December 2009 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Fwd: GNSO Selected Trademark Issues Review Team draft report
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 10, 2009

Dec. 10, 2009

This message has also been sent to the ALAC public list. Alan >To: name-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Subject: GNSO Selected Trademark Issues Review Team draft report > >I am attaching a copy of the GNSO STI draft report. It is still >undergoing revision. A final version is expected sometime today and >I will forward it when available. > >PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT PLAN WE ONLY HAVE 1.5 DAYS >TO DECIDE ON THE WAY FORWARD - SEE MESSAGE AT END. > >For background and references to previous documents, I refer you to >my e-mail of 28Nov09 - >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/name-issues_atlarge-lists.icann.or…. > >The discussions which led to this draft involved something well over >20 hours of teleconferences and innumerable e-mails, side >discussions and sub-group work. So I will not try to describe it all >here. But it is important to note a few things: > >- this is a compromise proposal - no one has come out of this with >their "perfect" result >- it has been discussed negotiated and crafted with an immense >amount of effort and cooperation and goof faith. Some of the more >contentious parts were crafted by small teams often involving the >Intellectual Property Constituency and NCSG and the results are >models for how people with quite different perspectives and >end-points can reach consensus. >- all of that being said, there will be "minority statements" >submitted by a number of groups (perhaps most) allow them to >emphasize for the Board issues that they feel are important but on >which a unanimous consensus could not be reached. Olivier and I will >be suggesting that At-Large submit a minority position on the following issues: > > + Whether the Trademark Clearing house should be operated by a > single provider, or should the two functional parts of the > Clearinghouse be divided into two arms-length providers > > + To what extent should trademarks that are not formally > registered be allowed in the Clearinghouse > > + Whether there should be a TM Claims process for all > registrations post-launch (TM claims allows a registrant to be > "warned" if there is potential overlap between their requested name > and some mark in the Clearinghouse > > + Whether a transfer of the domain to the trademark holder > should be allowed following a successful URS. > >I will be sending out a more detailed description of these four >minority positions soon, but did not want to delay getting the core >document out first. > >Timing is critical. The GNSO meets to decide whether to forward this >document to the Board on Thursday, 17 December at 16:00 UTC. We >decided that the ALAC should conduct a vote to complete prior to >that time to decide on: >- whether to endorse the report >- What, if any, minority positions to take. > >If this is to be a standard 5-day "short" vote, it needs to start by >late Friday. That means we need a recommendation from the >name-issues group prior to that time - in short, in the next 1.5 days at most. > >This message will also be forwarded to the ALAC and At-Large lists. >I would suggest that to the extent possible, the discussion be >carried out on the At-Large list to involve the largest number of people. > >Alan

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Re: [At-Large] Voting for At-Large Director
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 10, 2009

Dec. 10, 2009

Best handled in a voice chat I think (at least I don't have the patience for anything more at the moment since I still need to get out the STI report by tomorrow morning. I just realized I was distracted (or probably went onto a teleconference) and never responded to your reply about the ALAC seat. I will. Alan PS Carlton says he has been trying to get hold of you I think regarding the new gTLD meeting. Alan At 09/12/2009 09:30 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote: >2009/12/8 Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> > > > > > What I didn't understand is why there was a conviction that there will be a > > huge multiplicity of candidates. > > > > We have already spent a fair amount of time defining a nomination and > > vetting process which should produce a small number of > candidates. If we end > > up with 8 or 9 or 10, that process has dismally failed! > > > > >Actually, we haven't really addressed this at all. We have an understanding >that a special Working Group will search for suitable candidates, and that >each RALO could add one or two. > >So ... let's say that the working group puts forward three candidates, and >that each RALO adds one of its own. That's eight ... not inconceivable, and >not a failure of the process. > >We haven't really spent any time defining the "vetting" process, which >itself will be time consuming regardless of method used. The Monday call >ended up being all about voting methods, even though there are still some >loose ends to deal with. And that (the vetting process) is the biggest and >loosest end.. > >Since an election itself is a vetting process, perhaps this could be part of >the 'hybrid system" Trish suggested in the Monday call: > >1) The WG comes up with its candidates >2) The RALOs add theirs (optional) >3) A first vote (ordered, using STV) is held based on this combined list of >candidates >4) the top three from this vote stand for a second found >5) a second round is held (using first past the post, votes are for a single >candidate) >6) A third (expedited) runoff round is held if the second round does not >produce a winner with 50%+1 > >Personally, I still think that steps 3 to 6 can (and should) be combined >into a single STV vote. But if there is real aversion to trusting everything >to an ordered vote, perhaps something like the above scenario could satisfy >peoples' needs for more than one round and a simple final vote. > >I still think that there needs to be the ability for the voting individuals >to go back to their constituencies (ie, the RALOs, ALSs and individual >members) for direction/guidance before the votes. In the above scenario, >this would take place in advance of steps 1 and 5. > >Is this workable? > >- Evan >_______________________________________________ >At-Large mailing list >At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [At-Large] Voting for At-Large Director
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 10, 2009

