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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.icann.org/magazine/images/magazine-logo.gif" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0pt; height: 150px; width: 450px;" alt="ICANN Monthly Magazine - Providing All the Latest News and Developments" border="0"></span></a></span></p>
<h2 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(102, 153, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">April 2009 — Volume 2 |
Issue 4 </span></h2>
<h3 style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">In this issue:</span></h3>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Staff
Focus </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
gTLDs </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Policy
Update </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Global
Partnerships</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Regional
Update </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fellowship
Program </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Conficker </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Acronyms
Explained </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Board
Review </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Where
Should ICANN Spend its Money? </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 85, 126) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Calendar</span></li></ul>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Staff Focus<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">By Kieren McCarthy —
General Manager of Public Participation</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></h3>
<p style="background: rgb(102, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">The “Staff Focus” is a monthly report about what is on the minds
of ICANN staff. Each month will be written by a different ICANN staff member. </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public
participation is a vital ingredient to the ICANN model and a fundamental pillar
of its legitimacy. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
order to allow for effective participation – particularly given the precise
nature of much of ICANN’s work – there is the need to get people up to speed on
complex issues quickly and simply. Which means producing materials that help
people grow their knowledge to the point where they can contribute alongside
those already well-versed in the topic. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But
that’s only part of it – people also have to be able to find that information
and they have to be able to interact with and have an impact upon the
decision-making processes that constantly take place within ICANN. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So
what are we doing to make that possible? Well, quite a lot. There is a new
Board Committee on Public Participation which has been looking at a range of
pragmatic issues for improving participation: everything from document
deadlines to design of the public forum. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
the pipeline we have a range of online tools that should make participation
much easier at low cost: we will be increasing the amount and the quality of
videos we produce – and make them available in a multitude of languages through
cutting-edge translation and transcription software. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
amount and the quality of translation of ICANN’s materials has rocketed over
the past 12 months, opening ICANN up to the whole world and not just the
English-speaking world. We also hope to be able to offer the community a way of
inputting their own translations of ICANN documents soon. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I
will be using a big chunk of my time producing new explanatory materials that
help people get up to speed on the issues facing ICANN so they can not only
participate but participate effectively. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
have also been making significant changes and adjustments to the way ICANN
meetings are run, trying to bring down the barriers to participating, trying
out new ways of interacting with the community. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
are looking to improve the production of documents, and the style of public
comment periods to be more user-friendly. And we are planning a usability study
of ICANN’s many websites so it will be easier to find and share information
across the organization and across the community. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
always, these changes are gradual and iterative but we hope you have noticed
and continue to notice the improvement over time as we seek to have ICANN live
up to its credentials as the representative of a truly global community. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If
you have any thoughts, suggestions or insights, feel free to share them on the
dedicated public participation website at <a href="http://public.icann.org/">http://public.icann.org</a>.
</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">New gTLDs</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
public comments period on the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook v2 ended on 13
April. Over 100 comments were received and are under review. An analysis
of these comments is expected late May. The New gTLD Applicant Guidebook v3 is
not expected to be published before the ICANN Sydney Meeting.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
continues to engage in global collaboration with the many communities that have
an interest in finding workable solutions on the outstanding issues in the New
gTLD Applicant Guidebook. A WIKI has been developed to provide a working space
for individuals and groups willing to offer recommendations relevant to the New
gTLD Program Overarching Issues identified in the new gTLD implementation work.
ICANN welcomes these additional recommendations as part of follow-on ICANN
consultations. The overarching issues raised in the comment process that
require further work are: </span></p>
<ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Trademark
Protection</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">TLD
Demand and Economic Analysis</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Security
and Stability: Root Zone Scaling</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Potential
for Malicious Conduct</span></li></ol>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some
other practical activities initiated:</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Trademark
Protection – The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) has been formed and
held its first meeting in the U.S. in April. The team is comprised of experts
in the trademark area. It has 24 members, 6 ex-officio. The IRT's preliminary
report is expected by 24 April. A final report will be available by 24 May for
comments. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Demand
and Economic Analysis – ICANN commissioned an independent third-party to
produce reports that address consumer benefit as well as pricing issue. The
preliminary reports are currently available for public comments at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04mar09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04mar09-en.htm</a>.
