October 2008 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Call for nominations to ALAC Liaison and Appointment Positions for 2008 - 2009
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nov. 5, 2008

Nov. 5, 2008

I hereby advise the At-Large Community, ALS's RALO's and the serving ALAC, that as at 1330 UTC today October 23rd, the Nomination period for the Elections of the 2008-2009 ALAC Liaison and Appointment positions, listed below, is open for a period of 14 days and will end at 1200 UTC on November 5th during our Cairo Meeting. ALAC Liaisons to:- GNSO ccNSO NCUC SSAC * IDN WG's ** ALAC Appointments to:- dotMobi Policy Advisory Board *** ALAC or At-Large Community Members who currently fill these roles are eligible and may be nominated or self nominate for re-election. However it should be noted that under current travel support and budget policy for the 2008 -2009 ICANN Meetings any liaison or appointment that is *not* a serving ALAC delegate has no assurance that any travel funding will be able to be made available to any Face to Face ICANN meeting (or activity) in that period, although we will as usual make every effort to facilitate remote participation this may be a point for nominees to consider. It should also be noted that under the new travel support policy it is the constituency or Committee that appoints the liaison to another ICANN body that has the budgetary responsibility for any such support. Nominations *must* be accepted (self nominations will count as an acceptance) by sending a message to the public list no later than the close of the nomination period i.e. 1200 UTC 5th of November. *** see dotMobi PAB Note below This is a regular election (where more than one candidate has been duly nominated and accepted) that will be held at the end of the Cairo ICANN Annual General Meeting and the electorate will include the delegates (that is that is one of the 15 Members of the At-Large Advisory Committee) whose term starts at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC members whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting. Your attention is drawn to Rules 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (ELECTION OF LIAISONS, QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR LIAISONS, PRIVILEGES OF LIAISONS, OTHER APPOINTMENTS and QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENTS of the ALAC Rules of Procedure. Further it should be noted that the specifics of the minimum performance criteria and general expectations of the role of being an ALAC liaison/appointment will be discussed and modified in Cairo and candidates will be made aware of the outcomes of this deleiberatio0n before the close of nomination period. NOTES on some Liaison and Appointments * SSAC -> this liaison role has very specific requirements and the SSAC accept our suggestions of liaison (providing they are suitably qualified in their skill-sets to embrace the complex nature of some of the work done in this committee, as a matter of courtesy not requirement to quote the SSAC Chair Mr. Steve Crocker in a recent message to me as ALAC Chair " We greatly appreciate the utility of good communication across the various ICANN components, and, in the security area, we are particularly aware that our subject matter cuts across virtually every aspect of ICANN. Over time, we have accepted Liaisons from ALAC, GAC, RSSAC, and, using a different label, the IETF. We have always treated Liaisons as full members of our committee, and, indeed, one of our requirements is that a liaison should be someone with expertise and ability in our area, the same as any other committee member. As a matter of form, we do not consider any other organization as owning a slot on the SSAC. (With the external review of SSAC about to commence, perhaps this is one of the myriad of details that might be changed, but the charter doesn't speak to this issue and our practice has been to view membership fairly uniformly.) As a matter of practice, we're delighted to have cross pollination, so we try to treat suggestions from other organizations pragmatically, and so far we have not pushed back on any proposed Liaison." ** IDN's WG Liaison -> as this role is involved in both fast track ccTLD and new gTLD issues a suitable candidate is one who brings with them considerable and extensive experience in the matters discussed so far and a clear passion to further these important issues in the next 12 months within ICANN. *** dotMobi PAB -> this appointment is currently held by Mr. John Levine and he has already indicated (earlier this month to the public list), his willingness and desire to continue to serve in this role... Therefore this notice of nominations recognizes the validity of this prior nomination (and acceptance) as having now been received in due and proper course for any ensuing election to be held. Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Chair 2007-2008

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"We can't be bothered to vote; so just send us the travel vouchers for Cairo"
by Danny Younger Nov. 4, 2008

Nov. 4, 2008

In another fine display of participant zeal, eight ALAC members decided to ignore yet another ALAC vote -- this time on the Overview Report on the ALAC Review. Those listed below (more than half of the ALAC) did not bother to vote: 1 Izumi Aizu 2 Annette Muehlberg 3 Carlos Aguirre 4 Jose Ovidio Salgueiro 5 Hawa Diakite 6 Thu Hue Nguyen 7 Vanda Scartezini 8 Fatimata Seye Sylla Kudos to the ALAC Chair for the great results obtained under the new "Remedial" participation policy. At this rate, the ALAC will be dead and buried soon.

