[ih] Fwd: IAHC Members Announced

Scott Brim scott.brim at gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 21:01:09 PDT 2019


They're buying iahc.org?

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:38 PM Brian E Carpenter <
brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

> As mentioned:
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: IAHC Members Announced
> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 96 14:50:40 EST
> From: major at linus.isoc.org
> To: members.2 at linus.isoc.org
>
> Dear Members:
>
> Here is the press release announcing the names of the IAHC.  You
> will notice, at the end of the release, that there is information to
> allow you to track and/or participate  -  which I do encourage.
>
> Thank you for your continued support; this is an important, and
> complicated effort  -  do keep tuned to the process and its results.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Don
>
> Contact:
> Internet Society
> 12020 Sunrise Valley Drive
> Reston, VA  20191-3429
> TEL 703-648-9888
> FAX 703-648-9887
> E-mail info at isoc.org
> http://www.isoc.org
>
>
>                    NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE NAMED
>                   TO STUDY DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM ISSUES
>
>              WASHINGTON, DC, November 12, 1996 -- An Internet International
> Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) has been named to resolve issues resulting
> from current international debate over a proposal to establish additional
> global registries and international Top Level Domain (iTLDs).
>
>              "We are pleased to have attracted such a high level of
> leading
> international experts in their fields to examine these questions that are
> critical to the current and future growth of the Internet," Donald M.
> Heath,
> president and CEO of the Internet Society said in announcing the
> eleven-member committee.  Heath will serve as chairman.
>
>              Deliberations of the committee may lead to the establishment
> of new international Top Level Domains (iTLDs), adding to the current
> three-letter tags, such as .com, .net, and .org, that end many Internet
> email
> and World Wide Web addresses.
>
>              Dr. Donald N. Telage, president of the Herndon, Virginia -
> based
> Network Solutions, Inc., which manages the InterNIC Registry administering
> the .com, .net, .edu, and .org top level domains, said: "Network Solutions
> has
> supported the registration process and the growth of the Internet since
> 1991.
> We have seen its evolution from a research and education tool to a powerful
> medium for global communication and collaboration.  The National Science
> Foundation has played a critical role in the early governance activities,
> and
> we support the Internet Society's efforts to review issues critical to the
> future of Internet growth, evolution and governance.  Network Solutions
> will
> participate and support this effort enthusiastically supplying our
> extensive
> operational knowledge as needed."
>
>              Named to the new IAHC are:
>
>              .Sally M. Abel, specializes in international trademark and
> trade
> name counseling, chairs the Internet Subcommittee of the International
> Trademark Association (INTA), and will represent that organization on
> the IAHC.  Ms. Abel is the partner in charge of the Trademark Group of
> the law firm of Fenwick and West, a Palo Alto, Ca. firm specializing in
> high technology matters.
>
>              .Dave Crocker, is co-founder of the Internet Mail Consortium,
> an
> industry trade association.  He is also a principal with Brandenburg
> Consulting in Sunnyvale, Ca., a firm specializing in guiding the
> development
> and use of Internet applications.  With ten years in the ARPA research
> community, ten years developing commercial network products and services,
> and extensive contributions to the Internet Engineering Task Force, he is
> considered an expert about the Internet, e-mail, electronic commerce,
> Internet
> operation and the Internet standards process.
>
>              .Geoff Huston is the technical manager of Australia's Telstra
> Internet and is responsible for the architecture and operations of its
> service.  He formerly was technical manager of the Australian Academic and
> Research Network, and was largely responsible for the introduction and
> subsequent development of the Internet into Australia.
>
>              .David W. Maher, is a partner at the law firm of Sonnenschein
> Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, IL, is a registered patent attorney and has
> extensive experience in intellectual property and entertainment law.
> Principal outside trademark counsel for several nationwide companies, he
> has served as special counsel to the American Bar Association for
> telecommunications matters.
>
>              .Perry E. Metzger is the president of New York - based
> Piermont
> Information Systems Inc., a consulting firm specializing in communications
> and computer systems security. He has worked with the New York financial
> community for many years and is active in the Internet Engineering Task
> Force's (IETF) security area, chairing the group's Simple Public Key
> Infrastructure working group.
>
>              .Jun Murai is associate professor of Faculty of Environmental
> Information at Keio University in Tokyo.  He developed JUNET, Japan's first
> UUCP network and the WIDE Internet, Japan's first IP network.  He is
> president
> of the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) and serves as adjunct
> professor
> at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University in
> Tokyo.
>
>              .Hank Nussbacher, is an independent networking consultant,
> currently works with IBM Israel as Internet Technology Manager and has
> been
> responsible for all aspects in establishing IBM Israel as a major ISP in
> Israel.
> He also consults to the Israeli inter-university consortium and is on the
> board
> of directors of the Internet Society of Israel.
>
>              .Robert Shaw is an advisor on Global Information
> Infrastructure
> (GII) issues at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).  The ITU,
> based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a United Nations treaty organization
> within
> which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom
> networks and
> services.
>
>              .George Strawn is with the US National Science Foundation
> (NSF),
> which has funded Internet development for research and education.  Mr.
> Strawn
> has been involved with the NSF's Internet activities for the last five
> years and
> also co-chairs the Federal Networking Council, a US government committee
> coordinating inter-agency Internet activities, including funding for
> administrative activities, such as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
> (IANA).
>
>              .Albert Tramposch is senior legal counsellor at the World
> Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. WIPO is a United
> Nations
> organization which has responsibility for the promotion of the protection
> of
> intellectual property throughout the world.  It also administers various
> treaties dealing with legal and administrative aspects of intellectual
> property,
> including the international registration of trademarks.
>
>              In addition, Stuart Levi, a partner in the New York Office of
> Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and the head of the firm's Computer
> and
> Information Technology Practice, will serve as outside counsel supporting
> the IAHC.
>
>              "The IAHC will be charged with fairly and openly looking at
> the
> complex issues surrounding the current domain name and registry situation,
> including trademark and infringement, economics and administration of
> registry
> operations, dispute policies, fees and iTLDs," Heath said. He anticipates
> the
> Committee reaching reasonable consensus on issues surfaced, sometime in
> January.
> A subset of the IAHC will seek to implement its recommendations very
> shortly
> after that.
>
>              To meet its aggressive schedule, the widely dispersed group
> will
> primarily operate online, over the Internet.  Interested parties
> throughout the
> Internet world will be able to participate in the IAHC's process, through
> an
> electronic mail list service and a Web site that are being established.
> Discussions, evaluations and decisions will be available for public
> inspection.
> An archive, and relevant documents, will be available public comment at the
> Web site which will be established by November 15 at http://www.iahc.org.
> To subscribe to the IAHC's email list service, send email with the word
> "subscribe" to:  iahc-discuss-request at iahc.org.
>
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