IANA CWG-Stewardship Chairs Holding 2 More Webinars, May 6-7

Once is not enough! CWG-Stewardship is holding two more webinars to "brief interested community members on the content of the 2nd draft proposal, and to respond to questions that have surfaced since the briefings on 24 April." Announced details below.

The webinars will take place on:
6 May from 13:00 – 14:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 9 AM EDT (US)
7 May from 06:00 – 07:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 2 AM EDT (US)

The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to brenda.brewer@icann.org and indicate which time you would like to attend the webinar. Please note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CWG-Stewardship Wiki here.

Background: 

ICANN: IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability information: Links to public comments websites--

• CWG-Stewardship: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en - Comments close date 20 May 2015 23:59 UTC

• CCWG-Accountability: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en - Comments close date 3 Jun 2015 23:59 UTC

WEBINAR: Further Discussion on the CWG-Stewardship 2nd Draft Proposal for Public Comment - ICANN: The Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal for Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) released its 2nd draft proposal for public comment on 22 April. Following the opening of the public comment proceeding, the CWG-Stewardship Chairs hosted two briefing webinars on 24 April.

The briefing webinars on 24 April focused on the CWG-Stewardship work process, development of the 2nd draft proposal, and provided an overview of the contents and proposed structural model. The CWG-Stewardship Chairs will now host a follow-up series of webinars to brief interested community members on the content of the 2nd draft proposal, and to respond to questions that have surfaced since the briefings on 24 April. These two webinars may help further inform community submissions in time for the close of the public comment period on 20 May.

For further information: https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg.
and https://www.icann.org/stewardship.

Also: IANA Transition Webinars April 24, CWG Briefing on 2nd Draft Proposal


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IANA Transition Webinars April 24, CWG Briefing on 2nd Draft Proposal

CWG-Stewardship [ICANN Cross Community Working Group (CWG) On IANA Naming Related Functions] will hold two identical webinars on its 2nd draft proposal for public comment (*comment period closes 20 May 2015 23:59 UTC) as its part of the the NTIA announced, ICANN convened, ICANN stakeholder process to transition the IANA stewardship functions from the US government (NTIA, US Department of Commerce) to ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a California non-profit corporation).

2nd draft proposal (long form with annexes): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-with-annexes-22apr15-en.pdf

*Comments Forum | To submit a comment send it by email to: 

comments-cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-22apr15@icann.org

Comment Template (Use of the template not required): 
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-input-template-pdf-22apr15-en.pdf

UPDATE: Webinar Slides: https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/cwg-stewardship-towards-final-proposal-23apr15-en.pdf

UPDATE: Webinar Recordings and Transcripts posted on the ICANN GNSO wiki here.

Webinar Details and How to Attend: Anyone may attend the webinars via Adobe Connect room [ https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-iana/ ]

• 24 April from 06:00 – 07:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 2 AM EDT (US) 
• 24 April from 14:00 – 15:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 10 AM EDT (US) 

Alternatively, if you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive telephone dial-in details, send an email to brenda.brewer@icann.org and indicate which time you would like to attend the webinar. Note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CWG-Stewardship Wiki here.

Background:
"Following the request of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S Department of Commerce, for ICANN to "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG-Stewardship) was formed with the purpose of developing a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to domain names.

"The CWG-Stewardship held briefing webinars on the first draft proposal on 3-4 December 2014, and subsequently received nearly 60 public comments. Following the close of the public comment period, the CWG-Stewardship reviewed the comments and continued to work at an intense pace to prepare its transition proposal, through more than 30 teleconferences, a working session at ICANN 52 in Singapore in February, a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul in March and, most recently, during a two-day meeting block with over 12 hours of conferences to converge on the 2nd draft proposal.

"With the aim to submit its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) by the close of ICANN 53 in June, the CWG-Stewardship highlights the importance of broader community input of their draft, for which the group has received independent legal counsel for structural considerations and external expertise to bolster operational sections." (Background source: ICANN announcement)

Further information about the CWG-Stewardship: https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg.

Info about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: https://www.icann.org/stewardship.

See also: CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Foreword (April 22, 2015): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-chair-foreword-22apr15-en.pdf

and: IANA CWG-Stewardship Reverses Course, Chooses 'Internal Model' (March 30, 2015)

and: ICANN, Dysfunction, the Public Interest, and the IANA Transition (April 7, 2015)


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ICANN WHOIS Accuracy Pilot Study Report, Comment Period Ends 27 FEB

ICANN WHOIS Accuracy Pilot Study Report, Comment Period Ends 27 Feb 2015 23:59 UTC:

WHOIS Accuracy Pilot Study Report - ICANN: "The WHOIS Pilot Study Report published today [Dec 23, 2014] for public comment describes the results of a pilot accuracy study conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. The Report illustrates the findings and methodology to be deployed in the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) under development by ICANN. By publishing it for public comment, ICANN is seeking feedback on the approach, methodology, and reporting formats used in the Pilot Study to help shape the final design of the ARS...." (read more at the link above)

NORC WHOIS Accuracy Pilot Report [PDF, 1.5 MB]

more info:

• Brief Overview
• Submit Comment to Forum via email to: comments-whois-ars-pilot-23dec14@icann.org
• Comments Forum
• Section I: Description, Explanation & Purpose
• Section II: Background
• Section III: Relevant Resources
• Section IV: Additional Information

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