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Expressions of interest for leadership positions
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 8, 2007

March 8, 2007

Along with the agenda at the wiki, I've also put in a link to a Google spreadsheet version of the helpful document produced by David Farrar outlining the expressions of interest for the various postions. It can be viewed at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc? key=pDH-2Ym3VBKfZRCLTNIV4Hw -- 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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ICANN Successfully Conducts Laboratory Tests of Internationalised Domain Names
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 8, 2007

March 8, 2007

In October, 2006, ICANN engaged Autonomica AB of Stockholm, Sweden, to develop, conduct, and report on the results of laboratory testing of internationalized top-level domains in a setting corresponding to the public root. Quoting from their report, Just Posted this morning: Autonomica AB has, under a contract with ICANN, investigated whether the addition of top level domains containing encoded internationalized characters (so called IDNs) would have any impact on the operations of the root name servers providing delegations, or the iterative mode resolvers used to look up the information. No impact at all could be detected. All involved systems behaved exactly as expected. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) are domain names containing characters other than those based on the ASCII character sets. Such non-ASCII characters include those available in right-to-left scripts (e.g., Arabic) and non-alphabetic scripts (e.g., Mandarin Chinese). ICANN is actively involved in the efforts to make these available at the top level—that is, so that an entire domain name can be rendered in local characters. The global deployment of IDNs will enhance the local Internet experience in large regions of the world by enabling people to share and access information or use services offered in their own languages. The laboratory technical test is one of the prerequisites to eventual insert internationalized top level labels in the root zone. This test is intended to determine the viability of internationalized top-level names and the effect they may have on the DNS. The work was done by replicating the root server environment. The test intentionally did not incorporate the end-user perspective or a live root test. Autonomica reported successful insertion using two major server implementations used by most root server operators: BIND and NSD. The test design was finalized in December of 2006 following a public comment period. The test procedure was published so that others can replicate the test. Details of the test setup and design can be found here. Details of the test result can be found here. [PDF, 73K] For any questions or request for additional details of the test design and result please contact Tina Dam at tina.dam(a)icann.org For further information around ICANN’s IDN Program please visit http://www.icann.org/topics/idn/ -- 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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Fwd: APAC Telcon 8th March re Election of Officers
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007

Begin forwarded message: > From: "susie sandford smith" <sandfordsmith(a)googlemail.com> > Date: 7 March 2007 17:02:08 GMT > To: apac-als(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Cc: "Nick Ashton-Hart" <nashton(a)spamcop.net> > Subject: APAC Telcon 8th March re Election of Officers > > > > > > > > > > > Dear APAC ALSes, > > Please find below the details for tomorrow's telephone conference > scheduled for 11AM GMT to discuss the election of your officers. > > If you would like to access the conference via our vidoe > conferencing service over the net rather than by phone please let > us know. > > Regards > ALAC Staff > > PARTICIPANT INFORMATION > > PARTICIPANT ACCESS INFORMATION > > Please join MR NICK ASHTON HART on MAR-08-2007 (Thursday) at 11:00 > AM UK TIME. > Access information is below. > > > > > AUDIO PARTICIPANT ACCESS > CALL DATE: > > MAR-08-2007 (Thursday) > > CALL TIME: > > 11:00 AM UK TIME > > DURATION: > > 1 hr > > > > > > LEADER: > > MR NICK ASHTON HART > > > > > > > DIAL-IN NUMBERS: > > Country > > > > Toll Numbers > > Freephone/ > Toll Free Number > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > > FRANCE > > MARSEILLE: > > 33-4-86-06-00-75 > > 080-511-1431 > > FRANCE > > 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 > > POLAND > > > > 00-800-1210067 > > PORTUGAL > > > > 8008-12179 > > RUSSIA > > > > 8-10-8002-9613011 > > SINGAPORE > > > 65-6883-9197 > > 800-120-4057 > > 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 > > UNITED KINGDOM > > GLASGOW: > > 44-141-202-3215 > > 0800-018-0795 > > UNITED KINGDOM > > LEEDS: > > 44-113-301-2115 > > 0800-018-0795 > > UNITED KINGDOM > > LONDON: > > 44-20-7019-0812 > > 0800-018-0795 > > UNITED KINGDOM > > MANCHESTER: > > 44-161-601-1415 > > 0800-018-0795 > > URUGUAY > > > > 000-413-598-3439 > > USA > > > 1-210-795-0472 > > 877-818-6787 > > > *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, > dependent on the participants' local telecom provider > > Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers > using a mobile telephone. > > > > > > PASSCODE: > > 3448509 > > >

