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Proposed High-Security TLD designation
by Evan Leibovitch March 19, 2010

March 19, 2010

Hello all, I hope that all my friends and associates who joined me at the Nairobi meeting arrived home well. While I might have liked a little ICANN-related down time upon returning, I was back in a conference call Wednesday regarding the proposed High Security TLD (HSTLD) verification proposal. For those who are not aware, the HSTLD proposal comes from ICANN staff as a way for TLDs (present or future, generic or cc) to be verified/certified as having security practices well beyond the core standard demanded of registries in their current relationships with ICANN. While the initial staff effort was to make this effort part of the new gTLD process, members of the committee are very committed to de-linking this from the DAG for many reasons. I by no means consider myself skilled in Internet security; I am on the HSZ advisory group because I have some solid experience in designing and implementing professional certification programs. Right now the committee comprises many people from contracted parties, security-related consultancies, ICANN staff and others; the only two people serving the public interest on this committee -- from either ALAC or NCSG -- are myself and John Levine. I am hoping that some people from within At-Large may have a look at the technical list of objectives and controls<https://st.icann.org/hstld-advisory/index.cgi?control_workspace_draft>being produced for consideration. This is a long and detailed list of the specific security issues intended to be applied to registrars, registries and registrants within a HSTLD. As I have write-access to that wiki page, I am able to insert comments throughout the document and not just at the end as a comment. If you have some concerns, or would like to modify or enhance the list, please let me know. Please note: this chart encompasses only the technical component of the HSTLD verification program. The non-technical components -- notably, the business and marketing models as well as the methods of testing the controls and administering the program -- are yet to be worked out and could be very controversial. But right now the technical work has made good progress and I would like to get feedback from our many people in At-Large who are concerned with the public-interest component of TLD security. The home website of the HSZ effort is at https://st.icann.org/hstld-advisory/index.cgi?hstld_advisory_group - Evan

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten March 19, 2010

March 19, 2010

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[council] Call For Volunteers for the Working Group for the Vertical Integration PDP
by Alan Greenberg March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

>From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> >To: 'GNSO Council ' <council(a)gnso.icann.org> >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:11 -0500 >Subject: [council] Revised: Call For Volunteers for the Working Group for > the Vertical Integration PDP > >Dear All, > >The GNSO Council has initiated a policy >development process (PDP) on the topic of >Vertical Integration between Registrars and >Registries. At its 10 March 2010 meeting, the >GNSO Council formed a working group to perform >the activities of this PDP, and is now seeking >volunteers to serve on the working group. > >This working group will evaluate and propose >policy recommendations for new gTLDs and >existing gTLDs on the topic of vertical >integration between registries and >registrars. The working group expects to >define the range of restrictions on vertical >separation that are currently in effect, to >serve as a baseline to evaluate future >proposals. The work will be done an expedited >basis, with an expected completion date of 30 >June 2010, and will follow the parameters of the >charter approved by the GNSO Council for this PDP. > >If you would like to participate in this working >group as a volunteer, kindly respond by email >to ><<gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.htm>gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> >by Monday, 22 March. You will need to >submit your Statement of Interest in order to >serve on this working group. The template for >the Statement of Interest is described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. > >The working group plans to schedule its first >meeting during the week of 22-26 March >2010. At that meeting, the first agenda item >will be to select the Chair of the working >group. The chair is expected to serve his/her >duties in a neutral manner, in accordance with >the GNSO Working Group guidelines. Please >be prepared to nominate and vote an individual >to serve as chair for this working group. > >For more information on this policy development process, please refer to: > >Issues Report on Vertical Integration: > ><http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf > >Charter: > ><http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-wg-chartered-objective…>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-wg-chartered-objective… > >Working Group Guidelines: > ><http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05f…>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05f… > >Best Regards, > >Glen > >Glen de Saint Géry >GNSO Secretariat ><mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org >http://gnso.icann.org > > > > >

