November 2011 - NA-Discuss - lists.icann.org

DOODLE/ At-Large ICANN Academy WG: scheduling first call
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 24, 2011

Nov. 24, 2011

Dear All, Please complete the attached Doodle poll to schedule the first call of the At-Large ICANN Academy Working Group. http://www.doodle.com/25p46hdcumzdyx6x Time-zone active. This Doodle poll will close on Monday 28 November 2011 at 2300 UTC – the date and time will be announced shortly thereafter. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

1 0

Great article on Alan Turing
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 15, 2011

Nov. 15, 2011

Pardon my email, but I thought I would share this article on Alan Turing http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/11/alan-turing-my-hero-alan-garner -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

1 0

Gates donation to Vietnam
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 15, 2011

Nov. 15, 2011

http://t.co/oNqIMV8y -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

1 0

Re: [NA-Discuss] Michael Geist's Article
by Carlton Samuels Nov. 14, 2011

Nov. 14, 2011

Thanks for this, Glenn. I identified this and like issue as a threat to the global public interest when I presented at the Cloud Conference 2011 in KIN - sponsored by the UWI's Mona School of Business and the ITU - 2 weeks ago. The slides that were central to the theme are attached. - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:00 AM, <na-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > wrote: > Send NA-Discuss mailing list submissions to > na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Michael Geist Article (Glenn McKnight) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:05:24 -0500 > From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [NA-Discuss] Michael Geist Article > To: nom-comm-2012(a)icann.org, na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar… > > Geist: Internet belongs to us, U.S. argues > Published On Sat Nov 12 2011 > > >

1 0

REMINDER: NARALO TELECONFERENCE - Monday, 14 November 20:00 UTC
by ICANN AtLarge Staff Nov. 14, 2011

Nov. 14, 2011

Dear All, The next NARALO teleconference is scheduled for today Monday, 14 November 2011 at 20:00 UTC. The agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+14.11.2011+Teleconference If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, Matt Ashtiani, Nathalie Peregrine, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org -----

1 0

Michael Geist Article
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 13, 2011

