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New ALS Application received
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org April 8, 2016

April 8, 2016

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from ISOC Zimbabwe. It is based in Harare, Zimbabwe, 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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Welcome to At-Large!
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Dear Verengai and Nomsa, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (225) ISOC Zimbabwe 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 staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (http://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> - 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 <http://www.apralo.org/> European Region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org <http://www.lacralo.org/> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org/> We have included an Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the ALS Beginners Guide which explains how best to engage within At-Large. 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 staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee http://www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> staff(a)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):

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Africa Internet Summit '15 | Tunis, Tunisia | 24 May - 5th June, 2015
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

Africa Internet Summit '15 | Tunis, Tunisia | 24 May - 5th June, 2015 26 May 2015 ICANN is proud to be part of the third edition of the Africa Internet Summit 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia this year. We have a busy schedule and encourage anyone from the community to join us, and if you cannot make it to Tunis there will be remote participation available. You can find all the information needed here<https://internetsummitafrica.org/en/about/ais-15>. ICANN programme during the AIS 2015 ICANN Day - June 01, 2015 09:00 - 10:00 Presentation: Internet Ecosystem and ICANN and the multistakeholder model; Update on the Africa Strategy; Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN 10:00 - 10:45 Presentation: How to become an ICANN accredited registrar? Danielle Andela, Registrar Services Manager, ICANN (Remotely) 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 12:00 "New Internet and economic development" Tijani Benjema, AFRALO 12:00 - 12:20 Presentation: International Domain Names; Yaovi Atohoun, ICANN 12:20 - 12:40 Presentation: DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC); Fahd Batayneh, ICANN 12:40 - 13:00 Presentation: New gTLDs; Bob Ochieng, ICANN 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 The ICANN Africa IANA Transition Panel Introduction: Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN: 5 min African's participation in CCWG: Tijani Ben Jemaa (CCWG member): 5min African's participation in CCWG: Fiona Asonga (CCWG member): 5 min African's participation in CWG: Seun Ojedeji ( CWG member): 5min African's participation in ICG: Mohamed El Bashir (Vice Chair ICG): 5 min Brief update on the processes: Theresa Swinehart Senior advisor to the President, ICANN; 10 min Q&A: 20 min Closing remarks: 5 min ICANN Session on E-friction on June 04, 2015 08:30 to 10:00 * Presentation on BCG Report and e-friction:; David Dean, Boston Consultancy Group * QA *

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AFRALO comment on enhancing the ICANN Accountability
by Aziz Hilali May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

[French] Chers membres d’AFRALO, Lors de la réunion mensuelle d’AFRALO qui a eu lieu le Mercredi 13 Mai, il a été décidé qu’AFRALO fasse des contributions aux commentaires publics sur la Transition de la supervision de la fonction de nommage de l’IANA (2nd Draft Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions) et sur la redevabilité d’ICANN (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-20…) Je vous transmets ci-joint le projet de Déclaration commentant le rapport du CCWG accountability que Tijani BEN JEMAA a préparé à l’intention des membres d’AFRALO pour Commentaires. Ce Document devrait représenter la Déclaration commune d’AFRALO en réponse au commentaire public lancé par Groupe de travail intercommunautaire sur la redevabilité d’ICANN (CCWG) et qui sera clos à la date du 3 Juin 2015. Pour pouvoir compiler vos commentaires et vu l’approche du délai, je vous prie de nous transmettre vos commentaires avant le 2 Juin à 18:00 GMT. Cette déclaration sera mise à jour, en fonction de vos commentaires et sera envoyée le 3 Juin avant 23 :59 GMT. [English] Dear AFRALO members, During the AFRALO monthly meeting held Wednesday, May 13, it was decided that AFRALO contributes to public comments on the transition of the stewardship of IANA Naming Functions (2nd Draft Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions) and also on enhancing the ICANN Accountability (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-20…) I transmit you here attached for your comments the draft statement commenting on the report of the CCWG-Accountability that Tijani BEN JEMAA prepared. This Document would represent the opinion of AFRALO in response to public comments launched by the CCWG-Accountability on its report, which will be closed on the date of June 3, 2015. To include your comments in the final version on time, you are kindly requested to send them before June 2nd at 18:00 UTC. The statement will be updated, based on your comments and will be sent before June 3 at 23: 59 UTC. Best Regards============================ Aziz Hilali Chair of AFRALO (African At-Large Organization/ICANN) Vice President of ISOC Morocco (www.misoc.org) B.P. 68 04, Medinat Al Irfane, Av. Allal Al Fassi Rabat - Maroc Téléphone: + 212. 6 61 40 15 15 =============================

