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Re: [At-Large] FW: [icann-board] ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services Members Selected
by carlosaguirre62 Feb. 15, 2013

Feb. 15, 2013

Dear Bro Carlton ! You are the best, Im glad to have a friend like you. CONGRATULATIONS ! Carlos Dionisio Aguirre AGEIA DENSI International Director FIAM Board Directors Advisor Enviado desde Samsung tabletCarlton Samuels <carlton.samuels(a)gmail.com> escribió:Thanks, Seb. Much obliged for your support. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Sébastien Bachollet < sebastien(a)bachollet.com> wrote: > Congratulations Carlton > You will be THE voice of the end-users > You have, I am sure, our full support > Go > All the best > Sébastien Bachollet > +33 6 07 66 89 33 > Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ > Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien(a)bachollet.com> > > De : ICANN News Alert <communications(a)icann.org> > Date : vendredi 15 février 2013 05:34 > À : ICANN Board of Directors <icann-board(a)icann.org> > Objet : [icann-board] ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD > Directory Services Members Selected > > > ICANN News Alert > > <http://www.icann.org/> > > News Alert > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14feb13-en.htm > > > > Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services Members Selected > > 14 February 2013 > > Background > > On 13 December 2012, Fadi Chehadé, ICANN's President and CEO, announced > > < > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14dec12-en.htm> > > the creation of an Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) > and > > invited volunteers to submit applications to indicate their interest in > > serving on it. The EWG is the first step in fulfilling the ICANN Board's > > directive > > < > http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm#1… > > .rationale> to help redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD > registration > > data. This project is designed to provide a foundation for the creation > of a > > new global policy for gTLD directory services, and requisite contract > > negotiations, as appropriate. > > Working Group Volunteers > > Over 70 highly qualified experts from across the Internet ecosystem were > > considered. In selecting the EWG, each candidates' operational knowledge > and > > experience with registrant data or directory services (or analogous > systems) > > was considered, along with consensus-building skills, aptitude to > innovate, > > geographic diversity, and other published criteria > > < > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14dec12-en.htm> > . > > > > After an extensive evaluation of each candidate, the following > individuals > > were selected to participate in this critical project: > > > > Pekka Ala-Pietilä is the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Blyk, a > > mobile media company and is Chairman of th

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Feb. 15, 2013

Feb. 15, 2013

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FW: Withdraw the gun database
by Carlton Samuels Feb. 12, 2013

Feb. 12, 2013

The story so far. Coming on the massacre in Connecticut, a suburban NY newspaper published (online) a database of gun owners in their area - all arguably, public information - inclusive of geo-tags. People were understandingly outraged. So a coalition of privacy rights advocate allied with the right to bear arms types jump up and down. The paper backed off and took away the database. Except it cannot do crapola about the mirrors of their site which includes the database. Here's the kick in the teeth: the fellas owing the mirrors, including the geek next door, have the unfettered right to tell you 'go fly a kite'. http://www.lohud.com/article/20130118/NEWS02/301180125/A-letter-from-Journa… -Carlton ============================ Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Re: [At-Large] US Introduces New Cyber Security Bill in Senate
by Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro Feb. 9, 2013

Feb. 9, 2013

Awesome Garth, I think it is critical that this gets discussed at the RALO level as well as the At Large level. Sala On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Garth Bruen wrote: > Posted for discussion in our Monday NARALO call > > -----Original Message----- > From: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Fouad Bajwa > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:11 AM > To: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro > Cc: ALAC Working List; At-Large Worldwide; apralo > Subject: Re: [ALAC] [APAC-Discuss] US Introduces New Cyber Security Bill in > Senate > > I believe that it is fundamental that the Internet is a resource not only > for the US or its citizens/immigrants/non-citizens, its a global resource. > By no means can one country ensure the sustainability of such an expansive > and globally used network. The challenge to giving up this resource's > control shall always be there and other countries and regions will continue > to dialogue and intervene on issues to make it a globally managed and > shared > resource with no single country remaining in control. > > >From where I come, the wide public stereotype belief remains that the > US may be using the Internet to disrupt public morality and order in > Pakistan. This is then further emitted towards the government. Though > Pakistan is seen to remain out of the the Internet public policy debates, > in > the background it appears that the country does not want any external > country, group or force to interfere with its Internetwork. The national > exchequer/regulator has also been looking into possibilities for taxing > foreign internet giants like google. The 18th Amendment to the constitution > gives provinces more autonomy to look after their own issues and explore > the > opportunity to regulate and tax foreign corporation activities in Pakistan. > There may be two forms of such regulations in the future such as federal > and > provincial regulations. > > Though the issues of civil rights/liberties and privacy are relatively new > to the population of Pakistan but the population possibly remains alien to > such issues as access to the Internet is cheap from western point of view > but according to the local financial and inflation situation, its still a > very expensive resource. > > Now these insights would have no meaning for US legislators because the > world from the US point of view is a global government that the US must > uphold across the globe and our country would become an insignificant > portion of that global order. These statements and claims on the Internet > reveal this disparity that the world countries are under a global > government > of one nation that needs to keep the network working according to its > perception and purview. That is where the world comes into conflict with > such perceptions. > > Best > > Fouad > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro > <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Jean Jacques, > > > > I wrote an opinion piece on the new US Cyber Security Bills see: > > > > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130126_pandoras_box_new_us_cyber_secur > > ity_bills_worm_hole_internet/ > > > > I agree with your proposal and support it. > > > > Best Regards, > > Sala > > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:41 PM, JJS <jjs.global(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> *Dear Salanieta,* > >> * > >> * > >> *thank you for bringing this to our attention. It will be worth > following. > >> * > >> * > >> * > >> *This draft bill comes on the heels of SOPA and other proposed > >> legislation which, under the guise of protecting citizens, businesses > >> and states, would allow public authority to curtail civic and > >> individual rights, without adequate protection for the Internet user, > >> under the convenient assumption that what is good for a sovereign > >> state is of necessity good for its citizens.* > >> * > >> * > >> *It is in this context, and in the face of this growing threat, that > >> I proposed, during an ALAC monthly meeting, that we take up the > >> subject of existing and foreseeable infringements on civic and > >> individual rights, such as the expanding practice of DPI without > >> proper parliamentary oversight (and this is done not only in states > >> governed by a single political party without represen -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala P.O. Box 17862 Suva Fiji Twitter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Tel: +679 3544828 Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] OPEN PC: "Closed Generic" gTLD Applications
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Feb. 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013

