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Operationan Plan and Budget for 2009
by Thompson, Darlene April 3, 2009

April 3, 2009

Hi all, Andres Piazza forwarded the following link to me: http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/e6dbc6bf91.html LACRALO is discussing this right now to see if they are going to support it and was wondering if NARALO would want to do something similar. Discussion? Thoughts? D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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ALS application from Papergate
by At-Large Staff March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an At-Large Structure application from Papergate, an organization based in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania. Please find it attached to this email. Papergate would be a member of the North American Regional At-Large Organisation if accepted. We are currently conducting due diligence on the applicant and will send you further information in due course. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [NA-Discuss] New Internet Worm set to attack April 1
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009

Nothing off-topic about it, this worm directly targets the domain name system. It may try to register 50,000 randomly generated domains. Some ccTLDs have blocked any new registrations until it is sorted out. The real problem is that this portion of the worm source code is encrypted so no one really knows yet. http://www.knujon.com/news.html#03312009 > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [NA-Discuss] New Internet Worm set to attack April 1 > From: "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson(a)GOV.NU.CA> > Date: Thu, March 26, 2009 1:37 pm > To: <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Hi all, > > This may be *slightly* off topic but I thought it important enough to share. > > http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090325/april_worm_090… > > D > > > ᑕᓕᓐ ᑕᒻᓴᓐ > ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ > ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᕕᖓᑦ > ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ > ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ > ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 1000, ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᖓ 910 > ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ > dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎ: 867 975-5631 > ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒃᑰᕈᑎ: 867 975-5610 > > Taliin Taamsan > Nunalingni > Qaritauyani Atuqtauningitnun Titiraqtia Nunavut Kavamangat > Titiraqarvia 1000, > Nayugaa 910 > Iqaluit, Nunavut > dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > Hivayautik : 867 975-5631 > Kayumiktuk : 867 975-5610 > Darlene Thompson > Community Access Program Administrator > Corporate Services Division > Department of Education > Government of Nunavut > PO Box 1000, Station 910 > Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 > dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > Ph: 867 975-5631 > Fax: 867 975-5610 > Darlene Thompson > Administratrice du programme d’accès communautaire > Division des services ministériels > Ministère de l’Éducation > Gouvernement du Nunavut > Case postale 1000, Succursale 910 > Iqaluit Nunavut, X0A 0H0 > dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > Tél. : 867 975-5631 > Téléc. : 867 975-5610 > > ------ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org > ------

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Operational Plan and Budget for 2009
by Alan Greenberg March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009

I looked at the document only very briefly in Mexico City, and I have not had the time to go back to it until now. If I remember correctly, it was distributed at roughly the time of the Tuesday? RALO meetings, and we were told that it is very important that ALAC comment, since our future depends on it (or something like that). I was therefore moderately surprised to see no apparent reference to ALAC or At-Large. If you look at the ICANN Strategic Plan, we are hardly mentioned at all - primarily in the section on completing periodic reviews and in the section on strengthening the multi-stakeholder model. Pretty mush where you would expect us to show up. In a broader context, I am not entirely sure there SHOULD be a lot of reference to ALAC/At-large in the Operational Plan and Budget. Or that being very visible with large chucks of money would be a blessing - more like an easy target from my point of view. What I would like to see is a breakdown of what explicit ALAC and At-Large budgets are (and where they fit in the overall budget and how they compare to previous years). Then we can make a rational decision on whether to be outraged or to sit there with a small Mona Lisa smile on out collective face. I will follow up and try to get those numbers. Alan At 30/03/2009 07:24 PM, Brendler, Beau wrote: >I think it needs a reality check via Alan, who has been strongly >involved with travel process and budgeting, but if true, I strongly >support the sentiment. >________________________________________ >From: na-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >[na-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Gareth >Shearman [shearman(a)victoria.tc.ca] >Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:50 PM >To: Thompson, Darlene >Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Operationan Plan and Budget for 2009 > >Well, it certainly strikes me as a legitimate concern. How do the >rest of you feel? > >Gareth > > >On 30-Mar-09, at 2:09 PM, Thompson, Darlene wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Andres Piazza forwarded the following link to me: > > > > http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/e6dbc6bf91.html > > > > LACRALO is discussing this right now to see if they are going to > > support it and was wondering if NARALO would want to do something > > similar. > > > > Discussion? Thoughts? > > > > D > > > > Darlene A. Thompson > > CAP Administrator > > Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP > > P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 > > Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 > > Phone: (867) 975-5631 > > Fax: (867) 975-5610 > > E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > > ------ > > NA-Discuss mailing list > > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > > > > Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org > > ------ > > > > >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------ > >*** >Scanned > >** >This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) >named above. The information contained in this e-mail and any >attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are >not the intended recipient, you may not review, retain, copy, >redistribute or use this e-mail or any attachment for any purpose, >or disclose all or any part of its contents. If you have received >this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply >e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from >your computer system. > >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------

