.  Interviews of candidates may be conducted. Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible as candidates for the Coordination Committee 

London cNSO Meeting Day One - Tuesday 24 June 2014

Board meeting

• Update of Framework of Interpretation WG Delegation and Revocation Paper (final ? meeting on Thursday). Paper interprets existing policies and guidelines although it recognises that there are things not covered by this framework. The GAC has been involved since the group began (6 years ago). The Board Chair strongly recommended that people are made aware of what is in the report (Possible ALS training/webinar?)
• Other matters discussed related to strategic and operational planning; and the next steps IANA Stewardship Transition Process and Enhancement to ICANN's Accountability Process.

Internet Governance

• Several speakers presented IG in relation to ccNSO activities - a primer for ccTLDs on IG and the ITU (.ca); IG for sustainable development (.cn); and the Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Internet Policy in Latin America.

• A panel of speakers were interviewed about their perspectives on enhancing ICANN's Accountability Process. The panel included a ccTLD manager, and representatives from Verisign, RIPE, ICANN and ISOC

GAC meeting

• Heather and Byron shared their group's contributions to the IANA Transition process. Because the ccNSO is creating a cross-community working group to inform the process, Byron invited the GAC to be a member of this group. Heaither explained that the GAC is deciding as to whether they need to contribute to the Coordination Group, but are prepared to provides some comments as inputs to the paper that the ccNSO is producing. 
• A member of the GAC asked if a ccTLD that was not a member of the ccNSO would be offered a seat on the Coordination Group. Byron assured them that the members selected would meet geography and skills criteria.  

ALAC/ccNSO Leadership Meeting - Sunday 22 June 2014

Discussion focus areas:

• identifying and strengthening opportunities for collaboration between the ALAC/At-Large and ccNSO communities

• identifying immediate, medium term and long-term activities
• possible individual ccTLD and local ALS cooperation

Action items:

• Short Term - Ron, Maureen and Dev to work on a database matching ccNSO members and ALSes and sharing data 

Other possible activities:

• ICANN database offering IANA information in a more enduser-friendly access to information about ccTLDs, contact details in case of complaints, etc
• a survey of ALSes to identify what they know and what they would like to know about ccTLDS and how they work
• an education programme that will enhance ALS (160+) understanding of what ccTLDS (150) do and how they might be able to collaborate

Discussion:

• Because each ccTLD works independently, based on their own laws and legislation, ccNSO is not involved in universal policy development (cf ALAC)
• Their independence of each other, based on their own setups, creates a non-competitive organisation which encourages the sharing of best practice.
• Agreement re: consolidating information about ccTLDs and making this information more accessible and useful for end-users. 
• Beran sought advice re redelegation process. FOIWG paper on delegation and revocation- even after 5 years still not ready for publication - advised to check with Becky Burr and Cheryl Langdon Orr.

ccNSO Liaison Report  for ALAC - May 27 2014

ccNSO meeting in London - 23 - 24 June 2014

Pre-registrations have been done, but their programme is still being coordinated by their Meeting Programme Committee  

• ALAC's traditional meeting with ccNSO is still not yet confirmed

 PROMOTION: Commonwealth DNS Forum 2014: Promoting DNS Investment, Innovation and the Development of Multistakeholder Partnership

19 - 20 June 2014 - coordinated by NOMINET

 KEY TOPICS

•  Domain name industry: Hidden wealth
•  Governance of cyberspace
•  Local content and local relevance
•  Promoting investment and innovation
•  The social impact of gTLDs
•  Multi-stakeholder partnerships to develop public policy and deliver economic and social goals

ccNSO meeting 22 May 2014

• Marshall Islands (.mh) now registered member of ccNSO
• Current working groups
  • Internet governance - currently working on its Charter
  • IANA Stewardship Transition Process -  ccNSO Council Interim Comments on the IANA Transition 29 Apr 2014
  • ICANN Process to Enhance ICANN's accountability; Brief statement to the Board to be made by deadline date - Council statement will follow
  • ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning - is drafting its submission on its 5-year strategic plan 
  • FOIWG - in final stages of review of the Revocation report and the FOIWG recommendations 
  • Use of Names of Countries and Territories 

Freedom of interpretation WG mtg - 22 May 2014 

 *  It was thought that this might be the WG's final meeting, but additional discussion about the proposed recommendations that will accompany the Revocation report required more meetings to further review the recommendations. This will take place next week (two meetings if required) so that they can get this document completed before May 31, so that it can be ready in time for the FOIWG meeting with the GAC in London.

Summaries of April ccNSO activities 

ccNSO Liaison Report to the ALAC - April 28 2014

• ccNSO Council meeting (17 April) - no resolutions passed due to lack of quorum

 Framework of Interpretation Working Group Progress Report Singapore (25 March)

Calls for ccNSO Council input into :

• (ccNSO) New cross-community Working Group on the Use of Country/Territory Names as TLDs. (Cheryl and Maureen to participate in this group)
• (ccNSO) WG for the Development of a Framework of Principles for Cross-Community WGs
• (ccNSO)Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions
• ICANN Draft Strategic Plan FY 2016-2020
• (ccNSO) Submissions for NETmundial conference
• (ICANN) Internationalised Registration Data Expert Working Group Interim Report
• (gNSO)Proposed Changes to the Inter-Registrar Policy - video
• (ICANN) Strategy Panel Report (Internet Governance Ecosystem)
• IRD WG Interim Report
• (ccNSO) Quorum Interpretation Committee
• (ccNSO) Presentations ccTLD News Session for London meeting

Drafts prepared

• Draft ccNSO Council Statement on ICANN's draft proposal for process to transition key Internet domain name functions
• Draft Statement IANA oversight Transition Process
• Input to Strategy Panel Report on ICANN Multistakeholder Innovations
  

 Resolutions from the ccNSO meeting - Singapore 26 March 2014

 Resolution 93-01: ccNSO Membership

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to approve .id (Indonesia) as members of the ccNSO.

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Resolution 93-02: IANA Transition Process

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Byron Holland, Keith Davidson and Becky Burr as ccNSO Process Coordination Committee with respect to IANA Functions Transition Process. The purpose of this committee is to coordinate the ccNSO efforts to participate in the IANA Functions Transition Process, and coordinate the ccNSO with other efforts aimed at including the broad ccTLD community in the process. The committee may invite other members of the ccTLD community to participate in the work of the committee, if deemed necessary and appropriate.

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Resolution 93-03: Closure of the Joint IDN Working Group and Next Steps for Certain IDN-related Issues

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt following points regarding the JIG Working Group:

 1. The ccNSO Council believes that in view of the ongoing community work at ICANN on these issues the JIG may now be closed, and will terminate the extension of the JIG as outlined in the charter.

 2. The ccNSO Council will continue to monitor the progress of the various community-based efforts to resolve the issues raised by the JIG, and will evaluate the need for any further policy or policy related work on a periodic basis; and

 3. The ccNSO Council thanks the JIG for all its hard work in ensuring that solutions to these important issues are developed through community-based efforts.

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Resolution 93-04: Adoption of Charter for a Cross-Community Working Group to Develop a Framework of Operating Principles for Future Cross Community Working Groups

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to:

 1. Adopt the Charter and appoint Becky Burr as the ccNSO Council liaison to the CWG that will develop the Final Framework;

 2. Coordinate next steps with the GNSO Council to jointly issue a call for volunteers for the CWG; and

 3. Until such time as the CWG select its co-chairs for the Working Group and those co-chairs are confirmed by the ccNSO and GNSO Councils, the ccNSO Council liaison to the CWG shall serve as the interim co-chair from the ccNSO.  

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Action 93-01: 

The Secretariat to call for volunteers for the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop a Framework of Operating Principles for Future Cross Community Working Groups (CWG-WG).

 Resolution 93-05: Adoption of Charter for Cross-Community Working Group to Develop a Framework for the use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (UCTN WG)

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to:

 1. Adopt the Charter and appoint Paul Szyndler as the Interim ccNSO Co-Chair to the Cross-Community Working Group to advice on the feasibility of a framework for the use of Country and Territory names as TLDs, and develop such a framework if deemed feasible. 

 2. Collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for volunteers for this CWG, each in accordance with its own rules. The secretariat is requested to coordinate the call for volunteers.

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Action 93-02:

The Secretariat to call for volunteers to the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop a Framework for the use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (UCTN WG).

 Resolution 93-06: Election Review Committee Final Report

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the recommendations of its Election Review Committee:

 1. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to look into possibilities of developing a new voting system, which allows each member to handle and update their own data and which is linked to a voting tool making it the voting much easier to handle.

