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WEBCAST TODAY: The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet
by Joly MacFie Dec. 16, 2013

Dec. 16, 2013

This is just about to begin. [image: The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet]<http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/gtlds>Today, Monday December 16 2013 from noon til 2pm EST, the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) will host a panel –The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet<http://www.isoc-dc.org/2013/12/isoc-dc-panel-the-impact-of-gtlds-on-the-int…>. The event is intended to raise awareness of and encourage discussion about gTLDs, specifically the ways in which the addition of new gTLDs will impact the Internet. Perspectives will include those of applicants for new gTLDs, root zone operators, ISPs as well as those involved in Internet Governance. Panelists: *Dr. Burt Kaliski* – Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Verisign, Inc.; *Sarah Deutsch* – Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon Communications ; *Taylor Frank* – Vice President, Strategy and Development, FairWinds Partners ; *Jon Nevett* – Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Donuts, Inc. ; and *Andrew Mack* – Founder, AM Global Consulting. Moderator is *David McAuley*, Bloomberg BNA. The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society livestream channel. *What*: The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet<http://www.isoc-dc.org/2013/12/isoc-dc-panel-the-impact-of-gtlds-on-the-int…> *Where*: Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC *When*: Monday December 16 2013 12-2pm EST | 1700-1900 UTC *Webcast*: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/gtlds Twitter: #isocdc <https://twitter.com/search?q=isocdc&src=typd&f=realtime> | #beyondthedot<https://twitter.com/search?q=beyondthedot&src=typd&f=realtime> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6196#respond> See all comments<http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6196#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6196 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Merry Christmas and lots of Joy in 2014!
by Vanda Scartezini Dec. 16, 2013

Dec. 16, 2013

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Dec. 13, 2013

Dec. 13, 2013

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WEBCAST TODAY: dotNYC Public Workshop
by Joly MacFie Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

This starts about an hour from now. Presentations will probably be fairly brief. There is no direct remote participation beyond commenting in the meetup group and twitter. joly posted: "Today, Monday December 9 2013, NYC Digital will host a .NYC Public Workshop at Brooklyn Law School. The event will be an open forum where citizens and business can become familiar with, and give input to, the opportunities provided by the approaching laun" [image: 600_310340982] <http://mydotnyc.com>Today, Monday December 9 2013, NYC Digital will host a .NYC Public Workshop<http://www.meetup.com/nycgov/events/152647942/>at Brooklyn Law School. The event will be an open forum where citizens and business can become familiar with, and give input to, the opportunities provided by the approaching launch of the City's own top level Internet domain. The meetup will begin with a presentation on .NYC by government and industry experts, followed by group breakout sessions. Topics will include: what is a TLD, .NYC launch plans, what .NYC means for your business or nonprofit organization, how to apply for a .NYC domain, and more. The presentations, but not the breakout sessions, will be webcast live on the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel <http://bit.ly/isoctv>. *What*: .NYC Public Workshop<http://www.meetup.com/nycgov/events/152647942/> *Where*: Brooklyn Law School *When*: Monday December 9 2013 6pm-8pm EST | 2300-0100 UTC *Webcast*: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters *Twitter*: #dotnyc<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dotnyc&src=typd&f=realtime> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6183#respond> See all comments<http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6183#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6183 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

FYI. This specification seems to recognize brand TLDs might make special registrarial arrangements - as in use of 'trusted registrars' or bypass the current market situation totally, not just ICANN-accredited ones - so long as it remains defined as such. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-06dec13-en.htm ------------------------------ Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs 6 December 2013 ICANN is posting today for public comment<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/spec13-06dec13-en.htm>a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a Registry Operator that operates a TLD that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".Brand TLD". The proposed draft of Specification 13<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-spec-13-proposed…>[PDF, 80 KB] and the concepts reflected therein have not been approved by the New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN’s Board of Directors. ICANN is seeking public comment on all aspects of the proposal. ICANN is also posting with the proposed draft of Specification 13 a position statement<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/brand-spec-13-statement-06dec13…>[PDF, 83 KB] of the Brand Registry Group in support of the proposed draft.

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Dec. 6, 2013

Dec. 6, 2013

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Fwd: MSI Panel: A Call to Action
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 3, 2013

