May 2011 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Re: [At-Large] [ALAC-Announce] Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom
by presidencia Internauta Argentina May 29, 2011

May 29, 2011

I fully endorse the statement made by theEURALOcolleagues. I understand that only communities can elect their members and not an entity organized outside the community (in this case the Board of ICANN) *Sergio Salinas Porto Presidente Internauta Argentina Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.internauta.org.ar>FLUI- Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.fuilain.org>LACRALO - ALAC Member facebook:salinasporto twitter:sergiosalinas MSN/MSN YAHOO/Talk: salinasporto... Skype:internautaargentina Mobi:+54 9 223 5 215819 * * "Ojalá podamos ser desobedientes, cada vez que recibimos órdenes que humillan nuestra conciencia o violan nuestro sentido común" -Eduardo Galeano- * El 29/05/2011 12:18 a.m., ICANN At-Large Staff escribió: > Hello, all, > > > > Attached is the final Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom, submitted to the staff person responsible for this public comment topic, as well as to the Board Secretary, on 28 May. > > Regards, > Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website: www.atlarge.icann.org > > ________________________________ > From: ICANN At-Large Staff > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:29 PM > To: academia-nomcom(a)icann.org; Secretary > Cc: ocl(a)gih.com; ICANN At-Large Staff > Subject: RE: Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom > > Hello, all, > > Attached to the below e-mail was a Word version of the Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom. Of course, it was our intension to attach a PDF version. Apologies for the error. > > The PDF version is now attached here. If you would kindly post the PDF, not the Word version, it would be appreciated. > > Many thanks, > Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website: www.atlarge.icann.org > > ________________________________ > From: ICANN At-Large Staff > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:06 PM > To: academia-nomcom(a)icann.org; Secretary > Cc: ocl(a)gih.com; ICANN At-Large Staff > Subject: Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom > > Dear all, > > The At-Large staff has the honor of transmitting to you, on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Statement of the ALAC on Academia Representation on the NomCom. > > The ALAC ratification vote on this Statement will start imminently -- on ICANN's next business day. We will inform the Board of the results of this vote. > > Christopher Wilkinson, a member of an At-Large Structure ( ALS) in the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO), composed a first draft of this statement, which he shared with the EURALO community and later with the wider At-Large community. > > With the support from several At-Large members, a wiki workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/lYLu> containing this statement was created. The At-Large staff sent out a call for comments from the At-Large community, to be submitted via this workspace, on 20 May 2011. > > Comments were received not only on the workspace but also during the ALAC and ALAC Executive Committee monthly calls held on 24 May 2011. > > On 28 May 2011, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, (a) wrote a second draft of this statement, attached here, incorporating the received comments, and (b) requested that the At-Large staff begin a five day ALAC ratification vote on this statement on the next business day. > > With this same e-mail, this ALAC Statement is being transmitted to the ICANN Board Secretary and Amy Stathos, the ICANN staff member responsible for this public comment topic. > > Regards, > Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website: www.atlarge.icann.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

1 0

Call for Expertise for a drafting team to develop a Whois Service Requirements survey
by Alan Greenberg May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

>From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> >Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 17:14:20 -0400 >Subject: [liaison6c] Call for Expertise for a >drafting team to develop a Whois Service Requirements survey > >Dear All, > >http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19may11-en.htm > >Invitation for volunteers to form a Drafting >Team to develop a survey to estimate the level >of agreement that the conclusions and >assumptions in the Inventory of Whois Service >Requirements Report of 29 July 2010 have in the >ICANN community. See: ><http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-…>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-…. >The goal of the Drafting Team would be to assist >staff in developing the format, questions, >response scale and scope of the survey. >In May 2009 by the GNSO Council requested that >staff prepare a compilation of potential future >requirements for WHOIS service, based on current >requirements and a review of previous GNSO WHOIS >policy discussions. This resolution reflected >increasing community concerns that the current >WHOIS service is deficient in a number of ways, >including data accuracy and reliability, as well >as in other technical areas noted in recent SSAC >reports, such as accessibility and readability >of WHOIS contact information in an international >environment. The report is a compendium of >potential technical requirements and makes no >policy recommendations. Some of the potential >technical requirements included in the report >are the following: a mechanism to find >authoritative WHOIS servers; structured queries; >a standardized set of query capabilities; a >well-defined schema for replies; standardized >error messages; improved quality of domain >registration data; internationalization; >security elements; thick vs. thin WHOIS; and a >Registrar abuse point of contact. Staff >published a first draft of the report 26 March >2010, solicited input from SOs and ACs, and >posted a draft final report reflecting SO and AC input on 31 May. >Thus, on 19 May the GNSO Council asked ICANN >staff to begin the process of seeking community >volunteers Drafting Team for the purpose of developing a survey of views. >This invitation is extended to all members of >the ICANN community. We urge you to forward to >this to all members of the community who may be >interested in participating. Expertise in the >technical aspects of gTLD Whois, and background >on the history of gTLD Whois policy development, >would be particularly useful to this group. >Please contact the GNSO Council Secretariat at ><mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org >by 01 June 2011 if you are interested in joining >the Drafting Team. Please contact Liz Gasster >at ><mailto:liz.gasster@icann.org>liz.gasster(a)icann.org >if you have any questions about the report or the work of this group. > >Thank you. >Kind regards, >Glen > >Glen de Saint Géry >GNSO Secretariat >gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org >http://gnso.icann.org

