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APRALO gathering in Hong Kong July 25
by Edmon Chung June 2, 2007

June 2, 2007

Hi Everyone, Some of you may be aware, there will be an ICANN Regional Registry-Registrar Gathering in Hong Kong: July 26-27, 2007. These types of regional gathering is intended to be informal sessions that provide opportunity for better communication between registries and registrars. Since the AP meeting original scheduled for October 07 is now delayed to Feb 08, I was thinking it may be a good idea to convene in the interim to set out some of the things to do now that we have formally formed the APRALO. I have chatted with Raj, Cheryl and a few others briefly about this a couple of days ago as well and all thought it may be a good idea to find a chance to meet face to face. One of the areas of discussion (among others, e.g. IDN, new gTLDs, etc.) may be to take the opportunity to meet the registries and registrars informally to understand more about the domain tasting issues. I would like to suggest having an APRALO gathering on July 25 2007 here in Hong Kong. ISOC HK is happy to help arrange the logistics and to host the meeting here. Nick mentioned however that funding from ICANN for travel maybe tight (but not impossible if only for a very limited number...). I would like to see how the schedules for others look like for July 25, and whether there is interest to meet. Thoughts? Hope to see everyone in HK soon :-) Edmon

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TELECONFERENCE BRIEFING: Issues Report on Domain Tasting
by ICANN At Large Staff May 30, 2007

May 30, 2007

Dear Community Members: In order to help everyone understand the Issues Report on Domain Tasting, the place that an Issues Report has in the policy development framework of ICANN, and to allow you, the community members, to discuss and ask questions about the issues the report covers, two teleconferences are being arranged where Maria Farrell of the Policy Unit will be on hand to brief you and answer your questions. The first call is designed to be 'timezone friendly' for North and South American participants; the other for the rest of the world. If you cannot participate due to other obligations, don't worry, both teleconferences will be recorded and those recordings available for you to listen to at your convenience. LENGTH OF EACH BRIEFING: 1 Hour FIRST BRIEFING DETAILS: Monday, 4th June - 1600 - 1700 UTC / Noon Eastern, 0900 Pacific URL: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?dt_briefing_1 SECOND BRIEFING DETAILS: Tuesday, 5th June - 0900 UTC / 1100 Brussels / 1000 Kinshasa / 1900 Sydney URL: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?dt_briefing_1 Complete details, including local access numbers, are available from the hyperlinks in this email. Further information, the text of the Issues Report, and other reading related to the policy development process, can all be found at: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?gnso_liaison. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: staff(a)alac.icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart

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Issues Report on Domain Tasting released
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 29, 2007

May 29, 2007

Dear At-Large colleagues: I have the pleasure to provide you with the Issues Report on Domain Tasting, requested by the At-Large Advisory Committee. We are having the text translated into Spanish and French. Once these versions are ready I will provide links where they can be retrieved. Maria Farrell of the Policy Unit has kindly offered to brief the community on the report and answer questions about it and what comes next. We will setup two dial-in teleconferences for the briefing, one which is for North and South America and one for Europe, Africa, and Asia. I will announce the dates and times in the coming few days. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Streamlining of email lists
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 25, 2007

May 25, 2007

Dear All: In the most recent meeting of the At-Large Advisory Committee, it was resolved to simplify the worldwide set of email lists and to delete the -ALS lists in each region, leaving only the -Discuss lists. This will be done today FYI. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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The commericial Internet domain business
by Rajnesh D. Singh May 25, 2007

May 25, 2007

Colleagues, I was recently pointed to the following article on CNNMoney: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/10005… The article is relatively long, but if you read through it provides some interesting background in the various commercial returns being derived from domain trading as well as some of the more "cunning uses" - typos, re-directs and such. There are several "business models" being used related to domain names to generate revenue. I would like to hear your thoughts on these (apart from domain tasting which has been discussed before). An excerpt follows below: The man who owns the Internet Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire. By Paul Sloan, Business 2.0 Magazine editor-at-large May 22 2007: 2:17 PM EDT (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Kevin Ham leans forward, sits up tall, closes his eyes, and begins to type -- into the air. He's seated along the rear wall of a packed ballroom in Las Vegas's Venetian Hotel. Up front, an auctioneer is running through a list of Internet domain names, building excitement the same way he might if vintage cars were on the block. As names come up that interest Ham, he occasionally air-types. It's the ultimate gut check. Is the name one that people might enter directly into their Web browser, bypassing the search engine box entirely, as Ham wants? Is it better in plural or singular form? If it's a typo, is it a mistake a lot of people would make? Or does the name, like a stunning beachfront property, just feel like a winner? .................... ..........Ham's people installed a line of software, called a "wildcard," that reroutes traffic addressed to any .cm domain name that isn't registered............ Full article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/10005… -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh COO, PATARA www.patarapacific.com 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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May ALS Applications Vote Results
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

