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Fwd: input on participating in ICANN, IGF, ITU from Kieren McCarthy of the SFBay ALS
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Thoseof you in the Governance list will have received this, but I believe this would be a useful opportunity for input for our ALSes and At-Large in general, so propose that these links be promulgated (on behalf of Kieren) as widely as possible by us all, and via the Regional Lists etc., by staff if the ALAC hair agrees... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kieren McCarthy <kieren(a)dot-nxt.com> Date: 22 September 2011 03:24 Subject: [governance] Your input on participating in ICANN, IGF, ITU To: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org Hi all, On Friday 9am at the IGF I am running a workshop on participating and barriers to participation in ICANN, IGF and ITU. It's a feeder workshop into the main CIR session. I have set up an online form to gather people's views so we can pull them into the session. Could you all do me a favor and fill in the questionnaire and also promote the link in whatever ways you can? Any help greatly appreciated. http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/09/16/igf-participation-session Also, I am remote moderating another session on the Tuesday about how social media is impacting news. Have set up a similar page for that one too. Again, any help at all greatly appreciated: http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/09/20/media-in-mutation-igf-session Cheers, and see many of you next week Kieren ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org To be removed from the list, visit: http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing For all other list information and functions, see: http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: http://www.igcaucus.org/ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t

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Fwd: [council] Motion from the RrSG
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

The following motion was just sent to the GNSO Council list by Tim Ruiz on behalf of the Registrar Stakeholder Group. I will also forward the reply that I sent to the Council list. Alan >From: Tim Ruiz <tim(a)godaddy.com> >To: GNSO Council <council(a)gnso.icann.org> >Subject: [council] Motion from the RrSG >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:51:07 -0700 > >The following motion (also attached as a doc file) is being made at the >request of the RrSG. We feel the recommendations contained in it are >requested and generally agreed as necessary by Law Enforcement Agencies >(LEA), are supported by the GAC, and have not garnered any opposition >from other SGs or Cs. > >Tim > >-------------- > >WHEREAS, the Registrar Stakeholder Group has consulted extensively with >representatives of international law enforcement agencies regarding the >nature of Internet-based criminal activity and the information and tools >available to help address crime that involves the domain name system; >and > >WHEREAS, the Registrar Stakeholder Group has reviewed law enforcement >proposals and requests regarding registrar cooperation in addressing >online crime; and > >WHEREAS, the GNSO Council is prepared to assist law enforcement in its >long-term effort to address Internet-based criminal activity; > >NOW THEREFORE, the GNSO Council recommends to the ICANN Board of >Directors that: > >1. ICANN-accredited registrars must provide to ICANN staff, and ICANN >staff must keep on record, a valid physical address for the purpose of >receiving legal service. This record must include a valid street >address, city, appropriate region, telephone number and fax number. >Registrars must publish this information on their respective web sites, >and must notify ICANN staff and update their published addresses within >30 days of a change of address. > >2. ICANN-accredited registrars must provide to ICANN staff, and ICANN >staff must keep on record, the names of each registrarâs respective >corporate President, Vice President, and Secretary, or the appropriate >equivalents of those positions. These data may be made available upon >request to a verified representative of a law enforcement agency, in a >manner agreed to by ICANN staff, ICANN-accredited registrars, and >representatives of law enforcement agencies. Registrars will notify >ICANN of any changes in this information within 30 days of a change. > >3. ICANN-accredited registrars must publish on their respective web >sites e-mail and postal mail addresses to which law enforcement actions >may be directed. The e-mail address will use a uniform convention >(example: lawenforcement@xxxxxxxxxxx) to facilitate ease of use by law >enforcement agencies. Registrars may, at their individual discretion, >include language in this section of their web sites, directed to the >general public, that makes clear the use and expected outcomes of these >points of contact and identifies the appropriate points of contact for >other forms of business. Requests submitted by verified law enforcement >agencies to this discrete point of contact must receive an >acknowledgement of receipt from the registrar within 24 hours. > >4. Law enforcement agencies provide, within six months of the date >of approval of this policy by the ICANN Board and via the general advice >of the GAC to the Board, their recommendations for a database and >identification system that allows for expedient identification to a >registrar of a law enforcement agency, and verification of the >contacting party as a law enforcement agency upon that agency as first >contact with a registrar. > >5. Implementation and execution of these recommendations be monitored by >the GNSO. Specifically: > > a. ICANN staff will analyze and report to the GNSO at six-month >intervals for one year following implementation, until such time as the >GNSO resolves otherwise, with the intention of determining: > > i. How effectively and to what extent the policies have been >implemented and followed by Registrars, and > > ii. Whether or not modifications to these policies should be >considered by the GNSO as a result of experiences during the >implementation and monitoring stages. > > b. The purpose of these monitoring and reporting requirements are to >allow the GNSO to determine when, if ever, these recommendations and any >ensuing policy require additional amendment, clarification or attention >based on the results of the reports prepared by ICANN staff.

