October 2008 - ALAC - lists.icann.org

FW: New Consumer Reports WebWatch original song/animation on phishing and fraud
by At-Large Staff Oct. 2, 2008

Oct. 2, 2008

Dear Members: We thought you might be interested in some of the activities of the ALS Consumer Reports WebWatch, of which your colleague Beau Brendler is the Director. ------ Forwarded Message > From: Beau Brendler <brenbe(a)consumer.org> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:25:52 -0700 > To: <multiple recipients> > Subject: New Consumer Reports WebWatch original song/animation on phishing and > fraud > > Greetings, all. Pardon the mass e-mail but I wanted to share with you a new > original song and video Consumer Reports WebWatch produced and is launching > today to help educate consumers about phishing and other Internet scams. We > produced it as part of a grant from the New York State Office of Attorney > General. I'm sending it because at one time or another you've expressed > interest in the subject matter and/or have an interest in trying to reach out > to consumers on difficult topics. This animation wasn't that difficult to do > (e-mail me if you want details). The original song was written for us in > collaboration with Dean Friedman, described in the USA as "a one-hit wonder, > following his 1977 hit song 'Ariel,' which reached #26 on the Billboard > national pop charts (the only Billboard charted song in history to mention the > word Paramus)," from Dean's Wikipedia bio. The animation was done by > Powerhouse Animation Studios of Austin, Texas, which has worked on several > other viral videos Consumers Union has produced the last couple of years. > > Take a look here: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UddjreNhMEA > > Some of our current work on online fraud issues is here, including fact sheets > in English and Spanish: > www.consumerwebwatch.org > > And with Consumer Reports Magazine, we're launching this online security guide > today: > www.consumerreports.org/security > > More about Powerhouse here: > (http://www.powerhouseanimation.com/!clients.html) > > Hope you enjoy "Gone Phishin'" > > Best, > > Beau Brendler > > ** > This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named > above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be > confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you > may not review, retain, copy, redistribute or use this e-mail or any > attachment for any purpose, or disclose all or any part of its contents. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender > by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from > your computer system. > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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GNSO Report
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 2, 2008

Oct. 2, 2008

My GNSO report has been posted to the October 14th meeting agenda (https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?14_october_2008) I specifically call you attention to the section on the RAA and Travel Funding. Alan (Although I rarely get such things done well ahead of time, but I will likely be traveling that week, and if it didn't get done now, it wouldn't have been done at all.)

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Re: [ALAC] Voting to accept an ALS
by vanda Oct. 1, 2008

Oct. 1, 2008

I strongly agree with a direct and non confusing question in EVERY poll as well as with a cleaner & clearer design in the ballot. Regards Vanda via webmail > The Bigpulse page for an ALAS vote currently looks like this: > > 1. Should the regional advise from NARALO for applicant (114) > Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities (FBSC) be rejected? > The regional advise was to accept the application. > Voting "No" means that you would like to accept this application. > > __ No 100% > __ Yes No votes > > (with the 100% and "No votes" in a smaller, non-bold font) > > I understand how we got here, but I have a very strong feeling that > voting NO to accept an ALAS (that is, voting No to "not reject") is > both counter intuitive and bad grammar! > > Can we please schedule a SHORT discussion in Cairo to decide if I am > in a minority, or if we should reverse the wording. That is, to vote > on deciding to admit or not, with the regional advice CLEARLY being > shown at the top of the poll. > > Voting on whether to ACCEPT the regional advice would be a LITTLE > clearer, but I still prefer voting on whether to accept the ALS. > > Alan > > PS I also find the sequence of Yes No on the second line less then > clear. As stated before, I would prefer to not see the voting summary > in this screen, but to be able to, at the click of a button, to see > who voted and how. > > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org > ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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REVISED: Re: Fast flux update
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 1, 2008

Oct. 1, 2008

I neglected to put in a pointer to Avri's full plan - http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-ff-pdp-may08/msg00662.html. Alan At 01/10/2008 12:31 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote: >Probably no action necessary at this point. See today's posts by >Avri Doria and Mike Rodenbaugh on the GNSO Council list - >http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/. > >Alan > >At 29/09/2008 07:07 PM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote: >>Oh dear this is disappointing... Beau we will ensure this matter of an >>ALAC letter going out is on this month Agenda... >> >>Can the RALO Reps ensure that the 'back-up' support / opinions of their >>constituent ALS's are sort on this please as it will be FAR more powerful if >>we can say and this, this and this ALS have stated their Memberships >>agreement to this as well... >> >>CLO (who is about to forward this message to her own ALS and the APRALO >>Chair/list {subtle *hint* here for others} ;-) >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>[mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Brendler, Beau >>Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2008 1:50 AM >>To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; NA Discuss >>Subject: [ALAC] Fast flux update >> >> >>Brief update: It appears this WG has stalled for the foreseeable future. The >>chairman, Mike O'Connor, has resigned. Avri Doria sent a message this >>morning telling the participants to await next steps, but the WG had pretty >>much stalled in process already. >> >> >>Bureaucratic processes are not my strong suit, but should the ALAC create a >>short statement of advisory that we believe this is an important issue, >>provide some framework and definition, and encourage the GNSO to >>re-constitute the group? >> >>Beau >> >>** >>This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named >>above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be >>confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, >>you may not review, retain, copy, redistribute or use this e-mail or any >>attachment for any purpose, or disclose all or any part of its contents. If >>you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender >>by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from >>your computer system. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>ALAC mailing list >>ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >>At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >>ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>ALAC mailing list >>ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >>At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >>ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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Voting to accept an ALS
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 1, 2008

Oct. 1, 2008

The Bigpulse page for an ALAS vote currently looks like this: 1. Should the regional advise from NARALO for applicant (114) Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities (FBSC) be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. Voting "No" means that you would like to accept this application. __ No 100% __ Yes No votes (with the 100% and "No votes" in a smaller, non-bold font) I understand how we got here, but I have a very strong feeling that voting NO to accept an ALAS (that is, voting No to "not reject") is both counter intuitive and bad grammar! Can we please schedule a SHORT discussion in Cairo to decide if I am in a minority, or if we should reverse the wording. That is, to vote on deciding to admit or not, with the regional advice CLEARLY being shown at the top of the poll. Voting on whether to ACCEPT the regional advice would be a LITTLE clearer, but I still prefer voting on whether to accept the ALS. Alan PS I also find the sequence of Yes No on the second line less then clear. As stated before, I would prefer to not see the voting summary in this screen, but to be able to, at the click of a button, to see who voted and how.

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Fast flux update
by Brendler, Beau Oct. 1, 2008

Oct. 1, 2008

Brief update: It appears this WG has stalled for the foreseeable future. The chairman, Mike O'Connor, has resigned. Avri Doria sent a message this morning telling the participants to await next steps, but the WG had pretty much stalled in process already. Bureaucratic processes are not my strong suit, but should the ALAC create a short statement of advisory that we believe this is an important issue, provide some framework and definition, and encourage the GNSO to re-constitute the group? Beau ** This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, retain, copy, redistribute or use this e-mail or any attachment for any purpose, or disclose all or any part of its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system.

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