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Notice of Intent to Form Cybersafety Constituency
by Robert Hoggarth March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

Dear GNSO Council Members; For your information, attached please find a copy of the Notice of Intent to Form a New GNSO Constituency (NOIF) submitted by Cheryl B. Preston of the CP80.org Foundation proposing to form the new Cybersafety Constituency. Board members have also been sent a copy of the document as an FYI. I will also be sending a copy to the constituencies mailing list as an FYI, and we'll be posting the NOIF on the GNSO Improvements Home Page http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/. Best regards, Rob Hoggarth +1 424.558.4805

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Drafting Team for 'Public Participation' Letter to ICANN Board.
by Adrian Kinderis Dec. 9, 2008

Dec. 9, 2008

All, In today's GNSO wrap up session a number of folks voiced their dissatisfaction with the manner in which the ICANN Public Forum session was conducted. This dissatisfaction centred around the lack of time made available for the public to engage the ICANN Board during the ONLY time that is dedicated to this on the Meeting schedule, especially during this incredibly busy and important time. There were also a number of other issues, such as the inadequate mechanisms for public participation, that has prompted Avri to suggest a letter be drafted expressing these views and that this letter be sent to the ICANN Board. To this end I would like to hear from those that would like to participate in joining a small Drafting Team to get the letter drafted in advance of the Mexico Meeting. Please respond to the list and we can take it from there... Thanks. Adrian Kinderis Managing Director AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd Level 8, 10 Queens Road Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004 Ph: +61 3 9866 3710 Fax: +61 3 9866 1970 Email: adrian(a)ausregistry.com<mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com> Web: www.ausregistrygroup.com<http://www.ausregistryinternational.com/> The information contained in this communication is intended for the named recipients only. It is subject to copyright and may contain legally privileged and confidential information and if you are not an intended recipient you must not use, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this communication in error, please delete all copies from your system and notify us immediately.

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Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional Languages for Comment
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18nov08-en.htm Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional Languages for Comment 18 November 2008 A draft 'Applicant Guidebook' for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is now available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian for review and comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm. The draft Guidebook provides information for those interested in applying for new generic top-level domains. Designed to accompany the draft Applicant Guidebook is a set of Explanatory Memoranda that are intended to assist understanding of the implementation work for new gTLDs. Since these are not the final documents, applicants should not rely on the details contained in the documents since they remain subject to further consultation and revision. Some areas of the new gTLD program remain under development. These include details on: the duration of each stage of the application; third party service providers that will be part of the evaluation panels and manage the dispute resolution; and fees in addition to the "evaluation fee" that will apply only to some applicants depending on the application path. These areas will be made available for public consultation in the near future. ICANN expects to engage in a productive and robust dialogue with the Internet community through this consultative process. Staff will review all comments and provide a summary/analysis of comments to help production of the final Applicant Guidebook, to be released early 2009. New gTLDs and the Internet - Openness Change Innovation After years of discussion and thought, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a global Internet presently served by only 21 generic top-level domain names. As a non-for-profit corporation dedicated to coordinating the Internet's addressing system, ICANN is not doing this to add to its revenue. An implementation plan is being developed with opportunities for public comment. There will be processes for objections. There has also been detailed technical scrutiny to ensure the Internet's stability and security. There will be an evaluation fee but it will recover costs only (expenses so far, application processing and anticipated legal costs). Many thousands of people representing organizations as diverse as domain name registries and registrars, businesses, engineers, scientists, governments, user, academics, and the legal community have contributed. Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which ICANN was founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and growing), diversity, choice and innovation are key. The Internet has supported huge increases in choice, innovation and the competition of ideas. Expanding new gTLDs provides further opportunities. Find out detail at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for GNSO Council Chair 1 - 15 Dec 2008
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 30, 2008