 2. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to update the ccNSO Election Guidelines with the additional wording: “ Only ccNSO Primary or Secondary Contacts, as listed in the ccNSO Database, are eligible to nominate or second a candidate” in the appropriate section.

 3. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to update the ccNSO Election Guidelines with the additional wording: Self-Nominations or Secondments are not allowed” in the appropriate section.

 4. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to continue its activities on awareness raising campaigns, when necessary. 

 The Council wholeheartedly thanked all members of the committee and in particular its chair Katrina Sataki, for its hard work in this area and closes the Election review Committee.

The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Chair and Vice Chair Elections

Roelof Meijer nominated Byron Holland as chair of the ccNSO.Dotty Sparks de Blanc seconded the nomination.The resolution was approved by acclamation.

 Hiro Hotta nominated Katrina Sataki as first vice-chair of the ccNSO.Lesley Cowley seconded the nomination. The resolution was approved with one abstention (Katrina Sataki).

 Young-Eum Lee nominated Keith Davidson as second vice-chair of the ccNSO. Becky Burr seconded the nomination. The resolution was approved unanimously

 Resolution 93-07: Roles and Responsibilities of Councillors

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the assignment of tasks as proposed in the assignment of roles and responsibilities March 2014.

 The resolution was approved unanimously.

 Date of next meetings

17 April 12.00 UTC

 22 May 12.00 UTC

 25 June 16.00 local London time

 AOB

Action 93-03: 

The IANA Transfer Coordination Committee to draft a statement on behalf of the ccNSO regarding the current events around Internet Governance and circulate it to the Council prior to the next Council meeting.

 Meeting Closed

ccNSO Report to the ALAC - 27 March 2014, Singapore

1. The joint meeting of the ALAC and ccNSO Council was held on Monday March 24. Olivier and Byron were delayed at an ICANN meeting regarding IANA, Katrina and I began the meeting, and then provided the participants with the overviews of our respective organisations. There were seen to be some commonalities that we can work on for the future, and these will be raised in future meetings of the coordinating committee (Katrina, myself, Cheryl and Ron). The time factor involving unforeseen circumstances did not allow for our planned discussion about internet governance but as the ICANN meeting has been overrun with this as a topic, it did not seem necessary by either group.

2. Unfortunately the Tuesday March 25 ALAC schedule was quite busy with important topics which kept me from the ccNSO programme, which included:Working Group updates:  FOIWG; ICANN Meeting Strategy ; Name collisions; Internet Governance Sessions:  NTIA Updates; Developments in Asia (with presentations from China, Korea and Singapore; and an interesting  multistakeholder panel on perspectives related to the globalisation  of IANA which I did attend); Meetings with external groups : ICANN Board, GAC, IANA and NomCom. 

3. On Weds March 26, I was able to attend a programme that was packed and interesting.. and included:

a) Security: Patrick's presentation was as per the ALAC version; An update on the survey related to a Contact Repository - which would deal with major DNS incidents relating to ccTLDs - would be quite expensive to run; Ryan Tan presented on how .sg is dealing with identity theft; The NZ internet Task force (NZITF) - Barry Brailey - a not-for -profit working on improving cybersecurity  - $50 membership fee - they organise workshops as well as draft guidelines and  support research - and participate in NetHui (invite to PacINET?); Result of malware mining in national domains  (a survey in Russia). Interesting bit-  Whowas? which gives information about identified malware domains.

b) ccTLD News from: Finland esp the government's proposal to develop a Information Society Code; Calzone.org which tracks  calendar information about any TLD applications from the time they are registered with ICANN;where are they sitting in the registration process?; CNNIC has become national hub of TLDs in China in the new gTLD era (Sun Xiantang). interesting bits - 18.44 million domain names in Chinese market; 10.83 million are registered with .cn; 74.17million on IPv4; CNNIC is involved in outreach - growing information about ICANN, also in internet governance research and keen to collaborate and share research findings;Growth through building a brand (.co - Crystal Peterson) 28k registrations in 2010, now 1.6m registrations; Business strategy based on creating awareness; building relationships with customers; .co membership (engaging with partners and business customers - with access to webinars, events, etc);.nz Marketing (Jay Daley):explained the strategy used to promote the .nz brand

c) Regional Organisations Updates: AFTLD - Africa internet Summit in May; planning to build an observatory for ccTLDs; and to hold a Domain Name Summit; APTLD - focus is on education, information and advocacy; also including DNSSEC deployment, justice sector engagement, security; IDNs, market development, registrar relationships; internet coordinator and training coordination. Mtg schedule; Malaysia last month; Oman - May 11-14; India - August; Pacific - Brisbane, September; Unfortunately I missed the other updates due to a meeting with my mentee, Gunela Astbrink. 

 4. ccNSO COUNCIL MEETING - 4-5pm March 26  (summary)

1. New ccTLD member introduced to ccNSO - Indonesia (.id) 
2. IANA Functions Transition Process - a draft statement will be circulated to the Council  prior to the public Forum meeting; it was moved that a Process Coordination Committee be formed consisting of Byron Holland, Keith Davidson and Becky Burr to coordinate the ccNSO efforts to participate in the IANA Functions Transition process and to coordinate the ccNSO with other efforts  aimed at including the broad ccTLD community in the process. Other members of the ccTLD community may be invited to participate in the work of the committee. (voted on and passed)
3. Closure of the Joint IDN Working Group (JIG) and Next Steps for Certain IDN-related issues. This group was chartered by the ccNSO and the GNSO Councils in 2009 to discuss issues of common interest to the two supporting organisations in relation to Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs), in particular, IDN top-level domains (TLDs). The charter was extended in 2010 after the adoption of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Plan. The JIG found three issues of common interest - single character IDN TLDS, IDN Variant TLDs and Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs. The JIG was tasked to deliver suggestions on how to deal with these issues for the Singapore meeting. The ccNSO Council decided that due to the ongoing community work at ICANN on these issues, the JIG may now be closed, but that the ccNSO Council will continue to monitor the various community-based efforts to resolve the issues raised by the JIG and evaluate the need for further policy or policy related work on a periodic basis. (voted on and passed)
4. Adoption of a charter for a Cross Community Working Group - to develop a  framework of Operating Principles for future Cross-Community Working Groups. Becky Burr was appointed as the ccNSO liaison to the CWG that will develop the final framework. Next steps may include a call for volunteers for the CWG. (voted on and passed)
5. Adoption of a charter for a Cross Community Working Group - to develop a framework for the Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs (UCTNWG).  Following on from the ccNSO Study group on the Use of Names for Country and Territories published in Sept 2013,  a recommendation of the study group was to further review the current status of representations of coutnry and territory names, as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and procedures. The ccNSO Council proposed that the WG include participants from other SOs and ACs. Paul Szyndler was appointed as Interim ccNSO co-Chair to the CWG to advise on the feasibility of a framework  and to develop such a framework if deemed feasible (voted on and passed)
6. Election Review Committee Final Report - The Secretariat is requested to look into the possibilities of developing a new voting system; to update ccNSO election guidelines relating to the nomination process;  and to continue its activities on awareness raising campaigns (voted on and passed)
7. Council Updates (Keith): Members should read through the script on NCUC's Friday meeting for some good background on the IANA topic; Meeting Strategy working group completed work; FOIWG winding up; NETMundial - ccNSO  should continue with its membership; ICANN Learn update (Hong); Regional updates (were part of today's programme); Liaison updates (none available as yet)

8.  Election of ccNSO Council Officers: Byron Holland was  re-elected as the Chair of the ccNSO Council; Vice Chairs - Katrina Sataki and Keith Davidson; Roles and Responsibilities of Councillors - the assignment of tasks were adopted; Roelof Meijer was thanked for his work on the Council. Nigel Roberts is the new Council member

9. Date of next meetings: 7 April 1200 UTC, 22 May 1200 UTC and 25 June 1600 local London time

5. Cross-Community Working Group to develop a framework for the use of Country and Territory names as TLDs. An impromptu introductory meeting was held on Thursday 8am. The purpose was to provide some background for those who may not have been involved in the original study, and to set a timeframe for the appointment of cross-community representatives to the working group, ALAC has already appointed their reps (liaisons to the ccNSO who were part of the original study group) and the gNSO say that they can get their representatives selected soon. ccNSO will have to wait until the next Council meeting to confirm its reps, so that it is assumed that the next meeting of the group will probably not take place until just before London.

ccNSO Report to the ALAC - 25 February 2014 1500UTC

1. As you can see below, the ALAC-ccNSO Coordination Team has met and established a schedule of events for our joint meeting, which will held on Monday, March 24, This will be a lunch time meeting and the main focus will be on creating some understanding about each other's organisational structures, roles and responsibilities. Also to look at whether there is any overlap within our communities. 