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RegisterFly situation
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007

Dear Community: I thought you would be interested in seeing the text of emails which ICANN staff are sending to the large numbers of RegisterFly customers who are contacting ICANN directly for help with their domains, as it also provides some information on what actions ICANN is taking to deal with the situation. --- Thank you for your email. ICANN is taking action in relation to RegisterFly. We have found them to be in breach of their Accreditation Agreement and we have demanded that they address these breaches. In addition to this legal action, ICANN convened a telephone conference among those needed to implement a plan that will help cease unintended deletions. The participants were Registries holding RegisterFly names. The Registries involved have agreed to move any RegisterFly names in Redemption Grace Period status into Server-Delete-Prohibited status. This will prevent them from being deleted from the registry and becoming available for re-registration by others. ICANN is also working to copy and protect data regarding registration applications and registered name holders. Our website http://www.icann.org and our blog http://blog.icann.org/ are updated regularly with information about what ICANN is doing to assist people affected and this is the best source for you to get information you need in the future. Information on transfer policy can also be found at http:// www.icann.org/transfers/ I do appreciate how stressful this situation must be for you and hope the information above is of assistance. --- -- 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] Attendees List for Bali Meeting
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 6, 2007

March 6, 2007

Wiki version of minutes at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?minutes_28feb07 updated with these attendees. On 05/03/07, Izumi AIZU <iza(a)anr.org> wrote: > > I think no one came from "Internet Users Society - Niue". > > One of ISOC TW people was Alice Yu. I cannot remember the other person. > > Sumith Gamang of APNG from Sri Lanka also participated as an observer. > > Thanks, > > izumi > > > 2007/3/2, Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org>: > > > > Good day all! > > > > In order to finish preparing the list of attendees, we need some help, > > as I am unfortunately unable to be sure of the spelling of some delegates > > names. > > > > > > Could you look at the list below and make any corrections which you > > believe should be made? > > > > > > > > Karaitiana Taiuru Aotearoa Māori Internet Organisation Rajnesh Singh Pacific > > Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) Izumi Aizu Internet > > Users Network (Japan) Nirmol Agarwal Internet Society Vasudhay > > Kutumbhkum (ISVK) Bilal Beiram Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) > > Siavash Shahshahshani ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee Hong Xue At > > Large @ China / ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee David Farrar > > InternetNZ Kuo-wei Wu National Information Infrastructure Enterprise > > Promotion Association Cheryl Langdon-Orr Internet Society of Australia > > (ISOC-AU) one delegate Internet Users Society - Niue one delegate ISOC > > Taiwan one delegate ISOC Taiwan Edmon Chung Internet Society Hong Kong > > Chapter Baher Esmat Regional Liaison, ICANN Global Partnerships Nick > > Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large, ICANN Save Vocea Regional Liaison, > > ICANN Global Partnerships > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > APAC-Discuss mailing list > > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > > > > > > > > -- > >> Izumi Aizu << > > Institute for HyperNetwork Society > Kumon Center, Tama University > * * * * * > << Writing the Future of the History >> > www.anr.org -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Attendees List for Bali Meeting
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 5, 2007

March 5, 2007

Good day all! In order to finish preparing the list of attendees, we need some help, as I am unfortunately unable to be sure of the spelling of some delegates names. Could you look at the list below and make any corrections which you believe should be made? Karaitiana Taiuru Aotearoa Māori Internet Organisation Rajnesh Singh Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) Izumi Aizu Internet Users Network (Japan) Nirmol Agarwal Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK) Bilal Beiram Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Siavash Shahshahshani ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee Hong Xue At Large @ China / ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee David Farrar InternetNZ Kuo-wei Wu National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association Cheryl Langdon-Orr Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) one delegate Internet Users Society - Niue one delegate ISOC Taiwan one delegate ISOC Taiwan Edmon Chung Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter Baher Esmat Regional Liaison, ICANN Global Partnerships Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large, ICANN Save Vocea Regional Liaison, ICANN Global Partnerships -- 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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APRALO MoU, Operating Principles, Nominations for Officers, and Draft Minutes of 28 Feb meeting
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 5, 2007

