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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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MIT Spam Conference Agenda Posted
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn March 15, 2009

March 15, 2009

Hello North American At-Large, Believe it or not, we are winning the spam war inch by inch. But this isn’t being through passive network security alone. Spam is not a random independent variable; it is deeply connected to other kinds of online abuse and crime that can only be thwarted by identifying the players and confronting them. It is with this spirit we are seeking to reinvigorate the anti-spam effort, move in a new direction, and develop a suite of tools based on collection, analysis and enforcement. You can be a part of the solution by joining us at the MIT Spam Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 26 and 27. The final list of accepted papers and agenda are now available (see: http://www.knujon.com/mit_spamconf2009.html#schedule) KnujOn’s Dr. Robert Bruen will be leading the discussion Thursday morning by detailing a cascade of anti-spam successes of the past year that started with he disclosure of massive abuse at a minority of providers and ended with the total shutdown of several of those providers. From this case we have been able to identify key policy failures in the Internet infrastructure and initiate policy-based corrections for those failures. A small cadre of dedicated professionals did this stunning work and continues to push against the tide of abuse and fraud. The discussion will follow with a charge from myself, Garth Bruen, to build on these successes with the help of new thought and expanded participation. The charge will encourage developers to create and rework anti-spam tools to utilize a set of positive principles that have guided our work on the problem, the first principle being: “Spam is not an impossible problem to solve.” The second principle is: “It is possible to collect and process every piece of spam email for proper enforcement.” Along with these principles and others we will map the policy structure and architecture to highlight places where new tools and proactive efforts could make a difference. The 14 brilliant presenters that follow KnujOn’s keynote are to present rigorous research and proposals that will set a new course for Anti-spam, one that is needed in our ever-expanding international network daily fraught with fresh criminal misdeeds. Be part of this discussion This conference is of interest to security professionals, network administrators, service providers, law enforcement, public policy developers, system engineers, software developers, consumer advocates, intellectual property attorneys, intelligence analysts, recruiters, product safety advocates, technology media, business development, venture capital, financial transaction specialists, and any other profession who wants a better Internet. Be sure to register so you can attend the Comcast-sponsored event Thursday night(it’s all free). Registration instructions: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/spamconf/ Sincerely, Garth Bruen ------------------------------------- Collect, analyze, enforce, repeat... Garth Bruen gbruen(a)knujon.com http://www.knujon.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 ICANN, Mexico City - March 1-6 http://mex.icann.org/ MIT Spam Conference, Cambridge Mass. - March 26-27 http://projects.csail.mit.edu/spamconf/ Dr. Robert Bruen at: MAAWG, San Francisco, CA - February 17-19 http://www.maawg.org/news/GeneralMeeting_Feb09/ RSA, San Francisco, CA - April 20-24 https://365.rsaconference.com/index.jspa Antispyware Coalition, Washington D.C. - May 19 http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/events/index.htm

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Re: [NA-Discuss] REMINDER: NARALO Teleconference Monday, March 16 at 19:00 UTC
by Alan Greenberg March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009

And for those of us that are time-zone impaired, with daylight savings, the Eastern NA zone is now only 4 hours behind UTC instead of 5. At 13/03/2009 08:28 PM, Heidi Ullrich wrote: >Dear All, > >This is to remind you that there is a NARALO teleconference >scheduled for Monday, March 16th at 19:00 UTC. >Please find the proposed agenda and participation information linked >to the meeting page at: > >https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?16_march_2009 > >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella >Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms >ICANN At-Large Staff >email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER: NARALO Teleconference Monday, March 16 at 19:00 UTC
by Heidi Ullrich March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009

Dear All, This is to remind you that there is a NARALO teleconference scheduled for Monday, March 16th at 19:00 UTC. Please find the proposed agenda and participation information linked to the meeting page at: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?16_march_2009 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Presentation on Domain Abuse
by Glenn McKnight March 10, 2009