Nov. 13, 2011

http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar… Geist: Internet belongs to us, U.S. argues Published On Sat Nov 12 2011 - Email <http://www.thestar.com/email/1085475> - Print <http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/1085475> - - <http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar…><http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=thestar&sourc…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=thestar&sourc…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=thestar> Rss <http://www.thestar.com/rss?categories=article> - Article<http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar…> [image: Image]<http://www.thestar.com/business/columnists/94542--geist-michael> By Michael Geist<http://www.thestar.com/business/columnists/94542--geist-michael>Internet Law Columnist The U.S. Congress is currently embroiled in a heated debated over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), proposed legislation that supporters argue is needed to combat online infringement, but critics fear would create the “great firewall of the United States.” SOPA’s potential impact on the Internet and development of online services is enormous as it cuts across the lifeblood of the Internet and e-commerce in the effort to target websites that are characterized as being “dedicated to the theft of U.S. property.” This represents a new standard that many experts believe could capture hundreds of legitimate websites and services. For those caught by the definition, the law envisions requiring Internet providers to block access to the sites, search engines to remove links from search results, payment intermediaries such as credit card companies and Paypal to cut off financial support, and Internet advertising companies to cease placing advertisements. While these measures have unsurprisingly raised concern among Internet companies and civil society groups, the jurisdictional implications demand far more attention. The U.S. approach is breathtakingly broad, effectively treating millions of websites and IP addresses as “domestic” for U.S. law purposes. The long arm of U.S. law manifests itself in at least five ways in the proposed legislation. First, it defines a “domestic domain name” as a domain name “that is registered or assigned by a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority, that is located within a judicial district of the United States.” Since every dot-com, dot-net and dot-org domain is managed by a domain name registry in the U.S., the law effectively asserts jurisdiction over tens of millions of domain names regardless of where the registrant actually resides. Second, it defines “domestic Internet protocol addresses” — the numeric strings that constitute the actual address of a website or Internet connection — as “an Internet Protocol address for which the corresponding Internet Protocol allocation entity is located within a judicial district of the United States.” Yet IP addresses are allocated by regional organizations, not national ones. The allocation entity located in the U.S. is called ARIN, the Americas Registry for Internet Numbers. Its territory includes the U.S., Canada, and 20 Caribbean nations. This bill treats all IP addresses in this region as domestic for U.S. law purposes. To put this is context, every Canadian Internet provider relies on ARIN for its block of IP addresses. In fact, ARIN even allocates the block of IP addresses used by federal and provincial governments. The U.S. bill would treat them all as domestic for U.S. law purposes. Third, the bill grants the U.S. “in rem” jurisdiction over any website that does not have a domestic jurisdictional connection. For those sites, the U.S. grants jurisdiction over the property of the site and opens the door to court orders requiring Internet providers to block the site and Internet search engines to stop linking to it. Should a website owner wish to challenge the court order, U.S. law asserts itself in a fourth way, since in order for an owner to file a challenge (described as a “counter notification”), the owner must first consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts. If these measures were not enough, the fifth measure makes it a matter of U.S. law to ensure that intellectual property protection is a significant component of U.S. foreign policy and grants more resources to U.S. embassies around the world to increase their involvement in foreign legal reform. U.S. intellectual property lobbying around the world has been well documented with new Canadian copyright legislation widely viewed as a direct consequence of years of political pressure. The new U.S. proposal takes this aggressive approach to another level by simply asserting jurisdiction over millions of Canadian registered IP addresses and domain names. *Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He can be reached **at www.michaelgeist.ca.* - Email <http://www.thestar.com/email/1085475> - Print <http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/1085475> - Add to Favourites <http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/User/#> - Report an error <http://www.thestar.com/reporterror/1085475> - <http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar…><http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-ar…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=thestar&sourc…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=thestar&sourc…><http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=thestar> Rss <http://www.thestar.com/rss?categories=article> - Advertisement - <http://ib.adnxs.com/click?7-cU5Gdj8j_v5xTkZ2PyPwAAAODO9xNA7-cU5Gdj8j_v5xTkZ…> Popular Stories - Colonel Sanders’s lost recipes, autobiography discovered<http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1085183--colonel-sanders-s-lost-rec…> - Apple offers 10-minute fix for iPhone battery problems<http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1085149--apple-offers-10-minute-fix…> - Peanut butter prices go up, up, up<http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1084162--peanut-butter-prices-go-up…> - Where the jobs will be<http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1085290--where-the-jobs-will-be> Ads by Google<http://www.google.com/url?ct=abg&q=https://www.google.com/adsense/support/b…> $4.95 Domain Names<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=BGrYWYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0Ac…> Special Offer: Domains Only $4.95. By the Original Domain Registrar! www.NetworkSolutions.com<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=BGrYWYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0Ac…> Overstock iPhone4: $51.12<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=Bbia5Yxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0AY…> Get an unlocked iPhone4 for $51.12. Limit 1 Per Customer. Canada Only. www.NoMoreRack.com/Canada<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=Bbia5Yxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0AY…> How To Trademark A Name?<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=Bc9ufYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0AZ…> $399 Trademark A Name. Free Search! Easy & Online. Protect Your Rights www.TradeMarkia.com/Trademark_Name<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=Bc9ufYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0AZ…> Looking For Domain Names?<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=BeDyaYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0Af…> Start Your Search at Go Daddy - Register .COMs Just C$7.85 Today. GoDaddy.com<http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=BeDyaYxe_Tu7oJpCEgALMo9i0Af…> -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

1 0

NARALO Agenda 14 Nov 2011 meeting
by Silvia Vivanco Nov. 10, 2011

Nov. 10, 2011

Hello, NARALO members, Below is the draft agenda for the NARALO meeting to be held on Monday, 14 November 2011, at 20:00 UTC. We will let you know if there are any changes to this agenda. I'm looking forward to meeting you all by phone during the meeting. Thank you very much, Kind regards, Silvia ____________________________________________ DRAFT NARALO AGENDA: 14 November 2011 1. Roll Call – Staff (2 min) 2. Review of summary minutes from 17 Oct 2011<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/Summary+Minutes+17+October+2011> and 24 Oct 2011<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+24.10.2011+Summary+Minutes> (Dakar) – Beau (5 min) (There were no explicit AIs assigned during these meetings.) 3. Open Public Consultations<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/> – Beau (10 min) See: At-Large Policy Advice Development Schedule<https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tKrlhCospxnfewY_9R39SuQ&gid=4> At-Large Policy Development wiki page<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Policy+Developme…> 4. Update on Video Project -- Glenn and Joly (5 min) See: NARALO<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Video+Project> Video Project wiki<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Video+Project> 5. Update on ALS Survey Project -- Beau, Glenn and Allan (5 min) See: NARALO<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+ALS+Survey+Project> ALS Survey Project wiki<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+ALS+Survey+Project> 6. Update on Puerto Rico ccTLD matter – Eduardo, Garth and Beau (5 min) See NARALO<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Statement+on+the+Misappro…> Statement on the Misappropriation of the .PR Domain<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Statement+on+the+Misappro…> 7. Review of Dakar activities – Beau (5 min) See: Dakar At-Large Meetings List for Monday, 24.10.11<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Meetings+-+Monday,+24.…> 8. Any other business – Beau (5 min) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silvia Vivanco Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (202) 570-7119 Fax: +1 (202) 789-0104 Cell/Mobile: +1 (202) 735-7011

