[Chapter-delegates] More information regarding the ISOC anti-spam project

Thu Sep 19 05:48:29 PDT 2013

Klaus,

Thank you for this insight and opportunity.  I have recently re-read
RFC1855 and will complete a list of internal practices for email.

I also am reviewing all our internal practices with respect to member
communications and practice consistency.

Stay tuned.

Ted

On 9/19/13 3:17 AM, "Klaus Birkenbihl" <Klaus.Birkenbihl at Isoc.de> wrote:

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>Ted,
>
>thanks for sharing the background of this. A few comments:
> - I think SPAM isn't a hot topic any more.
> - phishing and security is
>
>So there is quite some effort to end this and to educate
>people on this.
>
>Unfortunately as outlined before the anti spam campaign
>mail has many of the properties we tell people to look
>for, in order to uncover phishing attempts. This is
>not what one would expect from ISOC.
>
>Even more pitiful that we have more recent examples of
>not meeting the technical standards that we promote in
>our campaigns as there are promoting Accessibility
>with a mostly inaccessible Website, promoting Open
>Standards on a site that does not follow these standards.
>(I acknowledge there is ongoing work to fix the Web issues.)
>
>At the end of the day it is like Peter Koch said: we
>should listen to and ask those who have the skills
>and the knowledge to better meet our claims. We
>should develop a ISOCian spirit that shows
>technical authority and sensitivity when handling
>social and policy topics.
>
>Best, Klaus
>
>
>Ted Mooney wrote on 16.09.2013 19:07:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Please find below some additional information on the spam project.
>> 
>> First a few words of background. The spam project was not in our budget
>>for 2013, but as spam emerged as a contentious issue at WCIT we thought
>>it would be good to show that there are solutions in place to deal with
>>spam. As the issue emerged after we had finalised the 2013 budget it was
>>clear at the outset that any activity would have to be funded through
>>extra budgetary resources. We developed a concept for workshops to be
>>held in developing regions and went out to potential donors to fund the
>>project. There were many positive reactions and the governments and
>>companies we approached agreed that it would be timely to go ahead with
>>these workshops - one in Africa in cooperation with the ATU and the
>>other one in Latin America in cooperation with CITEL - and bring the
>>results to the IGF. One main session there will be devoted to issues
>>such as spam.
>> 
>> Despite the many positive reactions, funding proved more difficult than
>>anticipated, as governments and most companies were in a similar
>>budgetary situation and did not have that much spare cash to give away.
>>When discussing the funding difficulties internally, there was great
>>support and good will from the revenue team who agreed to help us to
>>make this project happen. In these discussions, someone came up with the
>>idea to try crowd funding to get the funds needed to  bridge the gap.
>> 
>> We agreed to try this out without discussing the modalities. With
>>hindsight, this turned out to be a mistake. We should have communicated
>>in advance what we are trying to achieve with the project -- that is to
>>explain that solutions exist and to make sure that spam is no longer
>>seen to be a major problem - and why to try out crowd funding.
>> 
>> We tried to experiment with new ways of fund-raising and recognise that
>>what was supposed to be a pilot project did not work out well. Please
>>accept our apologies. We learned a lesson and will do things
>>differently, should we try again to use crowd funding in the future.
>> 
>> Good news is that the first spam workshop took place last week in
>>Nairobi. Please find below a short report of the Naurobi workshop and a
>>preview of the workshop that is to take place next month in Mendoza,
>>Argentina.
>> 
>> African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
>> Spam Seminar for Policy Makers
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> September 9, 2013
>> 
>> On September 9th the Internet Society organized a workshop on spam
>>directed at informing policy makers throughout Africa on the process and
>>partnerships needed to better address the unwanted email that is
>>clogging their networks.  Spam experts from around globe and from within
>>Africa presented examples of how: some governments have draft
>>legislation to define spam and establish enforcement criteria to address
>>their issue with spam; industry associations such as MAAWG, LAP and ECO
>>work in partnership with governments, ISPs, network operators and bulk
>>mail distributors to develop best practices and codes of conduct to
>>mitigate spam; and technical experts provided details on the tools and
>>operational choices that can be used to limit the impact of spam on a
>>network and end users. There were over 97 policy makers and network
>>operators in attendance at this workshop.  Details on the ATU event,
>>including the presentations from the experts can be found at
>>http://www.internetsoci!
> ety.org/
>
>
>african-telecommunications-union-atu-combating-spam-policy-makers.
>> 
>> Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
>> Spam Seminar for Policy Makers
>> Mendoza, Argentina
>> October 7, 2013
>> 
>> On October 7th the Internet Society will be facilitating a workshop on
>>spam directed at informing policy makers throughout Latin America on the
>>process and partnerships needed to better address the unwanted email
>>that is clogging their networks.  The workshop will have Spam experts
>>from around globe and from within South America present examples and
>>details on how to address the growing issue of spam and what the
>>industry and technical communities are doing in partnership with
>>governments to mitigate spam.
>> 
>> If you are interested in attending the event, details can be found
>>athttps://www.citel.oas.org/en/Pages/Next-Meetings.aspx
>> 
>> You're participation, comments and constructive suggestions are
>>welcomed.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Ted Mooney
>> Senior Director, Membership & Services
>> The Internet Society
>> 1775 Wiehle Avenue
>> Reston, VA 20190 USA
>> Office: +1 703-439-2774
>> Cell: +1 301-980-6446
>> eMail: mooney at isoc.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
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