2 1

INET New York - Call for attendees
by Joly MacFie May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

* Please a) forward this invite to anyone who might be interested b) print out and display the flyer anywhere appropriate c) make use of the embeds when blogging. The Internet Society (ISOC) will present an INET Regional Conference on June 14 2011 at the Sentry Center in NYC. The conference will take the form of a one day forum with the theme “It’s your call. What kind of Internet do you want?". The distinguished line up of speakers includes ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf, World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners Lee, and Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the U.S. Department of Commerce Lawrence Strickling. You are cordially invited to attend in person. What: INET New York - “It’s your call. What kind Of Internet do you want?" When: Tuesday June 14, 2011: 9am-5.30pm EDT Where: Sentry Center, 730 Third Avenue, NY NY 10017 Who: ISOC Members $25, Others $50 Register: http://isoc.org/nyinet Agenda: http://bit.ly/inetnyagenda Hashtag: #inetny Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145503388852445 Linked In: http://events.linkedin.com/INET-New-York/pub/649653 Flyer: http://isoc-ny.org/inet/INET-NY_flier.pdf Embeds: http://isoc-ny.org/inet/embeds.html Shorturl: http://bit.ly/inetny Along with the remarkable keynoters named above, three expert panels will identify and examine the critical decisions that will shape the Internet's future, including: * Who will help define the Internet’s evolution? * What role should government and private industry play? * What is the public interest? * How do we provide greater bandwidth and access? * What does online privacy mean in the age of Facebook and Wikileaks? Finally the event will conclude with a three way dialog between the keynoters, moderated by Internet Society President Lynn St. Amour. As you will see from the program we have gathered some of the top minds in Internet development from all sides of the spectrum. While we are looking foremost to make serious strides on setting the agenda for Internet progress in the foreseeable future, obviously this INET will also provide a great networking opportunity. We've deliberately kept the cost affordable to gain a wide audience. Space is limited so it is advisable to register a.s.a.p. For those of you unable to attend in person, or who miss the cut, there will be free remote participation, details to be announced nearer the day. Again, the registration link is http://isoc.org/nyinet About the Internet Society The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organisation that is built on a network of over 80 local chapters around the world. We are dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. The Internet Society has organized the INET in cooperation with our New York Chapter to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education and policy. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

1 0

IGF 2011 website live AfIGF to follow?
by Joly MacFie May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

Nairobi IGF website: http://igf.or.ke/ There are also plans afoot to hold an African IGF directly following the event. See http://bit.ly/AFIGFplan <http://igf.or.ke/>One can also follow @AfrIGF<http://www.twitter.com/AfrIGF> on twitter j -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

1 0

Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

Total of 7 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri May 27 00:53:03 EDT 2011 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 14.29% | 1 | 95.33% | 1066272 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 14.29% | 1 | 0.92% | 10315 | william.drake at uzh.ch 14.29% | 1 | 0.92% | 10303 | vivekvc2001 at yahoo.co.in 14.29% | 1 | 0.91% | 10169 | cintra.sooknanan at gmail.com 14.29% | 1 | 0.73% | 8113 | presidencia at internauta.org.ar 14.29% | 1 | 0.65% | 7324 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 14.29% | 1 | 0.54% | 6067 | narten at us.ibm.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 7 |100.00% | 1118563 | Total

1 0

Fwd: [ssac] PROTECT IP white paper
by Patrick Vande Walle May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011