Dec. 10, 2009

At 08/12/2009 05:20 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote: >..... >Then there was the oft-repeated mantra that "the first vote is from the >heart, the second vote is from the head". I guess I'm not sophisticated >enough to see why every vote shouldn't also be done with the consent of the >small intestine and adrenal gland. Well, no one said it was a good thing, but rather that is how some people (or societies) tend to do things. >While details of the hybrid were evasive, the >discussion suggested a first round based on an ordered vote to narrow a >large field down to two or three, then one or two FPTP rounds would >determine the 50%+1 winner. I freely admit that I am one of the Luddites who doesn't agree with STV being used in this case for reasons I have already explained. What I didn't understand is why there was a conviction that there will be a huge multiplicity of candidates. We have already spent a fair amount of time defining a nomination and vetting process which should produce a small number of candidates. If we end up with 8 or 9 or 10, that process has dismally failed! Alan

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Promotions
by Gareth Shearman Dec. 9, 2009

Dec. 9, 2009

Congratulations to the three of you. Well done and much deserved! Gareth

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at-large staff promotions
by vivek anannd Dec. 8, 2009

Dec. 8, 2009

Dear Nick, Heidi, Matthias, Gisella, Marilyn and Kristina Hearty congratulations on the new assignments and ALAC has a lot to gain! A merry Christmas and a productive new year ! regards Dr.V.C.Vivekanandan Dean & Professor of Law Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Ph: +91-3222-282238 Fax: +91-3222-282238 mail:dean@rgsoipl.iitkgp.ernet.in personal:vivekvc2001@yahoo.co.in The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Re: [At-Large] At-Large Staff Promotions
by Siranush Vardanyan Dec. 8, 2009

Dec. 8, 2009

I also would like to join At Large team and congratulate Nick, Heidi, Matthias, Gisella, Marylin and Kristina in getting this diserved promotion. You are doing great job and keep up doing it in future for the prosperity of ICANN and At Large community in general. Enjoy the coming Christmas and all the best to everyone Best Siranush Siranush Vardanyan Armenia > From: sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > To: at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:56:37 +0100 > Subject: Re: [At-Large] At-Large Staff Promotions > > Thanks Denise, > I would like to join you in congratulating all - Nick, Heidi, Matthias and > even Gisella, Marilyn and Kristina. > Thanks for the work done by each and every of you and I am sure that the > future will be bright. > All the best > > Sébastien Bachollet > Président d'honneur - Isoc France > sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > www.egeni.org > www.isoc.fr > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large- > > bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Denise Michel > > Envoyé : mardi 8 décembre 2009 07:08 > > À : At-Large Worldwide > > Objet : [At-Large] At-Large Staff Promotions > > > > Dear At-Large Community, > > > > I would like to call your attention to ICANN COO's announcement that > > Nick Ashton-Hart has been promoted to ICANN's Senior Director, > > Participation and Engagement > > (<http://blog.icann.org/2009/12/nick-ashton-hart-now-senior-director- > > participation-and-engagement/>). > > This position incorporates the duties of General Manager for Public > > Participation previously performed by Kieren McCarthy, as well as a > > range of participation, recruitment and engagement activities that > > will significantly benefit At-Large and ICANN. > > > > I am pleased to announce that Heidi Ullrich has been promoted to > > Director for At-Large, assuming Nick's previous duties, and Matthias > > Langenegger has been promoted to At-Large Regional Affairs Manager, > > assuming Heidi's previous duties. Gisella Gruber-White will continue > > to provide the At-Large community with secretariat support, along with > > Marilyn Vernon and Kristina Nordstrom. > > > > Nick is working closely with At-Large Staff to help ensure a smooth > > transition. > > > > I hope you will join me in congratulating Nick, Heidi and Matthias. > > > > Regards, > > Denise > > > > Denise Michel > > ICANN Vice President > > Policy Development > > > > _______________________________________________ > > At-Large mailing list > > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge- > > lists.icann.org > > > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _________________________________________________________________ Keep your friends updated—even when you’re not signed in. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/so…

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Congrats
by vivek anannd Dec. 8, 2009

Dec. 8, 2009

Dear Nick, Heidi, Matthias, Gisella, Marilyn and Kristina Hearty congratulations on the new assignments and ALAC has a lot to gain! A merry Christmas and a productive new year ! regards Dr.V.C.Vivekanandan Dean & Professor of Law Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Ph: +91-3222-282238 Fax: +91-3222-282238 mail:dean@rgsoipl.iitkgp.ernet.in personal:vivekvc2001@yahoo.co.in The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Re: [At-Large] Google takes over ICANN
by Franck Martin Dec. 7, 2009

