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ALAC Teleconference for August
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 17, 2007

Aug. 17, 2007

Dear All: Please note that draft summary minutes, and the teleconference recording, are now available at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi? 14_august_2007. -- 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 (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 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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Domain Tasting RFI - Online Survey
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Dear All: A Request for Information has been posted by the ad-hoc group formed by the GNSO Council to look at Domain Tasting. The announcement can be found at: http://www.icann.org/announcements/ announcement-2-10aug07.htm In particular, an easy-to-use survey of the questions in the RFI is available in the BigPulse voting/polling system, which is also the At- Large voting and polling system; this makes it quick and easy to register your answers to the RFI. This can be found at: https:// www.bigpulse.com/872i Real-time results from the survey are also publicly available at: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4Rkitd2chD5rD7eyJHJi We hope that many in the At-Large community will take the time to register their views and provide any suggestions of additional sources of information to be analysed while the RFI is open - it closes 15th September. -- 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 (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 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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At-Large NomCom Seats
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Since a number of questions and statements have been made about the NomCom seats, who appoints them, what do those appointed have to do / what are the time requirements, etc. I wanted to put everything about this subject into one email for everyone. WHO APPOINTS? The ICANN Bylaw provisions as it relates to this: The ALAC shall [....] after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI) to the Nominating Committee. This means that the ALAC must consult the region on who to appoint. The ALAC have asked each region to forward a name, or more than one name, to them before the end of August. The ALAC will then select from amongst those names submitted the single individual for each region to the NomCom. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Of the currently sitting NomCom members appointed by At-Large, only Sebastian Ricciardi is eligible for a second term. All other ALAC- appointed NomCom members are term-limited. HOW DO THE REGIONS DECIDE WHAT NAME(s) TO FORWARD? This is entirely up to them. Regions could decide to have formal elections to choose one name, or three names, or any number of names to forward to ALAC; they could ask for volunteers and send the entire list to ALAC. It is completely up to the region. I provided the Secretariats with the option - if a region so chooses, and because it was clear to me that some regions might be holding an election - of using the voting system which At-Large already has. I made this offer not to suggest any course of action, but simply to make it easier to manage a vote. There is no obligation to use this tool, just as there is no obligation to hold a vote. There is no set way to hold the selection if the tool is used; the tool itself is very flexible and can, for example, produce 1 'winner', just as it can be setup to provide a ranked list of the whole candidate pool in order of preference. WHAT DOES BEING A MEMBER OF NOMCOM INVOLVE? Below is an excerpt from an email from Adam Peake of the NomCom: Timeline of the 2007 committee might help: * Announcement of Formal Call --1 February 2007 * Deadline of Formal Call for Full Consideration -- 1 May 2007 * Deadline extended until 18 May 2007 23:59 UTC * Review and Evaluation -- May to early July * Face-to-Face Meeting and Selection -- early July 2007 * Results Announced to ICANN Secretary -- before 2 October 2007 * Selected candidates take their positions as the conclusion of the ICANN General Meeting 2007, 2 November 2007 The 2007 NomCom held it's first meeting after the Sao Paulo ICANN meeting (December 8 and 9). The 2007 AGM in LA is earlier, so the 2008 schedule may move forward a month. The commitment is essentially: To be able to attend one ICANN meeting (i.e. LA), ideally for the full meeting (from Monday Oct. 29) but at least to be there for the NomCom session which will be the afternoon of Friday Nov 2, and all day Saturday November 3. NomCom's final task is the selection meeting, a requirement for all members. The meeting usually takes 3 full days. The location and date will be decided by the NomCom. Usually the location is wherever's easiest for the majority, or the chair's choice. Likely timing is June or July 2008. So the NomCom works from November 2007 to mid-summer 2008. Work during the period from the first face to face meeting to the end of recruitment includes approx 6 conference calls of the full committee. i.e. around one call every 6 weeks. Members should recruit candidates, and how much time they take doing that is a personal choice. But it can take some hours. If each member recruits 5 candidates then there would be over 100 candidates in the pool. Took a lot of effort to get 90 candidates this year, and people worked hard at recruitment. The main work (time) begins once recruitment has finished. All candidates will give the names of 3 or 4 people who provide references. Chasing these references (making sure people submit them) can take some time. Each candidates submits a statement of interest (SOI), essentially an application form these a usually 4-5 pages. 90 SOIs is 2007, add 3 or 4 references for each candidate and it adds up to a lot of reading. Members should be familiar with all candidates. There is a burst of activity as the date of the selection meeting approaches. NomCom usually breaks into sub-groups that evaluate candidates in detail. There might be 3 or 4 2-hour teleconferences during this period of about 3 weeks. Some NomCom members, particularly those not very familiar with ICANN may be asked to attend one of the other ICANN meetings held in the early part of 2008. But this is not required, and is for the chair to decide. Overall, the NomCom is a reasonably light time commitment by ICANN working group standards. However, the commitment toward the end of the process is intense. I expect during June and perhaps early July depending on the timing of the selection meeting, NomCom will be quite time consuming, many calls and a lot of reading. -- 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 (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 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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NA RALO Meeting Summarty Minutes
by Thompson, Darlene Aug. 14, 2007

