[At-Large] ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services Members Selected

Fri Feb 15 19:13:57 UTC 2013

Carlton, It was good to see you named to this 
group. The challenge is great and I wish you and 
the rest of the group the best of luck (and skill 
and insight) in moving us forward to end the 
seemingly endless battles and disputes over Whois.

Alan

At 15/02/2013 07:57 AM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>Thanks, Seb.  Much obliged for your support.
>
>-Carlton
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>On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Sébastien Bachollet <
>sebastien at bachollet.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations Carlton
> > You will be THE voice of the end-users
> > You have, I am sure, our full support
> > Go
> > All the best
> > Sébastien Bachollet
> > +33 6 07 66 89 33
> > Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/
> > Mail: Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien at bachollet.com>
> >
> > De :  ICANN News Alert <communications at icann.org>
> > Date :  vendredi 15 février 2013 05:34
> > À :  ICANN Board of Directors <icann-board at icann.org>
> > Objet :  [icann-board] ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD
> > Directory Services Members Selected
> >
> > > ICANN News Alert
> > >  <http://www.icann.org/>
> > > News Alert
> > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14feb13-en.htm
> > >
> > > Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services Members Selected
> > > 14 February 2013
> > > Background
> > > On 13 December 2012, Fadi Chehadé, ICANN's President and CEO, announced
> > > <
> > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14dec12-en.htm>
> > > the creation of an Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG)
> > and
> > > invited volunteers to submit applications to indicate their interest in
> > > serving on it. The EWG is the first step in fulfilling the ICANN Board's
> > > directive
> > > <
> > 
> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm#1.a
> > > .rationale>  to help redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD
> > registration
> > > data. This project is designed to provide a foundation for the creation
> > of a
> > > new global policy for gTLD directory services, and requisite contract
> > > negotiations, as appropriate.
> > > Working Group Volunteers
> > > Over 70 highly qualified experts from across the Internet ecosystem were
> > > considered. In selecting the EWG, each candidates' operational knowledge
> > and
> > > experience with registrant data or directory services (or analogous
> > systems)
> > > was considered, along with consensus-building skills, aptitude to
> > innovate,
> > > geographic diversity, and other published criteria
> > > <
> > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14dec12-en.htm>
> > .
> > >
> > > After an extensive evaluation of each candidate, the following
> > individuals
> > > were selected to participate in this critical project:
> > >
> > > Pekka Ala-Pietilä is the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Blyk, a
> > > mobile media company and is Chairman of the Board of Solidium (Finnish
> > > sovereign wealth fund). He additionally serves on the Boards of SAP AG
> > > (multinational software company), Pöyry Oyj (global consulting and
> > engineering
> > > company) and Huhtamäki Oyj. He is Former President of the Nokia
> > Corporation
> > > (1999-2005) and was President of Nokia Mobiles Phones in the nineties.
> > He is
> > > based in Finland.
> > >
> > >
> > > Lanre Ajayi is the Managing Director of Pinet Informatics, one of the
> > first
> > > ISPs in Nigeria. He is the Chairman of the Association of
> > Telecommunications
> > > Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). He has served as the Vice-Chairman of the
> > > Internet Service providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) and Africa ISP
> > > Association (AfrISPA). He is a founding member of AfriNIC. He also has
> > served
> > > as a member of the National Cybercrime Working Group of Nigeria. He
> > currently
> > > serves as a GNSO Council member appointed by the NomCom and is based in
> > > Nigeria.
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Hollenbeck is the Director of Verisign Labs where he manages a
> > team of
> > > researchers focused on applied metadata, reputation, and web service
> > > technologies in collaboration with university partners. He is the author
> > of
> > > the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP), a standard protocol for the
> > > registration of domain names. He has been a contributor to several
> > industry
> > > efforts related to domain names and Internet security. He is based in
> > the US.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jin Jian is Assistant General Director and Director of CNNIC R&D center
> > at
> > > CNNIC. His areas of expertise are: Domain Name Registration, DNS,
> > software
> > > engineering, IPv6 and network protocols. He is based in the People's
> > Republic
> > > of China.
> > >
> > >
> > > Susan Kawaguchi is Domain Name Manager at Facebook. She has previous
> > > experience with eBay and is a member of ICANN's Business Constituency.
> > Domain
> > > Name management, enforcement, data collection/access/accuracy and
> > intellectual
> > > property issues are her main fields of expertise. She served on the WHOIS
> > > Policy Review Team. She is based in the US.
> > >
> > >
> > > Nora Nanayakkara has a background in start-ups and SMEs in the digital
> > and
> > > technology spaces, with particular experience in registry and registrar
> > > operations. She has worked with many domain name companies over the
> > years and
> > > additionally brings several years' experience as a Non Executive
> > Director at
> > > Nominet, the .uk domain name registry and a Trustee at Nominet Trust.
> > She is
> > > knowledgeable in WHOIS issues and has served as an applicant review
> > panelist
> > > in ICANN's new gTLD applicant support program. She is based in the UK.
> > >
> > >
> > > Michele Neylon is the CEO of Blacknight Internet Solutions, an Irish
> > > registrar, and sits on the Eurid Registrar Advisory Board. He is a very
> > active
> > > member of the ICANN Community and he has served in numerous leadership
> > roles
> > > in GNSO working groups. Examples of his activities include the APWG,
> > RIPE and
> > > the Anti-Abuse Working Group. He is based in Ireland.
