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GNSO trying to shut down General Assembly Re: [ga] Attacks on participants of GA
by Joe Baptista Sept. 26, 2009

Sept. 26, 2009

There's a good discussion going on the GA. The GNSO is trying to shut us down. So what else is new :) The GA is the last bastion of ICANN democracy. It was the birthplace of all the original elected directors that represented all internet users. cheers joe baptista On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > Avri, Chuck, George, Kent and Danny, > > Your recent attacks on the charactar of the individuals who participate in > the GA is not appropriate. You have all been in positions where you could > have helped form the necessary systems and tools asked for by the GA. You > all chose to do nothing. Now you criticize and belittle those who have > participated. Try this on for thought; > > > Pharaoh – Hebrews – Moses, SA – Blacks – Mandela, US - Slaves – Lincoln, > > Mexico – Natives – Juarez, Papal Nuncio – servitude – Luther, French > Indochina – colonialism – Ho Chi Minh, Poland – dictatorship – Walensa, US – > Native Americans – Means. > > > > Not popular causes. Not popular leaders. Denounced. Rejected. Slandered. > Maligned. > > > > Governance apparatus that recognized rights. Spoke in platitudes. Denied > the unrepresented the tools to self organize. Placed restrictions on the > right to vote and participate. Required pedigrees and ownership in order to > vote. Considered one man less than another because of social status. Used > necessity as a justification. Degraded the intellectualism of the > opposition. Banned and prohibited speech. > > > > I am not saying the cause here is as just or as important. I certainly do > not suggest that the actors are as great. But I do say that the technique of > social stigmata and political personal assassinations is the same. That > the legalism as an excuse is the same. That hiding behind failure to act > is the same. That intentionally denying access to voting is exactly the > same. Refusal of those in power to give way to democratic principals are > the same. That the attack on freedom of speech is the same. That the > denial and responsibility shifting is the same. NGOs and Government > together assault the speakers. > > > > I am just saying …….. > > > -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com

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I strongly support the comments made by Mr. Edward Hasbrouck
by Joe Baptista Sept. 26, 2009

Sept. 26, 2009

If ICANN followed it's own bylaws scams like the one going on in German would not be happening. http://bit.ly/o4Qz5 regards joe baptista ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Edward Hasbrouck <edward(a)hasbrouck.org> Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:50 PM Subject: [ga] Failure to implement Bylaws To: iic-proposed-bylaws(a)icann.org Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, ga(a)gnso.icann.org ICANN has requested comments by tomorrow, 25 September 2009, on proposed revisions to the ICANN Bylaws for "Independent Review" of ICANN decisions: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jul09-en.htm The fundamental problem with ICANN's current Bylaws for independent review is that those bylaws have never been properly implemented, and that -- despite multiple requests for independent review of ICANN decisions -- no independent review comporting with either the present or the previous independent review Bylaws has ever been conducted. (According to a cursory statement on the ICMRegistry.Com Web site, some sort of "hearing" is being conducted in Washington this week in response to ICM Registry's request for independent review of an ICANN decision. However, whatever is happening in that matter is not in accordance with ICANN's Bylaws on independent review. First, the proceedings are not being conducted with the maximum extent feasible of transparency, as required by the Bylaws. Second, the independent review provider and its procedures were not determined by ICANN in accordance with the procedural rules of ICANN's bylaws for such policy decisions. Instead, ICANN appears to have chosen the independent review provider and allowed it to determine procedures -- which procedures themselves do not comport with ICANN's Bylaws on transparency -- through completely improper secret, ex parte negotiations with the potential independent review provider while independent review requests with other parties were already pending.) Changing the bylaws on independent review will accomplish nothing unless those bylaws are actually implemented (in accordance with, inter alia, the other provisions of the Bylaws with respect to policy development and decision-making procedures and transparency). ICANN has done nothing to give reason for any confidence whatsoever that ICANN will actually implement any accountability mechanisms, current or revised. As I have noted repeatedly in previous comments to ICANN, ICANN has failed to implement any of the three accountability mechanisms required by its current Bylaws. ICANN's Board of Directors has never held a publicly disclosed vote to appoint or reappoint an Ombudsman. The Reconsideration Committee of the Board of Directors has made decisions which, by its own declaration, were based on matters not permitted to be a basis for such decisions. And ICANN has never conducted a policy development process to designate an independent review provider or develop or approve procedures for independent review, just as it never appointed the members of the independent review body provided for by its previous Bylaws. (I also note that the ICANN's request for comments is materially false and misleading in its claim that, "ICANN has an Independent Review Process in place, as established at Article IV, Section 3 (1) of the bylaws". ICANN does not, in fact, have any process in place that has been established in accordance with ICANN's accountability and transparency Bylaws.) ICANN has knowingly and wilfully persisted in this failure, in flagrant violation of its own Bylaws. Members of ICANN's Board of Directors have tolerated this ongoing and flagrant violation of the Bylaws. Given ICANN's failure to establish any other means of accountability, the only remaining mechanisms for calling ICANN to account are for the United States Department of Commerce to revoke its contracts with ICANN for breach of contract (in that ICANN has made contractual commitments to the DOC to observe its Bylaws on accountability), and for the State of California to revoke ICANN's corporate charter for persistent failure to operate in accordance with its Bylaws, as required by that charter. Requests for independent review made under both the previous and present independent review Bylaws remain pending and have not been acted on by ICANN. The proposed revised independent review Bylaws are silent on what action, if any, will ever be taken on these outstanding requests. Rather than revise the independent review Bylaws yet again, ICANN should implement its existing Bylaws on accountability, including independent review, by (1) appointing an Ombudsman, (2)compelling the Reconsideration Committee to act in accordance with the Bylaws in new cases and to properly reconsider those cases previous decided on impermissible grounds, and (3) designating an Independent Review Provider, developing procedures for independent review, and considering the backlog of outstanding requests for independent review, all in accordance with the procedural rules in the Bylaws for such decisions and actions, and the general mandate of the Bylaws for the maximum extent feasible of transparency in the operations of ICANN and its subsidiary bodies. Sincerely, Edward Hasbrouck edward(a)hasbrouck.org http://hasbrouck.org/icann -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com