2. There were two FOIWG meetings but I was only able to make one of them. The focus of the first meeting (on Feb 6, below) was the discussion of ALAC's feedback to their Revocation Report.  Very briefly, they believed that most of  ALAC's queries were outside of the brief of the working group because we tended to ask about issues relating to the way that  IANA operates which is not this WG's function .. 

Maureen

Report on ALAC-ccNSO Coordination Meeting Feb 20

Final organisation of the meeting programme on Monday 24 March 12.30-1400, in Singapore

12.30 - 13.00 Lunch - informal networking

13.00 - 13.05 Introduction by the Chairs of ALAC and ccNSO

(no formal introductions from others, but request to state name for transcription purposes)

13.05 - 13.30 Introduction to the role of ccTLDs and of ALSes

(presentation on diversity of ccTLDs, role of the LIC - local internet community, and policy remits ccTLDs and ccNSO/ICANN; Role of ALSes, RALOs, At Large, potential overlap with LIC)

Combined presentation by Katrina Sataki (ccNSO) and Maureen Hilyard (ALAC) (20 mins)

Q&A, discussion and further conversation, in particular local<>global (5-10 mins)

13.30 -  13.45  HOT TOPIC

Internet Governance Fora: commonalities and shared interest, focusing on local versus global

If time, ccEG IG discussion; Byron to include reference to Ad-hoc group and background for creation

13.45 - 13.55  Wrap-up and Closure (in time to attend 2pm sessions)

ccNSO Liaison Report to ALAC - FOIWG Meeting Feb 6

Of particular interest to the ALAC was the discussion about the ALAC statement on the Revocation report

The WG acknowledged the ALAC's positive response to  the report. There were four areas that were highlighted for discussion by the WG.

1. ALAC's suggestion for the FOIWG to  clarify  the type of "independent body" (in 4.3.7.3.) that would qualify for the appeals  process in the case of revocation 
   1. The WG understands this to be an implementation-operational detail that should be dealt with in accordance with national laws, involving local stakeholders and the rights expressed within the existing ccTLD Registry (refer 2.2.1), and therefore beyond the scope of the WG.
2. ALAC's request that IANA maintain reports on cases of re-delegation etc .
   1. Any IANA functions  contract implementation  issues or procedures relating to  this  contract, are also outside of the scope of the WG (refer Section A. Introduction and Objective)
3. The reference in the ALAC Statement recommending factoring the GAC Principles  into guidelines relating to situations relating to revocation where the IANA operator is required to work with local governments to ensure that the ccTLD continues to operate efficiently,  until a replacement manager takes over. 
   1. Although GAC principles are not binding on managers, the FOIWG executive is looking into further clarification of this area.
4. ALAC noted concern about whether the IANA operator is empowered to act where there is a case for revocation from a local government, backed by local law, but where there are no operational or behavioural issues on the part of the incumbent ccTLD operator. 
   1. This scenario is beyond the scope of the WG. This is an internal issue and there is no policy statement in RFC1591 relating to this situation, RFC 1591 states " the IANA tries to have any contending parties reach agreement among themselves, and generally takes no action to change things unless all the contending parties agree; only in cases where the designated manager has substantially misbehave would the IANA step in." (refer to 2.1.1) 

ccNSO Report to the ALAC - 29 January 2014 1500UTC

 1) Meeting of the ALAC-ccNSO Coordination WG meeting on 13 January 2014

 Attended by: Maureen H, Cheryl L-O (ALAC), Katrina, Bart, Margarita (ccNSO) Kristina (Staff)

 Decisions: . 

 *Meeting time: ALAC-ccNSO Council meeting in Singapore to take place on Monday lunchtime (12.30-2pm) - lunch will be provided

 *Agenda(these topics will be padded out before the Singapore meeting)

• Updates on any current cross-community working groups (10 mins)
• The role of ccTLDs (ccNSO) and of ALSes (ALAC) - any potential overlap and where they might be able to reinforce each other? (10 mins)
• Internet Governance issues (40 mins)

*Next meeting - few weeks before Singapore (TBC

2) Attended meeting of the FOIWG 23 January

There was a lack of a quorum to be able to discuss important agenda items including:

• a review of responses to public consultation on Revocation from the ALAC and Andrew Eggleton of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and
• A GAC Update

We reviewed a FOIWG Terminology document

Other agenda items will be dealt with at our next meeting along with other responses that may come from the public consultation process. 

Our meeting schedule: Feb 6  03:00 UTC,   Feb 20 11:00 UTC;    Mar 6  19:00 UTC;   Mar 27 F2F at ICANN Singapore

ccNSO Report to the ALAC  - 17 December 2013 1500UTC

•  Communicated a brief report to ccNSO following ALT meeting
• Received response from ccNSO rep- Katrina Sataki.  An ALAC-ccNSO organising committee meeting is planned forJanuary to organise joint March meeting and some ideas for collaboration (Other ccNSO members are: Margarita Valdes and Bart Boswinkel)
• ACTION for ALAC: One or two other volunteers from ALAC are required to join this ALAC-ccNSO organising committee 
• Cheryl will maintain contact with ccNSO activities - I would gratefully appreciate her support and guidance as I establish myself within this role
• .ck (Cook Islands) has recently applied for ccNSO membership 
• I have not attended/been invited (yet) to any other ccNSO  meetings since BA 
• Apologies for the long notes below, but I have kept a comprehensive initial record of contexts and points of focus for ccNSO until I become better acquainted with their processes. 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NEW Maureen Hilyard appointed as the ALAC's Liaison to the ccNSO for 2013-2014 at ICANN 48 Buenos Aires!

November 20, 2013. ccNSO Council Meeting

 1) Apologies  (MH was introduced to the Council members) 

2) Minutes and Actions

Action 88-01: Gabriella Schittek to send a note to the Council with the link to the Council meeting preparation material on the ccNSO website. Completed 

Action 88-02: The Secretariat to arrange for the Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories resolutions to be adopted on the Council email list.  Completed 

Action 88-03: The Secretariat to arrange for the resolution on appointing the volunteers for the joint ALAC/ccNSO meeting to be adopted on the Council email list. Completed

Action 88-04: Hong Xue to send the Chair a copy of the ICANN Academy curriculum for the leadership training in Buenos Aires. Completed

 Action 88-05: Bart Boswinkel to follow up on the progress of the ccNSO statements on IANA delegation and redelegation of ccTLDs and on the Geographic Regions Working Group report. Overtaken by time

 3) Updates

 3.1    Chair Update - Byron attended the Bali IGF - mentioned the Montevideo statement and the SO/AC mtg

 3.2    Vice-chair Update - Keith attended the Australian IGF, then Bali - same involvement as Byron. ISOC Board activities includes a meeting with ICANN Board re harmonisation of activities.

 3.3    Councilors Update  (http://ccnso.icann.org/council-members.htm for councilor names)

 3.4    Regional Organizations Update (LACTLD, AFTLD, APTLD - Don Hollander - new manager)

 3.5    Staff Update

 4) Membership applications

 Background

 The ccNSO received an application for ccNSO membership from .vn, the ccTLD of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The application has been filed by Hoang Minh Cuong, representing the cc's manager, the Ministry of Information and Communications of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. There are no outstanding issues with .vn.

 The ccNSO received an application for ccNSO membership from .ee, the ccTLD of Estonia. The application has been filed by Heiki Sibul, representing the cc's manager, Eesti Interneti SA EIS. There are no outstanding issues with .ee.

 Draft resolution

 The ccNSO Council approves the application of both .vn and .ee and welcomes both .vn and .ee as members 143 and 144 respectively. (passed)

 5) Final Report joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working group

 Background (presented by Young Eum)

 The JIG (Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group) was formed by mutual charters between the ccNSO and GNSO councils, and extended (ccNSO: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-council-23aug11-en.pdf | GNSO: http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201107) to complete its work on the 3 identified issues of common interest between the ccNSO and GNSO.

 One of those issues concerns Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs. The JIG published its Draft Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs for public comment which closed on 16 August 2013, http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/idn-tld-acceptance-final-25jun13-en.htm). The JIG reviewed the comments received and finalized its report accordingly. The JIG submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council on 17 November, http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18nov13-en.htm.

 Draft resolution: (passed)

 The ccNSO Council adopts the JIG Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs and its recommendations and will submit it to the ICANN Board for its consideration.

