[ih] Fwd: IAHC Members Announced

Andrew G. Malis agmalis at gmail.com
Mon Mar 11 05:42:21 PDT 2019


Scott,

Look at at the date of the forwarded email. :-)

Cheers,
Andy


On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 12:12 AM Scott Brim <scott.brim at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>> Reston, VA  20191-3429
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>> 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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