December 2008 - lac-discuss-en

REMINDER: LACRALO teleconference today 2100 UTC
by At-Large Staff Dec. 18, 2008

Dec. 18, 2008

Dear all, This is to remind you about today¹s LACARLO teleconference scheduled at 2100 UTC. Please find the draft agenda on the meeting page: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?18_december_2008 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms, Heidi Ullrich ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [lac-discuss-en] [GTLD-WG] ICANN plan for new TLDs comes under barrage of criticism
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 18, 2008

Dec. 18, 2008

There are other views that we should be exposed to. My thanks to Danny Younger for this. Carlton On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081216-icann-plan-for-new-tlds-comes… > > [excerpts] > > -- there's no sign that ICANN has actually paid meaningful attention to the > vehemently negative reactions of numerous companies > > -- The fact that ICANN is selling off virtually any character string, > meanwhile, doesn't just crack the door to fraud, it opens the flood gates, > hangs out a "Welcome" sign, and offers free beer. > > -- The potential for gTLD domain abuse is enormous, especially given the > potency of certain, previously disallowed, domains. ICANN claims it will > only allow companies and individuals who can validly demonstrate why they > should have a certain domain to register it, but that's a laughable > statement given the number of corrupt registrars who don't perform due > diligence. ICANN explicitly states that it "doesn't control content on the > Internet" and "cannot stop spam." How, then, does it propose to regulate > registration and protect the rights of trademark holders? > > -- If you're wondering how a proposal this fundamentally stupid managed to > unanimously pass at ICANN, there's a one-word explanation: Money. > >

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ICANN December Policy Update
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 18, 2008

Dec. 18, 2008

See the December ICANN Policy Update at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-dec08-en.htm Carlton

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Cairo Public Forum Transcript
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 17, 2008

Dec. 17, 2008

Dear Colleagues: Follow this link to see a transcript of the Cairo public forum. Unfortunately, it is in English. http://www.icann.org/en/participate/cairo-public-forum-transcript.html Carlton

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Fwd: [governance] REAL net neutrality in now a hope!
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 16, 2008

Dec. 16, 2008

This is another view that we should at least be aware of. Carlton ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karl E. Peters <kpeters(a)tldainc.org> Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:14 PM Subject: [governance] REAL net neutrality in now a hope! To: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org Quoted on and from the Governance list: "Net neutrality laws are necessary to ensure that Internet service providers do not block content they disagree with or give financial breaks to big tech companies, squeezing out smaller competitors and stifling innovation". I must agree with the author of the above quote!!! (And may it begin at home, with ICANN!!!) ICANN is the world's largest and grandest offender of these very net neutrality ideals when it ignored (and continues to ignore) the original plan that the "alternate roots" would serve as a testbed for the introduction of new TLDs into the "legacy root", now administered by ICANN. ICANN then goes with the big spenders it hopes to gain benefit from in awarding ".biz" away from its successful operator of that day, the Atlantic Root Network. (There is more than adequate proof of the existance of this .biz in carefully kept archives, if anyone cares to challenge!) While ICANN may claim it was unaware of our .biz, surely they heard of Leah Gallegos' testimony before the U.S. Congress on the matter! Surely they knew they were creating a monstrous internet naming collision by proposing a second registry for the same TLD! They simply did not care, because they were expecting big income from the new .biz just as they expect and recieve from the carefully protected Network Solutuions and a few other of their friends. Leah finally curtailed the orgininal .biz in the interest of internet stability, sacrificing her successful business for the smooth operation of the very internet ICANN is charged with protecting! Perhaps ICANN lacked the technical ability to search the internet to see what TLDs were already in operation when they went to create new ones? Was it technical ignorance or simple financial greed that led to that horrible precedent in internet piracy? It had to be one or the other! Which was it? Since the TLDA, in conjuction with the Public-Root, is set to publish its first TapRoot, a listing of all operational TLDs on any root, anywhere in the world on practically zero budget, I dare say it must have been pure greed alone. Had they put out the question for existing TLDs, a chorus of confirmations would have been returned. No nquestions would have remained. Deals could have been struck with existing TLD managers to include them in ICANN's root; but ICANN never even asked. ICANN wanted no proof for which to feel guilty. They just wanted another revenue stream from someone who would owe them a favor, and they got it. The Atlantic Root Nework's TLDs were perfectly operational on at least one root server system and often more than one (through something called cooperation) and had many happy SLD holders through a perfectly functional Registry system. The only difference: . . . we didn't owe them anything, and were proving that what ICANN does is very easily and cheaply duplicated. Such a model was dangerous to the big money schemes that US Government nods kept allowing ICANN to get away with, appearing to have some special ability the rest of the world lacked to run an internet. Now ICANN is pulling away from the US Government auspices entirely and can be tried more easily for their offenses. Perhaps the splintering of today's ICANN will finally allow for true Net Neutrality after all these years! Internet governance will become a little more work and a little less rubber-stamping, but the world will benefit greatly. We, the TLDA stand ready to do our part to assist in the transition. Sincerely yours, Karl E. Peters, President Top-Level Domain Association, Inc. USA (912) 638-1638 P.S. I will make the first draft of the TapRoot available on our webiste very soon and a copy may be had by anyone requesting it at no charge, even ICANN! Write me if you would like to see what is going on outside the gates. ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org To be removed from the list, send any message to: governance-unsubscribe(a)lists.cpsr.org For all list information and functions, see: http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

