September 2011 - NA-Discuss

REMINDER: NARALO TELECONFERENCE - Monday, 08 August 19:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon Oct. 5, 2011

Oct. 5, 2011

Dear All, The next NARALO teleconference is scheduled for Monday, 08 August 2011 at 19:00 UTC. The agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+08.08.2011+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, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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At-Large Questions for Global Partnerships and Communications
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Dear All, During the ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session 1 scheduled for Sunday, 23 October 2011 between 9:00-18:00 in Dakar (see global times at: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ALAC+and+Regional+L eadership+-+Working+Session+1+ <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ALAC+and+Regional+ Leadership+-+Working+Session+1+&iso=20111023T09&p1=74&ah=9> &iso=20111023T09&p1=74&ah=9), there will be a session on ICANN Global Outreach: Update from Communications and Global Partnerships with Scott Pinzon, Director of Marketing and Outreach, and Mandy Carver, Deputy General Manager for Global Partnerships. This session is scheduled for 9:00-9:45. Mandy and Scott will be answering specific questions posed by At-Large community members. A wiki workspace has been created to collect questions (see: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+-+Questions+for+Global+ Partnerships+and+Communications+-+October+2011). Please use the comments section on the wiki page to submit questions for Mandy Carver and Scott Pinzon to answer during their session with the ALAC and Regional Leadership. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt Ashtiani, Nathalie Peregrine, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: NARALO Brochures
by Joly MacFie Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

That there's so little budget for such an elemental component of At-Large outreach is, if not shocking, still outrageous., . j ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matt Ashtiani <matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:15 AM Subject: NARALO Brochures To: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> Dear Joly, You should have received the requested NARALO brochures by now, please let me know if you have not yet received them. Please note that we were only able to send you 100 brochures at this time as we used the allotted funds to print additional NARALO-ES and NARALO-FR brochures, as well as other RALO brochures in other languages. However, PDFs of the NARALO brochures are also available online.<https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Brochure> Apologies, but I am unable to send you At-Large brochures at this time as they are still being printed. Once the brochures have been printed I will follow up accordingly. Regards,**** ** ** Matt Ashtiani**** At-Large Coordination Officer**** ICANN**** 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330**** Marina del Rey, CA 90292**** ** ** Tel: +1(310)823-9358**** Dir: +1(310)578-8675**** Fax: +1(310) 823-8649**** Mob: +1(310) 892-3247 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Convening the NA-RALO Puerto Rico ccTLD .PR "task force"
by Beau Brendler Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Hello Eduardo, Garth, Gareth and all. This note is meant to convene the "task force" on the Puerto Rico ccTLD issue. I have cc'd the NA-RALO list in case I have missed anyone with interest, or forgottenn expressions of interest in previous calls. Please join us if you want to get involved or remind me if you want to be part of the effort going forward! To jog memories, or if you are new to the issue...there's an article (a bit old now, and in Spanish) here: http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/se-llevan-dominio-www-gobierno-pr-sin-… I have also attached a copy of the lawsuit, translated into English, courtesy of Danny Younger. Eduardo probably has more current information on this now, but it's a bit of background. I recommend we take the following actions: * Prepare a brief statement that the NA-RALO can make prior to Dakar. If Eduardo can point me to, or send me, a summary of the latest facts in the case I can use that. Or Eduardo and Garth might want to take a crack at writing the statement, if that's the case let me know. * Ask Garth to put this in perspective of other research that's been done by Knujon and others on the ccTLD space, with an eye towards producing a small report or a statement to the effect that "what's going on with Puerto Rico's country-code level domain may seem unusual, but considering these other things happening with ccTLDS, it's not so unusual." That can be the basis of possibly getting some press, because we are going to need that, or at least the possibility of it, to get that community to take notice and get ICANN/IANA to take the matter seriously. * Make a determination prior to Dakar of what the appropriate channels are to raise concerns about this, so that we can send some communication up those channels prior to Dakar. Seems to me like those are some concrete first steps to get things started. Feel free to add or offer other ideas. I think we have an opportunity here since Garth will be joining us in Dakar. Best, Beau