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael Niebel heads the Task Force on Internet Policy Development in the
> > > Directorate General CONNECT of the European Commission. Previously, he
> > led the
> > > unit in charge of Internet, network and information security. In this
> > function
> > > he was charged with the introduction of the European Top Level Domain
> > .eu from
> > > the Commission side. He also was a member of the GAC and participated in
> > > Internet governance discussions at the global level. He is based in
> > Belgium.
> > >
> > >
> > > Rod Rasmussen co-founded Internet Identity (IID) and serves as its
> > President
> > > and CTO. He is widely recognized as a leading expert on cybercrime, and
> > > co-chairs the Anti-Phishing Working Group's (APWG) Internet Policy
> > Committee.
> > > He is a member of the SSAC, is IID's FIRST (Forum of Incident Response
> > and
> > > Security Teams) representative, and is an active participant in the
> > Messaging,
> > > Malware, Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG). He is based in the US.
> > >
> > >
> > > Carlton Samuels is an independent international ICT4D consultant and an
> > > adjunct lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He is a Jamaican
> > and US
> > > national. Previously, he worked as CIO & University Director of IT. His
> > > volunteer positions include being a foundation member of, and the former
> > > secretariat for, the Latin America and Caribbean Regional At-Large
> > Advisory
> > > Organization (LACRALO). He is a Vice Chair of the ALAC and the leader of
> > the
> > > ALAC WHOIS WG. He is based in the West Indies.
> > >
> > >
> > > Faisal Shah is the Founder and former CEO of a corporate brand protection
> > > registrar MarkMonitor, which recently was acquired by Thomson Reuters.
> > This
> > > serial entrepreneur has strategy, registrar operations, software
> > development,
> > > and intellectual property as his main fields of expertise. He was born in
> > > Trinidad & Tobago, raised in Puerto Rico and Venezuela, and has extensive
> > > contacts in the Middle East. He is fluent in Spanish and English, is
> > familiar
> > > with Urdu, and is currently based in the US.
> > >
> > >
> > > Fabricio Vayra serves as Assistant General Counsel for Time Warner Inc.
> > He is
> > > a recognized intellectual property rights protection expert and brings
> > > extensive expertise in WHOIS data and trademark law. He is a former IRT
> > > member, a current member of the INTA Board, Vice Chair of the INTA
> > Internet
> > > committee, and an active member of the IPC. He is based in the US.
> > >
> > >
> > > Stephanie Perrin is conducting doctoral research focused on privacy
> > enhanced
> > > authentication technologies, and is recognized as an international
> > expert in
> > > privacy and data protection and the social impact of technology. She has
> > > served in several positions in the Canadian Government, including in
> > Integrity
> > > Services at Service Canada, as Director of Research and Policy in the
> > Office
> > > of the Privacy Commissioner, and as Director of Privacy Policy at
> > Industry
> > > Canada where she was responsible for the development of the private
> > sector
> > > privacy legislation (PIPEDA). She has worked in the private sector and
> > has
> > > consulted broadly on privacy issues internationally, including advising
> > on the
> > > first privacy policy for CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration
> > Authority.
> > > She is based in Canada.
> > >
> > >
> > > Additional members may be added to the Expert Working Group to provide
> > special
> > > areas of expertise and knowledge (e.g. privacy).
> > >
> > >
> > > Joining these executives will be:
> > >
> > > Jean-Francois Baril
> > > <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14dec12-en.htm>
> > ,
> > > Lead Facilitator of the EWG
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Crocker <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/crocker.htm> , Board
> > > Liaison to the EWG
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris Disspain <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/disspain.htm> ,
> > Board
> > > Liaison to the EWG
> > >
> > >
> > > The EWG is expected to commence its analysis and deliberations
> > immediately,
> > > with the objective of discussing its progress online and with the
> > community at
> > > the Beijing ICANN Meeting.
> > > Mandate
> > > A Board-directed Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) policy
> > > development process (PDP) is expected to follow the work of the EWG to
> > > evaluate the policy implications of the EWG's recommendations. The EWG's
> > > objectives are to 1) define the purpose of collecting and maintaining
> > gTLD
> > > registration data, and consider how to safeguard the data, and 2)
> > provide a
> > > proposed model for managing gTLD directory services that addresses
> > related
> > > data accuracy and access issues, while taking into account safeguards for
> > > protecting data. The EWG will be informed by Internet stakeholders'
> > > activities, and the extensive work of the GNSO work over the last
> > decade. The
> > > group also will consider the WHOIS Policy Review Team Report
> > > <
> > http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en.pdf
> > >
> > > [PDF, 1.44 MB], address key questions set forth by the Security and
> > Stability
> > > Advisory Committee (SSAC [PDF, 348 KB]), and take into consideration
> > current
> > > and future Internet operations and services. In addition, the EWG will
> > address
> > > concerns of the parties who provide, collect, maintain, publish or use
> > gTLD
> > > registration data as it relates to ICANN's remit.
> > > <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf>
> > > EWG Schedule and Operations
> > > The EWG's activities are expected to be conducted from February through
> > May
> > > 2013 and may be extended, if needed. Work will be conducted online and
> > through
> > > conference calls and periodic face-to-face meetings.
> > >  <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf>
> > >
> > > When the EWG's efforts get underway, the group's
> > > <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf> WIKI page
> > > <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40175189>
> >  will be
> > > updated to keep the public apprised of its work.
> > >
> > >
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