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AFRALO élections pour pourvoir les deux postes suivants pour la période 2014-2016 -période de nomination
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 21, 2014

July 21, 2014

Chers Membres d'AFRALO, Au nom des dirigeants d'AFRALO, nous avons le plaisir de vous informer que nous allons procéder aux élections pour pourvoir les deux postes suivants pour la période 2014-2016 : * Représentant d'AFRALO à ALAC (pour une durée de 2 ans) * Secrétaire d'AFRALO (pour une durée de 2 ans) La période de nomination commencera le lundi 21 Juillet et finira le Dimanche 03 août 2014. Le 8 Août est la date limite pour l'acceptation des nominations par les nominés. S'il y'a plus d'un candidat à un poste, des élections seront organisées du 18 août à 24 août 2014. Tout membre d'AFRALO peut nominer un autre membre ou se nominer lui même. Les nouveaux sélectionnés pour les postes susmentionnés prendront leurs fonctions à la clôture la 51ème réunion de Los Angles prévue du 12 au 17 Octobre 2014. Nous vous prions d'envoyer vos nominations sur le mailing list avec copie au président d'AFRALO et au staff. Les nominations seront publiées sur la page wiki suivante: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/AFRALO+Regional+Elections+2014 Merci beaucoup 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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REview of the AFRALO Operating Principles
by Tijani BEN JEMAA July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014

Français ci-dessous ------------------------ Dear all, During the AFRALO General Assembly in London, I raised the issue of the AFRALO Operating Principles review, and gave some points that need reflection: · Individual membership · Vote weighting · Metrics of performance · Decertification Im attaching the current operating principles (French and English). Please take a look and think about the mentioned points so that we can discuss them later since we didnt find time in London. ------------------------ Chers tous, Lors de lassemblée générale tenue à Londres, jai soulevé le point de la revue de nos principes de fonctionnement, et jai proposé quelques aspects de la revue pour réflexion : · Affiliations individuelles · Vote pondéré · Critères de performance · Dé-certification Jai joins les Principes de fonctionnement actuellement en vigueur (Français et Arabe). Je vous prie de bien vouloir réfléchir aux points mentionnées pour quon puisse les discuter ultérieurement vu que nous navions pas eu le temps à Londres. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Tijani BEN JEMAA Directeur Exécutif Fédération Méditerranéenne des Associations d'Internet (FMAI) Tél : + 216 41 649 605 Mobile: + 216 98 330 114 Fax: + 216 70 853 376 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- --- Ce courrier électronique ne contient aucun virus ou logiciel malveillant parce que la protection avast! Antivirus est active. http://www.avast.com

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FW: ICANN News Alert -- IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates
by Fahd Batayneh July 16, 2014

July 16, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, For those interested in IANA Functions Stewardship Transition, July 17—18 marks the kick-off of the first F2F meeting for the coordination group. They will be meeting in London during 8.00 – 17.00 UTC. Remote participation in 7 languages is available, and there is an online discussion forum and a dedicated mailing list as the below announcement states. Happy to address any questions you may have. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 9:17 PM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-16-en _____ IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates 16 July 2014 On 14 March 2014, the NTIA announced <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition…> its intention to transition its stewardship role of IANA functions, and called upon ICANN to launch and facilitate a process with the community to derive a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community, meeting the criteria set out by the NTIA. Following community dialogue, the process <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en> for developing a proposal for this transition was posted on 6 June 2014. As a part of this process, a Coordination Group will be responsible for preparing a transitional proposal respective of the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions. See here for a full list of the Coordination Group Representatives <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/coordination-group-2014-06-17-en> . The first face-to-face meeting of the Coordination Group will take place in London from 08:00-17:00 UTC on 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel <http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hilton-london-metropole-LON…> . The global multistakeholder community will be able to follow the Coordination Group's first meeting through the Virtual Meeting Room <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/coordinationgroup/> and through audio translations into these languages: * English <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-en.m3u> * French <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-fr.m3u> * Spanish <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-es.m3u> * Chinese <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-zh.m3u> * Russian <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ru.m3u> * Arabic <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ar.m3u> * Portuguese <http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-pt.m3u> In addition, the community is encouraged to join the conversation through use of the online discussion forum <http://discuss-stewardship.icann.org/> or ICANN's dedicated IANA Transition mailing list <https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ianatransition> to discuss the transition process. For more information about the Coordination Group and the IANA Function's Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition microsite <https://www.icann.org/stewardship> . http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=942025&act=MI8Z&r=25971199&c=…

