August 2010 - NA-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Possibly Off-topic - Aftermarket in ccTLDs - Good Or Bad?
by Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Aug. 12, 2010

Aug. 12, 2010

Wearing one of my other hats I've been asked to put together a paper on the aftermarket for cctlds covering both sides of the debate. I'd love to get people's views on domain aftermarkets - good, bad or indifferent Thanks in advance Regards Michele Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.mobi/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon PS: Check out our latest offers on domains & hosting: http://domainoffers.me/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845

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Call for regional members of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements work teams
by Seth Greene Aug. 12, 2010

Aug. 12, 2010

CALL FOR REGIONAL MEMBERS OF THE ALAC/AT-LARGE IMPROVEMENTS WORK TEAMS The ALAC/At-Large Improvements project is moving ahead. The goal is to review and improve both ALAC/At-Large’s participation in ICANN and the ALSes’ participation in At-Large. This will be done through the implementation of the 13 recommendations detailed in the Simplified At-Large Improvements Implementation Outline (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhOqmBdY590QdExXZklQLVRZZUtncm1xSDZ…) We have divided these recommendations into four groups, each of which will be assigned a work team consisting of ALAC members and regional representatives. These recommendation groups (and work teams) are listed below. The ALAC is now looking for one representative from each RALO to join each of the four work teams. We ask that interested ALS representatives respond to the At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>) no later than Wednesday, 11 August 2010. Each work team is expected to schedule a call every two weeks. As with other At-Large work groups, these teams will conduct their business in English. For more details, please see the Improvements Project Plan (attached). The four recommendation groups and work teams are: Work team A: Work team on ALAC's continuing purpose Rec 1: ICANN bylaws to reflect ALAC's continuing purpose Rec 10: ALAC/At-Large is home of individual Internet users Rec 11: Board statement recognizing Rec 10 Work team B: Work team on ALS participation Rec 3: Remove any obstacles in ALS-RALO-ALAC structure Rec 4: ALS education and engagement Rec 7: ALAC should choose its own communication/collaboration tools Rec 9: ICANN should strengthen its translation/interpretation tools Work team C: Work team on ALAC planning processes Rec 5: ALAC should develop strategic/operational plans as part of ICANN’s planning process Rec 6: At-Large should develop accurate cost models Work team D: Work team on ALAC's policy advice development Rec 8: ALAC may request public comment period be extended to 45 days Rec 12: Consumer representatives should have input into decisions and policy advice Rec 13: ALAC/At-Large policy advice mechanisms should be strengthened

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Recording of Community Call on Vertical Integration
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 9, 2010

Aug. 9, 2010

Dear All, Following the discussion on Vertical Integration during today’s NARALO call, please find the agenda page for the community call on Vertical integration from 3 August on: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?community_call_on_vertical_integration_… You will find the audio recording, summary minutes and action items linked to the agenda page. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Summary Minutes 09 August NARALO Call
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 9, 2010

Aug. 9, 2010

Dear All, The summary minutes and action items from today’s NARALO teleconference have been posted under: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?09_august_2010 -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Eduardo Diaz Nominated for NomCom Position
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 8, 2010

Aug. 8, 2010

Dear Eduardo, Congratulations to you for your nomination as ALAC-appointed Nominating Committee member from the North-American region. The nomination period closed on 6 August 2001 and you have already accepted your nomination on 24 July. NARALO will transmit the candidate list for this position to the ALAC by 16 August. You can find the full selection timeline and details about the position under: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?2010_election_calls_naralo -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER: NARALO TELECONFERENCE - Monday, 09 August 2010 @ 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 6, 2010

Aug. 6, 2010

Dear All, The next NARALO Teleconference is scheduled for Monday, 09 August 2010 at 1900 UTC. The agenda and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?09_august_2010 If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 4, 2010

Aug. 4, 2010

Dear Chris, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that ISOC Colorado 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 <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 <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 and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); 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 <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 <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> . - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki 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 maintained by the community and can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> if you wish to have a user account . They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org/ <http://www.afralo.org/> <http://www.afralo.org/> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org/ <http://www.apralo.org/> <http://www.apralo.org/> European Region: http://www.euralo.org/ <http://www.euralo.org/> <http://www.euralo.org/> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/ <http://www.lacralo.org/> <http://www.lacralo.org/> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org/ <http://www.naralo.org/> <http://www.naralo.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 <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> . Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)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: Other (additional informational you would like included): On 12/05/2010 00:23, "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann(a)coisoc.org> wrote: > Hello! > > Please find our application and bylaws attached. Let me know if you > need any additional information or action from me. > > Cheers, > ~Chris

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: [WHOIS-WG] Fwd: Roundup of WHOIS Issues
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn Aug. 1, 2010

