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Re: [ALAC] [At-Large] New gTLDs and Mitigating Malicious Conduct
by Beau Brendler Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Alan wrote: >But at the same time, I deeply regret that this work was only triggered by comments on the DAG2 and was not undertaken a LONG time ago. Although the details of malicious conduct have changed and probably expanded over time, much of the basic story has been around for a long time.< I appreciate this comment. More than a year ago, I recall a handful of people, myself included, raising concerns of this kind, and we were basically laughed at or derided as standing in the way of progress. Especially from the people wearing the "I (Heart) New gTLDs" buttons. By the way, I don't know what a DAG2 is. -----Original Message----- >From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Sent: Sep 29, 2009 12:08 PM >To: ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: [At-Large] New gTLDs and Mitigating Malicious Conduct > >I just got off of the ICANN Webinar about the proposals Mitigating >Malicious Conduct for New gTLDs (and in some cases for all gTLDs). > >Without describing the proposals (which will be posted on the ICANN >web site in the near future) or trying to analyze or evaluate them in >any depth, I must say how pleasing it was to listen to. There was an >understanding of the issues, and a real attempt to address them which >clearly demonstrated that a lot of work had been done (and is still >to be done). > >But at the same time, I deeply regret that this work was only >triggered by comments on the DAG2 and was not undertaken a LONG time >ago. Although the details of malicious conduct have changed and >probably expanded over time, much of the basic story has been around >for a long time. > >Alan > > > >_______________________________________________ >At-Large mailing list >At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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New gTLDs and Mitigating Malicious Conduct
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

I just got off of the ICANN Webinar about the proposals Mitigating Malicious Conduct for New gTLDs (and in some cases for all gTLDs). Without describing the proposals (which will be posted on the ICANN web site in the near future) or trying to analyze or evaluate them in any depth, I must say how pleasing it was to listen to. There was an understanding of the issues, and a real attempt to address them which clearly demonstrated that a lot of work had been done (and is still to be done). But at the same time, I deeply regret that this work was only triggered by comments on the DAG2 and was not undertaken a LONG time ago. Although the details of malicious conduct have changed and probably expanded over time, much of the basic story has been around for a long time. Alan

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Board Liaison election
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 27, 2009

Sept. 27, 2009

For those who have not yet voted (or those are simply interested), I recently added my replies to the additional questions as well as a summary of the points I made in my opening address. https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?board_liaison_nominee_alan_greenberg https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?alan_greenberg Alan

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William Drake added to ALAC Public Mailing List
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

Dear All, This is to inform you that William Drake has recently been subscribed to this mailing list. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [ALAC] William Drake added to ALAC Public Mailing List
by Beau Brendler Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

Milton is the best publicity the Consumer Constituency has ever had, if the last couple of days have been any indicator. And he's illuminating the path towards the reponsible choice, in my opinion: The opposite direction from whatever he wants. Pied Piper in reverse. -----Original Message----- >From: William Drake <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> >Sent: Sep 25, 2009 1:38 PM >To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Cc: ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [ALAC] William Drake added to ALAC Public Mailing List > > >On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote: >> >> With your relationship to EURALO, all of this should be an easy fit >> for you, and I for one would welcome more than just "liaising" on >> your part. But of course, you need to mold the job into something >> that both you and the ALAC feel comfortable with. > >Thanks Alan. Your description matches well how you've operated in the >council to my knowledge. This context seems a bit more charged at the >moment, so I just don't want anyone feeling like there's this foreign >entity in the room who's overstepping, or they can't say what they >think or it'll be reported externally in the wrong way, or whatever. >I actually would like to help facilitate inter-species understanding >and conflict management if I can, while recognizing that I do have >clear preferences on some matters where's there's been disagreement >(e.g. the charter). Anyway, as long as folks understand the intent I >think things will gravitate toward the right balance, and if my views >on anything are desired it won't be hard to elicit them. > >Cheers, > >Bill > >PS: Uh, just got an email notice that Milton has posted a reply to >replies, sigh...it's characteristically assertive but at least sticks >closer to the charter/constituency issue, on which I do think we >really should have had serious and reasonably inclusive dialogue >before and are dealing with the consequences of that failure now. > >_______________________________________________ >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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ALAC/Liaison Position Description
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

