June 2008 - AFRI-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Testing Afri-Discuss Mailing List
by Mohamed EL Bashir 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi If you got this email please confirm receipt am testing the mailing list , as AfRLO will be having regular mothly teleconference that will be announced via the mailing list and we are planning to have an AfRALO/Africa ALS meeting in Cairo ICANN meeting its important we have a good communications channel in the coming months . - -- Best Regards, Mohamed El Bashir President, Sudan Internet Society ICANN ALAC Committee Member Personal Web : www.mbash.net ""Life lies not in never falling, but in rising when you fall." Nelson Mandela 1995, Easten Cape. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBSGke/Ff5+cz7DKK3AQJtGAf8CG7o1+Yg/bEcv7C8OLUABfhf/qZEQWt2 c8d3E0n7mMFGfv7VP2OmBSQDtKMDE1IirtG4JBX4wH5YWmfMqpLFBUhw4HZ6h7Mx jiHPR6UA82Koyc58mltt8p4OTmJ0KZNG4WvZeYw/Yc5Zt6KhLLQwFSIRforAy95n jOTk2k4eeIXzgVNYAAPhMC4BGtAAyvwa0VEXGNbC2GGn/oH8XA+DNHGnOV8k0qpS PpNpFOWjpIiU26a7+2qgeWFPhyajM71fBW82wFkl70l1ukVpUrwrs0q95uYgVJY+ yJ/udKIPz2MyNgo6FY6DWuAP1JQUqEw/N2Iqihw6Wk1Fmko7zlAZ+A== =uh0d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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user_s summit 2009 and icann committment to be user oriented
by Annette Muehlberg 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

All, We finally made it and will be able to organize a userŽs summit in Mexico, March 2009! I think it would be great if we could make sure, that the userŽs summit will not be something seperated from the ICANN Meeting. Instead, ICANN should show its committment to strengthen its bottom up structure and be user oriented in all its policies. For the public discussion my proposal is, to approach all icann bodies - such as the board, various committees, the advisory councils, the ICANN supporting organisations and their constituencies as well as icann staff. We should ask them - throughout the whole icann meetings whenever they give a public presentations - to explain what the respective issues/ policy proposals mean for the internet end-user. I think implementing such a procedure would be a great step forward. Best greetings and many thanks to all, who have been working very hard to make the summit possible. Annette

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[Fwd: Policy Issue Briefs - FYI
by Mohamed EL Bashir 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Posted on ICANN's website at <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/> are /Policy Issue Briefs/ <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/> about some of the key activities the ICANN community is working on in Paris and beyond: Domain Name Monetization <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/domain-name-monetization-jun08.pdf> Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/internationalized-domain-names-jun08.pdf> New gTLDs <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/new-gtlds-jun08.pdf> WHOIS <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/whois-jun08.pdf> /Policy Issue Briefs/ <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/> are basic introductions to important areas of Internet policy development that are being addressed by the ICANN community's bottom-up, consensus based, policymaking structure. They are designed and written by ICANN Policy Staff to accommodate newcomers to ICANN, as well as ICANN issue veterans who may desire basic information on an unfamiliar issue. Translated versions of all /Issue Briefs/ will be available soon online. We would appreciate your suggestions of additional topics for future /Policy Issue Briefs <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/> -- /please send them to /policy-staff(a)icann.org <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org>. /Comments on the substance of these /Issue Briefs/ is also welcome and should be sent to the same email address. We encourage people to go beyond these brief introductions (if they are not involved in these issues) and learn more about the work of the ICANN community. To facilitate this, links to information on current Policy development activities are provided in the left side-bar of this webpage <http://www.icann.org/policy/briefs/>, and we have included in each /Issue Brief/ URLs to additional information. We also invite you to receive regular updates on ICANN policy development activities via e-mail by subscribing to the monthly / //Policy Updates <http://www.icann.org/topics/policy/>/ (previous /Updates/ <http://www.icann.org/topics/policy/> can be found at <http://www.icann.org/topics/policy/>). To subscribe, simply visit the ICANN Subscription page <http://www.icann.org/newsletter/> at <http://icann.org/newsletter/>, enter your e-mail address, and then click on /ICANN Policy Update/. Thank you for your interest and participation in ICANN policy development. Regards, Denise Michel ICANN VP, Policy policy-staff(a)icann.org <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBSFtseVf5+cz7DKK3AQLY0gf7B+LiXD5CsmW8g1hU0NLSvqI/kDHy5NKE JW0Die9st9bF+HrPXHpamZ2r3NiCMXtthH9qF5cmp52o+onBO2e1LOKdh1NB6I9X cZQSxhTU9adzmloNdRypNeE/T2VjLh4pXTtlIWstZz3OVrTEdLmBc8byoGb5jF27 hCYmx+CtuU9geH7A+LubRyJWMmbXb0GyxIXhi6cwELL0xnUAGfkiXqvAlm8tDpjT qeijwd2A2aUIQ4dHMmAC+jifi1VhwoRPPrTRGrbkXiztWrlEojz+Jx0DvACwW6Em FMWIlyZDSNLwOCUobC4BF+EIDEa1vZe8J7UryYXupSyILGy5D2aYvw== =mIUl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Today AfRALO Teleconference
by Mohamed EL Bashir 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

