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Niagara Falls Tour @ ICANN Toronto, Oct 20
by Evan Leibovitch Sept. 26, 2012

Sept. 26, 2012

Hello everyone, Based on positive response to date I have confirmed that there will be an all day tour of Niagara Falls, to take place Saturday October 20 immediately following the ICANN meeting in Toronto. I am extending an invitation to At-Large and NCSG members who plan to be at the Toronto meeting to join us. This is an all day tour that leaves the venue (the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel) at 08:30 and returns at 18:00. The tour costs $99 (Canadian or USD) and includes: - A private coach and guide from Niagara and Toronto Tours<http://www.niagaratorontotours.com/> - Travel through Ontario wine country, stopping at Pillitieri Estates Winery <http://www.pillitteri.com/> (including tasting of red, white and ice wine) - 45 minutes stopover in the historic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake<http://www.niagaratorontotours.com/itinary002.htm> - Scenic drive along the Niagara Parkway (just about the time of year the leaves will be turning colour) - Guided photo stop at the Niagara gorge and whirlpool rapids<http://www.niagaratorontotours.com/itinary007.htm> - Tickets for the Skylon observation tower <http://www.skylon.com/>overlooking the falls - Three-course lunch at the top of the Skylon, in the Summit Suite restaurant <http://www.skylon.com/summitdining.html> - Free time at the Falls and Clifton Hill <http://www.cliftonhill.com/>tourist area After evaluating various options, the tour operator has forgone pre-payment. However, it is necessary to confirm your intention to attend so that we can confirm sufficient numbers. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS DOODLE POLL TO INDICATE YOU WILL BE GOING<http://doodle.com/yskh84mh7yza5yxw> Note: If ICANN is paying for your travel to Toronto, *you will have to inform Constituency Travel about the later departure and pay for any hotel beyond Oct 19 yourself*. If you are looking for less expensive accommodations nearby, you may consider the Super 8 Downtown Toronto<http://www.super8downtowntoronto.com/>, in Chinatown and a short streetcar ride from the venue Basic but reasonable and a great location. I hope you'll all enjoy Toronto and Canada! -- Evan Leibovitch Toronto Canada Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012

Total of 11 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Jul 27 00:53:04 EDT 2012 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 27.27% | 3 | 26.84% | 21433 | devtee at gmail.com 18.18% | 2 | 18.72% | 14949 | joly at punkcast.com 18.18% | 2 | 14.92% | 11917 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 9.09% | 1 | 14.00% | 11182 | admin at ttcsweb.org 9.09% | 1 | 9.27% | 7399 | narten at us.ibm.com 9.09% | 1 | 9.07% | 7245 | evan at telly.org 9.09% | 1 | 7.17% | 5727 | johnl at iecc.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 11 |100.00% | 79852 | Total

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At-Large comments on new gTLD applications
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh July 26, 2012

July 26, 2012

Dear All, The At-Large new gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG ; https://community.icann.org/x/u7-bAQ) is seeking comments from At-Large on the new gTLD applications and applied for strings received by ICANN for its New gTLD program (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about) The At-Large comments will be used by the gTLD RG to: * draft formal comments for evaluation panels' consideration or on objection grounds. These formal comments will be reviewed by ALAC for submission as ALAC comments during ICANN's 60 day Application Comment Period (June 13 - August 12 2012) to ICANN's New gTLD Application Comments Forum (https://community.icann.org/x/sxUQAg) . * decide whether to draft a formal objection statement to a gTLD application on limited public interest or community grounds for RALO’s consideration and ALAC's during the 7 month objection period as part of ICANN's Objection and Dispute Resolution Process. All At-Large comments received will be kept at the At-Large new gTLD Applications Dashboard at https://community.icann.org/x/w7-bAQ. Visit this page to learn how to review information about the gTLD applications and applicants and how to submit your comments. The deadline for At-Large comments to be considered by the gTLD RG in time for possible submission during the Application Comment Period is July 26 2012. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh Interim chair of the new gTLD RG

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WEBCAST: IGF-USA in DC Thursday 7/26
by Joly MacFie July 24, 2012

