tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36715442007-08-16T09:46:55.393-04:00JacquelineBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-74549434173223909792007-06-04T12:45:00.000-04:002007-06-04T13:13:08.684-04:00

This is an update on the 2007 ICANN Nominating Committee (Nom Com). The Nom Com received 93 Statements of Interest from candidates worldwide during an open nomination period that ran from 1 February 2007 to 18 May 2007. 12 candidates are female, 81 are male. That is a ratio of 0.14 female applicant to every 1 male applicant in the technical governing body for the Internet. This is a serious

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-13405600030103192362007-05-29T13:52:00.000-04:002007-05-29T13:52:35.016-04:00

GoDaddy.com Reaches Agreement to Help RegisterFly Customers Finally! In a week or so the domains will be sorted. And hopefully ICANN can work on the process to improve the handling of any similar situations.

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-35016709148030093602007-05-29T13:45:00.000-04:002007-05-29T13:45:41.089-04:00

Larry Seltzer at eWeek in this article finally shows ICANN some good press. ICANN has been doing good stuff, but seems as if the nay-sayers were much louder in public. Finally some good news may get out.

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-66304488986465482152007-05-21T14:51:00.000-04:002007-05-21T14:51:14.957-04:00

The EURALO has finally voted and chosen its representatives and Board members. It has been a long and sometime acrimonious process, and some participants have been very disappointed. Here's Thomas' blog entry: And here's Patrick's Here's my response to the disappointed members: I understand that it may seem as if the signing ceremonies are pure PR, but really, the idea that we had in ALAC

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-59827917313963662572007-04-06T23:26:00.000-04:002007-04-06T23:31:39.972-04:00

Check out this story from MSNBC. Nieman Marcus is suing people for domain tasting on names that are similar to theirs! 5 day add/grace a good idea? The AtLarge Advisory Committee of ALAC will be requesting an investigation into this process very soon.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17762760/Neiman Marcus sues over domain names Retailer accuses companies of registering over 40 Internet addresses By

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-35465425373499473962007-04-03T04:40:00.000-04:002007-04-03T04:44:48.054-04:00

A friend sent me these... thought I would share. BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG... YOU DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER I HAVE YET TO HEAR A MAN ASK FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO COMBINE MARRIAGE AND A CAREER COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN And I HAVE A GUN

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-48044182747706563502007-03-31T08:39:00.000-04:002007-03-31T08:39:07.456-04:00

Interesting how things work. I posted this pic on Flickr. It was used to illustrate this article, written by Keith Nurse, with whom I work!

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-46228977940543346142007-03-31T08:17:00.000-04:002007-03-31T08:17:50.523-04:00

This is so true. The WI has not got the support from the fans turning out. We need to go to the matches and support the team. With little local support, we aren't doing well. The WI team needs the crowds to do well. Jacqueline Cricinfo - Blogs - World Cup Monitor Empty seats baffle Ponting Posted by Sriram Veera Ricky Ponting is used to playing in front of some massive crowds but the low

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-43251879650628365582007-03-26T08:08:00.000-04:002007-03-26T08:20:42.108-04:00

SO I got to Lisbon, but my luggage remained in Heathrow. This seems to be a major problem with this meeting - I've met more than 30 people whose luggage decided not to come with them to Portugal! However, I was lucky and only lost my luggage for 1 day. It was finally delivered on Sunday. In the mentime, it was cool that we got ICANN tshirts in our registration pack. Socks and undies would also

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-53743038780842564422007-03-19T06:37:00.000-04:002007-03-19T06:37:54.007-04:00

The Jamaica Gleaner has a story about and "ArchDeacon of Trinidad and TObago" trying to get Sir Elton John banned from Trinidad and Tobago. He's due to perform at the 2007 Plymouth Jazz festival. This is interesting as, living in Trinidad and Tobago for 42 years, I have no idea who this "ArchDeacon of Trinidad and Tobago" is. Yes, the Immigration Laws do provide for the ability to deny entrance

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-56042726529182544352007-02-28T21:18:00.000-04:002007-03-04T13:09:20.567-04:00

A friend of mine wrote: >> I don't think that I can agree with Milton Mueller's statement that ICANN >> should stick to it historically technical role. This might have been >> possible when no one cared but is no longer possible or desirable. Someone >> has to do policy and politics. If not ICANN then ...? The answer to this after WSIS II was "the Internet Governance Forum" which met in Athens

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-42027115554119091852007-02-26T15:14:00.000-04:002007-02-26T15:20:09.461-04:00

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1172159487752390152007-02-22T11:51:00.000-04:002007-02-22T11:51:27.766-04:00

One of six Samsung handsets unveiled at the 3GSM World Congress, the F700 features a QWERTY keypad, touch screen interface, 5-megapixel camera and large screen. This is a really cool phone- I can't wait to check it out. Compared to the Apple iPhone (now able to be called that!) - seems to be more practical in that the keyboard is more usable for my large hands, and the camera!!! We'll have to

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1160305496941957492006-10-08T07:04:00.000-04:002006-10-08T07:04:57.353-04:00

This post discusses the new steps taken by the Harry Fox agency and Lysic Find to allow licensing of song lyrics. This is way cool, in that legitimate sites can now easily recompense artists for the use of their work with regard to the publication of lyrics. Also opens up the way for licensing of lyrics on devices. Way cool.