Dear All My Apologies i won't be able to join this month call conference . -- Best Regards, Mohamed El Bashir

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[Reminder] AFRALO Monthly Teleconference @ Fri 13 Jun 13:00 – 14:00 ()
by Google Calendar 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, this is a reminder for Title: AFRALO Monthly Teleconference Time: Fri 13 Jun 13:00 – 14:00 (Time zone: GMT (no daylight saving)) Where: Adigo - Teleconference Calendar: Description: Start time 1300 UTC. Please find all the information on this Teleconference under the following URL: https://st.icann.org/afralo/index.cgi?monthly_teleconferences You can view this event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=aXZ1dHFrcm1hcnM0NWVpOW… You are receiving this courtesy email at the account afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively, you can sign up for a Google account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Improvement of the win-win relationship between the Staff and the At-Large Community
by At-Large Staff 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

In case you did not get this Email today, please find below the Email sent by the At-Large Staff Dear All: You will have received At-Large Staff¹s (Frederic Teboul¹s) recent email asking some questions of you as a member of the At-Large community and some of you have already replied. As there have been a few questions about the message, we would like to provide some additional information. Firstly, we want to emphasize that this effort is meant to be a collaborative process we are asking you to provide information so that we can combine your answers with others in the At-Large community and create a summary of the community¹s views on how its involvement in ICANN can be better supported. We will share the aggregated input with you, along with an analysis of the trends that we see, and our thoughts on how we might collectively Staff and community - respond to the Regional At-Large Organizations¹ needs to support greater involvement in ICANN. After community discussion and concurrence, an Action Plan will be publicly posted and implemented. To be clear, the questions you have been asked to respond to relate only to the At-Large community and its involvement in ICANN. To avoid any confusion, we are re-stating the questions below, and would appreciate receiving your thoughts. This exercise is part of Staff's ongoing effort to better serve the At-Large community. It is not related to the completely separate and independent ³ALAC Review² currently being conducted under the auspices of the Board as part of their process for reviewing all ICANN structures. We know you are all busy and that you volunteer for your At-Large group and ICANN in your spare time. On reflection, we therefore think the original deadline was overly ambitious. It would be a great help if we could get a good set of responses on or before the end of the Paris ICANN meeting (25th June). This will allow us to move on to the next steps in the process mentioned above in due course. That said, of course the kind of input we seek in this short questionnaire is always welcome we are always glad to hear your thoughts, concerns and ideas. For your convenience, below you will find a restated set of the same questions. 1. What issues being debated in ICANN do you believe are the most important to your RALO? 2. How can we help make the time you spend on ICANN issues as valuable and efficient to you as possible? 3. What challenges and opportunities do you see for your RALO and for At-Large more generally (in the context of ICANN work)? 4. How interaction between and within RALOs be increased? 5. What are the top three things you would like your RALO to achieve? 6. What are the top three things you believe ICANN Staff could do to help your RALO? Many thanks in advance for your time with these questions but also with ICANN! Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CONFIRMED NEW TIME: AFRALO Teleconference: 13 June 1300 UTC