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FW: Applications Open for ISOC Fellowship to IETF 91 (Honolulu)
by Fahd Batayneh July 15, 2014

July 15, 2014

Friends and Colleagues, For those interested in the work of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) or knows somebody who might be, ISOC have a fellowship program to fund some folks to attend the meeting. The next meeting will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii during November 9-14. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 8:57 PM Subject: ** Applications Open for ISOC Fellowship to IETF 91 (Honolulu) ** Dear Colleagues, The Internet Society has announced that it is inviting applications for its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF. The Fellowship programme allows engineers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting. As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture. Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for the IETF 91 in Honolulu, Hawaii: * IETF 91, November 09-14, 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Information and links to apply can be found at: <http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf> http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf Fellowship applications will close on 31 July, 2014. I encourage you apply or pass this information about this program to individuals involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet protocol development activities of the IETF. The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, Google, Microsoft, and Verisign. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Niel Harper <harper(a)isoc.org>. Regards, ----------------------------- Niel Harper Senior Manager, Next Generation Leaders Programmes Internet Society 1775 Wiehle Avenue Reston, VA Email: harper(a)isoc.org Skype: OlokunBB http://www.linkedin.com/in/nielharper

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REMINDER: Call for membership of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee - deadline tomorrow, 28 May!
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 6, 2014

July 6, 2014

Dear All, This is a friendly reminder to please indicate your interest in joining the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee. This Sub-Committee will be responsible for the selection of two ALAC representatives for the ICANN-wide IANA Stewardship Transition Steering Committee. Please either indicate your interest by commenting on the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee Workspace which is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Sub-Committee+on+the+S… or by writing At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by 23.59 UTC tomorrow, Wednesday, 28 May 2014. 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> From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:23 PM To: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) ICANN At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org) Subject: Call for membership of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has requested a call for membership of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee. This Sub-Committee will be responsible for the selection of two ALAC representatives for the ICANN-wide IANA Stewardship Transition Steering Committee. Please note that members of this sub-committee will NOT be able to apply for a position to be in the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee. Interested members from the At-Large community are welcome to join. Please either indicate your interest by commenting on the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee Workspace which is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Sub-Committee+on+the+S… or by writing At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by 23.59 UTC on Wednesday, 28 May 2014. 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>

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] New ALS Application received
by Nathalie Peregrine July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014

Dear Beran and Tijani, Thank you for your emails. As part of procedure, staff forwards the application, as received, before starting due diligence. I will refer back to the applicant shortly asking him to complete the application and to reply to other questions which may arise during due diligence. Thank you ever so much for raising this, it is very appreciated. Kindest regards Nathalie -----Original Message----- From: Tijani BEN JEMAA [mailto:tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 2:22 PM To: 'ALAC Internal List'; ICANN At-Large Staff Cc: 'Afri-Discuss' Subject: RE: [ALAC-Internal] [AFRI-Discuss] New ALS Application received Beran, Thank you very much for your followup. Can you please give Nathalie (staff) the missing information so that she can revert to the applicant (who was with us in London) and ask him to complete his application? Thanks again Beran ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Tijani BEN JEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) Phone: + 216 41 649 605 Mobile: + 216 98 330 114 Fax: + 216 70 853 376 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -----Message d'origine----- De : alac-internal-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-internal-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Beran Gillen - Yahoo Envoyé : vendredi 4 juillet 2014 12:46 À : ICANN At-Large Staff Cc : Afri-Discuss (afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org) ALAC Internal List Objet : Re: [ALAC-Internal] [AFRI-Discuss] New ALS Application received Dear all The application is missing some key information that was either not answered or perhaps an oversight. Could they resubmit some of this information? Beran There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change... Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Jun 2014, at 04:12, ICANN At-Large Staff > <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Our Rights. It is based in Abuja, Nigeria and would be a member of AFRALO if accepted. > > Please find the application form attached > > Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. > > -- -- > 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 > Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge > Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge > > > > <Our Rights App. Form.pdf> > _______________________________________________ > 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#a nexo1 _______________________________________________ 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+(ALA C) At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org --- Ce courrier électronique ne contient aucun virus ou logiciel malveillant parce que la protection avast! Antivirus est active. http://www.avast.com

