October 2008 - NA-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Redemption Grace Period: For ALAC Consideration
by Brendler, Beau Oct. 30, 2008

Oct. 30, 2008

Greetings. Yesterday the NA RALO agreed that this proposal from Danny Younger was significant and important. We submit it today for ALAC consideration. I will mention it on this morning's call and refer you to this note for detail. Beau Brendler A proposal to the ALAC: Six years ago the ICANN Board resolved [02.83] to revise agreements > with the unsponsored TLD registry operators so as to implement the > Redemption Grace Period. The RGP is a time frame in which domain names > that expire go into a period of stasis after their deletion so that > inadvertent expirations can be corrected; the names are disabled > during this stasis period so that the registrant's attention is better > drawn to the situation. > > The Redemption Grace Period was widely heralded as an invaluable > protective service with ICANN Director Abril i Abril noting for the > record that "that the goal of the Redemption Grace Period is not > purely technical or to preserve registrars' businesses, but is > centered on preserving the legitimate interests of the registrants by > installing a safety net." > > Unlike other ICANN initiatives, the RGP Safety Net was not established > by way of the ICANN Consensus Policy process. The ICANN Staff > sentiment at the time was that "Resolving all of the perceived issues > surrounding domain-name deletions would likely require lengthy > policy-development processes that meet the strict requirements for > development of "Consensus Policies" set out in ICANN's various > agreements with registrars and registry operators. The Redemption > Grace Period proposal, on the other hand, allows a way promptly to > solve a specific, pressing problem with the cooperation of the > affected registry operators." > > Six years later, we have ample reason to believe that this error in > judgment, the failure to invoke the Consensus Policy process, has led > to a serious degradation in the degree of protection currently > afforded to the registrant community. Framed as a "registry offering", > it has been at the sole discretion of the registrar whether to offer > or not to offer the Redemption Grace Period service -- and many do > not. We have noted that some that offer the service will still deny > the registrant the protections of the RGP in the event that they > receive an aftermarket back-order for the expiring domain. > > What was once widely viewed as an ICANN consumer protection triumph is > today little more than a degraded product offering engendering a > morass of consumer confusion and aggravation, the situation having > been exacerbated by the collusion of aftermarket profiteers and > registrars to the point that (as indicated by Rob Hall at the Lisbon > Tutorial on Changes in the Expiry Process) domains of value no longer > enter the ICANN RGP. > > From the very beginning, it was the sentiment of many in ICANN's GNSO > community that a consensus policy approach was the best way way > forward. The Business Constituency's Marilyn Cade, for one, noted that > "consensus policy for RGP seems fully appropriate". We in the NARALO > share this point of view and ask the ALAC, in accordance with the > ICANN bylaws, to raise the issue for RGP consensus policy development > by action of the Committee to commence the Policy Development Process, > and transmission of that request to the GNSO Council. > > We further ask that upon requesting the formulation of a Staff Issues > Report, that Staff be directed to supply the following within such report: > > a. a listing of all registrars noting whether they offer or do not > offer the RGP service; > > b. a listing, by registrar, of prices currently charged for the RGP > service; > > c. a listing noting which registries offer or do not offer the RGP; > > d. an assessment of the impact of aftermarket domain name practices on > the RGP > > e. per the Expired Domain Name Deletion Policy 3.7.5.6 "If Registrar > operates a website for domain registration or renewal, it should > state, both at the time of registration and in a clear place on its > website, any fee charged for the recovery of a domain name during the > Redemption Grace Period", a listing of all such "statement" URLs of > each registrar that offer the RGP; > > f. the status of the Bucharest recommendation of the Technical > Steering Group that "ICANN's President should re-convene this (or a > similar) Technical Steering Group to review the implementation of the > Redemption Grace Period, to suggest possible improvements to the > Redemption Grace Period, and to develop a specification for Stage 2 of > the implementation of the Redemption Grace Period, which will enable > registrants to choose the “restoring” registrar." > > g. an assessment as to whether it is now possible to engage in > renegotiation of the charges for each restore command -- first set at > $85 by ICANN and thereafter at $40, but with development costs long > since amortized by the respective registries. > > We in the North American user community see great value in a universal > safety net and in the enhanced registrar competition that will allow > RGP prices to fall as consumers choose between the services offered by > competing "restoring" registrars. A consensus policy directive should > ultimately ensure that all gTLD domain name consumers have the blanket > protection that they deserve. We ask the ALAC to set us upon a path > that will bring this vision to fruition. ________________________________________ **************************************************************************** ******** SCANNED **************************************************************************** ********

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EstDomains accreditation terminated
by Danny Younger Oct. 29, 2008

Oct. 29, 2008

http://www.icann.org/correspondence/burnette-to-tsastsin-28oct08-en.pdf

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NEW DATE: Next NARALO Teleconference 17 November 1900 UTC
by At-Large Staff Oct. 29, 2008