Nov. 30, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Pursuant to the ICANN bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#X-3.7 Section 3.7 The GNSO Council shall select the GNSO Chair, for a term the GNSO Council specifies but not longer than one year, by written ballot or by action at a meeting. Any such selection must have affirmative votes comprising a majority of the votes of all the members of the GNSO Council. A. CALL for NOMINATIONS Monday, 1 December 2008 to Monday 15 December 2008 at 23:00 UTC. A formal nomination period for the election of GNSO Council chair for the period 1 February 2008 until the newly structured GNSO Council is seated and a new chair is elected is now open for two weeks from Monday, 1 December to Monday 15 December 2008, ending at 23:00 UTC. All nominations should be accepted and seconded within the period 1-15 December 2008. Only GNSO Council members are eligible to make nominations and second nominations. Please send all nominations and seconds to: gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org Nominations and seconds will be acknowledged and posted to the council list. B. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE VOTING Unless otherwise decided by the Council, the voting period will be open from Monday, 22 December 2008 at 15:00 UTC to Wednesday, 7 January 2009 at 15:00 UTC. C. VOTING PROCEDURE The voting will be by electronic ballot and the candidate receiving the majority of the votes will be elected as the chair. There will be a total of 27 votes cast. The winning candidate must receive at least 14 affirmative votes. In case of a tie, there will be a second round of voting. The rules governing the process are located at http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/names-proceduresv7.shtml , Section 13. D. GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE: All GNSO Council members are eligible to vote, that is, 3 representatives from each constituency, Registrars, gTLD registries, Commercial and Business Users (CBUC), Non Commercial Users (NCUC), Intellectual Property (IPC), and Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) and the 3 Nominating Committee appointees. Liaisons from the ALAC and the GAC do not vote. E. VOTING Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot. 1. Ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members' e-mail address. 2. The ballots will come from tally[at]icann.org, so please check your spam filter. 3. Ballots should be filled out and returned to the e-mail address stated in the ballot. They should not be copied to any e-mail list. 4. At the scheduled time, the Secretariat will announce the results of the vote by sending a message to the <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mailing list. This announcement will include: a. The number of votes received by each candidate; b. The names of the GNSO Council members from whom ballots were received; and c. The confidential code number of each ballot and the candidate for whom it was voted. Item 4(c) will allow each GNSO Council member to double-check that his or her ballot was properly understood, but will not allow others to determine how the member voted. 5. In exceptional cases where a GNSO Council member has no Internet access during the voting period, a voice vote may be registered with the GNSO Secretariat personally during the voting period, before the vote is closed. F. DISCLOSURE OF THE VOTING The Secretariat will announce the outcome of the voting at the close of the voting period. The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at a scheduled Council meeting in January 2009. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Election of GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 28, 2008

