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Draft GNSO Improvements Statement from At-Large: Comments due by 31st March 1200 UTC
by At-Large Staff March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

Dear Members of the At-Large Community: I have the pleasure to provide you with the attached draft statement of the ALAC Ad-Hoc Working Group on GNSO Improvements. It is intended that the statement should be transmitted by the At-Large Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of ICANN as a formal statement on behalf of the At-Large community. In order to do this, the following timeline has been established by the Working Group: 1. At-Large community views on the document are requested to be received not later than 31st March at 1200 UTC; 2. The Working Group will meet on 31st March to revise the statement as necessary to reflect the views of the community; 3. The Chair of the ALAC will transmit the finalised statement to the Board of Directors directly after it is finalised. We are requested to point out to you that the consultation on the GNSO Improvements proposal has been extended to 25th April 2008. As a result, the attached statement once finalised will also be transmitted to that public consultation. The consultation is open to all concerned and it is the hope of the ALAC that many members of the community will take this opportunity to comment directly. The consultation can be found at: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gnso-improvements-report-2008. Comments may be sent directly to gnso-improvements-report-2008(a)icann.org. The comments of others may be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements-report-2008/ -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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AT-LARGE ANNOUNCEMENT: Resignation of ALAC Vice-Chair
by At-Large Staff March 18, 2008

March 18, 2008

Dear Community: The Chair of the ALAC has requested that the At-Large Staff notify you that Robert Guerra has resigned his office as Vice-Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee for personal reasons. The ALAC wishes to convey its thanks for his work in this position until his resignation. Robert remains an elected Member of the ALAC from North America and the representative of At-Large to the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. This situation is provided for in Rule 9.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the ALAC as adopted in October 2007: ³If for any reason whatsoever (including lack of quorum, lack or loss of eligibility requirements, resignation, or recall) an officer position becomes vacant before the end of the term, the Chair will promptly start an election to fill it, by sending an ³election call² message and starting the procedure from rule 9.1² In conformity with Rule 9.1 an election call message from the Chair will be forthcoming, which will provide the relevant details of the process to elect a replacement co-Vice-Chair. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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URGENT: Statement on Domain Name Front Running
by At-Large Staff March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Dear Members: The statement reproduced below on the practice known as ³Domain Name Front Running² was approved by the NARALO on 10 March 2008. The ALAC reviewed this statement on 11th March 2008, and by decision of the ALAC you are kindly asked to register any objections to this statement not later than Monday 17 March at 1200 UTC after it will be considered approved by the ALAC and transmitted to the Board by the Chair at her convenience. The statement may be found at the following URL in addition to being reproduced below: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?statement_to_the_icann_board_on_domain _front_running Statement on Domain Name Front Running Presented to NARALO by electronic Mail, 1 March 2008 Dear ICANN board directors: While we are aware that you have been monitoring the public outrage in response to registrar activities that have been variously described as "front-running" and/or "domain reservation" or "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" activities, we are of the view that the obligation to safeguard the operational stability of Registrar Services now requires the immediate temporary establishment of a consensus policy curtailing such practices to be taken in accordance with the board's authority under the provisions set out in section 4.3.4 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, that states: "A specification or policy established by the ICANN Board of Directors on a temporary basis, without a prior recommendation by the council of an ICANN Supporting Organization, shall also be considered to be a Consensus Policy if adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members, so long as the Board reasonably determines that immediate temporary establishment of a specification or policy on the subject is necessary to maintain the operational stability of Registrar Services, Registry Services, the DNS, or the Internet, and that the proposed specification or policy is as narrowly tailored as feasible to achieve those objectives." Please be advised that we have reached this conclusion based in part upon the following considerations: 1. The use of "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" systems has been actively under discussion within the registrars constituency since early October 2007 when three different registrars first advanced the concept within the context of a straw poll on the impact to registrants were the AGP to be eliminated in its entirety (see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page) 2. The use of this domain name reservation practice next came to be adopted by a large-volume registrar (Network Solutions) on or about 8 January 2008, and the practice was immediately condemned by the community at large (with extensive coverage in the Tech media, the general press, in blogs world wide, on domain name forums, and on community discussion lists). 3. The actions of Network Solutions has now spawned a similar project on the part of another large-volume registrar (register.com) and we have no reason to believe that other large-volume registrars will refrain from rapidly setting up comparable efforts. (see Footnote 2). While we recognize that we are unable to point to an ICANN-approved definition of "operational stability of Registrar Services" (as no such definition exists within either current ICANN contracts or supporting materials), we take guidance from the ICANN Policy Document ICP-3 which posits that activities that do not interfere with the operation of the DNS are, generally speaking, those that operate within community-established norms. Such norms tend to respect a set of long-established principles such as the principle of least astonishment. When registrants currently search for a domain name at these registrars using normative search practices, they are clearly astonished by that which results from their efforts: the inability to readily register the domain name of their choice with a more competitive registrar and/or the domain name that they have selected appearing in the WHOIS with the name of the registrar as the registrant of record. (Footnote 3 The community's trust in ICANN's ability to manage the Domain Name System is at stake. It is inappropriate for such registrar activities to proceed unabated in a policy vaccuum. Accordingly we call upon the ICANN board to establish a temporary narrowly-tailored policy as a stopgap until such time as the relevant policy-recommending ICANN Supporting Organizations can provide a comprehensive consensus policy solution. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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FW: Transmittal of SAC 025 to ALAC
by At-Large Staff March 11, 2008

