ICANN 54 Primer

ICANN 54 Primer: Welcome to Dublin

ICANN 54 is the 2015 Annual General Meeting and is the first-ever ICANN meeting hosted in Dublin. This meeting will address a lot of important topics, including the IANA Stewardship Transition, ICANN Accountability, Domain Privacy, New gTLD Program Reviews, and finding Fadi's successor. On top of wrapping your head around all of these complex issues, you will be required to decide which meetings to attend, navigating your way through the convention centre, and remembering all of the storm of acronyms that will be thrown your way.

This guide will provide you with the essentials you need to have a productive and meaningful meeting. Don't forget to stop by the ICANNWiki booth to pickup the printed version as well!

Dates:

18-22 October 2015

Location:

The Convention Centre Dublin
Spencer Dock
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland

Remote Participation

Even if you are unable to attend ICANN 54 in Dublin, your participation is needed to help shape the future of the internet. Learn about remote participation here.

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ICANNWiki Edit-a-thon

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Event information

• Date: October 18 & 19, 2015,
• Reception: October 21, 2015
• Time: 11:30-13:00
• Location: The Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland, ICANNWiki Booth
• Hosts: Jackie, Dustin Phillips
• Twitter Hashtag: #ICWEditathon
• Facebook: TBA

Contributors are automatically invited to our post-Edit-a-thon Reception to be held at Brew Dock, a local pub with food and drink. Door prizes will also be awarded to the most valuable or unique edits to the wiki. We are very excited to host a celebration of everyone's hard work. Please join us for this reception on October 21, 2015 at 5:30pm.

Both events are sponsored by Amazon, Inc.

Important Issues

Domain Privacy

The protocols and policy surrounding WHOIS have not changed much since its conception in the ARPANET days, but its use has changed dramatically. The resource is increasingly used for originally unintended purposes,including law enforcement, domain solicitation and data mining. This has caused some to register their domains through privacy/proxy registration services.

Recently the use of these services has become a center of debate. Some stakeholders would like to see restrictions placed on the use of privacy/proxy registrations, while others defend the importance of privacy for registrants.

Additional Reading:

• ICANNWiki article on Domain Privacy
• ICANN History of WHOIS

IANA Transition

Since the NTIA announced on March 14, 2014 that it intended to transition stewardship of the IANA functions to the global stakeholder community, ICANN has set its sights on developing a proposal that meets the requirements set forth by the NTIA.

A successful proposal will be required to have broad community support and sufficiently address four key principles:

• Support and Enhance the Multistakeholder Model;
• Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
• Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and,
• Maintain the openness of the Internet.

The transition was originally set to take place on 30 September 2015, but the NTIA extended the contract to expire 30 September 2016, giving ICANN more time to prepare for the transition. This promises to be an important topic to watch at this meeting.

Additional Reading:

• ICANNWiki article on IANA Transition

Accountability

Since it was created, ICANN has been held accountable by the US government's control of the IANA functions. The process of maintaining this accountability after the IANA transition occurs is an extremely important step to be taken before the transition can move forward. Concerns raised by the community during transition discussions have indicated that the accountability measures currently in place do not meet the expectations of stakeholders. Since “broad community support” is a requirement set forth by the NTIA, a disagreement on accountability could be a sticking point that continues to delay the transition Recently, the community proposed a “Sole Member model” as a way to ensure ICANN is held accountable to its stakeholders, but this proposal was met with resistance by the ICANN board.

New gTLD Program

ICANN’s New gTLD Program was introduced in 2012 as a way to open up competition in the domain name markets. Rather than rely solely on the standard .com, .edu, etc., the new gTLDs have delivered broader options in meaning for consumers. Now that the first round of gTLDs have concluded, domainers and industry professionals have their eye on the future of these extensions--will these new top level domains edge into the mainstream, what are their best uses, and how will they succeed after so many years of .com?

Equally important are the reviews of the New gTLD Program. Focus of the reviews include topics such as rights protection, program implementation, security and stability, and consumer trust and choice, and competition.

Additional Reading:

• ICANNWiki article on New gTLD Program.

Finding the Next CEO

In May 2015, ICANN announced that Fadi Chehade will be stepping down in March 2016, prior to the end of his contract which was set to expire in June 2017. ICANN established a search committee at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires, to begin identifying candidates to fill the vacancy. The application period closed on 20 September 2015, beginning the selection process.

Schedule by Topic & Venue Map

Full Schedule:
ICANN 54-Full Schedule

ICANN Board

Committees

A = Audit, C = Compensation, E = Executive, BG = Board Governance, NGP = New gTLD Program, R = Risk, OEC = Organizational Effectiveness Committee, F = Finance

Board Members

	Fadi Chehadé CEO & President Term:September 2012 - March 2016 Committees:E, NGP		Steve Crocker Chair Term:November 2008 - AGM 2014 Committees:A, C, E, NGP		Bruce Tonkin Vice-Chair Term:June 2007 - AGM 2016 Committees:BG, C, E		Rinalia Abdul Rahim Term:October 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees:NGP, R, OEC
	Cherine Chalaby Term:December 2010 - AGM 2016 Committees: F, NGP, BG, E		Chris Disspain Term:June 2011 - AGM 2017 Committees: BG, F, NGP		Asha Hemrajani Term:October 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees: F, NGP		Wolfgang Kleinwächter Term:November 2013 - AGM 2015 Committees: OEC
	Markus Kummer (October 2014 - AGM 2017) Committees: OEC, NGP		Bruno Lanvin Term:November 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees: F, NGP, OEC		Erika Mann Term:December 2010 - November 2016 Committees: A, C, BG, NGP		Gonzalo Navarro Term:October 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: F, BG, NGP
	Raymond A. Plzak Term:May 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: OEC, A, NGP		George Sadowsky Term:October 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: C, A, NGP		Michael Silber Term:May 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: R, BG, NGP		Kuo-Wei Wu Term:April 2010 - AGM 2016 Committees: NGP, R, OEC
	Ram Mohan SSAC Liaison Tenure:2008-Present Committees: R(Non-Voting Member),C (Non-Voting Member)		Thomas Schneider GAC Liaison Term:First GAC Meeting 2015-First GAC Meeting 2017 Committees: NGP(Non-Voting Member)		Jonne Soininen IETF Liaision Term:2013 – AGM 2015 Committees: R(Non-Voting Member)		Suzanne Woolf RSSAC Liaison Tenure:2004-Present Committees: BG(Non-Voting Member),R(Non-Voting Member)

