October 2007 - NA-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Schedule Conflicts Matrix
by Nick Ashton-Hart Oct. 23, 2007

Oct. 23, 2007

Dear All: I asked a colleague to draw up a document showing the conflicts between the At-Large schedule and the rest of the ICANN LA schedule - it is attached. Hopefully this will help all of you planning on attending the meeting. Fly safe and I'll look forward to seeing you all in a few days! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 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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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 22, 2007

Oct. 22, 2007

Resending. From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 20:55 To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; 'NA Discuss'; 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; 'Asia-Pacific Discuss' Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] FW: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Boards request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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New Community input into IGD processes web site.
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Oct. 21, 2007

Oct. 21, 2007

Following is some information about a new web site to facilitate Community input into IGF processes, that some of you may have an interest in contributing to. Firstly let me apologise for the cross posting between lists but it is important IMO that information such as this gets out to the Regional Lists as well as the public At-Large list subscribers. This information was recently posted to the ISOC Public Policy list as well, so some of you no doubt are already aware of this new initiative, but I have been requested by Jeremy Malcolm to assist my spreading the word and encouraging participation from the widest possible audience ( so feel free to pass it on) into this new and important initiative. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) <SNIP> from email previously sent to : plenary(a)intgovforum.org, governance(a)lists.cpsr.org , memberpubpol(a)elists.isoc.org on 19th October 2007. A new Web site for the IGF community has just been launched at http://igf-online.net/ by the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition (ODCD), a bottom-up multi-stakeholder working group of the IGF. The new site already hosts a number of useful resources including a community blog, wiki, calendar, chat and needs feeds, most of which were selected for their capacity to support multilingual usage. It also features a specially-designed menu running along the top of most pages of the site, that links in external Web sites including the Secretariat's official Web site and that of the Rio hosts. This new site for the Rio meeting and beyond supersedes last year's site (which, beset by hosting troubles, is currently inaccessible), and thanks to a sponsor's generosity now provides the IGF community with a dedicated server on which a large variety of online tools can be hosted without the limitations of a standard Web hosting service. Members of the IGF community, including dynamic coalitions, are encouraged to begin using the new site now. By registering (or logging in with your existing OpenID) you can begin posting on the community blog, adding events to the calendar, and entering information on the wiki. Hosting of other content will be accommodated on request. Volunteers are needed to help with translating the site's content into other languages, designing a complementary set of themes, and spreading the word. Please contact me or the Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition if you would like to help, have any trouble using the site, or have any new ideas for it. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' <end SNIP>

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FW: ccTLD IDN
by Jacqueline A. Morris Oct. 20, 2007

Oct. 20, 2007

Dear At Large Please take notice of the communication from the ccNSO Chairman below. IDNs are a very important issue, especially to the individual internet user who uses other scripts. The At Large also has a working group on IDNs, chaired by Hong Xue, and you are encouraged to join. At Large IDN Policy work can be found at HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation"https://st.icann.o rg/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation Thanks Jacqueline A. Morris ALAC Chair From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 21:06 To: 'Jacqueline A. Morris' Cc: Boswinkel, Bart Subject: ccTLD IDN Importance: High Greetings Jacqueline, As you are aware, the ICANN Board resolved in San Juan on 29 June 2007, inter alia, that the ICANN community including the GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, and ALAC continue to work collaboratively, taking the technical limitations and requirements into consideration, to explore both an interim and an overall approach to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes and recommend a course of action to the Board in a timely manner. Since San Juan, the ccNSO Council has undertaken a considerable program of work to determine the best way to respond to the Board’s request. Overall approach At a meeting on 12 September 2007, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, the ccNSO Council requested an Issue Report be prepared to establish whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes. In preparing the Issue Report the Issue Manager (Bart Boswinkel) should take into account the joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, the technical limitations and requirements, and any other matters that the Issues Manager considers to be of relevance. The Issues Report is the first step in the process of launching ccPDP and at large input will be sought throughout the preparation of the Report. Should a ccPDP be launched following the Issues Report, the ccNSO will seek to work closely with the at large community. Interim approach The ccNSO Council agreed that the first step in considering an interim approach should be to determine the extent of the pressing need claimed by some in the community. On 5 October 2007 I sent a letter to all ccTLD managers seeking answers to three questions. I anticipate that the responses to this letter will provide guidance as to whether an interim fast-track approach to enable the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs is a desirable and necessary step. As there is no pre-defined process to deal with such an interim approach, the ccNSO has released two discussion documents (attached) regarding a possible interim approach to IDN ccTLDs. The Designing an Interim Approach document considers how an interim approach could be managed and canvasses time lines. The Charter IDNC document is a first draft of what the charter for an interim approach committee might look like. The principle of having an interim approach, the results of my letter to ccTLD managers, and these two documents will be discussed by the ccNSO in Los Angeles. As you will appreciate there is some urgency to resolve the issue of an interim approach and this is why the ccNSO is working to a tight schedule. I would hope, in the event that an interim fast-track approach can be developed to enable the deployment of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs into the root, that the timing for this be closely aligned with the release of gTLD IDNs. I shall be grateful if you will forward this email to the ALAC, At Large and RALO lists for their information. Kind Regards, Chris Disspain Chair – ccNSO Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54

