Links related to my talk last night

[Evan Leibovitch]

Hello everyone,

It was a challenge -- but a pleasure -- to talk about ICANN at our
meeting last night.
Here are some web links related to my presentation, for whose who want
to know more:


(1) ICANN basics:
http://icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/
http://www.icannwatch.org/

(2) ICANN At-Large
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit-en.htm
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-05mar09-en.htm
(my speech that closed the Summit)

(3) Not everyone thinks that ICANN At-Large is useful
http://weblog.johnlevine.com/ICANN/offalac.html (I can't say that I
totally disagree but I remain optimistic)

(4) NARALO (the north american region of at-large)
https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi

(5) On becoming an ALS:
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23may05.htm
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/framework.htm
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/files/atlarge/als-application-form-en.doc

(6) Examples of the testing of domain names using Unicode
(Internationalized domain names)
These should all work:
http://例子.測試/
http://مثال.إختبار/
http://בײַשפּיל.טעסט/
http://παράδειγμα.δοκιμή/
If you can't see them try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_level_domains

(7) IPV6 info:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-ipv6-26oct07.pdf
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/02/icann-flips-switch-on-ipv6-dns-root-servers.ars
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/05/one-small-step-google-officially-supports-ipv6.ars
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/26/1753259&from=rss
http://ipv6.google.com/

(8) DNSSEC info:
http://mex.icann.org/files/meetings/mexico2009/atlarge-summit-dnssec-infrastructure-28feb09-en.pdf
http://mex.icann.org/files/meetings/mexico2009/tuma-dnssec-implementation-04mar09-en.pdf
http://www.dnssec-deployment.org/

(9) Some lesser-known current TLDs:
http://about.museum/
http://www.travel.travel/
http://www.information.aero/gateway/index_html
http://www.nic.name/
http://www.dotasia.org/

(10) The sad story of .xxx
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-03-30-icann-xxx_N.htm?csp=34

(11) The only place the Soviet Union still lives -- ICANN:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-04-18-196687842_x.htm
http://www.nic.ru/dns/service/en/su.html

(12) Some examples of preliminary efforts by community groups to build
support for city and culturally based top-level domains:
http://www.pointquebec.org/
http://www.dotcym.org/home/
http://www.dotsco.org/
http://www.dotberlin.de/
http://connectingnyc.org/
http://www.dotker.org-a.googlepages.com/home

(13) New gTLD process
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-redline-18feb09-en.pdf
https://st.icann.org/working-groups/index.cgi?at_large_gtld_working_group_statement_on_applicant_guidebook_v2


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