[ALAC] URGENT: Internationalization of ICANN

[Alan Greenberg]

You think so? It was distributed by the international news agency Routers!
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On April 1, 2015 9:12:14 AM EDT, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com> wrote:
>Ummm....are you sure this isn't an April Fool's joke?
>
>Dev Anand
>
>On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Alan Greenberg
><alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> Just received this. Looks like ICANN is finally listening to us
>regarding
>> the internationalization of ICANN.
>>
>> =====================
>>
>> [Routers]  1 April 2015, Los Angeles   12:01am UTC
>>
>> 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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