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<BR>> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:03:44 +0200<BR>> From: africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> Subject: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 34, Issue 28<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> Send AfrICANN mailing list submissions to<BR>> africann@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> africann-owner@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of AfrICANN digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. Re: Post AfriNIC-11 Press Release (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> 2. ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement<BR>> (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> 3. Correction: Post AfriNIC-11 Press Release (Lillian O. Sharpley)<BR>> 4. Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark Protection in New<BR>> gTLDs (Glen de Saint G?ry)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:46:12 -0800<BR>> From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Post AfriNIC-11 Press Release<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <bd1bfd500912161046t1fef163boa88303b45a70a4ee@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> Hey Girl,<BR>> <BR>> Thanks for correcting your release.. see below highlighted: Instead of<BR>> spelling out you can just say ICANN/IANA<BR>> <BR>> bisous<BR>> ar<BR>> <BR>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Lillian O. Sharpley<BR>> <lillian@afrinic.net>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > For Immediate Release<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > AFRINIC-11, DAKAR, SENEGAL<BR>> ><BR>> > The African Network Information Center, AfriNIC, the Regional Internet<BR>> > Registry<BR>> > for Africa, held its 11th Public Policy Meeting, 21 – 27 November 2009, at<BR>> > the<BR>> > Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal. The meeting, which was graciously<BR>> > hosted by<BR>> > l’Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) and<BR>> > sponsored<BR>> > by Espresso, Huawei, Internet Society (ISOC), and Orange, was attended by<BR>> > some<BR>> > 150 delegates representing twenty (20) nations.<BR>> ><BR>> > Mr. Ndongo Diao, Directeur General, ARTP, opened the meeting with remarks,<BR>> > followed by the Keynote Address from Mrs. Aminata Tall, Ministre d'état,<BR>> > Secrétaire Générale de la Présidence de la République. The programme<BR>> > consisted<BR>> > of two-days of IPv6 training, workshops on Internet Measurement, DNS<BR>> > Operations,<BR>> > Mail Abuse, African 4th IPv6 Day, Internet Governance Day, two-days of<BR>> > Plenary<BR>> > Sessions that included the Public Policy Discussion.<BR>> ><BR>> > The industry presentations covered issues related to Access, Security, IPv4<BR>> > exhaustion and the uptake of IPv6, Internet Governance initiatives, report<BR>> > of<BR>> > the IGF 2009 event, updates from the I*nternet Community for Assigned<BR>> > Names and<BR>> > Numbers,* ISOC, other RIRs, Orange, Huawei, ARTP, Association of African<BR>> > Universities (AAU), and other representation from academia, government, and<BR>> > the<BR>> > private sector. On the issue of Security, AfriNIC announced the first<BR>> > AfriNIC<BR>> > Government Working Group event for Law Enforcement Agencies to be held 25 –<BR>> > 26<BR>> > January, 2010, Ebene, Mauritius.<BR>> ><BR>> > One of the major outcomes of the Public Policy Discussion was the consensus<BR>> > by<BR>> > the community to endorse the Global Policy proposal for “Allocation of ASN<BR>> > Blocks to the RIRs by IANA.” Another policy proposal discussed was the<BR>> > 'IPv6<BR>> > Allocations to Non-Profit Networks', with a consensus being reached that<BR>> > proposal should be withdrawn, and that the author of the proposal should<BR>> > liaise<BR>> > with the AfriNIC staff and Board to devise a more viable solution if the<BR>> > main<BR>> > rational is to have a special discount and category for this category of<BR>> > users.<BR>> > A third policy proposal, related to 'IPv4 Soft Landing' which define how<BR>> > AfriNIC should manage its last IPv4 blocks, did not reach consensus during<BR>> > the<BR>> > meeting and was returned to the Resource Policy Discuss (RPD) mailing list<BR>> > for<BR>> > further discussion.<BR>> ><BR>> > During the meeting, AfriNIC and AAU signed a Memorandum of Understanding,<BR>> > establishing that AAU via a grant from FRENIA will contribute to the setup<BR>> > fees<BR>> > and a first-year membership fee of eligible African Academic institutions<BR>> > and<BR>> > RENs from Africa. This is the second MoU between AfriNIC and AAU to<BR>> > support the<BR>> > common goal of improving Campus and Research network infrastructure in<BR>> > Africa.<BR>> ><BR>> > AfriNIC’s Public Policy meetings are open to anyone and are particularly<BR>> > relevant to members, ISPs, the Internet community, academia, governments<BR>> > and<BR>> > regulators. Participation in these meetings will give you tremendous<BR>> > opportunities to improve your network infrastructure, increase your<BR>> > knowledge on<BR>> > Internet related issues, networking, and to have your say in policies that<BR>> > affect future development of the Internet in your region. We are pleased to<BR>> > announce that AfriNIC’s 12th Public Policy meeting will be held in Kigali,<BR>> > Rwanda, 23 May - 4 June, 2010 and would like to extend a warm invitation to<BR>> > the<BR>> > community to attend and participate. Access our website at www.afrinic.netfor<BR>> > additional information.