It has been an intense couple of days, and I really appreciate the vote of confidence. As I said to the consultant who is doing the review, the ccnso is an island of sanity in a sea of ICANN chaos. ________________________________ From: owner-ccnso-council@icann.org <owner-ccnso-council@icann.org> To: Council ccNSO <ccnso-council@icann.org> Sent: Wed Mar 10 07:54:17 2010 Subject: [ccnso-council] Fwd: ccNSO to ICANN Board letter For comment and discussion. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA Sent from my phone Begin forwarded message: From: "Paul Szyndler" <paul.szyndler@auda.org.au> Date: 10 March 2010 23:50:27 AEDT To: "'Chris Disspain'" <ceo@auda.org.au> Subject: ccNSO to ICANN Board letter I may have gotten a little carried away. As an aside, Rod’s comments about contributions and vulnerability of the DNS have already been picked up by tech media. <http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2010/03/08/africa-must-bring-its-voi...> http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2010/03/08/africa-must-bring-its-voi... - 90% of ICANN contributions come from Nth America <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168238/Trademark_issues_could_derail...> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168238/Trademark_issues_could_derail... "The DNS is under attack today more than ever before, the number and complexity of attacks have risen and ICANN relies on governments and other stakeholders to preserve the DNS" – in an article on trademarks and new gTLDs. Paul Szyndler | Public Affairs Officer .au Domain Administration Limited T: +61 (2) 6292 5034 | F: +61 3 8341 4112 | M: +61 402 250 389 E: paul.szyndler@auda.org.au <mailto:paul.szyndler@auda.org.au> | W: www.auda.org.au <http://www.auda.org.au/> auDA - Australia's Domain Name Administrator Important Notice This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4931 (20100310) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. <http://www.eset.com> http://www.eset.com