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

Sat Feb 16 12:16:34 UTC 2013

Thanks Olivier.  Pleased to have your vote of confidence.

-Carlton

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Carlton A Samuels
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*Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround*
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> 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><communications at icann.org>  To:
> <ocl at gih.com> <ocl at gih.com>
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>  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert
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> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14feb13-en.htm
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> 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:
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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.
>
> [image: 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:
> [image: Jean-Francois Baril]
>
> *Jean-Francois Baril*<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14dec12-en.htm>,
> Lead Facilitator of the EWG
>
> [image: Steve Crocker]
>
> *Steve Crocker* <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/crocker.htm>, Board
> Liaison to the EWG
>
> [image: 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.
>
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