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Re: [NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Revised List of Candidates
by Evan Leibovitch Oct. 18, 2007

Oct. 18, 2007

[ re-routed from ALAC to the NA list because there have already been warnings there about being potty mouthed ] Brendler, Beau wrote: > I simply intended to try to bring a really bright guy into the fold to be helpful to the ALAC (and to me), not to create a debate about what his title should be, procedure, rules, etc. > Couldn't have said it better. Your efforts to improve At-Large's capacity to make informed judgments are greatly appreciated in some corners of this community. However, this is ALAC, where no good deed goes unpunished. If ALAC won't have Jon, I suspect that NARALO will. - Evan

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Getting the WHOIS word out to users
by Ross Rader Oct. 18, 2007

Oct. 18, 2007

Danny Younger wrote: > Re: "Furthermore, ICANN has no policy to support the > status quo." > > That's not how I see it. > > The Joint Project Agreement's Affirmation of > Responsibilities signed by the ICANN Board states: There is no existing policy that requires Whois service to be available. There are some peripheral policies, but the core service is not governed by any policy. It was simply instantiated in the contracts as a placeholder while the community worked out what ought to happen. If you can find a policy that says otherwise, I'm all ears. -r

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At-Large Community Meeting with ICANN Board members
by Nick Ashton-Hart Oct. 18, 2007

Oct. 18, 2007

Dear All: FYI, this is now set for 0900-1100 on Tuesday. NARALO members: your meeting is scheduled for 1000 - 1300. There was no option for the board that didn't overlap with this. Do let me know what you wish to do. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 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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Re: [NA-Discuss] Getting the WHOIS word out to users
by RJGlass | America＠Large Oct. 17, 2007

Oct. 17, 2007

I'm still not sold. Just now I am watching a similar argument on TV. The similar argument is that of the sexual predator database that most police departments post online. The argument is that by having this database that they will thwart sexual predators. In reality, it is just a way to appear to do something to solve the problem rather than actually doing something to solve the problem. Just as with WHOIS, there are real solutions to these problems rather than just appearing to. -rj A@L On 10/16/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Randy, > > This month alone there will probably be around 32,000 > unique phishing sites created with an average lifespan > of 3.8 days. These sites this month will defraud > customers out of over $26,000,000. > > There are some that will argue that their privacy is > more important than a government's right to > expeditiously deal with criminals. I am not in that > camp. > > WHOIS is a legitimate tool being used by groups such > as the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), law > enforcement, and by organizations such as the American > Red Cross (that uses WHOIS in pursuing the registrants > of fraudulent charity or disaster relief websites). > > These groups collectively have made proper use of a > service that has long been publicly available. To > curtail, restrict, limit or delay their use of this > service is not in Society's best interest. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > -- ------------------------- AmericaAtLarge.org RJPacific.com DDMF.org

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Requesting Your Input...
by Thompson, Darlene Oct. 17, 2007

Oct. 17, 2007

Hi all, Here is one of the things that the Secretariats will be discussing in LA and I would like to get NA feedback before I'm there "representing" us. Here it is: "Currently, ICANN's budget provides that funding exists for approximately 18-20 persons from the At-Large community from the region each ICANN meeting is held in to attend the meeting. This has to the present day been used to sponsor one representative of each ALS in attending, but as the community grows this will not be sustainable. ICANN would like the input of the Secretariats about what kind of travel support is actually useful to support policy work. Would 'means testing' - requiring active engagement by community members in order to receive travel support, for example - be useful to increase participation? Would more regional ALS meetings be a better use of the funds? Is a hybrid approach of some regional meetings and some ICANN meetings sensible? In addition, this track of work is meant to discuss the idea for an At-Large Summit. What could it achieve, and how? Is such a meeting the only way to achieve certain objectives - and if so, which ones?" So, I would like your contribution into this issue. I, for one, will be asking for more regional input into HOW these funds are spent. Note - not ALAC input but our own region's input. But this is only part of what we will be discussing. So, if you have any thoughts, please forward them to me or discuss them on the list so that I will know which way we want to take this. Thank you, D Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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Call for Statements of Interest for NA-RALO Chair
by Bret Fausett Oct. 16, 2007

Oct. 16, 2007

Dear Colleagues, As discussed on our last teleconference, we had one statement of interest submitted for North American Secretariat, from Darlene Thompson, and she has been selected by acclamation. As no one submitted a statement of interest for Chair, we agreed to reopen the call for a two week period. This time we will have at least one statement of interest, as I, Interim Chair, will put my name in the hat in an email following this one. If others submit their names, then Darlene will oversee an election. If only one candidate remains interested, then we will take steps to approve the appointment, for a period of approximately one year (through the end of the ICANN annual meeting in 2008), by acclamation. Those interested, please forward names and backgrounds to Darlene, who will post them to the list. Bret -- Bret Fausett (skype me at "lextext") smime.p7s is a digital signature http://www.imc.org/smime-pgpmime.html -------------------------------------

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