<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Hello,</div><div style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">A reminder that tomorrow we will hold our Constituency Day Meeting.  With respect to the discussion of the IANA Transition and Accountability and the visit of Larry Strickling and Fiona Alexander, please note that going on right now is a session on Responses to the ICG RFP Regarding the IANA Stewardship Transition <a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-icg-rfp-iana-stewardship" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-icg-rfp-iana-stewardship</a> and included on the meeting page are useful presentations from the three communities:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""> Report on IETF IANAPLAN working Group Activities </li><li class=""> Overview of the Proposal from the Number Resources Community </li><li class=""> IANA Stewardship Transition Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions </li></ul></div><div class="">These would be worth a look before that discussion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><b class="">
NCUC Constituency Day @ ICANN 52, Singapore</b><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""> Tuesday, 10 February 2015 - 09:30 to 13:00 SGT<br class="">Hullet Room, Raffles City Convention Centre<br class="">Remote participation information at <a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncuc" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncuc</a><br class=""><br class="">Agenda</i><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">I. 9:30 – 10:30 Organizational Matters</b><br class=""><br class="">1. Participant introductions & adoption of agenda<br class=""><br class="">2. Updates<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">a. 2014 Election and th new Executive Committee<br class="">b. ICANN 52 eventsgovernance, CCWG-Accountability, CWG-Stewardship, IGC, Public Forum, etc.)<br class="">c. Reflections on the Noncontracted Parties House (NCPH) meeting and NCUC meetings in Washington DC, 12-14 January<br class="">d. Budgetary</blockquote><br class="">3. Proposed NCPH conference in Buenos Aires before ICANN 53<br class=""><br class="">4. Book Possibility<br class=""><br class="">5. The new Membership Affairs Team and the challenges of in-reach and engagement, especially for new members (including draft survey)<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">10:30/40 – 11:00 ICANN coffee break</b><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">II. 11:00 – 12:00 The IANA Transition and Accountability</b><br class=""><br class=""><i class="">Joining us for the discussion:</i><br class=""><br class="">Lawrence E. Strickling<br class="">Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration<br class=""><br class="">Fiona Alexander<br class="">Associate Administrator (Head of Office) for International Affairs, NTIA<br class=""><br class=""><i class="">Background Information:</i><br class=""><br class="">Remarks by Assistant Secretary Strickling at the State of the Net Conference 1/27/2015 <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2015/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-state-net-conference-1272015" class="">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2015/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-state-net-conference-1272015</a> <br class=""><br class="">NTIA IANA Functions’ Stewardship Transition & En <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability" class="">https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability</a> <br class=""><br class="">The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group ( <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship/coordination-group" class="">https://www.icann.org/stewardship/coordination-group</a> <br class=""><br class="">CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability</a> <br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">III. 12:00 – 12:50 ICANN and the Global “Public Interest”</b><br class=""><br class=""><i class="">Joining us for the discussion:</i><br class=""><br class="">Megan Richards<br class="">Principal Adviser of the Director General at DG CONNECT, European Commission<br class=""><br class="">Nora Abusitta<br class="">Vice President, Development and Public Responsibility Programs, ICANN (remote participation) <br class=""><br class=""><i class="">Background Information:</i><br class=""><br class="">The Strategy Panel on the Public<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/prf-report-" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/prf-report-</a>15may14-en.pdf proposed that, “ICANN defines the global public interest in relation to the Internet as ensuring the Internet becomes, and continues to be, stable, inclusive, and accessible across the globe so that all may enjoy the benefits of a single and open Internet.” The panel’s analysis was discussed inter alia in a February 2014 webinar https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-02-12-en.  A Development and Public Responsibility Department was created to coordinate with the community and organization on related work, and held sessions at the London and Los Angeles meetings.<br class=""><br class="">The ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan for FY2016- FY2020 (v.1, November 2014) lists “Strategic Objective 5 - Develop and implement a global public interest framework bounded by ICANN’s mission,” including the development of a “common consensus based definition of public interest” https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-opplan-budget-2016-2020-10nov14-en.pdf<br class=""><br class="">At a meeting with NCSG in Washington DC on 13 January, Fadi Chehadé told us, “clearly it's my job to define ICANN's public interest framework. This is clearly something we ought to do together. And I frankly welcome the NCSG to, if anything, take the lead on that.”<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">IV. 12:50 – 13:00 AOB</b></body></html>