Nov. 28, 2008

Dear Council Members, The nomination period for two GNSO representatives to the Community-Wide WG on Geographical Regions is closed. There are three nominations: 1. Olga Cavalli - NCA, GNSO Council, 2. Eric Brunner-Williams - CTO CORE 3. Zahid Jamil - CBUC - GNSO Council nominated by Mike Rodenbaugh http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05777.html seconded by Kristina Rosette http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05778.html The personal statements from the candidates are posted on the Council mail server list. Zahid Jamil has not yet submitted a statement. The voting process: STARTS on Friday, 28 November 2008 at 20:00 UTC (12:00 noon PST, 15:00 EST, 18:00 Buenos Aires, 21:00 CET, 01:00 Karachi and 07:00 Melbourne on Saturday 29 November) ENDS on Thursday 4 December 2008 at 18:00 UTC. (10:00 PST, 13:00 EST, 16:00 Buenos Aires, 19:00 CET, 23:00 Karachi, 05:00 Melbourne on Friday 5 December) ALL GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, that is, 3 representatives from each constituency, Registrars, gTLD registries, Commercial and Business Users (CBUC), Non Commercial Users (NCUC), Intellectual Property (IPC), and Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) and the 3 Nominating Committee appointees. Weighted voting will apply. Liaisons from the ALAC and the GAC do not vote. The PROCEDURES PROPOSED for the FORMAL ELECTRONIC VOTE are the following: 1. Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot. 2. Ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members' e-mail address. 3. The ballots will come from tally[at]icann.org, so please check your spam filter. 4. The ballot will list all the candidates names plus a choice of 'None of the Above'. 5. Councilors may vote no more than once each for up to two candidates or for 'None of the Above.' 6. Ballots should be filled out and returned to the e-mail address stated in the ballot. They should not be copied to any e-mail list. 7. The Secretariat will announce the results of the vote by sending a message to the council mailing list. This announcement will include: a. The number of votes received by each candidate; b. The names of the GNSO Council members from whom ballots were received; and c. The confidential code number of each ballot and the candidate for whom it was voted. Item 7(c) will allow each GNSO Council member to double-check that his or her ballot was properly understood, but will not allow others to determine how the member voted. 8. In exceptional cases where a GNSO Council member has no Internet access during the voting period, a voice vote may be registered with the GNSO Secretariat personally during the voting period, before the vote is closed. The election period will end on Thursday, 4 December, at 18:00 UTC thereby allowing the Council to communicate the selected representatives to the Board one week prior to their meeting on 11 December 2008. NOTE that the above allows Councilors to vote for two candidates, for one candidate or no candidates. If only one candidate is selected by a Councilor, that selection will only count as one vote (weighted if applicable) for that candidate; it would not be allowed to apply two votes to one candidate. The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at the Council meeting on 18 December 2008. Please return your ballot as soon as possible. The voting period is short. Thank you for your cooperation. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Descriptive statements from candidates for the position of GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 28, 2008