	Fadi Chehadé CEO & President Term:September 2012 - March 2016 Committees:E, NGP
	Steve Crocker Chair Term:November 2008 - AGM 2014 Committees:A, C, E, NGP
	Bruce Tonkin Vice-Chair Term:June 2007 - AGM 2016 Committees:BG, C, E
	Rinalia Abdul Rahim Term:October 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees:NGP, R, OEC
	Cherine Chalaby Term:December 2010 - AGM 2016 Committees: F, NGP, BG, E
	Chris Disspain Term:June 2011 - AGM 2017 Committees: BG, F, NGP
	Asha Hemrajani Term:October 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees: F, NGP
	Wolfgang Kleinwächter Term:November 2013 - AGM 2015 Committees: OEC
	Markus Kummer (October 2014 - AGM 2017) Committees: OEC, NGP
	Bruno Lanvin Term:November 2014 - AGM 2017 Committees: F, NGP, OEC
	Erika Mann Term:December 2010 - November 2016 Committees: A, C, BG, NGP
	Gonzalo Navarro Term:October 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: F, BG, NGP
	Raymond A. Plzak Term:May 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: OEC, A, NGP
	George Sadowsky Term:October 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: C, A, NGP
	Michael Silber Term:May 2009 - AGM 2015 Committees: R, BG, NGP
	Kuo-Wei Wu Term:April 2010 - AGM 2016 Committees: NGP, R, OEC
	Ram Mohan SSAC Liaison Tenure:2008-Present Committees: R(Non-Voting Member),C (Non-Voting Member)
	Thomas Schneider GAC Liaison Term:First GAC Meeting 2015-First GAC Meeting 2017 Committees: NGP(Non-Voting Member)
	Jonne Soininen IETF Liaision Term:2013 – AGM 2015 Committees: R(Non-Voting Member)
	Suzanne Woolf RSSAC Liaison Tenure:2004-Present Committees: BG(Non-Voting Member),R(Non-Voting Member)

AGM = Annual General Meeting

Acronym Glossary

Acronym	Definition	Español
ICANN	Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers	Corporación para la Asignación de Nombres y Números en Internet
AfriNIC	The African Network Information Center	Centro Africano de Información de Redes
ALAC	At-Large Advisory Committee	Comité Asesor At-Large
APNIC	The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre	Centro de Información de Redes del Pacífico Asiático
ARIN	American Registry for Internet Numbers	Registro Norteamericano de Números de Internet
ASO	Address Supporting Organization	Organización de Apoyo para Direcciones
ccNSO	Country-Code Names Supporting Organization	Organización de Apoyo para Nombres de Dominio con Código de País
ccTLD	Country-Code Top Level Domain	Dominio de Alto Nivel con Código de País
CCWG or CWG	Cross Community Working Group	Group Grupo de Trabajo Transversal a la Comunidad
DNS	Domain Name System	Sistema de Nombres de Dominio
GAC	Governmental Advisory Committee	Comité Asesor Gubernamental
GNSO	Generic Names Supporting Organization	Organización de Apoyo para Nombres Genéricos
gTLD	Generic Top-Level Domain	Dominio Genérico de Alto Nivel
IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority	Autoridad de Números Asignados en Internet
IDN	Internationalized Domain Names	Nombres de Dominio Internacionalizados
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force	Grupo de Trabajo en Ingeniería de Internet
IP	Internet Protocol	Protocolo de Internet
IPv4	Internet Protocol version 4	Protocolo de Internet version 4
IPv6	Internet Protocol Version 6	Protocolo de Internet version 6
ISOC	Internet Society	Sociedad de Internet
ISP	Internet Service Provider	Proveedor de Servicios de Internet
LACNIC	Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry	Registro de Direcciones de Internet Latinoamericano y del Caribe
NTIA	US Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration	Administración de la Información y Telecomunicaciones del Departamento de Comercio del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos
OSC	Operations Steering Committee	Comité de Supervisión de Operaciones
PDP	Policy Development Process	Proceso de Desarrollo de Políticas
RIR	Regional Internet Registry	Registro Regional de Internet
RSEP	Registry Services Evaluation Proccess	Proceso de evaluación de Servicios de Registro
RSSAC	Root Server System Advisory Committee	Comité Asesor del Sistema de Servidores Raíz
SSIG	South School on Internet Governance	Escuela del Sur de Gobernanza de Internet
SSR	Security, Stability, and Resiliency	Seguridad, Estabilidad y Resiliencia
SSAC	Security and Stability Advisory Committee	Comité Asesor de Seguridad y Estabilidad
TLD	Top Level Domain	Dominio de Alto Nivel
TLG	Technical Liaison Group	Grupo de Enlace Técnico
UDRP	Uniform Dispute Resolution Process	Política Uniforme de Resolución de Disputas
URS	Uniform Rapid Suspension System	Sistema de Suspensión Rápido
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium	World Wide Web Consortium
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization	Organización Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).