May 2013 - isoc - Skunkworks Site

Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] Reminder: Postel Service Award nominations deadline approaching
by Barrack Otieno 03 May '13

03 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Craemer <craemer(a)isoc.org> Date: Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:59 PM Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Reminder: Postel Service Award nominations deadline approaching To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear Chapter Leaders, Please remember that the deadline for 2013 Postel Service Award nominations is Friday, 31 May. If you or a member of your chapter would like to nominate someone for this prestigious Internet Society award, please see the information below. If I can answer any questions, please let me know. Kind regards, Kevin Craemer Senior Events Manager Internet Society craemer(a)isoc.org ********************************************************************* Nominations Sought for 2013 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award The Internet Society is soliciting nominations of qualified candidates for the 2013 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award by 31 May. This annual award is presented to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The award, which includes a presentation crystal and a USD 20,000 prize, is scheduled to be presented during the 87th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Berlin, Germany, 28 July - 2 August. Deadline for nominations is 31 May, 2013. Award Nomination Procedures http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/awards/postel-s… More About the Award The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award was established by the Internet Society to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The award is focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to the community, and leadership. With respect to leadership, the award committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported and enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. The award is named for Dr. Jonathan B. Postel to recognize and commemorate the extraordinary stewardship exercised by Jon over the course of a thirty year career in networking. He served as the editor of the RFC series of notes from its inception in 1969 until 1998. He also served as the ARPANET “numbers Czar” and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority over the same period of time. He was a founding member of the Internet Architecture (nee Activities) Board and the first individual member of the Internet Society, which he also served as a Trustee. _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 23, Issue 1
by Charles Oloo 02 May '13

02 May '13

ONLINE SECURITY & PRIVACY @ Daniel. Thank for this suggestion. This seems to be a viable and relevant subject worth pursuing and as an activity. What would be the course structure and strategy. We can also seek partnership with other bodies such as EACO etc. Charles On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send isoc mailing list submissions to > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > isoc-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of isoc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Request (Daniel Otieno Omondi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:46:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Daniel Otieno Omondi <dottocomp(a)yahoo.com> > To: "isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [ISOC_KE] Request > Message-ID: > <1367329575.29048.YahooMailNeo(a)web164805.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > Hi all, > > > I hope you are well. > To, Barrack,Charles and Elizabeth, > > ?Due to rising need for Privacy and security awareness in the country > for internet users, we are planning ?to conduct training an ONLINE > SECURITY/PRIVACY course based on among others > http://www.internetsociety.org/manage-your-identity > > Can ISOC provide assistance for the above, which are among other plans we > have. > Regards > ? > Daniel O.Omondi > Dotto Computer Agency > P.O.Box 16753-00100 > Tel:+254-020-313939/38 > Cell:+254-722-756211 > E-mail:dottocomp@yahoo.com > Skype:dottocomp > Facebook:dottocomp > Nairobi,Kenya > ? > > > ________________________________ >

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Report on ICANN 46
by Grace Githaiga 01 May '13

