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Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

Dear All: May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the community. I submit for you all to consider that this spotlight could be used by the community to focus attention on the issues which you care about. There could for example be resolutions on: 1) Domain Tasting - the negative consequences to end-users which many in the community have highlighted and a call for the GNSO and ICANN Board to begin a PDP as an urgent matter; 2) Registry and Registrar performance - the issue of Registerfly has brought to the fore issues of enforcement and the role of ICANN in enforcing these contracts. A resolution could highlight these and call for action; a number of proposed actions have been mooted on community lists. There's also the issue of switching registrars and the difficulty that poses for people which has been brought up in the African discussion lists By resolution, I mean something brief - one page per issue - in the style of a UN resolution with adjectives leading each paragraph of a preamble section, and then a section with specific recommendations for action (not in great detail necessarily but the high-level principles or actions which should be made). At the ALAC monthly teleconference on 6th March, could the committee perhaps propose to discuss this? If one member of the committee could draft a one-page document on the above structure to be completed within a week, then there would be time to send it out to all the regions for their review and comment, and then at Lisbon the two regions present and the ALAC could agree a final text and release it to the rest of ICANN. If nobody on the ALAC is able to do the drafting, I'm happy to do a draft as a "backup drafter" and then forward it to be reviewed. I hope this will not be thought presumptuous. I don't wish to 'take over' the policy work of the community, but I do see a real opportunity for the community to make a big splash of substance at the next meeting and wouldn't like to see that opportunity lost or wasted. At the same time I do understand that people are all volunteers and I'm happy to help in any way I can. There are those - even in the community - who do not believe the At- Large community has the ability to influence ICANN's work. I do not believe they're right, but it seems to me one of the best ways to find out is to take a strong stand and suggest proactive steps to improve things. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [NA-Discuss] African Region finishes its MoU
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

This is apples and oranges though, really, isn't it? Every example below relates to another constituency. On 01/03/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Re: "February has turned out to be a good month for > the At-Large community" > > I guess that depends on who you talk to: > > (1) The registerfly.com debacle has already resulted > in 75,000 domain name registrations that weren't > processed in January owing to fraud and mismanagement. > http://icann.org/correspondence/registerfly-notice-of-breach-21feb07.pdf > > (2) The Chair of the Registrars Constituency has > revealed that ICANN has never implemented registrant > data escrow protection by failing to provide a > schedule, terms, and format for data escrow. > http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg06000.html > > (3) GNSO Councilor Sophia Bekele has reported that > two prominent domain name resellers have been denied > membership in the GNSO Business Constituency (which > they viewed as the necessary conduit that would allow > for full participation in the GNSO IDN Working Group). > These firms are Regtime of Russia and Karmania Media > (Iran). The sordid details are at > http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03256.html > > (4) The NCUC posts a press release describing ICANN > as the Net's Word Police. > http://www.bloggernews.net/14882 > > (5) The Eurid Registry (.eu) finds it necessary to > create a Registrar Code of Conduct; Eurid will > establish a platform to better log the flood of > complaints against registrars (this is after having > sued 400 registrars for breach of contract and having > earlier suspended 74,000 domains). > http://www.eurid.eu/images/Documents/CoC/code_of_conduct_en.pdf > > > --- Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > > For those who don't already know this, the African > > ALS Community > > finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the > > Office of the > > General Counsel late last week. > > > > The European ALS community will also be meeting in > > Lisbon and are > > committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws > > there - making > > three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. > > > > Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has > > turned out to be > > a good month for the At-Large community :) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Nick Ashton-Hart > > Director, At-Large > > ICANN > > PO Box 32160 > > London N4 2XY > > United Kingdom > > Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] > > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > > email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org > > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: > > nashtonhart(a)mac.com / > > Skype: nashtonhart > > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NA-Discuss mailing list > > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > > --- > > Draft MoU with ICANN: > > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU > > > > Draft Operating Principles: > > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > > _______________________________________________ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > --- > Draft MoU with ICANN: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU > > Draft Operating Principles: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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[Fwd: Re: African Region finishes its MoU]
by Wendy Seltzer March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