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: [fellowships-alumni] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Catching Up with Fellowship Alumni: Highlights from the Fellowship Survey Report
by Barrack Otieno May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mamadou LO <alfamamadou(a)hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 07:49:27 +0000 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: [fellowships-alumni] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Catching Up with Fellowship Alumni: Highlights from the Fellowship Survey Report To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net> From: Shakeel AhmadSent: Friday, May 29, 2015 07:15To: ICANN Fellowships AlumniSubject: [fellowships-alumni] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Catching Up with Fellowship Alumni: Highlights from the Fellowship Survey Report FYI - fellowship survey report From: communications(a)icann.org To: shakeelamd(a)hotmail.com Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 17:00:44 -0400 Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Catching Up with Fellowship Alumni: Highlights from the Fellowship Survey Report ICANN News Alert News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-05-28-en Catching Up with Fellowship Alumni: Highlights from the Fellowship Survey Report 28 May 2015 The ICANN Fellowship program, now hosted by the Development and Public Responsibility Department (DPRD), has grown tremendously since first being held at ICANN 29 in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2007. The over 600 alumni strong Fellowship program, provides an opportunity for eligible candidates from developing nations around the world to participate face to face with other members of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Community, through a "fast track" engagement experience, exposing Fellows to ICANN’s Community and processes. In the hopes of continually improving our work and responding to the needs of our expanding diverse community, a survey was circulated to all alumni capture key information on the Fellowship experience, including demographics, benefits of the program, effects on personal development, participation and barriers in the ICANN Community, areas for improvement, and the highlights of former Fellows. "The fellowship thrusts you headfirst into the ICANN community! It gives you invaluable exposure to the Internet industry and its key leaders, especially if you're from a developing country, where this otherwise would be impossible. It gives much-needed structure to ICANN meetings, especially for newcomers. It also allows face-to-face interaction with community leaders (all the way up to the CEO), which is invaluable for newcomers." - Chaitanya Ramachandran, fellow from India A total of 154 Fellowship alumni responded to the questionnaire, providing largely positive insightful feedback and constructive commentary on the program. The DPRD was pleased to find and report that Fellowship alumni are overall very happy with their Fellowship experiences, with most all respondents scoring the Fellowship program with an 8 or higher (on a scale of 1-10) in regards to their personal development, networking opportunities, and in providing insight at the ICANN Meeting they may have not received if they attended on their own. These aspects, as well as exposure to the Multistakeholder model, Internet governance developments, and assistance with the vision or development of national or local projects, were also identified as some of the most beneficial aspects of the program, influencing the career paths of participants. "I am highly enthusiastic to be a vocal advocate for the growth of the Internet in the Persian speaking countries. This fellowship and the meeting provided me with the necessary information and knowledge on the ICANN governance mechanism and its role in the Internet governance ecosystem. I hope to bring me experience to the Persian speaking community and help engage the latter with the different constituencies of ICANN." - Shabnam, fellow from Iran A key indicator that the program’s goal of capacity building is working would be that 88% of Fellowship alumni survey respondents currently participate in the ICANN community, demonstrating continuity and integration from the Fellowship program into the community through a variety of avenues including participation at ICANN Meetings and at other events in the Internet ecosystem, and by advocating for Internet issues in their home countries and regions. Alumni were also encouraged to share their thoughts on areas in which the Fellowship program could improve. The top two areas identified for improvement were accepting more Fellows into the program, and assisting newcomers through a mentorship program. "Creo que una barrera es el idioma, ICANN debe trabajar por hacer llegar a la comunidad toda la información en los diferentes idiomas y no solo en ingles." "I think a barrier is language, ICANN must work to give the community information in different languages, not just English." - Carlos Alberto Villaseñor Quesada, fellow from Costa Rica The DPRD is looking into the possibility of expanding the numbers of the Fellowship program, while recognizing the importance of the closely-knit nature of the program, facilitated by small groups. The DPRD is also excited to announce that the Fellowship Coaching program, which started at ICANN #48 in Buenos Aires 2013 in pilot form, has been institutionalized as an integral part the program, addressing the need identified by alumni for mentorship of new Fellows. "I now have been working as mentor to first time fellows, which is a great experience so far. Let me say this is the best fellowship program I have ever experienced, seen and heard of, for it is managed in a great way by Janice and team. She has been a great support, mentor and guide to all the fellows and always there to fight for them. :) The fellowship program will really need her to continue to flourish and produce next generation leader of the future Internet and to be able to ensure One World, One Internet." - Zakir Syed, fellow from Pakistan Lastly, alumni were asked to share highlights from their Fellowship experience. The top three thematic highlights included: the Fellowship community and network; meeting with senior leaders and experts; and the knowledge acquired on ICANN and the Internet ecosystem. We look forward to continuing to improve the Fellowship program, and empowering new members to our community in their participation at ICANN and in the Internet ecosystem. "I remember a lady came forth to me once at the first ICANN meeting I attended and said that she was impressed with my work and thought that I will one day be a change maker in the Internet community. Who knows? I may prove her right one day." - Walid Al-Saqaf, fellow from Yemen The full Fellowship Report, including next steps is available here. This message was sent to shakeelamd(a)hotmail.com from: ICANN News Alert | communications(a)icann.org | ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email Marketing by Manage Your Subscription _______________________________________________ Fellowships-alumni mailing list Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/fellowships-alumni -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] AFRI-Discuss Digest, Vol 103, Issue 48
by CAFEC May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

