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New ALS application: ISOC New York
by At-Large Staff June 8, 2008

June 8, 2008

Dear all, We would like to inform you about the reception of a new ALS application from ISOC New York. Please find the application form attached. We started conducting Due Diligence and will soon send you further information on the applicant. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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[Reminder] At-Large NARALO Conference Call @ Mon 9 Jun 20:00 – 21:00 ()
by Google Calendar June 8, 2008

June 8, 2008

na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, this is a reminder for Title: At-Large NARALO Conference Call Time: Mon 9 Jun 20:00 – 21:00 (Time zone: London) Where: Teleconference - Adigo Calendar: Description: 1900 UTC Start. Full details from the relevant meeting page available from: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?meetings_and_events You can view this event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=OWdwZjJ1OWh1MG82dG10Mj… You are receiving this courtesy email at the account na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively, you can sign up for a Google account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Next NARALO Teleconferece: 09 June 2008 1900 UTC
by Matthias Langenegger June 7, 2008

June 7, 2008

Dear all, This is to remind you about the next NARALO teleconference this coming Monday at 1900 UTC. Please find participation instructions on our meeting page. https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?09_june_2008 An agenda will be uploaded shortly. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CONFIRMED: new gTLD Briefing Session 11 June 1330 UTC
by At-Large Staff June 7, 2008

June 7, 2008

Dear all, The Briefing Session on ICANN¹s new gTLD program will be on Wednesday, 11 June at 1330 UTC. Ms. Karla Valente, from ICANN¹s new gTLD program and Mr. Olof Nordling, Manager of Policy Development Coordination will give a presentation on the new gTLD programme, including an update on the staff implementation planning. The briefing is designed to focus on the programme from an Internet end-users¹ perspective; members of GNSO constituencies are being invited to join the briefing. Subsequently, they will be available to answer some of your questions, both about the GNSO Policy presented to the Board and the implementation planning for the programme. Please visit the meeting page to find participation instructions and reference material for this presentation. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?briefing_session_on_new_gtld_programme We will soon upload Karla Valente¹s PowerPoint presentation to the meeting page and you will also be able to follow the presentation in real time, chat and ask questions using the Adobe Connect meeting room for this presentation. The Adobe Connect link is also on the meeting page. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Budget Follow-up Question
by Kevin Wilson June 6, 2008

June 6, 2008

Danny, Below is a quick response to your budget follow up question. Feel free to call me if you need more clarity. Best regards, Kevin Q1: What is included in the $4MM contingency? This contingency is significantly larger than last year (up from $1.9MM); why this large increase? A: ICANN formally included a contingency in its budget in FY08. At the time this provision was made, the organization committed to operating within the stated expense budget, and only use this contingency if absolutely necessary. As FY08 is closing, the projection is that almost none of this contingency will be used, and nearly the full amount returned to build ICANN's reserves. The same approach will be used in FY09. Specifically, this contingency: - Has some growth to cover a larger total budget - A more cost-controlled approach to forecasting legal fees requires a larger contingent amount to cover unanticipated legal activity - An amount sufficient to cover possible Board compensation Here is what we have in the posted draft document. Contingency FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Forecast Contingency 4.0 million 1.7 million n/a · Individual FY09 budget items were estimated based upon the most reliable information available. In order to allow for the possibility of costs exceeding original estimates, an overall contingency of $4.0 million is included in the budget. · A formal contingency was identified in the FY08 budget as well. At that time, ICANN management committed to spend money in accordance with the base budget and spend money from the contingency only if truly necessary. FY08 projections show that little, if any, of that contingency will actually be spent. · Board compensation. The contingency budget has been increased to ensure that there are adequate resources set aside in the event that planned studies and consultation result in a recommendation for ICANN to begin compensating Board Directors and Liaisons for the significant amounts of time they devote to ICANN matters. Any such compensation program would only be adopted subsequent to community consultation and a Bylaws amendment (http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm - VI-22<http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-22>). (The Bylaws currently require that Directors and Liaisons be reimbursed for expenses they incur in performing their duties, but prohibit compensation to Directors for their services.) · Litigation. The contingency budget is being established in part to accommodate any excess substantial litigation costs that occur. · Currency Exchange Risk: The continuing weakening of the US dollar vis-à-vis other currencies caused erosion of purchasing power for ICANN in FY08. As ICANN's costs are being increasingly incurred in non-US currencies, some contingency is set aside for currency exchange risk. Key currency exchange rates used in the FY09 Operating Plan and Budget are: Non-US Currency Currency Exchange Rate Euro 1.55 Euro per US$ Canadian Dollar 0.998 US$ per Canadian dollar Australian Dollar 0.947 Australian dollar per US$ -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:03 AM To: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Staff Cc: Kevin(a)yahoo.com; Denise Michel; Kevin Wilson; Doug Brent Subject: Budget Follow-up Question Dear Kevin and Doug, The budget states: "Legal costs are budgeted to be $2.7 million largely based upon existing litigation, legal support of organizational initiatives, and the continued work required supporting the new gTLD launch as well as providing all other legal support services for baseline activities. The contingency budget is intended to cover any excess litigation costs that occur. The contingency budget is listed at $4,000,000. Why do you deem it appropriate to set the contingency budget at that very high level? Are you anticipating a massive amount of litigation in response to the new gTLD launch? Thanks, Danny