Nov. 28, 2008

Dear Council Members, Nominations have closed for GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG. Please find descriptive statements from 2 of the 3 candidates standing for the position of GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG: 1. Olga Cavalli NCA - GNSO Council 2. Eric Brunner-Williams - CTO CORE 3. Zahid Jamil - CBUC GNSO Council - statement not yet received. Forwarded from Olga Cavalli to the GNSO Council on 26 November 2008: ==================================================================== This is the requested descriptive paragraph on why I am interested in the role and my view on the subject: I chaired the drafting team that prepared the text submitted by GNSO in relation with the creation of this Working Group on Geographic Regions. Complete final text can be found in: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-geographic-regions-26aug08.pdf In this sense, I agree with all concepts and principles included in the document, and I am very much interested in understanding how much of these principles are taken in consideration in the dynamic of the wide WG activities. I also have extensive experience in analyzing geographic regions issues, especially those related with its impact on developing countries, development of Internet traffic exchange points, benefits of establishing free trade areas (like Mercosur) in relation with technology industries and development, etc. Updating the GNSO Council on the activities of this WG will also enhance my role as ccNSO liaison for the GNSO, as I believe that many aspects of both activities are somehow related. I will be pleased to provide further details if needed, especially those about my professional experience. ......................................................................................... Forwarded from Eric Brunner-Williams to the GNSO Council on 26 November 2008: =============================================================================== I've attached a note I wrote to the RC list when we were considering the issue a month ago. It is more or less what I said from the floor at Cairo. It covers what I think are the hazards, and the opportunities we have attempting to actually obtain meaningful regional representation. Attached note in plain text: [Sent to the RC list on 10/19/08] Let me state what I see are issues: 1. citizenship is not necessarily coincident with residence, my initial point. A person who left Ethiopia as a youth and living in California ever since is a poor choice for "the voice of Africa". This is not a hypothetical. 2. I think Israel is in the same part of the world as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. However, Israel choses to identify as part of Europe. Do we have any interest in, that is, _do_we_benefit_by_, forcing one model of region or another on parties seeking to stand for diversity determined responsibilities? Its not just Israel, also Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan identify as "Europe", at least for sports. Where is New Caledonia or Tahiti? How about Guyane? To use the usual mantra, ICANN should not be in the business of defining geographic regions against the will of those folks. Let them choose whether they wanted to vote in one region or another. ICANN should not be telling them what they are, but telling them that they should opt for one and only one description. Something along the lines of "bottom up" vs "top down" is appropriate here. 3. The pseudo-geographical approach has been problematic from the beginning. Requiring someone from the fictitious AP region normally means having someone from Australia or New Zealand. Try and wrap your head around the idea that because Paul and Peter are Antipodeans, ICANN is therefore an Asian-centric organization. ICANN determining that Peter, Paul, Bruce and Adrian are "Asians", not "Europeans", is simply bizarre. Did I mention the problem isn't hypothetical? Now for the cure: We have adequate representation from the brightly light parts of the world city-to-city link map, which Fred Baker was kind enough to point out to me at Paris. Fred's worked (charity) on getting infrastructure into Kabul, and parts of Africa, as do I. Here's the URL: http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/medium/worldBlack.jpg ICANN is staffed primarily from the OECD states. The existing "diversity" requirement has been gamed throughout ICANN's existence to favor rich, well-connected Anglo-Saxons from all over the world. We need to restate the requirement towards material diversity, not fictional diversity, towards some goals of folks, staff or elected, coming from non-OECD countries, the darker parts of that map. The UN's model doesn't fit our needs, which is convenient because we _don't_ benefit by pretending treaty organization regionalism is an adequate representation of diversity of network penetration and availability. So, to a first order, our goal should be half of staff and half of elected roles are the responsibilities of persons from (and not in the remote past either) the non-OECD economies, because our present model is "only token participation, as staff or elected", by persons from anything but OECD economies. Our market is pretty darn good in the OECD market. Where we need help growing our market is in the non-OECD market, and last I looked, 2/3rds of the world's population are in non-OECD countries, and the cost of a domain name is still within the envelope for a huge user base all now well served with cheap cell phones that are already web enabled. What we're doing isn't making us as much money as doing something else. Forwarded from Eric Brunner-Williams to the GNSO Council on 26 November 2008: ============================================================================= I am in broad agreement with the principles expressed by the Council last August, that diversity of participation is a net good, and if selected to the ICANN Geographic Regions WG I will advocate for each of the 12 positions. However, I would like to take this opportunity to convey to the Council my thoughts on the 4th position, which I have previously shared with the Registrar Constituency. Our goal in December of 1997 in creating a regional requirement in the IAHC was to ensure equitable international participation. The principle of equitable international participation is subsumed in the ICANN goals of diversity, opportunity, and the pragmatic limits of simplicity. Equity is not best found by selecting "people like us". We are early adopters, and quite privileged in our accumulation of network resources, in particular, our individual and collective comprehension of, and control over, internet identifiers and the uses to which these are enjoyed or exploited. We must look for "people unlike us" if we are to best implement our policy of equity, or its cognates, diversity, opportunity and simplicity. The "unlikeness" we need to find is not unlike citizenships, as we could satisfy that requirement within area code 408 (San Jose and environs), and never leave the metaphoric "machine room at cisco", or the median income for OECD countries. We need to find "unlikeness" that is substantive, not formal, and residency is a better indicator of a candidate's awareness of local network cost, availability, and "hot spots", than standing to vote. I hope that the Council will substitute "residency" for "citizenship", or sufficiently nuance "citizenship" to replace a formal measure with a substantive measure of diversity. I would be very surprised if we could not meet our diversity goal for "a person from X", and not find a person who is a citizen of some state within X, but I can think of examples where I've no idea of the citizenship of a person from X who's input to ICANN at any level easily meets the requirement for equitable international participation. Thank you for your collective attention, Eric Brunner-Williams CTO, CORE Forwarded from Eric Brunner-Williams to the GNSO Council on 26 November 2008: ============================================================================== I confirm that I support the GNSO adopted principles stated in the following URL: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-geographic-regions-26aug08.pdf and that I will be a committed advocate for these principles. Thank you. kind regards, Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Election of GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 27, 2008