Greetings, I wanted to share with you this document, prepared by well known DNS experts for the US Senate. It explains in plain words why filtering DNS queries is technically problematic. Although this was written as a reaction to a US law proposal, its contents are relevant well outside the US context. If you do not wish to read the document in full, read the executive summary and the conclusions, which I have appended below: "as discussed in this paper, the mandated DNS filtering provisions found in the PROTECT IP Act raise very serious security and technical concerns. We believe that the goals of PROTECT IP can be accomplished without reducing DNS security and stability, through strategies such as better international cooperation on prosecutions and the other remedies contained in PROTECT IP other than DNS-related provisions. We urge Congress to reject the DNS filtering portions of the Act." Patrick Vande Walle -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: [ssac] PROTECT IP white paper DATE: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:34:08 -0400 FROM: Steve Crocker TO: SSAC SSAC , ICANN of Directors Board CC: Steve Crocker Folks, A handful of technical folks in the DNS community, including me, have written and released the attached white paper regarding the pending legislation in the U.S. Senate called PROTECT IP. This is not an ICANN effort, though ICANN people have helped a lot. Sharing with you for info. Feel free to share further. Thanks, Steve -- Blog: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu Twitter: http://twitter.vande-walle.eu

1 0

Re: [At-Large] [ALAC-Announce] Results of the 2011 APRALO election calls
by presidencia Internauta Argentina May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011

Congratulations to all APRALO members of the elections in your region! *Sergio Salinas Porto Presidente Internauta Argentina Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.internauta.org.ar>FLUI- Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.fuilain.org>LACRALO - ALAC Member facebook:salinasporto twitter:sergiosalinas MSN/MSN YAHOO/Talk: salinasporto... Skype:internautaargentina Mobi:+54 9 223 5 215819 * * "Ojalá podamos ser desobedientes, cada vez que recibimos órdenes que humillan nuestra conciencia o violan nuestro sentido común" -Eduardo Galeano- * El 20/05/2011 12:15 a.m., ICANN At-Large Staff escribió: > Hello, all, > > At-Large staff is please to present to APRALO and the At-Large Community the following report on the outcome of the recently closed APRALO 2011 election calls. See also the "2011 Election Calls - APRALO" wiki page athttps://community.icann.org/pages/editpage.action?pageId=11994663#<https://community.icann.org/pages/editpage.action?pageId=11994663>. > > > 1. Leadership-selection processes to date > > 6 April 2011 -- At-Large staff announced elections and call for nominations. > > 6-29 April 2011 – Nomination period. > > 6 May 2011 -- Deadline for nomination acceptances (all nominees accepted nominations no later than seven days after the nomination period ended on 29 April 2011). > > 11-19 May 2011 -- Elections (One election was held -- for the position of APRALO Chair. This online poll closed at 23:59 UTC on 19 May 2011; for the report on this poll from BigPulse, see below). > > > 2. Poll Result: APRALO Chair Elections May 2011 > > Report date: Friday, 20 May 2011, 00:52 UTC. > > The poll was closed on Thursday, 19 May 2011, at 23:59 UTC. > > Number of voters: 15. Group size: 19. Percent voted: 78.95%. > > Ranking > > by votes > Candidates > Votes > % > > 1 > Charles Mok > 11 > 73.33 > > 2 Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > 4 26.67 > > 3 Abstain > 0 0.0 > > > > 3. APRALO-selected leadership for 2011-13, as a result of these election calls > APRALO Chair: > For both interim term of 19 May 2011 through 30 June 2011 and official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > Mr. Charles Mok > (ISOC-HK) > > > EFFECTIVE from 20 May 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > APRALO Vice-Chair: > For official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > Ms. Holly Raiche > (ISOC-AU) > > > > EFFECTIVE from 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013* > > > APRALO Secretariat: > For official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > ISOC Hong Kong (appointment of Mr. Pavan Budhrani; continues to hold this position) > > EFFECTIVE from 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > *APRALO has two Vice-Chairs, each elected for two-year terms in alternate years. Mr. Fouad Bajwa continues as one of the Vice-Chairs until 30 June 2012. The other position becomes vacant with the election of Mr. Charles Mok (currently serving as Vice Chair until 30 June 2011) to the position of APRALO Chair. Therefore, Holly Raiche will serve as Vice Chair-elect from 20 May through 30 June 2011; her official two-year term begins on 01 July 2011. > > The At-Large staff wishes to thank all those involved in this process, especially those who nominated or accepted nominations for these critical leadership roles in APRALO. We look forward to continuing our work with this new leadership team. > > Regards, > Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website:www.atlarge.icann.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > > At-Large Official Site:http://atlarge.icann.org >

