March 2005 - council - lists.icann.org

[Fwd: RE: Nomination complete]
by Glen De Saint Géry 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

[To: council(a)gnso.icann.org] Dear Councillors, Michael Palage has been nominated by Tom Keller, seconded by Cary Karp and has accepted to stand as candidate for ICANN Board seat #14. Please see: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/ Voting starts on Thursdy 17 March and ends on Thursday 31 March 2005. Voting will be by secret email ballot, that is, the ballot is identified only by a code and not by a name. The results of the email voting will be ratified at the GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday 6 April 2005 in Mar del Plata. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen de Saint Géry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Nomination complete Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:26:19 -0500 From: Michael D. Palage <michael(a)palage.com> Reply-To: <michael(a)palage.com> To: GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> Glen, Thank you for informing me of this duly completed nomination. I graciously accept and hope that following the upcoming election, I will be afforded the opportunity to serve on the ICANN Board as a duly elected representative of the GNSO. Best regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG [mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:54 AM To: Michael Palage Subject: Nomination complete Dear Michael, Please see: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/ duly completed with the nomination statement from Tom Keller. Please indicate whether you accept the nomination. Thank you very much. Kind regards Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org -- Glen de Saint Géry ICANN glen[at]icann.org http://www.icann.org

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Nomination Statement for Michael D. Palage
by Thomas Keller 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Dear colleagues, in regard to duly fullfill all procedural requirements for a nomination of Michael D. Palage please find my nomination statement below: Michael D. Palage has proven in the past as Chair of the Registar Constituency and Member of the ICANN Board of Directors to be highly dedicated and knowledgable to and about all aspects of ICANNs mission and operations. This as well as his great efforts to get an best possible understanding of problems that arise out of the multicultural nature of ICANN qualify him in all respects for the selection as ICANN Director. Therefore I would like to nominate Michael D. Palage for a second term as ICANN Director. Best, Thomas Keller Domain Services Schlund + Partner AG Brauerstrasse 48 Tel. +49-721-91374-534 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Fax +49-721-91374-215 http://www.schlund.de tom(a)schlund.de

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RE: Reminder: nominations are open for the election of ICANN Board seat #14
by Bruce Tonkin 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hello Cary, > > The page at: > > > See: > http://www.gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18feb05.htm > > provides no mechanism for the seconding of a nomination, nor > does the information posted about the current nominee include > any description of how the candidate meets the selection criteria. Good point. > > Despite my parliamentary puzzlement, on the basis of my > personal cognizance of Mr. Palage's fulfilment of the > selection criteria I hereby second his nomination. > > It might be wise, nonetheless, for all of the formal detail > necessary to support this nomination to be posted on the > Council's Web site before the nomination period closes. > Please ensure all data regarding nominations are posted or copied to: gnso-nominations(a)gnso.icann.org This mailing list is archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/ I have forwarded your mail to this list. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Reminder: nominations are open for the election of ICANN Board seat #14
by Bruce Tonkin 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hello All, Just a reminder that nominations are open for the election of ICANN Board seat #14 until Friday 11 March 2005. See: http://www.gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18feb05.htm The first nomination has been received for Michael Palage from Thomas Keller. See: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/msg00000.html The nomination needs to be seconded by another GNSO Council member. The nomination must also be accompanied by a brief description of how the candidate meets the selection criteria. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Regarding meetings in Mar del Plata - please aim to arrive by Sunday 3 April
by Bruce Tonkin 06 Mar '05

06 Mar '05

Hello All, The agenda is still being finalised for Mar Del Plata, but at this stage it seems likely that Sunday 3 April will be a full day of meetings for Council members. Likely events for Sunday include: - meetings with the GAC - joint Council/WHOIS task force meetings - GNSO policy planning for next 12 months - input into July 05 to June 06 budget - GNSO policy planning for next 3 years - input into strategic planning process Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Mar del Plata attendance
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] The ICANN meetings in Mar del Plata are nearing! Could you please let me know, off the council list, gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org, whether or not you will be attending these meetings and when you will be arriving as this will facilitate the telephone bridge and meeting arrangements. Please let me have your response by Tuesday 8 March, 2005. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Re: [council] Argentina agenda
by Marilyn Cade 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

