Once again Don Heath committs ISOC to the WRONG side, and does so by the
context of Semich's letter inviolation of ISOC rules. Don Heath's contract
is yearly according to Vint. I would hope that the patience of ISOC
trustees is wearing thin with his performance. I understand his yearly
contract renews in March.
By the way let me make it very clear that ***I did not get this material
from Bill Semich.*** And I did NOT ask his permission to post.
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Subject: Re: Whos is on that draft
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Hello;
I am surprised to see ISOC's signature on the DNSO.ORG application to
ICANN to form the Domain Names Supporting Organization. I have not
received any communications from ISOC asking for member review of this
document or requesting consensus support of this particular application
to ICANN. With the exception of ISOC, in fact, all the other signatories
appear to represent business interest groups or lobbying organizations
in the Domain name space.
As a member of ISOC, I would respectfully request that the signature of
ISOC not appear with this DNSO application until the ISOC Board, and
perhaps the membership at large, have the opportunity to review the
contents of both the DNSO.ORG application developed by the
POC/CORE/ICC/ITTA group and the broad-consensus-based Paris Draft DNSO
Application submitted by NSI/CENTR/IATLD/APTLD/LATLD/ORSC and many
others.
I believe it is very important that all positions be represented in the
DNSO application at this critical stage of developing the ICANN
structure. I would expect that ISOC would be interested in helping to
develop that consensus, instead of taking a position that implies
support for only one of these two DNSO applications - as it appears to
be doing by being a signatory to the DNSO.ORG application. At the least,
the board members should read both applications and make judgements on
the merits of each.
Please request that the DNSO.ORG application be submitted without ISOC's
signature.
Respectfully submitted,
J. William Semich (NIC JWS7)
President, Internet Users Society - Niue
.NU Domain (Niue, The South Pacific)
and
Secretary/Treasurer, IATLD (International Association of Top Level
Domains)
Memberships: ISOC, ISP/C, APIA, APTLD
In reply to 05 Feb message from Amadeu Abril i Abril
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi,
>PSA the cover letter as sent by Jon Englund to ICANN. There
>is the list of signatories/endorsing organisations. The idea
>has been to limit that to int'l assocs instead of
>indiviudual companies. And to those, able to go through
>their internal clearance proscesses on that short notice.
>Please be aware that regarding the inital membersship, when
>Artilce ! C refers to "meeting of representatives of all
>entities that have subscribed to the application in the form
>in which it is accepted by the Corporation" refers indeed
>not only to the signatories listed below, but all those
>expressing formal support to this proposal until approval by
>ICANN.
>Amadeu
>*******
>February 5, 1999
>Mr. Mike Roberts
>Interim President and CEO
>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>339 La Cuesta Drive
>Portola Valley, CA 94028
>USA
>Dear Mike,
>On behalf of the organizations listed below, please find
>enclosed an application to the Board of the Internet
>Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to be
>recognized as the Domain Names Supporting Organization
>(DNSO). The application lays out an organizational
>structure for ICANN $ByT (B Domain Names Supporting Organization,
>pursuant to Article 1, Section 3 (b) of ICANN $ByT (B Bylaws.
>The organizations endorsing this application include a group
>of registrars, Internet Service Providers (ISPs),
>international businesses, trademark interests, organizations
>representing individuals involved in the Internet, and
>high-technology organizations from around the world. It
>also incorporates the broad consensus and procedures
>initiated in the Barcelona and Monterrey meetings, held on
>October 16-18, 1998 and November 15-17, 1998. Our
>application is also consistent with the findings of the
>international meeting on domain names held in Washington,
>D.C. on January 22, 1999. These findings can be found at
>http://www.witsa.org.
>We believe that our application should form the basis of how
>to create a viable, open, and transparent DNSO that will
>supply the ICANN Board with well-developed, timely and
>well-reasoned policy recommendations reflecting the
>consensus and interests of all of the various stakeholders
>from around the world.