March 11, 2008

Dear At-Large community members: We have the pleasure of providing the attached for your review. ------ Forwarded Message From: Dave Piscitello <dave.piscitello(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:00:49 -0700 To: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org>, <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca>, <vanda(a)uol.com.br>, <cheryl(a)hotek.com.au> Cc: Steve Crocker <steve(a)shinkuro.com> Subject: Transmittal of SAC 025 to ALAC 12 March 2008 Transmittal of SAC025: Fast Flux Hosting and DNS to the ALAC At the direction of the ICANN Board of Directors, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee invites the ALAC to consider the accompanying Advisory, SAC 025: Fast Flux Hosting and DNS. A PDF of the Advisory may be downloaded from the ICANN web site at http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf Cyber-criminals and Internet miscreants use Fast Flux hosting to frustrate anticrime efforts aimed at locating and shutting down web sites used for illegal purposes. Fast flux hosting supports a wide variety of cyber-crime activities (fraud, identity theft, online scams) and is considered one of the most serious threats to online activities today. One variant of fast flux hosting, "double flux", exploits the domain name registration and name resolution services. SAC 025 describes the technical aspects of fast flux hosting and fast flux service networks and explains how the DNS is exploited to abet criminal activities that employ fast flux hosting. The Advisory discusses current and possible methods of mitigating fast flux hosting at various points in the Internet and identifies those methods that SSAC considers practical and sensible. SSAC asks that the ALAC consider in particular the Section entitled Shut Down the fast flux hosts, where measures to reduce the number of hosts that attackers can compromise and use in fast flux attacks are discussed. While these measures alone cannot eliminate fast flux hosting, they can greatly improve the overall Internet security baseline if implemented broadly and uniformly. We thank you in advance for your time and consideration. David Piscitello ICANN Senior Security Technologist, On behalf of the SSAC ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Report on OneDay Workshop for ALAC/AtLarge in New Delhi
by Veronica Cretu March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

Dear ALAC/AtLarge colleagues! Warmest Greetings from Moldova! Back in LA meeting ALAC has launched a "OneDay" workshop initiative. "OneDay" initiative is part of the Organizational Development @ ALAC. With the formation of all five RALOs, ALAC/AtLarge Organizational Development represents the single most important parameter when considering the sustainability of any changes that may have been put in place during the process. Because the results of the LA meeting have proven the need to continue the initiative, the second phase of the "OneDay" has been organized on February 10, 2008 in New Delhi. Today, the “OneDay” Workshop team is happy to provide you with a report on that meeting. Millions of thanks for all those who participated in the event and made it happen, and more importantly, to all those who have provided their feedback: comments, suggestions, recommendations on the OneDay in New Delhi. Don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions, comments, etc. related to the Report. Wishing you all a great week ahead! On behalf of the OneDay Workshop team, As ever, Veronica Cretu Veronica Cretu President, "CMB" Training Center (www.cmb.md ) Phone: 373 22 55 68 64, 27 45 04, Fax: 27 31 96 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) At Large Advisory Committee Member from Eastern Europe, LA, USA http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/cretu.html

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INVITATION TO COMMENT AT-LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT REVIEW
by At-Large Staff March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

Westlake Consulting Limited (http://www.westlakenz.com/) (WCL) has been selected by ICANN's Board of Directors to conduct an independent review of the At-Large Advisory Committee (http://alac.icann.org/) (ALAC). WCL's review team is gathering information from many different sources including a range of people who have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the ALAC. The objectives of the Review are principally: * [To determine] whether the ALAC has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure; and, * If so, whether any change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. The Review Terms of Reference (http://www.icann.org/reviews/alac/alac-review-final-tor-20jun07.pdf) note that: ³It will be important to consider different perspectives relevant to the ALAC, including the views of individual Internet users, the ALSs, the RALOs, past and current Members of the ALAC, and many others within (and perhaps outside of) the ICANN community.² Accordingly, WCL invites individuals or organisations, who wish to contribute observations or information about any aspect of the role, structure or operation of the ALAC, to email their comments to alacreview(a)westlakenz.com, no later than 18 April 2008. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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GNSO Solicits Public Comments on Draft Resolution to Curb Domain Tasting
by At-Large Staff March 9, 2008