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REMINDER: Briefing Session on Fast Flux Hosting 5 June 1300 UTC
by At-Large Staff June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Dear all, This is to remind you about the Briefing Session on Fast Flux Hosting starting at 1300 UTC this coming Thursday. Dave Piscitello who will host this meeting has prepared a Powerpoint presentation, which is posted on the meeting page. There will also be an Adobe Connect link where we will be able to show the slides in real time. To join the presentation, please follow the participation instructions on the meeting page. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?fast_flux_hosting There will be no Spanish and French interpretation for this call as there was not sufficient interest for this service. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Not the pending death of a registry
by Von Welch June 2, 2008

June 2, 2008

Hello- I notice that I've been explicitly cc'ed on a number of these emails related to ICANN and have no idea why that would be the case. I suspect it is a mistake. Regards, Von Jeffrey A. Williams wrote: > Michele and all, > > Very good question IMHO. That figures out to be about > 8k per registration just for administration costs! Looks > to me there are some shanagans going on there... I bet > they wouldn't pass a in depth audit... Of course > niether did ICANN some time back... Birds of a feather > perhaps? > > And so the ICANN/GNSO decision making saga continues > eh? What's next, lets see now... Maybe .Pharm for > pharmacuticles? or maybe just .Drug instead? > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Michele Neylon <michele(a)blacknight.ie> >> Sent: May 30, 2008 4:59 AM >> To: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >> Subject: Re: [At-Large] Not the pending death of a registry >> >> >> On 30 May 2008, at 01:58, John Levine wrote: >>> It appears that .TRAVEL generates about $1.5 million per year in >>> revenue, >>> which should be enough to keep it going just fine if they cut down on >>> whatever is costing $200K/mo in administrative overhead, which >>> shouldn't >>> be hard. >> >> What on earth are they spending that money on? >> >> When I wrote about them last year they only had 25 thousand names >> registered: >> >> http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2007/05/20/tralliance-in-trouble-travel-could-d… >> >> >>> So it's not a particularly noble situation, but it looks >>> like .TRAVEL will >>> survive to fail another day. >> >> Considering its size and "popularity" why aren't they courting one of >> the other registry operators? Is there any sane reason for them to >> continue a loss making exercise when a larger and leaner organisation >> might be in a better position to do it? >> >>> >>> I agree with Danny that ICANN should still be working on registry >>> failover >>> plans, because if Egan ever loses interest, Tralliance could >>> collapse in a >>> matter of weeks. >> >> Agreed >> >> Mr Michele Neylon >> Blacknight Solutions >> Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection >> http://www.blacknight.com/ >> http://blog.blacknight.com/ >> Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 >> Locall: 1850 929 929 >> Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 >> Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 >> ------------------------------- >> Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business >> Park,Sleaty >> Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > Regards, > > Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) > "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - > Abraham Lincoln > > "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is > very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt > > "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; > liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by > P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." > United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] > =============================================================== > Updated 1/26/04 > CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. > div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. > ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail > jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com > My Phone: 214-244-4827 >

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Fast Flux Briefing Session
by Matthias Langenegger May 30, 2008