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Re: [NA-Discuss] request for two rooms/events in Dakar
by Beau Brendler Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

Well, thanks, Heidi. I'd say yes to the Puerto Rico time, and a tentative yes to the survey time -- I need to talk to Glenn first, as he is with nom com and they are not due in until Weds., and their schedule is apparently not yet set. We will get back to you as to whether it's best for, say, me to host the meeting in the Monday slot or to wait until Glenn's schedule is firmed up. Beau -----Original Message----- >From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org> >Sent: Sep 28, 2011 5:13 PM >To: Beau Brendler <beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net>, Seth Greene <Seth.Greene(a)icann.org>, "mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com" <mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com>, "allan(a)avpbc.com" <allan(a)avpbc.com>, "eduardodiazrivera(a)gmail.com" <eduardodiazrivera(a)gmail.com> >Cc: "na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: RE: request for two rooms/events in Dakar > >Hi Beau, > >Meetings Staff have informed me that we can still submit requests for these two meetings. > >Could I suggest the following date/times for these meetings: > >Meeting to present the findings of NARALO's Task Force on Puerto Rico's ccTLD Controversy - Monday, 24 October at 14:00-15:00. > >Meeting to develop NARALO's North American Internet users' survey - Monday, 24 October at 18:00-19:00 (immediately prior to the NARALO meeting). > >We will be able to ask for all the technical features that have been requested, including interpretation, remote dial-in, and video-streaming. However, Meetings Staff have not yet confirmed whether these meetings will be able to be posted on the public ICANN Meeting schedule, although I believe they will. At-Large staff will post them on the At-Large Dakar Meeting page (see: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Dakar+-+Meetings+Sched…) > >Could you please confirm by tomorrow if the suggested date/times will be ok? > >Thanks, >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 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Beau Brendler [mailto:beaubrendler@earthlink.net] >Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:54 AM >To: Seth Greene; mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com; allan(a)avpbc.com; Heidi Ullrich; eduardodiazrivera(a)gmail.com >Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: request for two rooms/events in Dakar > >Seth, Heidi... > >The NA-RALO wants to request, if possible, two rooms for two separate events at Dakar. > >One room is needed for a discussion to present the "findings of the NA-RALO's Task Force on Puerto Rico's ccTLD Controversy," or something to that effect. One hour, room for 20 people, audiovisual, Spanish translation if possible, French too if we can have it. Presenters tentatively will be Eduardo Diaz if he wants to, as well as Garth Bruen, and I'll moderate. Possible remote dial-in. We will also need space on the event calendar to promote the event, as I would guess there will be interested participants. > >A second room is needed, and added to the event calendar, for an open discussion to develop NA-RALO's North American Internet users' survey on prioritizing policy for NA-RALO and ICANN. One hour, audiovisual, French and Spanish if possible, room for 20 people. We also need schedule space for this as there will no doubt be some strong opinions on survey content. Note that the working group is evolving a course of action that would involve an ALS survey, as well as a general North American users' survey. > >I realize this is probably late notice, but both events will be worthwhile and need stakeholder interest. > >If necessary, we could also append both these sessions to scheduled at-large activities, assuming that's OK with the ALAC ex-com, but would still need promotion that they are happening. > >Please let me know what the possibilities are, and at that point I can provide further details on content of the sessions, etc. Please note we don't want to be exiled to some dusty corner of the conference center on Thursday at 7 p.m., or jammed into the interim slot between the last session on Wednesday, and the Gala, when everyone's getting dressed/hammered, or at 6 a.m. on Friday. > >Thanks > >Beau

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Re: [NA-Discuss] request for two rooms/events in Dakar
by Beau Brendler Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

