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ALS Application from CDNUA
by Matthias Langenegger March 17, 2008

March 17, 2008

Dear all, Please find attached the ALS application we received from the Chinese Domain Name Users Association (CDNUA). We will send you further information on the application in due course. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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URGENT: Statement on Domain Name Front Running
by At-Large Staff March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Dear Members: The statement reproduced below on the practice known as ³Domain Name Front Running² was approved by the NARALO on 10 March 2008. The ALAC reviewed this statement on 11th March 2008, and by decision of the ALAC you are kindly asked to register any objections to this statement not later than Monday 17 March at 1200 UTC after it will be considered approved by the ALAC and transmitted to the Board by the Chair at her convenience. The statement may be found at the following URL in addition to being reproduced below: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?statement_to_the_icann_board_on_domain _front_running Statement on Domain Name Front Running Presented to NARALO by electronic Mail, 1 March 2008 Dear ICANN board directors: While we are aware that you have been monitoring the public outrage in response to registrar activities that have been variously described as "front-running" and/or "domain reservation" or "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" activities, we are of the view that the obligation to safeguard the operational stability of Registrar Services now requires the immediate temporary establishment of a consensus policy curtailing such practices to be taken in accordance with the board's authority under the provisions set out in section 4.3.4 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, that states: "A specification or policy established by the ICANN Board of Directors on a temporary basis, without a prior recommendation by the council of an ICANN Supporting Organization, shall also be considered to be a Consensus Policy if adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members, so long as the Board reasonably determines that immediate temporary establishment of a specification or policy on the subject is necessary to maintain the operational stability of Registrar Services, Registry Services, the DNS, or the Internet, and that the proposed specification or policy is as narrowly tailored as feasible to achieve those objectives." Please be advised that we have reached this conclusion based in part upon the following considerations: 1. The use of "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" systems has been actively under discussion within the registrars constituency since early October 2007 when three different registrars first advanced the concept within the context of a straw poll on the impact to registrants were the AGP to be eliminated in its entirety (see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page) 2. The use of this domain name reservation practice next came to be adopted by a large-volume registrar (Network Solutions) on or about 8 January 2008, and the practice was immediately condemned by the community at large (with extensive coverage in the Tech media, the general press, in blogs world wide, on domain name forums, and on community discussion lists). 3. The actions of Network Solutions has now spawned a similar project on the part of another large-volume registrar (register.com) and we have no reason to believe that other large-volume registrars will refrain from rapidly setting up comparable efforts. (see Footnote 2). While we recognize that we are unable to point to an ICANN-approved definition of "operational stability of Registrar Services" (as no such definition exists within either current ICANN contracts or supporting materials), we take guidance from the ICANN Policy Document ICP-3 which posits that activities that do not interfere with the operation of the DNS are, generally speaking, those that operate within community-established norms. Such norms tend to respect a set of long-established principles such as the principle of least astonishment. When registrants currently search for a domain name at these registrars using normative search practices, they are clearly astonished by that which results from their efforts: the inability to readily register the domain name of their choice with a more competitive registrar and/or the domain name that they have selected appearing in the WHOIS with the name of the registrar as the registrant of record. (Footnote 3 The community's trust in ICANN's ability to manage the Domain Name System is at stake. It is inappropriate for such registrar activities to proceed unabated in a policy vaccuum. Accordingly we call upon the ICANN board to establish a temporary narrowly-tailored policy as a stopgap until such time as the relevant policy-recommending ICANN Supporting Organizations can provide a comprehensive consensus policy solution. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Report on the OneDay AtLarge workshop
by At-Large Staff March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

Dear all, Please find attached the Report on the ³OneDay ALAC/AtLarge² workshop that took place at the ICANN New Delhi conference. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Reminder for the monthly APRALO confernece
by Matthias Langenegger March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

Dear all, I wanted to notify you that the APRALO teleconference happens to fall on Easter Monday this month. Please reply to the list if you want to discuss the date. Without further discussion I will set the conference as planned and remind you in due course. Best regards, Matthias Langenegger At-Large Coordination Officer Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org Main Tel: +41 (79) 644 65 35 Fax: +41 (22) 594 85 44 Skype ID: matthiaslangenegger