Hello all, I thought I'd forward this here --- comments are very welcome, either way. For your information, there has been much discussion already in the new gTLD Working Group: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gtld-wg/2013q1/date.html Kind regards, Olivier -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ALAC-Announce] OPEN PC: "Closed Generic" gTLD Applications Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:35:00 -0800 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> Dear All, Please note that a new PC on "Closed Generic" gTLD Applications<https://community.icann.org/x/Z4JwAg> had now opened, the close for comments for this PC is 7–Mar-2013 23:59 UTC. If you would like to hold the pen for this PC, please send an email to ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC so we may follow up with you. Additional information on this PC is available on the At-Large "Closed Generic" gTLD Applications Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/Z4JwAg>. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@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://www.atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC & At-Large involvement in GNSO activities
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013

This is a long message, but please take the time to read it. This is my seventh year as the ALAC Liaison to the GNSO. It has always been a challenge, and has at times been exciting, frustrating, productive, discouraging and often satisfying. And I have learnt far more on so many levels than I could even start to recount here. I take some pride at having initiated two PDPs on behalf of the ALAC, and seen them through to create new ICANN policy. One, domain tasting, was so successful at killing a distasteful practice that most people no longer even remember what it was. The other on post-expiration registrant rights was successful in that the resultant policy gives registrants some rights to renew gTLD accidentally expired domains where they previously had no rights at all, but the results were not quite at the level that we had hoped for, to some extent due to the limited involvement of At-Large throughout the process. I, along with Cheryl when her busy schedule has allowed, have been regular participants in quite a number of GNSO activities, both policy and administrative. Others such as Evan and Carlton have made their voices heard as well, and more recently we have seen a few others start to participate. This note is prompted by a number of issues. First, it hopefully will come as no surprise that I do not intend to hold the role of ALAC Liaison to the GNSO for Life. It is therefore increasingly important to have more people knowledgeable about the GNSO and active in its activities, so that when a new Liaison is required, the ALAC will have good options for my replacement. Second, for several years, the GNSO spent far more time than perhaps it should have on its re-organization and reformulation of all of its procedures and methodologies. These changes were mandated by the Board and the GNSO had little choice but to carry out the re-org, but that has now largely been completed. What was a slow trickle of policy work when the focus was on administration is now becoming a flood. There are currently several PDPs active and more coming down the pipe (I am participating in three of them, and I am a vice-chair of one). In addition, the GNSO is under increasing pressure to develop policy through other means, and neither the community nor the Board is comfortable with policy development taking years. The net effect is that the work going on at any time is growing, and there is pressure to get the work done faster. If At-Large is to be able to influence these efforts, it MUST get involved from the very start. And it will take a lot more than one or two people. Issuing comments and advice at the end of the process is simply not going to allow us to properly influence policy outcomes. Lastly, the overall character of many discussions in ICANN is changing. When I started, the "public interest" was a phrase that showed up in an obscure way in the ICANN Bylaws and was rarely mentioned. Users who did not register domain names were generally not considered to be a factor in decisions. With increased ALAC visibility and the Affirmation of Commitment, that has changed. A lot! As the one part of ICANN to have the interest of the billions of Internet users as its core mission, ALAC and At-Large have an opportunity to help drive ICANN in a direction that indeed serves the public interest. But we can only do that if we are actively and intensely involved in activities outside of our little corner of ICANN. We need to be out there, participating and helping to formulate the policies that we believe WILL benefit the public interest and Internet users. And we need to have the credibility so that when we do engage, people listen. I will soon put together a list of ongoing GNSO activities as well as those that may be starting soon. For a few ongoing activities, it is probably too late for new people to get involved. For others, getting involved now will be an interesting learning experience. And as new projects start up, there will be lots of new opportunities. I am prepared to work with anyone who has a true interest in becoming active in GNSO policy activities. Some of these topics are complex and will take work to understand and eventually to contribute. Others will be far easier. But in all cases, helping to formulate GOOD policy will be both satisfying and productive. Alan

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Feb. 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013

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Re: [At-Large] [GTLD-WG] The matter of 'Closed Generic Strings"...
by Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Feb. 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013

They met last week as well though minutes aren't available yet Mr. Michele Neylon Blacknight http://Blacknight.tel Via iPhone so excuse typos and brevity On 5 Feb 2013, at 13:36, "Carlton Samuels" <carlton.samuels(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Minutes from the meeting of the new gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN > Board. Recall these are voting Board members who are not conflicted inre > new gTLD program. > > http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-new-gtld-10jan13-en.… > > -Carlton > > ============================== > Carlton A Samuels > Mobile: 876-818-1799 > *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* > ============================= > _______________________________________________ > GTLD-WG mailing list > GTLD-WG(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg > > Working Group direct URL: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/New+GTLDs

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The matter of 'Closed Generic Strings"...
by Carlton Samuels Feb. 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013

Minutes from the meeting of the new gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board. Recall these are voting Board members who are not conflicted inre new gTLD program. http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-new-gtld-10jan13-en.… -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Feb. 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013

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