Dear friends and colleagues,

Thank you for an engaging discussion at the recent APAC Space in ICANN57, Hyderabad – Discussion on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP) – that took place on 8 November 2016. The notes of discussion can be accessed at the Community Wiki page: https://community.icann.org/display/GSEAPAC/Notes+on+8+November+2016+APAC+Space+at+ICANN57+Hyderabad; for your convenience they are also appended below.

The presentation slides and other information, including the session recording, can also be found on the Community Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/GSEAPAC/APAC+Space

We will reach out to you again on the proposed topic to be discussed at the next APAC Space Web Conference (tentatively scheduled for January 2016). In the meantime, we would be grateful for any feedback and/or to suggest topics of discussion for the next APAC Space Web Conference. Feel free to write to us at apachub@icann.org.

Thank you.

Warm Regards,

Joyce Chen

GSE Strategy & Development Senior Manager

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Direct Line: +65 6816 1287

Mobile: +65 8338 8653

Email: joyce.chen@icann.org

Skype: joyce.chen.icann

www.icann.org

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Notes on 8 November 2016 APAC Space at ICANN57 Hyderabad

The APAC Space was held on 8 November during ICANN57, Hyderabad. More than 80 people participated in this face-to-face meeting. The participants continued discussion on encouraging APAC participation in ICANN by focusing on Work Track 1 (WT1) of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP).

Welcome Remarks and Self-Introduction by Community

The meeting welcomed the following APAC community members who were recently appointed to ICANN leadership positions in ICANN57:

Akinori Maemura, Japan, ICANN Board member elected by the Address Supporting Organisation (ASO; succeeding Kuo-Wei Wu)
Guo Feng, China, GAC Vice-Chair (succeeding Thailand's GAC representative Wanawit Ahkuputra)

The meeting congratulated Izumi Okutani, JPNIC, for receiving the ICANN Leadership Award.

The meeting also thanked Kuo-Wei for his contributions as a Board member.

Current Status of New Subsequent Procedures PDP – Work Track 1

Steve Chan, Senior Policy Manager, ICANN, introduced the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP relating to the PDP's timeline, scope. He also updated on the issues discussed particularly in ICANN57 Working Group (WG) sessions. Effort has been made for more people in the APAC time zone to participate in the WG discussions.

Christa Taylor and Sara Bockey (WT1 co-group leads) were invited to the session to share their updates on WT1 progress and take questions from the APAC community. Out of ten discussion topics, WT1 is currently discussing the first two on Accreditation Programs and Applicant Support. They also briefly introduced the overarching issues in the two discussion topics, such as registry service provider accreditation, limited utilization of applicant support program, and applicant guidebook.

Community Discussion

Edmon Chung, CEO, DotAsia, led the subsequent community discussion and Q&A. The salient points of discussion are:

The analysis from the New gTLD Program and Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (CCT) Reviews are used to determine how effective the new gTLD program was in the current round – whether it was successful, and what challenges there were. On behalf of the CCT Review Team, AM Global issued a report on interviews conducted for the New gTLD applications. The various CCT Review surveys and reports can be found at: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56135383
Need for greater outreach on Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) program. APAC community could work together to bring awareness on providing applicant support to IDNs and not limit the applicant support criteria to the previous round.
On outreach to under-served economies on new gTLDs, a community member highlighted that with market competition, general Internet users would gravitate to domain names that are freely available. The community should consider what the cost and value would be in having registry operators from under-served economies.
On general capacity building and newcomer programmes, a community member suggested better classifying such programmes for beginners to build leadership and language capacity in an accessible location. For instance, there could be dedicated webpages to programmes such as NextGen@ICANN and ICANN Fellowship.
The meeting noted that the discussions on PDP and the various work tracks are recorded and readily available. This would be useful for the PDP members, who are relatively new, as well as other interested community members. To prepare for participation in the WG, please refer to the final issue report outlining the discussion topics.
To sign up for the WG, please email the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org.