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1159873798198674432006-10-03T07:09:00.000-04:002006-12-08T10:45:00.216-04:00

Excitement when I read this - Wireless USB Devices Coming This Year. USB has a much higher data transfer rate than Bluetooth, which has largely been used for cellphone headsets and ringtone transfers. So - potential for a truly wireless world, if it takes off. But there's also the security concern - with the number of unsecured WiFi ports, bluetooth phones etc - I don't think that people

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1159871681114234552006-10-03T06:34:00.000-04:002006-12-08T10:44:24.600-04:00

This op-ed piece in the New York Times - What A Terrorist Incident in Ancient Rome Can Teach Us - Pirates of the Mediterranean raised some interesting questions. After 9/11 when the Patriot Act was passed, it concerned me that rights that were fought for and earned after much struggle were being casually discarded. But history has many lessons for us. This piece relates the contemporary panic to

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1156904577161692772006-08-29T22:22:00.000-04:002006-08-30T15:26:40.246-04:00

John Levine, author of "The Internet for Dummies" and a fellow ALAC member, has written a on the latest proposed contracts from ICANN. Icann has posted proposed contracts for the .biz, .org and .info domain registries. Unfortunately, these contracts allow for differential pricing, if the registry so desires. What that means is that the price of a particular domain name can go up without a limit,

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1153224085454006332006-07-18T08:01:00.000-04:002006-07-18T08:01:25.546-04:00

US government told to take its hands off internet | The Register Kieren McCarthy analyses in this article the responses to the USG's request for consultation on ICANN - in light of the expiration of the MoU under which ICANN operates. Interestingly, almost 2/3s of the responses that were on target (ignoring the ones that didn't refer to ICANN) were supportive of the USG removing itself from the

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1152290350617943062006-07-07T12:39:00.000-04:002006-07-07T12:39:10.700-04:00

This blog talks about the domain tasting scheme. Basically, ICANN allows refunds on domain registrations that are dropped within 5 days. This is cool, cause sometimes you make a mistake, a misspelling or something when registering a domain name. BUT, what has happened is that people have decided to scam this, by registering thousands of domain names, putting up ad sites, dropping the domain

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1152094804161056492006-07-05T06:15:00.000-04:002006-07-05T06:20:04.176-04:00

I included the whole thing as the Guardian doesn't give permalinks. Why are we going backwards? There's so many studies that indicate that there is NO radiation threat from the towers, TATT themselves are testing the radiation and finding NONE. The Town and Country Planning process is slow and holding back progress, adn rather than fixing the process to help the country move forward, the Govt

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1151951622480813642006-07-03T14:22:00.000-04:002006-07-03T14:33:42.513-04:00

A really nice discussion of what domain monetisation really means to the end users, to the small website owners, and in general, everyone who USES the web. HTML version available at: http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2006/jun/30.html By Adam McFarland of iPrioritize.com (http://www.iprioritize.com) (c) 2006 It's happened to you. You've searched for something on Google and several promising

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1151926315455702172006-07-03T07:31:00.000-04:002006-07-03T07:31:55.526-04:00

Kieren McCarthy has a really cool article on the NTIA request - time is short, so please, please go and make your views known!

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1151853395218300592006-07-02T11:16:00.000-04:002006-07-02T11:16:35.276-04:00

NTIA: NOI: DNS Transition Comments This is really important in the next week, comments are due by uly 7, with a public consultation to happen July 26. You can also comment on the ALAC's submission.

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1151852093180108002006-07-02T10:54:00.000-04:002006-07-03T06:10:30.580-04:00

So, Trinidad and Tobago is back home, as is Argentina and shock of shocks, Brasil. So my World Cup is over - not sure who I want to win less, England or Germany. But I won't be getting into that now. Just back from the ICANN meeting in Marrakech. Lovely place, excellent shopping, even if the bargaining is tiring. ICANN's hot topics at the meeting: NTIA consultation on ICANNWHOISIDNsIGFStrategy

Jacquelinetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-1150562070773350352006-06-17T12:30:00.000-04:002006-06-17T12:57:26.893-04:00

So I found this on YouTube. I have no idea where this came from. It's pretty awful, tinny "pan" music and all, especially compared to the defacto anthem - Maximus Dan's "Fighter" which is below:

Jacqueline