November 2014 - AFRI-Discuss

FOR INFORMATION: “ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values” - Council of Europe Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, please find attached a Council of Europe report entitled “ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values” authored by Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Thomas Schneider. This draft report was discussed during the ALAC and Regional Leaders Working Session on Sunday, 12 October. There will also be an open community discussion on A human rights perspective on ICANN’s policies and procedures on Wednesday, 15 October 2014,between 13.15-14.45,in the Encino Room in the ICANN 51 venue. Please find a flyer of this event attached with the details as this session is not on the public schedule. Given the interest in this report, there will be an At-Large Capacity Building Webinar on this topic scheduled for early November. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Welcome to At-Large!
by Nathalie Peregrine 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Dear Seun, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (203) Open Source Software Foundation for Africa been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. - ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/www.atlarge.icann.org> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: <http://www.afralo.org> www.afralo.org <http://www.afralo.org%3chttp:/www.afralo.org> <http://www.afralo.org> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: <http://www.apralo.org> www.apralo.org <http://www.apralo.org%3chttp:/www.apralo.org> <http://www.apralo.org> European Region: <http://www.euralo.org> www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org%3chttp:/www.euralo.org> <http://www.euralo.org> Latin America/Caribbean Region: <http://www.lacralo.org> www.lacralo.org <http://www.lacralo.org%3chttp:/www.lacralo.org> <http://www.lacralo.org> North American Region: <http://www.naralo.org> www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org%3chttp:/www.naralo.org> <http://www.naralo.org> We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/www.atlarge.icann.org> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullr ich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gru ber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Sta ff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> @ICANN_AtLarge

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to At-Large!
by Nkem Nweke 28 Nov '14

28 Nov '14

Congratulations ISOC Rwanda. Glad to have you on board Nkemdilim Nweke Executive Director, Operations. DigitalSENSE AFRICA MEDIA (DSA Media) *Media *Consultancy *ICT Analyst *Perception Management DigitalSENSE Business News; ITRealms Online, NaijaAgroNet Winner: First runner up, Highway Africa New Media Awards 2010 Organisers: Nigeria DigitalSENSE (NDS) Forum Series Block F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Opp. Akinkpelu Street, Oshodi-Lagos P.O. Box 2823 Oshodi Post Office, Oshodi-Lagos State, Nigeria www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng; www.digitalsenseafrica.blogspot.com 234-8034606066, 8099400183, 7026272656, 8023122558, 8033592762 ... Making sense of digital revolution. -------- Original message -------- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date:25/11/2014 16:49 (GMT+01:00) To: "Chris Mulola (chris.mulola(a)gmail.com)" <chris.mulola(a)gmail.com> Cc: "Afri-Discuss (afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org)" <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "'alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org'" <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to At-Large! Dear Chris, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (213) ISOC Rwanda been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo> The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> - ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/www.atlarge.icann.org>>) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: <http://www.afralo.org> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: <http://www.apralo.org> European Region: <http://www.euralo.org> Latin America/Caribbean Region: <http://www.lacralo.org> North American Region: <http://www.naralo.org> We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> _______________________________________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#…