<BR>> ><BR>> > http://www.afrinic.net/af11_press.pdf<BR>> ><BR>> > Contact: Lillian Sharpley<BR>> > Communications Area Manager<BR>> > Email: press@afrinic.net<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > AfrICANN mailing list<BR>> > AfrICANN@afrinic.net<BR>> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Anne-Rachel Inne<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20091216/3cf0ffc3/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:43:08 -0800<BR>> From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry<BR>> Agreement<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <bd1bfd500912161243i67b76827jbb40939be57abd85@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> News Alert<BR>> <BR>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15dec09-en.htm<BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement<BR>> <BR>> 15 December 2009<BR>> <BR>> ICANN invites community participation in an open consultation regarding the<BR>> proposed registry agreement for new gTLDs. This meeting is being organized<BR>> in response to a commitment made by ICANN at its meetings in Seoul to<BR>> continue discussions with the community about open issues in the agreement,<BR>> including the process for amending the agreement, aspects of registry<BR>> services reviews, and restrictions on registry operators' ability to<BR>> distribute names through affiliated registrars (e.g., vertical separation).<BR>> <BR>> The consultation will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2010, from 14:00 to<BR>> 20:00 UTC (http://timeanddate.com/s/1gwx). A conference call bridge and<BR>> Adobe Connect access will be available for this discussion and all<BR>> interested parties are encouraged to participate. ICANN will facilitate this<BR>> discussion from Washington, DC and space will be available to accommodate<BR>> some in-person participation.<BR>> <BR>> The reference materials for the consultation include the Registry Agreement<BR>> published in Draft Applicant Guidebook v3 viewable at<BR>> http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-clean-04oct09-en.pdf<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-clean-04oct09-en.pdf>[PDF,<BR>> 683K], the redline version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook from v2 to<BR>> v3 viewable at<BR>> http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-redline-04oct09-en.pdf<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-specs-redline-04oct09-en.pdf>[PDF,<BR>> 1,080K].<BR>> <BR>> If you are interested in participating, please confirm at<BR>> registry-liaison@icann.org by 28 December 2009. Please indicate whether you<BR>> will attend in-person or remotely. Additional details regarding remote<BR>> participation will be provided in advance of the consultation.<BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> *Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/>*<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20091216/57976967/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:55 +0400<BR>> From: "Lillian O. Sharpley" <lillian@afrinic.net><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Correction: Post AfriNIC-11 Press Release<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net, announce@afrinic.net<BR>> Message-ID: <20091217141500.M57852@afrinic.net><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> For Immediate Release<BR>> http://www.afrinic.net/af11_press.pdf <BR>> <BR>> AFRINIC-11, DAKAR, SENEGAL<BR>> <BR>> The African Network Information Center, AfriNIC, the Regional Internet Registry<BR>> for Africa, held its 11th Public Policy Meeting, 21 – 27 November 2009, at the<BR>> Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal. The meeting, which was graciously hosted by<BR>> l’Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) and sponsored<BR>> by Espresso, Huawei, Internet Society (ISOC), and Orange, was attended by some<BR>> 150 delegates representing twenty (20) nations. <BR>> <BR>> Mr. Ndongo Diao, Directeur General, ARTP, opened the meeting with remarks,<BR>> followed by the Keynote Address from Mrs. Aminata Tall, Ministre d'état,<BR>> Secrétaire Générale de la Présidence de la République. The programme consisted<BR>> of two-days of IPv6 training, workshops on Internet Measurement, DNS Operations,<BR>> Mail Abuse, African 4th IPv6 Day, Internet Governance Day, two-days of Plenary<BR>> Sessions that included the Public Policy Discussion. <BR>> <BR>> The industry presentations covered issues related to Access, Security, IPv4<BR>> exhaustion and the uptake of IPv6, Internet Governance initiatives, report of<BR>> the IGF 2009 event, updates from ICANN/IANA, ISOC, other RIRs, Orange, Huawei,<BR>> ARTP, Association of African Universities (AAU), and other representation from<BR>> academia, government, and the private sector. On the issue of Security, AfriNIC<BR>> announced the first AfriNIC Government Working Group event for Law Enforcement<BR>> Agencies to be held 25 – 26 January, 2010, Ebene, Mauritius.