Dear At-Large Community: On behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee, I'm please to report the the results of the ALS Application vote for the month of May. Note that all ALS applications in this round were approved, with the exception of: Slovenian Consumers Association (ZPS) National Consumers League These applications were not rejected, however; they will need to be the subject of another vote. The reason is that as the Bylaws of ICANN provide, at least 9 votes must be cast for an application to be accredited or not accredited. Since the total votes cast is calculated as the sum of 'Yes' and 'No' votes), and in the case of these two applications the number of abstentions was so great that only 7 actual votes were cast for Slovenian Consumers Association, and only 3 for National Consumers League, an insufficient number of votes requires a revote to be held. Those who have abstained will of course identify the information that they require in order to reach a voting position and at that point the vote will be retaken. Each candidate organisation has been separately notified of the results of the voting and provided with information relevant to their situation as per usual today. Please extend a hearty welcome to the newest members of the At-Large world! Detailed Report: May 2007 ALS Application Vote Results Report date: Fri 18 May 2007 09:18 BST No Vote Received: Annette Muehlberg Should Alberta Community Network Association (ACNA) be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 11 Answer Count % of Vote Voters Yes 11 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 1 Wendy Seltzer Should Association for Community Networking (AFCN) be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 11 Answer Count % of Vote Voters Yes 11 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 1 Wendy Seltzer Should Slovenian Consumers Association (ZPS) be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 7 Vote Count % of Vote Voters Yes 7 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Vittorio Bertola, Jacqueline Morris, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 5 Siavash Shahshahani, Carlos Aguirre, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Wendy Seltzer, Hawa Diakite Should Telecommunities Canada be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 9 Vote Count % of Vote Voters Yes 7 77.77 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Vittorio Bertola, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 2 22.23 Carlos Aguirre, Alan Greenberg Abstain 3 Siavash Shahshahani, Wendy Seltzer, Cheryl Langdon-orr Should Consumers Protection Centre (KEPKA) be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 9 Vote Count % of Vote Voters Yes 9 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite No 0 0.00 Abstain 3 Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Wendy Seltzer, Mohamed El Bashir Should EFN be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 11 Answer Votes % Voters Yes 11 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 1 Wendy Seltzer Should National Consumers' League be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 3 Answer Votes % Voters Yes 3 100.00 Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Jacqueline Morris No 0 0.00 Abstain 9 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Carlos Aguirre, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Wendy Seltzer, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir Should Consumer Reports Webwatch be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 9 Answer Votes % Voters Yes 9 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Jacqueline Morris, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 3 Carlos Aguirre, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Wendy Seltzer Should Internauta Brasil be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 11 Answer Votes % Voters Yes 11 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 1 Wendy Seltzer Should ISOC Burundi be accredited? As at: Mon 14 May 2007 13:00 BST Number of voters: 12 Number of Votes: 11 Answer Votes % Voters Yes 11 100.00 Alice Wanjira-Munyua, Izumi Aizu, Siavash Shahshahani, Vittorio Bertola, Carlos Aguirre, Jacqueline Morris, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir No 0 0.00 Abstain 1 Wendy Seltzer _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge- lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac ALAC Official: http://alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org

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October 2007 Meeting Location Announced
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may07.htm Location of Third ICANN Meeting for 2007 17 May 2007 ICANN advises that the public meeting scheduled to be held from 29 October through 2 November 2007 will take place in Los Angeles, California, USA. ICANN holds three public meetings each year. The location of these meetings are rotated through the five ICANN regions and selected on the basis of proposals received from various local groups interested in hosting the meeting. The announced region for the location of the October 2007 meeting was Asia Pacific. A review of proposals from two potential hosts determined that it was not possible to proceed at this time due to various logistical issues. ICANN examined a number of non-hosted locations in the Asia Pacific in attempt to adhere to the Asia Pacific rotation. Again, for reasons of logistics, cost and seasonal demand, it proved extremely difficult to find a location. Given this situation it has been decided to locate this meeting in Los Angeles. Without a host this maximizes the capacity of staff to resource the event in an efficient and economical way. The location is also a major travel hub and the quantity of hotel accommodation means that this should prove to be a less expensive meeting than some other options. ICANN recognizes that, following the upcoming meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this means two meetings in a row held in the United States. As a result, ICANN today is posting a request for proposal to host ICANN meetings in 2008, as well as the dates and rotations for meetings to be held in 2009 and 2010. As part of this posting, ICANN has modified the rotation to designate the region for the first meeting in 2008 as Asia Pacific. The next scheduled North American meeting has been removed from the rotation. Due to the increased participation at the ICANN meetings, significant changes have been made to the requirements to host an ICANN meeting, with ICANN assuming more responsibility for planning and finances. Proposals to host the three 2008 meetings will be accepted through 15 June 2007. The 2008 – 2010 meeting rotation schedule can be found at http:// www.icann.org/meetings/ and the request for proposal to host ICANN meetings in 2008 can be found at http://www.icann.org/meetings/rfp/ rfp-2007.htm. Questions regarding hosting a meeting should be addressed to the ICANN meeting staff at meeting(a)icann.org. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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At-Large community involvement in policy development
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 16, 2007