A Draft Job Description for ALAC members and Liaisons was distributed on July 28, and later made available in French and Spanish. Comments were received over the following 8 weeks and a revised version was published prior to this week's ALAC meeting. At the meeting, it was decided that the revised version should be open for comment for 5 days, and then revised, reformatted and voted upon. You can find three versions of the Job Description: Draft + comments: This is the original document plus all comments. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd Draft with comments embedded: This is the same version, but with the comments summarized within the text. The comments are within curly brackets {} and have the initials of the person who made or supported the comments. The only people who comments (and signed them) were ALAC members and RALO leaders, so the initials should all be recognizable. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_rework Version for approval: This is the revised version. There are some editors comments at the end. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_approval Please review this last version and submit any comments. If you support or do not support any comments made by others, please say so, as this will be considered in making the final revision. IF YOU MAKE COMMENTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. Comments will be accepted until Oct 30 at 16:00 UTC. Alan

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Letter from Rob Beckstrom to members of the US House Committee on the Judiciary
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 23, 2009

Sept. 23, 2009

It is not yet posted to ICANN Correspondence page, but Peter Dengate Thrush's response to the GAC is - http://www.icann.org/correspondence/. Alan >From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin(a)melbourneit.com.au> >To: Council GNSO <council(a)gnso.icann.org> >Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:29:35 -0400 >Subject: [council] Letter from Rob Beckstrom to members of the US House > Committee on the Judiciary > >Hello All, > >Please find attached the ICANN CEO's response to the letter from the US >House Committee on the Judiciary. > >Regards, >Bruce Tonkin

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ALAC/Liaison Position Description
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 22, 2009

Sept. 22, 2009

Due to a major computer problem, I have lost several days over the last week, but I have finally completed the revision of the Position Description. There are three documents pointed to by Item 6 of "For Discussion" on the ALAC meeting agenda this week - https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?22_september_2009. Draft + comments: This is the original document plus all comments. Draft with comments embedded: This is the same version, but with the comments summarized within the text. The comments are within curly brackets {} and have the initials of the person who made or supported the comments. The only people who comments (and signed them) were ALAC members and RALO leaders, so the initials should all be recognizable. Version for approval: This is the revised version. There are some editors comments at the end. I suspect that once this version is reviewed there may be some corrections/additions needed, but I believe that it is very close to what we have been talking about. I would suggest that we take a few days to receive any final comments, and specifically those noting omissions or errors in fact, and then start a vote soon after any corrections are made. Alan

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Re: [ALAC] [At-Large] German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam
by Evan Leibovitch Sept. 21, 2009

Sept. 21, 2009

Joe Baptista wrote: > German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam > http://bit.ly/LfCq7 > > I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this? > Before I can even hope to answer this, I need to know more > Administration at the school, one of Germany’s top ten high schools, > confirmed today they are an INAIC approved reseller of Top-Level Domains > (TLDs). The press release > <http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-01-06-2009> What the heck is a "reseller of TLDs"? What is INAIC? And what is this list of "TLD registrars"? http://inaic.com/index.php?p=tld-registrars >From a cursory looks of things, it appears that the school was the perpetrator of a scam as much as it was the victim of one... - Evan

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Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-Internal] [ALAC-Announce] Community Call with Board Liaison Candidates
by Sivasubramanian Muthusamy Sept. 20, 2009

