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From: Pam Little [mailto:pam.little@zodiac-corp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 12:02 PM
To: 'tld_discuss-request@tld.asia'
Subject: FW: ICANN49 Singapore: Asia Pacific Engagement update, 27 Mar 2014

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I trust you have had a successful ICANN 49th meeting in Singapore and have arrived home safely.

I am forwarding the email below from ICANN, in case you did not manage to attend the Asia Pacific Engagement Update session on 27 Mar 2014 or are not on the ICANN APAC Hub mailing list.

You will note the following excerpt from https://community.icann.org/display/gseasiawkspc/ICANN49+Singapore+Meeting+-+APAC+Engagement+Update%2C+27+Mar+2014

“APAC Hub Beta - Contracted Party Feedback

 Kuek summed up the feedback we received at the ICANN48 meeting in Buenos Aires in November 2013 (see attached slides). Feedback was sought from the community to be considered for the development of an APAC Hub Beta, particularly on the APAC Hub’s services for contracted parties (contractual compliance, registry/registrar services etc). The feedback would be considered for the development of an APAC Hub Beta roadmap to be discussed at ICANN50 in London. The community is also welcome, should it wish to form a Working Group to discuss this. 

· It is noted that the APAC Hub has filled a single position in registry services and contractual compliance, and will soon have a registrar services position filled. This is considered slow. It is noted that 15 months ago, ICANN had 2 positions in contractual compliance in the region, and this has now dropped to 1. The APAC Hub will need to speed this up.

• On registry services, the APAC Hub is requested to inform the community on its service model, and to communicate this with stakeholders in the region.”

At the Buenos Aires meeting I, on behalf of Zodiac Registry, reminded ICANN not to forget their contracted parties in the APAC region and advocated for localized services. From the above excerpt, it appears that ICANN has made some progress since but it still has a long way to go. So much so that I believe new gTLD applicants, registries and registrars in the APAC region are underserved, especially compared with our counterparts in North American region.

I bring this to your attention with a hope that you would support the idea that we, as a group, should continue to push ICANN to accelerate its globalization efforts so that contracted parties in the APAC region will have access to localized services that are properly staffed and resourced. To this end, any thoughts or ideas you may have or experiences you care to share would be most welcome.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,

Pam Little

From: ICANN APAC Hub [mailto:apachub@icann.org]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 2:15 PM
To: ICANN APAC Hub
Subject: ICANN49 Singapore: Asia Pacific Engagement update, 27 Mar 2014

Dear friends and colleagues,

At the recently concluded ICANN49 meeting in Singapore, the APAC Hub team held an update session on our engagement activities on 27 Mar. Thank you for your support, and kind feedback at our session. 

For those that could not attend, the presentation slides and key points of discussion are captured and uploaded onto our Community Wiki space: https://community.icann.org/display/gseasiawkspc/ICANN49+Singapore+Meeting+-+APAC+Engagement+Update%2C+27+Mar+2014

We welcome any comments through this online platform as well.

Thank you once again for your kind support in making the ICANN49 meeting in Singapore a success. We hope to continue working closely with you.

Regards,

Jia-Rong

Low Jia-Rong 

Head, Strategy & Initiatives, Asia Pacific

ICANN