The public comments forum has closed on 17 April 2009. A final report is
expected in Q2/Q3.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Technical
Impact on Root Scalability (Security and Stability) – In addition to the
preliminary evaluation and explanatory memoranda produced by ICANN Staff in the
past year <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm</a>
ICANN has asked RSSAC and SSAC to produce an additional study to address root
scaling impact. The study will look at the root impact not only by adding New
gTLDs, but also IDNs, DNSSEC, IPV6. The study is expected to be available
between Q2 Q3 2009.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Malicious
Behavior – ICANN is commissioning the production of independent papers on
economic and potential user abuse issues. The report will be made available for
public comments in Q2. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN's
next steps will be to hold Global Consultation events to discuss the
overarching issues. The first event will be held in Sydney, Australia on 24
June, during the ICANN Meeting. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
additional consultation events will be held in July/August in London, USA and
the Middle East. The details are still under development.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
first applications for new generic top-level domains are expected to be
received in Q1 2010.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">More
Information on New gTLDs: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
WIKI can be accessed at: <a href="https://st.icann.org/new-gtld-overarching-issues/index.cgi?new_gtld_overarching_issues">https://st.icann.org/new-gtld-overarching-issues/index.cgi?new_gtld_overarching_issues</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responses
to ICANN Mexico Question Box: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10apr09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10apr09-en.htm</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Information
about the IRT members: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26mar09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26mar09-en.htm</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
public comment forum for the Applicant Guidebook v2 can be found here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#dagv2">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#dagv2</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
public comment forum for the Preliminary Reports on Competition and Pricing can
be found here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#compri">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#compri</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">More
information about the New gTLD Program, including all documentation is
available on ICANN's new gTLDs page (<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtldprogram.htm</a>)</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Policy Update </span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For
an in-depth look at the following Policy topics, go to the March Policy Update
at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-mar09-en.htm</a></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">IDC
ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Planning </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Discussion
of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track implementation plan and a range of related issues
will continue, leading up to Sydney.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">E-Crime
& DNS Abuse Forum Launched in Mexico City </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
challenges and ways to combat abuse of the DNS were discussed by a diverse
Internet community at ICANN's Mexico City meeting, including participants from
law enforcement, security researchers, consumer advocates, ccTLDs, gTLD
registries, and registrars .</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GNSO
Improvements Implementation Advance at Mexico City Meeting </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) community is working to implement
a comprehensive series of organizational and structural changes designed to
improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of the organization.
Interested community members are encouraged to offer their expertise and
brainpower by <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jan09-en.htm">volunteering
to participate in the effort</a>.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Global
IPV4 Policy Ratified by ICANN Board </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Regional
Internet Registries have adopted a policy to allocate the remaining IPv4
address blocks and submitted the policy to the ICANN Board for ratification.
The ICANN Board ratified the policy on 6 March 2009.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Working
Group Tackles Geographic Regions Framework </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
community-wide working group has begun efforts to review ICANN's system of
geographic regions to help ensure effective international diversity in the
organization's structures.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
Makes Recommendations On Domain Name Contact Points </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
memo recommends GNSO consider steps for registrar point of contact information
to reign in abuse.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
Presents Status Of DNSSEC Deployment </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
reports favorable progress on DNSSEC deployment.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
Comments On ICANN Strategic Plan </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
cites areas for additional study and need for prudence.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registration
Abuse Policies Get Closer Look </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registries
and registrars seem to lack uniform approaches to dealing with domain name
registration abuse, and questions persist as to what actions constitute
"registration abuse." The GNSO Council has launched a Registration
Abuse Policies Working Group to take a closer look at registration abuse policies.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CCNSO
Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Advances </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
ccNSO Council adopted the ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Working
Group charter at its Mexico City meeting.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GNSO
Council Asks For WHOIS Study Cost Estimates </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">WHOIS
is the data repository containing registered domain names, registrant contacts
and other critical information. Questions persist concerning the use and misuse
of this important resource. The GNSO Council must decide whether studies of
this matter are warranted and, if so, which topics need to be addressed.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GNSO
Considers Expired Domain Name Recovery Changes </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To
what extent should registrants be able to reclaim their domain names after they
expire? At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal,
transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate. An Issues Report
requested by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) on this topic was submitted
to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Making
it Easier to Transfer Domains Between Registrars </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) aims to provide a straightforward
procedure for domain name holders to transfer their names from one
ICANN-accredited registrar to another. The GNSO is reviewing and considering
revisions to this policy.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How
Do We Deal With Fast Fluxing Cybercriminals? </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fast
flux hosting refers to techniques used by cybercriminals to evade detection by
rapidly modifying IP addresses and/or name servers. The GNSO is exploring
appropriate action.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
gTLD Process Draws ccNSO Attention </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An
ad-hoc ccNSO working group forms with an eye towards the protection of country
names.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ccNSO
Council Initiates Formation Of Two Working Groups; Closes Two Others </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
ccNSO Council adds working groups to assist with agenda, ccTLD issues;
concludes the business of IANA and Participation working groups.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ccNSO
Council Re-appoints Chair and Elects Two New Vice-Chairs </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
ccNSO Council re-appointed Chris Disspain, .AU, as its Chair. At the same
meeting Young Eum Lee, .KR, and Byron Holland, .CA, were appointed Vice-Chairs.