1 0

Silvia Vivanco Joins At-Large Staff as Manager, Regional Affairs
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 9, 2011

Nov. 9, 2011

* Texto en espanol abajo * Texte français ci-dessous ** Dear All, On behalf of David Olive, Vice-President of Policy Development, and At-Large staff, I am pleased to announce that Silvia Vivanco has joined ICANN's policy team as Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs. Silvia has vast experience in working with global multi-stakeholder communities within an international policy development environment. She has worked as both legal counsel and project manager with the United Nations in Austria as well as part of a legal team of a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in the United States. Silvia holds an LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Lima. She holds Peruvian and US citizenship and speaks English, Spanish and some German. Silvia will be based in the Washington DC office. Please feel free to contact Silvia by e-mail at silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org<mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org> or by telephone at + 1 (202) 570-7119 (office) or +1 (202) 735-7011 (mobile). Kind regards, Heidi ** A todos los participantes de la comunidad de usuarios de internet "De Alcance" [At Large] , En nombre de David Olive, Vice-Presidente de Desarrollo de Politicas, y del personal de At-Large, me complace anunciarles que Silvia Vivanco se ha integrado al equipo de politicas de ICANN como "Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs". Silvia posee una vasta experiencia de trabajo con sociedades civiles y con comunidades de intereses diversos [multi-stakeholder communities] en el contexto de políticas internacionales. Silvia se ha desempeñado como asesora legal y administradora de proyectos en las Naciones Unidas en Austria, así como miembro del equipo legal de una corporación multinacional de telecomunicaciones con sede en los Estados Unidos. Silvia tiene una Maestría en Derecho Internacional de la Universidad de Georgetown y el titulo de Abogado de la Universidad de Lima. Silvia tiene la nacionalidad Peruana y Estadounidense y habla español, ingles y un poco de alemán. Silvia esta establecida en la oficina de Washington DC. Pueden contactar a Silvia via e-mail a silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org<mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org> o al teléfono + 1 (202) 570-7119 (oficina) o +1 (202) 735-7011 (Mobil). Saludos cordials, Heidi ** Cher tous, Au nom de David Olive, du vice-président du développement de politique, et du personnel At-Large, je suis ravie d'annoncer l'arrivée de Silvia Vivanco dans la policy team de ICANN en tant que Manager de At-Large Regional Affairs. Silvia a une grande expérience professionelle de développement de politiques internationales au sein des communautés multi-stakeholder. Elle a travaillé en tant que conseillère juridique et project manager aux Nations-Unies en Autriche et a également fait partie d'une équipe de conseil juridique au sein d'une compagnie multinationale de télécommunications basée aux Etats-Unis. Siliva a un Master en Droit du Law Centre à Georgetown University et une Licence de l'Université de Lima. Elle est péruvienne et detient la nationalité américaine. Silvia est basée au bureau de Washington DC. N'hésitez pas a la contacter par émail à silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org<mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org> ou par telephone au + 1 (202) 570-7119 (bureau) or +1 (202) 735-7011 (portable). Cordialment, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