3 2

GigaNet Nairobi CFP
by William Drake May 21, 2011

May 21, 2011

GIGANET Global Internet Governance Academic Network in co-operation with Research ICT Africa CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth Annual Symposium 26 September 2011 Nairobi, Kenya The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET), in co-operation with the Research ICT Africa (RIA), is seeking submissions of research about Internet Governance to be presented at the Sixth GigaNet Annual Symposium, held on 26 September 2011, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach. Prior successful symposia took place in Greece (2006), Brazil (2007), India (2008), Egypt (2009) and Lithuania (2010). In 2011, the Internet Governance Forum has entered its second phase, after having reached the end of its first 5-years mandate. This year’s event will provide room to discuss the challenges encountered and results achieved during the first five years of IGF. As in previous years the GigaNet Symposium will further discuss current and future questions of Global Internet Governance. Organizers GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Research ICT Africa is a network of researchers in 20 African countries conducting research on ICT policy and regulation and facilitating evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social development and economic growth. http://www.researchictafrica.net/ Symposium Themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. We encourage submissions on the following topics: § The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward § Developing countries perspectives on internet governance § New approaches to theorizing internet governance § Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance § Freedom of Expression / Right to Information § New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet § Internet governance and political uprising § International relations and cyber-security § Online privacy and dataveillance § Cloud Governance Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of research paper not later 15 July 2011, through Easy Chair platform at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2011. Paper proposals should be submitted following theses requirements: § An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, where it is mandatory to describe the main research goal(s) and the methodological background of the paper § A one-page curriculum vitae focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Evaluation Process The Program Committee members will evaluate the abstracts submitted and decisions will be sent to applicants by email on August 1st. Accepted papers for oral presentations should be followed by a full research paper, to be sent by September 15th. Some quality papers submitted that are not accepted for oral presentations will be recommended for poster presentations. Accepted speakers and poster presenters’ submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. Registration process The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, a registration process will be required close to the event. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. Financial Assistance One outstanding accepted paper by an African researcher may be awarded financial support by the Research ICT Africa. This support includes a travel grant up to US $ 1.000,00 to facilitate the participation of (emerging) African scholars who otherwise would not be able to attend. If available, information regarding additional scholarship options will be available following notification of acceptance. GigaNet 2011 Program Committee § Leo Van Audenhove – PC Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium § Roy Balleste – St. Thomas University, Miami, USA § William Drake - University of Zurich, Switzerland § Dmitry Epstein – Cornell University, USA § Marianne Franklin – Goldsmiths University London, UK § Raquel Gatto – Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil § Alison Gillwald – Director Research ICT Africa § Nanette Levinson – American University, USA § Milton Mueller – Syracuse University, USA § Rolf H. Weber – University of Zurich, Switzerland Schedule Summary July 15th: abstract submission deadline August 1st: notification of acceptance September 15th: submission deadline for complete papers September 26th: Sixth Annual GigaNet Symposium If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: leo.van.audenhove(a)vub.ac.be --Please note new email address-- *************************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland william.drake(a)uzh.ch www.mediachange.ch/people/william-j-drake www.williamdrake.org ****************************************************

1 0

Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011

Total of 23 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri May 20 00:53:03 EDT 2011 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 13.04% | 3 | 13.44% | 23783 | carlosaguirre62 at hotmail.com 13.04% | 3 | 12.63% | 22357 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 13.04% | 3 | 11.73% | 20762 | ocl at gih.com 8.70% | 2 | 10.90% | 19284 | cintra.sooknanan at gmail.com 8.70% | 2 | 9.58% | 16954 | cw at christopherwilkinson.eu 4.35% | 1 | 6.74% | 11934 | vivekvc2001 at yahoo.co.in 4.35% | 1 | 6.18% | 10940 | dthompson1 at gov.nu.ca 4.35% | 1 | 4.64% | 8207 | iza at anr.org 4.35% | 1 | 4.57% | 8088 | vanda at uol.com.br 4.35% | 1 | 3.87% | 6847 | joly at punkcast.com 4.35% | 1 | 3.54% | 6257 | narten at us.ibm.com 4.35% | 1 | 3.10% | 5492 | ajp at glocom.ac.jp 4.35% | 1 | 3.09% | 5471 | cdel at firsthand.net 4.35% | 1 | 3.07% | 5435 | ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net 4.35% | 1 | 2.92% | 5162 | presidencia at internauta.org.ar --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 23 |100.00% | 176973 | Total

1 0

eG8 Forum
by Joly MacFie May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011

Just before the G8 meeting (26-27 May, Deauville) there will be an eG8 Forum (24-25 May, Paris) gathering the “leaders of the Internet”. Several I* organizations have been invited to participate (ICANN, W3C, IAB, ISOC, etc.), and it is understood that the outcomes of the discussions of the eG8 (format tbd) will be submitted to the G8 itself. <goog_974868408> The Internet Society is inviting comments from it's members, with a deadline of Wed 18 May, details on http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=2058 Is ICANN making a similar effort? j -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

11 18