June 2013 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

PRISM, Surveillance, Human Rights (Letter to Congress)
by Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

Dear All, Calls for support from individuals or Organisations on a letter to US Congress on PRISM and general surveillance on users. To endorse the letter as an individual or Organisation, simply visit: http://bestbits.net/prism-congress/ Kind Regards, Sala Sent from my iPad

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

Total of 20 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Jun 14 00:53:06 EDT 2013 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 15.00% | 3 | 21.25% | 31053 | salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com 10.00% | 2 | 8.33% | 12166 | h.raiche at internode.on.net 5.00% | 1 | 6.12% | 8936 | vivekvc2001 at yahoo.co.in 5.00% | 1 | 5.38% | 7856 | sylvia at prontocl.com.br 5.00% | 1 | 5.22% | 7622 | presidencia at internauta.org.ar 5.00% | 1 | 4.97% | 7265 | ndonnang at isoc-cameroon.org 5.00% | 1 | 4.77% | 6972 | tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn 5.00% | 1 | 4.72% | 6896 | fsylla at gmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.71% | 6887 | narten at us.ibm.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.50% | 6581 | info at hoferichter.eu 5.00% | 1 | 4.46% | 6520 | benamar73 at gmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.41% | 6444 | eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.37% | 6388 | ali.almeshal at bis.org.bh 5.00% | 1 | 4.34% | 6337 | roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.32% | 6312 | dralialmeshal at gmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 4.20% | 6134 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 5.00% | 1 | 3.92% | 5732 | sebastien at bachollet.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 20 |100.00% | 146101 | Total

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IGC Supports EFF Objection [For Immediate Release] #DRM #HTML5
by Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro June 13, 2013

June 13, 2013

Dear All, Kindly find the IGC's Press Release enclosed. Please circulate to your media contacts in your respective countries. Yours faithfully, -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala P.O. Box 17862 Suva Fiji Twitter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Tel: +679 3544828 Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851 Blog: salanieta.blogspot.com

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Request for Information #Pictographs
by Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

Dear All, Does anyone on this list or in your organisations know organisations who are doing work on using pictographs for ease of communications along the lines of http://wiki.epfl.ch/easysms If you do, grateful if you could please send me an email offlist. Thank you. Kind Regards, -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala P.O. Box 17862 Suva Fiji Twitter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Tel: +679 3544828 Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851 Blog: salanieta.blogspot.com

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AFNIC election
by Sébastien Bachollet June 9, 2013

June 9, 2013

Dear Friend and colleague, AFNIC (.fr manager) just finish it's General Assembly. I am happy to inform you that I was elected as member of the AFNIC Board as representative of the users for the next 3 years. And I am already in my first AFNIC Board meeting ;) All the best Sébastien Bachollet (France) +33 6 07 66 89 33 (USA) +1 415 238 2882 Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet(a)icann.org> Sébastien Bachollet +33 6 07 66 89 33 Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien(a)bachollet.com>

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Re: [At-Large] AFNIC election
by Fatimata Seye Sylla June 8, 2013

June 8, 2013

Toutes mes felicitations Sebastien. Tu merites cette confiance. Fatimata 2013/6/7 Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien(a)bachollet.com> > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> This message is eligible > for Automatic Cleanup! (sebastien(a)bachollet.com) Add cleanup rule<https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Ftok…>| More > info<http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=14322658521…> > > Dear Friend and colleague, > > AFNIC (.fr manager) just finish it's General Assembly. > > I am happy to inform you that I was elected as member of the AFNIC Board as > representative of the users for the next 3 years. > > And I am already in my first AFNIC Board meeting ;) > > All the best > > Sébastien Bachollet > (France) +33 6 07 66 89 33 > (USA) +1 415 238 2882 > Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ > Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet(a)icann.org> > Sébastien Bachollet > +33 6 07 66 89 33 > Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ > Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien(a)bachollet.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > -- Fatimata Seye Sylla

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013

Total of 5 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Jun 7 00:53:05 EDT 2013 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 40.00% | 2 | 47.94% | 19814 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 20.00% | 1 | 20.00% | 8265 | joly at punkcast.com 20.00% | 1 | 16.50% | 6821 | narten at us.ibm.com 20.00% | 1 | 15.57% | 6435 | salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 5 |100.00% | 41335 | Total

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Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Fwd: ICANN Announces Top-Level Executive Changes
by Carlton Samuels June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013