1 0

contemplating "The Role of Civil Society in ICANN"
by Beau Brendler Nov. 2, 2011

Nov. 2, 2011

Greetings, all. If you have a chance, I would like you to read this paper by Robin Gross: http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/Civil-Society_ICANN.pdf I would be interested to discuss it, and will make a brief discussion or airing of opinions part of the agenda for our next NA RALO meeting. Thanks! Beau -----Original Message----- From: Alan Greenberg Sent: Oct 15, 2011 12:17 PM To: Eduardo Diaz Cc: Beau Brendler , na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] DRAFT statement on .pr Thanks Eduardo. I was aware of the general state, but not at that level of detail. The point I was making, however, is that the statement should not just give the history, but some current status as well (although perhaps not at that level of detail). Alan At 15/10/2011 11:25 AM, Eduardo Diaz wrote: Alan: In terms of the court proceedings they are at the state of discovering the evidence. In the mean time the manager can still operate the business but by court order can not sell the business and make any new investments among other restrictions. According to IANA they have said that the only way that the .pr ccTLD re-delegation can happen is by means of a "hostile re-delegation" since the current operator is not willing to delegate. I have not been able to find anything that explains what that procedure is or how is performed. The question is: How do you force a re-delegation when the operator owns the data? -ed On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Alan Greenberg <[1]alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca > wrote: Beau, it would be useful to include in the statement the current state of the issue with regard to ICANN, IANA and the courts. That is, is there a current dispute/process underway to address this and if so, what is the state. Alan At 14/10/2011 01:10 PM, Beau Brendler wrote: >Hello, all. Here is the statement on the .pr controversy prepared by >Eduardo with comments by Garth and final revisions by me. Please >read and give feedback promptly. I'd also like Eduardo to look over >it carefully to make sure there are no editing errors introduced. > >STATEMENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AT-LARGE REGIONAL ORGANIZATION ON >THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE .PR DOMAIN > >The North American At-Large Regional Organization wants to bring the >ICANN community's attention to a serious concern regarding >management of Puerto Rico's country code top-level domain, .pr, >following a June 2011 lawsuit filed by The University of Puerto Rico >against the domain's manager alleging misappropriation of public >funds and inappropriate ownership claim of the domain, among other >allegations. > >Background >In 1988, the U.S. National Science Foundation established a program >to expand use of the Internet outside the United States by >establishing a domain registration that would allow each country >connected to the network to offer access the Internet through that domain. > >Within that program, the University of Puerto Rico, through its >Gauss Research Laboratory in the Natural Sciences department, >requested the domain ".pr" (institutional research number 8818283, >"Support for the Participation of the University of Puerto Rico in >the NSFNet"). This proposal was approved in 1989 and administration >of the .pr domain was designated to the "Gauss Research Laboratory" >with the university as manager. > >In 2006, the .pr ccTLD's manager contacted the Internet Assigned >Numbers Authority to request a name change in the sponsoring >organization, from the University of Puerto Rico to a corporation >with the same name, including the abbreviations "INC. i.e. Gauss >Research Laboratory, Inc." As a result of this change, Gauss >Research Laboratory Inc. was permitted to remove the .pr ccTLD >operations outside the university campus, as well as redirect any >funds generated by domain purchases. > >Results of IANA Decision >It is apparent IANA, in its decision, considered the request for a >name change in the sponsoring organization to be an administrative >task, not a re-delegation of the ccTLD. However, according to the >lawsuit, the ccTLD manager took action as if a full re-delegation >had been made, allowing him to move the operation outside the >university. Critically, in 2007, Gauss Research Laboratory, Inc. >filed a change in corporate status from non-profit to for-profit >with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. > >Therefore, IANA's decision effectively resulted in the hijacking of >a public resource from a non-profit educational institution to a >for-profit corporation. > >The NARALO is concerned the apparent "re-delegation" of the .pr >domain represents a potential abuse of public trust and >misappropriation of Internet resources. > >In addition, while the controversy over Puerto Rico's country-code >domain may seem unusual, findings presented in the final report of >the ccNSO Delegation and Redelegation Working Group >([2] http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/final-drd-report-02may11-en.pdf ) >clearly indicate it is not. > >NARALO applauds and supports the ccNSO working group's desire, >stated in that report, to "create an environment for making >consistent and predictable decisions regarding the delegation, >re-delegation and retirement of ccTLDs while enhancing >accountability and transparency." > >Therefore, at the 2011 ICANN meeting in Dakar, NARALO will present >the facts and allegations in this case, as well as examples of >similar cases, in hopes of prompting a multi-stakeholder discussion >and approach to create such an environment worldwide. ------ NA-Discuss mailing list [3]NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [4]https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at [5]http://www.naralo.org ------ -- NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you have received this communication by error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. References 1. mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca 2. http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/final-drd-report-02may11-en.pdf 3. mailto:NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org 4. https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss 5. http://www.naralo.org/

1 0