[NCUC-DISCUSS] Domain Name Rights Coalition

Wed Feb 28 15:03:34 CET 2018

Hi Zakir,

Thanks so much for your kind words! In response to your question, in
general our expertise is in the GNSO and gTLD space. But we think there is
a lot to learn from ccTLDs, particularly in the area of privacy for their
registrants.

Thanks for the suggestion re .NGO - we'll look into it!

Best,

Michael

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 6:05 AM, Zakir Syed <zakirbinrehman at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Thank you Michael, and congratulations to you, to Kathy and all the DNRC
> team on the launch.
> I think this is a great initiative, particularly in this time when the
> impact of GDPR on the DNS industry is being debated all over.
> I idea of Registrants Education (and the others too) is great. BTW, what
> is the target group - gTLD registrants, or ccTLD registrants or both.
>
> Also, DNRC.ngo would be a good domain name for this NGO may be??
>
> Best,
> Zakir
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Michael Karanicolas <mkaranicolas at gmail.com>
> *To:* NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:04 AM
> *Subject:* [NCUC-DISCUSS] Domain Name Rights Coalition
>
> Hi all!
>
> Just wanted to send out a brief note letting you know about a new NGO
> being launched by Kathy Kleiman and myself: the Domain Name Rights
> Coalition - which will be an avenue for our engagement with ICANN, and with
> the NCUC, going forward.
>
> I'm copying our press release below - would very much appreciate any help
> to spread the word, particularly via our Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/DomainRights/> and Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/DomainRights> pages. And stay tuned to these pages
> for updates on our work on Internet governance and such.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael Karanicolas
>
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> *26 February 2018 – for immediate release*
>
> *The Domain Name Rights Coalition: Working for fair, balanced and
> principled approaches to Internet Governance*
>
> Today, a public interest group is reborn. Twenty years ago, at the start
> of the commercial Internet, a group of advocates came together to fight for
> the rights of registrants - for individuals, entrepreneurs and
> organizations who registered domain names and posted their ideas, concerns,
> products, and services online. The DNRC defended political parody, argued
> in support of protections for Internet Service Providers (then a new type
> of company), and worked to make the rules for the Internet fair and
> balanced for everyone. At that time, the Internet hosted only 70 million
> people.
>
> Now, with over 3 billion people online, the need for registrant
> representatives is even more important. The Internet Corporation for
> Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been untethered from the US
> government, leaving its multistakeholder community as the ultimate
> guardians of a free and open Internet. With the rebirth of the Domain Name
> Rights Coalition, we resume our work on behalf of Internet users. The
> Domain Name Rights Coalition will be headed by Kathy Kleiman, one of the
> original founders, and Michael Karanicolas.
>
> Kathy Kleiman is part of the group that founded ICANN. She is well-known
> for her passionate work seeking fairness and balance in Internet policies
> and served on the final drafting teams of both the Uniform Dispute
> Resolution Policy and Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy.  Michael
> Karanicolas is a Canadian-based human rights advocate who has published
> extensively on a range of digital rights issues, and has experience at the
> highest levels advising governments, private sector entities, and
> intergovernmental organizations on how to bring their policies into line
> with international human rights standards. He currently serves as Co-Chair
> of ICANN's Cross-Community Working Party on Human Rights, and as the
> Rapporteur for the subgroup reworking ICANN’s transparency policies.
>
> Both Michael and Kathy are leaders in the ICANN ecosystem, particularly
> through the Non-Commercial Users’ Constituency, which Kathy co-founded, and
> on whose Executive Committee Michael now serves.
>
> *“I am thrilled to see the Domain Name Rights Coalition reboot. We need
> experienced people helping to ensure that domain names – the street signs
> of the Internet – are fairly distributed and not arbitrarily revoked. The
> Domain Name Rights Coalition will once again be a home for education,
> participation, research and advocacy for users and registrants who are
> online today – and the millions who will come online tomorrow.*  -- Kathy
> Kleiman, Co-Founder and President, DNRC.
>
> *“The DNRC will fill a crucial void in the modern digital rights space, by
> providing a dedicated vehicle for programming aimed at advancing human
> rights in Internet governance. We look forward to engaging directly with
> academics, advocates, and other like-minded organizations, to collaborate
> on research, advocacy, and outreach. I am honoured to take up this role,
> and excited about the road ahead.” *-- Michael Karanicolas, Director of
> Policy, DNRC.
>
> DNRC is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization under US law and seeks the
> support of the Internet Community. To find out more about the DNRC and our
> principles, membership and donations, visit our website at www.dnrc.tech/ and
> follow us on Twitter at @DomainRights and Facebook at www.facebook.com/
> DomainRights.
>
> *For further information, please contact:*
>
> Kathy Kleiman, President
> Domain Name Rights Coalition
> Email: kathy at dnrc.tech
> Twitter: @DomainRights and @KleimK
>
> Michael Karanicolas, Policy Director
> Domain Name Rights Coalition
> Email: michael at dnrc.tech
> Twitter: @DomainRights and @M_Karanicolas
>
> **
>
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