Patricio Poblete was thanked for his service as Vice-Chair.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
ccNSO Council welcomed the following new members appointed by the ccNSO
members:</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Vika
Mpisane, Africa (.ZA), who replaced Victor Ciza (.BI)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Youn
Eum Lee (re-appointed), Asia Pacific, (.KR)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Juhani
Juselius, Europe (.FI), who replaced Olivier Guillard (.FR)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Patricio
Poblete (re-appointed), Latin America (.CL)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Byron
Holland, North America (.CA), who replaced Keith Drazek (.US)</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/">more...</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">A Look at ICANN's Global
Partnerships</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Global
Partnerships was founded in 2006 to demonstrate and implement ICANN's
commitment to global engagement, broadening international participation and
promoting ICANN's multi-stakeholder environment. Global Partnerships is
directed by Theresa Swinehart, Vice President of Global and Strategic
Partnerships and Ms. Swinehart's Deputy General Manager, Mandy Carver.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
addition to Ms. Swinehart and Ms. Carver the department is staffed by eight
Managers - Regional Relations based all over the world: </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Anne-Rachel
Inne—Manager, Regional Relations-Africa; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Baher
Esmat—Manager, Regional Relations-Middle East; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Donna
Austin—Manager, Governmental Affairs; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Massimiliano
Minisci—Manager, Regional Relations-Europe; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Pablo
Hinojosa—Manager, Regional Relations- Latin America; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Save
Vocea—Manager, Regional Relations-Australasia/Pacific Islands; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Shernon
Osepa—Manager, Regional Relations-Caribbean; </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Veni
Markovski—Manager, Regional Relations-Russia/CIS.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">While
much of ICANN staff supports a specific constituency or function, Global
Partnerships supports ICANN's mission and functions from a geographically based
approach. Each Manager, Regional Relations is responsible for global engagement
with all potential respective stakeholders and the end-user community in their
regions. The types of engagement range from ensuring ICANN's presence at
region-specific events and trainings; keeping abreast of developments in the
international internet community; remaining consistently aware of issues in
each of the regions that are relevant to ICANN's mission and the ICANN
operational and strategic plan. They provide a two way flow of information,
analysis and advocacy between the regions and ICANN, insuring a culturally and
linguistically appropriate representation of ICANN's mission in the region, and
an understanding of the issues of importance to the regions within ICANN.