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Deadline Approaching: Call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Interested members from the At-Large Community please submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. Kindly see details below: On 10 October 2014, ICANN published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en>, a document that describes the process to examine how ICANN's accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address the absence of its historical relationship with the US Government and to strengthen its overall accountability and governance processes. The process will be carried out by a Cross Community Working Group (CCWG). A Drafting Team which included two members of the ALAC was convened to propose a Charter for the CCWG. On 05 November 2014, the Charter<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en> was presented and is now undergoing ratification by ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC). The Charter allows the ALAC to name five people and our intent is to select one per ICANN region (based on citizenship as per ALAC membership). Under the assumption that the charter will be ratified by the majority of ICANN ACs and SOs, the selection of ALAC representatives is now beginning. Members must be familiar with, or be prepared to quickly learn about, current ICANN accountability measures and the earlier Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) efforts (see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-2014-05-06-en, Section "Inventory of ICANN's Accountability Efforts"). Members must also commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and long-term basis. This means attending conference calls which will likely last 60-90 minutes per week, ongoing mailing list interactions and the ability to travel to any potential face to face meeting, if the CCWG decides to do so. The total length of engagement is likely to be at least 6 months to a year or possibly more. The “At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability" (“Selection Committee”) is requesting that interested members from the At-Large Community submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. In their EoI, candidates should respond to the following: * A resume (maximum three pages) * A statement explaining why they are interested in serving in this capacity * A Declaration of Interests indicating any potential or actual conflicts * Respond to the following questions addressing your ability to carry out posed by the Selection Committee as follows: * (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end user interests on the ICANN Accountability CCWG? (b) Are you prepared to act as a representative of the ALAC act according to the directions set by the ALAC? (c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third party. (d) Describe how you meet or will meet the criteria regarding ICANNs current accountability mechanisms and review processes (e) Are you prepared to make the participation and time commitment specified above? The candidate EoI will be published in a secured section of the Selection Committee wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg>, which only Selection Committee members can access. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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NOW OPEN: Call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
by ICANN At-Large Staff 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. On 10 October 2014, ICANN published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en>, a document that describes the process to examine how ICANN's accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address the absence of its historical relationship with the US Government and to strengthen its overall accountability and governance processes. The process will be carried out by a Cross Community Working Group (CCWG). A Drafting Team which included two members of the ALAC was convened to propose a Charter for the CCWG. On 05 November 2014, the Charter<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en> was presented and is now undergoing ratification by ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC). The Charter allows the ALAC to name five people and our intent is to select one per ICANN region (based on citizenship as per ALAC membership). Under the assumption that the charter will be ratified by the majority of ICANN ACs and SOs, the selection of ALAC representatives is now beginning. Members must be familiar with, or be prepared to quickly learn about, current ICANN accountability measures and the earlier Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) efforts (see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-2014-05-06-en, Section "Inventory of ICANN's Accountability Efforts"). Members must also commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and long-term basis. This means attending conference calls which will likely last 60-90 minutes per week, ongoing mailing list interactions and the ability to travel to any potential face to face meeting, if the CCWG decides to do so. The total length of engagement is likely to be at least 6 months to a year or possibly more. The "At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability" ("Selection Committee") is requesting that interested members from the At-Large Community submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:59 UTC. In their EoI, candidates should respond to the following: * A resume (maximum three pages) * A statement explaining why they are interested in serving in this capacity * A Declaration of Interests indicating any potential or actual conflicts * Respond to the following questions addressing your ability to carry out posed by the Selection Committee as follows: * (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end user interests on the ICANN Accountability CCWG? (b) Are you prepared to act as a representative of the ALAC act according to the directions set by the ALAC? (c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third party. (d) Describe how you meet or will meet the criteria regarding ICANNs current accountability mechanisms and review processes (e) Are you prepared to make the participation and time commitment specified above? The candidate EoI will be published in a secured section of the Selection Committee wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg>, which only Selection Committee members can access. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)
by ICANN At-Large Staff 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg>. Please submit any comments on the At-Large ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg> using the comments function. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Meeting invitation / AFRALO December Teleconference / 10 December 2014 at 1830 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