May 16, 2007

Dear Community: In order to broaden the opportunities for At-Large throughout the world to get involved in the development of policy throughout ICANN, the existing liaisons which ALAC has appointed to the various standing bodies of ICANN is asking for volunteers! Mailing lists have been established to help the existing liaisons get some help - these are big jobs for one person to handle as they sometimes involve participating in several different committees or working groups. The new mailing lists can be found below. In addition, on the ALAC wiki is a new section to keep you up-to-date on what is going on. Visit https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi? at_large_policy_working_groups and you will find an evolving and growing set of pages telling you what At-Large is involved in - and how you can get involved in too! GNSO Moderator & Liaison– Alan Greenberg Email - gnso-liaison(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org URL to public page: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki Page: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?gnso_liaison ICANN Board Liaison Moderator & Liaison– Vittorio Bertola Email - board-liaison(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org URL to public page: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ board-liaison_atlarge-lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki Page: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?icann_board_liaison ccNSO Moderator & Liaison – Siavash Shahshahani Email - ccnso-liaison(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org URL to public page: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ ccnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki Page: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?ccnso_liaison IDN Policy Development Moderator & Liaison – Hong Xue Email - idn-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org URL to public page: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ idn-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki Page: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation WHOIS Policy Moderator & Liaison – Wendy Seltzer Email - whois-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org URL to public page: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ whois-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.org ALAC Wiki Page: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?whois_policy -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Public Comment Period opens on Telnic proposal to amend registry agreement for .TEL gTLD
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may07.htm. ICANN Opens Comment Period on Telnic Proposal 11 May 2007 On 27 April 2007, ICANN posted for public information a proposal from Telnic Ltd., the sponsor of the .TEL top-level domain, to amend the .TEL Registry Agreement. Specifically, Telnic is seeking to alter the public display of Whois for TEL customers pursuant to Appendix S, Section VII of the .TEL Registry Agreement (http://www.icann.org/tlds/ agreements/tel/appendix-s-07apr06.htm#Part7). (Telnic intends to launch registry operations in late 2007/early 2008.) Telnic’s request states that they have been in communication with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office concerning Telnic’s current contractual obligations on Whois. However, there is no pending enforcement action against Telnic, therefore this is not a situation that would trigger the Draft ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois- privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm). In addition, this change is being proposed while discussion continues within the GNSO Policy Development Process on Whois. Telnic (and all gTLD registries) will be required to comply with new Whois consensus policy when approved by the Board. As provided for by existing consensus policy (http://www.icann.org/ registries/rsep/rsep.html), ICANN has undertaken a preliminary determination period to determine whether the proposed service might raise significant security or stability, or competition issues. ICANN's determination is that the proposed amendment does not raise such issues. The next step in evaluation is that (because implementation of the proposal would require a change to the .TEL Registry Agreement) ICANN will post the proposed amendment, solicit public comment and refer the proposal to the ICANN Board for consideration. A copy of the proposed amendment is available at http://www.icann.org/ tlds/agreements/tel/tel-amendment-30may07.pdf [PDF, 25K] and provides for changes to Appendix 1, Appendix 5 and Appendix S, Part VI of the .TEL Registry Agreement. The comments on the proposal may be submitted to registryservice(a)icann.orguntil 11 June 2007 23:59 UTC and may be viewed at http://forum.icannorg/lists/registryservice/. The process for considering new registry services is posted athttp:// www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html. All documentation regarding this proposed service and corresponding comment forum has been previously posted as part of the procedure at http://www.icann.org/ registries/rsep/#2007004. -- Patrick Patrick L. Jones Registry Liaison Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: +1 310 301 3861 Fax: +1 310 823 8649 patrick.jones(a)icann.org

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Vote on ALS Applications
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

Dear All: Since queries have come in, be advised that the voting on the following applications has been held over for a few extra days to allow a few members of the ALAC who have been busy to cast their vote. We expect to be able to announce the results of the voting officially very shortly and on behalf of the ALAC, let me extend apologies to the applications who are waiting for the results: Alberta Community Network Association (ACNA) Association for Community Networking (AFCN) Slovenian Consumers Association (ZPS) Telecommunities Canada Consumers Protection Centre (KEPKA) EFN National Consumers' League Consumer Reports Webwatch Internauta Brasil ISOC Burundi -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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