Dec. 7, 2009

+1 Amazing to see people deeply involved in ICANN, still not understand how the DNS works. At large needs some professionals, not some conspiracy theorists ;) Now waiting for JFC or Jefssey to post, for another world of ammazement... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Levine" <johnl(a)iecc.com> To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Sent: Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 9:40:45 AM GMT +12:00 New Zealand Subject: Re: [At-Large] Google takes over ICANN > This kind of technocentric approch is interesting, because it's highlights > the net neutrality issue and the seperation of the Internet and the GoogleNet. > > Google's Engineering Takeover of the Internet > -- No "slow" DNS needed on GooglesNet I must say, this is an impressively hysterical misrepresentation and overreaction to Google's providing what is no more and no less than yet another public DNS cache. If Google is taking over the net, so is OpenDNS and everyone else who deliberately or accidentally leaves his DNS cache open the the public. There are plenty of things about Google that one might object to, but this is just silly. R's, John

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@large specialised group in IDNA2010 being started
by JFC Morfin Dec. 7, 2009

Dec. 7, 2009

http://iucg.org/wiki/BUD-IDNA2010 The WG/IDNABIS work being conducted on IDNA2008 (i.e. the new standard for Internationalized Domain Names) is now completed. As committed, the IUCG plans to publish an "IDNA2010 Best Usage Document" in order to explain to users how to best take advantage from the IDNA proposition and extensions. The WG text has been reviewed by the IETF/LC. Now, it has to be accepted by the IESG and should have then been deployed via several projects in the coming months. However, competition between these projects has already started. The workon(a)idna2010.org moderated mailing list created to that end has therefore been activated. We know that this matter is rather sensible. Therefore, the list is tyrannically moderated by its facilitator. Only technically worthy, and polite, contributions will be accepted. The target is not to publish an RFC that would standardize or recommend a practice. It is rather to document the different options that users may have and how they may use them. This will be the first time that such a multiconsensual document will be worked on at IUCG. We, therefore, expect the form of this work to also be experimental. The background is the following: * in a network architecture, multilingualization belongs to the presentation layer. * the Internet has no documented presentation layer. * yet the IDNA2008 proposition, even if not perfect, makes a lot of sense and builds on the IDNA2003 operational experience of half a billion users. * hence, the Internet presentation layer is underlying the IDNA2008 proposition. Therefore, the target is: 1. to uncover and document the Internet presentation layer. 2. to document IDNA within that presentation layer. 3. to explore the new possibilities offered by the presentation layer to IDNA and the Internet. This will be carried out in relation with the parallel work and testing being conducted on the Interplus usage architecture and ML-DNS pile. The only, but very strict, constraint that is imposed on this work is the full respect, down to the code, of the current Internet and a total transparence and neutrality to its end to end processes and services. The target is to use the Internet better. Multilinguistics is understood as the cybernetics of linguistic diversity. Multilingualization is understood as the multilinguistic function that is able to technically support an equal and neutral empowerment of every language and script. Neutrality is taken as being transparent to the technological, operational, and contextual, partial or complete, changes on the end to end path. Universalization is essentially independence from languages and scripts. Globalization is the internationalization of the media, localization of the ends, and langtagization of the content. Internationalization is the reduction of the linguistic bias down to the minimum that is permitted by the underlying language. Along the international usages, contributions will be accepted in the main languages, as soon as a moderator or a sergeant at arms has been designated for that respective language and, initially, in English and French. The convener and initial facilitator of this list is Jean-Michel Bernier de Portzamparc. To subscribe : http://idna2010.org/mailman/listinfo/workon_idna2010.org. IUCG Secretariat

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] INVITATION: Community Call on At-Large Director Appointment Process 07 December 0800 UTC
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 6, 2009

Dec. 6, 2009

>From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> >To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" > <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >CC: Jean-Jacques Subrenat <subrenat(a)icann.org>, Mike Silber > <mike.silber(a)icann.org>, "jonne.soininen(a)nsn.com" > <jonne.soininen(a)nsn.com>, > George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky(a)gmail.com>, Tricia Drakes > <tricia.drakes(a)x2all.com>, Raimundo Beca <rbeca(a)imaginaccion.cl> >Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:40:06 -0500 >Subject: [ALAC-Announce] INVITATION: Community Call on At-Large Director > Appointment Process 07 December 0800 UTC > > >Dear All, > >You are invited to a teleconference on the At-Large Director >Appointment Process on Monday, 7 December 2009 at 0800 UTC. Please >find the agenda, participation instructions and background >information on the At-Large Director appointment process under: > >https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?7_december_2009_community_call_at_… > >ALAC Chair Cheryl Langdon-Orr highlighted the importance of broad >input from all five At-Large regions to the At-Large Director >Appointment Process and would like to request regions to submit >their input either > > > * via the regional representatives confirmed as attending the meeting > * via the Comments section on the meeting page > * via an e-mail to the At-Large list (cc'ing Cheryl Langdon-Orr > and Staff to make sure their comments are recorded > >The members of the Board Structural Improvements Committee and >Tricia Drakes are also invited to join this discussion. > >-- >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White >ICANN At-Large Staff > >email: staff at atlarge.icann.org > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Announce mailing list >ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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