Nov. 27, 2008

Dear Council Members, The nomination period for two GNSO representatives to the Community-Wide WG on Geographical Regions ends tomorrow Friday, 28 November at 18:00 UTC. So far we have three nominations: Olga Cavalli - NCA, GNSO Council, Eric Brunner-Williams - CTO CORE Zahid Jamil - CBUC, GNSO Council Please send any additional nominations, including self-nominations, to the GNSO Secretariat GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG before 18:00 UTC Friday, 28 November 2008. The voting process will be initiated on Friday, 28 November 2008 at 20:00 UTC 12:00 noon PST, 15:00 EST, 18:00 Buenos Aires, 21:00 CET, 01:00 Karachi and 07:00 Melbourne on Saturday 29 November. All personal statements from the candidates will be posted to the Council mail server list on Friday, 28 November 2008. The procedures proposed for the formal electronic vote are the following: 1. The list of nominated candidates will be provided with the statements provided from the candidates. 2. The ballot will list all the candidates names plus a choice of 'None of the Above'. 3. Councilors may vote no more than once each for up to two candidates or for None of the Above. 4. Weighted voting will apply. 5. The election period will end on Thursday, 4 December, at 18:00 UTC thereby allowing the Council to communicate the selected representatives to the Board one week prior to their meeting on 11 December 2008. Note that the above allows Councilors to vote for two candidates, for one candidate or no candidates. If only one candidate is selected by a Councilor, that selection will only count as one vote (weighted if applicable) for that candidate; it would not be allowed to apply two votes to one candidate. If anyone objects to this procedure or wants to suggest a modification, please communicate that NLT this coming Friday, 28 November. In either of the above scenarios, Council will confirm the election of the representatives in the Council meeting on 18 December so that it is on the record. Please note: the ballots will be sent from (tally(a)icann.org) so please watch your spam filters as well! Thank you for your cooperation, Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Security advisory Hyderabad IGF Meeting
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 27, 2008

Nov. 27, 2008

Forwarded Useful information for those travelling to Hyderabad ICANN Security staff are monitoring the recent attacks in Mumbai and have the following immediate advice for staff and other travelers to the upcoming IGF Meeting in Hyderabad. 1) If possible - transit through Mumbai Airport to Hyderabad should be avoided. Police activity and increased security in Mumbai is already causing significantly increased delays in transit. Increased security nationwide will likely affect other cities in India over the next several days but will cause the greatest delays in Mumbai for the short term. 2) Novatel Hyderabad and Hyderabad International Convention Centre staff have advised that additional security and police coverage will be in place for the IGF meeting. Attendees should be prepared to furnish additional identification to authorities in transit and at the hotel/conference venues. 3) No specific information has been developed to indicate that there are increased threats to the meeting venue but attendees should continue to monitor the situation and maintain contact with meeting organizers. The well coordinated attacks in Mumbai appear to target western visitors and ICANN board and staff should take appropriate precautions to avoid high profile while in country. Links to media coverage of the attacks include: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm http://www.cnn.com http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2 Disclaimer ICANN assumes no liability for the accuracy of this information or for actions taken based on our warnings. Geoff Bickers Director of Security Operations ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way | Ste 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA tel +1 310 823 9358 | fax +1 310 823 8649

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Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Draft Implementation Plan
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 27, 2008

Nov. 27, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26nov08-en.htm Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Draft Implementation Plan 26 November 2008 ICANN is pleased to release an updated draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD fast track process [PDF, 265K]. The updated document contains clarifying information about the notion of IDN tables. An IDN Table is a table listing all those characters that a particular TLD registry supports. If one or more of these characters are considered a variant this is indicated next to that/those characters. It is also indicated which character a particular character is a variant to. The IDN table usually holds characters representing a specific language but can also be characters from a specific script. With the updated draft document, ICANN is seeking community input about the approach to development of the IDN tables. The comment period for the Draft Implementation Plan has been extended to 7 January 2009 to allow for additional community review of the updated draft document. Comments on the Draft Implementation Plan are welcome via email to ft-implementation(a)icann.org . An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ft-implementation/. Related links: Public comment period: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200812.html#plan-idn-… Revised Fast Track Draft Implementation Plan: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan… Working Group Final Report (with public comments): http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/staff-considerations-idnc-wg-… [PDF, 269K] Fast Track webpage: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/ Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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281,000 Domains to be Transferred from EstDomains to Directi
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 27, 2008