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Fwd: Re: [council] Motion from the RrSG
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 13, 2011

Sept. 13, 2011

>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:16:06 -0400 >To: Tim Ruiz <tim(a)godaddy.com>, GNSO Council <council(a)gnso.icann.org> >From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Subject: Re: [council] Motion from the RrSG > >Tim, I applaud this action on behalf of the RrSG, but do have >questions regarding how the RrSG sees this being implemented. > >The content does not seem to be within the picket fence and so no >PDP is required. But the only means I am aware of for getting such >rules into the RAA is for the Board to approve them and then they >kick in on the next RAA renewal - up to 5 years away. On the last >RAA change, ICANN had to offer financial rewards to Registrars to >get them to sign onto the revised agreement (and last I heard there >were still some that have not). > >Do you envisage ICANN having to offer additional financial >incentives in this case, (and still wait up to 5 years for all >Registrars to be on board)? Or what else is proposed to actually >get this implemented in a more timely manner? > >Also, do you envisage that this is an obligation that registrars >will be obliged to pass on to their resellers? > >Alan > >At 13/09/2011 02:51 PM, Tim Ruiz wrote: >>The following motion (also attached as a doc file) is being made at >>the request of the RrSG. We feel the recommendations contained in >>it are requested and generally agreed as necessary by Law >>Enforcement Agencies (LEA), are supported by the GAC, and have not >>garnered any opposition from other SGs or Cs. >> >>Tim

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CEO and SO/AC Chairs roundtable
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Sept. 9, 2011

Sept. 9, 2011

Hello everyone, this is just to let you know that I have received confirmation that the customary SO/AC Chairs roundtable with ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom will go ahead on Friday afternoon before the ICANN Dakar week takes place and I have just responded that I shall be able to attend. I would appreciate suggestions on any subject which I should bring up for discussion. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair

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Draft statement on PEDNR
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 4, 2011