Actually, Philip, there are also consultations on on Strat plan, and a workshop that ICANN is planning. I am more concerned abt the actual time of Council. With our BC colleague participating remotely, along with others from Council, we should ensure that the time NEEDS of Council are provided to staff so that they can take this into account as mtgs are scheduled. I don't know what might be feasible this time, but perhaps Glen is going to get information on remote participation needs? -----Original Message----- From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard(a)aim.be> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:59:09 To:"'council'" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Argentina agenda Hello Council and ICANN staff, The recently updated agenda (see below) for Argentina ICANN meetings seems odd. Monday April 4 is packed with events: Council Breakfast Opening ceremony Cross Constituency meeting Constituency meetings Registrars workshop GAC open session Host reception Then Tuesday April 5 is barren: WSIS in late afternoon. Then Wednesday April 6 is the SO's Councils day but 24 hours later than usual. Can we hear the rationale for this please? It would clearly be better if at least the GAC open session took place on the Tuesday so as not to potentially overlap with the Constituency meetings. And why is the GNSO Council 24 hours later than usual? Or is this a function of room size availability? If so - adding that information and times of day would be rather helpful. Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monday, 4 April 2005 GNSO Council Breakfast Welcome Ceremony (9:00 . 10:00) GNSO Constituency Meetings Cross Constituency Meeting NonCommercial Users Constituency Meeting gTLD Registries Constituency Meeting Registrars Constituency Meeting Commercial and Business Users Constituency Meeting Intellectual Property Interests Constituency Meeting Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency Meeting ccNSO Members Meeting Registrars Workshop (All Day) GAC Plenary Meeting (Open Session) GAC Plenary Meeting (Closed Session) Host Reception Tuesday, 5 April 2005 GAC Plenary Meeting (All Day) ccNSO Members Meeting (afternoon) WSIS Program (4:00 . 7:00) Wednesday, 6 April 2005 GNSO Council Meeting (morning) ccNSO Council Meeting (afternoon) Public Forum . Part 1 (afternnon) Regards, Marilyn Cade

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Call for nominations for ICANN Board seat 14 open Monday 21 Feb. 00:00 UTC
by gnso.icann 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] GNSO Council Elections for ICANN Board seat 14 currently occupied by Michael Palage. 1. Nominations Open: Monday 21 February 2005 at 00:00 UTC Nominations Close: Friday 11 March 2005 at 17:00 UTC The full nomination procedure is set out at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18feb05.htm Please complete the web based template for nominations. The description of the nominator should read nominee The space will take a fair sized message. OR Nominations should be e-mailed to the GNSO Secretariat at the following email address: gnso-nominations(a)gnso.icann.org. 2. Each nomination must be accompanied by a brief description of how the candidate meets the selection criteria. 3. All nominations must be seconded by another GNSO Council member. Please second the nomination at: gnso-nominations(a)gnso.icann.org. 4. Archives of nominations can be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations 5. Only GNSO Council members may nominate and vote for candidates, although GNSO Council members should consult with their constituencies with regard to suitable candidates. 6. The GNSO Secretariat will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. 7. The GNSO Secretariat will convey the nomination and the acceptance thereof to the GNSO Council list. 8. There will be a one week period to arrange the ballot, collect candidate statements, and arrange any teleconferences to interview the candidates. 9. The vote will start on Friday 18 March 2005 and conclude on Friday 1 April 2005. GNSO Councillors will be given timely notification of each step during the election process. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you very much -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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Election of IPC Representatives to GNSO Council
by Bruce Tonkin 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

________________________________ From: J. Scott Evans [mailto:jse@adamspat.com] Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:51 AM To: Bruce Tonkin Cc: gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org; 'IPC Leadership' Subject: Election of IPC Representatives to GNSO Council Importance: High Bruce and Glen: This message shall serve to officially notify that the IPC has recently held elections for 2 of its GNSO representatives. After receiving the required number of votes pursuant to the IPC bylaws, the IPC hereby certifies that the following persons have been elected: Lucy Nichols as IPC Representative to the GNSO Kiyoshi Tsuru as IPC Representative to the GNSO Thank you for your patience in this matter. Kind regards. THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSTITUENCY J. Scott Evans President

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A secret email address between registrar and registrant, please (WAS: RE: [gnso-dow123] RE: [council] RE: WHOIS combined task force call 1 March 2005)
by Marc Schneiders 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