 The ccNSO Council thanks the JIG for its work, with special thanks to Jothan Frakes for his contributions in proactively reaching beyond the ICANN community to address issues identified in the report.

 The ccNSO Council recognizes that further work needs to be done in relation to IDNs, in particular IDN variants and universal acceptance of IDNs and asks the JIG to put forward suggestions on how to deal with these issues and deliver these suggestions to the ccNSO Council by the ICANN Singapore Meetings in March 2014.

 The ccNSO Council requests its chair to inform the chair of the GNSO of the decision of the ccNSO, and the co-chairs of the JIG accordingly, and submit the report to the Board of Directors of ICANN together with the chair of the GNSO, when the report of the JIG is adopted by the GNSO.

 6) Final Report joint DNS stability and security analysis working group

 Background (presented by Byron)

 The joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis working group was established by the participating Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees ALAC, ccNSO, GNSO and NRO to better understand the security and stability of the global domain name system (DNS) in 2011.

 In October 2011 the ICANN Board of Directors established the Board DNS Risk Management Framework Working Group (DNS RMF WG), with the objective to oversee the development of a risk management framework and system for the DNS as it pertains to ICANN's role as defined in the ICANN Bylaws.

 At the time the DSSA published its draft Report Phase 1 (August 2012), the DSSA went into hibernation to avoid overlap with the work of the Board DNS RMF and noted and informed the participating SO’s and AC’s that in order to reflect the changed environment and working method, the charter of the DSSA would need to be updated to reflect these changes.

 The co-chairs of the DSSA WG have send a letter to the chairs of each of the participating stakeholder organizations to submit the Final Report and the work products contained in it (available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-final-08nov13-en.pdf) .  The DSSA recommends the acceptance of the Final Report and further recommends that the Final Report be disseminated to the ccTLD’s for their consideration. 

 Upon adoption of the Final report of the DSSA, and notification of adoption to the co-chairs of the DSSA, the working group will be closed.

 Draft resolution (passed)

 The ccNSO Council adopts the Report submitted by the co-chairs of the DSSA WG, as the Final Report of the DSSA WG in accordance with section 2.4 of its charter.

 The chair of the ccNSO is requested to inform the co-chairs of the DSSA WG of adoption of the Report by the ccNSO Council.

 The chair of ccNSO is also requested to inform the chairs of the other participating SO’s and Ac’s (ALAC, GNSO and NRO).

 Finally, the ccNSO Council thanks and congratulates all, and in particular the co-chairs of the WG: Olivier Crepin-LeBlond ( ALAC), Joerg Schweiger (.DE, ccNSO), Mikey O’ Connor (GNSO), James Galvin ( SSAC) and Mark Koster (NRO) and all volunteers and staff who helped with this effort.

 7) Final Report Finance working group

 Background (Byron heads this group - they've held  13 working meetings plus ICANNmeetings - robust discussion right to the end to achieve best available solution. The have posted the final report with a resolution. Byron acknowledged the work of the WG)

 The ccNSO Finance WG was established in October 2010 with a mandate that included:

 “a. to discuss with ICANN (i.) the amounts attributed to ccTLDs and (ii) the underlying attribution method(s) to attempt to establish which of those amounts and method(s) are reasonable and may be acceptable to the ccTLD community

 b. to discuss with ICANN a methodology for individual ccTLDs to use to calculate a fair and equitable voluntary financial contribution to ICANN and propose such a methodology to the ccTLD community 

 After a long and intense consultation process of the community the WG and others the WG, finalized its report during the ccNSO meeting in Buenos Aires meeting (November 2013).

 The chair of the Finance WG submitted the Final Report of the WG to the Council recommending that the ccNSO Council adopts the proposed Guideline to replace the March 2007 Guideline on Financial contributions. (http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-09mar07.htm)

 The chair of the ccNSO received a letter from ICANN’s CEO and President expressing his support for the emerging outcome of the discussion on the financial contribution from the ccTLD community to ICANN, and his acceptance of the “ value exchange model” and the associated overall level of the financial contribution and the voluntary nature of the contributions(http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-20nov13-en.htm ).

 Draft Resolution

  The ccNSO Council notes and welcomes the exemplary, long and intensive consultation efforts and process the Finance WG went through, to gather input and feed-back from the community.

  The ccNSO Council notes and welcomes the letter from ICANN’s CEO and President on the overall level of the financial contribution and the voluntary nature of the contributions.

  The ccNSO Council adopts the proposed November 2013 Guideline for Voluntary Contributions of ccTLDs to ICANN, and request the chair of the ccNSO to inform the CEO and President of ICANN accordingly, once the Guideline becomes effective.

  The ccNSO Council requests staff to publish this resolution as soon as possible after closure this ccNSO Council meeting.

In accordance to the rules of the ccNSO (http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf) , the November 2013 Guideline will become effective seven days after publication of the decision by the Council.

 Finally, the ccNSO Council wholeheartedly thanks and congratulates all who participated in the process and in particular the chair of the Finance WG (Byron Holland, .CA) and the members of the Finance WG, and Xavier Calvez (CFO ICANN) and other staff, and all members of the community who were involved in this long and sometimes challenging effort.

 9) Next steps to identify potential issues and propose next steps pertaining to cross-community capacity building

For discussion: Follow-up action needed? (This flows out of conversations in Durban and relates to any potential interest to share information about capacity building. The ICANN Academy Group is already cross-community / cross-regional?)

10) ccTLD representation on the 3 IG Tracks:

• 1Net
• Brazil Conference
• Panel on Internet Governance

 11) Working Group and Other Updates

 11.1    Meetings Program WG (Katrina) - a positive change has already been made by this group to put the names and pictures of the people on the panels during this meeting - very helpful for newbies . Katrina has tried advertising to invite people to come to meetings. An invitation is being sent out re a post meeting survey. Google calendar has been developed. 

 11.2    Incident Response Repository WG (Bart) a survey has gone out about the topics, for guidance re IRR

 11.3    Election review Council committee (Katrina)

 11.4    Quorum Study Group (Katrina)

 Other updates:

 ICANN Outreach Program (Sokol)

 ICANN Academy (Hong Xue)

 Progress ccNSO Statements

 Progress other WG’s has extensively been discussed during the meeting

 12) Council Election update

 Elected:

 Victor Abboud, .ec (LAC region)

 Hiro Hotta, .jp (AP region)

 Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi (NA region)

 Election needed in:

 African & European region

  Appointment will be formalized once the election in the African and European region have been completed and the Election Manager has submitted the Election report for adoption by the Council

  13) Board selection Seat 11 update

 Chris Disspain, CEO of AUDA has been nominated and seconded. There are no other nominees. The Election Manager will provide a report of the nomination process prior to the next meeting. The Council will be requested to select the Board member at that time.

  14) Update Work Plan

 An updated workplan, based on the outcome of the Buenos Aires meeting will be send to the Council 29 November 2013

 15) Liaison Updates

 15.1    GNSO Liaison (Patrick Myers)

 15.2    ALAC Liaison (Ron Sherwood)

  16) Date of Next Meetings

 10 December 2013, 12.00 UTC

 The schedule for the meetings in 2014, will be proposed before the next meeting

 Working group reports

a) FOIWG - Keith Davidson - Followup will be the glossary 

 Topics for interpretation

•  Consent - for delegation and redelegation requests ( final report complete)
•  Significantly interested parties (SIP) public consultation completed
•  Revocation - is currently with public consultation process
• Comprehensive gloassary (in progress)
• Recommendations for IANA reports on del and redel (the WG will begin this work after completing the FOI)

Activities since Durban

Published progress report on activities - met on teleconferences 5 x

Details on Revocation

 RFC 1591 identifies three mechanism available to the IANA operation: delegation, transfer and revocation

 Under RFC1591, a transfer requires the consent of the incumbent ccTLD manager

 Revocation refers to the process by which the IANA operator rescinds  responsibility for management of a  cctLD from a manager.

 If a manager does not consent to a proposed Transfer, the only mechanism available to the IANA Operator is to deal with the situation is revocation. 

Revocation does not mean the removal of the ccTLD from the root - the issue is with the management of the ccTLD

Assessing how the ccTLD has carried out the necessary responsibilities, judging the extent of the requirements having been met or not met, might have to be done locally rather than by the IANA Operator who won't have the regular knowledge of this performance.

Substantial misbehaviour - given in detail in the document - it is in public consultation - generally it requires a degree of seriousness, magnitude and persistence.. And compromises the security of the ccTLD.