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GNSO Improvements Proposals Open for Public Comment
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 29, 2008

Feb. 29, 2008

Please note that the GNSO Improvements Report 2008 is open for public comments from 25 February 2008 to 25 March 2008 http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gnso-improvements-report-2008 GNSO Improvements Report 2008 Explanation: On February 15, 2008, ICANN's Board acknowledged receipt of the "GNSO Improvements Report" and indicated that it would like to receive final public comments on the Report to enable it to consider and implement the Report's recommendations as soon as possible. The Board has directed ICANN staff to open a public comment forum on the Report for 30 days, draft a detailed implementation plan in consultation with the GNSO, begin implementation of the non-contentious recommendations, and return to the Board and community for further consideration of the implementation plan. A copy of the Board's resolution regarding this matter can be found here. http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-15feb08.htm A COUPLE OF POINTS TO CONSIDER FOR AT-LARGE MEMBERS: * Do you think that the At-Large community should be a part of the GNSO as a constituency in its own right? You can read more about this in the proposals on page 41. * One of the recommendations is that greater coordination between the GNSO and other parts of ICANN should be implemented - this includes At-Large - read more about it on pages 47 - 48 HOW TO GET THE REPORT: You can read the full report here [PDF, 197K] http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03feb 08.pdf and see a web page with more information here. http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/ The ICANN Board Governance Committee's "GNSO Review Working Group" http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/ developed the Report's http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03feb 08.pdf set of recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO, including its policy activities, structure, operations and communications. The Report reflects the Working Group's examination of many aspects of the GNSO's functioning, including the use of working groups and the overall policy development process (PDP), and the structure of the GNSO Council and its constituencies. The Board Governance Committee determined that the GNSO Improvements working group had fulfilled its charter and forwarded the report to the Board for consideration." Is it clear to you what this comment period covers? Do you have all the information you need to respond? The staff member responsible is Denise Michel - if you have questions, she can be reached at denise.michel(a)icann.org. Please submit comments to: gnso-improvements-report-2008(a)icann.org Archives: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements-report-2008/ Please take the time to comment. Thank you. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (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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Guide to Domain Names in Generic Top-Level Domains
by At-Large Staff Feb. 29, 2008

Feb. 29, 2008

Dear Community: As some of you know, some time ago a draft Guide to Domain Names was prepared by an ICANN consultant with a view to having it published for the use of the individual Internet community worldwide. During the At-Large community meetings in New Delhi, it was decided that the work of preparing the guide for publication should be concluded by allowing members of the community to provide any comments, proposed edits, or thoughts for inclusion in the published text not later than 31 March 2008. I have attached the current draft of the text for you to review. We will have translated editions prepared of the final edition - unfortunately the cost of translating something that may (depending upon how many comments and the nature of the comments) change a great deal makes translating the text now difficult. POINTS TO CONSIDER: 1) This is the raw text of the guide. The version to be published will be prepared in a desktop publishing environment to make it attractive and visually appealing. Of course, until the basic text is completed, it is hard to decide precisely how to format the guide in a DTP application - that's why we are having it done 2) It has been suggested that some graphics would be useful. This of course is entirely sensible. If you have ideas for what these should be, please let us know. You do not have to be very specific - something like the following would work: "Put in a pie chart showing the total number of registered domains in all gTLDs, broken down by gTLD" 3) Is there something which could be included that would be specific for your region of the world? Let us know - there's no problem with producing regionally-specific versions of the guide, if you think that would be more useful. 4) Revision tracking is turned on, so if you want to edit the text directly and send that to us, feel free. Equally, you can just send us narrative suggestions - please remember though that we need enough specificity to be able to understand what to change. If your comment is extremely general, that will make it difficult to know what we should change. If we are unsure of what you mean, we will reply and ask you for more details. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)alac.icann.org

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Action item (s) APRALO Teleconference Yesterday Nomination call for new Vice Chair of APRALO
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Feb. 27, 2008

