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ICANN 54 is shaping up to be an important meeting, with a lot of critical issues on the agenda. The ICANN Primer is a resource providing the background information needed to begin understanding the issues and participating in the future of the internet. We provide summaries of important issues with links for additional reading, information on the board and a list of acronyms with definitions.

Issues to Watch:	Meetings to attend Today-Thursday 22 October 2015
Accountability Compliance Domain Privacy IANA Transition New gTLD Program Search for the Next CEO	Public Sessions: Room: Auditorium Internet Governance Public Session 9:30-11:00 ICANN Public Forum 14:00-17:30 ICANN Public Board Meeting 17:30-18:30 GAC Meeting Thursday Morning Sessions Room: Liffey A 09:00-12:00 GNSO GNSO Wrap-Up Session Room: Wicklow H2 12:30-13:30	ALAC Meetings Room: Wicklow H1 ALAC Technology Task Force 08:00-09:00 ALAC & Regional Wrap Up Session 10:45-12:45 IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability CCWG-Accountability Working Session Room: Liffey H2 08:00-10:00 ICG Working Session Room: Liffey B 10:30-12:30	CCNSO Meeting CCNSO CCWG EPSRC Room:Wicklow MR3 08:00-09:15 Strategy Planning Session 2016 Meeting Strategy Planning Session Room:L4 Foyer 09:00-10:15 NextGen NextGen @ICANN Presentation Room:L4 Foyer 10:30-13:30 Registry Stakeholders Registry Operator Roundtable Room:Liffey H1 08:00-09:15

ICANN Primer

ICANN 54 is shaping up to be an important meeting, with a lot of critical issues on the agenda. The ICANN Primer is a resource providing the background information needed to begin understanding the issues and participating in the future of the internet. We provide summaries of important issues with links for additional reading, information on the board and a list of acronyms with definitions.

Acronyms

• ICANN-Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers
• AfriNIC-The African Network Information Center
• ALAC-At-Large Advisory Committee
• APNIC-The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
• ARIN-American Registry for Internet Numbers
• ASO-Address Supporting Organization
• ccNSO-Country-Code Names Supporting Organization
• ccTLD-Country-Code Top Level Domain
• CCWG or CWG-Cross Community Working Group
• DNS-Domain Name System
• GAC-Governmental Advisory Committee
• GNSO-Generic Names Supporting Organization
• gTLD-Generic Top-Level Domain
• IANA-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
• IDN-Internationalized Domain Names
• IETF-Internet Engineering Task Force
• IP-Internet Protocol
• IPv4-Internet Protocol version 4
• IPv6-Internet Protocol Version 6
• ISOC-Internet Society
• ISP-Internet Service Provider
• LACNIC-Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
• NTIA-US Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• OSC-Operations Steering Committee
• PDP-Policy Development Process
• RIR-Regional Internet Registry
• RSEP-Registry Services Evaluation Proccess
• RSSAC-Root Server System Advisory Committee
• SSR-Security, Stability, and Resiliency
• SSAC-Security and Stability Advisory Committee
• TLD-Top Level Domain
• TLG-Technical Liaison Group
• UDRP-Uniform Dispute Resolution Process
• URS-Uniform Rapid Suspension System
• W3C-World Wide Web Consortium
• WIPO-World Intellectual Property Organization

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