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Date: 2000-07-05
Troubles, ICANN, Yokohama-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- viel Chaos, wenig Geld - beim nächsten Treffen in Yokohama reden erstmals die Libertarians von der Global Internet Liberty Campaign ein hoffentlich recht lautes Wörtchen mit - siehe unten. Den GILC Alert gibt es via gilc-announce@gilc.org, Message body: subscribe gilc-announce Mehr über die Mitglieder der Global Internet Liberty Campaign http://www.gilc.org -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- There is a new effort to further open governance and human rights on the Internet. The Internet Democracy Project is a joint initiative by several GILC members: the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). "The goals of the Internet Democracy Project are to encourage participation by non-governmental organizations in Internet Governance and promote the principles of a civil society," said CPSR Chair Hans Klein. The Project initially will focus ICANN and the elections it has scheduled this fall for 5 at large seats on its Board of Directors. But the project does not intend to focus solely on ICANN. "ICANN may be the most prominent organization in some corners of the globe, but it is hardly the only group that will affect the future of the Internet," EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg. "Our work will be much broader and we will encourage the participation of the Public Voice at every opportunity." Similarly, ACLU Associate Director Barry Steinhardt noted that the "real need to focus the attention of civil society on the seemingly technical issues that organizations like ICANN are addressing. If our voices are not heard while the governance structures are being created it may be too late." The Project has scheduled a "Forum on Open Society and ICANN Elections" on July 13, 2000 to discuss various ICANN related matters. The forum will be held in Yokohama and will coincide with the ICANN meetings scheduled for July 13-17. For further details, visit http://www.internetdemocracy.net -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- ============================================ === The main organization responsible for administering the domain name system is facing a host of financial and political crises. Recently, some 30 domain name registries refused to pay fees that were requested by ICANN, the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN, which theoretically governs the assigning of .com, .org, and similar Internet addresses, had previously tried to charge these organizations (under the umbrella of CENTR-the Council of National Top-level domain registries) proportionate to the number of domain names they had assigned. In a press release, CENTR retorted: "Any request by ICANN for a funding contribution based on the number of domain names is fundamentally unacceptable to CENTR members." CENTR pointed out the fact that "there are no contracts, funding 'arrangements' or binding relationships presently in place between CENTR members and ICANN." Among other things, the various registries hinted that they wanted greater participation "in the planning of both the expenditure and the funding aspects of the ICANN budget," as well as ICANN recognition of "the sovereign right of the local Internet community in each CENTR country to manage its own ccTLD [Internet Country Code Top-Level Domain Name Registry]." This battle comes just as ICANN announced its plans for a massive conference in Yokohama. The meetings, scheduled for July 13-17, will include consideration of important by-law changes and as well as discussion of numerous proposals to change the domain name structure. Many of these suggestions would create new domain name extensions such as .bank (for financial institutions), .sucks (for protest websites), .union (for labor unions), .xxx (for sexually oriented websites-see item [10] below) and so on. In addition, ICANN will soon conduct global elections for 5 At- Large members on its Board of Directors. Any Internet user can vote (regardless of citizenship or nationality), but the voter registration period ends within a few weeks. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT-a GILC member), together with Common Cause, have started a drive to promote public awareness and active participation in these proceedings. To see CDT's action page regarding ICANN voter registration, click http://www.cdt.org/action/icann To sign up for ICANN's Board elections, visit http://members.icann.org/join_now.htm For more details on the ICANN Yokohama meeting, visit http://www.icann.org/yokohama For additional press coverage of ICANN events, read Aaron Pressman, "New domains at last," The Industry Standard, June 27, 2000 at http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/27/new.domain s.idg/index.html To see the CENTR press release, click http://www.centr.org/doc/press/20000605-icann.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 2000-07-05 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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