March 9, 2008

http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#domain-tasting ICANN¹s GNSO Solicits Public Comments on Draft Resolution to Curb Domain Tasting Comment period 7 March 2008 to 28 March 2008 Please submit comments to: <domain-tasting-motion(a)icann.org> Comments may be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/domain-tasting-motion/ Explanation: The GNSO Council is considering the issue of "domain tasting", a term used to describe the case when someone registers a domain name and then tests to see if the name has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually through pay-per-click advertising). If the name is deemed sufficiently profitable, it is kept. If not, the current "add grace period" (AGP) - where domains can be returned within five days without cost - is used to return the domain at no net cost to the registrant. Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of domains registered and returned within the AGP. ICANN staff prepared an Issues Report in June 2007 http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-domain-tasting-report-1 4jun07.pdf and subsequently a GNSO working group published an Outcomes Report in October 2007. http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-domain-tasting-adhoc-outcomes-report-f inal.pdf The GNSO Council decided on 31 October 2007 to launch a policy development process (PDP) on domain tasting. An Initial Report http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-initial-report-domain-t asting-07jan08.pdf was produced for public comment, outlining the policy development process, possible actions that might be taken, and the arguments put forward for and against such actions. Public comments were incorporated into a draft Final Report (posted 8 February) http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-final-report-domain-tasting-08feb08.p df for GNSO Council review and action. Members of the Council subsequently drafted this motion http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/dnt-motion-6mar08.shtml to curb domain tasting. It would prohibit any gTLD operator that has implemented an add grace period from offering a refund for any domain name deleted during the AGP that exceeds 10% of its net new registrations in that month, or fifty domain names, whichever is greater. An exemption may be sought for a particular month, upon the documented showing of extraordinary circumstances, as detailed in the motion. The GNSO Council will consider public comments and constituency impact statements regarding the draft motion and incorporate them into a further draft for Council consideration at its scheduled 17 April meeting. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --

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Introduction
by Siranush Vardanyan March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

Dear EURALO mailing list members, Hope that some of you know me personally, I am Siranush from Armenia, an alumni for the First Summer School on IG in Germany in 2007 and 31st ICANN Fellow in New Delhi. I am happy to become the part of this group and also will try to contribute from my side as much as possible to the effective discussions taking place here. Congratulations everyone with the Spring, more sun and smile to all of you Siranush Armenia _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Happy Women's Day!!!
by Veronica Cretu March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

Dear ALAC/AtLarge Colleagues! This is to bring the warmest wishes for ALL Women on ALAC/AtLarge, ALL WOMEN within the ICANN community and not only:) ... with the International Women's Day and with the Spring! In our part of the world, we do celebrate March the 8th and it is an important holiday for us, so this is to share with you the spirit of the coming Holiday! « You can do almost anything you put your mind to ... ... You can swim the deepest ocean and climb the highest peak, ... Be a doctor or fly a plane, ... You can face adversity and still walk tall, ... You can be very active in ALAC/AtLarge and ICANN Community:), ... You are strong, beautiful, compassionate and much more than words could ever say! Today is yours, and so is every other day!» Happy Women's Day to all mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and everyone else we have close at heart! Happy Holiday from Moldova, as ever, Veronica

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 17, Issue 9
by rafik dammak March 6, 2008

March 6, 2008

Dear Nick, I am already subscribed since months to Afri-discuss mailing list (which has really low activity) and I have just joined the EURALO list to learn more about the activities. Of course Tunisia is a part of Africa (and even the Africa name is derived from the ancient latin name of Tunisia) but Tunisia has laos economic agreement with EU and has privileged relationships with European countries . Regards Rafik On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM, < euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Short Presentation (rafik dammak) > 2. Re: Short Presentation (Nick Ashton-Hart) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:49:19 +0100 > From: "rafik dammak" <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Short Presentation > To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Message-ID: > <bbd2a2cd0803060449i57d6ce7eq49babfecaa7655b7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello EURALO members, > > My name is Rafik Dammak and I am from Tunisia. Like Siranush and Wolf I am > also an alumni for the first summer school on IG . I also attended the > IGF2007 at Rio. > I have joined the list to be in touch with EURALO people and participating > as an observer. > > > regards > > Rafik > > PS Tunisia is near to Italy than Malta :) > > > > > > >Hope that some of you know me personally, I am Siranush from > > Armenia, an alumni for the First Summer School on IG in > > Germany in 2007 and 31st ICANN Fellow in New Delhi. I am > > happy to become the part of this group and also will try to > > contribute from my side as much as possible to the effective > > discussions taking place here. > > > > > >Congratulations everyone with the Spring, more sun and smile > > to all of > > >you > > > > > >Siranush >

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