March 2006 - council - lists.icann.org

SSAC Presentation on alternative TLD Name Systems
by Bruce Tonkin March 28, 2006

March 28, 2006

Hello All, This presentation was made at the SSAC meeting this morning. It is useful reading when reflecting on the urgency to make progress on the introduction of IDN based strings in the root. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Presentation by Yoav Keren on IDN work in the IDN-PAC to the registrars constituency
by Bruce Tonkin March 28, 2006

March 28, 2006

Hello All, Yoav Keren was appointed to the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs (IDN-PAC) by the registrars constituency. For information I have attached his personal status report to the registrars constituency. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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RE: [gtld-council] The focus of GNSO Council involvement in IDN
by Bruce Tonkin March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

Hello Cary, I support the technical trial. The more options available to an existing or new TLD operator the better for now. (note that you can achieve a similar result as DNAMES with NS records at the provisioning layer - ie a single registry database can populate two zonefiles). Likewise from a policy point of view - now is the time to identify some options and issues. In general we should not restrict options unless there is an security or stability issue with implementing a particular option. In contrast we could begin to create some initial policies that allows us to move forward with the initial introduction of IDNs where some of the choices are initially limited, much as we did with the initial introduction of new gTLDs. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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RE: [council] Copy of IDN presentation
by Bruce Tonkin March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

Hello Maureen, > > Was there a positive response form the ccNSO to your > suggestion that GNSO and ccNSO work together? > I believe it will be discussed in the ccNSO Council meeting this afternoon. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Re: [council] Copy of IDN presentation
by m.cubberley＠sympatico.ca March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

thanks Bruce. Was there a positive response form the ccNSO to your suggestion that GNSO and ccNSO work together? Maureen > > From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin(a)melbourneit.com.au> > Date: 2006/03/27 Mon PM 04:41:18 EST > To: "GNSO Council" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > CC: "Tina Dam" <dam(a)icann.org>, <twomey(a)icann.org> > Subject: [council] Copy of IDN presentation > > Hello All, > > Here is a copy of a presentation that I produced following our > discussion with members of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs > on Sunday afternoon, and with the ICANN Board on Sunday night. I > presented this to stimulate some discussion on IDN issues at the ccNSO > meeting yesterday. I have merely included some examples of issues, > rather than attempt to list all the issues we discussed. > > I have suggested that the GNSO and ccNSO work together on reviewing the > IDN issues report that we have requested from the ICANN staff, and > identify which policy issues we should work on first (either together or > separately as appropriate) to allow the initial introduction of IDNs in > the root zone. > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin > >

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Output of brainstorming on IDN issues held with members of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs on Sunday
by Bruce Tonkin March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

Hello All, Below is the output of our brainstorming session on possible issues to think about with respect to IDNs that was held with members of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs (IDN-PAC) (Pat Kane, Ram Mohan, Cary Karp) on Sunday afternoon. Regards, Bruce Tonkin gTLD operator wishes to introduce an IDN based string that relates to the gTLD Another party may wish to introduce an IDN based string that relates to the gTLD in competition with the gTLD. ccTLD operator wishing to introduce an IDN based string that relates to the ccTLD. - the IDN based string may or may not relate to an official language within the country related to the ccTLD - Languages can be represented in multiple scripts (e.g Japanese language) - What is the accepted representation of the country name in non-ASCII characters - No IDN based standard that is equivalent to the ISO list for two or three letter country Another party may wish to introduce an IDN based string that relates to the ccTLD in competition with the ccTLD. That party may or may not be located within the geographic boundary associated with the ccTLD. A party wishes to introduces a new IDN string with no relationship to an existing TLD. A party wishes to introduce a set of strings using different characters including IDN that relate to the same purpose (e.g to allow a TLD to be used in several languages at once). Could be different implementation of IDNs at the second level that may or may not conform with the IETF standards or ICANN's IDN Guidelines. Make sure that cultural, language and local issues are addressed properly and by qualified people. Make sure new IDN TLDs are not a failure and what precautions will be taken. Selection and allocation policy for IDN strings. Dispute resolution process for IDN strings. Does a registrant in ASCII TLD have a prior right to register in the IDN version. Would current domain name holders feel that are forced to register in the IDN equivalent for brand protection. Does an intellectual property rights holder have a prior right to register in the IDN version. What are the economic implications. Need to focus on user experience, user expectations, and user need with respect to timeliness. May not be possible to get it perfect initially. Even though ASCII encodings of IDNs may be introduced into the domain name strings - there are still issues in using domain names in email and websites where other multiple languages often handled via UNICODE. End user confusion can result from alternative roots, alternative TLD operators, alternative registrants, alternative destinations for resolution. Consider from the broadest possible view.

