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Final Call For Support Statements on Nominees to ICANN Board
by Axel Pawlik 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007. Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007. The candidates are: - Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi - Smain Aouissi - Raimundo Beca - Vikram Gupta - Jordi Palet Martinez - Remco Van Mook - Shahmeet Singh - Kuo-Wei Wu In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and statements of support for these candidates. If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate, please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at: board-nomms(a)aso.icann.org All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view them, follow the links for each candidate at: http://www.aso.icann.org/elections Kind Regards, ASO Secretariat ---------------------- Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE 57: Reminder to Register
by RIPE Meeting 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues, RIPE 57 will be held from 26-30 October (Sunday - Thursday) 2008, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. REGISTRATION ============== You can register online for RIPE 57 at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/54 MEETING AGENDA ================ The meeting agenda is online at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/meeting-plan.html MEETING FEE =========== The fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is received before 12:00 UTC on Thursday, 23 October 2008. DAY TICKETS =========== Day tickets are available online and cost EUR 125 per day. Day tickets can also be purchased at the Registration Desk during the meeting itself. STUDENT DISCOUNT ================= A student ticket costs EUR 175 and you must show a valid international student card upon arrival at the meeting to qualify as a student. This discount does not apply to day tickets or to RIPE Dinner tickets. FREE TICKETS ============ If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you are entitled to *two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html SPONSORING A RIPE SOCIAL EVENT =============================== Opportunities for your organisation to sponsor social events and various parts of the RIPE Meeting are available. For more information please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. HOTEL INFORMATION ================== The JW Marriott hotel offers a special room rate for RIPE 57 Meeting attendees of approx 180 EUR, if you book by 1 October 2008. Other nearby hotels are also offering special rates. More information on how to book your hotel is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/hotels.html IMPORTANT NOTE ============== Please note that the RIPE 57 Meeting starts on a *Sunday* and ends on a *Thursday* to coordinate with the working week in the Middle East region. MORE INFORMATION =================== If you have questions, please contact meeting(a)ripe.net. Please also check the meeting homepage regularly for updated information: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/ Regards, Camilla Meidell Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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NRO NC call for nominations
by Axel Pawlik 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, This is a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number council (NC). The term of Wilfried Woeber, who was appointed to the NRO NC by the RIPE NCC Executive Board in January 2006, ends on 31 December 2008. The RIPE NCC Executive Board will select one representative from the nominees to serve a three-year term on the NRO NCC beginning 1 January 2009. The decision of the Executive Board will be announced at the RIPE 57 Meeting, which will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 26-30 October 2008. The deadline for nominations is 22 September 2008. Any individual residing within the RIPE NCC service region is eligible for nomination, except Regional Internet Registry (RIR) staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please send your nominations to <nominations(a)ripe.net> by 23:00 UTC on 22 September 2008. To find out more about the NRO NC and the election process, please see: http://www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/nro2008/ Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates: 22 September 2008: Deadline for NRO NC nominations 10 October 2008: Deadline for all confirmed nominations to be posted on the RIPE NCC website 27 October 2008: Result of the selection announced at the RIPE 57 Meeting in Dubai, UAE

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Subject: White Pages Implementation
by Denis Walker 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Database Group has now implemented the White Pages functionality discussed in the Database Working Group session at RIPE 56. For those not familiar with the discussions surrounding White Pages, please refer to the document outlining all the details of the implementation in the RIPE Database Document Library: http://www.ripe.net/db/docs.html This document also explains how to have yourself listed in the White Pages. We plan to re-start a clean-up project to remove unreferenced PERSON objects early in September. This will start to delete objects from the database late in September. Anyone who wishes to be listed in the White Pages to avoid deletion should submit an application as soon as possible. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group

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WG Collaboration
by Maria Häll 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