Managers, Regional Relations also focus on building and streng! thening
relationships with organizations which may show an interest in participating in
the ICANN multi-stakeholder model by establishing memorandums of understanding
with partnering organizations, or ccTLD agreements as appropriate; as well as
acting in a liaison capacity with local, regional or international
organizations to increase the global awareness of, and support for, ICANN's
mission.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In addition to their geographic
responsibilities, Managers, Regional Relations also have topic specific
expertise that assists ICANN across regions. This might be internationalized
domain names, or regulator expertise or networking abilities with specific
international fora. Global Partnerships engages the global community in order
to provide support to local organizations within the regions for their internet
related issues. The entire Global Partnerships team works to ensure stakeholder
participation in every region of the world, as well as working together with
other staff within ICANN to ensure that ICANN continues to demonstrate its
commitment to internationalized operations as a truly global organization.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Regional Update</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
was invited to participate for the first time in two very important
international meetings which occurred in April. One was the World Telecom
Policy Forum (WTPF) held in Lisbon, Portugal. The other was the Fifth Summit of
the Americas which took place in Trinidad & Tobago. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
World Telecom Policy Forum (WTPF) is the meeting where policies, positions and
suggested resolutions are debuted in the policy development process that
culminates with the ITU Plenipotentiary. There was a great deal of activity
regarding discussions of critical internet resources. Roberto Gaetano spoke on
behalf of ICANN. He addressed the scope of ICANN’s responsibilities, our
technical mandate, and stressed the importance of a single interoperable
internet as “essential for a successful information society, a knowledge
society, a contributor to the success of coming out of the current global
economic situation by empowering and enabling innovation, efficiency, cost
cutting measures while fostering new businesses.” </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He
also addressed the need for internet governance models to be adapted to the
technology of the internet. That such a model – ICANN’s multi-stakeholder,
bottom up consensus driven policy making process – is important because any
governance of the internet has to be an “equally innovative, participative
model that is inclusive of all people and organizations that have an interest
at stake.” Theresa Swinehart, Baher Esmat, and Anne Rachel Inne were able to
attend sessions and talk with representatives of several countries on the
positions taken. This work has opened the way for better communication with the
ITU and mutual understanding of priorities and policy positions. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Fifth Summit of the Americas took place in Trinidad & Tobago; this is the
first time this event has been held in the Caribbean. During this event heads
of state and Ministers come together to discuss relevant issues and to plan a
regionally consistent or coordinated way forward regarding issues they have in
common. Topics addressed included crime, immigration and remittances, the
environment, development and energy policies. Prior to the summit a set of
constituency based pre-summit meetings (on April 15 and 16) were conducted.
These included the private sector, civil society and youth. These sessions are
for the non-heads of state stakeholders. After the pre summits, representatives
of the constituencies participate in a “dialogue” with the Ministers from the
participating governments with the hope that the issues raised and priorities
expressed will inform the position paper shaped by the heads of state during
the Summit itself. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Peter
Dengate Thrush participated in the Pre-Summit Private Sector Forum on
“Promoting Private Sector-Led Prosperity” supported by Shernon Osepa and Mandy
Carver. Peter gave a presentation on ICANN as part of a panel entitled:
“Investment in ICT: A Way Out of the Crisis”. He addressed ICANN’s mandate and
the role of ICT in economic recovery and the role of the private sector in the
management of resources that make up the single interoperable internet that is
critical to the creation and maintenance of ecommerce. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
was the only panel (out of 11) in the pre-summit dealing with Information and
Communication Technologies. Given the diverse audience Peter focused on ICANN’s
technical mandate highlighting its role in the Internet’s Security, Stability,
upcoming changes with new gTLDs, and IDNs and the purpose of participation in
ICANN’s supporting organizations. Although the Private Sector Pre-Summit
focused mostly on other industry sectors and not specifically on ICTs,
participants recognized the importance of the ICT sector for economic
development in the region. In addition, Peter is the most senior member of the
ICANN organization to visit the Caribbean in an official capacity. His
participation has further affirmed ICANN’s commitment to the region and opened
the way for further dialogue with regional constituent organizations. Side
meetings were held with the Secretary Generals of the Organization of American
States (OAS), and of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication
Associations (CANTO.) These have paved the way for potential future collaborations
including potential Memorandums of Understanding and an invitation to address
the CANTO 25 th Anniversary celebration this summer. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Conficker</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Conficker worm may have burrowed into millions of computers around the world,
but it also slithered into hundreds of news stories produced by major media
outlets, and in so doing it fed a growing global anxiety about the malware.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
the days leading up to April 1, the date the worm was to become active, there
was intense media attention. Central to the coverage was what was being done to
investigate and limit any potential damage from Conficker.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
response to the Conficker threat, ICANN joined organizations such as Microsoft
and Symantec in forming the so-called Conficker Working Group (CWG). It
included security researchers, software vendors, domain name operators and a
wide array of organizations dedicated to preserving the security and stability
of the Internet.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">On
March 30, ICANN issued a news release adding its voice to the chorus of others
from the CWG, in advising Internet users to be vigilant about the threat posed
by Conficker, but at the same time, cautioning against over-reacting to the