Aug. 1, 2010

Volker, Thanks again for dumping those domains. <<Not the report originally presented to ICANN, and not the report I originally commented on. Stealth-added them later, did you?>> Hardly. In Section III, part C there is a lengthy piece on GlavMed. This is the version posted on our site since 20 June, the start of the Brussels conference, the same version we released publicly, the same version sent to ICANN. And this is just the part about GlavMed and eNom. Section III Part D takes a deep look at the Rx-Partner's network. Section I part D discusses eNom issues as they related to the EvaPharmacy network. Section I Part E demonstrates WHOIS compliance issues as they relate to illicit pharmacies. In general the report is focused on this specific problem. I don't know what dodgy version you have. <<Interesting offer, we may get back to you on that. I would like to see you check contents for thousands of domain names every day for a week>> Well, actually we do. Believe it or not, I think we're making progress here. Cheers, Garth > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: [WHOIS-WG] Fwd: Roundup of WHOIS Issues > From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann(a)key-systems.net> > Date: Fri, July 23, 2010 2:59 pm > To: Garth Bruen at KnujOn <gbruen(a)knujon.com> > Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > Hi Garth, > > still waiting for the apology you promised. > > Thank you for removing mybuymeds[DOT]com, > > healthinsurancecapsule[DOT]net, and PAYPILL[DOT]NET. > > > > Can you tell me what German law they violated that smartsshealth[dot]com > > did not? > > > Not sure what you mean, as I removed the nameservers on that one > personally. It is not resolving on my end, maybe you checked to soon? > You _do_ know that it takes a while until the removal of the nameservers > spreads through the DNS... > > > (List of previously reported domain names) > > Hmm, I do not see those in the abuse box. When did you report them? > > Now, I never said you sponsored bestpillsroom[dot]com. What I said was > > healthinsurancecapsule[DOT]net looked suspended but redirected there. > > > Not anymore. > > This is also the case with the following KEY-SYSTEMS domains: > > > I will check those out on Monday if you reported them to abuse. No doubt > they will share a similar fate. > > Yes, they are part of the report, a major part of the report. We had to > > leave off the list of ones KEY-SYSTEMS supports because of time and > > length. They will be listed in any revision as per your request. > > > Not the report originally presented to ICANN, and not the report I > originally commented on. Stealth-added them later, did you? > > > <<It is however impossible for us to check the use of each domain name > > registered through our service.>> > > > > I would be happy to do it for you, for free. > > > Interesting offer, we may get back to you on that. I would like to see > you check contents for thousands of domain names every day for a week. > Sadly, for security reasons, our registration lists are confidential at > this time (competition and all that). If that changes, I'll definitely > let you know. > > <<More sadly, the registrations arrive from various sources, and do not > > announce themselves to be what they are upon registration.>> > > > > I can see from your WHOIS Port 43 results that they are coming from > > VAHGAW[DOT]RU, NAMEOFFC[DOT]RU, JODETI[DOT]RU, and XOOXOX[DOT]RU. Are > > these nameservers run by your resellers? I think that would be a good > > place to start looking. Do you remove a reseller when their domains > > continue to turn up like this? > > > If a majority of domain names a reseller adds is bad, we do warn and > then terminate the agreement, yes. We do not however geo-discriminate. > As for nameserver services being run by them, we have no information on > who runs those services. > > Of course, this is not the case for all of them. clevermeds[DOT]net, > > easymed2u[DOT]com, easymedforyou[DOT]com, and mysmartmed[DOT]net are > > served from your very own DOMAINDISCOUNT24.NET. > > > Well, that happens when you run a highly automated system. Some bad > customer registrations are bound to sneak in. But once we find them, > they go down and the accounts are closed. > > <<But I do pledge I will deactivate any domain name used for illegal (in > > Germany) purposes as soon as possible whenever I receive notice.>> > > > > Well, you're changing the wording of the pledge. However, tell me in > > detail what constitutes a German legal violation that would be suitable > > for future notices (abuse is bcc'ed as requested) > > > In most cases, German regulations will be similar to those in the US. > > <<And you still did not answer the question of what was found to be > > confusing.>> > > > > Don't have to, you said: "the long list of prices may seem confusing to > > some" > > > > > So the solution in your view would be for us to offer less TLDs? Don't > make me laugh. If we started to split up the price list, no doubt you > would critize that as well and find someone who finds that "confusing". > Some people just are confused, period, no matter what system they are > faced with. > > Best regards, > > Volker A. Greimann > >>> - legal department - > >>> > >>> Key-Systems GmbH > >>> Im Oberen Werk 1 > >>> 66386 St. Ingbert > >>> Tel.: +49 (0) 6894 - 9396 901 > >>> Fax.: +49 (0) 6894 - 9396 851 > >>> Email: vgreimann(a)key-systems.net > >>> > >>> Web: www.key-systems.net / www.RRPproxy.net > >>> www.domaindiscount24.com / www.BrandShelter.com > >>> > >>> Follow us on Twitter or join our fan community on Facebook and stay updated: > >>> www.key-systems.net/facebook > >>> www.twitter.com/key_systems > >>> > >>> CEO: Alexander Siffrin > >>> Registration No.: HR B 1861 - Zweibruecken > >>> V.A.T. ID.: DE211006534 > >>> > >>> This e-mail and its attachments is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. Furthermore it is not permitted to publish any content of this email. You must not use, disclose, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, kindly notify the author by replying to this e-mail or contacting us by telephone. > >>> > >

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