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

Total of 29 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Mar 12 00:53:05 EST 2010 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 10.34% | 3 | 9.96% | 21528 | rudi.vansnick at isoc.be 6.90% | 2 | 12.81% | 27675 | dthompson at gov.nu.ca 10.34% | 3 | 8.82% | 19070 | evan at telly.org 10.34% | 3 | 7.49% | 16181 | karl at cavebear.com 3.45% | 1 | 5.19% | 11226 | baptista at publicroot.org 3.45% | 1 | 4.69% | 10140 | vanda at uol.com.br 3.45% | 1 | 4.44% | 9588 | langdonorr at gmail.com 3.45% | 1 | 4.17% | 9004 | hongxueipr at gmail.com 3.45% | 1 | 3.87% | 8355 | jam at jacquelinemorris.com 3.45% | 1 | 3.76% | 8131 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 3.45% | 1 | 3.51% | 7577 | fsylla at gmail.com 3.45% | 1 | 3.41% | 7373 | cw at christopherwilkinson.eu 3.45% | 1 | 3.39% | 7321 | sebastien at bachollet.com 3.45% | 1 | 3.38% | 7298 | isolatedn at gmail.com 3.45% | 1 | 2.99% | 6457 | email at hakik.org 3.45% | 1 | 2.98% | 6436 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 3.45% | 1 | 2.92% | 6307 | shearman at victoria.tc.ca 3.45% | 1 | 2.81% | 6063 | iza at anr.org 3.45% | 1 | 2.56% | 5538 | narten at us.ibm.com 3.45% | 1 | 2.38% | 5143 | bfausett at internet.law.pro 3.45% | 1 | 2.32% | 5023 | joly at punkcast.com 3.45% | 1 | 2.16% | 4674 | icann-list at sorehands.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 29 |100.00% | 216108 | Total

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some info on ccNSO membership
by Rudi Vansnick March 9, 2010

March 9, 2010

Dear colleagues, In the Policy update message from ICANN March 2010 I've found some remarkable information on the growth of the ccNSO membership. The statistics show us the last 2 years the membership increased with 35 members, ending up end 2009 with 100 members. The membership started in 2003. In 2009 11 members came from Europe ... Some graphs showing the statistics on ccNSO membership growth <http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-membership-august-2003-november-2009.pdf> [PDF, 41 KB] Recently the 104th member has been registered. It looks like more and more interest is coming up from the ccTLD community and ccNSO is investing energy in outreach by launching an You Tube channel. Perhaps a good idea for our community too ... Other messages in the Policy update from the ccNSO are 1. ccNSO Approves 104th Membership Application <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar10-en.htm#3> 2. Delegation/Re-delegation WG Seeks Foundation for ccTLD Policy <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar10-en.htm#4> 3. “Wildcarding” Study Members Appointed <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar10-en.htm#5> 4. Multiple Reports Push Proposed IDN Policies Forward <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar10-en.htm#6> 5. ccNSO Prepares for Its Close-Up – on YouTube <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar10-en.htm#7> Rudi Vansnick

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Fwd: Fw: [ccTLDcommunity] Agenda and details for Delegation Re-delegationWorkshop this afternoon
by Rudi Vansnick March 7, 2010