wave of media coverage the worm was generating.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"There's
no doubt that this particular worm grows more sophisticated with each new
variant that is released," said Greg Rattray, ICANN's Chief Internet
Security Advisor. "But the Conficker Working Group had done a great job to
make sure we are as prepared as possible on April 1 or any date
thereafter." </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
words of assurance, from Rattray and other members of the Conficker Working
Group, proved to be prophetic, since on April 1, the vast majority of Internet
users noticed nothing out of the ordinary.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prior
to April 1, Conficker has been polling 250 different domain names every day to
download and run an update program. On April 1, the latest version of
Conficker, usually referred to as Conficer.C, started to poll 50,000 domains a
day to do the same thing. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
creator of the worm is still unknown, as is his/her motivation in developing
the program. However in an unprecedented move, Microsoft has offered $250,000
for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for
illegally launching Conficker.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Perhaps
one of the biggest accomplishments of Conficker was to bring together a variety
of global Internet security experts with unanimity of purpose in keeping the
Internet secure, safe and stable. Some believe the Conficker Working Group may
well become a working model for responses to similar types of threats in the
future.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ICANN Acronyms Explained</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC—The Security and Stability
Advisory Committee </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Security and Stability Advisory Committee advises the ICANN community and Board
on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and
address allocation systems. This includes:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Operational
matters (e.g., matters pertaining to the correct and reliable operation of
the root name system),</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Administrative
matters (e.g., matters pertaining to address allocation and Internet
number assignment), </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registration
matters (e.g., matters pertaining to registry and registrar services such
as WHOIS).</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
engages in ongoing threat assessment and risk analysis of the Internet naming
and address allocation services to assess where the principal threats to
stability and security lie, and advises the ICANN community accordingly.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
projects may originate internally, or they may be requested by ICANN, the ICANN
Board of Advisors, and the ICANN Ombudsman. Registries, Registrars, and
Registrants and members of the ICANN community may request the committee to
consider matters that are thought to affect the security and stability of any
aspect of Internet name, address and numbering system administration and
operation. SSAC makes reports on its activities in a public forum at ICANN
meetings (see SSAC Presentations). SSAC assigns a steward for each project.
Stewards assist the chairman by overseeing activities associated with a
project, and may act as rapporteurs on behalf of SSAC at ICANN meetings and
other public forums.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SSAC
documents its findings and recommendations in one of three forms.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Advisories
address a security or stability matter in a timely manner, with sufficient
background information to appraise the community of the issue or threat.
Advisories typically include recommended actions to remedy a problem, or reduce
a threat. Advisories may also recommend subsequent action by SSAC, ICANN, or a
broader community involved with Internet security.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Comments
are responses to public calls for comments by ICANN, the ICANN Board of
Directors, ICANN committees, and committee task forces.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reports
provide in-depth analyses of a topic and may recommend specific actions and
policy recommendations for ICANN's consideration.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Board Review: Public
Comment Period on the Review WG Interim Report</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
announced in the February 2009 issue, the Interim Report of the Board Review
Working Group was presented and discussed at the ICANN meeting in Mexico City.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Audio
casts of the presentation (EN, FR and SP), and the transcript (EN) are
available from <a href="http://mex.icann.org/node/2693">http://mex.icann.org/node/2693</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
WG Interim Report presents the Working Group's "initial thinking" on
the questions under review following the publication of the external reviewers'
report and the further public consultation. It is available in EN, FR, SP, RU,
ZH and AR from <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/board/">http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/board/</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
WG Interim Report, while supporting some reviewers' recommendations and
recognizing that others have been or are being addressed by the Board, solicits
further inputs from the community, particularly on those recommendations that
are particularly complex, such as the size of the Board and the issue of
remuneration of Board Members.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
public comment period of the WG Interim Report is now open until the 17 April
2009 at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#board-review">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#board-review</a>.
Inputs will be taken into consideration by the WG in order to finalize its report
to the Structural Improvements Committee and the Board.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Have An Opinion On Where
ICANN Should Spend Its Money?</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There
is just over a week left on the public comment period for ICANN's operating
plan and budget for next year, and we have received only a few comments so far.
We encourage you to provide your input on how the organization should spend its
money in FY10.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Why
should you bother?</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Because
ICANN is responsible for the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars in the
interests of the Internet community and the Internet infrastructure itself. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Many
times a year ICANN is asked to explain its spending decisions. Each time we
point to the Strategic Plan and Operating Plan processes to explain that the
community itself has significant input how ICANN spends its money and on what.
