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Re: [At-Large] Public Comment Period opens on Telnic proposal to amend registry agreement for .TEL gTLD
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may07.htm. ICANN Opens Comment Period on Telnic Proposal 11 May 2007 On 27 April 2007, ICANN posted for public information a proposal from Telnic Ltd., the sponsor of the .TEL top-level domain, to amend the .TEL Registry Agreement. Specifically, Telnic is seeking to alter the public display of Whois for TEL customers pursuant to Appendix S, Section VII of the .TEL Registry Agreement (http://www.icann.org/tlds/ agreements/tel/appendix-s-07apr06.htm#Part7). (Telnic intends to launch registry operations in late 2007/early 2008.) Telnic’s request states that they have been in communication with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office concerning Telnic’s current contractual obligations on Whois. However, there is no pending enforcement action against Telnic, therefore this is not a situation that would trigger the Draft ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois- privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm). In addition, this change is being proposed while discussion continues within the GNSO Policy Development Process on Whois. Telnic (and all gTLD registries) will be required to comply with new Whois consensus policy when approved by the Board. As provided for by existing consensus policy (http://www.icann.org/ registries/rsep/rsep.html), ICANN has undertaken a preliminary determination period to determine whether the proposed service might raise significant security or stability, or competition issues. ICANN's determination is that the proposed amendment does not raise such issues. The next step in evaluation is that (because implementation of the proposal would require a change to the .TEL Registry Agreement) ICANN will post the proposed amendment, solicit public comment and refer the proposal to the ICANN Board for consideration. A copy of the proposed amendment is available at http://www.icann.org/ tlds/agreements/tel/tel-amendment-30may07.pdf [PDF, 25K] and provides for changes to Appendix 1, Appendix 5 and Appendix S, Part VI of the .TEL Registry Agreement. The comments on the proposal may be submitted to registryservice(a)icann.orguntil 11 June 2007 23:59 UTC and may be viewed at http://forum.icannorg/lists/registryservice/. The process for considering new registry services is posted athttp:// www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html. All documentation regarding this proposed service and corresponding comment forum has been previously posted as part of the procedure at http://www.icann.org/ registries/rsep/#2007004. -- Patrick Patrick L. Jones Registry Liaison Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: +1 310 301 3861 Fax: +1 310 823 8649 patrick.jones(a)icann.org

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Vote on ALS Applications
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

Dear All: Since queries have come in, be advised that the voting on the following applications has been held over for a few extra days to allow a few members of the ALAC who have been busy to cast their vote. We expect to be able to announce the results of the voting officially very shortly and on behalf of the ALAC, let me extend apologies to the applications who are waiting for the results: Alberta Community Network Association (ACNA) Association for Community Networking (AFCN) Slovenian Consumers Association (ZPS) Telecommunities Canada Consumers Protection Centre (KEPKA) EFN National Consumers' League Consumer Reports Webwatch Internauta Brasil ISOC Burundi -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

Dear Community: I believe the materials below will be of interest. Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Date: 15 May 2007 14:26:38 BDT > To: Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton(a)spamcop.net> > Subject: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy > > Attached are documents relating to Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy > under consideration by the GNSO Council, which is discussing status > and next steps: > > 1) is the draft advisory, unchanged from last message in January. > <Draft-Transfer-Advisory-24jan07.doc> > > 2) is some notes on possible tighter wording/clarifications to the > existing policy. This consists of 4 points taken out of the previous > "policy issues" > list--all of these had to do with the reasons for denial section. > <DenialClarifications-28mar07.doc> > > 3) is a revised list of policy issues with the above-mentioned items > taken out. > <Draft-TransfersPolicyList-28mar07> > > > Please let me know if At-Large requires further information. > > Regards, > > Denise > > Denise Michel > Vice President, Policy Development > ICANN www.icann.org > denise.michel@icann.org

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San Juan meeting - Notice of holiday on the 24th of June
by Mr. Robert Guerra May 15, 2007

May 15, 2007

In case some of you may not know it, the 24th of June is a big national holiday in Puerto Rico, especially San Juan. Any events and/ or meetings taking place that day should be so advised. Public holidays in Puerto Rico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_Puerto_Rico June 24 Saint John's Day Since John the Baptist is the patron saint of the Island and the namesake of the capital city (San Juan), his day is widely celebrated by big parties on the beaches. One tradition is to walk backward into the ocean and fall in at the end of the party. regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.org> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 14, 2007

