October 2007 - APAC-Discuss

APRALO Monthly Meeting
by Rajnesh D. Singh 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

This month's teleconference will be a hybrid face to face and teleconference. Details here: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?31_october_2007 You can also use Skype to dial the free US number for the teleconference 866-297-1588 PASSCODE: 6014169 and this is free for Skype as well. Other telephone numbers, etc. are on the link above. Regards, R. nirmol xxxx wrote: > Dear all, > > When is teh next monthly APRALO con call scheduled for? > > I rememebr some of the members on the list has recommended using Skype > for the meeting ... are we condidering the recommendation? I think it > would be great to use skype for monthly calls as it would enable use > to speak as well as write our thought and would also be cost effective. > > I have already regsitered with Skype for the purpose. > > > Regrads, > > Nirmol > *//*

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List of APRALO ALS'
by Rajnesh D. Singh 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Colleagues, I have put up a list of the certified ALS' in the AP region here: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?accredited_als Please review and ensure your ALS information is correct, particularly website details. I don't have the URL for ISVK and Internet Users Network Japan, so Nirmol/Izumi please add your website details on the site above. -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh COO, PATARA www.patarapacific.com Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org Chairman, Pacific Islands Chapter, Internet Society www.picisoc.org President, IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands www.ipv6forumpacific.org Director, Pacific Internet Technology Centre www.pacificit.org 310 Princes Road Tamavua Suva Fiji Tel: +679 332 0606 Fax: +679 332 0800 Read my ramblings at http://singh-a-blog.blogspot.com/

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Fwd: Dial-in info for new gTLD workshop Monday 29 October at 13:00 local time, 20:00 UTC
by Nick Ashton-Hart 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

Dear All: Please find below the remote participation details for voice input to the meeting below. Please note that in order to be in the 'queue' of speakers, you will need to signify your wish to speak using the chatroom attached to the meeting, which you will be able to find at: http://losangeles2007.icann.org/node/45. Note that you will need to register with the site so you can login, in order to use the chat facility. Note that we are trying to arrange that audio streaming will be available in all the languages in which this session will be simultaneously interpreted - French, Spanish, and Russian. There will at a minimum be live audio in English however. Begin forwarded message: > From: "GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG" > <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> > Date: 26 October 2007 14:36:11 GMT-07:00 > To: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> > Subject: Dial-in info for new gTLD workshop Monday 29 October at > 13:00 local time, 20:00 UTC > > Dear All, > > Please find the dial-in information and the time below for the new > gTLD > public forum on Monday 29 October 2007. > Time: 20:00 UTC, 13:00 Local time Los Angeles. > > Please distribute this information in the interest of giving the > opportunity for as broad a participation as possible. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > Thank you so much. > > Kind regards. > Glen > > Dial-in information: > Leaders name: Glen de Saint Géry > PASSCODE: GTLD > > Toll numbers Toll free numbers > ARGENTINA: Toll Free number: 0800-777-0494 > AUSTRALIA 61-2-8211-1386 1-800-880-485 > AUSTRIA 43-1-92-89-654 0800-999-636 > BELGIUM 32-2-402-2432 0800-4-8360 > BRAZIL 0800-8912038 > CHILE 1230-020-0281 > CHINA* 10800-712-1193 > 10800-120-1193 > COLOMBIA 01800-9-156463 > CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-15 > DENMARK 45-7014-0238 8088-6075 > FINLAND 358-106-33-164 0-800-1-12056 > FRANCE > LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-75 080-511-1431 > MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-75 080-511-1431 > PARIS: 33-1-70-75-00-04 080-511-1431 > GERMANY 49-69-2222-52104 0800-216-1601 > GREECE 30-80-1-100-0639 00800-12-5999 > HONG KONG 852-2286-5632 800-964-136 > HUNGARY 06-800-15227 > INDIA 000-800-852-1216 > INDONESIA 001-803-011-3500 > IRELAND 353-1-246-0036 1800-931-782 > ISRAEL 1-80-9303048 > ITALY 39-02-3600-0326 800-906-585 > JAPAN 81-3-5539-5154 00531-12-1149 > LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1314 > MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8121 > MEXICO 001-866-627-0541 > NETHERLANDS 31-20-710-9321 0800-023-4655 > NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4641 0800-443-793 > NORWAY 47-21-59-00-14 800-11982 > PANAMA 011-001-800-5072119 > POLAND 00-800-1210067 > PORTUGAL 8008-12179 > RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9613011 > SINGAPORE 65-6883-9197 800-120-4057 > SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-15 > SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93390 > > SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1052 00798-14800-6323 > SPAIN 34-91-414-15-44 800-099-279 > SWEDEN 46-8-566-10-782 0200-887-612 > SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-7718 0800-000-038 > TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7346 00801-137-565 > THAILAND 001-800-1206-65091 > UNITED KINGDOM > BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9015 0800-018-0795 > GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3215 0800-018-0795 > LEEDS: 44-113-301-2115 0800-018-0795 > LONDON: 44-20-7019-0812 0800-018-0795 > MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1415 0800-018-0795 > URUGUAY 000-413-598-3439 > USA 1-210-795-0472 877-818-6787 > VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3205 > > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Agenda for Discussion with members of the ICANN Board on Tuesday
by Nick Ashton-Hart 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

