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Meeting Invitation / AFRALO Teleconference / 13 March 2013 at 1830 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 12, 2013

March 12, 2013

** Version Francaise à la suite de la version Anglaise ** Dear All, The next AFRALO teleconference is scheduled for Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 18:30 UTC. The draft agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/sQdlAg Adobe Connect: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. *Please CONFIRM your participation AND dial-out if required to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org.*> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.* If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. Thank You. Regards, ---------- Cher Membres de l'AFRALO, La prochaine téléconférence AFRALO est prévue pour le mercredi 13 Mars à 18:30 UTC. L'ordre du jour (a mettre a jour) et détails de l'appel sont disponible à: <https://community.icann.org/x/sQdlAg> https://community.icann.org/x/sQdlAg Adobe Connect: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo Nous vous rappelons que vous pouvez désormais utiliser l'audio de l'Adobe Connect room afin de vous connecter sans utiliser votre ligne téléphonique. Veuillez demander à staff si vous avez besoin d'information à ce sujet. *Merci de nous confirmer votre participation et dial-out - si nécessaire - à <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org.*> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.* Si vous ne parvenez pas à assister à l'appel, merci de nous envoyer un courriel indiquant votre absence et nous allons en prendre note sur l'ordre du jour. Merci. Cordialement, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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Draft ALAC Rules of Procedure & Upcoming Teleconference Review Meeting
by Heidi Ullrich March 12, 2013

March 12, 2013

On behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, and Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group, please see the important note below regarding an upcoming ALAC Meeting to review the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoPs): ** Dear All, As per a previous discussion and agreement of the ALAC on 22 January 2013, the ALAC will be holding a single purpose teleconference call to discuss the proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) before a Call to Vote to Ratify and Adopt these (or not) which is to be conducted online and prior to the 46th ICANN Meeting to be held in Beijing 7-11 April 2013. This special meeting of the ALAC, which is open to all members of the At-Large Community, especially RALO Leadership and ALS members, is now announced. This call will be held on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC (2100 UTC =1400 PDT, 1700 EDT, 2200 CET, 5am Hong Kong (+1 Day) and 8am Sydney (+1 Day). The Wiki page for this meeting is found at https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg. FR and ES interpretation has been confirmed for this meeting. All Members of the ALAC and members of the At-Large Community are requested to RSVP their attendance at this call to At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>) indicating if they will be joining one of the interpreted channels. The 15 Members of the ALAC are encouraged to place any comments they have in the COMMENTS section of the meeting page (see: https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg) or e-mail to the ALAC Working List ( alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>), particularly if they will not be able to attend this meeting. Members of the At-Large Community who wish to have any input or comments on these proposed new RoPs considered at this meeting should send these contributions to one of the ALAC Members from their Region or via email to the Chair of the Rules of Procedure Working Group, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (langdonorr(a)gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com>). Background on these proposed new ALAC RoPs and opportunity for final ALAC review: This final version of the new ALAC RoP (see: https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi and attached) is the product of an extensive process carried out by some 33 members of the At-Large Community (ALAC Members, formal Regional representatives as well as individual ALS and RALO members of the At-Large Community who volunteered to the ALAC Metrics and RoP Review WG(s). These volunteers have, in face-to-face and teleconference meetings of the Working Group (WG) as a whole and of the new Rules section Drafting Teams (DTs), committed well over 500 person-hours in review of the current RoPs and support material including previous versions, discussion of all rules merits, and in drafting of and editing this new Rules proposed text. A summary of who participated in the various RoP meetings can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg. In addition, and unfortunately difficult to measure and capture, is an extraordinary amount of time spent by the WG's Drafting Teams (DTs) leadership and section pen-holders (noting each DT was in itself, like the RoP Review WG as a whole, a deliberately regionally balanced group) and even more hours and effort again contributed by several current and previously serving ALAC Members during the final stages of integration and editing of the version you are presented with here. The majority of the ALAC has been directly involved with the Rules of Procedure WG and DTs' activities and in several cases served as Leads and/or Pen-Holders for the discussion and drafting, and therefore it is unexpected and doubtful that any significant or substantial omissions or edits will be proposed for discussion either at or before the conference call. Also it is recognised that the ALAC has at its regular meetings been continually appraised of the progress of this Rules Review and also that all business of the Review WG/DTs has been done in an open and transparent manner with archives and records being held and publicly available on the relevant ALAC wiki pages. It must also be noted by the ALAC as a whole and by the wider At-Large Community in general, that virtually every concept and issue relating to these proposed new ALAC RoPs was discussed extensively, prior to any drafting, and often reviewed line by line, mostly over several visits / revisits at several meetings. Anything that was even slightly controversial or where people had differing views was debated and in virtually all cases, what has ended up in these Rules has a strong consensus of those working on the original drafting team and the final reviewers. It is also important to note that several of the 'Adjunct Documents' referred to in these new Rules are not as yet completely finalised nor have they been reviewed (as such) by the ALAC. However, they are all to be drawn from existing ALAC policy and practices and will be shortly available. The vote for the adoption of these new ALAC RoPs does not need to be delayed until they are prepared and circulated, but rather the new RoPs will not come into effect until those Adjunct Documents are all approved by the ALAC. Specific details on the ALAC vote plans and procedures relating to these new ALAC Rules will be discussed during this special ALAC meeting on 19 March 2013, but it is our hope that the vote can commence shortly after the ALAC monthly call on 26 March 2013. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Olivier Crepin-Leblond 11 March 2013 ** Kind Regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Meeting Invitation / AFRALO Teleconference / 13 March 2013 at 1830 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013