March 10, 2009

Hi Enclosed is a link to the shorten video of the discussion between Garth Bruen and a registrar during the session at ICANN on Domain Abuse http://blip.tv/file/1861100/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEGSlplT58&feature=channel_page This is only 5 minutes and I produced 10 minute video which I need to find out why it is shortening the video I have uploaded the entire podcast at the following sites with the slideshows http://www.slideshare.net/guest09d8443/registrars-and-abuse-of-domains and Http://www.archive.org Glenn -- 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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Mexico City Video
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Hi Here is a short video of Mexico city attractions with a street noise, near the Hotel events in downtown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMpGGmh7KIY -- 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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Evan's Closing speech
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: The counter is already going before I even get up. Maybe that's a sign. (No translation to scribes) it's a pleasure to be here with you at the At-Large Summit -- the planning and the staging of the first-ever global gathering of ICANN's public constituency. Soon after my ALS was first recruited to join ICANN At Large about two years ago, I was exposed to a diversity of opinions and emotions about ICANN, most of which I was not prepared for. It was curiosity and confusion, augmented by an unusual amount of cynicism. My first meeting, in San Juan, was what I considered to be the birth place of the current At Large, for it was the first time that every region had formalized and we finally had an ALAC that was mainly elected by and representative of the community. Between then and now, I've come to see that the vision that created the at-large infrastructure was, complex though it may be, it is the best long-term path to providing ICANN with high-quality, diverse, and genuine direction. In the six days that have just passed, I've come to see that that vision is in the right hands. In the time I've been involved, the ALAC has evolved dramatically. As an example, two years ago, I would have told you that AGP actually means a graphics card that you would put in a PC. In the time since then, I've come to know it as something also called the add-grace period, a seemingly benign tool with few equivalents in the normal world of business. At Large had witnessed that the AGP had become the core of a particularly nasty form of name space abuse, domain tasting. It was At Large that identified the tasting as contrary to the public interest, initiated processes to study it, and eventually drove measures that would ultimately lead to a dramatic reduction in its use. Since then, At Large and its representative ALAC have become increasingly involved in other areas of ICANN policy. We have become a primary supporter of Internationalized Domain Names as well as IPv6. We've asserted ourselves into the domain on WHOIS data accuracy and also into gTLD creation. We continue to study the various parts of the RAA, to identify areas of domain abuse, of registrant abuse, and especially of end user abuse. We're holding ICANN increasingly accountable as to its transparency, its enforcement activities, and its respect for the rights and needs of registrants and the billions of Internet users worldwide. The level of maturity, enthusiasm, and talent evident within At Large has clearly been evident in the events being held this past week in this, our first-ever summit. In workshops and thematic sessions, we've not only identified challenges, but we've also proposed concrete solutions that will ultimately benefit both ICANN and the public it is charged to serve. Yesterday's workshop on e-crime, another summit initiative, attracted interest throughout the ICANN community. The vision that's inspired these events was a bold one, and it was not without risk. And it has also not been easy to achieve. It is a continuing challenge to engage the interest of organizations and individuals who do not have a primary interest in Internet governance. It is an even greater challenge to be informed in languages other than English. And sometimes we still find within ICANN that merely having the ability to speak does not guarantee that we get listened to. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: These changes can be addressed, and they are being addressed. The board governance report on the ALAC review has demonstrated admirable understanding of the vision that created At Large. The quality of At Large's policy input has, I believe, naturally led to a heightened awareness of and respect for the voice of what is ICANN's largest constituency. Some of our largest challenges, though, come from within. We need to be more active, more assertive, more educated, and more engaged, both within ICANN and within the greater community of Internet users. We cannot be intimidated by those who care not for the public good, but we must also be constructive and progressive in our approach. Some healthy cynicism is always useful. But we cannot and must not allow ourselves to be obsessed by it. We are well on our way. The summit has been a critical milestone in the maturation of At Large. I hope many of you have had a chance to participate in our many events, and I invite everyone here to go to the Web site that I hope will be on the slide that comes up soon. There we go. Anyway, I encourage you to go to that Web site to read about the constructive and realistic policy work that came out of this week's events. In it, you'll find creative and positive approaches to WHOIS, how ICANN can operate better in a global environment. And you'll also find that, in some ways, we are amongst the strongest advocates of new gTLDs. To me, the summit is an end of one phase of At Large and the beginning of another. In its success, we see a very clear point of transition. From here, that we've demonstrated that we have not only turned vision into mission, but also mission into action. On behalf of the 88 at-large structures attending here and the many more still operating at home, I want to thank ICANN staff -- and you all know who you are and where you are here -- Your help has been invaluable in helping to create an event that has been a complete success by whatever metric you think of. I want to give a special acknowledgment to summit chair Wolf Ludwig and his extraordinary talent at herding cats. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: And I'm delighted to see Nick Ashton-Hart in good enough shape to spend some time with us and finally see the fruits of our collective sweat. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: Stand up. Come on. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: As we prepare to close the summit today, I hope my fellow members of At Large leave here with a strong, clear, and simple message: This is our ICANN. What happens next depends on ICANN's holding true to its vision and our communities' determination to fulfill it. Now, let's go make it happen. Thank you. [ Applause ] -- 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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NARALO Teleconference re-scheduled to March 16
by Heidi Ullrich March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Dear All, Since many NARALO Summit participants may still be returning from Mexico City, the Chair and Secretary have re-scheduled the next NARALO teleconference currently scheduled for Monday, March 9 to Monday, March 16. The time will remain at 19:00 UTC. An agenda and participation instructions will be sent shortly. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Mexico City Pictures
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Hi Enclosed is links to my flickr site NARALO shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614894361982 Mexico City http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614626451280/ Aztec Temple http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614821346591 Street Art http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614765504688 -- 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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draft Declaration of Impact on Internet Users
by Dharma Dailey March 6, 2009

