[apnic-talk] White Paper follow up
Dear all,
Please note that any AP associations which would like to be added to the Steering Committee of
the initiave (see Press Release below) can do so. APIA has volunteered to act as facilitator
(since we were the only AP association so far involved in the discussions) and would appreciate
the involvement of others in the region.
The aim of the meetings is to try and consolidate the many meetings that have been announced,
including the one at INET'98 to ensure some consolidation and more importantly to ensure that as
many interested parties as possible can attend and be kept informed. There is even discussion of
having a fellowship fund to ensure that people who cannot afford it can also attend, and this is
in an effort to ensure global participation. The Europe meeting will also reach out to the
Middle East and Africa and the Asia Pacific one will hope to encourage Pacific island
participation as well. The regional meetings are an attempt to reach out.
The meetings are not meant to push any one agenda, but rather to solicit views of others on the
White Paper and to gather views to see how we can move forward on creating this new
not-for-profit entity. The meetings will invite current stakeholders including Dr Postel, etc
and hopes to gather as wide base support and input as possible,
We do hope to enlisten your views and support so if you have any suggestions for the regional
meeting in AP, please e-mail them to me at laina at getit dot org and please refer to the new
International Forum on the White Paper website at www.ifwp.org. The details of the Asia meeting
will be announced later on the APIA website as well as on the asiapacific.ifwp.org website
(under construction), and we are targetting early August.
Hope to have your support in these initiatives (please read the press release below)
Regards,
Laina Raveendran Greene
Policy Advisor
APIA
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News
For Immediate Release
Contact: Janis Langley, Optimum [phone: +1 (703) 847-0192 email:
press at ifwp dot org ]
Internet Stakeholder Associations to
Advance White Paper Process
Associations Plan Coordinated International Forum
Washington, DC, USA — June 19, 1998 — Responding to the U.S. Government
White Paper on the Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses, a
broadly based coalition of Internet stakeholder associations is calling for
an international forum to prepare for the transition from government to
private management.
The International Forum on the White Paper (IFWP) is an international
initiative sponsored by a diverse group of associations representing
numerous Internet stakeholder interests from around the world. The IFWP is
sponsoring coordinated international meetings to discuss the issues of
Internet technical administration of names and numbers left open in the
"White Paper" and the transition to a new corporation for Internet
technical administration.
In a White Paper released June 5, the U.S. government announced its
intention to relinquish control of the Internet to a private, non-profit
organization by September 30, 2000. The new organization will be created
from among the diverse parties that have a stake in how domain names,
Internet numbers and other Internet identifiers for the Internet are managed.
The IFWP consists of associations around the world representing diverse
Internet interests. Its purpose is to provide an organizing framework for
the coordinated international meetings.
The preliminary work to ensure that the international meetings are
coordinated is being undertaken by an international, volunteer steering
committee of IFWP sponsors.
The first regional IFWP meeting will be held on July 1-2, at the Hyatt
Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia, USA. Chaired by Professor Tamar Frankel
-- a world-renowned expert on incorporation -- of the Boston University
School of Law -- the two-day event will seek to identify key issues, views
and opinions on the areas left open by the White Paper to private sector
development.
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These issues include the formation of the private sector corporation for
the technical administration of names and numbers; the development of a new
domain name registry and dispute resolution system; and security and
privacy issues associated with the Internet’s technical infrastructure.
Additional meetings are planned around the world during the summer in
anticipation of the end of existing U.S. Government contracts that manage
the current Internet name and number systems. Two other meetings are
currently being planned, one in Europe in July and another in Asia in early
August
Further information about the International Forum on the White Paper,
including a list of sponsoring associations, is available at
http://www.ifwp.org.
Press contact:
Janis Langley, Optimum [phone: +1 (703) 847-0192 email: press at ifwp dot org ]
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Current IFWP Sponsoring Organizations (as of June 19, 1998):
Association for Interactive Media [AIM]
Association of Internet Professionals {AIP]
Association of Online Professionals [AOP]
Asia and Pacific Internet Association [APIA]
Camara Argentina de Bases de Datos y Servicios en Linea [CABASE]
Canadian Association of Internet Providers [CAIP]
Commercial Internet eXchange [CIX]
Computer Science and Services Association [CSSA]
EDUCOM/EDUCAUSE
European Internet Service Providers Association [EuroISPA]
Internet Alliance [IA]
Internet Law and Policy Forum [ILPF]
The Internet Society [ISOC]
Internet Service Providers’ Consortium [ISP/C]
Information Technology Association of America [ITAA]
Society for College and University Planning [SCUP]
US Council for International Business [USCIB]
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Name: Laina Raveendran Greene
E-mail: laina at singnet dot com dot sg
Date: 21/06/98
Time: 12:21:03
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