Fwd: ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security and Stability Implications of New gTLDs
Dear ALAC members, as you know, the ALAC has recently voted to ratify the "ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security an Stability Implications of New gTLDs". Prior to sending this to the ICANN Chair of the Board as well as the Chair of the New gTLD Program Committee, ICANN has made an announcement regarding "Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and Dotless Names": https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28may13-en.htm With our Statement in hand, I took the opportunity of asking Julie Hammer about the opportunity to have a strongly worded cover letter accompany the ALAC Statement to be sent to the Chairs mentioned above. At the end of last week, I have worked in haste with the Executive Committee as well as our ALAC Liaison to the SSAC, to draft such a letter and with time being of the essence, since our Statement was completed a week earlier, I have sent the Statement plus the strong Cover Letter to the Board Chair, New gTLD Programme Committee Chair, copying the GAC Chair, the ICANN CEO, the SSAC Chair and the ATRT2 Chair. If you believe that we should send an even stronger message, I offer that the ALAC could decide to use parts of the cover letter to generate another ALAC Statement. So far, I have not received a reply from the Board but it is early days to judge response, considering the importance of the message conveyed. May I suggest to see what kind of response we receive to our earlier Statement prior to issuing another Statement? Having been unavailable over the week end, I apologise for the time it took me to forward this to you but in the interest of transparency it is important that you are aware of this concern and of the fact that we are pushing hard to make sure the message is understood and taken into account by ICANN. The Security and Stability of the Internet's domain name identifiers is of utmost importance. Best regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security and Stability Implications of New gTLDs Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:38:26 +0200 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> To: Steve Crocker <steve@*.com>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine@*.co.uk> CC: Heather.Dryden Dryden <Heather.Dryden@*.*.ca>, Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade@*.org>, Patrik Fältström <patrik@*.se>, Brian Cute <bcute@*.org>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@*.com>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@*.*.org> Dear Steve, Dear Cherine, please be so kind to find attached: - a "correspondence" which raises several points which I am sending you with the support of the ALAC Executive Committee; - an ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security and Stability Implications of New gTLDs which should be shared with the Board The correspondence serves as a cover letter to the ALAC Statement. In the absence of an actual open public comment process at this point in time, the ALAC is submitting this Statement directly to you, in line with its ability to submit its Advice to the Board at any time. The issue raised in this Statement is of high priority and we therefore look forward to a response from the ICANN Board on the Matter. Best regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair
*Dear Olivier,* * * *thank you. Quick remarks:* * * *- It's not a good idea to single out the fact that a paper has been approved "by the ALAC Executive Committee". Putting forward a part of the ALAC, for whatever reason, weakens the cohesiveness of our Advisory Committee, or at least projects such an image.* * * *- The tone of the letter is satisfactory. The strength of a statement comes more from brevity and clarity, than from resorting to descriptions of emotion.* * * *Best regards,* *Jean-Jacques.* 2013/6/11 Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
Dear ALAC members,
as you know, the ALAC has recently voted to ratify the "ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security an Stability Implications of New gTLDs". Prior to sending this to the ICANN Chair of the Board as well as the Chair of the New gTLD Program Committee, ICANN has made an announcement regarding "Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and Dotless Names": https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28may13-en.htm
With our Statement in hand, I took the opportunity of asking Julie Hammer about the opportunity to have a strongly worded cover letter accompany the ALAC Statement to be sent to the Chairs mentioned above. At the end of last week, I have worked in haste with the Executive Committee as well as our ALAC Liaison to the SSAC, to draft such a letter and with time being of the essence, since our Statement was completed a week earlier, I have sent the Statement plus the strong Cover Letter to the Board Chair, New gTLD Programme Committee Chair, copying the GAC Chair, the ICANN CEO, the SSAC Chair and the ATRT2 Chair.
If you believe that we should send an even stronger message, I offer that the ALAC could decide to use parts of the cover letter to generate another ALAC Statement. So far, I have not received a reply from the Board but it is early days to judge response, considering the importance of the message conveyed. May I suggest to see what kind of response we receive to our earlier Statement prior to issuing another Statement?
Having been unavailable over the week end, I apologise for the time it took me to forward this to you but in the interest of transparency it is important that you are aware of this concern and of the fact that we are pushing hard to make sure the message is understood and taken into account by ICANN. The Security and Stability of the Internet's domain name identifiers is of utmost importance.
Best regards,
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security and Stability Implications of New gTLDs Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:38:26 +0200 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> To: Steve Crocker <steve@*.com>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine@*.co.uk> CC: Heather.Dryden Dryden <Heather.Dryden@*.*.ca>, Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade@*.org>, Patrik Fältström <patrik@*.se>, Brian Cute <bcute@*.org>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@*.com>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@*.*.org>
Dear Steve, Dear Cherine,
please be so kind to find attached:
- a "correspondence" which raises several points which I am sending you with the support of the ALAC Executive Committee; - an ALAC Statement to the Board Regarding Security and Stability Implications of New gTLDs which should be shared with the Board
The correspondence serves as a cover letter to the ALAC Statement.
In the absence of an actual open public comment process at this point in time, the ALAC is submitting this Statement directly to you, in line with its ability to submit its Advice to the Board at any time. The issue raised in this Statement is of high priority and we therefore look forward to a response from the ICANN Board on the Matter.
Best regards,
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair
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Dear Jean Jacques, thank you for your comments. On 12/06/2013 09:37, JJS wrote:
/- It's not a good idea to single out the fact that a paper has been approved "by the ALAC Executive Committee". Putting forward a part of the ALAC, for whatever reason, weakens the cohesiveness of our Advisory Committee, or at least projects such an image./
The text was "This correspondence has the support of the ALAC Executive Committee" by contrast to "This text is drafted by myself as an individual", not as a measure to divide the ALAC. Support by the ALAC would require a ratification vote or at least, a consensus call, which I am tempted to ask here in case we need to follow-up. Kind regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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