>Our approach in structuring the DNSO is consistent with the
>requirements as set out in Article VI of the ICANN bylaws
>and the views expressed by ICANN in its press release of
>December 21, 1998, entitled $Bw* (Bnformation Concerning the
>Formation of ICANN supporting organizations.�
>We view this application as an effort that will probably
>incorporate some refinements and modifications going
>forward. We also want to express our desire and willingness
>to continue our discussions with other groups who are
>submitting DNSO applications by your deadline. Our goal is
>to continue the effort to find even more common ground among
>these applications and narrow our differences further. In
>short, we expect that there will be further discussions to
>merge our proposal with any other applications received by
>the ICANN Board by your deadline of February 5, 1999.
>Background on each of the organizations endorsing this
>application can be found attached. We expect that
>additional companies, organizations and individuals will be
>endorsing our application in the coming weeks.
>We look forward to working with you and other members of the
>ICANN Board in moving forward with our application.
>Sincerely,
>Electronic Commerce Europe (ECE)
>European ISP Association (EuroISPA)
>Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
>International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
>International Council of Registrars (CORE)
>International Trademark Association (INTA)
>Internet Society (ISOC)
>Policy Oversight Committee (POC)
>World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
>Background on Signing Organizations
>International Council of Registrars (CORE)
>CORE is a non-profit organization founded as result of a
>plan initiated by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the
>Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in Fall 1996 to
>add new structure, free enterprise and competition to the
>Internet Domain Name System (DNS).
>Funded by its registrars and pursuing an aggressive
>development program, CORE is the world
>leader in developing the protocols, procedures, systems and
>software to administer competitive
>domain name registration. Its Shared Registry System (SRS)
>and Domain Name Service are
>deployed on computer systems around the world. The
>organization operates according to
>well-defined standards, global constitution and ethics
>documented in the generic Top Level
>Domain (gTLD) Memo of Understanding (MoU), which has been
>signed by more than 200 major
>companies throughout the world.
>CORE currently lists 85 registrars in 23 countries,
>including 24 U.S. registrars with a presence in
>more than 100 American cities. Membership is open to any
>individual or entity that can meet the
>financial and technical criteria outlined in the CORE Memo
>of Understanding. To better serve a
>global constituency and the future growth of the Internet,
>the CORE Secretariat is based in
>Geneva, Switzerland, near the birthplace of the World Wide
>Web, at CERN, the European Laboratory of Particle Physics
>(www.cern.ch).
>Electronic Commerce Europe (ECE)
>The ECE is a European platform founded in 1997 with the
>support of the EU Commission that represents the interests
>of, but not only, E-Commerce users (it also has been founded
>by several associations of providers). It is a federative
>body, aiming at avoiding replication or duplication of
>initiatives inside and outside Europe.
>Its mission is to:
>Raise awareness on all segments of e-Commerce issues Address
>the EU Institutions, on behalf of its members, on critical
>e-Commerce topics help the institutional bodies in acting as
>a resounding box of the marketplace
>Organize and facilitate coordination at the European level
>of projects, test-beds and pilots initiated by the members
>at national, local and/or sector levels,
>Represent the interests of European bodies in and outside
>Europe as well as defining with similar non-European
>organizations common positions on the said critical issues.
>
>ECE works on the content from the end-users� perspective. It
>currently is 30 members strong, representing major European
>companies, national and local organizations.
>European ISP Association (EuroISPA)
>EuroISPA is the pan-European association of the Internet
>services providers associations of the
>countries of the European Union. The association was
>established when a number of such ISP
>associations signed the EuroISPA Memorandum of Understanding
>on 6 August 1997 in Brussels. On 10 September 1997 the
>signatories to the MOU met again and signed the agreement
>that formed EuroISPA EEIG, thereby creating the largest
>association of ISPs in the
>world.
