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US decision
by Glenn McKnight Dec. 6, 2012

Dec. 6, 2012

"In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the House unanimously passed a resolution to ban UN regulation of the internet at the hands of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). It states<http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/jan2012/sconres50.pdf> that the US would "continue working to implement the position of the United States on internet governance that clearly articulates the consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States to promote a global internet free from government control." ----SNIP---- "The 1988 treaty does indeed need an update, but US and Canada along with several EU nations<http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/30/eu-stands-firm-with-the-us-to-oppose-int…> have expressed a strong desire to limit any new policies from impacting how the web is run. Their efforts have so far been for naught, but Congress is hoping that such a unified stance from the US will help sway the votes that are due to happen later this week in Dubai." http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/05/house-passes-unanimous-resolution-ban-UN… -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 4, 2012

Dec. 4, 2012

Dear Dana: ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (172) Nova Scotia Community Access Program has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group’s 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 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 . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region’s 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. - 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. - 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. They are: African Region: www.afralo.org Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: www.apralo.org European Region: www.euralo.org Latin America/Caribbean Region: www.lacralo.org North American Region: www.naralo.org We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. 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. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.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):

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 4, 2012

Dec. 4, 2012

Dear Thomas: ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (171) Connect.NYC has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group’s 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 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 . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region’s 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. - 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. - 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. They are: African Region: www.afralo.org Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: www.apralo.org European Region: www.euralo.org Latin America/Caribbean Region: www.lacralo.org North American Region: www.naralo.org We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. 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. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.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):

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Fw: Due Diligence complete- Regional Advice requested ALS applicant "(170) University Community Partnership for Social Action Research"
by Garth Bruen at Knujon.com Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Due Diligence complete- Regional Advice requested ALS applicant "(170) University Community Partnership for Social Action Research" From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 6:19 PM To: Garth Bruen at Knujon.com ; Thompson, Darlene Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: Due Diligence complete- Regional Advice requested ALS applicant "(170) University Community Partnership for Social Action Research" Dear Garth and Darlene, On the October 10th we received a NARALO ALS application from "University Community Partnership for Social Action Research". Please find the Due Diligence form attached. We kindly ask you to provide us with the regional advice for this ALS in your capacity as NARALO Secretary. Your advice will support the ALAC review on this application. According to our timeline for ALS applications the due date for the regional advice is on 28/11/2012. We would like to remind you that the DD form could contain sensitive information. Please read the form carefully before sending it off to third parties. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt Ashtiani, Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Internet Shutdowns NPR Article
by Glenn McKnight Dec. 1, 2012

Dec. 1, 2012

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/01/166286596/shutdowns-raise-issue-of-who-contro… -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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WCIT 2012 - At-Large Activities, Information and Members Participating
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 1, 2012

Dec. 1, 2012

Dear All, With the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) starting in Dubai this next week, staff have created an At-Large Activities at the WCIT Workspace (see: https://community.icann.org/x/04JEAg) to provide information on At-Large and ICANN activities as well as provide sources of information from the Internet Society and Scoop.it. If you will be participating in the WCIT, please add your name, the dates you will be in Dubai, and the delegation you will be serving on to this workspace. Alternatively, please send At-Large staff this information, and we will add it to the workspace for you. At-Large staff will be sharing this information with the Global Engagement Stakeholder staff to facilitate communication on the ground in Dubai. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Internet drop in Syria
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

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

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Syria shuts down the Internet
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1295103--syria-shuts-down-interne… -- 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] Slate article on .web (Meinrath & Noss)
by ebw＠abenaki.wabanaki.net Nov. 28, 2012

Nov. 28, 2012

First, there is the 2000 round applicant for "web", and the unanswered (in the American courts, a venue that may matter) question of whether ICANN's 2000 offer may be unilaterally recinded, by ICANN, after having received a timely and complete acceptence by the applicant. For those who hold that ICANN may receive timely and complete applications, and subsequently unilaterally recind past offer(s), what guarantee do the 2012 applicants have that for reaons as unrelated to their application as the 7-10 limit (which I had a part in developing) was to each of the 40+ 2000 applicants that their applications will not be similarly rejected? If it is proper to credit Chris Ambler $45k against any future application for any string and sollicit a second or subsequent applications for "web" and attempt to monitize a plurality of applications by auction, then it may be proper for ICANN (see "American courts", supra) to recind each such offer until its auction reserve value for "web" is met. Of course, Chris Ambler is not the only 2000 round applicant who's timely and complete application has been treated by ICANN as a loan repayed with out interest, and only in credit against future applications. CORE too is similarly situated, having applied for "web", as is the World Health Organization, having applied for "health", etc. So, where a string did not appear in a timely and complete application in a prior round, and appears in two or more such applications in the current round, then it is possible (at ICANN's sole discression, see "American cours", supra) that ICANN will be the beneficiary of an auction outcome which meets ICANN's unilaterally pre-determined auction reserve price. Second, assuming there is "auction revenue", is novel infrastructure the best, or even better, of the choices, in any region? My experience is no. I worked to get fuel to the NAP at Boutillier Hill in the days after the Hatian Earthquake. Others worked to get pallets of VSAT and WIFI kit to isolated NGOs. The NAP at Boutillier Hill was, after the destruction of the submarine cable landing, via a microwave link to the Dominican Republic, the sole point of connectivity between Haiti and the rest of the net. It was also, after repairs on the land line to the airfield where the Government relocated to an undamaged police building, on day 2, the sole source of Government data network communications. The real issue was diesel. Several times the generator was down to "last hours" and (mercifully new) batteries ran the net. With Becky's help, State was prompted to direct the military rescue mission to resupply the NAP hours before fuel and batteries failed, and the first week of government and data-supported rescue (Vint got a fresh set of Google Earth datasets sent in a disk to the NAP) was survived. The second week was simply a slightly less hectic repeat of the first, with food for the NAP staff, and visas for the families in place of barrels of diesel as the critical issue. In sum, each mile of wireline infrastructure repaired "turned on" many hundreds of residences and businesses, whereas the sprinkling of newtech pallets of VSAT+WIFI kit serviced only a fixed point and nothing else. The recovery effort goal was not "turn on" the NGOs in their scattered sites, but "turn on" as much of the entire country as possible, starting with the government function of recovery coordination. Sending stuff feels good, and it "solves" an ICANN process problem of making disposal by auction (no policy but market policy) appear to be a good thing (TM). However, wireline infrastructure is generally deployed along rights of way of rail, road, and sealane infrastructure, and surface transport cost (measured in time and dollars) in Africa is higher than in Europe and North America. The wisdom of separating the economic development associated with data delivery from the economic development associated with the delivery of tangible goods and services is open to question. Eric

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Slate article on .web (Meinrath & Noss)
by Michael Maranda Nov. 28, 2012

Nov. 28, 2012

Thought this article would be of interest. It proposes ICANN do something useful with proceeds of .web, namely wifi for Africa. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/11/icann_s_gtld_…

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