[ga] RE: ANNOUNCE: A Day with the North-American ICANN Candidates

["Ben Edelman" <edelman@law.harvard.edu>]

With the event described below drawing near, and six of seven North-American
At Large candidates confirmed to attend, I want to make especially certain
to have sufficient RealServer capacity to accommodate everyone who wishes to
join via webcast.

Accordingly, it's extra important that everyone planning to participate in
the webcast preregister via the form linked from
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/candidateforum>.  Doing so lets us know
how many webcast viewers to expect, and thus how much RealServer capacity
and bandwidth we must secure for a successful transmission.

(I also want to note that remote participation in this event will use a
newly-overhauled mechanism that I hope and expect will greatly improve the
webcast experience by reducing the number of simultaneous windows and other
objects to keep track of.  I'm therefore especially interested in
suggestions for improvements to the remote participation system itself.)


More information about the event follows.


Ben Edelman
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard Law School






The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the
Internet Democracy Project are pleased to announce two events featuring the
ICANN North American candidates, each of which take place on Monday, October
2, 2000 on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ICANN
(the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the nonprofit
organization that was formed in 1998 to assume responsibility for the domain
name system, protocol parameter assignment, and related functions.

ICANN's upcoming online election, taking place from October 1-10, will give
the ICANN At-Large membership a voice in the organization's decisions
through its selection of five members for ICANN's Board of Directors. One
Director will be chosen from each of five geographic regions: Africa,
Asia/Australia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, and North America.
There are seven candidates competing for the North American seat.

Free and open to the public, both events will be webcast live with remote
participation, and feature the candidates engaging in informal dialogue as
well as formal debate.

* "A Dialogue with the Candidates," 4:20-6:00p.m. EDT, moderated by Jonathan
Zittrain, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.

Professor Jonathan Zittrain's "Internet & Society 2000" Harvard Law School
class will host a moderated discussion with the candidates, exploring the
role of ICANN as an organization, the role of the ICANN directors, and the
scope and meaning of ICANN's At-Large membership. The discussion will be
open to the public and webcast live with remote participation. Both the
 online and in-person audiences will have the opportunity to pose questions
for the candidates. This event is presented by the Berkman Center for
Internet & Society.

* "ICANN North American Candidate Forum," 7:30-9:30p.m. EDT, moderated by
Jean-Claude Guedon, University of Montreal.

Expanding the format of the Presidential Commission debates, Jean-Claude
Guedon will moderate a question-and-answer session among the seven North
American ICANN candidates about the issues facing ICANN and the role of
ICANN itself. Candidates will respond to questions posed by a distinguished
panel including Declan McCullagh of Wired Magazine. The forum will be open
to the public in-person and online via webcast with a real-time discussion
forum. After the forum, candidates will have the opportunity to submit brief
written follow-up responses to the forum's questions, and these responses
will be posted along with video and other archive materials in the archive.
This event is presented by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the
Internet Democracy Project.

For more information about these events, including how to register to attend
or view the live webcast, please visit the "A Day with the ICANN North
American Candidates" website at
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/candidateforum>.

Please note that these events are not sponsored by, nor affiliated with,
ICANN.

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is a
research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and
identify and engage the challenges and opportunities it presents. The
Internet Democracy Project is a non-partisan organization that seeks to
enhance public participation in decisions concerning the future of the
Internet.

We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge or to your participation via the
Internet.

 ***************************

 The Berkman Center for Internet & Society
 <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu>

 The Internet Democracy Project
 <http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org>



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