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

[Fwd: Re: African Region finishes its MoU]
by Wendy Seltzer March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

With or without RALOs, these are concrete issues of concern to individual Internet users. Should ALAC be writing reports, starting PDPs, or just letting its users' concerns lie? (I vote against the last option...) --Wendy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] African Region finishes its MoU Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:55:49 -0800 (PST) From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> To: NA Discuss <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Re: "February has turned out to be a good month for the At-Large community" I guess that depends on who you talk to: (1) The registerfly.com debacle has already resulted in 75,000 domain name registrations that weren't processed in January owing to fraud and mismanagement. http://icann.org/correspondence/registerfly-notice-of-breach-21feb07.pdf (2) The Chair of the Registrars Constituency has revealed that ICANN has never implemented registrant data escrow protection by failing to provide a schedule, terms, and format for data escrow. http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg06000.html (3) GNSO Councilor Sophia Bekele has reported that two prominent domain name resellers have been denied membership in the GNSO Business Constituency (which they viewed as the necessary conduit that would allow for full participation in the GNSO IDN Working Group). These firms are Regtime of Russia and Karmania Media (Iran). The sordid details are at http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03256.html (4) The NCUC posts a press release describing ICANN as the Net's Word Police. http://www.bloggernews.net/14882 (5) The Eurid Registry (.eu) finds it necessary to create a Registrar Code of Conduct; Eurid will establish a platform to better log the flood of complaints against registrars (this is after having sued 400 registrars for breach of contract and having earlier suspended 74,000 domains). http://www.eurid.eu/images/Documents/CoC/code_of_conduct_en.pdf --- Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> wrote: > For those who don't already know this, the African > ALS Community > finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the > Office of the > General Counsel late last week. > > The European ALS community will also be meeting in > Lisbon and are > committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws > there - making > three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. > > Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has > turned out to be > a good month for the At-Large community :) > > -- > Regards, > > Nick Ashton-Hart > Director, At-Large > ICANN > PO Box 32160 > London N4 2XY > United Kingdom > Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > --- > Draft MoU with ICANN: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU > > Draft Operating Principles: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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African Region finishes its MoU
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

For those who don't already know this, the African ALS Community finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the Office of the General Counsel late last week. The European ALS community will also be meeting in Lisbon and are committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws there - making three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has turned out to be a good month for the At-Large community :) -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU and OP Today
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

I thought the wider At-Large world would be keen to hear the good news from Asia today. Congratulations to the AP At-Large Community :) It was great to meet you all and I look forward to helping to facilitate your making a difference for a long time to come :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Izumi AIZU <iza(a)anr.org> Date: 28-Feb-2007 22:57 Subject: [APAC-Discuss] AP-RALO completed MoU and OP To: Interim ALAC <alac(a)icann.org>, Asia-Pacific Discuss < apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear all, I would like to take this opportunity to report that AP RALO formation meeting here in Bali during APRICOt took place today, and I am pleased to share that we have completed most of the tasks for the formation, we reached the consensus on Draft MoU with ICANN, and also on Operating Principles. 12 ALS representative out of 13 gathered here and we put our initiating signatures to the documents, to be submitted to the ICANN Board. We could not complete the selection of new ALAC members and officers, but agreed with the selection schedule, including the nomination starting shortly, for a week, etc. The official announcment should come any time soon together with the minutes of our meeting. As one of "interim" members of ALAC together with Ms. Hong Xue from AP region, I personally feel greatful to all the support and active involvement of all ALS members here in our region, as well as staff support, and also all the friendly advices and suport from larger ALAC friends in other regions and othe ICANN community memebrs. Nom-com designated Siavash did the great job of charing the session of the entire day. Special thanks to Siavash! Well, the real tasks will be still there, and not easy, but I hope we will eventually make rational and meaningful steps to bring the voices of individual users in this region to the ICANN policy process. izumi _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Asia Pacific At-Large community meeting Feb 28th
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 25, 2007

Feb. 25, 2007

Dear All: The Asia Pacific At-Large community is engaging in their final-stage negotiations on the contents of their MoU with ICANN on February 28th, in a meeting that is part of the APRICOT 2007 Conference in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting documents are all available online via the www.apralo.org website. I look forward to meeting the regional representatives in a couple of days! Baher Esmat and Save Vocea from the Global Partnerships team will be at the meeting too, alongside other events they are a part of at APRICOT. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Vancouver ICANN outreach session hosted by TC
by Garth Graham Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