May 14, 2007

Sorry, I think there is a misunderstanding here. My apologies for helping to create one. For the regional meetings, EACH ALS may designate one delegate. This means that not one or two people are coming from the regions, but much larger numbers. As to who chooses to go: each ALS chooses who their delegate is. On 11/05/07, karen banks <karenb(a)gn.apc.org> wrote: > hi nick > > >There is nothing official posted, but how it is working is like this: > > > >At each international meeting, at least one At-Large region is invited > >to send one delegate per At-Large Structure to a regional meeting at > >the ICANN Meeting. This is in addition to the members of the ALAC, who > >are also subsidised to attend each International Meeting. > > > >The region or regions to be invited is based upon where the > >international meeting is located. So, for San Juan, we have LAC and > >North America coming, for Lisbon it was Europe and Africa. For Asia it > >will be just the Asia/Australia/Pacific ALSes who will be attending I believe. > > thanks for this.. so, the ALAC members attend all meetings, and then > 1 or 2 other folk woulc come along depending on the region of meeting? > > and, the process for deciding who goes.. is that rather informal > also? or is that a formal ALAC committee procedure? > > sorry for so many questions, but the fellowship announcement has > encouraged people to think about attending ICANN meetings, but > naturally, ALAC is a comfort zone for many of the people we work with > > karen > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 13, 2007

May 13, 2007

Needless to say, remote participation has had its challenges but it continues to evolve. Kieren and I are working to make sure that San Juan improves considerably for remote participation over Lisbon. On 13/05/07, Jacqueline A. Morris <jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com> wrote: > Absolutely! Even if we can afford to physically bring everyone interested, > there are many who cannot take the time off to travel, because of family, > jobs, etc. I recall my and Jean's inability to physically attend the Sao > Paulo meeting - Nick did his best, but it was still difficult. > Jacqueline > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bret Fausett [mailto:bfausett@internet.law.pro] > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 7:30 PM > To: Vittorio Bertola > Cc: At-Large Worldwide > Subject: Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program > > And as important as these travel sponsorships and fellowships are in > the current environment, we still need to keep focused on remote > participation opportunities. > > Bret > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > www.alac.icann.org > www.icannalac.org > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 5/10/2007 > 5:10 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 5/10/2007 > 5:10 PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > www.alac.icann.org > www.icannalac.org > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Global Fellowships Program
by Alan Greenberg May 13, 2007

May 13, 2007

Fellowship Program to Enhance Global Participation in ICANN MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: People from across the world will have more opportunities to attend ICANN's 29th Public Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico thanks to the <http://www.icann.org/fellowships/>trial global fellowships program launched today. "We want to foster increased participation from developing and least developed nations at our public meetings and this fellowship program will do just that," said Paul Levins, ICANN's Executive Officer and Vice President Corporate Affairs. Priority will be given to current residents of developing and least developed nations who are interested in participating in the ICANN government advisory committee, the country code names supporting organization, and the generic names supporting organization. The fellowship will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes. As always, registration for ICANNs meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend. "The program will play a key role in meeting part of ICANN's operational plan which has been through extensive public discussions and consultations to create a program to encourage and find participation by interested parties in developing countries," Levins said. After the San Juan meeting, which takes place 2530 June, ICANN will get feedback on the program from participants and the public, and identify areas where there might be improvements. "As a global organization ICANN is working hard to reach out and work with people from every part of the world, and especially individuals and organizations from developing countries," Levins added. "Making sure we have participation from people who normally couldnt attend means ICANNs work in the administration of the Domain Name and Internet Protocol addressing systems is more accountable and transparent."

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ICANN San Juan: Invitation for North American ALS community
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 13, 2007