Sept. 4, 2011

At its meeting of 23 August 2011, the ALAC requested that I draft a statement on the PEDNR Final Report for discussion and ultimate approval by the ALAC. The initial draft was reviewed by the regional representatives on the ALAC ExCom and the revised draft below is now available for comment at https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+PEDNR+Workspace (https://community.icann.org/x/DYCYAQ) ALAC Chair, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, has requested that comments be submitted by ALAC and At-Large for a five day period, followed by a five day vote of the ALAC. The statement is reproduced here for your convenience. Comments should be posted to the Wiki. Alan -------------------------------------- *DRAFT* ALAC Statement on the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration The Post Expiration Domain Name Recovery PDP was initiated at the request of the ALAC in 2008, and we are pleased to see that it may now come to a positive conclusion. The original request was made because, at that time, there were absolutely no guarantees in place that a registrant could renew or otherwise recover a gTLD domain name if it was inadvertently allowed to expire. Earlier ICANN actions including the creation of a Redemption Grace Period (RGP) for most registries, and developing the Expired Domain Deletion Policy (EDDP Consensus Policy PDP) had been carried out with the intent of putting such guarantees in place, but business practices had changed and the guarantees no longer existed. The originators of the request for the Issue Report which triggered the PDP had hopes that the end-result would be far more pro-registrant than what has ultimately come out of the PDP. This can be attributed to a number of causes, including the need of the PDP Working Group (WG) to come to a full consensus on the outcomes, and this of course had to include the Registrar Stakeholder Group. However, the largest problem can arguably be said to be the extreme difficulty in getting active and continued participation in an ICANN WG by those parties whose livelihood and business success do not depend on the PDP. To be clear, it is a major challenge to get users who are active in ICANN purely as volunteers to participate, particularly in a process which often takes close to three years. This clearly endangers the balance of the ICANN multi-stakeholder model. Given these conditions, the ALAC is pleased that some progress was made in advancing gTLD registrant rights and that ICANN will be taking positive action to educate, inform and support gTLD registrants, who are ultimately one of its core, often forgotten, stakeholders. As such, the ALAC encourages the Board to ratify the PDP Recommendations as approved by the GNSO. At the same time, the ALAC advises that the Board duly consider what might be done to ensure that, in the future, the multi-stakeholder model can be strengthened to allow users to more equitably influence the outcomes in future policy discussions. Such evolution is a core necessity identified by ICANN's Accountability and Transparency review as well as to meet the goals of its Strategic Plan.

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Fwd: [ALAC-ExCom] 2012 ICANN Nominating Committee Chair
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

FYI -------- Message original -------- Sujet: [ALAC-ExCom] 2012 ICANN Nominating Committee Chair Date : Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:13:25 +0200 De : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> Pour : ALAC EXCOM <alac-excom(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Copie à : Vanda UOL <vanda(a)uol.com.br> Dear all, having a glance at the Board Minutes on: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25aug11-en.htm 1. Approval of NomCom Chair & Chair-Elect Whereas, the BGC has reviewed the Expressions of Interest from candidates for the Nominating Committee ("NomCom") Chair and Chair-Elect. Whereas, the BGC agreed upon a short list of candidates and invited interested Board members to participate in interviews with those candidates, which resulted in recommendations to the Board. *Resolved* (2011.08.25.07), the Board adopts the recommendation of the BGC and hereby appoints Vanda Scartezini as the 2012 NomCom Chair and Rob Hall as the 2012 NomCom Chair-Elect. Congratulations Vanda! Kind regards, Olivier

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New ombudsman
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

For those who do not regularly read the ICANN Blog or lists of Board resolutions, a new Ombudsman has been appointed - Chris LaHatte - http://blog.icann.org/2011/08/new-ombudsman-at-icann/. Alan

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Fwd: Rod Beckstrom to leave ICANN at the end of his term
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 17, 2011

