[UA-discuss] CIOs Wanted

Fri Dec 11 21:13:55 UTC 2015

Gwen-

These are seriously outstanding ideas.  I am quite grateful to see you and
Don thinking this way and I am grateful you're involved in the
communications.  I am sincere in looking at ways that NamesCon can be
leveraged towards UA (Awareness/Acceptance).

-Jothan

Jothan Frakes
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> There are also CIO LinkedIn groups (ICANN’s CIO participates in one and we
> asked him to use this to reach out to CIOs re name collision in the past.)
> There is also CIO magazine. When we’re ready we can pursue an interview
> there and perhaps consider some online outreach based on their list, banner
> ads etc.
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> Gwen Carlson
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> *From:* ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Jeff Sass
> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2015 6:49 AM
> *To:* Jothan Frakes <jothan at jothan.com>
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [UA-discuss] CIOs Wanted
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> Just a thought… but if there are influential CIO's (or CIO's of companies
> with known acceptance issues) that can be identified who will be at CES,
> why not reach out and offer them complimentary attendance to NamesCon?
> Even without a specific agenda item on acceptance, exposure to NamesCon
> will give a strong impression as to the vibrancy of the domain name
> ecosystem and the growing interest in domains of all shapes and sizes (from
> IDNs to cctlds, to the new extensions…).
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> Just a thought…
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> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Jothan Frakes <jothan at jothan.com> wrote:
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> Hi Don-
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> For NamesCon this year some form of sessions for CIO's to help understand
> new TLDs are already baked in to the agenda, and I one of the primary
> focuses we have is to spread awareness of domain names, new and old.  We'll
> have over 1000 people there so we're not hurting for attendees, but having
> some CIOs be able to get exposure to Awareness/Acceptance is a shared goal.
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> To hold something specifically for ICANN to speak on UA would be gratis
> because I already have the space, subject to availability within the
> current schedule.  Akram is on the agenda to speak, which I think would be
> good for executive peers within the C-Suite seeing Executive participation
> by ICANN.  If we did a specific session to help educate on Acceptance I
> have some ideas I will sent in PM  (however if there were costs like
> catering food beverage for a lunch or something like that it would require
> a sponsor to cover those costs), as the co-founder I can do that, but if
> there were catering costs we would need to pass those through.
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> This year the Consumer Electronics Show ends on 1/8 and NamesCon (NC16)
> begins 1/10.   We will not have the show back to back with CES in future
> years, so perhaps CES itself is one to focus on in 2017, but UA discussion
> will always be welcome at NC17.    https://www.cesweb.org/exhibitor has
> all the information you would want for exhibitors or other participation.
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> We will have many UA (Acceptance and Awareness) sessions at NamesCon next
> month also: http://www.namescon.vegas/ and I suspect many from this list
> will be there as well.
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> -Jothan
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> Jothan Frakes
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> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>
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> Jothan,
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> Very interesting ideas.
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> Regrettably, in my opinion, we are not quite ready with good documentation
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> But something for the Community Outreach group to think about for next
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> As we’re putting together a budget for the next financial year now, any
> ideas on costs?
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> On 11/12/2015, at 2:47 PM, Jothan Frakes <jothan at jothan.com> wrote:
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> I am going to throw this out there as an idea about a great way to
> positively impact the UA (A= Acceptance/Awareness) with the authentic
> realization that it will be both stillborn and read as sarcasm.
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> Just before NamesCon in January in Las Vegas is this little show called
> CES - that pulls in nearly 180,000 people - with CIOs abounding.  IF ICANN
> spent a teensy weensy fraction of the interest on the nTLD auction
> proceeds, say, for example, they could get space that week and announce and
> hold summits or workshops - and having a fairly solid presence during that
> event that might attract those CIOs to have the right conversations if
> aligned with some announcements and marketing.
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> I am partially being sarcastic because I have a suspicion that this would
> be a challenge to get approval for in such a short span of time, not to
> mention that it is unlikely reasonably accomplished given the many
> coordination and messaging steps that would have to happen to execute on
> this effectively so that it would be a wise spend.
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> That said, I really wonder how many folks on this list saw what I wrote
> and said, 'OMG did he really say that... but WOW, You know, that is EXACTLY
> the type of action we need to see', and then spent a moment envisioning
> such an expenditure of resources or time, realized the likelihood was
> minimal, and in a crestfallen manner resumed to look at mild volunteering
> efforts again.
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> The volunteering by so many in the community towards helping improve the
> situation is impressive, and appreciated, and my note is really more one to
> suggest that the path forward needs a bit of oomph so that CIOs will engage
> on this topic.  Or as I playfully say, we need something to get king 'Enry
> to peek up over the mutton leg they're gnawing.
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> I was encouraged slightly by talk of a UA hack-a-thon for example, that's
> creative.  CES instead of the Marrakech meeting would be a place to hold
> something like that.  Or even NamesCon.  Bring it.
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> Appreciating that approval for the budget to do something big at CES is
> not likely, instead I'd gladly make space available during the show for a
> UA (Acceptance) Hack-A-Thon.  And we could all collectively invite CIOs to
> NamesCon on UA (Awareness) to learn about the new naming options.  They
> just stay a couple extra days in Las Vegas.  Not a hard sell.  UA
> (awareness) is one of the core principles of NamesCon already.
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> Any takers?
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> -Jothan
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> Jothan Frakes
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> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>
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> As we move forward on the completion of our documentation, we’re looking
> for some community CIO’s to provide guidance about what should be in and
> what shouldn’t be in a CIO Guidebook.
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> Our plan is to have a focus group of people that we know very well and who
> understand the issue but have the role of CIO or senior IT staff and can
> look at the documentation from that perspective.
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> And after that, we will have a focus group of CIO’s from outside the
> industry who will be able to critique the result.
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> So, if you’re a CIO, or know a CIO, and would be willing to read the
> existing documentation and provide feedback, would you please let me know.
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> We’d like to try to do this through e-mail but we can organise a call if
> that will be useful.
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> Thanks.
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