For the past two years, we have followed a process that allows over four months
for the public to comment on how ICANN spends the budget.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
public comment period that will close on Thursday 30 April is the last time you
will be able to provide input that will have a significant impact on next
year's budget. Per ICANN's bylaws, we will post a draft of the FY10 Budget by
17 May. Then there will also be an opportunity to post your comments on the
draft before the final FY10 Operating Plan and Budget is put before the Board
for approval at the Sydney meeting in June.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What's
so special about FY2010 for ICANN?</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
next year is especially significant for ICANN and the community because it
represents the financial plan that has been developed for dealing with the
introduction of new generic top-level domains and internationalized domain
names.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There
has been a significant amount of discussion about the impact that new gTLDs and
IDNs may have on ICANN and the Internet itself, and particularly the potential
financial impact. </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Internally,
ICANN has tried to assess what this expansion of the domain space could mean
for the organization – and the money received, spent and its allocation is a
vital element of that. We will be posting a budget amendment focused purely on
the new gTLD rollout several months before the program is launched but the
community's views on where we are currently would be invaluable.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Other
significant issues addressed in the Operating Plan and Budget requesting
community input includes:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Is
the approach to meetings scaling with the ICANN community's size and
diversity, and work style over time? Should ICANN take action in FY10 to
reduce or redirect the substantial expense - both directly by ICANN and
indirectly by participants - in three meetings around the world? </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
ICANN grows to support application processing for the new gTLD program,
what is the best way to staff (hire vs. outsource) and what are the
appropriate geographic locations for this effort?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How
does the community want to explicitly prioritize work such that the costs
to support additional work don't just grow?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How
can ICANN better report on and measure the effectiveness of many
activities such as outreach and policy development, so as to allow these
areas to be tuned/improved?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What
other ideas does the community have for prioritization or cost reduction
consistent with the Strategic Plan goals?</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If
you have views on these or another other parts of the budget, please do review
the Operating Plan and Budget and email us your comments within the next 10
days.</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">All
the information you need should be available on the public comment webpage
here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2010">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2010</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank
you,</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kevin
Wilson<br>
Chief Financial Officer, ICANN</span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: right; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="right"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">more...</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Responses from Mexico
City Question Box Published</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Read
responses to questions about:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
as an organization</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registrars
and the RAA</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Applicant Guidebook and new gTLDs </span></li></ul>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/participate/mexico-city-public-forum-response.html">http://icann.org/en/participate/mexico-city-public-forum-response.html</a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ICANN has a new Jobs
website</span></h3>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://icanncareers.silkroad.com/">http://icanncareers.silkroad.com/</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
new site can also be accessed from the ICANN homepage by clicking on the
"Apply for a job" link </span></p>
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<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7
April: Board Finance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8
April: Board Governance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14
April: Board Public Participation Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">15
April: Board Structural Improvements Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">16
April: Board Finance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22
April: Board Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6
May: Board Governance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7
May: Board Structural Improvements Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12
May: Board Finance Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12
May: Board Public Participation Committee Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14
May: Board Structural Improvements Committee Meeting with Review Working
Group Chairs </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14-16
May: Board Retreat </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21
May: Board Meeting </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">26
May: Board IANA Committee Meeting </span></li></ul>
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://public.icann.org/">http://public.icann.org</a></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">HAVE
YOUR VOICE HEARD </span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Visit
the Public Participation Site and let us know what you think about the current
issues. </span></p>
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you care about the Internet and how it evolves, your voice will only be heard
if you get involved.</span></p>
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update: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/</a></span></p>
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newsletter: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/">http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/</a></span></p>
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you have a comment about an article you've read, want to know more about a
particular topic, are confused about an acronym, or if you would you like to
submit an Op-Ed article? We invite you to submit your thoughts, ideas, and
