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

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Sat Feb 16 21:54:57 UTC 2013


Yessir, Sivas.  Many thanks for your kind words.
-Carlton


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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:

> Congratulations Carlton.  You have always been thorough in the work you do.
> That is why your name is on this list :-)
>
> Sivasubramanian M
> On Feb 15, 2013 1:56 PM, "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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