May 30, 2008

Veuillez trouver la version française du message suivant plus bas Por favor véase el mensaje en español abajo Dear all, We have been asked to host a Teleconference briefing session on Fast Flux Hosting and Dave Piscitello from ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) agreed to give a presentation on the subject. The session will be recorded and there will be simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish. We plan to have a series of briefing sessions on current ICANN issues that will then be posted on our website for training purposes. What is Fast Flux hosting ? "Fast flux" is an evasion technique that cyber-criminals and Internet miscreants use to evade identification and to frustrate law enforcement and anticrime efforts aimed at locating and shutting down web sites used for illegal purposes. Fast flux hosting supports a wide variety of cyber-crime activities (fraud, identity theft, online scams) and is considered one of the most serious threats to online activities today. One variant of fast flux hosting, "double flux", exploits the domain name registration and name resolution services. For further reading on the issue, please consider the following publications. They will shortly be available in Spanish and French. * SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and DNS ( http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf * GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting ( http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/gnso-issues-report-fast-flux…) * PDP approval motion of the GNSO (see Motion 20080508-3 under http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/) Those of you interested in this presentation, please use the below link to a meeting planer with a couple of proposed slots in early June. Please indicate all slots that would work for you. We will then send you an invitation with participation information. http://www.doodle.ch/kbqbwvxca9ay2g5y Regards, At-Large Staff Cher(e)s membres, Nous avons été invité d'héberger, par le biais d'une téléconférence, une session d'information sur "l'Accueil Rapide de Flux" (ou "Fast Flux Hosting"). Monsieur Dave Piscitello de la division Sécurité et Stabilité du Comité Consultatif (SSAC) d'ICANN a accepté de présenter un exposé sur le sujet. La session sera enregistrée et il y aura une interprétation simultanée en français et en espagnol. Nous prévoyons également d'avoir une série de sessions d'information sur les questions actuelles d'ICANN qui seront ensuite placées sur notre site Web en tant qu'outils de formation. Qu'est-ce que l'Accueil Rapide de Flux? "L'Accueil Rapide de Flux" est une technique d'évasion que les cyber-criminels et les mécréants d'Internet emploient pour esquiver l'identification et pour frustrer le renforcement des lois et les efforts anticriminelles afin de non seulement localiser, mais aussi d'arrêter les sites Internet utilisés à des buts illégaux. L'Accueil Rapide de Flux soutient une large variété d'activités cyber-criminelle (fraude, vol d'identité, escroqueries en ligne) et est considéré comme une des plus graves menaces des activités en ligne d'aujourd'hui. Une variante de l'Accueil Rapide de Flux, les "doubles flux" exploite l'enregistrement des Noms de Domaine et des Services de Résolution des Noms. Pour davantage de lecture sur ces questions, veuillez s'il vous plait examiner les publications suivantes. Elles seront sous peu disponibles en espagnol et en français. * SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and DNS ( http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf ) * GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting ( http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/gnso-issues-report-fast-flux… ) * PDP approval motion of the GNSO (voir Motion 20080508-3 sous http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/ ) Ceux d'entre vous intéressé par cette présentation, veuillez s'il vous plait utiliser le lien ci-dessous qui vous dirigera vers quelques choix proposées pour la semaine du 2 Juin. Veuillez s'il vous plait selectionner tous les dates que vous seront possible. Nous vous enverrons par la suite une invitation électronique. http://www.doodle.ch/kbqbwvxca9ay2g5y Cordialement, At-Large Staff Estimados miembros de At-Large, Dave Piscitello del comité de asesores de seguridad y estabilidad de ICANN (Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)) ha declarado estar dispuesto a hacer una presentación sobre el Fast Flux Hosting. Lo interpretará simultaneamente en lengua española y francesa así como una grabación de audio. Planeamos tener una serie de presentaciones sobre temas actuales de Internet que luego estarán disponibles en un archivo de formación online. Que es el Fast Flux Hosting? El Fast Flux es un método de evasión usada por criminales de Internet para evadir su identificación y así frustrar la lucha anticriminal de los autoridades que intentan localizar y cerrar los sitios Webs usados para fines ilegales. El Fast Flux Hosting es usado en varias actividades del ciber-crimen organizado tales como el fraude, el robo o suplantación de identidad y el engaño on-line y representa hoy en día una de las más serias amenazas para la actividad on-line de hoy. Otra variante del Fast Flux Hosting es el Double Flux, un método que se aprovecha de los servicios de registro de dominios. Para obtener más información sobre este tema, las siguientes publicaciones pueden ser útiles. Serán traducidas en español y francés en breve. * SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and DNS ( http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf * GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting ( http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/gnso-issues-report-fast-flux…) * PDP approval motion of the GNSO (véase Motion 20080508-3 en http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/) Si le interesa esta presentación, siga por favor el vínculo abajo para que sepamos los datos que más le convengan. Le ofrecemos opciones para la semana del 2 de Junio. Por favor, seleccione todas las opciones que le convengan. Le enviaremos una invitación con toda la información para participar después. http://www.doodle.ch/kbqbwvxca9ay2g5y Saludos, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Fast Flux Hosting 5 June 1300 UTC
by At-Large Staff May 30, 2008