March 6, 2009

Hello NA, As I mentioned on the list several months ago, I drafted up a kind of assessment tool to try to help make determinations of the social impact of a policy proposal. The draft below is probably far way from being useful. In it's current state it is not specific to ICANN. If we could create a version that was specific to ICANN, it might make it easier for us to methodically discuss the impact on users of policy proposals. In Mexico City I heard reference to other such tools exist in the ICANN context. Apparently, they exist but aren't used. If anyone can point them out, that would be greatly appreciated. Wendy expressed interest in taking a look at this document to see if we might try shaping it into something specific for ICANN. Ideally, we could shape an assessment tool, then model using it. This would probably be an iterative process. Additionally, I will also be sending this off to the working group who are working on the Registrant Rights Charter. They are planning a call next week and have set up a wikispace to work on the charter.

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Posible dinner tonight at Aguila o Sol
by Thompson, Darlene March 4, 2009

March 4, 2009

Hi all, If you are here in Mexico and wish to go out for some decent food tonight, check out the below and then get back to Eduardo. It sounds like a ton of fun! 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 ________________________________ From: Eduardo Diaz [mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com] Sent: Tue 3/3/2009 4:22 PM To: Evan Leibovitch; Thompson, Darlene Subject: Posible dinner tonight at Aguila o Sol I am planning to go to this restaurant tonight around 7:30 PM but surely enough I do not want to go alone. It was recommended to me as one of the best restaurants in Mexico City and as far as what I found in the internet - http://www.10best.com/Mexico_City,Mexico/Restaurants/Best_Restaurants/83697… - it looks like it is. Let others in the group know (i do not have everybody's email) and let me know (thank you). I am planning to talk to the hotel concierge around 16:00 to help in making the reservation. So far you and me are the only ones with interest in going. We need to take a taxi to get there. -ed

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Identity Theft Soundslide
by Glenn McKnight March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

Hi I recently did an audio storytelling on Identity Theft for local online newspapers. It is a SWF. Those who are interested in seeing the soundslide go to http://www.oshawaexress.ca. ( The slideshows are on the right side of the website) If you are interested in using the slideshow for your site I can send it to you via YOUSENDIT. Regards Glenn -- 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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NARALO Pre-Summit Survey Results
by Dharma Dailey March 2, 2009