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New Internet Worm set to attack April 1
by Thompson, Darlene March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009

Hi all, This may be *slightly* off topic but I thought it important enough to share. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090325/april_worm_090… D ᑕᓕᓐ ᑕᒻᓴᓐ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᕕᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 1000, ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᖓ 910 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎ: 867 975-5631 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒃᑰᕈᑎ: 867 975-5610 Taliin Taamsan Nunalingni Qaritauyani Atuqtauningitnun Titiraqtia Nunavut Kavamangat Titiraqarvia 1000, Nayugaa 910 Iqaluit, Nunavut dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Hivayautik : 867 975-5631 Kayumiktuk : 867 975-5610 Darlene Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Corporate Services Division Department of Education Government of Nunavut PO Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Ph: 867 975-5631 Fax: 867 975-5610 Darlene Thompson Administratrice du programme d’accès communautaire Division des services ministériels Ministère de l’Éducation Gouvernement du Nunavut Case postale 1000, Succursale 910 Iqaluit Nunavut, X0A 0H0 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Tél. : 867 975-5631 Téléc. : 867 975-5610

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Working with NCUC on RAA
by Brendler, Beau March 25, 2009

March 25, 2009

FYI, below is an exchange with the NCUC on working on the RAA code of best practices for registrars/consumer bill of rights. If you are interested in this please let us know. -----Original Message----- From: Brendler, Beau Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:38 AM To: 'Milton L Mueller'; NCUC-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: RE: [NCUC-DISCUSS] RAA Not sure I am allowed to post to this list but we'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, perhaps Milton can forward. Yes, we are listening, in fact, after seeing Robin's earlier note about the RAA to Mary , I sent Robin the following note. Why don't I just open that note up to the group, since you asked, in all caps no less: ------------------------------ Is there something we can do here to facilitate working together with the NCUC on this? The ALAC did a fair bit of work on the RAA amendments process. We put together a lot of resources and had some preliminary discussions with registrars as well. I think a joint NCUC/ALAC drafting team would carry some significant weight. In addition, there are a few people in ALAC (myself included, working for Consumer Reports) who have some experience creating consumer bills of rights and such. ------------------------------- There's some brief background on our work here: https://st.icann.org/raa-policy/index.cgi?raa_working_group_documents And here: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02sep08-en.htm What I am unsure of is next steps. ALAC, though not Danny, supported the most recent version of the RAA, with the specific wording that additional amendments could be added in the future as necessary. I'm not sure if Danny is up for working on this any more, but I will be happy to ask. Perhaps Bill and I and any others who are interested can simply form a drafting team and set up a joint workspace, start a mailing list and try to get maximum participation. We should be able to get ICANN staff to assist us in this effort. Beau Brendler -----Original Message----- From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:35 AM To: NCUC-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: !RE: [NCUC-DISCUSS] RAA Here's the short version of Bill's message, repeated for emphasis: YO! DANNY! BEAU! YOU LISTENING?????!!!! ** This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, retain, copy, redistribute or use this e-mail or any attachment for any purpose, or disclose all or any part of its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system.