*6 June 2013 * *For Immediate Release* *ICANN Announces Top-Level Executive Changes * *Organizational Shifts to Bolster Operational Effectiveness* *Los Angeles, California… *The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that *Akram Atallah*, currently Chief Operating Officer (COO), will become division President of the Generic Domains Division, a newly created branch that will focus on generic domain operations, domain name industry engagement and web services for the community. President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé said creation of the new division is necessary because ICANN’s new gTLD Program, one of the biggest changes to the Internet since its inception, will see a tremendous increase in scale and responsibility to ensure that ICANN continues to deliver operational excellence. *Susanna Bennett*, an accomplished financial and operational executive in technology services, has been named new COO. She will be charged with continuing to lead the organization’s day-to-day operations while also continuing to improve management operations. Bennett is leaving Jazz Technologies, Inc., where she was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Human Resources. “Susanna has extensive knowledge of international operational infrastructure, governance and integration in culturally-diverse organizations,” said Chehadé. “She will help improve ICANN’s agility, accountability and visibility, which I discussed during ICANN’s recent meeting in Beijing. She will help us mature and tweak our bottom-up, consensus-driven, multistakeholder model.” Bennett has more than twenty-five years of experience with both public and private companies and has established and managed international operations in Europe, Asia, Australia, South Africa, and South America. Prior to joining Jazz Technologies, Inc. in 2008, Bennett was the CFO Partner for Tatum, LLC where she advised clients in China on acquisition strategies, integration synergies and global market expansion. “It is particularly exciting to partner with the passionate team at ICANN at this time of dramatic international growth,” said Bennett. “The Internet’s impact around the globe is phenomenal and in no small way ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model has effectively framed the Internet’s growth.” Chehadé said both Bennett and Attalah will assume their new positions on July 1 when several other new organizational changes will occur, including: - The creation of a new position to lead Technical & Security Operations. This individual will report directly to the CEO. - *Jamie Hedlund*, currently Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement for North America, will become a special advisor to Chehadé, while continuing leadership of North America government relations. - *Christopher Mondini*, currently Vice President of Business Engagement, will become the Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement for North America and Global Business Engagement. He will assist with ICANN’s overall engagement efforts. - *Nora Abusitta* will become Vice President of Public Responsibility Programs. Abusitta is currently the Senior Director of Inter-Governmental Development. Since officially becoming President and CEO in September of 2012, Chehadé has made it a priority to both internationalize ICANN and to accelerate effective and professional global management. ### To download a high resolution photo of Susanna Bennett, go here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/8971723401/sizes/l/in/photostream/\ To download a high resolution photo of Akram Atallah, go here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/5058190631/sizes/l/in/photolist-8GYxRi-… *MEDIA CONTACTS: * Brad White Director of Global Media Affairs Washington, DC, USA Tel. +1 202.570.7118 brad.white(a)icann.org Andrew Robertson Edelman Public Relations London, U.K. Tel. + 44 (7811) 341 945 andrew.Robertson(a)edelman.com *About ICANN: **ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: **www.icann.org* <http://www.icann.org/>*.* If you would rather not receive future communications from ICANN, let us know by clicking here.<http://ICANN.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?523509x19831x94634x1x3785396x24000x6…> ICANN, 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094 United States

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Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- NGPC Adopts Resolution Accepting Nine Items of GAC Beijing Advice
by Carlton Samuels June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013