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Re: [lac-discuss-en] Suggested Agenda Item for LACRALO Teleconference
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 16, 2008

Dec. 16, 2008

Dear Heidi: I have no objection to this addition. See you on the conference. Kind regards, Carlton On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org>wrote: > Dear Carlton, > > > > I am looking forward to joining the LACRALO meeting at 21:00 UTC on > Thursday, 18 December and having a chance to introduce myself to the LACRALO > members. > > > > I would like to suggest that we add to the agenda a discussion of how > LACRALO wishes to organize the LACRALO GA at the summit. Relevant deadlines > include: > > - Deadline for all GA agendas: January 30 > > - Deadline for all summit documents: February 13 (so as to allow for > translation) > > > > Kind regards, > > Heidi > > > > >

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REMINDER: Next LACRALO teleconference 18 December 2100 UTC
by At-Large Staff Dec. 14, 2008

Dec. 14, 2008

Dear all, This is to remind you that the next LACRALO teleconference is scheduled on Thursday, 18 December at 2100 UTC. Please find a draft agenda and further details under: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?18_december_2008 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms, Heidi Ullrich ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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teleconferencing of the 12/12 of the Work group of the Summit
by sylvia＠internautabrasil.org Dec. 12, 2008

Dec. 12, 2008

[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] Subject: teleconferencing of the 12/12 of the Work group of the Summit From: sylvia(a)internautabrasil.org Dear Lacralo Companions: Recien I finish reunion of the work group that this working next to Staff of Icann so that the world-wide encounter of Mejico is a total exito. I have the good news! The members of the group come much working for a long time, since surgio the idea of the Summit in Puerto Rico and results are estan seeing. I can advance to them that the hotel where the representatives lodged of Single ALSs this to two blocks of the main hotel of the encounter (super coway to go and to come and not to lose ningun event). That so hoped annual General Assembly that deberiamos to have done approximately in June 2008 sera made in the first days of encounter. All estan worried so that all the organizations about the 5 regions of ICANN they esten well represented. For that reason, I need that they respond the email that I commanded to them to be able to send the restlessness of LACRALO to the organizing group and the Staff. Know more on the 34 Reunion ICANN and the city of Mexico D.F.en http://mex.icann.org/ Click in REGISTRATION http://forms.icann.org/meeting/mexico_city2009.html and they make the pre-inscription of the encounter. Verify if they have the passport in day, must overcome like minimo the6 of September, that is, 6 months despues of which return to hispaises. Story with you! Greetings, ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ Sylvia Herlein Leite Brazil Internaut _______________________________________________ [[--Original text (es) http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/6bd65ac051.html --]]

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Meeting Minutes 04 December 2008
by At-Large Staff Dec. 12, 2008

Dec. 12, 2008

Dear all, The meeting minutes of the last LACRALO meeting are now available in English on the meeting page: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?meeting_summary_04_december_2008_en Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms, Heidi Ullrich ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Welcome Dr. Heidi Ullrich to the ICANN At-Large Staff!
by Nick Ashton-Hart Dec. 11, 2008

Dec. 11, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that Heidi Ullrich has joined ICANN¹s Policy Department as the Manager for At-Large Regional Affairs. Heidi will be responsible for supporting the activities of the community of individual Internet Users (³At-Large²) participating in ICANN at the regional level. Prior to joining ICANN, she worked with international non-governmental organizations in program management and policy coordination positions strengthening the participation of stakeholder groups in negotiations at the domestic, regional, and international levels. Heidi served as a Program Officer in Trade in Services at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development where she helped to manage multiple international projects on trade in services and sustainable development. At Consumers International, she served as the Global Trade Program Coordinator responsible for the implementation of a multi-million dollar global trade and poverty alleviation program, and also helped support a project surveying the credibility of the Internet from a consumer perspective. Previous to her work with non-governmental organizations, Heidi lectured at the University of Southampton and the London School of Economics, where she also received her PhD. She taught such courses as economic diplomacy and international relations, and has participated in various international research projects, including a study on civil society and accountable global governance. Heidi is based at ICANN¹s headquarters in Marina del Rey, California and reports to the Director for At-Large, Nick Ashton-Hart. Heidi can be reached at <heidi.ullrich(a)icann.org>. As always, please send any administrative or informational request related to At-Large to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 578-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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