RFC1591 refers to community support as well - loss of community support is included as an appropriate complaint

b) Country Names Study Group - Paul Szyndler

3 recommendations made

• Cross community working group - to look further into the study
• WG will provide advice of a uniform definition of the framework for all respective SOs or Acs..
• The WG will provide detailed advice as to what the content will be

November 20, 2013. Country reports

 Recent Developments of Governmental Movements in Japan – TBC 

The Japanese government recently decided to set up an expert committee to create a mechanism for oversight of the management of DNS, including the registry operation, in Japan. The presentation will brief its background and how such mechanism is expected to be. 

Current Status and Plans of the registry NIC.VE – Jesus Rivera, .ve 

Current status of the registry regarding the functional structure of the nic.ve (organization chart), explanation of the process of Domain Names Registration; Legal framework; relevant cases and procedures for conflict resolution through WIPO; NIC.VE numbers, Statistical Data (Indicators); Some considerations and updates on modernization projects. 

EURid co-Funded Marketing Programme Update – Giovanni Seppia, .eu 

The Co-funded Marketing Programme has been available to .eu accredited registrars since 28 April 2009. The first evaluation of the Programme took place in mid-2010, upon request of the European Commission. However, at that stage, only a limited number of campaigns had been carried out under the scheme and it was difficult, therefore, to properly assess the value of the Programme for .eu accredited registrars and its impact on .eu registration volumes and awareness of the domain. Over the course of 2010 and 2011, the Programme has taken off considerably. An overview of the campaigns conducted shows that the number of proposals submitted has risen steadily since 2009 to reach 90 proposals so far in 2013. Under the Co-funded Marketing Programme, EURid contributes to the costs of a registrar¹s .eu marketing campaign that meets specific conditions. The Programme has been recently awarded the CENTR Awards for Marketing and Communication.

November 19, 2013, Buenos Aires - ALAC/ccNSO meeting (meeting started late)

 1.Exploration and Discussion of opportunities for developing mutual interests and cooperation between ccNSO and the ALAC / At-Large Community.

• Mapping of ALSes (as local Internet Communities in ccTLD operator's countries and Regions); opportunity to develop and update  previous work carried out in 2009/10. (Action item)
• Opportunities and mechanisms to encourage local engagement and interactions.

• Identification of mutual interests and involvement in policy and governance issues ; locally, Regionally (including Sub - Regionally); Globally.

2. Identification and Discussion of Interactions and Expectations of Liaisons and Work/Study Group contributions (including relevant Public Comments) between ALAC and ccNSO  

• Communications between Chairs, Leaders/Executive, Council/Committee, ccNSO/At-Large. 

• Role and Expectations on (and by) mutually appointed Liaisons

Panel Discussions Nov 20

Summaries of the comments of some of the speakers. 

Sebastian - ISOC - esp re Latin America and Africa - very coordinated

Baher - explained that capacity building is not as coordinated in the Middle East - Not just technical but aso policy related. Howeever, Technical is significant. Collaborate with other I* organisations = responding to the needs of local areas. Train the trainer and similar models are seen as a way to drive things forward and incorporated into development plans.

Paul Wilson - has coordinated the activities of all the RIRs - these are the bodies related to the distribution of IP addresses - work with ISPs - there is a diversity of priorities that come from guidance from our members - based on the relationship with the ISPs. APNIC's founding docs contain a mission to facilitate education around the region - share that mission with RipeNIC and LACNIC - collectively across the RIRs re involved in the training in variousforms - each of the RIRs has two meetings a year and those mtgs serve members and community - org specific content - conference oriented towards professional practices and challenges - do these in collaboration with TLDs, ICANN, RIRs, and NOGs who organise at a regional level cos they are the channels to the ISPs and the source of demand about growth and development within the industry. The mission is to bring this realtime ifnormation into the system.- capacity building in internet infrastructure across the region - technical capacity can make a lot of difference to achieveing an efficient infrastructure within a country within a developing market (professional abiility to lose technical skills to other areas).. The need for capacity building is a definite need in developing countries especially.

The was more of an interview session with Brad White.

Following a security breach Costa Rica, Rosalia was able to advise  other ccTLDs should it happen to them. For example:Recommendations

• Have immediate and transparent communication with clients
• Contact ICANN security team for advice and local CERT or CSIRT
• Have a clear media strategy
• Have an internal security incident protocol
• Pre-empt: many security incident experience in the ccTLD community to learn from
  
  

Current ccNSO Activities; Call for Comment; etc., recommended for ALAC, RALO and/or ALS input, contribution or focus upon:

This list will be updated continuously.

 Activities of the following  ccNSO WG's relate to specific interests of ALAC and parts of At-Large.

• NEW => Review of match to country code Name Support Organisation Membership, GAC Membership and At-Large Structure - A Review and mapping exercise to build on and update earlier work done between ccNSO and At-Large is desirable and should be discussed during the BA Meeting(s) 
  
  

Please, note that corrections and updates to parts of these reports, will be done continuously.

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NOTICE: the ccNSO Council has now started publishing the Council call preparation materials online as well. You can find them at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/councilminutes.htm

Current ccNSO Council Call - November 2013

(note now only CURRENT month Minutes etc., will be archived here and replaced with each subsequent meeting)

ALL OTHER Agendas, Minutes, Transcripts  and recording of all other ccNSO Council Meetings  can be found within the  ccNSO Master Calendar  HERE

Next ccNSO Council  meeting  will be on Wednesday November 20th at 1900 UTC (1600hrs local time) during the ICANN Buenios Aires Meeting, Room: La Pampa

Agenda ccNSO Council Meeting  -  20 November 2013     The agenda will be posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Proposed agenda and participation details will be listed below when available...

ccNSO Council Activity Summaries.

ccNSO Activity Summaries:- September 2013

IDN ccPDP

• Board Report on IDN ccPDP: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26sep13-en.htm

Working Groups

• Transcript Finance Working Group Telephone Conference 20 September 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-finance-20sep13-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 23 September 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-12sep13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 12 September 2013: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-12sep13-en.pdf
• Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 4 September 2013: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-04sep13-en.pdf

Council

• Board Report on IDN ccPDP: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26sep13-en.htm
• ccNSO Council Minutes 10 September 2013: https://ccnso.icann.org/node/41827
• Jordi Iparraguirre selected as NomCom replacement of Mary Wong:  http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04sep13-en.htm 
• Celia Friedman selected as NomCom appointee 2013 – 2016: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02sep13-en.htm

New Members

• .me (Montenegro) joins as ccNSO Member nr 139: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-13sep13-en.htm

Various Announcements

• ICANN Fellowship Programme opens for Singapore applications: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-20sep13-en.htm
• September Update from ICANN’s Policy Department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-sep13-en.htm
• Consultation on Instructions and Source of Policy for Delegation and Redelegation of gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gtld-drd-ui-policy-10sep13-en.htm
• Two-Panel String Similarity Review Process implemented in IDN ccTLD Fast Track: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-09sep13-en.htm
• (CLOSED) Consultation on User Instructions and Source of Policy for the Delegation and Redelegation of ccTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/cctld-drd-ui-policy-09sep13-en.htm
• Revised report of the public comments received to FY14 Draft Operating Plan & Budget: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-op-budget-fy14-30aug13-en.pdf

• NomCom announces ICANN leadership selections 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02sep13-en.htm

Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods

• (OPEN until 17 October 2013) ICANN Geographic Regions Working Group Final Report: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22jun13-en.htm.