> I also want to say thanks for input, and that Im looking forward working with this WG. I'm (still) on vacation, though, and will not be able to read my office email until end of July. I'll still have another week of vacation in Aug, but after Aug 18 Im back "on track" again :-) Hope you all have a nice summer! /Maria Häll >> From: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se> >> Date: må 14 jul 2008 15.10.18 GMT+02:00 >> To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net >> Cc: Marin Boyle <martin.boyle(a)nominet.org.uk>, Maria Häll <maria.hall(a)enterprise.ministry.se >> > >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> After input from a number of people (thanks) and discussion with >> the proposed working group chairs, here is a new version of the >> proposed charter. Changes to the charter specifically include >> talking about what this working group is *not* to discuss. >> >> I have heard indirectly that some individuals are not happy with >> the name of the wg. I am not married to this name. It was just >> something I came up with as we agree we should NOT call it >> "enhanced cooperation". If not anyone comes up with a better name, >> I propose we live with this for now, and then change the name if >> someone comes up with something better. I do not personally want >> this discussion on what the name is block the creation of the wg. >> We need it, me thinks, in Dubai. >> >> Patrik, holder of the pen >> >> >> Collaboration Working Group >> >> Suggested chairs: >> >> Martin Boyle, Nominet >> Maria Häll, Swedish Government >> >> >> The RIPE community decision-making processes are open to anyone, >> meaning that anyone with an interest can suggest policy, take part >> in reviewing documents and participate on mailing lists and at RIPE >> Meetings. To encourage participation from people and organisations >> outside the traditional RIPE community, a number of special >> outreach programs have been developed, including a series of >> "Governmental Roundtable Meetings", at which RIPE community members >> and government representatives can meet and discuss common areas of >> interest. Government representatives participate in RIPE Meetings, >> and the RIPE NCC actively reaches out to governments and others in >> the public sector to inform them on issues related to the RIPE >> community and engage them on issues related to RIPE and RIPE NCC >> activities. >> >> The Collaboration Working Group is a forum for discussion focusing >> on collaboration between the private and public sectors on Internet >> matters. This kind of collaboration has taken on increased >> prominence in recent years, as the wider Internet community strives >> to ensure that all voices are heard and the interests of all >> parties are considered. Fostering more open dialogue between all >> stakeholders is vital to ensuring the continued stability of the >> Internet. >> >> The working group discusses the following: >> >> 1. Topics raised by working group participants that are of interest >> to both the public and private sectors. Topics are NOT to overlap >> with issues discussed in other working groups. This working group >> should complement the other working groups. >> >> 2. The RIPE NCC's current outreach activities will be reported, and >> the RIPE NCC will seek advice and guidance on future activities. >> This to make the discussions more focused as the current only forum >> is the ripe-list(a)ripe.net mailing list. >> >> 3. The working group will develop and clarify the RIPE community's >> position on issues that are of relevance to the public sector or on >> which a community position has been sought. These discussions are >> to be more focused in a working group targeted for these kind of >> discussions. >> >> 4. The working group will be responsible for maintenance of the >> RIPE Document produced by the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force, >> describing the RIPE community, existing policy development >> processes and outreach programs. This working group does explicitly >> NOT have change control over the PDP itself, just change control of >> the document that describe it. >> >> The working group is also an important channel through which the >> RIPE community can communicate with others in the "Information >> Society". The chairs are not to become special "Ambassadors" for >> RIPE. Their role is the same as other wg chairs at RIPE, which >> implies they of course could be asked now and then what the status >> of the wg is. The process by which RIPE and RIPE NCC respectively >> coordinate with other bodies (such as NRO) and communicate (mostly >> via RIPE NCC or the chair of RIPE) is not changing by creation and >> existence of this wg. >> > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: <michael.dillon(a)bt.com> >> Date: ti 15 jul 2008 12.00.42 GMT+02:00 >> To: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> >> Subject: RE: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> >>> Collaboration Working Group >> >> If anyone has comments on this proposal, should it be >> discussed here on the ripe-list or will there be a >> wg list created soon for the discussion? >> >> --Michael Dillon >> > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se> >> Date: ti 15 jul 2008 14.51.05 GMT+02:00 >> To: michael.dillon(a)bt.com >> Cc: ripe-list(a)ripe.net >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> On 15 jul 2008, at 12.00, <michael.dillon(a)bt.com> <michael.dillon(a)bt.com >> > wrote: >> >>>> Collaboration Working Group >>> >>> If anyone has comments on this proposal, should it be >>> discussed here on the ripe-list or will there be a >>> wg list created soon for the discussion? >> >> The mailing list for the wg is not created before the wg is >> created. If you have issues on the wg itself, then you should bring >> it up here. >> >> After the wg is created, of course the charter can be discussed, >> changed and what not, and that should happen on the wg mailing list. >> >> So I think my question to you is: Do you think this proposed >> charter is "good enough" to get things going? >> >> If the answer is "no", then you should bring up the issues here and >> now. >> >> Patrik >> > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: <michael.dillon(a)bt.com> >> Date: ti 15 jul 2008 15.47.08 GMT+02:00 >> To: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> >> Subject: RE: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >>> So I think my question to you is: Do you think this proposed >>> charter