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Oct. 31, 2008

Oct. 31, 2008

Total of 15 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Oct 31 00:53:02 EDT 2008 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 20.00% | 3 | 17.52% | 16828 | ajp at glocom.ac.jp 20.00% | 3 | 16.31% | 15673 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 13.33% | 2 | 17.45% | 16768 | vanda at uol.com.br 13.33% | 2 | 13.53% | 13001 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 13.33% | 2 | 12.02% | 11549 | rudi.vansnick at isoc.be 6.67% | 1 | 10.53% | 10118 | jam at jacquelinemorris.com 6.67% | 1 | 6.66% | 6394 | narten at us.ibm.com 6.67% | 1 | 5.97% | 5740 | derek at aa419.org --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 15 |100.00% | 96071 | Total

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Nomination: Rudi Vansnick - CCNSO liaison
by Patrick Vande Walle Oct. 28, 2008

Oct. 28, 2008

I would like to nominate Rudi Vansnick from the ISOC Belgium ALS as a candidate for the CCNSO liaison. Patrick Vande Walle

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Cairo - Baron hotel
by Rudi Vansnick Oct. 28, 2008

Oct. 28, 2008

Dear all, Who is staying in the Baron hotel in Cairo ? I'm arriving around 8pm in Cairo on Friday 31/10 and would like to have a drink with colleagues. See you all soon in warm Egypt. Rudi Vansnick

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Directi suspends 175,547 abusive domains
by Derek Smythe Oct. 27, 2008

Oct. 27, 2008

Directi suspends 175,547 abusive domains, while 527,000 abusive domains had their PrivacyProtect.org anonymity revoked. Details: http://hostexploit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16 I congratulate Directi and HostExploit on this initiative. I trust this will set an example for other registrars on how to react where they find their services are being abused to the detriment of other internet users or like. Note this portion of the above: > In scouring for more such cases however, every emphasis is made on > avoiding any false positives. With this is mind and with the view on > net-neutrality all actions are based upon ACM (Association of > Computing Machinery) http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics e.g. > > *1.2 Avoid harm to others.* > > "Harm" means injury or negative consequences, such as undesirable loss > of information, loss of property, property damage, or unwanted > environmental impacts. This principle prohibits use of computing > technology in ways that result in harm to any of the following: > Internet users, and the general public. Regards Derek http://www.aa419.org

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Nomination: Alan Greenberg GNSO Liaison
by Adam Peake Oct. 27, 2008

Oct. 27, 2008

I nominate Alan Greenberg for the position as GNSO Liaison. Best, Adam

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Oct. 24, 2008

Oct. 24, 2008

Total of 8 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Oct 24 00:53:02 EDT 2008 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 25.00% | 2 | 27.59% | 19847 | ajp at glocom.ac.jp 12.50% | 1 | 17.53% | 12609 | nick.ashton-hart at icann.org 12.50% | 1 | 13.18% | 9481 | cheryl at hovtek.com.au 12.50% | 1 | 11.98% | 8617 | huenguyen at netnam.vn 12.50% | 1 | 10.85% | 7802 | narten at us.ibm.com 12.50% | 1 | 9.81% | 7054 | wendy at seltzer.com 12.50% | 1 | 9.06% | 6513 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 8 |100.00% | 71923 | Total

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[Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation Report]
by Wendy Seltzer Oct. 23, 2008

Oct. 23, 2008

FYI. Much improved from the consultants' report. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation Report Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:02:58 -0400 From: ICANN News Alert <communications(a)icann.org> To: wendy(a)seltzer.com ICANN http://www.icann.org/ News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23oct08-en.htm ________________________________ ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation Report 23 October 2008 The ALAC Review Working Group (WG) has released its Mid-point Consultation Report http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/midpoint-consultation-report-21oct08-e… [PDF, 285K] for discussion with the ICANN community. This preliminary report presents the WG's "initial thinking" on the questions under review following the publication of the Independent Review of the At Large Advisory Committee by Westlake Consulting. It is based on consultation that the WG has undertaken with the ICANN community at the Paris meeting, through an online comment forum and at meetings with a variety of groups with the ICANN community. A summary of the consultation is contained in an appendix to the report. The WG is publishing this Mid-point Consultation Report now in order to engage the ICANN community and staff in dialogue at an early stage of its thinking. Comments on this paper will be very welcome and the WG encourages all interested parties to attend workshops during the ICANN Meeting in Cairo and/or post comments on the public comment forum http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200812.html#alac-midp…. This mid-point consultation document includes a discussion of areas of emerging agreement, possible recommendations, and questions that need to be addressed. It does not reach, and should not be interpreted as reaching, any definitive recommendations or conclusions at this time. The WG will continue to consult with the community over the coming months with a view to publishing final recommendations for discussion at the Mexico meeting in early 2009. This initial posting contains the text in English. Translations will be available shortly. Further details of the ALAC Review can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/

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Request for an Issues Report on the recovery of expired domain names
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 22, 2008

Oct. 22, 2008

At its October 14th teleconference, the ALAC voted to request an Issues Report on the subject of registrants being able to recover domain names after their formal expiration date. Details can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?recovery_of_expired_domain_names. An Issues Report is the first step in a possible Policy Development Process. The motion calls for the draft request to be revised before and at the Cairo ICANN meeting. A number of people have already volunteered to work on the initial effort, and unless I hear otherwise, will assume that they will continue to do so (I will verify). The ALAC formed a small Working Group. According to the motion "The working group may include representatives from At-Large, GNSO constituencies and other interested individuals but due to tight time constraints, will be limited to those with specific knowledge of the subject being discussed." If anyone else would like to participate, please let me know. I am also formally calling for statements of support for this initiatives from ALSs and RALOs. Statements need not be long. Lastly, if people can send me concise descriptions of situations where a domain name had inadvertently been allowed to expire, telling what happened, that would be very useful. Regards, Alan

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