Centre-LSD seeks volunteers for election observation @Edo, Ondo States - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) is seeking some volunteers as election observers for the forthcoming Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states respectively, reports ITREALMS.

A public statement available to ITREALMS the Centre LSD informed about the call for the volunteers for the governorship elections slated for September 21 and November 16, 2024 in that order.

ICANN, IPT seek volunteers on NomCom review - ITREALMS

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), together with the Nominating Committee (NomCom) Review Implementation Planning Team (IPT), is seeking volunteers to join the NomCom Review implementation working group, reports ITREALMS.

The results of this working group will impact all of ICANN's community so it is critical that all of ICANN's Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, as well as relevant stakeholder groups and constituencies participate.

As requested by the ICANN Board as the 14 March 2019 resolution, the NomCom Review implementation working group will among other things "develop a detailed implementation plan, including appropriate costing, for the 27 recommendations of the NomCom Review, based on the guidelines detailed in the IPT's Feasibility Assessment and Initial Implementation Plan.

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The working group will also oversee the implementation of these recommendations, once approved by the Board. The detailed implementation plan, including appropriate implementation costing, shall be submitted to the Board as soon as possible, but no later than six months after approval of the 14 March 2019 Board resolution, that is by 14 September 2019.

The work commitment for this group is anticipated to be no less than two years with calls likely to take place every other week. No travel support will be provided for implementation working group members.

ITREALMS reports that to join the NomCom Review implementation working group, community members are requested to send an email to reviews@icann.org with their request to join.

Just as ITREALMS gathered that the implementation working group's first meeting will take place on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 at 20:00 UTC and volunteers are encouraged to join before this date. 

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ICANN extends deadline on call for WHOIS volunteers review team

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended its call for volunteers to serve in the Registration Directory Service (RDS) Review Team previously known as WHOIS, are now due till 7 March 2017, reports ITRealms.

ICANN, ITRealms gathered is seeking volunteers to serve on the second review of Registration Directory Service (formerly known as the WHOIS Review).

“Interested individuals are invited to provide the following information, in the template provided,” sources from ICANN informed ITRealms.

In addition, potential volunteers are to submit a biography, detailing relevant work and/or academic experience, as well as subject matter knowledge;  motivation for detailing interest in serving on the Review Team and what to bring to the team.

Also, volunteers are to specify the Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC) that they would like to have consider them for nomination.

“Candidates are asked to submit their application materials to reviews@icann.org by 7 March 2017, and all applications and supporting materials will be published as they are received on the RDS wiki page,” our source said.

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ICANN invites volunteers for Registration Directory Service

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has invited applications until December 7, 2016, to be appointed to the Registration Directory Service (RDS) Review Team, reports ITRealms.

ICANN, ITRealms gathered is seeking volunteers to serve on the second review of Registration Directory Service, formerly known as the WHOIS Review, urging interested individuals to provide their information in the stipulated template.

This include a biography, detailing relevant work and/or academic experience, as well as subject matter knowledge; motivation for detailing interest in serving on the Review Team and what they intend to bring to the team; specify the Supporting Organization (SO) or Advisory Committee (AC) that they would like to have consider their nomination.

In addition, ITRealms gathered that candidates are to submit their application materials to reviews@icann.org by 7 December 2016, 23:59 UTC.

ICANN promises that all applications and supporting materials will be published as they are received on the RDS wiki page.

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NomCom Working Party volunteers get ICANN nod

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The 2016 Nominating Committee (NomCom) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected 11 volunteers to serve as members of the NomCom2 Review Working Party, reports ITRealms.

These include Nadira Alaraj, Satish Babu, Thomas Barrett, Hago Dafalla, Brenden Kuerbis, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Yrjo Lansipuro, Vanda Scartezini, Eulalie Scobie-Robinson, Manmeet Singh and Bruce Tonkin.

ICANN sources told ITRealms that this selection follows the NomCom's 13 September call for volunteers.

The members of the NomCom2 Review Working Party, ITRealms gathered would work on the 2017 NomCom2 Review.

While the 2016 NomCom Chair, Stephane Van Gelder, will serve as interim Chair of the NomCom2 Review Working Party until the working party meets and selects a Chair.

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72 applicants for Competition, Consumer Trust and Choice Review Team

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A total of 72 applicants submitted request to be considered in the recent call for volunteers by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) reports ITRealms.

ICANN in an official newsletter made available to ITRealms said these individuals have applied to serve on the team that will review the New gTLD Programme in relation to competition, consumer trust and consumer choice (CCT).

Candidates, ITRealms gathered, hail from Bahrain, China, Kenya, Nigeria, Jamaica, Spain and many other countries. 

“Their collective professional experience spans a variety of industries. Some are part of ICANN supporting organizations and advisory committees, while others volunteered as independent experts,” ICANN disclosed, stressing that the review is mandated by ICANN's Affirmation of Commitments.

On the next action following the deadline for the submission of applications to join the team, ICANN said the list of applicants and documentation provided in their applications has been published at: https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/aoc/cct/applications. 

While supporting organizations and advisory committees have until 14 December 2015 to review these materials and determine whether they would like to endorse certain candidates as representatives of their respective constituencies.

The composition of the CCT review team will be determined by ICANN's CEO and the chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), as described in the call for volunteers. 

Additionally, ICANN will provide the CEO and chair with the list of candidates, supporting documentation and endorsements with priority given to expertise, geographic location and endorsements will all be taken into consideration when selecting the team.

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Privacy accreditation: GNSO calls for volunteers to develop policy

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The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking volunteers to serve on a Working Group (WG) to develop policy recommendations on issues relating to the accreditation of privacy and proxy service providers for domain name registrations.

ITRealms the Working Group is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations regarding issues identified during the recently-concluded negotiations for the new 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), including recommendations made by law enforcement and GNSO working groups.

Mostly expected to address by the WG are issues not covered during the negotiations and otherwise suited for a Policy Development Process (PDP); specifically, issues relating to the accreditation of privacy and proxy services.

Specific issues to be discussed to be addressed are detailed in the WG’s charter, even as interested parties could join the WG, to contact the GNSO secretariat at gnso.secretariat@icann.org.

ITRealms notes that in October 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board initiated negotiations with the Registrars Stakeholder Group for a new form of RAA, and simultaneously requested an Issue Report from the GNSO on issues not covered by the negotiations and otherwise suited for a PDP.

The Final Issue Report was published in March 2012, and recommended that the GNSO commence its PDP as soon as possible after receiving a report that the negotiations were concluded.

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