With or without RALOs, these are concrete issues of concern to individual Internet users. Should ALAC be writing reports, starting PDPs, or just letting its users' concerns lie? (I vote against the last option...) --Wendy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] African Region finishes its MoU Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:55:49 -0800 (PST) From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> To: NA Discuss <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Re: "February has turned out to be a good month for the At-Large community" I guess that depends on who you talk to: (1) The registerfly.com debacle has already resulted in 75,000 domain name registrations that weren't processed in January owing to fraud and mismanagement. http://icann.org/correspondence/registerfly-notice-of-breach-21feb07.pdf (2) The Chair of the Registrars Constituency has revealed that ICANN has never implemented registrant data escrow protection by failing to provide a schedule, terms, and format for data escrow. http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg06000.html (3) GNSO Councilor Sophia Bekele has reported that two prominent domain name resellers have been denied membership in the GNSO Business Constituency (which they viewed as the necessary conduit that would allow for full participation in the GNSO IDN Working Group). These firms are Regtime of Russia and Karmania Media (Iran). The sordid details are at http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03256.html (4) The NCUC posts a press release describing ICANN as the Net's Word Police. http://www.bloggernews.net/14882 (5) The Eurid Registry (.eu) finds it necessary to create a Registrar Code of Conduct; Eurid will establish a platform to better log the flood of complaints against registrars (this is after having sued 400 registrars for breach of contract and having earlier suspended 74,000 domains). http://www.eurid.eu/images/Documents/CoC/code_of_conduct_en.pdf --- Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> wrote: > For those who don't already know this, the African > ALS Community > finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the > Office of the > General Counsel late last week. > > The European ALS community will also be meeting in > Lisbon and are > committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws > there - making > three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. > > Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has > turned out to be > a good month for the At-Large community :) > > -- > Regards, > > Nick Ashton-Hart > Director, At-Large > ICANN > PO Box 32160 > London N4 2XY > United Kingdom > Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: > nashtonhart(a)mac.com / > Skype: nashtonhart > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > --- > Draft MoU with ICANN: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU > > Draft Operating Principles: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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African Region finishes its MoU
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

For those who don't already know this, the African ALS Community finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the Office of the General Counsel late last week. The European ALS community will also be meeting in Lisbon and are committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws there - making three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has turned out to be a good month for the At-Large community :) -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU and OP Today
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

I thought the wider At-Large world would be keen to hear the good news from Asia today. Congratulations to the AP At-Large Community :) It was great to meet you all and I look forward to helping to facilitate your making a difference for a long time to come :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Izumi AIZU <iza(a)anr.org> Date: 28-Feb-2007 22:57 Subject: [APAC-Discuss] AP-RALO completed MoU and OP To: Interim ALAC <alac(a)icann.org>, Asia-Pacific Discuss < apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear all, I would like to take this opportunity to report that AP RALO formation meeting here in Bali during APRICOt took place today, and I am pleased to share that we have completed most of the tasks for the formation, we reached the consensus on Draft MoU with ICANN, and also on Operating Principles. 12 ALS representative out of 13 gathered here and we put our initiating signatures to the documents, to be submitted to the ICANN Board. We could not complete the selection of new ALAC members and officers, but agreed with the selection schedule, including the nomination starting shortly, for a week, etc. The official announcment should come any time soon together with the minutes of our meeting. As one of "interim" members of ALAC together with Ms. Hong Xue from AP region, I personally feel greatful to all the support and active involvement of all ALS members here in our region, as well as staff support, and also all the friendly advices and suport from larger ALAC friends in other regions and othe ICANN community memebrs. Nom-com designated Siavash did the great job of charing the session of the entire day. Special thanks to Siavash! Well, the real tasks will be still there, and not easy, but I hope we will eventually make rational and meaningful steps to bring the voices of individual users in this region to the ICANN policy process. izumi _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Asia Pacific At-Large community meeting Feb 28th
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 25, 2007

Feb. 25, 2007

Dear All: The Asia Pacific At-Large community is engaging in their final-stage negotiations on the contents of their MoU with ICANN on February 28th, in a meeting that is part of the APRICOT 2007 Conference in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting documents are all available online via the www.apralo.org website. I look forward to meeting the regional representatives in a couple of days! Baher Esmat and Save Vocea from the Global Partnerships team will be at the meeting too, alongside other events they are a part of at APRICOT. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Vancouver ICANN outreach session hosted by TC
by Garth Graham Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