May 13, 2007

(French version to follow in due course) Dear North American ALS Representatives: ICANN is pleased to invite one representative from each accredited and applicant ALS to attend the San Juan ICANN Meeting in June. The San Juan ICANN Meeting will be held from 25th to 29th June – further details may be found at http://www.icann.org/meetings/sanjuan - and will feature tutorials, workshops, and stakeholder meetings on a variety of issues of interest to end-users (such as internationalized domain names and the introduction of new top level domain names), as well as public forums and a public meeting of ICANN's Board of Directors. There is expected to be a total of one to two sessions of the North American ALS community as part of the San Juan meeting. The first is scheduled for Sunday, 24th June, from approximately 09:00 to 17:00, with a break for lunch and coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon. If another meeting is required, it will be scheduled so that it allows all of you to attend the other ICANN events with as few conflicts as possible. Should your MoU with ICANN be completed on or at the San Juan meetings, and subject to agreement by the Office of the General Counsel on the willingness of ICANN to sign the text you agree on, a signing ceremony will be arranged in which those ALSes who wish to participate will be able to do so. Like those of all the other regions, this will be done as a part of the main public meeting on Thursday morning and will be witnessed by the Board of Directors, with signing by Paul Twomey, the Chief Executive of ICANN on behalf of ICANN. We will work with you in the interim to determine a draft agenda for your meetings. Of course, some of the agenda items are dependent upon your pre-conference work on your Operating Principles, Code of Conduct, and draft Memorandum of Understanding to form your Regional At-Large Organisation with ICANN, as this will determine how much of the discussions, if any, will be about these documents and how much will be focused on other matters, including elections for regional officers if those are not concluded in the remaining weeks from now until the June meeting. Conference documents, draft proposals, and agendas will be published online on the NARALO website and linked to the NARALO pages on ICANNWiki. MEETING VENUE: ICANN will make all the technical arrangements for the meeting. REMOTE PARTICIPATION: Remote participation via voice will be available for those who are unable to attend in person. Further details about this will be provided on the wiki pages devoted to the meeting. MAIN ICANN MEETING ACCESS: You may register for the main ICANN meeting from the Lisbon meeting page as above, or you may choose to register upon arrival. There is no fee for registration in either case. TRAVEL SUPPORT: ICANN is able to provide travel support and hotel accommodation for one representative of each At Large Structure, and candidates for ALS status, who have identified themselves as requiring travel assistance, as follows: Airfare, to and from San Jan, by economy class; Hotel accommodation at a hotel TBD – for the the period from the 23rd to 28th June inclusive; Airport transfers to and from the hotel; A new travel policy is in the final stages of being put into place. This will feature one of the following possible methods to handle costs of meals and other incidental costs (ground transportation if necessary to and from your home airport and the like): 1) A reimbursement-based system where you keep your receipts and submit a claim for them after the fact. 2) A lump sum payment made to you in advance of the meeting to cover these costs, in which case you do not need to submit expenses or ask for reclaiming of expenses, or; 3) A per-diem payment made in advance to you to cover these costs. The attached travel policy details all that you need to know about the travel and subsistence assistance provided by ICANN. Please read it carefully. Once a final determination on the above matters is made, you will be informed of it in detail. VISAS: Please see the attached policy for more information. Invitation letters, if you require them, are not issued directly by ICANN, but by the host for the meeting. You may find more information about this from http://icannsanjuan.pr/visa.php. If you find your local US embassy requires additional documentation than what is available from the host, send an email to travel-staff@atlarge- lists.icann.org and we’ll work to help you. IMPORTANT NOTE ON VISAS: The USA can often take 90 days to process visa applications for many countries. If you require a visa and have not applied allowing for a normal processing period as that has been defined by the US government in respect of applications from your country, ensure you contact your nearest embassy from the URL above to ensure that it is possible for you to get a visa in good time to attend the San Juan meeting. Note that in some, but not all, countries US embassies do have an expedited handling process available for events such as conferences like the ICANN meeting. These can, if available, cut the amount of time for an application to be processed. READY TO RSVP? As per the attached travel policy document, please provide us with the information immediately below. This should be sent by email as described in the attached travel policy, to travel-staff@atlarge- lists.icann.org. DEADLINE FOR RSPVs: In order to keep costs of travel down, we need to receive your RSVPs in good time to take advantage of advance ticket purchase windows. THE DEADLINE FOR RSPVing FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT IS MONDAY, 21st MAY 2007 AT NOON UTC. AFTER THAT TIME, YOU ARE FREE TO ATTEND IN PERSON AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE, BUT TRAVEL SUPPORT FROM ICANN WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. 1) Full name of the delegate (as shown on the delegate’s passport: 2) Your Nationality (if more than one, the nationality you will travel under): 3) The departure city: 4) Your departure date (in good time to arrive NLT the evening of 23rd June): 5) Your return date: 6) The city you are returning to: 7) If you require a visa to attend the meeting, when did you apply, and has it been issued? I acknowledge receipt of the travel policy for At-Large which has been provided to me, and I agree to abide by it and any subsequent amendments which are sent to me. Name: _______________________________ Date: ________________________________ Signature: ___________________________ We look forward to welcoming you to ICANN San Juan! All the best, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Re: [At-Large] Automated Translation of emails sent to the LAC and African regional At-Large lists
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 11, 2007