Aug. 17, 2011

>Subject: [council] Rod Beckstrom to leave ICANN at the end of his term >Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:17:08 +1000 >From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin(a)melbourneit.com.au> >To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > >Hello All, > >From: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf > >August 16, 2011 > >BECKSTROM TO LEAVE ICANN AT END OF HIS TERM > >Rod Beckstrom will continue to fulfill his term as ICANN's President and >CEO, which will be completed on 1 July 2012. He has held this position >since 1 July 2009. > >"I am incredibly proud of ICANN's achievements throughout my tenure," >said Beckstrom. "In two short years we have advanced this organization >to a new level of professionalism and productivity, and turned it into a >genuinely multinational organization that will serve the world community >long after my time here." > >Beckstrom has had many notable accomplishments at ICANN. They include >the negotiation and signing of the Affirmation of Commitments, the >historic 2009 agreement with the US Government that moved ICANN's >oversight from one government to the world, and the signing of the >Internet's root with DNSSEC. The introduction of internationalized >domain names under his watch has allowed millions of Internet users to >access the Internet entirely in their primary language script. > >"I can summarize my time here in four words: strong execution, great >teambuilding," he said. "We have built a world-class executive team, and >elevated ICANN's stature through strategic relationships with >governments, businesses, top technology firms and international >organizations." > >A program to launch new generic top-level domains - a major change to >the domain name system - was approved in June and will launch in the >next year. ICANN's agreement with the US government - the IANA functions >contract - expires in March, and Beckstrom emphasized his commitment to >bring the contract renewal to a successful conclusion. > >Steve Crocker, Chair of ICANN's Board of Directors, said: "The Board of >Directors fully supports Rod through the completion of his July 2012 >term and is committed to continuing the collaboration that has produced >so many benefits for ICANN and for the global Internet." > >Beckstrom continued: "I remain committed to leading this critical >organization with the utmost dedication, and to living up to our common >vision: One world, one Internet."

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NARALO statement on pre-registration
by Beau Brendler Aug. 12, 2011

Aug. 12, 2011

Dear Colleagues, The NARALO wants to make a statement warning consumers about the issue of pre-registration. We as a region have developed a text, as follows below. I'm writing to ask whether the ALAC would like to endorse this statement and pass it forward to the board. It also occurs to me that it would make an excellent press release in coordination with the appropriate people. I have already done a video spot on the issue for Internet Evolution/Thinkernet, so maybe other press might have some interest. Regards, Beau Brendler NARALO Chair ------------------------------------ The NARALO observes that at least one ICANN-accredited registrar, United Domains, is offering what it calls "Free nTLD pre-registration" (see https://www.uniteddomains.com/ntld/pre-register-new-domains) United Domains began the offer in advance of ICANN's new gTLD decision in Singapore, and it continues afterwards, in expectation of greater availability in October 2012. United Domains says the pre-registration service is free and non-binding. However, NARALO is concerned the offer of such a service might create consumer confusion and possibly present the opportunity for fraud. In support of this concern, we note that at least one registrar, Blacknight Solutions of Ireland, has issued a press release warning registrants to disregard any such pre-registration offers in new gTLDS, and states that the company "discovered that registrants interested in acquiring domains in rumoured new gTLDs had become confused by these offers, as they are not familiar with how the new TLD implementation might work. This sort of speculative offer is the equivalent of taking a down payment on a concept car that has not been approved for production. It is a false promise." (June 30, 2011, http://www.prlog.org/11565814-blacknight-warn-consumers-against-new-gtld-pr…) The NARALO wishes to remind ICANN that approximately 10 years ago, the announcement of pre-registration for new top-level domains (such as .aero, .coop and so-on) prompted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to issue a consumer alert (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt084.pdf) that said, in part, "Some registration services are guaranteeing new top level domain names or promising preferential treatment in the registration process.... "But, the agency cautions, these offers may be misleading. "The FTC advises consumers to protect themselves by: ...Avoiding any domain name pre-registration service that guarantees particular top level domain names or preferential treatment in the assignment of new top level domain names.." The NARALO is aware the situation is different now than it was then, and that United Domains and others provide substantial disclosure information about the nature of the pre-registration program. The NARALO also recognizes the FTC action at the time was thought by some in the Internet community to be excessive and alarmist. Therefore, the NARALO recommends that, through ALAC, ICANN undertake public communication that makes clear what, exactly, consumers and others might expect from "pre-registration." It should be the organization that administers the domain name system, not the agents of domain sale, who should be defining the nature of Internet "real estate" in the public interest.

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154 ALS Association for Linux and Free Software in Burkina Faso
by Fatimata Seye Sylla Aug. 11, 2011

Aug. 11, 2011

Dear All, I would like to announce that, after consultation, AFRALO's advice is to accept A3LB as an ALS. Best regards, Fatimata -- Fatimata Seye Sylla

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