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New ALS Application received
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014

Dear All, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Our Rights. It is based in Abuja, Nigeria and would be a member of AFRALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. -- -- 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 Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge

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URGENT // CALL FOR CANDIDATES: NTIA IANA Functions¹ Stewardship Transition Coordination Group
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community for the NTIA IANA Functions’ Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (“Coordination Group”). On 6 June 2014, ICANN published a Process to Develop the Proposal and Next Steps<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en> that is the culmination of a series of community discussions and input into the process to develop a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community. The process invited 13 communities to launch their internal processes to select their representative members in the Coordination Group. The upcoming Coordination Group gathering is scheduled for 17-18 July 2014 in London at the Hilton Metropole Hotel to finalize its modes of operation and working methods. To ensure transparency, the meeting will be accessible to all global stakeholders. Details of the meeting will be shared in the near future. The At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the IANA Stewardship Steering Committee (“Selection Committee”) is responsible for selecting two (2) candidates from the At-Large community to participate in the Coordination Group. Interested members from the At-Large community should send their Statement of Interest (SOI) to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org by Tuesday 08 July 2014 23:59 UTC. In their SOI, candidates should respond to the following: * A resume (maximum three pages) * A letter of motivation * A Declaration of Interests * Responses to 3 questions posed by the Sub-Committee as follows: (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end user interests on the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group? (b) Are you ready to act as a liaison from the ALAC to the Coordination Committee and act according to the directions set by the ALAC? (c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third party The candidate SOI will be published in the wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg> of Selection Committee; they will be protected by a password and accessible only by Selection Committee members. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> 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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Mapping multistakeholder participation in internet governance in africa
by Towela Jere July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

<apologies for cross-posting and if you receive multiple copies of this message> Research ICT Africa<http://www.researchictafrica.net/home.php> (RIA) and the NEPAD Agency (e-Africa Programme)<http://www.nepad.org/regionalintegrationandinfrastructure/infrastructure/ict> would like to remind you that we are conducting a study on mapping multistakeholder participation in internet governance in Africa<http://www.researchictafrica.net/mapping_multistakeholderism.php>. As part of the study, an online survey has been prepared to explore in detail national, regional and continental structures and processes for ICT policy and internet governance. You are invited to contribute to this study by filling out the questionnaire available at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G22QF7C. Please note that answers to the questions will be kept confidential and no personal information will be publicly released. Only aggregated data will be released and made publicly available. Further information can be obtained from: Enrico Calandro Research ICT Africa Email: ecalandro(a)researchICTafrica.net<mailto:ecalandro@researchICTafrica.net> Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD NEPAD e-Africa Programme Email: towelan(a)nepad.org<mailto:towelan@nepad.org> If you have already completed the questionnaire we thank you for doing so and you do not need to fill it in again. We thank you for your collaboration. Kind regards.

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Remote Hubs for 9th IGF
by Towela Jere July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

Dear all, This is an invitation for anyone interested in hosting a remote hub for the 9th IGF to please get in touch with me off-list. Regards, Towela [Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD, Dip FM (ACCA), PMP] Skype: towela.jere Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. http://lnkd.in/sWtm8y

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