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InfoWeek: Cybersquatting slowing gTLD rollout
by Evan Leibovitch March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009

http://www.infoweek.ca/index.php/RESEARCH/Cybersquatting-hits-all-time-reco… I like this article because it's one of the few I've seen that bring ICANN issues into lay language. However, I wonder about the statement that 85% of UDRP claims are settled in favour of the complainant. Is that really because so many of the disputes are over clear cases of cybersquatting? Or are legitimate good-faith uses of trademark names as domains being trampled on? - Evan

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Stuff on the intellectual property group
by Brendler, Beau March 17, 2009

March 17, 2009

-----Original Message----- From: Brendler, Beau Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:51 PM To: Rosette, Kristina Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT If necessary, I could probably go as high as 10. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to participate from some circles, and discouragement by others, and will be in a particularly busy work phase, not to mention all the ICANN-related work I am doing at the moment. So I need to weigh the decision carefully as well. To be honest, I can't keep going down roads like the fast flux working group and some of these other yearlong adventures that don't really lead anywhere. Not that this effort will be that, but I can't spread myself too thin. BB ________________________________________ From: Rosette, Kristina [krosette(a)cov.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:35 PM To: Brendler, Beau Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT I'll see if 8 days is workable. It may not be. (sorry!) There's travel support for 2 F2F meetings in hub cities. -----Original Message----- From: Brendler, Beau [mailto:Brenbe@consumer.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:34 PM To: Rosette, Kristina Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT I could probably commit to half that time, maybe eight days. I have no travel budget, either. ________________________________________ From: Rosette, Kristina [krosette(a)cov.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:57 PM To: Brendler, Beau Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT Thanks, Beau. Is there a number less than that that you could commit to? (Trying to figure out if it's the difference between 12 days or between 5 days.) -----Original Message----- From: Brendler, Beau [mailto:Brenbe@consumer.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:27 PM To: Rosette, Kristina Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT I'm glad you pointed this out. I don't think I can promise 15 business days. BB ________________________________________ From: Rosette, Kristina [krosette(a)cov.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:19 PM To: Brendler, Beau Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT Thanks, Beau. Just to confirm - the 15-business day time commitment (excluding travel) over the next two months is workable for you? K -----Original Message----- From: Brendler, Beau [mailto:Brenbe@consumer.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:13 PM To: Nick Ashton-Hart; Steven Metalitz; Rosette, Kristina Cc: Vanda Scartezini UOL; ALAC-excom(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: RE: Participants in the IRT see below for information ________________________________________ From: Nick Ashton-Hart [Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:16 PM To: Steven Metalitz; Rosette, Kristina Cc: Brendler, Beau; Vanda Scartezini UOL; ALAC-excom(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Participants in the IRT Dear Steve and Kristina: As the deadline is imminent for individuals to submit their names for participating in the IRT, please be advised that two persons from At-Large would like to be participants: Beau Brendler and Vanda Scartezini. I am emailing you instead of them because in the case of Beau, he has been informed by his doctor that he has pneumonia; he promises me that he will provide the details requested by yourselves for participants in the group shortly. Vanda will also provide the information needed shortly, but asked me to let you know of her interest in joining in the same email I was already sending related to Beau, to make sure that you knew in advance of the deadline. I hope that this note has arrived in time. At the present, these two are participating in their individual capacity, though Cheryl and the ALAC will be discussing the IRT at their monthly meeting on 24th March and it is quite possible that one or both of them will at that point be designated as representing the ALAC formally. Please let me know if I can do anything further. Beau and Vanda, as a reminder, the following is the information you are asked to provide to Steve and Kristina as soon as you are able: --- The nominations must include: 1. The full name and contact information of the nominee (including the name of her/his employer and title); Beau Brendler, Director Consumer Reports WebWatch Consumers Union 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10703 914.378.2018 2. The ICANN Geographic Region(s) in which the nominee is a citizen and is a resident; New York, North America, USA 3. Identification of the nominee's knowledge, experience, and expertise in the fields of trademark, consumer protection, or competition law, and the interplay of trademarks and the domain name system; Consumer protection is my area of primary expertise, with eight-plus years' experience as a consumer advocate and journalist for one of the world's leading consumer organizations. 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FW: Also on 6 Bucket List
by Brendler, Beau March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