July 24, 2012

Since the webcast is quicktime only, we may relay it via the ISOC livestream channel if needed. Get in touch if you are having trouble viewing. Note only the plenaries will be webcast. ** [image: IGF-USA] <http://www.igf-usa.us/>The fourth IGF-USA<http://www.igf-usa.us/>will take place on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC. The one-day event will include expert panels and workshops on important Internet governance issues and serve as a prelude to the global United Nations-facilitated Internet Governance Forum<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-pr…>in Baku in November. Internet Society North America Bureau Manager Paul Brigner will be participating. - Program: http://www.igf-usa.us/page/remote-participation-2 - Twitter: #igf <http://twitter.com/search/%23igf-usa> | #igfusa<https://twitter.com/search/%23igfusa> - Webcast: http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/webcasts/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=1770 - Elon Blog: http://igfusa.wordpress.com/: Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=4159#respond> See all comments<http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=4159#comments> *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=4159 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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New Privacy and Consumer Protection Unit - California
by Carlton Samuels July 24, 2012

July 24, 2012

California has announced a new unit with specific powers. This might have implications for ICANN, it being, in legalese 'a public benefit corporation' under the laws of California. See: http://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-anno… FWIW, the California Secretary of State has Jamaican connections. - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Krebs on Security : DoItQuick: Fast Domains for Dirty Deeds
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012

A new service offered in the cybercriminal underground is geared toward spammers, scammers and malware purveyors interested in mass-registering dozens of dodgy domains in one go. DoItQuick offers mass registration of malware domains. The service — doitquick.net — will auto-register up to 15 domains simultaneously, choosing randomly named domains unless the customer specifies otherwise. DoItQuick sells two classes of domains: “white” domains that are “guaranteed” to stay registered for at least a year; and “black” domains that customers can use for illicit purposes and expect to last between 2 and 30 days before they are canceled. Read full article: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/07/service-secures-domains-for-black-deeds/

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012

Total of 14 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Jul 20 00:53:03 EDT 2012 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 14.29% | 2 | 13.37% | 19268 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 14.29% | 2 | 7.84% | 11300 | evan at telly.org 7.14% | 1 | 11.29% | 16271 | salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com 7.14% | 1 | 10.98% | 15825 | yaovito at yahoo.fr 7.14% | 1 | 9.88% | 14244 | vanda at uol.com.br 7.14% | 1 | 9.76% | 14077 | joly at punkcast.com 7.14% | 1 | 9.59% | 13826 | rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com 7.14% | 1 | 9.04% | 13027 | ocl at gih.com 7.14% | 1 | 5.28% | 7610 | brainstreetceo at gmail.com 7.14% | 1 | 4.79% | 6901 | narten at us.ibm.com 7.14% | 1 | 4.46% | 6435 | devtee at gmail.com 7.14% | 1 | 3.73% | 5378 | johnl at iecc.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 14 |100.00% | 144162 | Total

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Fwd: ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012