May 30, 2008

Veuillez trouver la version française de ce message suivant plus bas Por favor véase el mensaje en español abajo Dear all, You are invited to join Dave Piscitello¹s Briefing Session on Fast Flux Hosting which will take place on 5 June at 1300 UTC. Please find the meeting page with participation instructions and documents below. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?fast_flux_hosting French and Spanish interpretation is tentatively scheduled for this meeting. However, there is currently only one French and no Spanish speaking person who expressed interest in the Briefing session. As you can imagine, it takes a considerable amount of resources to organize a multilingual presentation and it is only worth doing if there is a real interest from the non-English speaking language communities for these events. If you would like to participate in the French or Spanish channel for this meeting, please write an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. What is Fast Flux? "Fast flux" is an evasion technique that cyber-criminals and Internet miscreants use to evade identification and to frustrate law enforcement and anticrime efforts aimed at locating and shutting down web sites used for illegal purposes. Fast flux hosting supports a wide variety of cyber-crime activities (fraud, identity theft, online scams) and is considered one of the most serious threats to online activities today. One variant of fast flux hosting, "double flux", exploits the domain name registration and name resolution services. Cher(e)s membres, Vous êtes invité, par le biais d¹une téléconférence, à participer à une session d'information sur ³l'Accueil Rapide de Flux² (ou ³Fast Flux Hosting²) de Monsieur Dave Piscitello de la division Sécurité et Stabilité du Comité Consultatif (SSAC) d'ICANN, qui aura lieu le 5 juin à 13.00 UTC. Veuillez s¹il vous plait trouver ci-dessous la page de cette réunion avec les instructions de participation et les informations supplémentaires pour cette réunion. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?fast_flux_hosting L'interprétation en français et en espagnole est programmée pour cette réunion. Cependant, il y a actuellement seulement une seule francophone et aucune personne hispanophones qui a montré un intérêt pour cette session d'information. Comme vous pouvez imaginer, il requiert une quantité considérable de ressources afin d¹organiser une présentation multilingues et il est seulement intéressant de le faire, si et seulement si, il y a un vrai intérêt des communautés non anglophones pour ces événements. Si vous voulez participer à cette conférence sur le canal français, envoyez s¹il vous plaît un email à staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Qu¹est-ce que l'Accueil Rapide de Flux? "L'Accueil Rapide de Flux" est une technique d'évasion que les cyber-criminels et les mécréants d'Internet emploient pour esquiver l'identification et pour frustrer le renforcement des lois et les efforts anticriminelles afin de non seulement localiser, mais aussi d¹arrêter les sites Internet utilisés à des buts illégaux. L'Accueil Rapide de Flux soutient une large variété d'activités cyber-criminelle (fraude, vol d'identité, escroqueries en ligne) et est considéré comme une des plus graves menaces des activités en ligne d¹aujourd'hui. Une variante de l'Accueil Rapide de Flux, les ³doubles flux" exploite l'enregistrement des Noms de Domaine et des Services de Résolution des Noms. Estimados miembros de At-Large, Les invitamos para la sesión de David Piscitello sobre el Fast Flux Hosting que será el 5 de Junio a las 1300 UTC. Véase la página web de este reunión telefónica para ver las instrucciones de participación. Cargaramos más documentos sobre la reunión en breve. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?fast_flux_hosting La interpretación en lengua española y francesa es planeada de manera provisoria. Sin embargo, por el momento solo hay una persona de lengua francesa y ningún hispanohablante que ha manifestado su interés por esta presentación. Como se lo puede imaginar, organizar una presentación en varias idiomas necesita muchas recursos y solo valga la pena si existe interés suficiente da la comunidad no anglófona. En caso de que quiere participar en este reunión en el canal español o francés, escriba un email a staff(a)atlarge.icann.org por favor. Que es el Fast Flux Hosting? El Fast Flux es un método de evasión usada por criminales de Internet para evadir su identificación y así frustrar la lucha anticriminal de los autoridades que intentan localizar y cerrar los sitios Webs usados para fines ilegales. El Fast Flux Hosting es usado en varias actividades del ciber-crimen organizado tales como el fraude, el robo o suplantación de identidad y el engaño on-line y representa hoy en día una de las más serias amenazas para la actividad on-line de hoy. Otra variante del Fast Flux Hosting es el Double Flux, un método que se aprovecha de los servicios de registro de dominios. Regards, Cordialment, Cordialmente, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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At-Large community event, 21 June 2008
by At-Large Staff May 30, 2008

May 30, 2008

Dear all, We plan to have an At-Large community dinner at the ICANN Paris meeting and would like to invite you to this event. Before we go forward with the preparations, we would like to know how many of you are likely to participate. If you are in Paris on the evening of Saturday, 21 June and would like to participate, please follow the link below and put in your name. http://www.doodle.ch/ddihym5hhpeuhdwt Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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