March 2, 2009

Hi All, Here is the results of the survey. Many thanks to all of you who made time to take it. Dharma

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follow-up in reply to Mr. Fowlie's blog comments
by Edward Hasbrouck March 1, 2009

March 1, 2009

Once again I responded to Mr. Fowlie's follow-up comments in his blog, and once again my latest comments initially appeared, but then disappeared within a few hours. So once again I have re-posted them on ICANNwatch at: http://www.icannwatch.org/comments.pl?sid=2068&cid=16997 ===== Mr. Fowlie: The “confirmation” [of the appointment of an Ombudsman] you link to in your comment is a press release. The Bylaws specifically require (for good reason, I presume) that the Ombudsman must be appointed by the Board. They do not permit that function to be delegated, nor is there any record of an attempt at such delegation. The Bylaws require specific procedures (meeting notices, posted agendas, public comment forums, openness and transparency, etc.) for Board decisions. The Bylaws do not permit the Board to make decisions by press release. If you or the Board believes that an Ombudsman has been appointed in accordance with the Bylaws, and/or that such an appointment has been renewed after the expiration of the initial 2 year term specified by the Bylaws, I request in accordance with the Bylaw on transparency that you provide: (1) the URL of the minutes of any Board meeting recording a resolution to appoint an Ombudsman and/or renew that appointment, the text of that resolution, and the vote on that resolution; (2) the URL at which notice was given of any such meeting; (3) the URL at which any such proposal for appointment and/or renewal of appointment of an Ombudsman was posted in advance of that meeting; and (4) the URL recording the public forum which was provided for comment on that proposal. To the best of my knowledge and belief, after diligent search of the ICANN Web site, no such URL’s exist. You are not ICANN’s duly appointed Ombudsman. You never have been ICANN’s duly appointed Ombudsman. If you had been duly appointed in 2004, your initial appointment would have expired in 2006. ICANN has never properly appointed *anyone* as Ombudsman, and has never renewed any appointment of an Ombudsman. Sincerely, Edward Hasbrouck ---------------- Edward Hasbrouck <edward(a)hasbrouck.org> <http://hasbrouck.org> +1-415-824-0214

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03 March 2009 Member Background Glenn McKnight
by Glenn McKnight March 1, 2009

March 1, 2009

FYI for March 3 NA ALC meeting New Member background and ICANN Interest https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?03_march_2009 Internet Projects Past - Management experience in running Industry Canada VOLNET program in the Greater Toronto Area of 4 million population outreach to 44,000 non profits to gain Internet Access, training and technology - Technical coordinator for the Ontario government Volunteers Online program for online community intranet for NGO's in Eastern Ontario called ECOcin - Coordinator for the Online Newspaper for Black Youth in Toronto supported by Government of Ontario Volunteers Online - Marketing outreach for Volunteers Online matching technical volunteers with nonprofit organizations Current Projects - FBSC Creation of privately funded community online access initiative at libraries and communities organization - FBSC WoWem Project, Empowerment Project - FBSC Oshawa Remembers, Veteran Affairs Canada, an online intergenerational project providing 160 audio stories, stories found in local online newspapers, www.archive.org and Public Radio Exchange www.prx.org - Collaboration with Gerry Morgan Foundation and Ink Media Computers to build low cost computers with locations in Zambia, Malaysia, Philippines and Canada - Online newspaper audio-soundslides and presentations on WCAG 2.0 Accessibility issues and Identify Theft Other Interests - Net Neutrality - E-Democracy - Android and Symbian Mobile software - Mobile Storytelling projects ie. MurmerToronto Interest in ICANN's mission *dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. * # 1 Reduction and stoppage of Identity theft through PHISHING ( See audio soundslide at http://www.oshawa.ca, story on Identity Theft) # 2 Erradication of illegal "catch you if you can" phishing sites # 3 Improved WHOIS site searches # 4 E Democracy # 5 First Inch and Last Mile Internet Access regardless of location # 6 Awareness of IP blockages of unions, oppostion, twitter, etc -- 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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