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Michael Geist Article
by Glenn McKnight June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024

Huge Win for Copyright User Rights in Canada: Federal Court Rules Digital Lock Rules Do Not Trump Fair Dealing <https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/huge-win-for-copyright-user-rights-in-c…> https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/huge-win-for-copyright-user-rights-in-c… Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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Run the Internet A 7 day Movement Challenge
by Glenn McKnight June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/05/run-the-internet-with-us-a-7-d… Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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ICANN 80 Policy Report- ebook version
by Glenn McKnight June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024

https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/kazi/ Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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ICANN Layoffs
by Glenn McKnight June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024

ICANN is laying off 33 staffers, the non-profit domain overseer announced <https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/organizational-changes-to-ensure-ica…> today. That represents about 7% of the organization’s ranks of 485 positions. ICANN said it is facing a deficit of $10 million a year, thanks in part to sluggish domain name growth. In a blog post, the organization stated: This decision is part of a broader effort to evaluate costs and activities, focusing on resource management, ensuring operational efficiency, and achieving financial sustainability. Other key areas of focus include reviewing travel and meeting costs, optimizing the use of regional offices, exploring opportunities for greater cross-collaboration and process improvements across functions and regions, and evaluating ICANN’s fee structure to ensure it scales realistically with inflation. That last line is likely to raise eyebrows amongst contracted parties and domain registrants. It suggests that ICANN might consider raising the “taxes” it charges on domain name registrations. ICANN has faced deficits in the past and even took money from new top level domain name auctions <https://domainnamewire.com/2018/11/06/icann-will-use-36-million-of-new-tld-…> to replenish its coffers. Share this post... Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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ARIN Fellowship
by Glenn McKnight June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024

Folks if you are interested the next ARIN Fellowship is scheduled for *27 June – Fellowship Program application cycle opens24 July – Application site closes* *I would recommend visiting the site closer to the official opening dates www.arin.net <http://www.arin.net> * *Good Luck * Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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At-Large Calls / Week of. 03 - 07 June 2024
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

Dear All, Please find below the list of At-Large meetings for the week of 03 - 07 June 2024 Monday, 03 June 2024 15:00 UTC: AFRALO ICANN80 Planning Committee: https://community.icann.org/x/NIBFF- Zoom Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/96544812884?pwd=ZlhZbXQ0bmtFL2lCV2doVS9vVHF3Zz09 Tuesday, 04 June 2024 None Wednesday, 05 June 2024 14:00 UTC: At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG): https://community.icann.org/x/AYBFF - Zoom Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 Thursday, 06 June 2024 None <https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpcOigqj0pG9AJs1G_oLypLnFStphsAJR9> Friday, 07 June 2024 None Please confirm your dial-out requests or apology notice to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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On air-worthiness and unintended consequences
by Evan Leibovitch May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

There was much said in yesterday's NARALO "listening session" regarding how At-Large's travel slots should be allocated. Hard workers, subject matter experts and frequent contributors, it has been argued, ought to deserve priority over those who may be "entitled" due to their position. My comments, based on early RALO history -- that the hard-fought availability of travel for elected and appointed positions was achieved *precisely because* they were elected and appointed -- were widely derided as archaic and demanding update. May be. But be careful what you wish for. At-Large currently has 29 travel slots *because* there are exactly 29 RALO-elected, NomCom-appointed and ALAC liaison positions formally identified. The day that ALAC de-couples these slots from leadership roles is precisely the day when ICANN senior management starts to reduce the number of slots. After all, if ALAC is going to say that it should just be the most-needed people at a meeting (by whatever criteria, it doesn't matter), then there's nothing special about the number 29. "We have a budget crunch and can only afford to pay for the top 25," we will hear. Or 20. Or whatever arbitrary number ICANN decides it can afford. Without linkage to elected and appointed roles, there is no longer a solid rationale for 29. Indeed there are many flaws in the status quo. Little accountability exists for elected and appointed ALAC leaders who choose to under-participate in meetings for which their travel was subsidized. Meanwhile, many over-participating people are denied the utility of learning ICANN culture and doing ALAC advocacy while people seen to be mere tourists and entitlled are paid to go. But however awful that status quo is, all of the proposed solutions are worse. Like it or not, those "tourists" were legitimately selected by their RALOs or the NomCom through their own very regimented processes of determining, well, worthiness. Any benefit of ranking "more-worthy" people at the outset is outweighed by the anti-democratic and top-down nature of whatever process is used to determine "worthy". Furthermore, the number of travel-worthy people that ought to be subsidized also then becomes wholly arbitrary. Tread carefully. Hundreds of person-hours spent thrashing over any criteria of "worthy" will be mostly wasted, if far fewer of these newly-deemed-deserving folks are actually able to travel. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56

