Thanks Evan. Obviously we need to make it clear from the get-go that this is not an "American plan" but rather a comprehensive one that is actually in-line with various international standards. ------------------------------------- Collect, analyze, enforce, repeat... Garth Bruen gbruen@knujon.com http://www.knujon.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 Tentative Presentations: Global Cyber Security Expo http://cyberexpo.memphis.edu/

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Domain-name abuse proliferates From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> Date: Tue, September 15, 2009 10:43 am To: Garth Bruen at KnujOn <gbruen@knujon.com> Cc: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com>, NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Garth Bruen at KnujOn wrote:

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Great. So how do we get support for this?

We discuss it and endorse it (or some modified version of it) as a NARALO position (together of a detailed account of how the status quo damages the public good). At that point we submit it to ALAC, which will then do one of three things: 1) Endorse it as-is 2) Endorse it after ALAC modifications 3) Choose not to endorse it, or to not deal with it. If ALAC chooses (2) or (3) we can choose to submit this request ourselves as a NARALO statement. We may also find that we may be able to attract support for this within the business and non commercial constituencies of GNSO. I have indicated to the ALAC Chair our interest in this issue, an she has responded that ALAC and other regions share our concerns. It is possible that our initiative may achieve global support, which will make ICANN rejection of it more difficult. - Evan