** Version Française à la suite de la version Anglaise ** Dear All, The December AFRALO Monthly call has been postponed by one week and is scheduled on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 at 18:30 UTC. The draft agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/zjDxAg 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 , with if required, with your number, to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@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, Veuillez noter que la téléconférence mensuelle de l'AFRALO en décembre a été reportée d'une semaine et se tiendra le mercredi 10 décembre 2014 à 18h30 UTC. L'ordre du jour (en attente de mise a jour) et détails de l'appel sont disponible à: https://community.icann.org/x/zjDxAg 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 - ainsi que votre numéro à: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@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, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Call For Volunteers: Join A Generation Panel, Speak Up for Your Language
by ICANN At-Large Staff 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Dear All, Satish Babu, Co-Chair of the At-Large Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Policy Working Group, in collaboration with Sarmad Hussain, Senior Manager of the ICANN IDN Program, has requested a call for volunteers in the Generation Panel. Kindly see the details below. ** Speak up for your Language! Join a Panel Today In the past, labels in the Internet's Root Zone could only contain ASCII characters. The rules for creating new top-level domain labels were simple: labels must (i) only be composed of letters in the English alphabet, and (ii) consist of two to 63 characters. All of that is changing now. The future holds a multilingual Internet, where a user from anywhere across the world can navigate entirely in his or her native language. Be a part of this historic change! ICANN is calling for volunteers to serve on one of several panels that will define the rules for generating new top-level domain labels for the script or writing systems for their community. Join a Generation Panel today by emailing idntlds(a)icann.org. Make sure to tell us the language you speak and the script or writing system you want to get involved with. Please help inform and motivate others to join as well. The goal of these panels is to support the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) by determining what is a valid top-level domain label in each script or writing system. This involves answering three questions: (i) which subset of characters from the various scripts can be used to form a label*, (ii) which of these characters (if any) may be considered confusable or variants by end users, and (iii) what are additional constraints** on these labels? As there is a single Root Zone, all such label generation rules for all the scripts must be merged into a single reference, which is called the Label Generation Rule-set (LGR). The ICANN community has established a procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> to develop the LGR for the Root Zone. This procedure is divided into three steps: 1. The basis is a subset of Unicode code points which may be appropriate for the Root Zone and called the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR). 2. Communities representing various scripts (e.g., Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Chinese, Latin, Thai, etc.) are invited to organize into Generation Panels to start from the MSR and propose the label generation rules (which contains the three types of rules defined above) for their respective scripts. 3. The script-based proposals developed by the communities are reviewed by a panel of experts called the Integration Panel. Proposals that meet the criteria in the procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> are integrated into the LGR by the Integration Panel. The LGR is incrementally built upon until it contains all the necessary scripts. For Step 1, ICANN recently released the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1)<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en>, covering 22 scripts (Arabic, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu and Thai) and containing 32,790 code points short-listed from 97,973 allowable code points from Unicode version 6.3. Work on additional scripts will be completed soon. Step 2 is now underway; ICANN needs your help in developing proposals to extend the Root Zone LGR to cover each of these scripts. There is a role for everyone: general script community representation as well as volunteers with knowledge of scripts, linguistics, Unicode, IDNA/DNS or policy. Volunteering is easy; just send an email to idntlds(a)icann.org. Join a Generation Panel today. Help ICANN support top-level domain names in your language! Note: *Code points appropriate for labels must be letters and should be in widespread modern use. **For example, a label cannot be formed entirely by combining marks and must contain at least two letters Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Welcome to At-Large!
by Remmy Nweke 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Thanks Aziz, Seun and others We shall do our best. Remmy Sent from my Windows Phone ------------------------------ From: Aziz Hilali <hilaliaziz(a)yahoo.fr> Sent: 14/11/2014 17:24 To: Remmy Nweke <editor_ls(a)digitalsenseafrica.com.ng> Cc: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; Afri-Discuss (afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org) <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Subject: Re: [ALAC-Internal] Welcome to At-Large! Dear Remmy, Welcome to Digital SENSE Africa as a new ALS within AFRALO family and looks forward to working with you and your members. I hope also to see you join us at the monthly teleconferences that are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Best Regards Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair Le Vendredi 14 novembre 2014 14h56, ICANN At-Large Staff < staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> a écrit : Dear Remmy, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (211) DigitalSENSE Africa has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to <mailto: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo> The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to <mailto: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> - ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org< http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/www.atlarge.icann.org>>) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: <http://www.afralo.org> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: <http://www.apralo.org> European Region: <http://www.euralo.org> Latin America/Caribbean Region: <http://www.lacralo.org> North American Region: <http://www.naralo.org> We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large community and how to participate in its activities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee <http://www.atlarge.icann.org> <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,% 20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org > Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge< https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal ALAC Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL… At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org

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AFRALO Outreach Task Force draft Strategy document
by Aziz Hilali 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

Dear Colleagues, The Outreach Task Force for more African representation in ICANN leadership positions, established by AFRALO and chaired by Fatimata, has developed a draft strategy document. Please take a look on this project before December 9, 2014 date of our monthly meeting AFRALO to make a decision. Many thanks to the team of the Task Force and its chair Grande Soeur Fatimata Best regards Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair

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