General Discussion on Promoting Diversity in GNSO

Pam Little, Zodiac Holdings, provided background to the issue of promoting cultural diversity in GNSO. She noted that APAC Space had previously provided a comment to ICANN, with regard to the Independent Examiner final report of their review of the GNSO. The comment supported, and asked to prioritise Recommendation 32 of the GNSO Review as ICANN currently only measures geographic diversity. [Recommendation 32 states: That ICANN define “cultural diversity” and that relevant metrics (encompassing geographic, gender, age group and cultural, possibly by using birth language) be monitored and published.]

The Independent Examiner report also stated that geographic diversity was not a proxy for cultural diversity.

However, due to the difficulties in defining and measuring cultural diversity, the Board decided not to implement Recommendation 32 as it was too broad for only the GNSO to implement.

Mary Wong, Senior Policy Director, ICANN, clarified that for future Cross-Community Working Groups, a set of uniform principles (for both ccNSO and GNSO) have been set to consider diversity in future WG memberships. In addition, the Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG)-Accountability Work Stream 2 (WS2) will study improvements to diversity as part of its main work.

To sign up for the CCWG-Accountability WS2 on Diversity, please contact acct-staff@icann.org.

AOB

Paul Wilson, APNIC, promoted the upcoming Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF). As the original host au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA), Australia, had withdrawn the host offer, he invited interested parties to submit their bids to host the 2017 APrIGF.

The APAC Space presentation and session recording can be found at: https://icann572016.sched.org/event/8czw/apac-space.

From: Joyce Chen <joyce.chen@icann.org>
Date: Friday, 28 October 2016 at 10:42 AM
To: <discuss@tld.asia>
Subject: Re: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space in ICANN57 Hyderabad

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are happy to inform you that the Work Track 1 co-group leads Christa Taylor and Sara Bockey have confirmed their attendance at APAC Space in ICANN57 and will be introducing Work Track 1 to us. This will be a good opportunity to interact with them in Hyderabad, and to find out more about participating in the PDP Work Tracks. We will proceed to send the final agenda (appended below) to the wider APAC community.

Please let us know if there are any topics you would like to raise so that we can include in the agenda under “General Discussion on APAC developments”.

For more details on APAC Space, please refer to the following link: https://icann572016.sched.org/event/8czw/apac-space. It may take a few hours for the final agenda to be reflected in the public schedule. A separate email will be sent out with the venue location and dial-in details shortly.

Thank you and look forward to meeting you in Hyderabad.

Warm Regards,

Joyce

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APAC Space Agenda

1. Welcome Remarks (3 mins)

· Jia-Rong Low, VP and Managing Director of ICANN Asia Pacific;

· APAC Space community lead Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia

2. Self-Introduction by APAC community members (15 mins)

· To also raise any issues to discuss in ‘APAC developments’ (section 6 below)

3. Brief Introduction of New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP)[gnso.icann.org] by ICANN Policy Staff (5 mins)

· Quick recap for newcomers

· General Overview, Aims & Objectives

· Current APAC Participation

4. Introduction of PDP Work Track 1: Overall Process/Support/Outreach[community.icann.org] by Co-Group Leads(s) Christa Taylor and Sara Bockey (15 mins)

· Scope of Work and Priorities

· Work Plan

· Current discussion and how can APAC community participate more actively

5. Q&A / Discussion – moderated by Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia (25 mins)

6. General Discussion on APAC developments – moderated by Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia (25 mins)

7. AOB (2 mins)

· Next APAC Space Web Conference

From: Joyce Chen <joyce.chen@icann.org>
Date: Monday, 24 October 2016 at 5:33 PM
To: <discuss@tld.asia>
Subject: Re: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space in ICANN57 Hyderabad

Dear friends and colleagues,

To follow-up on the email below regarding APAC Space face-to-face meeting in ICANN57 Hyderabad (Tues, 8 Nov, 3:15PM – 4:45PM), appended below is a proposed agenda for the upcoming APAC Space that we would appreciate your comments on.