Look closely now..... ** [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-06jun13-en.htm ------------------------------ NGPC Adopts Resolution Accepting Nine Items of GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs 6 June 2013 The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 4 June 2013 and adopted a resolution accepting nine items of the GAC's Beijing advice with respect to New gTLD applications. The Resolution addresses most though not all of the GAC's non-Safeguard Advice and does not address any of the Safeguard Advice in Annex 1 of the GAC Beijing Communiqué. As such, this Resolution represents only the first of what will be a series of NGPC decisions addressing the GAC's Beijing advice. The NGPC took action to adopt the Scorecard attached to the Resolution as Annex 1. The Scorecard does the following: 1) it lists the nine items of non-Safeguard Advice addressed by the NGPC to date; 2) it indicates that the NGPC accepts each of those items of advice; and 3) it describes how ICANN will implement the advice. You can find the Resolution and Annex 1 Scorecard here<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-04jun13…>as well as the letter on the NGPC's action from Steve Crocker, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors to Heather Dryden, Chair, Governmental Advisory Committee here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/crocker-to-dryden-06jun13-en.pdf>[PDF, 2.68 MB]. The NGPC also addressed the following additional matters from the GAC Beijing Communiqué: 1. Written Briefing on the ability of an applicant to change its applied-for string In Section IV.1.d of the GAC Beijing Communiqué, the GAC requested a "written briefing about the ability of an applicant to change the string applied for in order to address concerns raised by a GAC Member and to identify a mutually acceptable solution." In response to the GAC's request, a written briefing on this matter is attached to the letter to Heather Dryden as Appendix 2. 2. Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations In Section IV.1.g of the GAC Beijing Communiqué, the GAC reiterated its advice that "appropriate preventative initial protection for the IGO names and acronyms on the provided list be in place before any new gTLDs would launch." The GAC also noted that it was "mindful of outstanding implementation issues and commits to actively working with IGOs, the Board, and ICANN Staff to find a workable and timely way forward." The NGPC appreciates the GAC's willingness to collaborate to address the outstanding implementation issues. So that we may move forward, the NGPC formally requests that the GAC and a small number of NGPC members and ICANN staff begin a dialogue on the issues raised by the GAC. The NGPC's formal request was sent under separate cover and may be seen here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/crocker-to-dryden-2-06jun13-en.…>[PDF, 285 KB]. 3. Public Interest Commitments Specifications In Section IV.5 of the GAC Beijing Communiqué, the GAC requested, "more information on the Public Interest Commitments Specifications on the basis of the questions listed in annex II." The NGPC's responses to these questions are attached to the letter to Heather Dryden as Appendix 3. Future Work of the NGPC As noted above, the 4 June 2013 Resolution only addresses a portion of the GAC's Beijing Advice. The NGPC has scheduled meetings on 11, 18 and 25 June to address the remaining items of advice, most notably the Safeguards Advice in Annex 1 of the GAC Beijing Communiqué. The New gTLD evaluation and objection processes remain on track while the NGPC continues its deliberations. The NGPC is prioritizing its work in order to allow the greatest number of applications to move forward as soon as possible. We will continue to provide updates on the NGPC's progress in responding to the GAC Beijing Advice. T

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WEBCAST: INET Bangkok – Internet: The Power to Create
by Joly MacFie June 6, 2013

June 6, 2013

In the last year the Internet Society has expanded its Asia presence, opening an office in Singapore. That office has then set about further engaging the community, and INET Bangkok is just one example of that. Thailand has been a longstanding member of the ISOC family with a chapter established in 1996, and the .th domain is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. The first INET Bangkok event, the VIP Gala dinner, marks that milestone. It starts in a few minutes. There may or may not be a webcast of that. The conference proper starts tomorrow, i.e. tonight in NYC, and Paul Brigner of ISOC's North America Bureau has travelled over with his kit, so we can hope for some of the glorious HD for which he is known. I expect their will be live transcription and translation, but I am yet to establish links. Keep an eye on twitter or the noticeboard. ** joly posted: "On 7-8 June 2013 in collaboration with the Thailand Internet community, the National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology (MICT), the Internet Society is hosting the INET Bangko" [image: INET Bangkok] <http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-bangkok/>On 7-8 June 2013 in collaboration with the Thailand Internet community, the National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology (MICT), the Internet Society is hosting the INET Bangkok <http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-bangkok/>, with a conference theme of “Internet: The Power to Create.” The multitrack program will focus attention on how the Internet can become a positive and productive force in society through innovative and new applications. The conference will be preceded by a VIP gala dinner on June 6 at which the .TH group (Thailand ccTLD) will celebrate their 25th anniversary. The conference will be webcast via the Internet Society Channel, with the Internet Society Chapters Channel catching some of the overflow. Bangkok is UTC+7 thus 11 hours ahead of NYC. *What*: INET Bangkok: Internet: The Power to Create.<http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-bangkok/> *When*: Thursday June 6 2013 (VIP Gala dinner) 7pm-10pm | 1200-0300 UTC | 0800-1100 EDT Friday June 7 (day 1) – 9.30am-5.30pm | 0230-1030 UTC | 2230-0630 EDT Saturday June 8 2013 (day 2) – 9.00am-4.15pm | 0200-0915 UTC | 2200-0515 EDT *Where*: Bangkok, Thailand *Program*: http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-bangkok/sessions *Webcast*: 1) http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/INETBangkok2013 2) http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters *Twitter*: #inetbangkok<https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23inetbangkok> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/5656#respond> See all comments<http://isoc-ny.org/p2/5656#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/5656 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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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