Excellent on both counts. BB -----Original Message----- From: Eduardo Diaz Sent: Sep 28, 2011 3:05 PM To: Beau Brendler Cc: Seth.Greene(a)icann.org, mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com, allan(a)avpbc.com, Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org, na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: request for two rooms/events in Dakar Beau: I will add to your request to include video streaming. The Internet Community in Puerto Rico and our government legislature is following this case very closely. I think that it will very instructive for these people to watch and hear these discussions as they happen, specially when they happen at a global level. By the way, I will be glad to be one of the presenters. -ed On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Beau Brendler <[1]beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> wrote: Seth, Heidi... The NA-RALO wants to request, if possible, two rooms for two separate events at Dakar. One room is needed for a discussion to present the "findings of the NA-RALO's Task Force on Puerto Rico's ccTLD Controversy," or something to that effect. One hour, room for 20 people, audiovisual, Spanish translation if possible, French too if we can have it. Presenters tentatively will be Eduardo Diaz if he wants to, as well as Garth Bruen, and I'll moderate. Possible remote dial-in. We will also need space on the event calendar to promote the event, as I would guess there will be interested participants. A second room is needed, and added to the event calendar, for an open discussion to develop NA-RALO's North American Internet users' survey on prioritizing policy for NA-RALO and ICANN. One hour, audiovisual, French and Spanish if possible, room for 20 people. We also need schedule space for this as there will no doubt be some strong opinions on survey content. Note that the working group is evolving a course of action that would involve an ALS survey, as well as a general North American users' survey. I realize this is probably late notice, but both events will be worthwhile and need stakeholder interest. If necessary, we could also append both these sessions to scheduled at-large activities, assuming that's OK with the ALAC ex-com, but would still need promotion that they are happening. Please let me know what the possibilities are, and at that point I can provide further details on content of the sessions, etc. Please note we don't want to be exiled to some dusty corner of the conference center on Thursday at 7 p.m., or jammed into the interim slot between the last session on Wednesday, and the Gala, when everyone's getting dressed/hammered, or at 6 a.m. on Friday. Thanks Beau -- 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:beaubrendler@earthlink.net

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request for two rooms/events in Dakar
by Beau Brendler Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

Seth, Heidi... The NA-RALO wants to request, if possible, two rooms for two separate events at Dakar. One room is needed for a discussion to present the "findings of the NA-RALO's Task Force on Puerto Rico's ccTLD Controversy," or something to that effect. One hour, room for 20 people, audiovisual, Spanish translation if possible, French too if we can have it. Presenters tentatively will be Eduardo Diaz if he wants to, as well as Garth Bruen, and I'll moderate. Possible remote dial-in. We will also need space on the event calendar to promote the event, as I would guess there will be interested participants. A second room is needed, and added to the event calendar, for an open discussion to develop NA-RALO's North American Internet users' survey on prioritizing policy for NA-RALO and ICANN. One hour, audiovisual, French and Spanish if possible, room for 20 people. We also need schedule space for this as there will no doubt be some strong opinions on survey content. Note that the working group is evolving a course of action that would involve an ALS survey, as well as a general North American users' survey. I realize this is probably late notice, but both events will be worthwhile and need stakeholder interest. If necessary, we could also append both these sessions to scheduled at-large activities, assuming that's OK with the ALAC ex-com, but would still need promotion that they are happening. Please let me know what the possibilities are, and at that point I can provide further details on content of the sessions, etc. Please note we don't want to be exiled to some dusty corner of the conference center on Thursday at 7 p.m., or jammed into the interim slot between the last session on Wednesday, and the Gala, when everyone's getting dressed/hammered, or at 6 a.m. on Friday. Thanks Beau

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Convening the NA-RALO Puerto Rico ccTLD .PR "task force"
by Beau Brendler Sept. 28, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011