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ICANN post JPA
by Sébastien Bachollet Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

Un article paru dans The Economist est apparemment bien informé des évolutions à venir. En tous cas cette présentation des choses ne semble pas heurter l'ICANN qui le relaie activement sur Twitter (@icann) http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14517430 <http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14517430 &fsrc=rss> &fsrc=rss Please see the Article in The Economist. It was send to Twitter and to different lists. <http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14517430 > http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14517430 I think it is an important issue for At-Large. I am wondering if the DOC will ask ICANN for more transparency when the post-JPA situation was done by the DOC in a so transparent and open manner that some usually very well inform people from the ICANN participants are asking what will happen?. All the best The coverage by Circleid: http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_jpa_coverage/ Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France <mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr> sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr <http://www.egeni.org/> www.egeni.org <http://www.isoc.fr/> www.isoc.fr

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

Total of 47 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Sep 25 00:53:03 EDT 2009 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 4.26% | 2 | 28.21% | 182131 | rudi.vansnick at isoc.be 2.13% | 1 | 26.30% | 169744 | sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr 12.77% | 6 | 5.94% | 38335 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 12.77% | 6 | 5.84% | 37710 | evan at telly.org 12.77% | 6 | 5.68% | 36665 | karl at cavebear.com 10.64% | 5 | 6.72% | 43374 | dannyyounger at yahoo.com 8.51% | 4 | 4.79% | 30938 | andrespiazzagpj at hotmail.com 8.51% | 4 | 4.54% | 29293 | baptista at publicroot.org 4.26% | 2 | 2.32% | 14952 | dthompson at gov.nu.ca 4.26% | 2 | 1.96% | 12680 | staff at atlarge.icann.org 4.26% | 2 | 1.74% | 11226 | dogwallah at gmail.com 4.26% | 2 | 1.65% | 10632 | jmamodio at gmail.com 2.13% | 1 | 1.00% | 6455 | ocl at gih.com 2.13% | 1 | 0.98% | 6312 | narten at us.ibm.com 2.13% | 1 | 0.87% | 5635 | jefsey at jefsey.com 2.13% | 1 | 0.75% | 4836 | lutz at thur.de 2.13% | 1 | 0.72% | 4617 | johnl at iecc.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 47 |100.00% | 645535 | Total

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ALAC/Liaison Position Description
by Alan Greenberg Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

A Draft Job Description for ALAC members and Liaisons was distributed on July 28, and later made available in French and Spanish. Comments were received over the following 8 weeks and a revised version was published prior to this week's ALAC meeting. At the meeting, it was decided that the revised version should be open for comment for 5 days, and then revised, reformatted and voted upon. You can find three versions of the Job Description: Draft + comments: This is the original document plus all comments. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd Draft with comments embedded: This is the same version, but with the comments summarized within the text. The comments are within curly brackets {} and have the initials of the person who made or supported the comments. The only people who comments (and signed them) were ALAC members and RALO leaders, so the initials should all be recognizable. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_rework Version for approval: This is the revised version. There are some editors comments at the end. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_approval Please review this last version and submit any comments. If you support or do not support any comments made by others, please say so, as this will be considered in making the final revision. IF YOU MAKE COMMENTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. Comments will be accepted until Oct 30 at 16:00 UTC. Alan

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Letter from Peter Dengate Thrush to the letter of Janis Karklins concerning the new GTLD draft version 2
by Rudi Vansnick Sept. 24, 2009