01 May '13

>From Africa for the World Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend In this newsletter 1. Introduction 2. GAC topics - GAC Advice 3. Trademark Clearinghouse – an update 4. ZACR and AfTLD MOU signing– a momentous occasion Note from the editor The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its 24th meeting in Beijing, Republic of China. This ICANN meeting was the most well attended meeting in the history of ICANN meetings, with the numbers totalling 2600-registered participants. With that said, it was indeed a scramble to get one’s hands on the most sought after commodity at ICANN… the Gala dinner tickets. The dotAfrica team did not attend, alas. The spectacular event was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. This 24th meeting was of great interest to the dotAfrica team, particularly with regard to the much-anticipated GAC Advice, issued for the new gTLDs, and the requirements for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Full reports on these two topics are included below. Overall, the meeting was a success for the dotAfrica team, with many people engaging us on the progress of our application, the dates for the delegation of the .africa gTLD, and so on. The spirited and very exciting debate still continues for .africa and we eagerly anticipate the completion of the initial evaluations. We wish Durban a successful ICANN meeting, and we are sure Africa will make us proud! A full report on the proceedings of the meeting can be downloaded here: https://www.centr.org/CENTR-Report-ICANN46 Until next time... Octavia Kumalo dotAfrica Marketing & PR Manager2. GAC Communiqué - GAC Advice (Alice Munyua) GAC advice on new gTLDs contained in the GAC Beijing communiqué GAC advice represents a consensus position among member states that a particular new gTLD application potentially raises sensitivities, thereby creating strong presumptions that the ICANN Board of Directors should not approve the application. The Beijing meeting Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) communiqué issued on 11 April 2013 was an important one, as ICANN was expecting GAC Advice on new gTLDs, as defined in the Applicant Guidebook. The GAC communiqué serves as the official notification to applicants of GAC Advice and triggers a 21-day response period as per the Applicant Guidebook (Module 3.1). The guidebook states: "If the Board receives GAC Advice on new gTLDs stating that it is the consensus of the GAC that a particular application should not proceed, this will create a strong presumption for the ICANN Board that the application should not be approved. If the Board does not act in accordance with this type of advice, it must provide its rationale for not doing so." Read More 3. Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) - an update (Ed Pascoe) Here are some of the highlights of the meetings and discussions around the TMCH at ICANN Beijing. The pricing for the trademark holders and the ability to pay for the trademarks have been finalised. Everything else is still under development or in discussion. All the TMCH meetings were very well attended and fairly vocal. They have received lots of feedback and objections to some of the proposals so expect some of them to change. In particular IBM are still implementing email notifications of status changes. The SMD has yet to be implemented. The full strawman process is yet to be implemented. The text for rights holders’ notice of domain name registration has yet to be discussed. The TMCH will verify trademarks automatically where they have direct access to a trademark database. Otherwise the rights holder will have to submit trademark documentation. TLD is required to give 30 days’ advance notice of sunrise. It is expected that the first TLD to use the TMCH for sunrise will be .jobs. .jobs was delegated in 2005 but has recently changed its charter and has never had a sunrise period. TMCH are predicting a very short testing phase before it goes live. Some of the changes that have happened to the TMCH in the past few weeks include the following: - The claims notice period has changed from 60 days to 90 days. - The TMCH will provide brand holders with 30 days’ notice prior to the start of any sunrise period. This means that no TLD can start its sunrise without giving prior notice to the TMCH. If the TMCH does not have the resources/bandwidth to process the sunrise period, the TLD will have to delay sunrise until capacity is available. - Brandholders will be able to register up to 50 variants of their marks in the TMCH as long as those variants have been the subject of successful litigation or UDP arbitration in the past. Read More 4. ZACR and AfTLD MoU signing - a momentous occasion AFRICAN INTERNET COLLABORATION RECEIVES BOOST WITH "BEIJING AGREEMENT" A landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) and the African Top Level Domains Organisation (AfTLD) at ICANN's 46th Public Meeting in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Dubbed the "Beijing Agreement", the MoU is the foundation of the relationship between AfTLD - the representative of African country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) managers - and ZACR - the registry that is set to be awarded the right to operate the new dotAfrica (.africa) registry by ICANN. The agreement is a culmination of collaboration in existence since 2011 when AfTLD and its members endorsed the ZACR dotAfrica application. The agreement was signed by AfTLD President Dr Paulos Nyirenda, ZACR CEO Neil Dundas and the dotAfrica Steering Committee Chair Mohammed El Bashir. The key deliverable from the MOU is the allocation of a portion of dotAfrica’s surplus revenue for programmes aimed at enhancing African ccTLD capacity as administered by AfTLD. The AfTLD capacity building programme includes technical, policy and regulatory training, workshops and conferences. The investment in AfTLD’s ccTLD programme is not the only key deliverable for the ZACR dotAfrica project. Other key deliverables are African registrar development, African content development and ancillary socio-economic objectives. Read More Remember to follow us on Twitter & on Facebook. Check out our website for daily news: africainonespace.org Until next time ... follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2013 dotAfrica, All rights reserved. General notices and communications from the dotAfrica SteerCom and Project Team Our mailing address is: dotAfricaCOZA HouseGazelle Close, Corporate ParkMidrand, Gauteng 1685 South Africa Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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