[ALAC] URGENT: Internationalization of ICANN

Wed Apr 1 14:41:51 UTC 2015

Hello,

it looks like the implementation of the "whoisn't" doesn't work yet.

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jimmy at cysMint ~ $ whoisn't
> icann.ic
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it opens an comand interface but that doesn't accept or know the new
ICANN TLD.

Who is in charge of that?

SCNR

jimmy...

Am 01.04.2015 um 16:03 schrieb Rafid Fatani:
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> Not something that is traditionally admitted but…. You got me Alan!
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> The world of ICANN is bizarre, anything goes!
> 
> Raf
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> On 1 Apr 2015, at 14:59, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx<mailto:leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>> wrote:
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> I always knew I had to learn French.  Time has caught up with me and will no longer wait. Lucky me I already know Arabic :P
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> Sent from Outlook
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:23 AM -0700, "Rinalia Abdul Rahim" <rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com<mailto:rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Alan, perhaps a smiley face at the end of your intro sentence?  It is 1st
> April after all.
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> Rinalia
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Alan Greenberg
> wrote:
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> Just received this. Looks like ICANN is finally listening to us regarding
> the internationalization of ICANN.
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> =====================
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> [Routers]  1 April 2015, Los Angeles   12:01am UTC
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> Fadi Chehadé, CEO of ICANN announced today major changes in the
> internationalization of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Names and
> Numbers, as well as changes in other ICANN plans and activities.  These
> changes will take effect immediately.
> 
> "To promote greater international equity in ICANN proceedings, we have
> decided to phase out English as our lingua franca," Chehadé announced.
> From now on, material written diplomatically will be distributed in
> French, the historical language of diplomacy.  All other formal
> communications will use Arabic.  In this way, top management at ICANN will
> be able to follow activities of the ICANN community clearly and effectively.
> 
> In addition, ICANN will rotate IANA approval e-mails in random order
> through the entire ISO country code list, rather than just US/NTIA.  Each
> half month, a different  country's appropriate governmental body will
> handle approval e-mails.  Uruguay is first in line, handling approvals for
> 1-15 April, followed by Kazakhstan.   An anonymous spokesperson for IANA
> admitted that "timing of TLD requests may affect your results."
> 
> In the interests of continuity and stability of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé
> announced that at the end of his term, his son will take over as President
> and CEO of ICANN.  In preparation, Chehadé intends to make every effort to
> solidify I* (pronounced "I czar") dominance for his reign.  Chehadé notes
> that the conflict is likely to be waged using their preferred weapon,
> 'poison press releases.'
> 
> ICANN's Los Angeles Headquarters will shortly be moved to the Queen
> Elizabeth II, which was recently purchased using ICANN auction proceeds,
> and which will provide a movable extraterritorial base for stable and
> secure future operations.  The tradition of regional meetings will be
> retained as the QE2 sails between countries and continents.
> 
> In line with its new extraterritorial status, ICANN will apply for UN
> membership, and has just designated John Jeffrey to be its first ambassador
> to that body.  Jeffrey, a U.S. citizen whose native language is Privileged
> and Confidential Californian, said that he planned to promote it as an
> additional UN official language.  Further, as part of its plan to
> transition itself to country status, ICANN has taken by eminent domain the
> two-letter domain ".IC"   The ISO and the government of the Canary Islands
> have been notified of this change.  ICANN expects also to apply for
> membership in the GAC and to take an active part in its proceedings.
> 
> After almost 15 years of effort, ICANN committees studying the evolution
> of WHOIS have found a solution to the thorny issues plaguing their
> progress.  "We have decided rather to create a WHOISN'T service for people
> who were never born," explained one member of a committee who requested
> anonymity,  "We don't know who those people are because they never were, so
> we couldn't care less about what happens to their data."
> 
> In a long overdue evolution of ICANN's tradition of open discussion, the
> public forum will undergo substantial revision.  At future public forums,
> the community will sit on stage, and the Board and staff will line up
> behind microphones and tell them what to do.
> 
> ICANN congratulates the CWG for making such rapid progress.  In the
> tradition of digital archery, the CWG has adopted the principle of
> planetary archery, and has recommended that IANA reviews be scheduled for
> each total solar eclipse, with the review committee consisting of
> representatives from each country observing at least 80% of totality.  In
> appreciation of its service to the community, the CWG will be honored at
> its forthcoming 100th meeting by being awarded the coveted Sisyphus
> Perseverance Award, named after the Greek God Sisyphus, who really got the
> ball rolling.
> 
> Until the ship sails, ICANN is still located at 12025 Waterfront Drive in
> Los Angeles, California, USA.
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