Sept. 24, 2009

Dear colleagues, Impressive answer from Peter Dengate Thrush to the letter of Janis Karklins concerning the new GTLD draft version 2 24 pages letter ... Rudi Vansnick President Internet Society Belgium vzw Voorzitter TIK vzw Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN) Tel: +32 (0)70 77 39 39 GSM: +32 (0)475 28 16 32 www.isoc.be <http://www.isoc.be> - www.vansnick.eu <http://www.vansnick.eu>

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German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam
by Joe Baptista Sept. 22, 2009

Sept. 22, 2009

German school students victims of dutch drug trafficker TLD scam http://bit.ly/LfCq7 I wonder - could ICANN and IANA have done more to prevent this? German high school students recent victims of dutch drug trafficker<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/german-high-school-students-rec…> *September 21, 2009*<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=421> [image: Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, Principle of Gymnasium Querfurt] Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, Principle of Gymnasium Querfurt German high school students at the Gymnasium Querfurt are the recent victims of a Top-Level Domain (TLD) sales scam run by Dutch con artist Herman Xennt<http://joebaptista.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/herman-johan-xennt/>. Herman known to the Netherlands police is a convicted felon who was arrested for drug trafficking and tax evasion. Administration at the school, one of Germany’s top ten high schools, confirmed today they are an INAIC approved reseller of Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The press release <http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-01-06-2009>dated July 1 but published September 16 announced the distinguished German high school, recognized by the German government as one of the best in the country, launched GQnet. The school joins an impressive list of organizations on the INAIC victims list. Both the Government of Turkey and SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautique) participated in marketing stolen property through INAIC. In these cases the intellectual property rights to top-level domains sold by INAIC are part of a commercial fraud involving former partners of Herman Xennt and the Top Level Domain Association<http://www.tldainc.org/>, another front for the organization. *Innocence exposed “You can trust me … this organization exists”?* [image: Christopher Mettin, Student Network Administrator at the Gymnasium Querfurt] Christopher Mettin, Student Network Administrator at the Gymnasium Querfurt Christopher Mettin the schools 18 year old student network administrator runs the GQnet <http://tld.gqbc-online.com/> student project for the Gymnasium Querfurt <http://www.gymnasium-querfurt.de/>. Mettin insists the INAIC organization is not a scam. “You can trust me”, he said “this organization exists”. When pressed for details on the organizations head office address or it’s jurisdiction of incorporation Mettin was unable to answer but did confirm his contact at INAIC was Herman Xennt. Martijn Burger the official chairman of the Internet Names Authorization & Information Center (the real INAIC) issued an official statement on December 3 2008<http://www.cynikal.net/users/baptista/images/INAIC-Statement-December-3-200…>that the organization behind INAIC.com has never been operational. When presented with the statement Mettin responded he did “not really care whether the address was correct or” where “INAIC is incorporated”. He insisted instead that if the technical aspects of the system worked that was all the credibility he and the school needed. “The TLD’s resolve and that’s what counts” he said as proof INAIC is legitimate. According to Mettin school administration were aware of the scandal and he did not rule out legal action. Dr. Hans-Jorg Däumer, the school Principle, was away from his office this week and unavailable for comment. *Identity theft – could the Gymnasium Querfurt be next?* [image: Keith Teare, former CEO, President, and Chairman of RealNames Corporation] Keith Teare, former CEO, President, and Chairman of RealNames Corporation In a related story INAIC TLD reseller VAGUE is claiming the Irish company<http://tld.webvague.com/>is associated with Keith Teare <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kteare> the well known founder of RealNames a $130 million Microsoft project. Teare denied RealNames has anything to do with the reseller. “I just read the various sites”, Teare said, “looks like a major scam”. Teare is not alone in having his identity stolen to sell bogus TLDs. At INAIC identity theft and brand name piracy is a common practice used as a marketing tool to look legitimate. The legal departments of major multinational corporations like Hilton Hotels, Akzo-Nobel, KFC and Philips Electronics have all threatened legal action against INAIC to protect their identities and brand names. *Xennt – the wizard behind the curtain.* Herman Xennt the man behind INAIC first came to public attention in 2002 as the man behind the XTC bunker. The “bunker” is a former NATO base built in 1955. In 1995 Herman purchased the facility from the dutch government and installed himself as a constitutional monarch<http://www.republic-cyberbunker.org/>. He also installed an XTC lab to manufacture the psychoactive and psychedelic drugs ecstasy and MDMA. On Saturday July 27th 2002 the XTC lab went up in flames and the dutch fire brigade was called. This prompted a police investigation into the XTC lab and Xennt was arrested the next day for drug trafficking. Herman became an infamous local celebrity overnight and was widely reported in the local papers. But at the local police station in the City of Goes Herman is best known as a commercial fraud artist. Adriaan Capello is the police officer who keeps an eye on Herman. Capello has an impressive file of complaints from people swindled by Xennt in various technology investment schemes. Capello points out there is nothing the local police can do. Capello tries his best to investigate but in the end the police don’t have the time, resources, or expertise to investigate commercial crime involving high technology fraud and the cases end up in limbo. -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084 Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com