March 7, 2010

From my colleague in ccNSO please read the message below. Invitation for the Delegation Re-delegationWorkshop this afternoon. Rudi Vansnick -------- Originele bericht -------- Onderwerp: Fw: [ccTLDcommunity] Agenda and details for Delegation Re-delegationWorkshop this afternoon Datum: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 04:38:48 -0500 Van: vitech-ron <ron(a)vitechnicalservices.com> Aan: <rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Davidson"<keith(a)internetnz.net.nz> To:<cctldcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org>;<ccnso-drdwg(a)icann.org>; "ccNSO Members"<ccnso-members(a)icann.org> Cc: "Bernard Turcotte"<turcotte57(a)sympatico.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 4:31 AM Subject: [ccTLDcommunity] Agenda and details for Delegation Re-delegationWorkshop this afternoon All, Please accept my apologies for cross posting to many lists. Please also note that the Workshop this afternoon is an open session, despite being shown as a closed session on the ICANN meeting schedule. Remote participation details have been circulated in the past 24 hours by Kristina. The agenda for the meeting follows. There are no formal presentations, but more a general panel discussion followed by an open microphone session. My apologies all, I lost my cellphone in Malaysia on the way to Nairobi, so can only be contacted by email or skype. When: Sunday 6 March, 2.00pm – 3.30pm Where: Shimba Hills Room, Level 1, KICC Agenda: 1. 2.00pm Keith Davidson WG Chair, Intro 2. 2.10pm Peter Dengate Thrush – ICANN view 3. 2.20pm Mike Silber – South Africa 4 2,30pm Becky Burr – IANA history 5. 2.40pm Chris Disspain - Australia 6. 2.50pm Abibu Ntahigiye – Tanzania 7. 3.00pm – 3.30pm Open microphone Regards Keith Davidson _______________________________________________ ccTLDcommunity mailing list ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org http://www.lists.cctld-managers.org/mailman/listinfo/cctldcommunity

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Nairobi: ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session
by Joly MacFie March 7, 2010

March 7, 2010

Just a reminder that the ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session is currently underway Link is http://nbo.icann.org/node/8894 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten March 5, 2010

March 5, 2010

Total of 7 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Mar 5 00:53:04 EST 2010 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 28.57% | 2 | 30.77% | 12630 | joly at punkcast.com 28.57% | 2 | 27.24% | 11182 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 14.29% | 1 | 15.11% | 6202 | rudi.vansnick at isoc.be 14.29% | 1 | 13.94% | 5722 | narten at us.ibm.com 14.29% | 1 | 12.93% | 5307 | evan at telly.org --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 7 |100.00% | 41043 | Total

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Fwd: [ccnso-council] ccNSO Youtube channel
by Rudi Vansnick March 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

For your information -------- Originele bericht -------- Onderwerp: [ccnso-council] ccNSO Youtube channel Datum: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:16:36 -0800 Van: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Aan: ccNSO Members <ccnso-members(a)icann.org>, "cctldcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org" <cctldcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org> CC: ccNSO Council <ccnso-council(a)icann.org> Dear all, We’re pleased to announce that we have opened a ccNSO Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/ccnso At the moment you will find three contributions there: From .cr, .nz and the ccNSO Secretariat. We do hope, however, that we will get many more contributions from you over the time! The thought behind this initiative is to give the ccTLD community a chance to learn to know each other better in a more personal way, even in between meetings. The idea came up whilst we conducted interviews with community members regarding a ccNSO website redesign. Since we frequently heard that it would be nice to get a more “personal touch”, we thought this is the best solution we can find right now. It would be great if your ccTLD also could find some time to produce a short clip which we can upload on this channel. The idea is that it should be between 1-3 minutes and it should say a little about you, your ccTLD and perhaps your involvement in the ccNSO (however, non-members are most welcome to contribute too!). Once you have filmed something, please contact us and we will let you know how to upload it, alternatively we can do it for you. We hope you like it! Kind regards, Gabi & Kristina

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Re: [At-Large] Apply for ICANN leadership positions (Nominating Committee)
by Joly MacFie March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

I note the wording on http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov09-en.htm "Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2010 NomCom for the following positions: * Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN * Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the European and North American regions) etc etc So, the road to ALAC selection still runs through the NomCom? joly On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: > Hi, > > The Nominating Committee is accepting applications, the closing date is > April 2, 2010. > > Positions to be filled this year: > > * Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN > * Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the > European and North American regions) > * One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization > (GNSO) > * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting > Organization (ccNSO) > > Successful applicants will take their seats at the conclusion of the 2010 > AGM, (5-10 December, Latin America.) > > For information on how to apply or to recommend someone, see > <http://nomcom.icann.org/> > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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