November 2012 - NA-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Re: [NA-Discuss] NRO Contribution to the WCIT Public Consultation Process
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 7, 2012

Nov. 7, 2012

the five rir's have, through the nro, offered a contribution to the wcit pcp. the text of the contribution is below. http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/joint-submission-WCIT-RIR.pdf -e

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New gTLD Applicants Doing for Themselves
by Carlton Samuels Nov. 6, 2012

Nov. 6, 2012

Here's a story about a development intended to help unravel the multiple-applicants-for-the-same-string dilemma. http://www.internetnews.me/2012/11/01/right-of-the-dot-partner-with-escrow-… - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Canadian Digital Policy
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 4, 2012

Nov. 4, 2012

> http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1282423--how-canadians-reclaimed-th… i supported michael's candidacy to join cira's board, and prior to his election (there were significant numbers of votes cast) the difference in policy -- in particular the role of the public interest -- between the two larger of the two states and the unincorporated territory of one of those two staes which comprise icann's "north american region", as manifested by those states and via their current delegation operators, was significant. after his election i expect things to improve, increasing the policy difference between the .ca and {.us|.pr} namespaces, which imho is a good thing. -e

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Canadian Digital Policy
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 4, 2012

Nov. 4, 2012

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1282423--how-canadians-reclaimed-th… -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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NJ Storm Victims may "vote by email"
by Garth Bruen at Knujon.com Nov. 4, 2012

Nov. 4, 2012

"Officials announced Saturday that registered voters can vote electronically. A resident must submit a mail-in ballot application by fax or email to the local county clerk. When the request is received, a ballot will be emailed or faxed back. Ballots must be returned no later than 8 p.m. Tuesday. Ballot applications can be downloaded on the state's website." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/04/new-jersey-residents-displaced-b… ------------------------------------- Garth Bruen http://www.knujon.com Chair of ICANN At-Large NARALO Linkedin Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1870205 Blog: http://www.circleid.com/members/3296/ Twitter: @Knujon

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Connecting.nyc Inc.- ALS Application 171
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 3, 2012

Nov. 3, 2012

continuing a failed-infrastructure-matters thread, the effect of grid, and point backup (diesel) failure is not limited to loss of transit, for which non-local redundency exists, nor non-redundent service, for which uninterrupted operations may not be mission, or quality of life critical, but extends to basic access to private data networks, which are quality of life critical. the link below is to a write-up on inability to access the "electronic benefits card (ebt)" payment system in the absence of power to the points of sale (pos), and/or partition, or failure, local or larger, of the data network overwhich the ebt pos edge devices and core settlement system are distributed. http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/11/without_electricity_new_yorkers_on_f… again, interest and milage may vary, naturally. -e

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SPARK Podcast
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 2, 2012

Nov. 2, 2012

Hi This is an interview with Nora Young, c/o Spark http://www.cbc.ca/spark/episodes/2012/10/26/194-dyslexia-documentia-domains/ also Kieren McCarthy http://www.cbc.ca/spark/full-interviews/2011/01/11/full-interview-kieren-mc… Interesting no comments -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Naralo slideshow
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 1, 2012

Nov. 1, 2012

Hi All This is first version of the NARALO slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/naralo-slideshow Please comment for future versions G -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Connecting.nyc Inc.- ALS Application 171
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 1, 2012

Nov. 1, 2012

i appreciate a shared interest in infrastructure, resiliency, readiness and response, is not broadly held, but the "ralo status" of a single person (tom) is, imho, is of less _public_interest_ than the status of infrastructure operators in the sandy landfall zone -- at least this week. at present diesel is being hand carried in jerry cans up 17 floors at 111 8th ave to maintain operations on one floor, a major data center in manhattan, and a report (one of many on the outages list, and others) is in the link below. http://www.zayo.com/emergency-response interest and milage may vary, naturally. -e

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Connecting.nyc Inc.- ALS Application 171
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 1, 2012

Nov. 1, 2012

> ... > ... Nearly all of the new TLD applicants use one > of a handful of familiar registry operators as back end operators, and the > .NYC application says that their back end is Neustar. Nothing sinister > about that. > > But Neustar isn't defining .NYC's registration rules, marketing plan, or > other stuff beyond registry operations. That's the bit I was wondering > about. john, choice of backends may limit tenant policy and/or operational practice, e.g., multi-step registration eligibility check, performed by the .coop, .museum and .cat operators and a very few registrars. constraint(s) may be present in the tenant's choices for "sunrise" and "landrush" registrations prior to general availability. as you've observed on several occasions, in several venues, these have, in the presence of other constraints now reduced or eliminated, chiefly the must-use-third-party-registrars requirement, profoundly limited the uptake, and apparent utility, of name spaces operated by registry agreement holders utilizing own, or policied third-party registry operators and retail channels. i was personally amused when i read the doitt's original sollicitation, and found "mandatory to implement" references [1] to xrp -- the protocol i personally advocated for, in whole and in parts, in the pre-ietf group of implementors, and in the ietf epp working group, while employed by neustar/neulevel. i think it is incorrect to observe that the doitt arrived at its choice of contractor uninformed by neustar, and not surprisingly selected neustar as its initial contractor to prepare its bid. i think it is also incorrect to speculate that the doitt will be unable to exercise agency during the neustar contract period, however, the doitt goals reflected in its initial, intermediate, and final instructions to bidders, in which i participated fully while consulting for core, were split between two very difficult to simultaniously operationalize goals -- the public interest and short term revenue maximization. the doitt's eventual committal to one, or the other, of these two basic business models, should be evident no later than the publication of the applicant's "sunrise" plan. joly, i concur with your recital of tom's statement of position in the only public hearing the current administration allowed. -e [1] i'll be happy to dig up my bidders' questions to the doitt to clarify what the doitt ment by mandating implementation of xrp and share that, and the doitt's response, should either of you or care to see the originals.

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