Sept. 20, 2009

Hello I wish to withdraw my candidature to the position of ALAC liaison to the Board. I would be more interested in seeking a nomination to the ICANN Board as a voting Board member during the 2010 nomination process. Thank you Sivasubramanian Muthusamy On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: > I see from staff email yesterday there won't be a second call. Thanks > anyway to the three candidates, Alan, Sébastien and Wendy, who completed the > doodle poll. > > How quickly can the transcript and recording be made available? Voting is > scheduled to begin on 21st September at 12:00 UTC. > > Adam > > > > UTC 1800 = 0400 in Sydney and (as Chair of ALAC and of this meeting) I >> *will be* attending... >> >> Yes I know it is hard to make lots of calls at difficult hours sometimes >> (especially when you are a volunteer) but I also believe that we also need >> to accept that sometimes *a one off call* (not routine ones that is >> different =>I do with the many GNSO-WG meetings representing the ALAC that >> meet routinely each week of fortnight at 0300, 0400 or 0500+ start times, I >> decided/agreed as the times were settled that the outcome for better PDP >> processes and having an At-Large/ALAC view incorporated into it as well as >> the active development of better partnership and mutual understanding >> between the GNSO players and the ALAC was worth the temporary inconvenience >> = my choice) can be seen as vital (or not) as to how a volunteer carries >> out the role they offered themselves to perform; and of course some >> volunteers make an 'in principal choice of no call after this or that time >> of day for perfectly good and valid reasons and we all should be able to >> understand this... >> >> However one of the strengths of how the ALAC does its bussiness these days >> i.e. its meetings and deliberations is the combination of an 'in camera >> principalt' and he quite extensive record and review options of what happens >> at a meeting (our Wiki's, transcripts, conduct of recordings {often in three >> languages} etc.,) and this Call with Board Liaison Candidates will utilise >> all of this as well as encourage via comments to the meeting WIKI page, or >> direct communication (email etc.,) to Staff, the ALAC Chair or I'm sure >> other ALAC, RALO or ALS members who are attending the call, being formally >> 'read to the record' and asked 'in proxy' to the candidate(s)... Again all >> of this will be on the record and this record can obviously be used by Adam >> or any one else (of the 15 Member ALAC electorate or wider world) to review >> this vitally important meeting and therefore be able to 'catch up' in a >> convenient point in time quite effectively in my opinion... as a Footnote >> previous experience has shown me that this record (specifically MP3's / >> transcripts) have also been of value to people who have attended the meeting >> or call and wanted to later cross check or affirm something... >> >> CLO >> >> Adam Peake wrote: >> >>> UTC 18:00 = 3am Monday in Tokyo, I won't be able to make it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As set out in the 2009 Board Election Process < >>>> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?board_liaison_process_2009> >>>> (EN only), a special purpose teleconference shall be arranged not >>>> earlier >>>> than Friday, 18th September and not later than Sunday, 20th September at >>>> which the candidates for Board Liaison as forwarded from the RALOs to >>>> the >>>> ALAC shall be provided an equal length of time to speak about their >>>> candidature. The ALAC Chair will determine the length of time each >>>> candidate will speak prior to the start of the call. This will be >>>> followed >>>> by a question and answer period during which community members may ask >>>> questions of the candidates. The call will also include an explanation >>>> of >>>> the election process for the board liaison as well as the implications >>>> for >>>> this position following the Board's decision of 27th August 2009 for the >>>> At-Large community to select a voting director to the Board. >>>> >>>> >>>> So as to make the call at a time convenient for as many regions as >>>> possible, >>>> the call is scheduled for Sunday, 20th September at 18:00 UTC >>>> >>>> (11:00 PDT/14:00 EDT/15:00 Buenos Aires/19:00 CEST/04:00 Sydney on >>>> Monday, >>>> 21st September). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This call shall be recorded and transcribed and conducted in English, >>>> Spanish, and French through the use of interpreters. >>>> >>>> Further call details will be sent out shortly. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We recognize that this time may not be suitable for everyone in all >>>> regions, >>>> especially those in the Eastern hemisphere. Therefore, in order to >>>> ensure >>>> that as many people within the At-Large community are able to be on a >>>> call >>>> with the Board Liaison candidates, a Doodle is being offered for a >>>> potential >>>> additional call on Saturday, 19th September at times more suitable for >>>> people living in the Eastern hemisphere if there is sufficient demand. >>>> Please only respond to the Doodle if you are unable to participate in >>>> the >>>> call scheduled for Sunday, 20th September at 18:00 UTC. This call will >>>> be >>>> recorded and transcribed and conducted in English only. The Doodle is >>>> available here: >>>> >>>> http://www.doodle.com/s7yzrhfdi7t7qkz5. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella >>>> Gruber-White >>>> ICANN At-Large Staff >>>> email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ALAC-Announce mailing list >>>> ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>>> >>>> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… >>>> >>>> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ALAC-Internal mailing list >>> ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> >>> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… >>> >>> ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >>> At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC-Internal mailing list >> ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… >> >> ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >> At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Internal mailing list > ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > > ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac > At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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