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Proposal To Sign the Root Zone Made Public
DNSSEC proposal a step towards improving overall security of Domain Name System. 9 OCT 08
> Public Comment: GNSO Council Member Term Limits 13 OCT 08
> Bengali and Khmer Added to IDN Testing Process 9 OCT 08
> European Hosts Sought for October 2009 Meeting 3 OCT 08
> ICANN Seeks Interest in IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process 2 OCT 08
> PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM (closes 20 October)
> Transition Action Plan
> Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN
> Consultation webpage
More than two years ago, the President’s Strategy Committee (PSC) commenced a series of consultations on how to strengthen and complete the ICANN multi-stakeholder model. In addition, the recent Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the United States Department of Commerce and ICANN produced useful comments about ICANN’s performance and future.
Most commentators in that consultation believe ICANN has made significant progress, but that some key areas need to be improved in order to complete the transition to an agreed model of multi-stakeholder coordination of the Internet’s unique identifiers.
The PSC has developed three papers that outline those key areas and possible responses to address them. These documents and the proposals contained in them were discussed at the Paris meeting in June (view the summary/analysis of the meeting input), and a public comment period opened on them (see the summary/analysis of input). A timetable for the process has been outlined, including a series of regional consultative meetings, and a dedicated webpage launched to provide the community with all the information it needs, including regular updates as the process develops.
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Public Comment PeriodsThere are a number of documents out for public review and comment at the moment. Plus several public comment periods have closed in the past month, and in many cases a summary and analysis of your input has been prepared and posted.
Open at the moment is a proposed bylaws revision that would allow the Nominating Committee to take into account someone's domicile status as well as their nationality. And secondly, there is a comment period on the Improving Institutional Confidence consultation.
Closed recently have been two comment periods on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: one covering new wording for reasons to deny a transfer, and the other asking for input on future revisions of the policy. Summary and analyses of the closed comment periods have been published for: Economic Case for Auctions for new gTLDs; Fast Track Final Report and SSAC Review Terms of Reference
All public comment periods, including closed forums, can be found in English at http://icann.org/en/public-comment.
Interested in hosting an ICANN meeting? The Cairo meeting is coming up soon; Mexico City will fast be upon us, and ICANN is currently evaluating applications for the Asia-Pacific meeting to be held in June next year - but have you ever considered hosting an ICANN meeting in your country? If so, we have opened "expressions of interest" process up already to applications for Europe in October 2009 and Africa in February 2010. If you are interested, or wish to learn more, please do get in contact. We look forward to hearing from you.
Read all about it! Newsletters and magazines
See the September edition of the ICANN magazine. It includes: Board decisions, policy updates, an interview with a new Board member and much more...
The September Policy Update is out. It provides up-to-date information and links, as well as background, on all ICANN's policy issues.