<BR>> <BR>> One of the major outcomes of the Public Policy Discussion was the consensus by<BR>> the community to endorse the Global Policy proposal for “Allocation of ASN<BR>> Blocks to the RIRs by IANA.” Another policy proposal discussed was the 'IPv6<BR>> Allocations to Non-Profit Networks', with a consensus being reached that<BR>> proposal should be withdrawn, and that the author of the proposal should liaise<BR>> with the AfriNIC staff and Board to devise a more viable solution if the main<BR>> rational is to have a special discount and category for this category of users.<BR>> A third policy proposal, related to 'IPv4 Soft Landing' which define how<BR>> AfriNIC should manage its last IPv4 blocks, did not reach consensus during the<BR>> meeting and was returned to the Resource Policy Discuss (RPD) mailing list for<BR>> further discussion. <BR>> <BR>> During the meeting, AfriNIC and AAU signed a Memorandum of Understanding,<BR>> establishing that AAU via a grant from FRENIA will contribute to the setup fees<BR>> and a first-year membership fee of eligible African Academic institutions and<BR>> RENs from Africa. This is the second MoU between AfriNIC and AAU to support the<BR>> common goal of improving Campus and Research network infrastructure in Africa. <BR>> <BR>> AfriNIC’s Public Policy meetings are open to anyone and are particularly<BR>> relevant to members, ISPs, the Internet community, academia, governments and<BR>> regulators. Participation in these meetings will give you tremendous<BR>> opportunities to improve your network infrastructure, increase your knowledge on<BR>> Internet related issues, networking, and to have your say in policies that<BR>> affect future development of the Internet in your region. We are pleased to<BR>> announce that AfriNIC’s 12th Public Policy meeting will be held in Kigali,<BR>> Rwanda, 23 May - 4 June, 2010 and would like to extend a warm invitation to the<BR>> community to attend and participate. Access our website at www.afrinic.net for<BR>> additional information.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Contact: Lillian Sharpley<BR>> Communications Area Manager<BR>> Email: press@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:56:41 -0800<BR>> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen@icann.org><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark<BR>> Protection in New gTLDs<BR>> To: "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <05B243F724B2284986522B6ACD0504D7D2FEB7EDCC@EXVPMBX100-1.exc.icann.org><BR>> <BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17dec09-en.htm<BR>> Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs<BR>> <BR>> 17 December 2009<BR>> The Special Trademarks Issues Working Team (STI) has published its Report on its recommendations to create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to protect trademarks in the New GTLD Program. The public comment period ends on 26 January 2010. <BR>> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#sti<BR>> <BR>> Special Trademark Issues Review Team Recommendations [PDF, 272K]<BR>> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/sti/sti-wt-recommendations-11dec09-en.pdf<BR>> <BR>> You can also find this report at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/. <BR>> <BR>> Background <BR>> <BR>> On 12 October 2009, the ICANN Board sent a letter [PDF, 736K] to the GNSO requesting its review of the policy implications of certain trademark protection mechanisms proposed for the New gTLD Program, as described in the Draft Applicant Guidebook (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-04oct09-en.pdf [PDF, 198K]) and accompanying memoranda. Specifically, the Board Letter requested that the GNSO provide input on whether it approves the proposed staff model , or, in the alternative, the GNSO could propose an alternative that is equivalent or more effective and implementable. <BR>> <BR>> In response, t he GNSO adopted a resolution creating the Special Trademarks Issues review team (STI) on 28 October 2009, which included representatives from each Stakeholder Group ; At-Large; Nominating Committee Appointees; and the Government Advisory Committee, to analyze the specific rights protection mechanisms that have been proposed for inclusion in the Draft Applicant Guidebook. The STI delivered to the GNSO Council its Report [PDF, 272K], which describes an alternative model that the STI believes is more effective and implementable than the model proposed in the Draft Applicant Guidebook version 3. The GNSO Council unanimously approved the recommendations contained in the STI Report for public comment and consideration by ICANN when it finalizes the proposed model for trademark protection in the New gTLD Program. <BR>> <BR>> For additional information on the new gTLD Program: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm.<BR>> <BR>> Glen de Saint Géry<BR>> GNSO Secretariat<BR>> gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<BR>> http://gnso.icann.org<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> AfrICANN mailing list<BR>> AfrICANN@afrinic.net<BR>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> End of AfrICANN Digest, Vol 34, Issue 28<BR>> ****************************************<BR> <br /><hr />Un avatar à votre image ? <a href='http://www.ilovemessenger.fr/minimize-me' target='_new'>Créez votre mini-moi !</a></body>
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