is "good enough" to get things going? >> >> Yes it is good enough to get started. >> >> I asked the question because I want to invite some people to >> participate in the discussion. >> >> --Michael Dillon >> > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se> >> Date: ti 15 jul 2008 18.48.04 GMT+02:00 >> To: <michael.dillon(a)bt.com> >> Cc: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> On 15 jul 2008, at 15.47, <michael.dillon(a)bt.com> wrote: >> >>>> So I think my question to you is: Do you think this proposed >>>> charter is "good enough" to get things going? >>> >>> Yes it is good enough to get started. >>> >>> I asked the question because I want to invite some people to >>> participate in the discussion. >> >> And it also helped me think about what I have suggested :-) >> >> Patrik >> > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "tp" <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> >> Date: on 16 jul 2008 10.27.29 GMT+02:00 >> To: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se>, <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> >> Cc: "Marin Boyle" <martin.boyle(a)nominet.org.uk>, Maria Häll <maria.hall(a)enterprise.ministry.se >> > >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> Reply-To: "tp" <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> >> >> I find the use of public sector, as in >> "The Collaboration Working Group is a forum for discussion focusing >> on >> collaboration between the private and public sectors on Internet >> matters." >> somewhat strange and perhaps misleading. >> >> My (not insignificant) country has a public and a private sector, >> and the former >> has grown steadily over the past 10 years, encompassing a wide >> variety of >> services and businesses. To me, public sector means state owned, >> state run, >> answerable to ministers, as opposed to private sector, run by a >> board of >> directors, answerable to share holders. >> >> Is this really what you mean? I suspect not. >> >> Tom Petch > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Roland Perry <roland(a)ripe.net> >> Date: on 16 jul 2008 21.59.51 GMT+02:00 >> To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net >> Cc: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se>, Marin Boyle <martin.boyle(a)nominet.org.uk >> >, Maria Häll <maria.hall(a)enterprise.ministry.se>, tp <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com >> > >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> In message <021a01c8e746$54d17800$0601a8c0@allison>, at 10:27:29 >> local time, on Wed, 16 Jul 2008, tp <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> remarked: >>> I find the use of public sector, as in "The Collaboration Working >>> Group is a forum for discussion focusing on collaboration between >>> the private and public sectors on Internet matters." somewhat >>> strange and perhaps misleading. >>> >>> My (not insignificant) country has a public and a private sector, >>> and the former has grown steadily over the past 10 years, >>> encompassing a wide variety of services and businesses. To me, >>> public sector means state owned, state run, answerable to >>> ministers, as opposed to private sector, run by a board of >>> directors, answerable to share holders. >>> >>> Is this really what you mean? I suspect not. >> >> There's an old saying that goes something like... >> >> "The World is divided into two sets of people: >> >> Those who divide the world into two sets of people >> >> and >> >> Those who don't" >> >> Multistakeholder discussions often get off to a bad start if too >> much time is spent defining rigid boxes to put the stakeholders in. >> >> I would encourage those who wish to see this WG succeed, to think >> about ways of expressing the idea that a major objective is >> demonstrating outreach from the "traditional RIPE Community" to >> "everyone else", but particularly Governments, Regulators and NGOs, >> who we are trying to bring into our community. >> -- >> Roland Perry >> Public Affairs Officer, RIPE NCC > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "tp" <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> >> Date: fr 18 jul 2008 10.21.07 GMT+02:00 >> To: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net>, "Roland Perry" <roland(a)ripe.net> >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> Reply-To: "tp" <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roland Perry" <roland(a)ripe.net> >> To: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> >> Cc: "Patrik Fältström" <patrik(a)frobbit.se>; "Marin Boyle" >> <martin.boyle(a)nominet.org.uk>; "Maria Häll" <maria.hall(a)enterprise.ministry.se >> >; >> "tp" <ripe(a)dial.pipex.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:59 PM >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> >>> >>> Multistakeholder discussions often get off to a bad start if too >>> much >>> time is spent defining rigid boxes to put the stakeholders in. >>> >>> I would encourage those who wish to see this WG succeed, to think >>> about >>> ways of expressing the idea that a major objective is demonstrating >>> outreach from the "traditional RIPE Community" to "everyone else", >>> but >>> particularly Governments, Regulators and NGOs, who we are trying to >>> bring into our community. >> >> Right. That to me is a much clearer, and likely to be more >> fruitful, expression >> of what this proposed working group is about than the term 'Public >> sector'. >> >> I see quite a lot of this kind of activity and often see it >> designated >> 'outreach' which might be a name for it here. >> >> Tom Petch >> >>> -- >>> Roland Perry >>> Public Affairs Officer, RIPE NCC >> > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Patrik Fältström <patrik(a)frobbit.se> >> Date: fr 18 jul 2008 13.21.51 GMT+02:00 >> To: ripe-list(a)ripe.net >> Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration >> >> Given the input regarding the wording "public sector", I have now >> changed the first bullet. >> >> Patrik >> >> Collaboration Working Group >> >> Suggested chairs: >> >> Martin Boyle, Nominet >> Maria