Some discussion of the two charters ________________________________ From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Konstantinos Komaitis Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:43 AM To: NCUC-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: Also on 6 Bucket List I agree with Mary that we need more information about these groups Cheryl. I also find your list quite arbitrary and from reading it I echo Milton's comment that basically a user can be part of almost all of them. I think that this list is rather illusionary and we should be very careful as a non-commercial constituency before exemplifying the types of constituencies that should be formed. Your proposal might backfire and only allow voices to be heard in a very restrictive way (the 6 constituencies can only speak about issues that fall within their scope?) and I am sure that no one really wants this to happen. Konstantinos On 05/03/2009 18:57, "Mary Wong" <mwong(a)PIERCELAW.EDU> wrote: Thanks for the update, Cheryl - in the spirit of working together and moving forward, I believe the whole NCUC community will be very interested in knowing which groups these are, and in being informed of the discussions that are taking place between and amongst your prospective constituency and these groups. Cheers Mary >>> "Cheryl Preston" <prestonc(a)lawgate.byu.edu> 03/05/09 1:09 PM >>> BTW, the "bucket list" concept is now being discussed among two other groups and we have already begun to make changes and to explore a number of other avenues. So, if you have any comments, questions, concerns or would otherwise like to engage in discussions about the long-term concept, please speak up. Cheryl B. Preston Edwin M. Thomas Professor of Law J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University 434 JRCB Provo, UT 84602 (801) 422-2312 prestonc(a)lawgate.byu.edu >>> Mary Wong <MWong(a)PIERCELAW.EDU> 3/5/2009 10:32 am >>> Hi Cheryl and everyone, This week's ICANN meeting has provided us all with useful feedback about the community's concerns and questions regarding a new NCSG. I for one am glad also that Carlos and I had the opportunity to chat with you, and to confirm that we all would like to move forward from previous disagreements, and work together towards a robust and workable NCSG within the reformulated GNSO structure. In that regard, may I suggest that NCUC members take the time to review again both the majority NCUC proposal and that put forward by Cheryl and the potential cyber-safety constituency, with a view toward identifying remaining issues of divergence and discussing whether these differences can be bridged? Thank you all, Mary Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: mwong(a)piercelaw.edu Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 >>> Cheryl Preston <prestonc(a)LAWGATE.BYU.EDU> 3/5/2009 12:07 PM >>> Dear Bill, As it states, the 6 buckets list was only a template for discussion. I am not "proposing" this, only that further study and analysis be done about the vision of a fully mature NCSG before setting an inconsistent structure in place. I would be happy to engage in discussion with you if you have questions. Cheryl B. Preston Edwin M. Thomas Professor of Law J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University 434 JRCB Provo, UT 84602 (801) 422-2312 prestonc(a)lawgate.byu.edu >>> William Drake <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> 3/5/2009 7:23 am >>> Cheryl, Thanks for clarifying your thinking, I was pretty confused in the meeting by your prior explanation of how you expected this to work. I would strongly encourage you to file an amendment to your submission to the board so that they too will have a better understanding of what you are proposing. Best, Bill On Mar 3, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Cheryl Preston wrote: > I understand there is some confusion about exactly what I had in > mind when I mentioned the possibility of a six constituency NCSG > model. This is the exact statement I mentioned. > > > Cheryl B. Preston > Edwin M. Thomas > Professor of Law > J. Reuben Clark Law School > Brigham Young University > 434 JRCB > Provo, UT 84602 > (801) 422-2312 > prestonc(a)lawgate.byu.edu<Tentative Proposals v2.doc> *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks, http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj *********************************************************** -- Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Lecturer in Law, GigaNet Membership Chair, University of Strathclyde, The Lord Hope Building, 141 St. James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT, UK tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 email: k.komaitis(a)strath.ac.uk *** Scanned ** This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. 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NARALO at Mexico
by Glenn McKnight March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

Hi Here is the NARALO shots from my flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614894361982/ -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-6655 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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