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Meeting invitation: NARALO Travel Policy Listening Session on Thursday, 30 May 2024 at 21:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 30, 2024

May 30, 2024

Dear All, The NARALO Travel Policy Listening Session is scheduled for Thursday, 30 May 2024 at 21:00 UTC 60 minutes. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/rnv4529d The agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/qwA7F **ZOOM ONLY** Zoom Link:https://icann.zoom.us/j/92421141820?pwd=U1RPTmt6SmxRL3pWeWtSRDZIV0NPQT09 Password: NARAMAY30* NARALO Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/N5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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NARALO Election Results
by Jonathan Zuck May 30, 2024

May 30, 2024

Congratulations to both Kathleen and Glen! I've had the opportunity to work with Glen quite a bit and I'm sure he's going to do great on NOMCOM, although we won't see much of him! Kathleen is relatively new to our community but has built a strong foundation of internet governance and community outreach experience. I look forward very much to your energy and fresh ideas. Thanks to ALL the candidates including Eduardo, Judith, Waqar and Evan. I really enjoyed everyone's presentations on the candidate call and I hope we can count on you to pursue those objectives as ongoing volunteers. I will continue to make space for all who choose to actively participate, regardless of title, because we really need all of you to succeed! Thanks to all for taking this on. Jonathan The "other" NARALO rep to the ALAC Jonathan Zuck | Director, Future of Work Project | Innovators Network jzuck(a)innovatorsnetwork.org<mailto:jzuck@innovatorsnetwork.org> | O 202.827.7594 | D 202.420.7483 [See the source image]Jonathan-zuck<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-zuck/> | [See the source image] jvzuck<https://twitter.com/Jvzuck> | [See the source image] jonathanzuck<https://www.instagram.com/jonathanzuck/> | [See the source image] Jonathan.zuck<https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.zuck/> [signature_1023473624]

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Election results - NARALO 2024 ALAC Delegate to the NomCom
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 29, 2024

May 29, 2024

Dear NARALO members, On behalf of Greg Shatan, Chair of NARALO, we are pleased to announce that the following NARALO candidate has been selected: Glenn McKnight NARALO is the recommended Candidate for the position of the ALAC Delegate to the NomCom from the North American Region (Term: 2024 AGM - 2025 AGM; by election) Tally Result: The NARALO ALS electorate was asked the following question: Who do you support to be the NARALO Recommended Candidate for the position of the ALAC Delegate to the NomCom from the North American Region for the period of one year, beginning at the end of the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting. Please select one candidate from the list below (listed in alphabetical order of the last name) or abstain. * Eduardo Diaz * Glenn McKnight * Abstain *** You may review the results independently under: https://tally.icann.org/cgi/results?e=661d96badf3 Rank Election ID Options Votes 1 4cbe4c1ae3c Eduardo Diaz 9 2 4cbe4c1ae3c Glenn McKnight 10 3 4cbe4c1ae3c Abstain 1 Explanation: In these votes, electorates can only choose one candidate, or to abstain. The vote electorate is anonymous. All results have been posted on the 2024 ALAC and RALO elections, Selections and Appointments<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/2024+ALAC+and+RALO+Elections%2C…>. At-Large staff would like to congratulate Glenn McKnight! Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [signature_2971007971]

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