** Version Francaise à la suite de la version Anglaise ** Dear All, The next AFRALO teleconference is scheduled for Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 18:30 UTC. The draft agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/aJFwAg Adobe Connect: http://icann.adob econnect.com/afralo <http://icann.adob%20econnect.com/afralo> Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. *Please CONFIRM your participation AND dial-out if required to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org.*> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.* If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. Thank You. Regards, ---------- Cher Membres de l'AFRALO, La prochaine téléconférence AFRALO est prévue pour le mercredi 13 March 2013 à 18:30 UTC. L'ordre du jour (a mettre a jour) et détails de l'appel sont disponible à: https://community.icann.org/x/aJFwAg Adobe Connect: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo Nous vous rappelons que vous pouvez désormais utiliser l'audio de l'Adobe Connect room afin de vous connecter sans utiliser votre ligne téléphonique. Veuillez demander à staff si vous avez besoin d'information à ce sujet. *Merci de nous confirmer votre participation et dial-out - si nécessaire - à <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org.*> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.* Si vous ne parvenez pas à assister à l'appel, merci de nous envoyer un courriel indiquant votre absence et nous allons en prendre note sur l'ordre du jour. Merci. Cordialement, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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ICANN begins implementing Africa strategy
by At-Large Staff March 9, 2013

March 9, 2013

From: Pierre Dandjinou <pdandjinou(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: AfrICANN list <africann(a)afrinic.net> Date: Saturday, 9 March 2013 06:50 To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net>, Webmaster <webmaster(a)famntic.org> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN begins implementing Africa strategy Dear All, The Africa MIGworks event has closed yesterday with a series of land breaking decisions and actionable recommendations I will report on. Meanwhile, here is the first just published story about this event http://www.itworld.com/internet/347545/icann-begins-implementing-africa-stra tegy Pierre ICANN begins implementing Africa strategy http://www.itworld.com/internet/347545/icann-begins-implementing-africa-stra tegy Training, policy engagement, partnerships, incubation and entrepreneurshipare key areas for Africa March 08, 2013, 12:36 PM ‹ ICANN's CEO and President Fadi Chehadé was atthegroup's Multistakeholder Internet Governance meeting in Africa this weekwith the message that it is a new season at ICANN and Africa has a big roleto play. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has identifiedtraining, policy engagement, partnerships, incubation and entrepreneurship as the key areas in implementing its Africa strategy. That strategy was unveiled last August and was meant to find ways to improve Africa's participation within the Internet's governing body. "In order to make this reality, ICANN has to change; it has been America-centric, because the Internet has its history in the USA, but now,all of us own the Internet and have a role to play in Internet growth,"saidChehadé. Chehadé announced that ICANN global operations will be offered from threehubs, Los Angeles, Istanbul and Singapore, to cover the major time zones.The Istanbul office will have an IANA (Internet Assigned NumbersAuthority) liaison, who will be African and will understand African issues. ManyAfrican countries are still struggling with management of country code TopLevel Domains (ccTLDs). "We need more money and resources in Africa; we will partner with existingorganizations," Chehadé said. Those include the Africa TelecommunicationsUnion, the ITU, the Internet Society, AfriNIC and the African Union. TheICANN representative in the Indian Ocean will be stationed at AfriNICoffices in Mauritius, he added. ICANN has arranged to hold DNS Security Extension (DNSSEC) workshops inGhana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Tunisia, Egypt and SouthAfrica. One of the major challenges facing Africa is lack of development in the DNSbusiness, with many people in the region depending on internationalcompanies and services. Currently, Africa has five ICANN-accreditedregistrars. "ICANN is willing to work hard with partners in Africa to raise the numberof accredited registrars from the current five to 25 in the next 18 months.We will sit with the ICT industry and understand what we can do to make theRegistrar Accreditation Agreement more Africa-friendly. It may takepartnerships with banks and the insurance industry," Chehadé said. Working with local businesses to promote growth in the DNS industry willalso promote employment and business growth in the region, he said. -- Pierre Dandjinou Cotonou - 229 90 087784 / 66566610 Dakar 221 77 639 30 41 www.scg.bj <http://www.scg.bj/> skype : sagbo1953

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Material for review by the ALAC regarding objection statements to 4 new gTLD applications
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh March 9, 2013

