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

Sat Feb 16 15:37:08 UTC 2013

Thank you Omar. Looking forward to sage advice from you, as always.

-Carlton

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Omar Kaminski <omar at kaminski.adv.br> wrote:

> Be brave and make the Whois issues go further, Carlton!
>
> Omar
>
>
>
> 2013/2/15 Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>:
> > Indeed, congratulations, Carlton!
> >
> > Dev Anand
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:24 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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