>EuroISPA is being established to achieve several important
>purposes: First, to protect and promote the interests of
>Europe as a whole within the global Internet,
>securing for Europe a premier position in the key industry
>of the new Millenium. Secondly, to help deliver the
>benefits of this new technology of liberation and
>empowerment to individuals, while at the same time meeting
>the legitimate concerns of parents and others responsible
>for the weaker members of society.
>Thirdly, to encourage the development of a free and open
>telecommunications market, something of great benefit to
>society as a whole but essential to the healthy development
>of the Internet.
>And finally, to promote the interests of our members and
>provide common services to them where these cannot be had
>elsewhere.
>Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
>The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is
>the leading trade association of the U.S. information
>technology industry. ITAA $ByT (B 11,000 direct and affiliated
>member companies create and market products and information
>services associated with computers, communications, and
>data. ITAA sponsors a wide range of services, meetings and
>activities that enhance an IT firm $ByT (B ability to remain
>competitive in the marketplace.
>Through its advocacy efforts, ITAA helps to foster an
>environment which is conducive to the health, prosperity and
>competitive nature of the information technology industry
>and to help its members succeed in delivering the benefits
>of IT to their customers. With the aid of its four
>divisions, the
> association represents the IT industry's interests in
>issues such as the Internet and Electronic Commerce,
>intellectual property protection, government procurement,
>telecommunications policy, taxation and privacy. The
>association's industry development programs include advocacy
>on legislative and regulatory issues, studies and
>statistics, domestic and international market development
>and industry promotion. ITAA also provides extensive
>opportunities for business development and networking.
>International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
>The World Business Organization
>The International Chamber of Commerce promotes international
>trade, investment and the market
>economy system worldwide. In so doing, the ICC makes rules
>that govern the conduct of
>business across borders, provides essential services,
>foremost among them the ICC International
>Court of Arbitration, the world's leading institution of its
>kind.
>Members from 63 national committees and over 7000 member
>companies and associations from
>over 130 countries throughout the world present ICC views to
>their governments and coordinate
>with their membership to address the concerns of the
>business community.
>ICC permanent representatives at the UN in New York and
>Geneva monitor developments affecting business within the UN
>and its specialized agencies. The ICC ensures that business
>concerns are brought to the attention of governments, both
>through its international secretariat in
>Paris, and the representations of national committees
>throughout the world.
>The International Trademark Association (INTA)
>The International Trademark Association (INTA) was founded
>in 1878 as The United States
>Trademark Association. The Association changed its name in
>May 1993 to International Trademark Association to reflect
>the scope and interests of its members worldwide. The
>Association is dedicated to promoting trademarks as
>essential to world commerce. A
>not-for-profit organization, INTA takes a leading role not
>only in serving members, but in actively
>pursuing public policy matters concerning trademarks. It
>also educates business, the media and
>the public on the proper use and importance of trademarks.
>INTA's membership includes more
>than 3200 corporations and firms in 117 countries. These
>include major multinational corporations and smaller
>companies that recognize the importance of trademarks to
>their
>continued marketing success. INTA's members are in every
>major industry, from aerospace to
>consumer goods, alcoholic beverages to textiles, electronics
>to financial services. Also included
>in INTA's membership are businesses that counsel trademark
>owners: intellectual property and
>general practice law firms, advertising agencies, design
>firms and industry organizations that
>recognize the importance of INTA to their clients.
>Internet Society (ISOC)
>The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-governmental
>International organization for global cooperation and
>coordination for the Internet, its internetworking
>technologies and applications, and is chartered as a
>501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in the District of
>Columbia, USA. The Society $ByT (B individual and organizational
>members, from over 150 countries, are bound by a common
>stake in maintaining the viability and global scaling of the
>Internet. They represent a veritable $BwX (Bho $ByT (B who� of the
>Internet. They comprise the companies, government agencies,
>universities, and foundations that have created the Internet
>and its technologies as well as innovative new
>entrepreneurial organizations contributing to maintain that
>dynamic. ISOC is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is
>elected by its worldwide membership.