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Copy of IDN presentation
by Bruce Tonkin March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

Hello All, Here is a copy of a presentation that I produced following our discussion with members of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs on Sunday afternoon, and with the ICANN Board on Sunday night. I presented this to stimulate some discussion on IDN issues at the ccNSO meeting yesterday. I have merely included some examples of issues, rather than attempt to list all the issues we discussed. I have suggested that the GNSO and ccNSO work together on reviewing the IDN issues report that we have requested from the ICANN staff, and identify which policy issues we should work on first (either together or separately as appropriate) to allow the initial introduction of IDNs in the root zone. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Proposed workgroup for 'IDN for Dummies'
by Sophia B March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

Dear Bruce, Council, In a follow-up of the proposal I made to the the Board/Council meeting last evening, I would clarify my proposal of creating a working group in the manner below. Please be advised my intent was NOT to create an additional working group aside from PAC, as some of you have asked me. However, in the interest of all the time we spent yesterday on IDN and the policy implications as well as the* technical issues and tests that are yet to be understood by Council*, I propose the composition of a work group that comprise the following: 1- Creation of an observer/liaison person(s) from GNSO who represents a non-registry position, have a regional representation with a non-ascii /non-latin language community. 2- Select a person in PAC that represents a true multi lingual party with non-ascii language experience. 3-The group will be organized under the Auspices of the GNSO oversight. 4-The Terms of Reference will include, - Review and understanding of the work of PAC - Review all test and technical procedures of proposal for upcoming testing of ICANN's proposed implementation for IDN i.e Dname and NS. - Liaise weekly with PAC designated person and report to GNSO accordingly 4- The expected outcome is to provide independent review and representation of the IDN proposed solutions and assist the GNSO policy formulation for IDNs. Please feel free to add top the TOR , although I thought this was adequate to start with. Thank you and regards, Sophia p.s I participated in the Registrars Constituancy yesterday, where you were present. Although I am not sure why PAC's technical presentation was different should be different than the one that was presented to GNSO, I*certainly appreciated this particular presentation made by Yoav (PAC member).* He discussed many of the policy issues that I have presented during our policy session for IDNs and would be excellent if he was to make the same presentation to GNSO at one point. Certainly I found it MORE THANK a 'technical' presentation. Infact, I have contacted him for a copy of the presentation and learned that Yoav's company runs a *multi lingual registry in Israel* and would be very help full if he was one of the PAC members to join the above workgroup.

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Update Statements of Interest for all GNSO Councillors 27 March 2006
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 27, 2006