We have factored in some time for self-introductions by participants, as well as incorporated a section for general discussion on APAC developments. As mentioned previously, we are also working towards inviting the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Track 1 co-group leads to come and join us.

In particular, please let us know if you would like to suggest any discussion topics, or raise any issues to discuss, under ‘APAC developments’ (section 6 of the agenda). We aim to send the final agenda to the wider APAC community and to publish the agenda on the ICANN57 public schedule by the end of this week.

Thank you and look forward to hearing back from you.

Warm Regards,

Joyce Chen

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Proposed APAC Space Agenda

1. Welcome Remarks (3 mins)

· Jia-Rong Low, VP and Managing Director of ICANN Asia Pacific;

· APAC Space community lead Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia

2. Self-Introduction by APAC community members (15 mins)

· To also raise any issues to discuss in ‘APAC developments’ (section 6 below)

3. Brief Introduction of New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP)[gnso.icann.org] by ICANN Policy Staff (5 mins)

· Quick recap for newcomers

· General Overview, Aims & Objectives

· Current APAC Participation

4. Introduction of PDP Work Track 1: Overall Process/Support/Outreach[community.icann.org] by Co-Group Leads(s) Christa Taylor and Sara Bockey [Working to invite them] (15 mins)

· Scope of Work and Priorities

· Work Plan

· Current discussion and how can APAC community participate more actively

5. Q&A / Discussion – moderated by Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia (25 mins)

6. General Discussion on APAC developments – moderated by Edmon Chung, CEO DotAsia (25 mins)

7. AOB (2 mins)

· Next APAC Space Web Conference

From: Tld_discuss <tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia> on behalf of Jia-Rong Low <jiarong.low@icann.org>
Date: Friday, 21 October 2016 at 11:17 AM
To: "discuss@tld.asia" <discuss@tld.asia>
Subject: Re: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space in ICANN57 Hyderabad

Dear friends and colleagues,

Further to Joyce’s email below, we have tried to find a best time to do the proposed APAC networking event, but even the 8 Nov evening date that Joyce had listed below now has a major conflict. In this regard, we think it might be best to not go ahead with the networking event. Apologies for the inconvenience.

We will focus on the APAC Space face-to-face meeting which will definitely take place on 8 Nov 3.15pm (local time). We’ll work to factor in introductions at that time. See you in Hyderabad!

Regards,

Jia-Rong

From: Tld_discuss <tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia> on behalf of Joyce Chen <joyce.chen@icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 9:48 AM
To: "discuss@tld.asia" <discuss@tld.asia>
Subject: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space in ICANN57 Hyderabad

Dear friends and colleagues,

This is to inform you that we’re working on 2 APAC Space events for ICANN57 in Hyderabad, India. First, the upcoming APAC Space face-to-face meeting in ICANN57 Hyderabad is scheduled on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 from 3:15PM – 4:45PM (local Hyderabad time). We propose to continue discussion on APAC participation and contribution to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP), and focus our discussions on one of the PDP Work Tracks. We will update you with a proposed agenda closer to the event.

Second, as ICANN57 will be held in the APAC region, we would like to seize the opportunity to welcome our community members and propose having an APAC Networking Event. We suggest hosting the networking session as a pre-dinner event with drinks provided to allow our various stakeholders to meet in an informal setting and get to know one another better. We’re looking at Tuesday, 8 November 2016 from 6:30PM – 7:30PM (local Hyderabad time) as it is currently the only slot with the fewest schedule conflicts. Appreciate an indication from you on whether you will be able to attend the networking event at the proposed date and time. You may refer to the ICANN57 schedule at the following link: https://icann572016.sched.org/[icann572016.sched.org] .

Thank you and look forward to hearing back from you.

Warm Regards,

Joyce Chen

GSE Strategy & Development Senior Manager

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Direct Line: +65 6816 1287

Mobile: +65 8338 8653

Email: joyce.chen@icann.org

Skype: joyce.chen.icann