Nov. 27, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25nov08-en.htm 281,000 Domains to be Transferred from EstDomains to Directi 25 November 2008 An estimated 281,000 domain names held by EstDomains will be transferred to ICANN-accredited registrar Directi Internet Solutions following the termination of EstDomains' registrar accreditation yesterday. Customers of EstDomains will be contacted directly by Directi and receive notice of the transfer plus instructions for continued management of their names. There will be no cost to the registrants for this transfer. EstDomains was informed on 28 October 2008 that ICANN was terminating the company's accreditation due to its president's conviction for credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery. ICANN stayed that termination following correspondence with EstDomains. However, after further investigation, ICANN decided to go ahead with the termination, effective yesterday, 24 November 2008. In accordance with the De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure, ICANN put out a request for statements of interest from registrars interested in receiving a bulk transfer of the names formerly managed by EstDomains. As part of that procedure, EstDomains is permitted to designate a gaining registrar. It chose to use that option and identified ICANN-accredited registrar Directi. ICANN reviewed that request and approved it. Registrants with names registered through EstDomains should contact Directi for customer service. Directi has set up a specific webpage to deal with the transfer, available at: http://directi.com/estbulktransfer. Also below are answers to some common questions regarding the bulk transfer. Related links: Contact information on the transfer from Directi: http://directi.com/estbulktransfer ICANN decision to continue with termination of EstDomains (12 Nov): http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12nov08-en.htm ICANN decision to stay termination following correspondence with EstDomains (29 Oct): http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-29oct08-en.htm ICANN notice of termination of EstDomains (28 Oct): http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28oct08-en.htm De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure: http://www.icann.org/en/processes/registrars/de-accredited-registrar-transi… Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm Q&A Q. Why did ICANN authorize the bulk transfer? A. EstDomains' Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) was terminated by ICANN due to RAA compliance issues. As a result, EstDomains is no longer permitted to register or manage gTLD registrations. In order to protect the customers of EstDomains, ICANN initiated that De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure and determined that the bulk transfer would promote the community interest. Q. Will Directi attempt to contact the affected registrants? What should current/former EstDomains customers do? A. Former customers of EstDomains should receive a notice of the transfer and instructions for continued management of their names from Directi. Affected customers who do not receive notices from Directi should contact Directi directly, using the control panel provided at http://directi.com/estbulktransfer. Q. Do registrants have to pay a fee for the bulk transfer? A. No, there is no cost to registrants for the bulk transfer. Unlike a normal inter-registrar transfer, the registration terms will not be extended by a year. Accordingly, it is important to contact Directi if your registration will expire soon in order to maintain your registration. Q. When will the transfer begin? A. Today. ICANN has acted as soon as possible after the termination date and after all the transition procedures have been followed. Q. When will the bulk transfer take place? A. The affected registries have already begun taking steps to effectuate the bulk transfer. The process is expected to be complete by 1 December 2008. Q. How will the domain registrant data be handled? A. EstDomains will provide the full registrant details to Directi. In the event there are any issues with the data, ICANN has a full backup of the data through its data escrow system. Q. What if former EstDomains customers want to use a different registrar? A. Registrants will continue to be able to transfer their registrations to other registrars under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (see http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/) Note that Directi may deny transfers for the first 60 days following the bulk transfer, at Directi's discretion. This 60-day period is permissible under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, and is intended to help protect registrants. Names that will expire during the first 60 days following the transfer to Directi should be renewed by the registrant by contacting Directi using the control panel provided at http://directi.com/estbulktransfer. Q. How will EstDomains customers know if an email message purportedly from Directi is legitimate? A. For general advice about avoiding phishing email messages, you may wish to refer to the materials prepared by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (see http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html) If you believe a message purportedly from Directi is not legitimate, you should navigate to their web page directly, at http://directi.com/estbulktransfer. This file last modified 25-Nov-2008 Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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