August 2013

IDN ccPDP Vote

• Results of Second and Final ccNSO Members Vote IDN ccTLD Policy Development Process: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-23jul13-en.htm 

Call for Volunteers

• (OPEN until 1 October) ICANN seeks volunteer to the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT): http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16aug13-en.htm
• (OPEN until 6 September) ccNSO Representative to the NomCom sought: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27aug13-en.htm

Various Announcements

• ICANN concludes Initial Evaluation phase of new gTLD programme: www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-30aug13-en.pdf
• ICANN Board NGPC adopts resolution, affirming "dotless domain names" are prohibited: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30aug13-en.htm
• Theresa Swinehart rejoins ICANN as Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-28aug13-en.pdf
• ICANN's FY 2014 Operating Plan and Budget approved: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27aug13-en.htm
• GNSO Report on Locking of Domain Name Subject to UDRP Proceedings PDP Recommendations for Board Consideration: http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/locking/domain-name-final-05jul13-en.pdf.
• August update from ICANN's policy department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-aug13-en.htm
• IDN ccPDP Vote closes: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14aug13-en.htm
• Study on stability and security implications of dotless domain name functionality: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05aug13-en.htm
• Dotless Domain Name Security and Stability Study Report: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/dotless-domain-study-29jul13-en.pdf

July 2013 

Durban Meeting

• Transcripts & Audio Links: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#jul
• ccNSO Members Meeting Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/durban/presentations.htm
• Tech Day Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/durban/workshop.htm
• ccNSO Meeting Day 1 & 2 Survey Results: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/durban/evaluation.htm

Working Groups 

• All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during July 2013 are available at:http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
• Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout July 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.
• CRI Progress Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/40557
• Transcript Framework of Interpreptation Working Group Meeting 18 July 2013: http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/transcript-foi-18jul13-en.pdf
• Transcript Finance Working Group Meeting 14 July 2013: http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/transcript-finance-14jul13-en.pdf
• Transcript Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Meeting 14 July 2013:http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/transcript-sop-14jul13-en.pdf
• Transcript Contact Repository Implementation Working Group Meeting 14 July 2013:http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/transcript-cri-14jul13-en.pdf
• Framework of Interpretation Working Group Progress Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/40057 
• ccNSO Study Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names Draft Final Report:http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02jul13-en.htm 
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 4 July 2013:http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-04jul13-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 4 July 2013:http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-04jul13-en.pdf
• ccNSO Newcomer Webinar 3 July 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/presentation-newcomer-1900-03jul13-en.pdf

IDN ccPDP Vote

• Second and Final ccNSO Members Vote IDN ccTLD Policy Development Process: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-23jul13-en.htm

Survey Results

• The future of ICANN Meetings Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=SDUMVp9u0O_2b4b6FLszvrQG5gRS_2flkqLKacQrPGNYnck_3d
• ccNSO Meeting Durban Day 1 & 2: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/durban/evaluation.htm

New ccNSO Member

• .rw (Rwanda) Joins as ccNSO Member 138: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17jul13-en.htm

Youtube

• ccNSO @ Durban: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKikEMdcRnE&feature=c4-overview&list=UUGM1tyObFr-soYQZmR9oeJQ
• 10 Years of ccNSO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTvVR2T3Wk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUGM1tyObFr-soYQZmR9oeJQ

Call for Volunteers

• (OPEN until 9 August) Drafting Team Members to Comment on ICANN Geographic Regions Working Group Final Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-24jul13-en.htm
• (OPEN until 8 August) ccNSO Liaison to the GNSO: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-25jul13-en.htm

Various Announcements

• ICANNLabs Launched: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-23jul13-en and: www.labs.icann.org
• ICANN Geographic Regions Working Group Final Report: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22jun13-en.htm.
• Approved ICANN Board Resolutions Durban: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-18jul13-en.htm
• GAC Durban Communiqué: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18jul13-en.htm
• ICANN Creates Five Strategy Panels: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm
• July Update from ICANN’s Policy Department: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/40035 

ccNSO Travel Funding Opens for Buenos Aires Applications: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-05jul13-en.htm

• New gTLD Programme Committee approves 2013 Registry Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03jul13-en.htm

Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods

• (OPEN until 17 October 2013) ICANN Geographic Regions Working Group Final Report:http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22jun13-en.htm.
• (OPEN until 1 August 2013) ccNSO Study Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names Draft Final Report: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02jul13-en.htm

June 2013

Working Groups

• All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during June 2013 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
• Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout June 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.
• SOP Working Group Comments on ICANN’s Fiscal Year 2014 Draft Operational Plan and Budget:http://ccnso.icann.org/node/39935
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 25 June 2013:http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-25jun13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Telephone Conference 20 June 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-20jun13-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 11 June 2013:http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-11jun13-en.pdf  
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 6 June 2013:http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-06jun13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 6 June 2013:http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-06jun13-en.pdf
• Transcript Finance Working Group Telephone Conference 5 June 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-finance-05jun13-en.pdf

Council

• Minutes Council Telephone Conference 11 June 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-council-11jun13-en.pdf

Various Announcements

• Pre-Durban Policy webinar presentations, MP3 recordings, Adobe Connect recordings and Transcripts:http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#jun
• ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) adopts two resolutions on GAC's Safeguard Advice: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jun13-en.htm
• IANA opens consultation on Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Requests: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-25jun13-en.htm
• New ICANN Strategic Planning Portal opened: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement
• ICANN Community event Durban, Monday, 15 July 11:00 - 12:30 on helping building five-year strategic plan: http://durban47.icann.org/node/39649
• June Update from ICANN's Policy Department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-jun13-en.htm
• Draft Agenda for ccNSO Meetings in Durban 16-17 July: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/durban/agenda.htm
• Call for Subject Matter Experts for IDN Root Zone Label Generation Rules Integration Panel and Advisors to the IDN Root Zone LGR Panels: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-06jun13-en.htm
• ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) adopts resolution accepting nine items of the GAC's Beijing advice: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-06jun13-en.htm
• ICANN organisational changes - Generic Domains Division (GDD) created, lead by Akram Atallah; Susanna Bennett new ICANN COO: http://blog.icann.org/2013/06/new-organizational-changes/
• Expressions of Interest sought for 2014 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect position: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05jun13-en.htm
• ICANN proposals on renewal of .info and .biz registry agreements:
  • biz: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-03jun13-en.htm
  • .info: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-03jun13-en.htm
• CENTR bi-annual stat report on domain names with European ccTLD focus: http://centr.org/news/domainwire-stat-report-available
• Kuek Yu-Chuang new ICANN new Vice President Global Stakeholder Engagement Asia Region:http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10787052.htm

Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods

• Input Requested on Implementation of Recommendations from the Report on User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/active-ux-21mar13-en.pdf (contact ccNSO Secretariat for more information)

(OPEN until 26 July 2013) Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN working Group (JIG) Sraft Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-25jun13-en.htm

May 2013

IDN ccPDP Voting Period

• Recording of Webinar on IDN ccPDP Voting: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p9b0ox2ifdb/ and http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p9q9eux8m27/  
• IDN ccPDP Members Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/38473

Working Groups
All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during May 2013 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout May 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary. 

• Notes Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 27 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-27may13-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group 28 May 2013: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-28may13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 23 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-23may13-en.pdf
• SOP Working Group Letter to ICANN CEO and Chair on Previous Strategic Plans 10 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/38881 
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 9 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-09may13-en.pdf 
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 9 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-09may13-en.pdf
• Notes Meetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 8 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-08may13-en.pdf

Council

Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 14 May 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/39085

New Members

.PY Joins ccNSO as Member nr 137: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31may13-en.htm

Various Announcements

Security Study on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs and Dotless Names commissioned: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28may13-en.htm

Approved ICANN Board Resolutions from Board meeting 18 May 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-18may13-en.htm 

New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) posts oversight of progress made in consideration of the GAC advice: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10may13-en.htm

May Update from ICANN's policy department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-may13-en.htm

GAC Chair Heather Dryden interviewed on the GAC Beijing Communiqué and new gTLD Advice: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-gac-advice-10may13-en.htm

ICANN replies to questions from Public Forum Session Beijing: http://beijing46.icann.org/meetings/beijing2013/presentation-public-forum-responses-11apr13-en.pdf

ICANN's Fiscal Year 2014 Draft Operating Plan and Budget published: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-10may13-en.htm 

ICANN seeks locations for three public meetings in 2015: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03may13-en.htm

ccNSO Meeting Highlights Beijing: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/38651

ICANN's Fellowship Programme opens for applications to the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires 17-21 November 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-01may13­en.htm 

Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods

Input Requested on Implementation of Recommendations from the Report on User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs:http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/active-ux-21mar13-en.pdf (contact ccNSO Secretariat for more information)

April 2013

Beijing Meeting

ICANN Beijing Meetings page: http://beijing46.icann.org/

ccNSO Meetings page: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing

ccNSO Presentations: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing/presentations.htm 

ccNSO Meetings Audio and Transcripts: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Tech Day Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing/workshop.htm 

IDN ccPDP

Final IDN ccPDP Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/37899

Survey Results

Members Meeting Survey Results Day 1: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=XQCcBJ2AeWz3vDc_2fDH8gBXbjBAWQFYmt9YEYSExm7hM_3d

Members Meeting Survey Results Day 2: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=6udc1KWQMRkkQacSeq2nZr_2bivr5MFsH_2b3eXB2RltzhA_3d

Survey on translations of ccNSO related documents: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=e5KkU9s3UUrJ_2fmRQDJcuNgPQHx_2bHG6P2yHP34LkGFs0_3d

Various Announcements

ICANN CEO Blog entry on New York DNS Summit: http://blog.icann.org/2013/04/dns-summit-in-new-york/

ICANN opens Hub Office in Istanbul, Turkey: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-25apr13-en.pdf