Dear Members: This is a reminder to please provide the topics you wish to discuss with the members of the Board of ICANN on Tuesday between 0900 - 1100 PDT. These can be provided under the agenda item section on the page for that meeting, which can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/ index.cgi?30_october_2007_bo. FYI, I am informed that At-Large is the only community meeting with the board on Tuesday which has yet to provide the items it wishes to discuss. All members of the community are invited to participate in this meeting - in person if you are in Los Angeles, or via remote participation if you are not present - full details may be found at the above-referenced page. Community members may also provide, via the comment button, topics that they would like to see discussed on the above-referenced page. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Summary of New GTLDs Process available in Spanish, French, and English
by Nick Ashton-Hart 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

I'm happy to inform you that the Summary of the Final Report on the GNSO New GTLDs Policy is available online from the Los Angeles documents area of the ALAC working Wiki at https://st.icann.org/alac/ index.cgi?los_angeles_documents For those who wish to comment on the process, there is a special email address which you should send to so that your comments can be addressed as part of the Workshop on the New GTLDs Process which is taking place as part of the Los Angeles ICANN Meeting - send to new- gtlds-workshop(a)icann.org For further information on the session itself look at http:// losangeles2007.icann.org/node/45. Plans are underway to allow remote participants to speak telephonically during parts of the meeting - audio streams of the meeting for listening will be available. Simultaneous interpretation in several languages will be provided. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Schedule Conflicts Matrix
by Nick Ashton-Hart 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear All: I asked a colleague to draw up a document showing the conflicts between the At-Large schedule and the rest of the ICANN LA schedule - it is attached. Hopefully this will help all of you planning on attending the meeting. Fly safe and I'll look forward to seeing you all in a few days! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Resending. From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 20:55 To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; 'NA Discuss'; 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; 'Asia-Pacific Discuss' Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] FW: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Boards request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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New Community input into IGD processes web site.
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Following is some information about a new web site to facilitate Community input into IGF processes, that some of you may have an interest in contributing to. Firstly let me apologise for the cross posting between lists but it is important IMO that information such as this gets out to the Regional Lists as well as the public At-Large list subscribers. This information was recently posted to the ISOC Public Policy list as well, so some of you no doubt are already aware of this new initiative, but I have been requested by Jeremy Malcolm to assist my spreading the word and encouraging participation from the widest possible audience ( so feel free to pass it on) into this new and important initiative. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) <SNIP> from email previously sent to : plenary(a)intgovforum.org, governance(a)lists.cpsr.org , memberpubpol(a)elists.isoc.org on 19th October 2007. A new Web site for the IGF community has just been launched at http://igf-online.net/ by the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition (ODCD), a bottom-up multi-stakeholder working group of the IGF. The new site already hosts a number of useful resources including a community blog, wiki, calendar, chat and needs feeds, most of which were selected for their capacity to support multilingual usage. It also features a specially-designed menu running along the top of most pages of the site, that links in external Web sites including the Secretariat's official Web site and that of the Rio hosts. This new site for the Rio meeting and beyond supersedes last year's site (which, beset by hosting troubles, is currently inaccessible), and thanks to a sponsor's generosity now provides the IGF community with a dedicated server on which a large variety of online tools can be hosted without the limitations of a standard Web hosting service. Members of the IGF community, including dynamic coalitions, are encouraged to begin using the new site now. By registering (or logging in with your existing OpenID) you can begin posting on the community blog, adding events to the calendar, and entering information on the wiki. Hosting of other content will be accommodated on request. Volunteers are needed to help with translating the site's content into other languages, designing a complementary set of themes, and spreading the word. Please contact me or the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition if you would like to help, have any trouble using the site, or have any new ideas for it. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' <end SNIP>

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation"https://st.icann.o rg/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Board’s request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair – ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54

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Some issues with displaying IDNs
by Rajnesh D. Singh 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

There is a nice article by Kim Davies on some of the current difficulties with displaying IDNs. Well worth a read (particularly if you, like me, can read one of the scripts being deployed): ------ Earlier this week, we inserted <http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_sample_internationalized_domain_test/> eleven new top-level domains in the DNS root zone. These represent the term "test" translated into ten languages, in ten different scripts (Chinese is represented in two different scripts, and Arabic script is used by two different languages). This blog post is not about that. (If you're interested about it, read our report on the delegations <http://www.iana.org/reports/testetal-report-01aug07.htm>.) What I would like to talk about is some of the difficulties we face today in expressing scripts in a consistent way over the Internet. The fact is, whilst we are at the best time in history for having computers represent many different languages clearly and consistently, we are still a long way from the level of support needed to give us strong confidence that people can always see what we intend them to see. Full post here: http://www.circleid.com/posts/7101414_difficulties_displaying_international… -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh COO, PATARA www.patarapacific.com Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org Chairman, Pacific Islands Chapter, Internet Society www.picisoc.org President, IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands www.ipv6forumpacific.org Director, Pacific Internet Technology Centre www.pacificit.org 310 Princes Road Tamavua Suva Fiji Tel: +679 332 0606 Fax: +679 332 0800 Read my ramblings at http://singh-a-blog.blogspot.com/

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