you know, it would be hard to make this stuff up...I especially like the photo with the caption, "con funcionarios de la Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" describing Vint and Paul Twomey, to be especially humorous -- though I don't think "functionarios" has the same slightly negative connotation in Spanish as "functionaries" does in English. My guess is that simply making a factual presentation of the case as it stands at ICANN Dakar, coupled with words like "User community (or at-large) Task Force on .PR," would get us a room and an audience. -----Original Message----- From: Eduardo Diaz Sent: Sep 27, 2011 10:14 PM To: Beau Brendler Cc: gbruen(a)knujon.com, na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: Convening the NA-RALO Puerto Rico ccTLD .PR "task force" Beau: Great! Give me a couple of days to seek out the law firm that is handling the sue to get the latest facts and to let me write something down to use as the first step towards the discussion. Also here are a couple of other articles that came out in the press. There are in Spanish but I guess you can run them through a translator and get the idea: [1]http://tinyurl.com/novelonpr [2]http://tinyurl.com/articuloendi The first link is interesting since it shows a picture of the .pr ccTLD manager, Oscar Moreno, sitting next to Vint Cerf and Paul Twoney. I believe this picture was taken during the 2007 ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico when Dr. Moreno signed the accountability framework with ICANN. What an irony! Also, it is difficult not to notice the coincidence that .pr ccTLD was a diamond sponsor in the Puerto Rico meeting ([3]http://www.icannsanjuan.pr/) and that the .pr redelegation happened the same year. -ed PS: Here is the link to the accountability framework signed by Oscar Morena and Paul Towney ([4]www.icann.org/en/cctlds/pr/pr-icann-af-26jun07.pdf) Check out item number A.2 where ICANN recognizes that the .pr was delegated to the Gauss Research Laboratory, Inc. in 2007, a corporation operating in Puerto Rico. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Beau Brendler <[5]beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> wrote: Hello Eduardo, Garth, Gareth and all. This note is meant to convene the "task force" on the Puerto Rico ccTLD issue. I have cc'd the NA-RALO list in case I have missed anyone with interest, or forgottenn expressions of interest in previous calls. Please join us if you want to get involved or remind me if you want to be part of the effort going forward! To jog memories, or if you are new to the issue...there's an article (a bit old now, and in Spanish) here: [6]http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/se-llevan-dominio-www-gobierno-pr- sin-autorizacion I have also attached a copy of the lawsuit, translated into English, courtesy of Danny Younger. Eduardo probably has more current information on this now, but it's a bit of background. I recommend we take the following actions: * Prepare a brief statement that the NA-RALO can make prior to Dakar. If Eduardo can point me to, or send me, a summary of the latest facts in the case I can use that. Or Eduardo and Garth might want to take a crack at writing the statement, if that's the case let me know. * Ask Garth to put this in perspective of other research that's been done by Knujon and others on the ccTLD space, with an eye towards producing a small report or a statement to the effect that "what's going on with Puerto Rico's country-code level domain may seem unusual, but considering these other things happening with ccTLDS, it's not so unusual." That can be the basis of possibly getting some press, because we are going to need that, or at least the possibility of it, to get that community to take notice and get ICANN/IANA to take the matter seriously. * Make a determination prior to Dakar of what the appropriate channels are to raise concerns about this, so that we can send some communication up those channels prior to Dakar. Seems to me like those are some concrete first steps to get things started. Feel free to add or offer other ideas. I think we have an opportunity here since Garth will be joining us in Dakar. Best, Beau -- 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. http://tinyurl.com/novelon 2. http://tinyurl.com/articuloendi 3. http://www.icannsanjuan.pr/ 4. http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/ 5. mailto:beaubrendler@earthlink.net 6. http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/se-llevan-dominio-www-gobierno-pr-sin-…

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Please disregard an email indicating that I am receiving emails in a hotmail account from now on
by Eduardo Diaz Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

To All: Please disregard an email indicating that I am receiving emails in a hotmail account from now on . That was hotmail doing one of their things when i was trying to backup my emails into hotmail. I had to close the account in HOTMAIL just to stop what they were doing. Lessons learned: if you ever use HOTMAIL to backup your email data from GMAIL be aware that HOTMAIL will send a message to all your contacts, including those emails that you reply to and that they are not in your contact list, indicating that your email address has changed to their system. Sorry for this. I am still with gmail. Gracias. -ed -- 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.

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Pre-Dakar ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Dear All, Pre-Dakar ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat ( <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Dakar remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on Thursday 13 October at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 13 October at 19.00 UTC, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: * Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy Issue Report (GNSO) * Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (GNSO) * Recent WHOIS work * Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories (ccNSO) * Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re delegation of ccTLDs (ccNSO) * Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org> policy-staff(a)icann.org. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat ( <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 12.00 UTC or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address. Announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20sep11-en.htm Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt Ashtiani, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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