Dec. 3, 2013

I truly fear overload for our volunteer community. And with it, our absence from the field. Patrik [Faltstrom] has raised questions whose answers would be key towards a general improvement of our understanding of the process.....and likely impact of community involvement. All this aside, I urge all of you to take a look here. Some folks manage by numbers. And when we look at the policy-making structures and their operations, the South - meaning Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean - are barely noticeable. Yes, there are institutional barriers. But we cannot let those dissuade our engagement. Else we run the risk of being 're-designed' out of the structures..and further marginalised. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Olive <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:17 PM Subject: [Soac-infoalert] MSI Panel: A Call to Action To: "soac-infoalert(a)icann.org" <soac-infoalert(a)icann.org> Cc: Antony Declercq <antony.declercq(a)icann.org> Designing a 21st Century ICANNHello! The ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholde…> (the MSI Panel) and The Governance Lab @ NYU <http://thegovlab.org/> (The GovLab) recently launched an online engagement effort aimed at helping to design a 21st century Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the public interest organization responsible for coordinating the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS). We are writing to request your participation in this important initiative and to help us spread the word! The MSI Panel has been charged with: - Proposing new models for international engagement, consensus-driven policymaking and institutional structures to support such enhanced functions; and - Designing processes, tools and platforms that enable the global ICANN community to engage in these new forms of participatory decision-making. The Panel is a small group of seven with no monopoly on the best ideas for what ICANN should or should not do to coordinate the DNS in the public interest. All suggestions to make ICANN more effective and more democratic – whether constitutional, structural, legal, procedural or technological – will be welcome. While we cannot decide for ICANN, the aim of the MSI Panel is to use its authority to push for real change. Thus, we want ideas that are concrete and specific for innovative processes, structures, platforms, and techniques to design a 21st century ICANN. To gather and organize your input – we’re launching this campaign in three stages: *Stage 1: Idea Generation* – Starting November 19th and running for six weeks via an ideation platform, *Ideascale.* You can access our MSI Panel community page here <http://bit.ly/1dS9sLp>. On the page, you can submit any and all concrete ideas you have. You can rate and rank others’ for importance and practicality. *November 19 - December 31*. *Stage 2: Proposal Development* – Submissions will be grouped into general proposals and opened to discussion using a blog with line-by-line annotation features. This phase will be designed to take ideas closer to implementation. *January 14 - January 21.* *Stage 3: Collaborative Drafting* – Using a wiki, we will invite collaborative drafting on specific proposals that the Panel will submit to the ICANN CEO, Board and community. *January 28 - February 11.* To help us spread the word, we ask you to do any of the following: - Submit ideas and encourage members of your network/community to contribute to the Ideascale community site by providing them with the link: *http://thegovlab.ideascale.com/* <http://thegovlab.ideascale.com/>. - Broadcast our “Call To Action,” for this initiative, which is online *here* <http://bit.ly/HWNxrW>, as widely as possible within your networks. Feel free to link to this post or repost on your website edited to fit your needs. - Share this information within your community and network via mailing lists and listservs. - Use social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter to spread the word about the campaign. Don’t forget to use the hashtag* #WeCANN*. - To inspire participation and learn how to contribute, watch and share a *video* <http://bit.ly/185t28Q> The GovLab has made for the launch of this distributed brainstorm. - Host your own brainstorming forum and share ideas generated with the MSI Panel on our Ideascale community page. For more information, visit The GovLab at *www.thegovlab.org*<http://www.thegovlab.org/> . Thanks and best, *The MSI Panel & The GovLab* _______________________________________________ soac-infoalert mailing list soac-infoalert(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-infoalert

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Fwd: ALAC-Announce Digest, Vol 64, Issue 22
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 1, 2013

Dec. 1, 2013

This matter is of interest to the At-Large, especially as it reflects publication of registration directory data. As just one example, one could reasonably contemplate that a registrant may record contact data in a Chinese script that might be needed by a native English-only speaker. I will make the seminar but I cannot take on another PDP at this time. This aside, I should think this PDP would have interest to the Registration Issues WG. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= Today's Topics: 1. Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group (ICANN At-Large Staff) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group In Brief The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking volunteers to serve on the PDP Working Group (WG) on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. This WG is expected to make recommendations to the GNSO Council on whether it is desirable to translate or transliterate contact information. In this context, translation is the process of conveying the meaning of text from on language into another; transliteration is the process of representing the characters of one alphabetical or syllabic system of writing by the characters of another, conversion alphabet. Introductory Webinar To provide potential volunteers with an idea of the PDP Process including Working Group procedures and also some background information on the WG's substantive issues, an Introductory Webinar will be held at the following times: Tuesday 10 December 2013, 12.00-13.00UTC - local times: http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5 Wednesday 11 December 2013, 18.00-19.00UTC - local times http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej To join the webinar please RVSP to gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto: gnso-secs(a)icann.org> First meeting If you are interested in joining the Working Group, please contact gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org>. The first meeting of the Working Group is currently foreseen to take place in the week of 16 December - a doodle poll will be send out the week prior to determine a convenient meeting time. Background * Following the Recommendations of the Final Report< http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf> of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group, a Final Issue Report< http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13…> on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 March 2013 * GNSO Council's initiated< https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+2013> a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the translation and transliteration of contact information on 13 June 2013; Drafting Team was formed and Charter< http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.…> submitted to GNSO Council and approved< http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#nov> on 20 November 2013. * As part of its deliberations on this issue, Charter stipulates several questions for the PDP WG to consider, including (but not limited to): - Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single common language or transliterate contact information to a single common script. - Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact information to a single common language or transliterating contact information to a single common script. * For more detailed, consult the WG's Charter< http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.…> and the GNSO Policy Development Process<http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/31379/ > * Note GNSO Council also requested ICANN to commission a study on the commercial feasibility of translation or transliteration systems for internationalized contact data, which is expected to be completed in time to help inform the PDP Working Group in its deliberations. Relevant Documents * Charter Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group (WG) Charter - http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.… * Final Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information ( http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13… ). * Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group ( http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf) * GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines ( http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf) *********************************************

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