Oct. 29, 2008

Dear all, This is to inform you that the next NARALO teleconference has been moved to 17 November at 1900 UTC as several community members will be unavailable in the days following the ICANN Cairo meeting. A draft agenda for the next teleconference will be sent to this list a couple of days before the meeting. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Comparison of US presidential candidates
by Glenn McKnight Oct. 19, 2008

Oct. 19, 2008

http://www.alternet.org/election08/103005/progressive_voter_guide_to_media_… Progressive Voter Guide to Media and Technology * AlterNet <http://www.alternet.org/>. Posted October 17, 2008<http://www.alternet.org/ts/archives/?date%5BF%5D=10&date%5BY%5D=2008&date%5…> .* This election, voters have a clear choice from the two major presidential candidates on whether the Internet should remain free and available to all, whether huge corporations should be allowed to own even greater concentrations of outlets, the extent to which you have a right to privacy online, and whether government will use technological developments readily available to make government more open. -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-66555 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com

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Re: [NA-Discuss] New Brunswick, Canada Human Rights and High Speed Broadband
by Evan Leibovitch Oct. 18, 2008

Oct. 18, 2008

Glenn McKnight wrote: > A Human Rights complaint has been lodged by a Conservative candidate Jack > Carr from New Brunswick, Canada that high speed is a basic human right. > > > Details on Article > > http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/451420 > To everyone on the list I'd like to introduce Glenn, the NARALO rep of our newest ALS, the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities based in Oshawa, Ontario. And to Glenn: First of all, as Chair of the North American Region let me welcome you to our little group. I am certain that you will find things here... interesting. :-) Without intending to diminish issues related to Internet access, freedom of expression, net neutrality or other related matters ... they are generally beyond the scope of ICANN which is mainly occupied with domain name and IP address related issues. Keeping focus on that on which we *do* have a say, such as * creation of new top-level domains and supervision of existing ones * treatment of domain registrants * securing and internationalizing of the DNS * balancing the requiremnents of access and privacy related to domain ownership ...is work enough. There are efforts by people here to have a better relationship between ICANN At-Large and other Internet governance bodies, so this is not a cut-and-dried matter. However, for the most part discussion on this list is limited to those issues which are directly under ICANN's mandate. I'm more than happy do help clarify that mandate offline if you'd like. And again, welcome! - Evan

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New Brunswick, Canada Human Rights and High Speed Broadband
by Glenn McKnight Oct. 18, 2008

Oct. 18, 2008

A Human Rights complaint has been lodged by a Conservative candidate Jack Carr from New Brunswick, Canada that high speed is a basic human right. Details on Article http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/451420 Quote He cited the portion of the province's human rights law that denies discrimination because of a person's place of origin. He said people who live in rural areas are being discriminated against and it puts rural areas at a competitive disadvantage. Glenn -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-66555 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com

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Welcome FBSC to At-large!
by At-Large Staff Oct. 17, 2008

Oct. 17, 2008

TO: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities (FBSC) FROM: ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) SUBJECT: At-Large Structure Certification ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group¹s interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region¹s list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues; you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are being very substantially revised in the next couple of weeks but you should keep the URLs handy and check back regularly. They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org/ Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org/ European Region: http://www.euralo.org/ Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/ North American Region: http://www.naralo.org/ - Regional WiKi: Each At-Large Region has a Wiki that allows the region to collaborate. These are maintained by the community and create the regional websites shown above. This framework is in the final stages of preparation but if you wish to have a user account, send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website:

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Constituency Formation Documents Posted by ICANN Staff
by Danny Younger Oct. 16, 2008

Oct. 16, 2008

see the attachments to this URL: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05556.html The documents include a Constituency "Notice of Intent" template and a model Constituency Petition & Charter.

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"At-Large" gets mentioned in security blog
by Danny Younger Oct. 10, 2008

Oct. 10, 2008

Late 2008: ICANN Still Broken By Marc Handelman on October 10th, 2008 http://infosecurity.us/?p=2198 Further proof that ICANN is broken comes from The Industry Standard’s Cyndy Aleo-Carreira insightful write-up of a recent ICANN wrist slap (…don’t forget the ICANN 'At-Large Members' that contribute to the incompetence exhibited by the organization). >From the post: "In what KnujOn claims is a "victory," ICANN sent two breach notices to domain registrars Joker.com and DNS.com.cn, stating that the two companies had "failed to comply with Section 3.7.8 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) which requires registrars to take “reasonable steps to investigate” Whois inaccuracy claims." The two registrars, with nearly one million domains registered between them, have both been accused of allowing domains to be registered with incomplete or false WHOIS information, a clear violation of ICANN policy. Of course, in typical ICANN fashion, violators take a long time to get their wrist slap. According to the ICANN link, violations were first discovered last November, with "Notices of Concern" sent in May, and now a "Breach Notice" was sent giving the registrars 15 additional days before "termination proceedings begin."

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Australian IPv6 Summit
by Danny Younger Oct. 10, 2008

Oct. 10, 2008

http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/ Cheryl, can you tell us if recordings of the sessions will be made available? Thanks, Danny

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