March 27, 2006

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Please find updated Statements of Interest for Bret Fausett and Bruce Tonkin. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen GNSO Council members Updated Statements of Interest 13 March 2006 Bruce Tonkin - Registrar Constituency - GNSO Council chair I am employed full-time as Chief Technology Officer by Melbourne IT Limited. Melbourne IT has a registrar accreditation agreement with ICANN. Melbourne IT also has a contractual relationship with most gtld registries (for a current list see http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html) and many cctld registries as a registrar. .................................................................... Ross Rader - - Registrar Constituency I am the Director of Research and Innovation for Tucows Inc., an ICANN accredited registrar and Internet services vendor. Tucows is a minority shareholder in Afilias LLC, with roughly an 8% shareholding. Neither Tucows, nor I, is in possession of, nor have access to Registry Sensitive or Registry Proprietary information as defined by any relevant registry operating contracts as a result of this relationship. Tucows provides consulting and application hosting services to other registrars and Internet services providers. I am not an officer, director, consultant, or employee of any of these customer organizations nor am I specifically involved in providing services to them. The URL for this statement is: http://www.byte.org/blog/_WebPages/StatementofInterestsforRossRader.html ........................................................................ Thomas Keller - - Registrar Constituency I'm a fulltime employee of Schlund+Partner AG. Schlund+Partner AG is ICANN accredited and is conducting business with almost all major gTLDS and ccTLDs. Schlund holds a minority share in Afilias LLC for investment purposes.Besides domain name registrations Schlund is mainly offering webhosting and email services to end users. I'm a member of the DENIC Technical Advisory Council. ....................................................................... Philip Sheppard - Commercial and Business Users Constituency I am Public Affairs Manager for AIM - European Brands Association, a Brussels-based trade association involved in public affairs activities. AIM represents the branded goods industries in Europe on key issues which affect the ability of brand manufacturers to design, distribute and market their brands. AIM's membership groups 1800 companies of all sizes through corporate members and national associations in 21 countries. These companies are mostly active in every day consumer goods. AIM's mission is to create for brands an environment of fair and vigorous competition, fostering innovation and guaranteeing maximum value to consumers. I hold various non-remunerated directorships unrelated to ICANN. I am a contact point for several domain names. Honorary positions: - President elect 2007 International Public Relations Association (IPRA), the global professional association for the PR profession. - I am a Freeman of the City of London. ...................................................................... Marilyn Cade - Commercial and Business Users Constituency I am an elected officer of and councilor to the gNSO Council from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC). After an extensive career in an executive position in AT&T, I have founded and manage a consulting business that is primarily focused on Internet Governance and convergence issues involving Internet infrastructure and applications. The primary services provided are advice, advocacy/representation, and management and coordination of policy development, involving diverse groups and competing interests. My business is focused at the nexus of global policy and technological convergence. The topics I address include, but are not limited to: Internet Governance, VoIP, IP-TV, Data Retention, Internet intermediary liability, SPAM, ICANN, and cyber security in IP networks. Specific activities of the business at this time are the external coordination of an independent external dispute process involving eligibility for registration of domain names, representation and advice to both a mid sized and multinational corporation on most of the topics mentioned above. I also advise a global association that is focused on VoIP and IP networking policies. Other activities include acting as chair of the Global Public Policy Committee at ITAA; I frequently represent the association’s official policy positions. I also convene and coordinate various industry events and meetings on a variety of topics, primarily focused on working with industry to advocate policy positions to various governments and multi lateral organizations, including the OECD, ITU, CITEL, and APEC. I speak frequently as an expert at business and professional conferences that are held both in the US and in other countries. In both of these activities, I am sometimes remunerated for participation. Such remuneration does not in any way make such entities clients, nor imply client obligations. The clients of my business are concerned about the security and stability of the Internet, and are strong advocates of ICANN’s role in managing and coordinating the technical aspects of the Internet. I do not believe that I have conflicts of interest with ICANN. From time to time, I may have clients who have a direct policy interest in a particular