For your info, and as an invitation, here's the announcement of the Telecommunities Canada session now on the program of the PCNA 2007 Summit in Vancouver. GG Garth Graham 25-118 Aldersmith Place, Victoria, BC, Canada, V9A 7M9 250-721-5494 Skype: gghis voice ================================= WHAT’S A NARALO? Telecommunities Canada is hosting an open “ICANN Outreach” session at the Pacific Community Networks Association 2007 Summit: Strategic use of ICTs for Communities, Vancouver, February 23-25, 2007. < http://www.2007summit.ca/> Friday, Feb 23rd, 10:30 – 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time. SESSION DESCRIPTION Telecommunities Canada is exploring ways to increase public participation in “Internet Governance” issues. One opportunity we see involves working with and through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system. In understanding the interests of individual Internet users (referred to by ICANN as the "At-Large" community) they rely on an At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). ICANN is in the process of encouraging the formation of the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) to be a forum and coordination point in North America for public input via the ALAC. Telecommunities Canada is acting in cooperation with other organizations to assist in NARALO”s formation, particularly to gain leverage in addressing the way that telecommunications policy reform in Canada will impact on Internet Governance issues. In this session, we’d like to think aloud about our plans and receive your comments by: · Reviewing and discussing the thinking of TC and other agencies about the opportunities that might flow from NARALO formation, · Providing a window on what NARALO/ALAC/ICANN participation could involve for other interested user groups attending the 2007 Community Networking Summit. REMOTE PARTICIPATION: There will be remote participation in this session, facilitated via the Marratech video e-meeting and web collaboration environment now being tested by ALAC. The meeting room is “open” now and throughout February. We’d encourage you to spend time learning how it works before entering the session. There are 2 ways to enter the MarrraTech e-meeting room: 1 - Java Webstart (The preferred method) Click the following link which will automatically install the Marratech client: http://uk.emeetingportal.com/launch.jsp?sid=537 When prompted enter the user details: Username: spamcop Password: spamcop This will take you into the virtual meting room. 2 - Installed client Download the installation file from our website: www.marratech.com/download and install in the usual manner Open Marratech, select 'Marratech Meetings' / 'UK & France' Login on the left hand side with the above details and your room will appear at the bottom of the list under 'Private Rooms' - click to enter. When you are “in” the room, you will notice on the lower right-hand corner of the screen, at the bottom of the participants panel, there are three on/off buttons with icons for video, audio-out and audio- in. Because of possible audio feedback/echo problems, please do not leave the audio-in button on, unless you are speaking or are using a head-set. ------ end ----

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Fwd: [At-Large] Independent Review of At-Large
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 20, 2007

Feb. 20, 2007

All members of the community are advised to read the announcement below. Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Date: 20 February 2007 14:57:10 GMT > To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac(a)icann.org> > Subject: [At-Large] Independent Review of At-Large > > At the Sao Paulo ICANN meeting, the Board approved a comprehensive > schedule for independent review of ICANN’s structures (as required > under > Article IV, Section 4 of the Bylaws), as well as the Board: > > • Nominating Committee – estimated launch December 2006 > • At-Large Advisory Committee – estimated launch February 2007 > • DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee – estimated launch July > 2007 > • Board – estimated launch October 2007 > • Security and Stability Advisory Committee – estimated launch > January 2008 > • ccNSO Supporting Organisation – estimated launch July 2008 > • Address Supporting Organisation – estimated launch December 2008 > > These reviews are intended to ensure an independent examination of the > role and operation of key elements of ICANN, and are part of ICANN’s > ongoing commitment to its evolution and improvement. As with the > first > two independent reviews, which were completed for the GNSO Council and > the GNSO, these reviews will be conducted in an objective way by > independent evaluators, under guidance from the Board on the review’s > terms of reference, and with opportunity for public review and comment > on the results of the reviews. > > **Accordingly, input from the At-Large Advisory Committee, Regional > At-Large Large Organizations, and the At-Large community is invited on > the draft Terms of Reference for the ALAC review. Please provide Nick > Ashton-Hart <staff(a)alac.icann.org> with your comments and > suggestions. > Nick will be following-up with more information.** > > Draft Terms of Reference (TOR), which detail questions that will guide > the independent reviewer, will be developed by staff and presented to > the Board Governance Committee. This Committee, which has oversight > responsibilities for independent reviews, will have draft TOR > posted for > public comment and then finalized. You may find the draft TOR for the > Nominating Committee Review to be illustrative > <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12dec06.htm>. > > Thank you for your interest and involvement in At-Large. > > Regards, > Denise > > Denise Michel > Vice President, Policy Development > ICANN www.icann.org > denise.michel(a)icann.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge- > lists.icann.org > > www.alac.icann.org > www.icannalac.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Map of the GNSO Policy Development Process
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

Dear all: I've attached a scan of a handout I recently received which neatly maps the process at a high level of how the PDP process works in the GNSO. I hope this is handy. We are working on producing more of this kind of information, with accompanying descriptions, to make processes like this easier to understand. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Response to the Ombudsman's report
by Wendy Seltzer Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

It appears that the Ombudsman's "report" has been posted publicly. Here is my personal response: The Ombudsman is quick to extol the virtues of Ombudsmanship (Report, p.15), but slow to put them into practice. He praises the flexibility and equitable alternatives open to an ombudsman, as distinct from a court of law, then treats the At-Large Advisory Committee like the hostile target of a grand jury investigation with no opportunity to respond. Using selective quotation from interim drafts circulated on internal lists, he paints a skewed picture of the Committee's processes and conclusions, and therefore misses some of the key facts in the dispute. The Committee does not deny responsibility for some delays. At the same time, the Committee was often barred from more rapid response by its ICANN-appointed staff, who unilaterally blocked Committee publication of vote results and then sent notifications to applicants without offering the Committee any opportunity to review or correct them. There are indeed problems to be addressed in the ALAC's functions, many of them deep structural problems in ICANN's construction of the ALAC, but the Ombudsman's determination that the Committee must be publicly shamed unfortunately misses the opportunity to make progress in resolving any of them. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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