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background: rgb(102, 153, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">A Fellowship Alumni's Personal Journey on the Path to
Re-delegation</span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(0, 54, 77) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: center; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><img id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/images/west-mag-apr09.png" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0pt; height: 173px; width: 145px;" alt="Denzil West, fellowship alum" border="0"></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Denzil
West, a fellowship alumni of the San Juan, Los Angeles, and Mexico City
meetings, has led the effort to run the .ms registry since 2001, and after
realizing the successful conclusion of that goal in Mexico City this past
March, decided to offer a presentation at the 34th ICANN International Public
meeting in Mexico City on "The Impact of the ICANN Fellowship Program on
our Journey through the Re-Delegation process" to the other fellowship
participants. It was so well received that the presentation was posted to the
ICANN Fellowship Alumni wiki site so that others might benefit, and now we
would like to share this journey with the ICANN community. His story is about
gaining knowledge through the ICANN community and network, as well as
perseverance and belief in the right thing to do. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
his presentation, Denzil stressed to the fellowship participants that he had
chronicled MNINET's journey through the Redelegation process and is not meant
to be a blueprint or recommendation of standard practice. MNINetworks does not
advocate the Redelegation of a ccTLD for political reasons or simply because
their respective Government wants ‘control'. Domain Redelegations should only
be undertaken in the interest of the local and international Internet
community.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">MNINetworks
Ltd. is an IT company located in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory
located in the Eastern Caribbean, and operated under the laws of Montserrat,
which provides a variety of ICT services and consultancies including:
programming, web development, network design, network installations and
maintenance. Under agreement with the Government of Montserrat, MNINetworks
Ltd. is the Sponsor and Administrator for the .MS ccTLD.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Their
journey started in 2000, when Denzil found out that the .MS Registry had been
operated by AdamsNames Ltd., UK since 1997. AdamsNames was unsanctioned and did
not contribute any funds or equipment to the Government or any local
organization; indeed, it was marketing in Mississippi. From 2001 through 2006,
Denzil investigated how to get the .MS Registry localized but there was no real
interest and so the dilemma was how to get this thing started.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
breakthrough came in February 2007, when Denzil attended an ISOC ccTLD workshop
in Guyana and met ICANN staff and Fellowship Manager Jacob Malthouse and CTO
John Crain. With their knowledge and encouragement, Denzil was able to find the
way forward and in May 2007, entered into an Agreement with the Government of
Montserrat to manage the .MS domain name. At the same time, the Government
notified AdamsNames and ICANN of their position. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From
this initial meeting with ICANN staffer Jacob, Denzil learned of the launch of
the new ICANN Fellowship Program, which is a "means tested" grant of
support awarded to eligible individuals from stakeholder groups around the
world to attend ICANN meetings. He applied for and received one of those first
fellowships, and attended the 29th ICANN meeting in San Juan. Here he was able
to meet many more useful contacts and gain confidence in his work and vision.
Right back to work after the meeting, MNINetworks Ltd. started to work with
CoCCA in hopes of using their Registry Management software. By August 2007, the
company had set up NameServers and Database Servers in Montserrat and initial
contact was made with ARIN, so there was no turning back now! </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fast
forward to November 2007 to the 30th ICANN meeting in Los Angeles, where Denzil
once again had received a fellowship and could return full of confidence,
connect with previously established network of associates in the ICANN
community and begin a relationship with IANA staff in order to gain the
knowledge needed in order to be successful in the last leg of the redelegation
journey. Leaving Los Angeles full of information and determination, Denzil and
MNINET focused on policy development and research as their attempts to contact
AdamsNames to negotiate a Registry transition were still unsuccessful as 2007
wound down to a close. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At
last, in April 2008, AdamsNames and MNINET signed an MOU for the smooth handover
of the .MS Registry Operations, allowing MNINET to file a Redelegation request
(and lots of supplementary information and documentation) with IANA in May and
then waited……and waited…..until FINALLY! In August 2008 the ICANN Board
approved the Redelegation and within several months, the root zone changes were
complete, thanks to continual communications with the IANA staff. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">On
December 23rd 2008, MNI Networks Ltd. was now the official sponsor and manager
of .MS, allowing them to start operation of the registry in January 2009. But
the story wasn't over yet….until the 34th ICANN meeting in Mexico City, where
MNI Networks Ltd. joined the ccNSO as the 90 th member, and Denzil became a
"graduate" of the ICANN fellowship program and a lifetime mentor to
the many new fellows who will need his guidance in the years ahead.</span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Denzil
pointed out to the other fellows and alumni in Mexico City that the journey was
a personal and professional one, and that the benefits were well worth the
years spent achieving the goal. Due to the work of MNI Networks Ltd, Denzil,
and the collaboration with ICANN staff and community members, this company was
able to: implement a locally operated domain Registry for .MS, create local
employment, generate an additional revenue stream for the Montserrat
Government, contribute financially to the local community, and prove that small
countries can operate a Domain Registry to international standards. And there
are future plans already laid out for expansion and growth to continue in the
years ahead. </span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(212, 221, 230) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Fellowship program is proud of Denzil and his accomplishments, and we look
forward to his continued growth and participation in the Internet and ICANN
community.</span></p>
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updates from the alumni themselves, sharing what they have learned, how they
have benefited and grown due to the fellowship program, and their expectations
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