policy area that is, or could be active at ICANN. At present, two clients that I advise have an interest in reserved names in gTLDs. I have disclosed that to the gNSO Council, and to the Business Constituency and in public statements in the ICANN’s public forum and to the ICANN senior staff. As the clients of my business and their interests change, I will continue to update my statement of interest. ......................................................................... Grant Forsyth - Commercial and Business Users constituency I am one of three representatives from the Business Constituency on the ICANN GNSO Names Council. I am currently employed by TelstraClear in the role of Manager Industry and Regulatory Affairs. TelstraClear is a full-service telecommunications operator that operates two ISPs, ClearNet and ParadiseNet. TelstraClear is an accredited registrar of .nz ccTLD names only under the new InternetNZ SRS. While TelstraClear presently makes no use of ENUM, it has an interest in its potential and an expectation that in due course it may wish to offer commercial services that use ENUM. I am elected Councillor of InternetNZ, the delegated .nz ccTLD manager. I have a personal domain registered in the .gen.nz space. I have not undertaken any paid work for either ICANN or InternetNZ. I have not worked for nor represented an ICANN Registry or ICANN Accredited Registrar. ............................................................................. Anthony Harris - ISPCP Constituency I am under contract as full time executive director of CABASE, a non-profit Internet industry association, incorporated as such in Argentina since 1999. - consulting work done for ICANN - NONE - consulting work done for a gtld or cctld registry, or current applicant to become a gtld or cctld registry - NONE - consulting work done for a registrar - NONE - employment with a registry or registrar - NONE .......................................................................... Greg Ruth - ISPCP Constituency I am employed full time by Verizon Federal Network Systems. Verizon has no contractual relationships with any registries or registrars. ......................................................................... Tony Holmes - ISPCP Constituency I am employed within BT Group's Chief Technology Office with the responsibility for determining numbering, naming and addressing policy and strategy for BT Group PLC. BT is a large ISP and infrastructure provider and operates in many countries across the world. BT is also an accredited ICANN Registrar, but is not currently operational. I participate in, and hold official positions in a number of other technology focused technical and policy making bodies at both the national and international level, none of which cause conflict with my work in ICANN. I have no employment, contract, financial interest or other business relationship with ICANN, registries or registrars except BT. I am an elected representative of the ISP and Connectivity Providers Constituency to the GNSO. ........................................................................... Robin Gross - Non Commercial Users Constituency I represent the Non-Commercial Users Constituency on the GNSO Policy Council. I am the Executive Director of IP Justice, an international civil liberties organization based in San Francisco. IP Justice is a California not-for-profit corporation and 501(c)(3). I am also licensed to practice law throughout California, and serve on the Board of Directors of the Union for the Public Domain, a not-for-profit corporation based in Washington DC. I teach international copyright law at Santa Clara University School of Law. From 1999-2002, I was an intellectual property attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. ...................................................................... Norbert Klein – Non-Commercial Users Constituency I am at present a consultant to a Cambodian non-government organization, the Open Forum of Cambodia, which was created in 1994 to facilitate and to foster communication – not only electronic communication – in the conflictive, post-civil war Cambodian society. My relation to the Internet, and since 1999 to ICANN, originated from the fact that I created in 1994 the first possibility for people in Cambodia to have access to e-mail, and in 1996 I created the possibility to have an e-mail address in Cambodia: .kh Neither I nor the Open Forum of Cambodia have registered a top level domain – we use a secondary domain for our organization, under the ccTLD of Cambodia, .kh For myself, I use a webmail account by the German provider GMX, a GMX ProMail account, for which I pay the normal set fees. Neither we as an organization, nor I as an individual, own or have in any other way an economic interest in any IT or ICT company or related holding. ........................................................................... Mawaki Chango - Non Commercial Users Constituency I am currently a full-time Ph.D. student and Graduate Assistant, and I represent the Non-Commercial Users Constituency on the GNSO Council. In addition, I am involved in social activism through my participation in ACSIS (African Civil Society for Information Society), as ICT policy advocator, and advisor to the ACSIS’ President. Over the last five years, I have been involved as a consultant with UNESCO, the International Development Research Centre, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (Dakar), the Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo), and