>The mission of the Internet Society is: To assure the
>beneficial, open evolution of the Internet and its related
>internetworking technologies through leadership in
>standards, issues, and education.
>The Internet Society took the early lead role in seeking
>resolution to the issues plaguing of the Internet DNS. This
>was done not simply to eliminate the monopoly that was
>established for the registration of domain names but more
>from its historic position as the oversight body for the
>Internet standards organization, the Internet Engineering
>Task Force (IETF).
>The Policy Oversight Committee (POC)
>The Policy Oversight Committee is the successor to the
>International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC),
>which was created in September, 1996 as the result of
>proposals originally made by Prof. Jon
>Postel, of the Univ. of Southern California and the Internet
>Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
>The IAHC was created by IANA and the Internet Society (ISOC)
>with members originally appointed by IANA, ISOC, IAB, ITU,
>WIPO, INTA and NSF. Its charter was to study the domain
>name system and make recommendations for new generic top
>level domains (gTLDs) in addition
>to the .com, .net and .org presently in use. In February,
>1997, the IAHC made its report,
>recommending the addition of seven new gTLDs, and further
>recommending the creation of new
>international administrative structures to register second
>level domains (SLDs) in the new gTLDs
>and to deal with trademark disputes.
>On May 1,1997, this resulted in the signing of a gTLD
>Memorandum of Understanding (the
>gTLD-MoU) by IANA and ISOC, as well as over a hundred
>entities from around the world. Since
>then, 88 new registrars have qualified to handle SLD
>registrations, and WIPO has proceeded to
>institute an administrative procedure for resolving
>trademark disputes arising from the assignment
>of SLDs. The 88 new registrars have formed a Council of
>Registrars (CORE) and have executed
>the CORE-MoU. CORE is incorporated not-for-profit in
>Switzerland; POC is incorporated not-for-profit in Delaware.
>
>POC is presently cooperating with other interested parties
>in the preparation of an application to
>the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>(ICANN), the successor to IANA, for
>recognition of a Domain Names Supporting Organization.
>The World Information Technology and Services Alliance
>(WITSA)
>The World Information Technology and Services Alliance
>(WITSA) is a consortium of information
>technology (IT) industry associations from economies around
>the world. As the global voice of the
>IT industry, WITSA is dedicated to advocating policies that
>advance the industry's growth and
>development; facilitating international trade and investment
>in IT products and services;
>strengthening WITSA's national industry associations through
>the sharing of knowledge, experience, and critical
>information; providing members with a vast network of
>contacts in nearly
>every geographic region of the world; and hosting the World
>Congress on IT, the only industry
>sponsored global IT event.
>Founded in 1978 and originally known as the World Computing
>Services Industry Association, WITSA has increasingly
>assumed an active advocacy role in international public
>policy issues
>affecting the creation of a robust global information
>infrastructure, including: increasing
>competition through open markets and regulatory reform;
>protecting intellectual property;
>reducing tariff and non-tariff trade barriers to IT goods
>and services; and safeguarding the
>viability and continued growth of the Internet and
>electronic commerce.
>In addition to its public policy work, WITSA, through its
>network of national associations, provides a unique
>opportunity to establish contacts and channels in the global
>IT industry.
>WITSA will continue to provide opportunities to discuss
>international marketing strategies and
>business development focused on different regions and
>countries. The impact of WITSA is
>perhaps best demonstrated through its World Congress on
>Information Technology, which every
>two years brings together over 1500 senior IT executives
>from around the world.
>WITSA serves as the oversight organization for the World
>Congress on Information Technology,
>an international meeting of IT executives from around the
>world. World Congress sites include:
>Tokyo, Japan in 1994; Bilbao, Spain in 1996; Fairfax,
>Virginia in 1998; and China, Taipei in 2000.
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