May 11, 2007

The service is provided by Funredes (www.funredes.org) but uses BabelFish (with SYSTRAN providing the actual engine behind BabelFish, as it does for Google's translation system and also the European Union). On 11/05/07, karen banks <karenb(a)gn.apc.org> wrote: > hi nick > > >As some of you know, we have been working to implement a machine > >translation of the regional discuss lists in Africa and Latin > >America and the Caribbean. > > > >This service is expected to go live later today. > > great! what machine translation software are you using? > > karen > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program
by carlos aguirre May 11, 2007

May 11, 2007

I like so much the Luc's idea. will be interesting talk about it in PR. Carlos Dionisio Aguirre abogado - Sarmiento 71 - 4to. 18 Cordoba - Argentina - *54-351-424-2123 / 423-5423 www.sitioderecho.com.ar www.densi.com.ar > From: jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com> To: LFaubert(a)conceptum.ca; nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org; karenb(a)gn.apc.org> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:39:35 -0400> CC: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program> > Hi Luc> Interesting idea - we can talk about it in San Juan?> Jacqueline> > -----Original Message-----> From: Luc Faubert [mailto:LFaubert@conceptum.ca] > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:04 AM> To: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org; karen banks> Cc: At-Large Worldwide> Subject: Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program> > Hi Nick,> > Wouldn't it be best to have At-Large people from all regions to every> meeting? We could do something like this:> > - ICANN decides to fund travel for a constant number of x At-Large> individuals to every meeting,> - x is distributed among the five regions proportionnaly to its number> of registered ALS,> - Each region then decides who will go (max. 1 individual/ALS) + 1> unaffiliated user.> > The number x could be revised annually to take into account the growth> of ALS certifications.> > This would all be independent of the Fellowships program.> > Regards,> > > _________________________________________> Luc Faubert> Conseiller en gouvernance TI et en gestion du changement /> IT governance and change management consulting > +1 514 236 5129> www.LucFaubert.com> www.LucFaubert.com/blog> www.isoc.qc.ca> www.ccig.ca> www.uqbm.qc.ca> www.maillons.qc.ca > > > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of > > Nick Ashton-Hart> > Sent: 11 mai 2007 08:34> > To: karen banks> > Cc: At-Large Worldwide> > Subject: Re: [At-Large] Global Fellowships Program> > > > Sorry, I think there is a misunderstanding here. My apologies > > for helping to create one.> > > > For the regional meetings, EACH ALS may designate one > > delegate. This means that not one or two people are coming > > from the regions, but much larger numbers.> > > > As to who chooses to go: each ALS chooses who their delegate is.> > > > On 11/05/07, karen banks <karenb(a)gn.apc.org> wrote:> > > hi nick> > >> > > >There is nothing official posted, but how it is working is > > like this:> > > >> > > >At each international meeting, at least one At-Large region is > > > >invited to send one delegate per At-Large Structure to a regional > > > >meeting at the ICANN Meeting. This is in addition to the > > members of > > > >the ALAC, who are also subsidised to attend each > > International Meeting.> > > >> > > >The region or regions to be invited is based upon where the > > > >international meeting is located. So, for San Juan, we > > have LAC and > > > >North America coming, for Lisbon it was Europe and Africa. > > For Asia > > > >it will be just the Asia/Australia/Pacific ALSes who will > > be attending I believe.> > >> > > thanks for this.. so, the ALAC members attend all meetings, and then> > > 1 or 2 other folk woulc come along depending on the region > > of meeting?> > >> > > and, the process for deciding who goes.. is that rather > > informal also? > > > or is that a formal ALAC committee procedure?> > >> > > sorry for so many questions, but the fellowship announcement has > > > encouraged people to think about attending ICANN meetings, but > > > naturally, ALAC is a comfort zone for many of the people we > > work with> > >> > > karen> > >> > > > > > --> > --> > Regards,> > > > Nick Ashton-Hart> > PO Box 32160> > London N4 2XY> > United Kingdom> > UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011> > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460> > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135> > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798> > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com /> > Skype: nashtonhart> > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart> > > > _______________________________________________> > ALAC mailing list> > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-l> ists.icann.org> > > > www.alac.icann.org> > www.icannalac.org> > > > _______________________________________________> ALAC mailing list> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org> > www.alac.icann.org> www.icannalac.org> > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 5/10/2007> 5:10 PM> > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 5/10/2007> 5:10 PM> > > > _______________________________________________> ALAC mailing list> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org> > www.alac.icann.org> www.icannalac.org _________________________________________________________________ Exprésate - diseña tu página de inicio de Live.com como más te guste. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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