by At-Large Staff 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear AFRALO members, This is to remind you about the upcoming AFRALO Teleconference. The next AFRALO Teleconference will be on Friday 13 June starting at 1300 UTC. Please note that the starting time has changed from 1330 UTC to 1300 UTC. You can find the agenda and participation instructions with a tentative dial-out list on the meeting page. You will only receive a call for this meeting if you are on the dial-out list. If you would like to participate and need to be dialed out to, please make sure you send us two phone numbers where you can be reached 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. There will be French interpretation for this call. If you would like to be in the French channel, please indicate this on your dial-out request. Meeting Page: https://st.icann.org/afralo/index.cgi?13_june_2008 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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[Reminder] new gTLD Briefing Session @ Wed 11 Jun 13:30 – 14:30 ()
by Google Calendar 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, this is a reminder for Title: new gTLD Briefing Session Time: Wed 11 Jun 13:30 – 14:30 (Time zone: GMT (no daylight saving)) Where: Adigo Teleconference Calendar: Description: 1330 UTC. Please visit the following URL for details. There will also be an Adobe connect meeting room. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?briefing_session_on_new_gtld_programme You can view this event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=cTEybTIyMTVvaWFoNGh1cz… You are receiving this courtesy email at the account afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively, you can sign up for a Google account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Next AFRALO Teleconference: 13 June 1330 UTC
by At-Large Staff 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

Dear all, This is to remind you about the upcoming monthly AFRALO teleconference. The AFRALO teleconference originally scheduled for 4 June has been rescheduled to 13 June at 1330 UTC. Please visit the meeting page to see the agenda and participation instructions. If you would like to participate and don¹t have a toll free access number for your country, please send us your contact information if your name is not already on the dial-out list. You can find a dial-out list and a list with all the toll-free phone numbers on this list. https://st.icann.org/afralo/index.cgi?13_june_2008 It is yet unsure if we will have French interpretation for this call. We did contact our teleconference operator with a request for interpretation and are currently awaiting their response. Please remember that interpretation request need to be sent well in advance to make sure our interpreters do not have scheduling conflicts. It is therefore preferable to not reschedule teleconferences but to make sure in that there is sufficient attendance in advance. We will keep you posted on this issue. Please note that you will not receive another email reminder from staff about this meeting. You will, however, receive an automated reminder email 24 hours before the call. If you would like to participate, please make sure you have sent us the necessary instructions well in advance. Regards, Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CONFIRMED: new gTLD Briefing Session 11 June 1330 UTC
by At-Large Staff 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Dear all, The Briefing Session on ICANN¹s new gTLD program will be on Wednesday, 11 June at 1330 UTC. Ms. Karla Valente, from ICANN¹s new gTLD program and Mr. Olof Nordling, Manager of Policy Development Coordination will give a presentation on the new gTLD programme, including an update on the staff implementation planning. The briefing is designed to focus on the programme from an Internet end-users¹ perspective; members of GNSO constituencies are being invited to join the briefing. Subsequently, they will be available to answer some of your questions, both about the GNSO Policy presented to the Board and the implementation planning for the programme. Please visit the meeting page to find participation instructions and reference material for this presentation. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?briefing_session_on_new_gtld_programme We will soon upload Karla Valente¹s PowerPoint presentation to the meeting page and you will also be able to follow the presentation in real time, chat and ask questions using the Adobe Connect meeting room for this presentation. The Adobe Connect link is also on the meeting page. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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