you know, it would be hard to make this stuff up...I especially like the photo with the caption, "con funcionarios de la Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" describing Vint and Paul Twomey, to be especially humorous -- though I don't think "functionarios" has the same slightly negative connotation in Spanish as "functionaries" does in English. My guess is that simply making a factual presentation of the case as it stands at ICANN Dakar, coupled with words like "User community (or at-large) Task Force on .PR," would get us a room and an audience. -----Original Message----- From: Eduardo Diaz Sent: Sep 27, 2011 10:14 PM To: Beau Brendler Cc: gbruen@knujon.com, na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: Convening the NA-RALO Puerto Rico ccTLD .PR "task force" Beau: Great! Give me a couple of days to seek out the law firm that is handling the sue to get the latest facts and to let me write something down to use as the first step towards the discussion. Also here are a couple of other articles that came out in the press. There are in Spanish but I guess you can run them through a translator and get the idea: [1]http://tinyurl.com/novelonpr [2]http://tinyurl.com/articuloendi The first link is interesting since it shows a picture of the .pr ccTLD manager, Oscar Moreno, sitting next to Vint Cerf and Paul Twoney. I believe this picture was taken during the 2007 ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico when Dr. Moreno signed the accountability framework with ICANN. What an irony! Also, it is difficult not to notice the coincidence that .pr ccTLD was a diamond sponsor in the Puerto Rico meeting ([3]http://www.icannsanjuan.pr/) and that the .pr redelegation happened the same year. -ed PS: Here is the link to the accountability framework signed by Oscar Morena and Paul Towney ([4]www.icann.org/en/cctlds/pr/pr-icann-af-26jun07.pdf). Check out item number A.2 where ICANN recognizes that the .pr was delegated to the Gauss Research Laboratory, Inc. in 2007, a corporation operating in Puerto Rico. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Beau Brendler <[5]beaubrendler@earthlink.net> wrote: Hello Eduardo, Garth, Gareth and all. This note is meant to convene the "task force" on the Puerto Rico ccTLD issue. I have cc'd the NA-RALO list in case I have missed anyone with interest, or forgottenn expressions of interest in previous calls. Please join us if you want to get involved or remind me if you want to be part of the effort going forward! To jog memories, or if you are new to the issue...there's an article (a bit old now, and in Spanish) here: [6]http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/se-llevan-dominio-www-gobierno-pr- sin-autorizacion I have also attached a copy of the lawsuit, translated into English, courtesy of Danny Younger. Eduardo probably has more current information on this now, but it's a bit of background. I recommend we take the following actions: * Prepare a brief statement that the NA-RALO can make prior to Dakar. If Eduardo can point me to, or send me, a summary of the latest facts in the case I can use that. Or Eduardo and Garth might want to take a crack at writing the statement, if that's the case let me know. * Ask Garth to put this in perspective of other research that's been done by Knujon and others on the ccTLD space, with an eye towards producing a small report or a statement to the effect that "what's going on with Puerto Rico's country-code level domain may seem unusual, but considering these other things happening with ccTLDS, it's not so unusual." That can be the basis of possibly getting some press, because we are going to need that, or at least the possibility of it, to get that community to take notice and get ICANN/IANA to take the matter seriously. * Make a determination prior to Dakar of what the appropriate channels are to raise concerns about this, so that we can send some communication up those channels prior to Dakar. Seems to me like those are some concrete first steps to get things started. Feel free to add or offer other ideas. I think we have an opportunity here since Garth will be joining us in Dakar. Best, Beau -- NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you have received this communication by error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. References 1. http://tinyurl.com/novelon 2. http://tinyurl.com/articuloendi 3. http://www.icannsanjuan.pr/ 4. http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/ 5. mailto:beaubrendler@earthlink.net 6. http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/se-llevan-dominio-www-gobierno-pr-sin-a...