For your info, and as an invitation, here's the announcement of the Telecommunities Canada session now on the program of the PCNA 2007 Summit in Vancouver. GG Garth Graham 25-118 Aldersmith Place, Victoria, BC, Canada, V9A 7M9 250-721-5494 Skype: gghis voice ================================= WHAT’S A NARALO? Telecommunities Canada is hosting an open “ICANN Outreach” session at the Pacific Community Networks Association 2007 Summit: Strategic use of ICTs for Communities, Vancouver, February 23-25, 2007. < http://www.2007summit.ca/> Friday, Feb 23rd, 10:30 – 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time. SESSION DESCRIPTION Telecommunities Canada is exploring ways to increase public participation in “Internet Governance” issues. One opportunity we see involves working with and through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system. In understanding the interests of individual Internet users (referred to by ICANN as the "At-Large" community) they rely on an At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). ICANN is in the process of encouraging the formation of the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) to be a forum and coordination point in North America for public input via the ALAC. Telecommunities Canada is acting in cooperation with other organizations to assist in NARALO”s formation, particularly to gain leverage in addressing the way that telecommunications policy reform in Canada will impact on Internet Governance issues. In this session, we’d like to think aloud about our plans and receive your comments by: · Reviewing and discussing the thinking of TC and other agencies about the opportunities that might flow from NARALO formation, · Providing a window on what NARALO/ALAC/ICANN participation could involve for other interested user groups attending the 2007 Community Networking Summit. REMOTE PARTICIPATION: There will be remote participation in this session, facilitated via the Marratech video e-meeting and web collaboration environment now being tested by ALAC. The meeting room is “open” now and throughout February. We’d encourage you to spend time learning how it works before entering the session. There are 2 ways to enter the MarrraTech e-meeting room: 1 - Java Webstart (The preferred method) Click the following link which will automatically install the Marratech client: http://uk.emeetingportal.com/launch.jsp?sid=537 When prompted enter the user details: Username: spamcop Password: spamcop This will take you into the virtual meting room. 2 - Installed client Download the installation file from our website: www.marratech.com/download and install in the usual manner Open Marratech, select 'Marratech Meetings' / 'UK & France' Login on the left hand side with the above details and your room will appear at the bottom of the list under 'Private Rooms' - click to enter. When you are “in” the room, you will notice on the lower right-hand corner of the screen, at the bottom of the participants panel, there are three on/off buttons with icons for video, audio-out and audio- in. Because of possible audio feedback/echo problems, please do not leave the audio-in button on, unless you are speaking or are using a head-set. ------ end ----

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Fwd: [At-Large] Independent Review of At-Large
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 20, 2007

Feb. 20, 2007

All members of the community are advised to read the announcement below. Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Date: 20 February 2007 14:57:10 GMT > To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac(a)icann.org> > Subject: [At-Large] Independent Review of At-Large > > At the Sao Paulo ICANN meeting, the Board approved a comprehensive > schedule for independent review of ICANN’s structures (as required > under > Article IV, Section 4 of the Bylaws), as well as the Board: > > • Nominating Committee – estimated launch December 2006 > • At-Large Advisory Committee – estimated launch February 2007 > • DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee – estimated launch July > 2007 > • Board – estimated launch October 2007 > • Security and Stability Advisory Committee – estimated launch > January 2008 > • ccNSO Supporting Organisation – estimated launch July 2008 > • Address Supporting Organisation – estimated launch December 2008 > > These reviews are intended to ensure an independent examination of the > role and operation of key elements of ICANN, and are part of ICANN’s > ongoing commitment to its evolution and improvement. As with the > first > two independent reviews, which were completed for the GNSO Council and > the GNSO, these reviews will be conducted in an objective way by > independent evaluators, under guidance from the Board on the review’s > terms of reference, and with opportunity for public review and comment > on the results of the reviews. > > **Accordingly, input from the At-Large Advisory Committee, Regional > At-Large Large Organizations, and the At-Large community is invited on > the draft Terms of Reference for the ALAC review. Please provide Nick > Ashton-Hart <staff(a)alac.icann.org> with your comments and > suggestions. > Nick will be following-up with more information.** > > Draft Terms of Reference (TOR), which detail questions that will guide > the independent reviewer, will be developed by staff and presented to > the Board Governance Committee. This Committee, which has oversight > responsibilities for independent reviews, will have draft TOR > posted for > public comment and then finalized. You may find the draft TOR for the > Nominating Committee Review to be illustrative > <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12dec06.htm>. > > Thank you for your interest and involvement in At-Large. > > Regards, > Denise > > Denise Michel > Vice President, Policy Development > ICANN www.icann.org > denise.michel(a)icann.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge- > lists.icann.org > > www.alac.icann.org > www.icannalac.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Map of the GNSO Policy Development Process
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

Dear all: I've attached a scan of a handout I recently received which neatly maps the process at a high level of how the PDP process works in the GNSO. I hope this is handy. We are working on producing more of this kind of information, with accompanying descriptions, to make processes like this easier to understand. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Response to the Ombudsman's report
by Wendy Seltzer Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