ICANN statistics on L-Root growth and performance measurement: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03apr13-en.htm

Steve Crocker on Changes to the Public Forum Sessions: http://blog.icann.org/2013/04/changes-to-the-public-forum/

March 2013

Beijing Meeting

• ICANN Beijing Meetings page: http://beijing46.icann.org/ 
• ICANN Beijing full meeting agenda: http://beijing46.icann.org/full-schedule 
• Beijing Meeting guide: http://beijing46.icann.org/meetings/beijing2013/meeting-guide-18mar13-en.pdf 
• ccNSO Meetings page: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing 
• ccNSO Members Meetings Agenda: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing/agenda.htm  
• ccNSO Meetings Time & Room information: https://ccnso.icann.org/calendar 
• ccNSO Presentation Summaries: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/beijing/presentations.htm 
• Pre-registered ccNSO Meeting attendees: https://registration.icann.org/reg_ccnso_disp.php?id=beijing46 

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during March 2013 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout March 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 26 March 2013: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-26mar13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 21 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-21mar13-en.pdf
• Notes Election Process Review Telephone Conference 15 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-erp-15mar13-en.pdf 
• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 13 March2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-13mar13-en.pdf   
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 7 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-07mar13-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 7 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-07mar13-en.pdf 
• Notes Election Process Review Study Group 1 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-erp-1mar13-en.pdf
• Framework of Interpretation Progress Report: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/37385

Council

• Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 12 March 2013: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/37441
• Nomination Report for Extraordinary Nominations in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/37223
• Demi Getschko (.br) appointed ccNSO Councillor in Extraordinary Nomination Period Latin American and Caribbean Region: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-extranominations/
• ccNSOCouncil Comments on the IANA Customer Service Complaint Resolution Process: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/36885

New Members

• .MK Joins as ccNSO Member nr 136: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15mar13-en.htm

Call for Volunteers

• (OPEN until 1 May 2013) NomCom seeks volunteers for leadership positions within ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19mar13-en.htm

Various Announcements

•  Update from ICANN’s Policy Department: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/37479
• Initial Evaluation results for first set of new gTLD applications released: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22mar13-en.htm
• New gTLD related Sessions in Beijing summarised: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-21mar13-en.htm 
• IDN Root Label Generation Rules (LGR) Procedure, and the User Experience Study for Active Variant TLDs Reports: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-21mar13-en.htm
• ICANN's CEO blog entry on III Roundtable - ccTLDs and the DNS Sector: http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/ceo-roundtable-iii-cctlds-and-the-dns-sector/

Open ccNSO Related Public Comment Periods

• (OPEN until 21 April 2013): Fiscal Year 2014 Draft Community Member ICANN Travel Support Guidelines: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/travel-support-07mar13-en.htm
• (OPEN until 20 April 2013) ICANN Security, Stability and Resiliency Framework for FY 2014:  http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06mar13-en.htm
• (OPEN until 12 April 2013) IANA Public consultation period DNSSEC Key Management: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/root-zone-consultation-08mar13-en.htm

February 2013

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during February 2013 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout February 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visithttp://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 21 February 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-21feb13-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 19 February 2013: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-19feb13-en.pdf
• Notes Election Process Review Telephone Conference 15 February 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-erp-15feb13-en.pdf
• Notes Contact Repository Implementation Working Group Telephone Conference 14 February 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-cri-14feb13-en.pdf
• IDN PDP 1 & 2 Working Group Interim Report, 8 February 2013: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/idn-ccpdp-05feb13-en.htm
• Notes ccNSO Election Process Review Telephone Conference 1 February 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-erp-01feb13-en.pdf

Council

Extraordinary Call for Nominations to fill vacant seat for Latin American Region: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/36659

Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 12 February 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-council-12feb13-en.pdf

New Members

.FO Joins as ccNSO member 135: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08feb13-en.htm

 Call for Volunteers

(OPEN until 3 March 2013)  ICANN Meeting Strategy Working Group: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/participation/mswg/call-for-volunteers-11feb13-en.htm

January 2013

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during January 2013 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout January 2013 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery.

Please, visithttp://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

Notes ccNSO Election Process Review Telephone Conference 25 January 2013: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-erp-25jan13-en.pdf

Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 22 January 2013: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-22jan13-en.pdf

Call for Volunteers

Invitation from GNSO to Working Group on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policies (individual capacity): http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25jan13-en.htm

Various Announcements

 ICANN Update on Strategic Planning: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28jan13-en.htm

ICANN Speaker Bureau launched: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17jan13-en.htm

January Update from ICANN's Policy Department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-jan13-en.htm

ICANN's Fellowship Programme opens for Applications for Durban: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jan13-en.htm

ICANN Board-Stakeholder Action List: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08jan13-en.htm

December 2012

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during December 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar
Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout December 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visithttp://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 17 December 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-17dec12-en.pdf

Notes Contact Repository Working Group Telephone Conference 6 December 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-cri-06dec12-en.pdf 

ccNSO Council

ccNSO Workplan overall Policy: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/36027

Call for Volunteers  (OPEN until 14 January 2012) Volunteer Review Team Member on the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2): http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm

Various Announcements

ICANN Board Resolutions 20 December 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-20dec12-en.htm 

Update from ICANN’s Policy Department December 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-dec12-en.htm

IANA consultation on Secure Notification Process: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12dec12-en.htm

Fadi Chehadé blog post on the WCIT meeting: http://blog.icann.org/2012/12/wcit-in-conclusion/

Fadi Chechadé´s speech at WCIT Opening Ceremony, Dubai: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-chehade-wcit-03dec12-en.htm

ALAC Whitepaper on "Making ICANN Relevant, Responsive and Respected": http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/at-large-r3-white-paper-20nov12

November 2012

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during November 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout November 2012 may bemissing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visithttp://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 29 November 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-29nov12-en.pdf
• IDN PDP Working Group 2 Final Paper on Issues and Possible Solutions Pertaining to the inclusion of IDN ccTLD managers in the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35859               
• Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 19 November 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-19nov12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 15 November 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-15nov12-en.pdf
• Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group submission to ICANN Strategic Planning Process (2013 – 2016): http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35481
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group 13 November 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-jig-13nov12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 8 November 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-08nov12-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 1 November 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-01nov12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 1 November 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-01nov12-en.pdf

ccNSO Council

Minutes Council Telephone Conference 20 November 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/minutes-council-20nov12-en.pdf

Nomination and Election Report 2013 Council:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35701

Nomination and Election Report Extraordinary Council Elections European Region: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35699

Call for Volunteers

(OPEN until 14 January 2012) Volunteer Review Team Member on the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2): http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm

Various Announcements

ICANN Board New gTLD Programme Committee approves resolutions to provide interim Domain Name protections to NGOs and IGOs: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-28nov12-en.pdf

ICANN appoints new Vice Presidents for Stakeholder Engagement: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-28nov12-en.htm

ICANN at WCIT meeting in Dubai: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28nov12-en.htm

GAC List of Early Warnings to new gTLD Strings Applications: https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Early+Warnings

November update from ICANN’s Policy Department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-nov12-en.htm

Kurt Pritz resigns as ICANN Chief Strategy Officer: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov12-en.htm

NomCom seeks Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations for key leadership positions within ICANN: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07nov12-en.htm

Submit your local events in online form: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/cctlds

ICANN press release on IGF Azerbaijan: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-01nov12-en.pdf

October 2012

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during October 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout October 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Contact Repository Implementation Working Group Meeting 18 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-cri-18oct12-en.pdf 
• Transcript IDN PDP Working Group 1 Meeting 18 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-idn-pdp-1-18oct12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Meeting 18 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-foi-18oct12-en.pdf
• Study Group on Names for Countries and Territories Meeting 15 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-unct-15oct12-en.pdf
• Transcript SOP Working Group Meeting 14 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-sop-14oct12-en.pdf
• Transcript Finance Working Group Meeting 14 October 2012: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-finance-14oct12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 4 October 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-04oct12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 4 October 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-04oct12-en.pdf
• Framework of Interpretation Working Group Progress Report, 2 October 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/34549

ICANN Meeting Toronto

ccNSO Meeting Highlights Toronto: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/35107

ccNSO Members Meeting Presentations: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/toronto/presentations.htm

Tech Day Presentations: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/toronto/workshop.htm

Transcripts: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/meetings/toronto/transcripts.htm 

ccNSO Members Meeting Evaluation 16-17 October 2012:  http://ccnso.icann.org/node/3511

Youtube Contributions

ccNSO @ ICANN Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDuy-j0AGKs&list=UUGM1tyObFr-soYQZmR9oeJQ&index=1&feature=plcp

ccNSO Council

Elections to the ccNSO Council Launched: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-28oct12-en.htm

ccNSO Council Nomination Period Results:  http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/

New ccNSO Members

.GR (Greece) Joins as ccNSO Member 134: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17oct12-en.htm

Call for Volunteers

GNSO: Protection of Certain International Organisation names in all GTLDs: http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm

GNSO Thick WHOIS PDP Working Group: http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23oct12-en.htm

(OPEN until 5 December 2012) Volunteer Review Team Member on the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2): http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm

(CLOSED) Volunteers to Cross-Community Principles Development Working Group: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11oct12-en.htm

Various Announcements

ICANN Press Release on Increased Presence and Participation Initiative in Africa: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16oct12-en.pdf

Update from ICANN’s Policy Department: http://ccnso.icann.org/node/34707

ICANN FY12 Audited Financial Statements: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-08oct12-en.htm

Yrjö Länsipuro appointed 2012 NomCom Chair; Cheryl Langdon-Orr Chair-Elect: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08oct12-en.htm

ICANN Consolidated Meeting Strategy Proposal: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02oct12-en.htm

September 2012 

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during September 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout September 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary. 

• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group Telephone Conference 27 September 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-27sep12-en.pdf 
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference  20 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-20sep12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group Telephone Conference 20 September 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-20sep12-en.pdf
• Notes Contact Repository Implementation Working Group Telephone Conference 18 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-cri-18sep12-en.pdf 
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group Telephone Conference 13 September 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-13sep12-en.pdf 
• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 12 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-12sep12-en.pdf 
• Notes Contact Repository Implementation Working Group Telephone Conference 7 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-cri-07sep12-en.pdf
• Notes Capacity Building Study Group Telephone Conference 7 September2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-capacity-07sep12-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 6 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-06sep12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 6 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-06sep12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Woring Group Telephone Conference 6 September 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-06sep12-en.pdf
• Notes Meeting Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 5 September 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-05sep12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 4September 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-04sep12-en.pdf

ccNSO Council

• Extraordinary Call for Nominations to Fill Vacant Seat For European Region: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/33947
• Call for Nominations to ccNSO Council: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/33943
• Council Statement on ICANN SSR Remit: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/33855
  
  

Various Announcements

• ccNSO Opens Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/ccNSO
• Invitation to attend eCrime 2012 22-25 October 2012: http://apwg.org/ecrime2012.html
• ASEP publishes project plan: http://www.icann.org/en/news/infocus/accountability/asep/project-plan-24sep12-en.pdf. 
• ATRT paper on community consultation: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-4-24sep12-en.htm
• Documents on Status of RAA Negotiations: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-5-24sep12-en.htm
• Webinar on Uniform Rapid Suspension to be held 3 October 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-6-24sep12-en.htm
•  ICANN 2013 - 2016 Draft Strategic Plan published for public comments: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-9-24sep12-en.htm
• September Update from ICANN's Policy Department: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-sep12-en.htm
• ICANN's Fellowship Programme opens For Applications for Beijing Meeting: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19sep12-en.htm
• Fadi Chehadé  Officially Assums Position of ICANN President and CEO: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14sep12-en.htm
• ICANN Meeting July 2013 to be held in Durban, South Africa: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10sep12-en.htm
• ICANN Policy Department Pre-Toronto Webinar 4 October2012: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07sep12-en.htm
• Draft Agenda ccNSO Meeting, Toronto: http://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/toronto/agenda.htm

August 2012

• Transcript DNS Security and Stability Working Group Telephone Conference 26 July 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-dssa-26jul12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 26 July 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-26jul12-en.pdf

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during May 2012 are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout May 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visithttp://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conferencehttp://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-29may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 24 May 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-24may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 24 May 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-24may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 23 May 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-23may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 17 May 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-17may12-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 17 May 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-17may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 17 May 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-17may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 15 May 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-15may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 10 May 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-10may12-en.pdf 
• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 9 May 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-09may12-en.pdf
• Notes Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Telephone Conference 7 May2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-sop-07may12-en.pdf
• Notes Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 3 May 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-03may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 3 May 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-03may12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 3 May 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-03may12-en.pdf

Council

Minutes Council Telephone Conference 8 May 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/31443

Recording Council Telephone Conference 8 May 2012: http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20120508-en.mp3

New Members

.KM Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-30may12-en.htm 

.IS Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18may11-en.htm  

.SX Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may11-en.htm

.CW Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02may12-en.ht 

Surveys (OPEN until 4 June 2012) Survey on ccNSO Wiki: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FQ2SU6ZPJ

April 2012

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during April 2012 are available at:http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

Notes, minutes and transcripts from Working Group Meetings throughout April 2012 may be missing in this summary, due to the timing of their delivery. Please, visit http://www.ccnso.icann.org/calendar regularly for a comprehensive summary.

• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 26 April 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-26apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference 25 April 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unctwg-25apr12-en.pdf
• NotesMeetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 24 April 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-24apr12-en.pdf
• NotesInformal Study Group On ccNSO Capacity Building Telephone Conference 20 April 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-ccnso-capacity-20apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 19 April 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-19apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 12 April 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-12apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript* {}Joint DNS Security and Stability AnalysisWorking Group Telephone Conference 12 April 2012:*http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-12apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript* {}Joint DNS Stability and Security AnalysisWorking Group Telephone Conference 5 April 2012:*http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-05apr12-en.pdf
• NotesMeetings Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 4 April 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-04apr12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 3 April 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-03apr12-en.pdf

Call for Volunteers (CLOSED 27 April 2012). Call for Volunteers to ICANN Academy Working Group: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-22apr12-en.htm

New Members

.PS Join as Newest Members of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-25apr12-en.htm

Council

Minutes ccNSO Council Telephone Conference 17 April 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/31167

ccNSO Activity Summary
January 2012

Working Groups

All Mp3 recordings of the various Working Group Telephone Conferences during January 2012 are available at:http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar

• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Telephone Conference 26 January 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foi-26jan12-en.pdf  
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• Notes Framework of Interpretation Telephone Conference 26 January 2012: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-foi-26jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 26 January 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-26jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Telephone Conference:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-unct-26jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Telephone Conference 19 January 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-sop-19jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Joint DNS Securoty amd Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 19 January 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-19jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 12 January 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-12jan12-en.pdf 
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• Transcript Framework of Interpretation Working Group Telephone Conference 12 January 2012:http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/transcript-foiwg-12jan12-en.pdf 
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• Notes Programme Working Group Telephone Conference 11 January 2012: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/notes-programme-wg-11jan12-en.pdf
• Transcript Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group Telephone Conference 10 January 2012: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-jig-10jan12-en.pdf
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• Transcript Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Telephone Conference 5 January 2012:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-dssa-05jan12-en.pdf  

New Members

.iq joins as newest member of the ccNSO: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31dec11-en.htm 

Various Announcements

 
ICANN Policy Department Update January 2012: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-jan12-en.htm
ICANN Framework FY 13 Budget: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17jan12-en.htm
ICANN Starts Accepting New gTLD Applications and Posts New Applicant Guidebook: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jan12-en.htm
Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs.http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-06jan12-en.htm
ICANN’s Fellowship Programme opens application round for Prague meeting 24 – 29 June 2012:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jan12-en.htm

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 :

ASIA PASIFIC

EUROPE

LATIN AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Agenda's and minutes of previous ccNSO meetings.

Former liaison reports.

ccNSO Liaison reports 2011

ccNSO Cairo

ccNSO Council November

ccNSO October 2008

ccNSO liaison September 2008

ccNSO Liaison - Aug 12 2008

ccNSO Phishing report published
New ccNSO Guidelines published

ccNSO Liaison - Feb 9 2008

ccNSO Liaison - Jan 22 2008

ccNSO Liaison - July 10 200

The ccNSO Council adopts the Nomination and Election Report Nominations and Elections to ccNSO Council 2016 and congratulates:·      Abibu Ntahigiye (.tz) African Region·      Debbie Monahan (.nz) Asia-Pacific Region·      Peter Vergrote ( .be) European Region·      Demi Gethschko (.br) Latin American and Caribbean Region·      Becky Burr (.us) North American Region with their election. The ccNSO Council thanks Gabriella Schittek for her hard work as Election Process Manager.

1) No formal resolution was to be required

2) The ccNSO Council would provide input to the CCWG, which would request greater clarity on key issues as well as adherence to the requirements of the CWG.  Further, that the ccNSO was generally supportive of the "direction of travel".

3) This input was to be summarized by the Chair and shared with Council before transmission to the CCWG.