March 5, 2007

Dear all: I'm happy to inform you that the above-referenced documents may now be found on the www.apralo.org wiki: MoU and Operating Principles are on: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?ralo_organising_documents Links to the nominations list can be found from the main page. Draft Minutes can be reviewed at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?minutes_28feb07 I will upload a PDF of the initialled text in the next couple of days - in the meantime the actual text, without the initials scanned, is already available. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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] [EURO-Discuss] [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 2, 2007

March 2, 2007

Not sure what you mean there - you mean the Lisbon agenda? If that is what you mean, that will happen - I have provided information for the Lisbon schedule to the conferences team so it should appear shortly. On the teleconference on the 6th ALAC will decide what to talk about at the two scheduled meetings of the committee, and then that will be on the calendar as well. On 02/03/07, Wolfgang Kleinwächter <wolfgang.kleinwaechter(a)medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote: > Dear Nick > > it would be probably helpful to integrate the planned AL-Meeting in Lisbon into the overall agenda on ICANNs website. This would allow also other people to coordinate their calendars. > > Thanlks > > wolfgang > > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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] [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

To the extent that the effort involves purely coordination, I can help with that - chasing people for contributions etc. The development of the draft text is, I would submit, perhaps best done in the first instance by those in ALAC familiar with the issues in question, and only by the staff in the case that nobody has the time to do this work (though, perhaps, as these first drafts are just that - drafts - and completely subject to amendment, perhaps in some ways it is less important who is the first drafter... I have put a first-draft of an Agenda together for the ALAC teleconference on the ALAC Working Wiki. On 01/03/07, Vittorio Bertola <vb(a)bertola.eu> wrote: > Nick Ashton-Hart ha scritto: > > Dear All: > > > > May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique > > opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions > > on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the > > moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the > > European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the > > community. > > I think that your suggestion is good. > I also think that we desperately need leadership to this effect. > Annette's illness is unfortunate, and we need someone to write down a > todo list with actions and deadlines, force people to sign up for items, > and push them until they deliver on time. And we need it now, if we want > to make it by Lisbon. > As all volunteer groups, this is an individual-driven effort, so I would > suggest that any of us who feels like doing it, and especially those who > would like to serve as Vice Chairs, takes this task upon him/her. > (I mean - I can do it if you wish, but we really need to create new > leadership, not rely on the old one...) > -- > vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- > --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

Dear All: May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the community. I submit for you all to consider that this spotlight could be used by the community to focus attention on the issues which you care about. There could for example be resolutions on: 1) Domain Tasting - the negative consequences to end-users which many in the community have highlighted and a call for the GNSO and ICANN Board to begin a PDP as an urgent matter; 2) Registry and Registrar performance - the issue of Registerfly has brought to the fore issues of enforcement and the role of ICANN in enforcing these contracts. A resolution could highlight these and call for action; a number of proposed actions have been mooted on community lists. There's also the issue of switching registrars and the difficulty that poses for people which has been brought up in the African discussion lists By resolution, I mean something brief - one page per issue - in the style of a UN resolution with adjectives leading each paragraph of a preamble section, and then a section with specific recommendations for action (not in great detail necessarily but the high-level principles or actions which should be made). At the ALAC monthly teleconference on 6th March, could the committee perhaps propose to discuss this? If one member of the committee could draft a one-page document on the above structure to be completed within a week, then there would be time to send it out to all the regions for their review and comment, and then at Lisbon the two regions present and the ALAC could agree a final text and release it to the rest of ICANN. If nobody on the ALAC is able to do the drafting, I'm happy to do a draft as a "backup drafter" and then forward it to be reviewed. I hope this will not be thought presumptuous. I don't wish to 'take over' the policy work of the community, but I do see a real opportunity for the community to make a big splash of substance at the next meeting and wouldn't like to see that opportunity lost or wasted. At the same time I do understand that people are all volunteers and I'm happy to help in any way I can. There are those - even in the community - who do not believe the At- Large community has the ability to influence ICANN's work. I do not believe they're right, but it seems to me one of the best ways to find out is to take a strong stand and suggest proactive steps to improve things. -- 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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