Dear all, I know that several of you are following the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) issues closely -- and you are right to do so since the outcome of the WCIT discussions will directly affect our communities. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) member states will meet in Dubai in December 2012 to update the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), last updated in the late eighties. The big difference with the eighties is that it is proposed that the regulations would include the Internet. The ALAC has a WIKI page of relevant links for all of you to learn about the WCIT issues. There are links to further information under several sub-headings: - Internet Governance - Domain Name - IPv6 - Other Please be so kind to inform staff if you know of a good resource to list on that WIKI page. Also, if anyone knows of a good short, easy to understand introduction to the subject of ITU, WCIT & ITRs, please be so kind to suggest it for inclusion on that page. It is really important that we have resources to help our local Internet users understand what is about to happen and why we all need to be concerned about this. The message attached below, forwarded from ISOC, points to at least a partial opening of the ITU's document database and I hereby ask staff to add the link to the WIKI. The Internet Society has asked its chapters around the world to find out way to liaise with government officials in their own country and thus bring the input of individual internet users to the discussion. I believe that the At-Large community, which has a wide footprint by also having a local presence in so many countries around the world, has an important part to play in informing their governments that we actually take part in ICANN's multi-stakeholder policy making model and that we support the current multi-stakeholder Internet Ecosystem as being one which promotes innovation and development better than any other top-down system. You will find a list of the government officials of ITU member states listed here: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_langu… Please be so kind to find out who your government officials and local organisation observers are and discuss locally within your organization what you could do at local level to engage a dialogue with your local officials and ministers for them to make sure they are aware of the issues and not make the mistake of supporting recommendations that will cripple their local economy by crippling the Internet's potential for innovation. Also -- please email suggestions as to what we, the At-Large Community of ICANN, could do to continue promoting the multi-stakeholder model that we are engaged in. Warmest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair -------- Message original -------- Sujet: [Itu2012chapters] ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents Date : Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:29:17 -0400 De : Sally Wentworth <wentworth(a)isoc.org> Pour : itu2012chapters(a)elists.isoc.org Hello, Today, the ITU Council took up the issue of transparency of ITU WCIT documents and Member State proposals. Karen Mulberry has, again, offered a summary of the discussion and the decision below. In short, the Council?s final decision is to post only CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and comments. There will be no consultation process as was originally proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly available. The responsibility is really now with the Member States to have an open and participatory national process to allow for a full and transparent discussion about the WCIT. *============================* *ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents* 11 July 2012 the ITU Council discussed a process regarding open and unrestricted access to WCIT and ITR proposals and documents. The Sec Gen presented a plan to make the CWG-WCIT document TD-64 openly accessible to the public to address the public request for access, openness and transparency. The SecGen also proposed that any CWG-WCIT proposals that are made openly accessible should be posted without any reference to their source contributor. There was also a proposal by Japan to make CWG-WCIT TD-62 (the compilation of proposals) openly accessible as this would assist in national consultations. However, there were other countries that wanted all ITR proposals to be withheld from the public and not accessible without a TIES password. In addition, it was noted that changes to the procedures to enable the publication of proposals to ITU conferences will need ITU Plenipotentiary Conference consideration in 2014 before any open process can be adopted. In the meantime, it is up to Member States to conduct open consultations to prepare for WCIT where the Member State can freely share its proposals and information. Secretary General Toure also presented a proposal for a public online consultation to be moderated by his office where all stakeholders would have the opportunity to submit proposals and comments on the ITRs. The Secretary General thought that this would allow the ITU to strengthen its credibility and reputation as well as the credibility of the WCIT process, which have both been victim to a series of inaccurate media reports. The SecGen also noted that proceeding with an open consultation will continue to foster an image of the ITU as an open, transparent and listening organization; and will provide a transparent platform for all stakeholders to engage, participate and air their views. Submissions to the ?Public Consultation? would be posted on the WCIT-12 web site and MAY be considered by Member States when preparing their proposals for the ITRs. After much discussion, the Council?s final decision is to post only CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and comments. There will be no consultation process as was originally proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly available. Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth(a)isoc.org <mailto:wentworth@isoc.org> www.isoc.org

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USOC knits itself an apology
by Evan Leibovitch July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012

Given all that ICANN has been through dealing with with name protection demands regarding the Olympic name, I thought you might find amusing a story of how the US Olympic Committee came across one group not ready to back down. http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/u-s-o-c-knits-a-controversy/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/06/22/ravelry_olympics_usoc_ap… Perhaps the story offers some inspiration -- and even maybe some ammunition -- as we continue to address this issue. - Evan

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Interesting article on new domain demand
by Evan Leibovitch July 13, 2012

July 13, 2012

With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?<http://www.thedomains.com/2012/07/12/with-the-domain-space-only-growing-by-…> Finally, someone does the math and discovers(!) that the gTLD rush is simply too many TLDs chasing too few registrants. And that's not counting the likely effect of Google, which I'd bet will be eventually giving second-level domains away for free. The author, not wanting to totally turn off his audience, suggests that "new gTLD’s investments must be viewed as a long term investment" And then, likely, not even that. - Evan

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