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app
by Rudi Vansnick Sept. 22, 2009

Sept. 22, 2009

Apology for my absence for the call of today ... I got an urgent call from Flemish government and have to move to Brussels. I have posted a small report on the latest ccNSO meeting on the website https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?ccnso_liaison Sorry ... -- Rudi Vansnick President Internet Society Belgium vzw Voorzitter TIK vzw Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN) Tel: +32 (0)70 77 39 39 GSM: +32 (0)475 28 16 32 www.isoc.be <http://www.isoc.be> - www.vansnick.eu <http://www.vansnick.eu>

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TR: [Icann-future-wg] Improving Institutional Confidence - Bylaw Amendments for Public Comment
by Sébastien Bachollet Sept. 22, 2009

Sept. 22, 2009

I would like to extent the comments to At-Large Worldwide. I update the document after circulation in the WGs. Thanks for your comments https://st.icann.org/working-groups/index.cgi?the_future_structure_and_gover nance_of_icann Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr -----Message d'origine----- De : Sébastien Bachollet [mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr] Envoyé : mercredi 26 août 2009 18:46 À : 'icann-future-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org' Cc : 'trans-account-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org' Objet : RE: [Icann-future-wg] Improving Institutional Confidence - Bylaw Amendments for Public Comment Please find a proposal comments for the IIC _ I included some of the comments we received - and at the end about the bylaws. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr > -----Message d'origine----- > De : icann-future-wg-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:icann- > future-wg-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de At-Large > Staff Envoyé : mardi 18 août 2009 16:50 À : > icann-future-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Objet : [Icann-future-wg] Improving Institutional Confidence - Bylaw > Amendments for Public Comment > > Dear Future Structure and Governance of ICANN WG Members: > > As you may be aware, staff proposals on how to implement some of the > ideas in the report of the President's Strategy Commitee were released > for discussion in Sydney. > > The ALAC noted the importance of the subject at its meetings there, > and Sebastien Bachollet took the lead in developing a response to the > documents which has been previously circulated to all of you. > > Subsequently, proposals for amendment of the Bylaws of ICANN to > implement some of the ideas in the documents have been posted for > public comment. > > The first bylaw revision is a new mechanism called the "Community > Re-Examination Vote". It would allow the ICANN community to request > the Board to re-examine a Board decision taken by resolution. > > The second proposal would revise one of the existing bylaws and > replace the independent third-party review process with a more robust > process, the "Independent Review Body". > > The announcement is available at > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jul09-en.htm. > These > are available in english-only. > > The suggestion which has been made is that the existing text produced > by Sebastien should be amended to incorporate a response to the > proposals. > We have been asked to set up a teleconference where these subjects may > be discussed by all of you and any other interested members of the > community, and further information on this will be forthcoming soon. > > We have asked the member of staff responsible for this consultation to > let us know when non-english versions of the text are expected to be > available. We will let you know what we hear by reply. > -- > > Regards, > > > > *ICANN At-Large Staff* > > Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber- > White > > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ICANN-Future-WG mailing list > ICANN-Future-WG(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/icann-future- > wg_atlarge-lists.icann.org

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Doodle: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)
by At Large Staff Sept. 21, 2009

Sept. 21, 2009

Dear All, At its meeting on 3 September 2009, the GNSO Council approved the charter to convene a drafting team to: (i) draft a registrant rights charter in cooperation with ALAC, and (ii) discuss further amendments to the RAA and to identify those on which further action may be desirable. For those of you who are interested in participating in these efforts, please inform Gisella Gruber-White (Gisella.Gruber-White(a)icann.org) and use the Doodle below to identify the times that you are available in order to schedule the first call. Please also submit your Statement of Interest along with your response. The Statement of Interest should include the following information: 1. Current vocation, employer and position 2. Type of work performed in 1 above 3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other arrangement 4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes. Are you representing other parties? 5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as a work team member. The purpose of this first call will be to determine the logistics on how to proceed with these RAA related efforts, and to identify coordinators from ALAC and the GNSO for this joint effort, as well as the chair for the work of each of the subgroups. Please complete the attached Doodle link - this poll closes on Friday, 25 September at 1700 UTC. The date and time of this call will then be announced. http://www.doodle.com/87ynpg26iidk7g8m Time zone active For more information on the RAA effort, please refer to the materials posted on the WIKI at https://st.icann.org/raa-related/index.cgi?joint_alac_gnso_wg_and_at_large_w orkspace_on_raa_related. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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