[NA-Discuss] Fwd: Re: Draft letter to House Energy & CommerceCommittee

Thu Dec 15 21:44:31 UTC 2011

Agreed. This is important.

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From: "Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:14 PM
To: "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com>
Cc: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>; 
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: Re: Draft letter to House Energy & 
CommerceCommittee

> Hi Olivier,
>
> I have blogged the final version of the letter at
> http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=2779
>
> I have also made a short url for the letter itself - it is
> http://bit.ly/alac-dyson
>
> You may recall that at the NARALO showcase in San Francisco I spoke out
> about the inaccessibility of the organization to potential recruits - in
> terms of a simple landing page where folks could sign up, or respond on
> issues. That situation is unresolved.
>
> j
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond 
> <ocl at gih.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> there has recently been discussion on the NARALO list, regarding
>> hearings taking place in the US, including a hearing by the Senate
>> Committee on Science, Energy & Transportation (held Dec 8) and a hearing
>> by the House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee (held on Dec
>> 14th -- i.e. today).
>> Evan has kindly explained what these are and how they can accept
>> comments, with clear links to the hearings. His message is included 
>> below.
>>
>> Please find enclosed, a draft of the first letter from Beau Brendler,
>> NARALO Chair and co-signed by me, Chair of the ALAC, to be sent to the
>> Senate Committee by closing of business day today. It will be sent via
>> two paths, to the Chair of the Committee, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller.
>>
>> Since this draft letter is not a policy paper or ALAC Statement but
>> rather a letter to tell the Senate "you wish to see end user input in
>> ICANN, hey look, here we are", it does not require a formal vote, but it
>> will be archived in our ALAC correspondence.
>>
>> We shall also submit a similar letter to Chair of the the House of
>> Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee, Congressman Fred Upton,
>> should this be required. I understand that Kurt Pritz will be one of the
>> witnesses providing testimony in the hearing, so we'll have to see what
>> gets addressed at the hearing and if a completion of information is
>> required, no doubt that Beau and I would be happy to oblige.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>> On 13/12/2011 06:49, Evan Leibovitch wrote :
>> > An important point of clarification (brought to me by Amber Sterling
>> > of the NPOC earlier today) about the deadlines.
>> >
>> > There are two different hearings
>> >
>> >  1. Senate Committee on Science Energy and Transportation
>> >     <http://1.usa.gov/vzddPH> (held Dec 8)
>> >     After the verbal testimony was given, the public is able to send
>> >     comments to the Committee by EoB Dec 14
>> >
>> >  2. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee
>> >     <
>> http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9134>
>> >     (to be held Dec 14)
>> >     After the verbal testimony is given, the public will be able to
>> >     send comments (deadline will be announced at the meeting)
>> >
>> >
>> > So... the letter Olivier has drafted is in response to the Senate
>> > hearing (chair: John Rockefeller) and needs to be sent there before
>> > Wednesday EoB. The letter mentions Esther Dyson, who participated in
>> > the Senate hearing last week but will *not* be at the House hearing
>> > this Wednesday.
>> >
>> > We may choose to send another, similar  letter to the House committee
>> > after its testimony is heard. But the one Olivier drafted (the content
>> > of which I agree with) needs to go to Mr. Rockefeller and the Senate
>> > committee.
>> >
>> >
>>
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