<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Fadi and Larry were up in front of the Congress today to give an update - not only on IANA, but also new gTLDs. Among the tricky IANA aspects: "How to ensure that stakeholder groups – supporting organizations (SOs) and advisory committees (ACs) in ICANN parlance – would have standing under California law to enforce the changes to the bylaws;  How to incorporate the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) into the new ICANN structure without increasing its power relative to the other SOs and ACs; and,  How to resolve outstanding questions regarding the potential for lawsuits that could impact the SOs and ACs."  A CCWG proposal for an ICANN membership structure bit the dust in Buenos Aires, and we are pretty much back to the drawing board on this.   On gTLDS, issues such as .amazon, .wine/.vin, and .sucks were discussed. Enjoy!</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "On Wednesday July 8 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53 in Washington DC. Topics under discussion was the propos" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width: 100%; height: 8px; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/energy+commerce.png" alt="Energy + Commerce" border="0">On Wednesday<strong> July 8 2015</strong>, the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/communications-and-technology">U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technolog</a>y</strong> held a hearing <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/internet-governance-progress-after-icann-53"><em><strong>Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53</strong></em></a> in Washington DC. Topics under discussion was the proposed transfer of the IANA stewardship from the United States to the global Internet community, plus the expansion of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Witnesses were <strong>Larry Strickling </strong> of the<strong> </strong>U.S. Dept. of Commerce and <strong>Fadi Chehadé</strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​ ​</strong></div>of ICANN. Video is below<p> </p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_lNKXTg2k?start=1347&rel=0"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px;" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/fD_lNKXTg2k/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/fD_lNKXTg2k?t=22m39s">https://youtu.be/fD_lNKXTg2k?t=22m39s</a><br> <strong>Transcribe on AMARA</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.amara.org/en/videos/Sd5FGVM7yfFg/">http://www.amara.org/en/videos/Sd5FGVM7yfFg/</a><br> <strong>Background memo</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20150708/103711/HHRG-114-IF16-20150708-SD002.pdf">http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20150708/103711/HHRG-114-IF16-20150708-SD002.pdf</a><br> <strong>Twitter</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23SubCommTech">#SubCommTech</a> | <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23ICANN53">#ICANN53</a></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881<br></a><p> </p><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"><div> </div><div> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span id="gc-number-189" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div>
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