I was pretty sympathetic to the proposal (if I understoord it right) of Tim, vid. that only the registrar would have the authoritative email address of the registrant, which would NOT be displayed in whois. As we all know all email addresses displayed in whois are spammed to death. As a result email to this address will in due course be impossible to read or monitor. Consequently the poor registrant will not see the reminder to renew. Nor the message that her domain will be transferred to a hijacker through another registrar. IN SHORT: I strongly urge us all to create a method, where the authoritative email for transfers and the like is NOT in whois. Not for .com nor for the thick registries. This is essential in this age of spam. I have some domains and I am forced to accept some 300 spam messages a day and to go through them each day. One of these may be a reminder to renew... This can so easily be changed: A 'secret' email address for communication between registrar and registrant. As an option this should be introduced soon. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, at 11:53 [=GMT-0600], Tim Ruiz wrote: > Jeff, > > You're right. We do not have any problems with thick registry TLDs in this > regard. But don't take this as an endorsement, or non-endorsement, of the > thick registry model in any way :) > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:50 AM > To: Marilyn Cade; Tim Ruiz; Bruce Tonkin > Cc: Chris Disspain; gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org; > Maria Farrell > Subject: RE: [gnso-dow123] RE: [council] RE: WHOIS combined task force call > 1 March 2005 > > For the record, each of the "thick registries" are required to display the > e-mail of the registrant even though registrars are not required. For the > thick registries, the solution may be a simple reliance on the registries > whois database rather than the registrars. I believe the transfer policy > does mention that. Of course that does not solve the problems with respect > to .com and currently .net (although several bidders for .net did propose a > thick registry). > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gnso-dow123(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-dow123@icann.org]On > Behalf Of Marilyn Cade > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:34 PM > To: 'Tim Ruiz'; 'Bruce Tonkin' > Cc: 'Chris Disspain'; gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org; > council(a)gnso.icann.org; 'Maria Farrell' > Subject: RE: [gnso-dow123] RE: [council] RE: WHOIS combined task force > call 1 March 2005 > > > Thanks, both Bruce and Tim. > > I am sure the TF would be happy to invite Chris. We are also interested in > inviting cc's from Latin America, so we can ask Chris for possible > circulation of a request to the cc's from Latin America as well. That way, > we will hear from several countries. I'll put this on the TF agenda tomorrow > as another possible guest speaker for the next set of calls, which will have > to probably be after Mar de Plata, given all that is on our plates. We also > need to hear from governmental agencies about their uses and views, and we > haven't gotten around to identifying that set of invitees yet. In the past, > in WHOIS panels, etc., we have invites a range of consumer protection; > privacy, law enforcement, etc. > > Tim, your point about transfers and its reliance on the email of the > registrant is interesting. Does this show up in the report of the ICANN > staff as one of the problem areas that is emerging/internally disputed > transfers... sounds like perhaps the technical contact might be the ISP, for > instance, and they do a transfer, and the actual registrant isn't informed, > or doesn't agree, and then disputes? What a nightmare for the registrar! > > Maria, would you ask Tim Cole/Kurt Pritz when the report that Kurt discussed > on the last Council call will be actually published? I know it wasn't quite > final when he reported on it, but I assume is forthcoming... just useful to > know of when to expect it. > Thanks, MC > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gnso-dow123(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-dow123@icann.org] On > Behalf Of Tim Ruiz > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 5:21 AM > To: Bruce Tonkin > Cc: Chris Disspain; gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: RE: [gnso-dow123] RE: [council] RE: WHOIS combined task force call > 1 March 2005 > > I'd like to point out an issue with the current (new) transfer process > that needs to be considered here. > > Right now, there is no requirement to display the email address of the > Registrant in the Whois of gTLDs. So most gaining registrars use the > email address of the Administrative Contact to confirm transfer > requests. The problem we have seen, and I am sure others as well to one > degree or another, is that even after a "good" transfer is completed > (confirmed by the Administrative Contact), the Registrant sometimes > comes forward and says they did not authorize it. Under the current > policy, we have to reverse the transfer or risk going into a dispute > that the gaining registrar will lose and pay for. > > Since the Registrant has ultimate authority over a transfer, and that > makes sense, then their email address should at least be available to > Registrars in any tiered access model. At least as long as the transfer > policy is what it is. > > Tim > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gnso-dow123] RE: [council] RE: WHOIS combined task force call > 1 March 2005 > From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin(a)melbourneit.com.au> > Date: Sun, February 27, 2005 10:48 pm > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Cc: "Chris Disspain" <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org > > Hello Marilyn, > > > We are also still looking for cc's who use a form of tiered access. > > The WHOIS task force may wish to invite Chris Disspain, the CEO of .au > Domain Administration (auDA) which is the policy body for .au, to > explain the mechanism used in Australia. > > au uses a tiered access structure. > > There are three tiers. > > (1) public access (see http://whois.ausregistry.com.au/ ), which > provides the following information: > > Domain Name: > Last Modified: > Registrar ID: > Registrar Name: > Status: > Registrant name: > Registrant ID: > Registrant ROID: > Registrant Contact Name: > Registrant Email: > Tech ID: > Tech Name: > Tech Email: > Name Server: > Name Server IP: > Name Server: > Name Server IP: > > (2) Registrar access. A registrar can access the full records for the > names under their management, and can also access other registry > records, if the registrant provides them with an access password > (auth_info). The access password is typically provided by a registrant > that wishes to transfer to the registrar. The registrar is able to > retrieve the full record as part of the process of authenticating the > transfer request. > > (3) Law enforcement access. An Australian law enforcement agency may > make a request to auDA for access to particular records in writing. > auDA has full access to all records for this purpose. > > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin > Registrars representative on the GNSO Council > > >

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