[WHOIS-WG] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services Members Selected

Fri Feb 15 11:39:47 UTC 2013

Dear WHOIS WG members,

I am happy to forward you this message confirming that Carlton Samuels
has been selected to be a member of the Expert Working Group on gTLD
Directory Services.
I am thrilled by the news and am confident that Carlton will be able to
defend Internet Users's rights in all circumstances. I am also very
pleased to see the high calibre of working group members.
In congratulating Carlton on this appointment,  I hope that he will have
no restriction to tap into the resources of the At-Large community and
the WHOIS WG and hope that we will all support his mission.

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ALAC Chair

ps. I am also happy to see another active member of the WHOIS WG
selected - that's Michele Neylon. Well done Michele!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	ICANN News Alert -- Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory
Services Members Selected
Date: 	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:34:36 -0500
From: 	ICANN News Alert <communications at icann.org>
To: 	<ocl at gih.com>

ICANN News Alert
ICANN <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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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

*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.

No Photo Available

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

*Jean-Francois Baril*
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14dec12-en.htm>, Lead
Facilitator of the EWG

Steve Crocker

*Steve Crocker* <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/crocker.htm>,
Board Liaison to the EWG

Chris Disspain

*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
<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf> [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.

      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.

When the EWG's efforts get underway, the group's WIKI page
<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40175189> will
be updated to keep the public apprised of its work.

ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536

Email Marketing by iContact - Try It Free!
<http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186>

<http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=9829257&l=6333&s=YVM2&m=905688&c=165637>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/whois-wg/attachments/20130215/cf2fd2f5/attachment-0001.html 