Transcript ccTLD Services ccTLD Secretariat Services post-Carthage What does the Secretariat do? ● The ccTLD Secretariat: – – – – – facilitates support and communications between all ccTLDs manages email Discussion Lists maintains www.wwtld.org.

ccTLD Services
ccTLD Secretariat Services
post-Carthage
What does the Secretariat do?
●
The ccTLD Secretariat:
–
–
–
–
–
facilitates support and communications between
all ccTLDs
manages email Discussion Lists
maintains www.wwtld.org and keep it up to date
keeps ccTLD managers informed on issues that
are of interest to them
organises wwTLD meetings at ICANN :●
–
Books and pays for meeting rooms
provides copying and similar support services as
needed
Requirements of the ccTLD
Secretariat
●
The ccTLD Secretariat should have:
●
●
●
●
Good written and spoken English
Be a good communicator; and have
Appreciation of multi-cultural issues
The Secretariat should be
–
Accessible
●
–
Able to respond to email and telephone enquires in
an efficient manner
Respected
●
Experienced and qualified (with web design,
technical, organisational and secretarial skills)
Competencies
●
The Secretariat should have:
–
Good understanding of internet related
organisational and technical issues; and be
–
Accurate and correct, paying attention to details,
yet maintaining an overall picture; remaining
–
Responsive and attentive to the needs of its
'customers'.
Neutral
●
Secretariat must be neutral
–
Trusted by all ccTLD Managers
–
Not part of any 'political' process or scheme
–
Secretariat should serve ccTLD interests
community irrespective of whether DNSO,
ccNSO, or any organisation, and should not be
able to be captured by a particular interest
group.
Goal
●
Ensure provision of required services to
standard required by 'customers'
–
Customers are:
●
●
●
●
All ccTLD Managers
Attendees of meetings
Those who rely on Secretariat for information (e.g
visitors to http://www.wwtld.org/)
By demonstrating independence and
impartiality, to engage ccTLD managers and
other sponsors to provide the needed
resources (e.g. funding).
Present Situation
●
●
●
●
Small amount of money left by Abishak (ca.
EUR/USD 5000)
Forwarded to NR and EP and held in a
'trustee' position
Decision to use that for 'temporary
secretrariat' until Carthage + 7 days. (RFP
and 'acquiescence' of AdCom).
No ccTLD Secretariat after second week in
November.
Don't know what you got ...
●
●
●
... until it's gone.
Development of ICANN Reform, ccNSO &c
means that it is still very important that 'room
is booked, coffee is ordered', audiocasting,
publishing &c
Even more imporant to have support
services during a transition period.
Alternative to secretariat
●
Do nothing
●
Have no meetings
●
Don 't bother coming to ICANN
●
Don't take part in ICANN at all
TINA
●
Alternative is no alternative
●
Would prejudice all interested parties
–
–
–
–
●
pro ccNSO
The 'not yets'
anti ccNSO
The 'don't cares'
How many people DON'T think the
secretariat function is useful?
Funding
●
Voluntary funding from ccTLDs
●
Sponsorships
–
●
●
This time Verisign, New.Net and Afilias (THANK
YOU!!!)
Gate money (Have you paid your EUR
100/USD 100 to Andy Lane?)
Without adequate funding, secretariat will
struggle or fail.
Next step
●
●
●
How to secure secretariat services for
defined time period?
How long (6 months, 12 months, Rome, KL)?
Oversight