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[Internet Governance Project]

November 05, 2009

Fresh start, or another week on the treadmill?

Grumbling about the Affirmation

Domain name market structure debate intensifies

Civil Society reps, ICANN Board bridge differences at Seoul meeting

Giganet award goes to paper exploring use of social networking tools in IG

IGF-USA plenary voices support for global Internet Governance Forum process

Upcoming Event: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET): 4th Annual Symposium

Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #160 - Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future

Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #114 - Need-based and market-based Internet resource allocation

Upcoming Event: IGF Main Session: Managing Critical Internet Resources

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* Fresh start, or another week on the treadmill? - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42019687&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The Seoul ICANN meeting is over and my reaction to it is complex. On the one hand, the meeting felt like a fresh start: it was a showcase for the optimistic, likeable and accessible new President, Rod Beckstrom; it marked the end of the Commerce Department JPA; and it put into place a new domain name policy making structure with a revitalized and somewhat more empowered civil society segment (the NCSG).

On the other hand, ICANN's continuing inability to define an ongoing process for the routine addition of new top level domain names, and the multiplication of new obstacles in their attempt to do so, hung over the meeting like a thick cloud of gray Seoul smog. It produced a deadening feeling that we have been on the same stupid treadmill for 10 years.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;Fresh start, or another week on the treadmill?;2840625 • •

 
 

* Grumbling about the Affirmation - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42013805&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The new "Affirmation of Commitments" was, naturally, a major topic at the Seoul ICANN meeting. In the short meeting held to discuss it, ICANN seemed more interested in discussing methodology than in talking about the purpose and scope of the reviews. The audience, however, wanted to talk about accountability. The following comments, circulated afterwards by Becky Burr, reflect the tone of much of the discussion:• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;Grumbling about the Affirmation;2840625 • •

 
 

* Domain name market structure debate intensifies - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=41971447&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

At the Seoul meeting the Registrar Stakeholder Group has adopted a position paper supporting the removal of rules that prohibit them from selling names in TLD registries they own or control. Prior to this, many observers of the controversy assumed that it was only Demand Media (ENom) and a few other large registrars who supported the removal of this restriction from new TLDs. Now we see more of an industry-wide cleavage between registrars and registries.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;Domain name market structure debate intensifies;2840625 • •

 
 

* Civil Society reps, ICANN Board bridge differences at Seoul meeting - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=41928524&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The all-important direct meeting between the ICANN Board and the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC), which represents civil society in ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization, took place today. It cleared up a number of misunderstandings, providing a sobering reminder of how badly things can go awry when bureaucracy mediates between the Board and ICANN participants.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;Civil Society reps, ICANN Board bridge differences at Seoul meeting;2840625 • •

 
 

* Giganet award goes to paper exploring use of social networking tools in IG - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=41836358&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The 2009 Giganet scholarship award, intended to promote participation and scholarly work in Internet governance, has been awarded to Dr. Robert Bodle for his paper, Social Media and Global Internet Governance: Innovations and Limitations, which will be presented by him at the 2009 Giganet Symposium. The Internet Governance Project, which gives the award, would like to thank all applicants and congratulates them on their contributions• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;Giganet award goes to paper exploring use of social networking tools in IG;2840625 • •

 
 

* IGF-USA plenary voices support for global Internet Governance Forum process - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=41584063&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The first Internet Governance Forum-USA was held last Friday in Washington DC. During the closing plenary session panelists from all stakeholder groups agreed the IGF is a useful exercise that contributes positively to Internet governance. “(The IGF) deals with global issues, transnational issues, ones that require coordination across political boundaries, and that is probably the most important thing about the IGF,” IGP's Milton Mueller said. “We cannot deal with the Internet in a purely national context. We don’t want to put the Internet back into boxes for the purposes of regulation.”• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Main Page;IGF-USA plenary voices support for global Internet Governance Forum process;2840625 • •

 
 

* Upcoming Event: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET): 4th Annual Symposium - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42152804&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

The 4th Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) Annual Symposium will be held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 14th, 2009- one day before the IGF official opening, at Maritim Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Centre (SHICC). The program includes presentations by IGP members Michel van Eeten, Jeanette Hofmann, Derrick Cogburn, Milton Mueller, and Hans Klein, as well as other recognized experts in the field. The symposium is free to attend but you must register.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Events;Upcoming Event: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET): 4th Annual Symposium;2840625 • •

 
 

* Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #160 - Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42151695&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

IGP's Michel van Eeten, along with numerous other practitioners and experts, will participate in a workshop, Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future, at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on Tuesday November 17, from 14:30-17:30 (local time, 12:30-15:30 UTC) in Room 4 (Nile Valley), remote participation options will be available.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Events;Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #160 - Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future;2840625 • •

 
 

* Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #114 - Need-based and market-based Internet resource allocation - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42152802&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

IGP's Milton Mueller and other expert panelists will debate competing resource allocation mechanisms that could be used to address scarcity in the IP address space at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The workshop will be held Tuesday, November 17 from 11:30-13:00 (local time, 9:30-11:00 UTC) in Room 7 (Luxor), remote participation options will be available.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Events;Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #114 - Need-based and market-based Internet resource allocation;2840625 • •

 
 

* Upcoming Event: IGF Main Session: Managing Critical Internet Resources - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42152800&f=175425&u=11399690&c=2840625
 
 

IGP's Jeanette Hofmann will co-moderate an open discussion examining the internationalization of critical Internet resources management including the transition to IPv6, the IANA contract and role of governments and the importance of new TLDs and IDNs to development at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on Monday November 16 from 10:00-13:00 (local time, 8:00-11:00 UTC), remote participation options will be available.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;12422;Events;Upcoming Event: IGF Main Session: Managing Critical Internet Resources;2840625 • •

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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