March 9, 2013

Dear All, Here is a summary of the information available for review by the ALAC regarding the RALO advice on the objection statements on community grounds to 4 new gTLD applications. Many of this information were linked on the Friday March 8 2013 ALAC's call (https://community.icann.org/x/8JNwAg) but are repeated here for reference. All of the wiki pages with the objection statements against : - applicant "DotHealth, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/t4xwAg) - applicant "Goose Fest, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/v4xwAg) - applicant "dot Health Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/xYxwAg) - applicant "Afilias Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/y4xwAg) have been updated with - links to applicants' Public Interest Commitments (PICs) - correspondence received by the gTLD Review Group over the past 48 hours, including * letters from individual applicants, * letters of support for objections from organisations and emails from the WHO clarifying issues raised on the NARALO list. With many of the correspondence received (even today), directed at the objection statement against Stable Tone Limited" for the "健康" string, the wiki page at https://community.icann.org/x/0YxwAg was also updated, for reference, even though this is no longer under ALAC's consideration, as per RALO advice. Also, there was discussion by the RALOs on the applicants and the objection statements and can be reviewed on the RALO mailing list archives: NARALO: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/na-discuss/2013-March/thread.html APRALO: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/apac-discuss/2013/thread.html LACRALO: https://community.icann.org/x/Q5FwAg (wiki page) gTLD Review Group List archives : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/ (for reference, but again all correspondence regarding the applications and objection statements have been posted on the individual wiki pages) Also, the objection statements are on community objection grounds. The community objection grounds page at https://community.icann.org/x/QgkQAg lists the 4 tests as specified in the Applicant GuideBook that the objection statement must meet for the objection to prevail. Also for useful reading on community objection grounds: Circle ID article: "Thinking Carefully About New gTLD Objections: Community (3 of 4)" http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130219_thinking_carefully_about_new_gtld_ob… Independent Objector's (IO) comments on controversial applications: http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independen… The IO comments shows the reasoning behind his decisions as to whether to file objections on community or limited public interest concerns. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: At-Large Beijing Communications Department Questions
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013

Dear All, The At-Large Beijing Communications Department Questions Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/e4U3Ag> has been created. Please note that this workspace will be used to gather the At-Large's questions for the Communications Department during the Beijing Meeting. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 15 Mar at 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: At-Large Beijing Global Stakeholder Engagement Questions
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013

Dear All, The At-Large Beijing Global Stakeholder Engagement Questions Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/eYU3Ag> has been created. Please note that this workspace will be used to gather the At-Large's questions for the Global Partnerships Department during the Beijing Meeting. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 15 Mar at 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: At-Large Beijing ICANN Board Questions
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013

Dear All, The At-Large Beijing ICANN Board Questions Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/d4U3Ag> has been created. Please note that this workspace will be used to gather the At-Large's questions for the ICANN Board during the Beijing Meeting. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 15 Mar at 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: At-Large Beijing GAC Questions
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013

Dear All, The At-Large Beijing GAC Questions Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/doU3Ag> has been created. Please note that this workspace will be used to gather the At-Large's questions for the GAC during the Beijing Meeting. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 15 Mar at 23:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Summary of RALO advice to the ALAC regarding the 5 objection statements to new gTLD applications
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh March 7, 2013

March 7, 2013

Dear All, As per the process by which the ALAC can object to a new gTLD application, (see one page PDF at http://bit.ly/how-ALAC-files-objection-to-new-gTLD ), RALOs have submitted advice to the ALAC on the objection statements on community grounds to 5 new gTLD applications. These objection statements were prepared by the gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG) based on the outcomes of its review and discussion of comments received by February 8, 2013 (see http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large/2013q1/009493.html) The 5 applications and objection statements, including the comments received by the gTLD RG on the applications can be found on the workspace at https://community.icann.org/x/soxwAg with 5 separate wiki pages for each new gTLD application, the objection statement and the comments received by the gTLD RG. The RALO's advice to the ALAC were in the form of answers to the 5 questions listed at https://community.icann.org/x/t45wAg with the possible answers of either * Yes, support the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant, * No, NOT support the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant OR * Abstain Objection statements NOT supported by at least three RALOs will not be considered by the ALAC. For those objection statements that are supported by three or more RALOs, the ALAC will decide whether to file such objection statements to the Dispute Resolution Service Provider (DRSP) before the end of the objection period on March 13, 2013. Summary of RALO advice: 3 out of 5 RALOs supported the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant "DotHealth, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/t4xwAg) 3 out of 5 RALOs supported the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant "“Goose Fest, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/v4xwAg) 3 out of 5 RALOs supported the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant "dot Health Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/xYxwAg) 3 out of 5 RALOs supported the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant "Afilias Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string ( https://community.icann.org/x/y4xwAg ) 1 out of 5 RALOs supported the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC support the filing of the objection statement by the ALAC against applicant "Stable Tone Limited" for the ".健康" (jiankang) string Therefore, the ALAC will have to consider the filing of the objection statement against: - applicant "DotHealth, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/t4xwAg) - applicant "“Goose Fest, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/v4xwAg) - applicant "dot Health Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/xYxwAg) - applicant "Afilias Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string ( https://community.icann.org/x/y4xwAg) As the objection statement against the applicant "Stable Tone Limited" for the for the ".健康" (jiankang) string failed to get RALO support, this statement will not be considered by the ALAC. An ALAC meeting to consider the advice by the RALOs is scheduled for Friday March 8 2013 https://community.icann.org/x/8JNwAg Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair

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