Aug. 14, 2007

Hi all, I have no idea if you might be interested in seeing the Summary Minutes of the NA RALO telephone conference of yesterday or not but here they are for those of you who might be interested. Darlene Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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als approval guidelines
by Annette Muehlberg Aug. 14, 2007

Aug. 14, 2007

Dear Nick, as the ALAC has changed it guidelines for approving ALS-applicants so that organisations of organisations can apply too, it would be very helpful if you could inform all former applicants which were not accepted for this very reason. Thank you Annette Muehlberg

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Fast Flux & Domain tasting
by Robert Guerra Aug. 13, 2007

Aug. 13, 2007

There's an interesting discussion taking place on the SSAC list in regards to the fast flux issue. Here's a recent comment from the SSAC list - Domain tasting is an optimisation of the domain name monetisation business model, where a registrant earns money from PPC ads placed on a parked webpage. For monetisation you don't actually want to change the DNS information often. Fast Flux is more associated with using a domain name for an email address or URL that has been used in SPAM email. Due to the millions of emails that are floating around there is value in ensuring that the domain name used is not shut-down prematurely. Thus those involved will try to make the WHOIS and other more visible information as legitimate looking as possible (stopping the registrar shutting down the domain), but bounce the hosting of the email or website amongst various locations to avoid a hosting company or ISP shutting down the service at the source - or blocking the offending IP address at the entry point to a service providers network. Any comments? regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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Board liaison report
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 11, 2007

Aug. 11, 2007

All, This is my report about Board activities, which is quite short, since the Board hasn't formally met since the last report. Discussions on the Board list - mostly informative, a sort of brainstorming without any immediately pending action - have been focused on a few main items: - IPv4 exhaustion: I.e. what could be ICANN's role in fostering the transition to IPv6 and ensuring fair allocation of the remaining IPv4 addresses, including how to put the IPv4 space to maximum use. - New gTLDs: The Board is waiting for the GNSO to complete its proposal, but there have been some preliminary discussions about what is the general purpose of the introduction of new TLDs, what could be the guiding principles and ultimate objectives, etc. However, the actual discussion will be driven by the GNSO proposal when it's approved (the public comment period has just started, and the ALAC should not miss it). - Structure: As a result of the previous discussion, there was some debate on what is the role of the Board in respect to SOs and ACs, in particular to which extent the Board can alter policy proposals approved by the SOs, and whether ACs should more appropriately influence policy at the Board level or at the SO level. - Board compensation: The proposal was raised at the public microphone in San Juan, and some Board members suggested that it deserved at least a reply, though in the end this is likely to be deferred to the Board review process that will start in the next future. The Board is also discussing the formal reply to the Ombudsman about the Ynternet.org case, which should largely acknowledge our own reply to the Board, and should be approved during the next meeting on Tuesday. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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