[NCUC-EC] Domain Name Rights Coalition

[Michael Karanicolas]

Thanks so much!

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> Thank you for sending us the news and best of luck to you and Kathy on the
> new endeavor, count on your colleagues always
> 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Michael Karanicolas <
> mkaranicolas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi fellow EC-ers,
>>
>> Hope you're keeping well. Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know
>> that Kathy and I have launched a new NGO today - the Domain Name Rights
>> Coalition - which will be a principle avenue for our engagement with ICANN
>> 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.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> [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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