Feb. 27, 2008

One of the action items from yesterday's meeting, was to make a call for nominees for the position of Vice Chair (for the short term of 1 year to end in Nov 2009) see https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?apralo_officers Please note the following:- *Nominations should be sent to this list, be seconded and accepted by the nominee *Self nominations are acceptable and acceptance is assumed :-) but still require seconding by another ALS. *Nominations will close at 1200hrs UTC on March 11th. *All nomination details will be placed on the APRALO Officers wiki page https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?apralo_officers *No individual can hold two positions at the same time. *The position of Vice Chair must be held by an individual (natural person) not an entity. *If a vote is required this will be set up as a confidential online system using the Pig Pulse Voting tool and each ALS will have one vote cast by their official nominee/delegate ALSO further to our discussion yesterday. Whilst nominations officially opened after our GA Meeting in New Delhi on February 11th, there is currently one nominee for this position, Edmon Chung, nominated by ISOC-AU and seconded by Internet NZ. And this message constitutes the official notice to this list. NAME ALS / Accepted ALS/NOMINATED ALS/SECONDED Edmon Chung ISOC-HK / Yes ISOC-AU Internet NZ Other Action Items from yesterday's meeting will soon be forwarded to this list under separate cover. Kindest regards, CLO

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APRALO Teleconference for February 2006
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 27, 2008

Feb. 27, 2008

Dear All: Please don't forget that the APRALO Teleconference for February is the 26th - tomorrow - at 0500 UTC. We've setup a meeting page which is accessible to you at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?26_february_2008. Note that dialouts are available upon request at the URL in the meeting page at the time of the meeting. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (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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Issues with dialouts to the recent teleconference / improvements to call quality
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

Dear All: As you know, there were issues with dialouts for the most recent conference call on the 26th. In large part, this is due to the fact that dialouts were requested less than 24 hours (indeed in some cases much less than 24 hours) before the call. This in turn was probably due at least partly to the fact that the reminder of the call was issued rather close to the call date. In future, we will ensure that all call reminders are published a week in advance. At that point, we will ask you to either use the web form at the time of the call to have an automated dial out performed, or to ask us to have a dialout performed - but in order to act on a request to have the service dial out to you which is NOT made using the web form we will need to receive this not less than 48 hours before the start time of the meeting. Note that using the web form to request a dial out at the meeting start time is highly preferred - in no small measure because this is more convenient for you. This allows you to have the service dial out to you at the number of your choice at the start of the meeting. A few reminders in order to ensure call audio quality: 1. Do not call in, or ask the service to call you, on mobile telephones. If you cannot be indoors when a teleconference is going on, it is better to send your apologies, as the level of noise that a mobile telephone call causes when out of doors, especially in urban environments usually greatly degrades the call for everyone. In addition, the harmonics of mobile telephony on teleconferences tends to degrade the line for everyone even when indoors. 2. Do not use Skype or VoIP telephony to call into the conference - or ask the service to dial out to you on a SkypeIn number. VoIP and teleconferences cause real problems with the audio, often causing very serious echoing for multiple participants. 3. Please mute yourself when you are on the call if you are not speaking. This of course prevents ambient noise from affecting the calls - On our service, mute is turned on with *6, and turned off with *7. 4. Most speakerphones (especially less expensive ones) are designed in such a way that they can also negatively impact teleconference quality. If you are going to use one, please put yourself on mute when listening, and pickup the receiver when speaking. I hope this is all useful - do let me know if you have any questions or thoughts. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (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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Vice Chair nomination
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

Dear all, I like to nominate Karaitiana Taiuru from Aotearoa Māori Internet Organisation, New Zealand, to be the Vice Chair of APRALO. He is willing, dedicated and capable and accepted my nomination already. See more about him here: http://www.taiuru.maori.nz/ As I said in our just-finihsed informal conference call, I am in favor of having two Vice Chairs, so that we have more working capability. But instead of waiting for changing our bylaws, I guess we need to select one VC first. thanks, izumi

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