Häll, Swedish Government >> >> >> The RIPE community decision-making processes are open to anyone, >> meaning that anyone with an interest can suggest policy, take part >> in reviewing documents and participate on mailing lists and at RIPE >> Meetings. To encourage participation from people and organisations >> outside the traditional RIPE community, a number of special >> outreach programs have been developed, including a series of >> "Governmental Roundtable Meetings", at which RIPE community members >> and government representatives can meet and discuss common areas of >> interest. Government representatives participate in RIPE Meetings, >> and the RIPE NCC actively reaches out to governments and others in >> the public sector to inform them on issues related to the RIPE >> community and engage them on issues related to RIPE and RIPE NCC >> activities. >> >> The Collaboration Working Group is a forum for discussion focusing >> on collaboration between the private and public sectors on Internet >> matters. This kind of collaboration has taken on increased >> prominence in recent years, as the wider Internet community strives >> to ensure that all voices are heard and the interests of all >> parties are considered. Fostering more open dialogue between all >> stakeholders is vital to ensuring the continued stability of the >> Internet. >> >> The working group discusses the following: >> >> 1. Primary task for this working group is to discuss outreach from >> the "traditional RIPE Community" to "everyone else", but >> particularly Governments, Regulators and NGOs, who we are trying to >> bring into our community. Topics are NOT to overlap with issues >> discussed in other working groups. This working group should >> complement the other working groups. >> >> 2. The RIPE NCC's current outreach activities will be reported, and >> the RIPE NCC will seek advice and guidance on future activities. >> This to make the discussions more focused as the current only forum >> is theripe-list(a)ripe.net mailing list. >> >> 3. The working group will develop and clarify the RIPE community's >> position on issues that are of relevance to the public sector or on >> which a community position has been sought. These discussions are >> to be more focused in a working group targeted for these kind of >> discussions. >> >> 4. The working group will be responsible for maintenance of the >> RIPE Document produced by the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force, >> describing the RIPE community, existing policy development >> processes and outreach programs. This working group does explicitly >> NOT have change control over the PDP itself, just change control of >> the document that describe it. >> >> The working group is also an important channel through which the >> RIPE community can communicate with others in the "Information >> Society". The chairs are not to become special "Ambassadors" for >> RIPE. Their role is the same as other wg chairs at RIPE, which >> implies they of course could be asked now and then what the status >> of the wg is. The process by which RIPE and RIPE NCC respectively >> coordinate with other bodies (such as NRO) and communicate (mostly >> via RIPE NCC or the chair of RIPE) is not changing by creation and >> existence of this wg. >

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Proposed new working group: Collaboration
by Patrik Fältström 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues, Here is a proposed charter for the proposed working group named "Collaboration". As you can see, the name of the chair(s) is not mentioned. Of course the names have to be decided when the wg is formally formed. But, to not delay the discussions about this wg, and to not mix up the two issues (charter and chair) I hereby let you all comment on this proposed wg. An action point as decided upon at the Friday plenary. Patrik Fältström Collaboration Working Group Suggested chairs: tbd The RIPE community decision-making processes are open to anyone, meaning that anyone with an interest can suggest policy, take part in reviewing documents and participate on mailing lists and at RIPE Meetings. To encourage participation from people and organisations outside the traditional RIPE community, a number of special outreach programs have been developed, including a series of "Governmental Roundtable Meetings", at which RIPE community members and government representatives can meet and discuss common areas of interest. Government representatives participate in RIPE Meetings, and the RIPE NCC actively reaches out to governments and others in the public sector to inform them on issues related to the RIPE community and engage them on issues related to RIPE and RIPE NCC activities. The Collaboration Working Group is a forum for discussion focusing on collaboration between the private and public sectors on Internet matters. This kind of collaboration has taken on increased prominence in recent years, as the wider Internet community strives to ensure that all voices are heard and the interests of all parties are considered. Fostering more open dialogue between all stakeholders is vital to ensuring the continued stability of the Internet. The working group discusses the following: 1. Topics raised by working group participants that are of interest to both the public and private sectors 2. The RIPE NCC's current outreach activities will be reported, and the RIPE NCC will seek advice and guidance on future activities. 3. The working group will develop and clarify the RIPE community's position on issues that are of relevance to the public sector or on which a community position has been sought 4. The working group will be responsible for maintenance of the RIPE Document produced by the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force, describing the RIPE community, existing policy development processes and outreach programs The working group is also an important channel through which the RIPE community can communicate with others in the "Information Society".

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