It appears that the Ombudsman's "report" has been posted publicly. Here is my personal response: The Ombudsman is quick to extol the virtues of Ombudsmanship (Report, p.15), but slow to put them into practice. He praises the flexibility and equitable alternatives open to an ombudsman, as distinct from a court of law, then treats the At-Large Advisory Committee like the hostile target of a grand jury investigation with no opportunity to respond. Using selective quotation from interim drafts circulated on internal lists, he paints a skewed picture of the Committee's processes and conclusions, and therefore misses some of the key facts in the dispute. The Committee does not deny responsibility for some delays. At the same time, the Committee was often barred from more rapid response by its ICANN-appointed staff, who unilaterally blocked Committee publication of vote results and then sent notifications to applicants without offering the Committee any opportunity to review or correct them. There are indeed problems to be addressed in the ALAC's functions, many of them deep structural problems in ICANN's construction of the ALAC, but the Ombudsman's determination that the Committee must be publicly shamed unfortunately misses the opportunity to make progress in resolving any of them. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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Fwd: Question about the process of selecting ALAC members
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

Dear all: Since a query was raised about the possibility of the Nominating Committee having a potential role in the appointment of NA ALAC Reps, I wanted you to see the reply by Dan Halloran in respect of this point. The quotation is my question; his outdented text below is the reply. Please note that the query below that is in reference to when ALAC members must be elected post-RALO formation; I've included this here, as it may be of use: -------- > If a region wishes to adopt a procedure to require consensus in > choosing its two regional ALAC members whereby, if consensus cannot > be reached, the decision is referred to an entity external to At- > Large, can they do this? The NA region is discussing referring > deadlocks to the Nominating Committee, instead of simply voting > based upon a vote. I think the Bylaws are clear that it is the responsibility of the RALO to select the two ALAC members. The RALO could maybe refer to an external source for guidance or suggestions, but the ultimate responsibility for making the selection rests with the RALO. I do not think it would be appropriate to allow the ICANN Nominating Committee to take over the responsibility for selecting ALAC members from the RALO. The Bylaws specify that the NomCom picks 5 out of 15 ALAC members, and it would not be appropriate to grant the NomCom more selections by ceding them from the RALOs. Also the ALAC is responsible for picking 5 out of 17 members for the NomCom, and we need to avoid any drift towards "circularity" in all these committees. (Perhaps something could be worked out with the NomCom where they would share information about willing and qualified but not-selected candidates? But that's a far stretch from directly allowing the NomCom to appoint the RALO's ALAC members ...) > Some regions are wondering if they should delay electing their > ALAC representatives until the ICANN AGM each year. Of course LAC > didn't choose to do this, and I have advised them that they are > under no obligation to wait; they can elect new ALAC members (or re- > elect the same people) to replace the Board appointees upon > signature of the MoU. RALOs don't have to wait until the AGM to elect their ALAC members. The terms of the two members coincide with the end of alternating AGMs, but the RALOs can (and probably should) hold their elections for those postions in advance of the actual AGM. On your further question on point 3, the Bylaws do explicitly provide that new RALO-selected ALAC members will immediately displace the Board-appointed Interim members: "Upon the entry of each RALO into such a Memorandum of Understanding, that entity shall be entitled to select two persons who are citizens and residents of that Region to be members of the At-Large Advisory Committee established by Article XI, Section 2(4) of the New Bylaws. Upon the entity's written notification to the ICANN Secretary of such selections, those persons shall immediately assume the seats held until that notification by the Interim At-Large Advisory Committee members previously selected by the Board from the RALO's region." <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#XX-7.5 > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Newest Accredited At-Large Structures
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 15, 2007

Feb. 15, 2007

Good afternoon all! Since Annette Muehlberg, Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee is ill, I have been asked to pass along the following: The Interim ALAC conducted a vote on pending ALS applications during the period of 16th January 2007 at 12 noon and through 6th February 2007 at 12 noon ((GMT)). The respective ALSes are being informed about the result by ICANN staff. According to the by-laws, a minimum of 9 members must vote, and the results are based on a 2/3 majority of the members voting. In this election, 14 members voted. Majority required: 9 votes (see below). We hope you will join us in welcoming them to their respective regions. Applicant Yes No Abstain (76) Barbados Information and Communications Technology Professionals Association 12 0 1 (78) ISOC France 13 0 (77) ISOC Puerto Rico 12 0 1 (75) ISOC Tunisia 13 0 (80) USUARIA 12 0 1 Voters Annette Yes to all Carlos Yes to all Hong Yes to all Siavash Yes to 3 Abstain to 2 Abstain - BIIPA, ISOC Puerto Rico Vittorio Yes to all Pierre Yes to 4 Abstain to 1 Abstain - USUARIA Wendy Yes to all John Yes to all Jacqueline Yes to all Alice Yes to all Alan Yes to all on Telcon 6th Feb Izumi Yes to all on Telcon 6th Feb José Yes to all -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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