EvalNet (Johannesburg). I have never been involved in any business related to the distribution and operation of Internet resources. ....................................................................... Sophia Bekele - Nominations Committee appointee to the GNSO Council I represent a California based, privately held company, CBS Enterprise Group, which is engaged in international business. As part of its portfolio of services, the company provides systems integration services through CBS International, which delivers domain registration, web hosting and email services to end users via a reseller, agreement with registrars. Less than 10% of CBS's business is derived from these services. In my personal capacity, I do not have any of my moneys, invested in companies that are in the registrar businesses. I do not believe that any activities of the Council or ICANN could have a material effect on the work I do at CBS International. .................................................................... Avri Doria - Nominations Committee appointee to the GNSO Council I am an independent research consultant and have no employment, contract, financial interest, share ownership or any other business relationship with ICANN, registries or registrars except as a holder, and fee payer, of several domain names in .com, .net and .org ...................................................................... Maureen Cubberley - Nominations Committee appointee to the GNSO Council Statement of Interest related to ICANN and the work of the GNSO Council I am a Canadian and I am currently employed in Canada by the Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Government of Manitoba, as the Director of Public Library Services. I am also a senior partner in the consulting firm ASM Advanced Strategic Management Consultants, based in Ontario, Canada. I hold several non-remunerated directorships for various not-for-profit organizations. None of these organizations are related to ICANN. In the past, I have been a Director and the Chair of the Board of Directors of the .ca ccTLD registry CIRA. As a current holder of several .ca domain names, I am a member of CIRA. Consulting work done for ICANN - NONE Consulting work done for a gtld -NONE or cctld registry, - In 2004 I provided consulting services to CIRA. or current applicant to become a gtld or cctld registry - NONE Consulting work done for a registrar - NONE Employment with a registry or registrar - NONE In 2004, I served as Chair of the Business and Financial Evaluation Team, the members of which were appointed by ICANN for the purpose of reviewing 10 applications for new Sponsored gTLDs. ICANN provided each of the Team members, including myself, with an honourarium. I have no financial interest, share ownership or any other business relationship with ICANN, registries or registrars except as a holder of domain names. .............................................................................. Lucy Nichols - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency I am an elected representative of the Intellectual Property Constituency to the GNSO. I am an attorney and currently hold the position of Global Director of Intellectual Property Rights, Brand Protection Portfolio, for Nokia Inc. Nokia Corporation is an investor and Board Member of Mobile Top Level Domain "mTLD", the registry for .mobi. My responsibilities include managing the trademark, domain name, product design and brand enforcement groups of Nokia Corporation. I am a member of the 2006 Nominating Committee of ICANN. I am also on the Board of Directors for the International Trademark Assn. and a member of other IPR related professional organizations including ECTA, AIPLA, and IPO. .......................................................................... Ute Decker - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency I am full time employed as Deputy Director for Global Legal Policy by the IFPI Secretariat. I am also elected representative of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) to the GNSO Council. The IFPI Secretariat is the head office of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) representing the recording industry worldwide. IFPI is a non-commercial private sector non-governmental organisation, funded through membership contributions. IFPI is a member of the IPC. IFPI’s members are 1415 record companies, including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music, and Universal Music and many independent record companies. The IFPI Secretariat provides services to its member and to 48 affiliated national recording industry bodies; and is responsible for co-ordinating international strategies in the key areas of the organisation's work: enforcement of copyright and trademarks, advice on technology and legal developments, relations with governments and national industry bodies, representation in international organisations, litigation, market research, and public relations. .................................................................... Kiyoshi I. Tsuru - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency I, the undersigned, Kiyoshi I. Tsuru am a partner with the law firm of BELLO, GALLARDO, MORALES Y TSURU, S.C., in Mexico City. I specialize in Intellectual Property matters. I serve as a member of the Advisory Committee of NIC Mexico, which is in turn a member of the ccNSO of ICANN. From time to time, I have served as outside counsel to NIC Mexico. I am the country manager for Mexico of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and a WIPO Panelist regarding disputes between domain names and trademarks. ........................................................................ Ken Stubbs - gTLD Registries constituency I am a Director of, and member of the Executive committee of Afilias, Limited. - an ICANN-contracted registry I am also a member of the Policy Advisory Board of the DotMobi Ltd. (operator of the ".mobi" registry). I am an elected representative of the Registry Constituency to the GNSO council and a member of the Nominating Committee In my personal capacity, I have less than 5% of my net worth invested in companies that are involved in ICANN-contracted registry services Other than the entities listed above, I have no other current or "executory" business or contractual relationships with any entity or individuals who currently have business before the GNSO or ICANN. ....................................................................... Cary Karp - gTLD Registries constituency I am Director of Internet Strategy and Technology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), an agency of the Swedish government. This is a full-time salaried position. I serve in a similar capacity for the International Council of Museums (ICOM) of which I am an individual member and NRM is an institutional member. I receive a small additional honorarium for that activity. I hold a non-remunerated position as the President and CEO of the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma), the Sponsoring Organization for the .museum TLD. NRM is the largest museum in Sweden and charged with advising private and corporate entities in that country in matters relating to its sphere of expertise. I am regularly involved in such action. Current activity includes a joint initiative with NIC-SE, the operator of the .se ccTLD, which is collaborating with NRM in a project in the context of the Swedish national "Year of Cultural Diversity 2006". I also advise NIC-SE in general matters relating to IDN. I may from time to time receive separate honoraria for advisory services provided as a result of my position at NRM, and may be similarly compensated for writing and speaking engagements. ICOM is an NGO maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. I am directly involved in activity conducted by ICOM in its relationship with UNESCO. I represent MuseDoma in the gTLD Registry Constituency and am the elected representative for the sTLDs on the GNSO Council. I conduct no other activity with, and have no other interests of any kind that involve, entities maintaining business or contractual relationships with ICANN. .................................................................... June Seo - gTLD Registries constituency I am an employee of VeriSign, Inc., which provides certain domain registration services (directly or through its subsidiaries) for a number of top-level domains, including the following: .com; .net; .jobs; .cc; .tv; .bz. In my personal capacity I have less than 5% of my net worth invested in companies that are involved in registration services for top level domains. I am also an elected representative of the gTLD Registry Constituency to the ICANN GNSO Council. To the best of my knowledge, I have no ownership interest in any entity that currently has business before the GNSO or ICANN, other than as described above. ......................................................................... Bret Fausett - At Large Advisory Committee representative to the GNSO Council I am an attorney, living and working in Los Angeles, licensed to practice law in California (United States). I serve on the GNSO as a liaison from the At Large Advisory Committee, which is charged with representing the interests of end users in all of ICANN's activities. I am partner in the law firm of Cathcart, Collins & Kneafsey, LLP, which currently represents the interests of the Coalition For Internet Transparency ("CFIT" / http://www.cfit.info) in litigation against ICANN and Verisign. In my personal capacity, I have less than 5% of my assets invested in companies that are in the registry services and registrar businesses, including Tucows, Verisign, and Neustar. I do not believe that any activities of the Council or ICANN could have a material effect on the value of my investments. ........................................................................... Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Allocation and prioritization
by Bret Fausett March 25, 2006

March 25, 2006

Here was the excerpt from the ALAC Statement I mentioned: "For the foreseeable future, the primary constraint on the introduction of new TLDs will not be technical limits on the number of entries in the root zone file but ICANN's ability to review and approve applications with its available personnel. Even if ICANN charges an application fee designed to cover the costs of additional evaluation staff, a new evaluation process will move slowly at the beginning due to a lack of institutional experience with the process." Given the fact that staff time may be a significant constraint on implementation, we should consider giving implementation priority to those applications that seek to reach the widest possible number of registrants (which might be one surrogate for "the public interest"). -- Bret

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