+1 welcom to growth our ALs families Baudouin COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC ICANN/AFRALO Member ISOC Member courriel:cafec3m@yahoo.fr téléphone: +243 998983491/+243813684512 Le Mardi 26 mai 2015 9h19, "afri-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <afri-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> a écrit : Send AFRI-Discuss mailing list submissions to afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to afri-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org You can reach the person managing the list at afri-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AFRI-Discuss digest..." 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#… - - - - - Today's Topics: 1. Re: Welcome to At-Large! (CAPDA CAPDA) 2. Re: Welcome to At-Large! (Dave Kissoondoyal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 07:42:56 +0200 From: CAPDA CAPDA <capdasiege(a)gmail.com> To: Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji(a)gmail.com> Cc: Afri-Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to At-Large! Message-ID: <CAPm5NK6sBw+M8qMkOJVpWiTgnmd2wXXzCYT1X6n5BKg1wmTzUA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Welcome for the two new members and congratulations. Best, 2015-05-26 7:37 GMT+02:00 Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji(a)gmail.com>: > Great! congratulation to the 2 new members...welcome on board > > Cheers! > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 4:20 PM, staff(a)atlarge.icann.org < > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > >> Dear Dr Hassan and Emmanuel, >> >> ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that >> (223) High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths 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@atlarge.icann.org <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 >> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. >> >> - ALAC website. The ALAC website (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>> >> >> - 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 Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and >> At-Large communication tools. We have also included the ALS Beginners Guide >> which explains how best to engage within At-Large. >> >> 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 >> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> The At-Large Advisory Committee >> >> http://www.atlarge.icann.org >> staff(a)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): >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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#… >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: > http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt > email: <http://goog_1872880453>seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng > <seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng>* > > The key to understanding is humility - my view ! > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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#… > -- *Michel TCHONANG LINZECoordinateur G?n?ralCoordonnateur R?gional Afrique Centrale R?seau Panafricain Soci?t? Civile (ACSIS)?V?NEMENTS SUR LES TIC : - Forum SMSI du 25-29 Mai 2015, Gen?ve Suisse- SYMPOSIUM TIC AFRIQUE du 14 au 17 Juillet 2015 ? Yaound? - Cameroun- FGI (Forum de la Gouvernance Internet) du 10 au 13 Novembre 2015 ? Jo?o Pessoa, Br?sil CAPDA (Consortium d'Appui aux Actions pour la Promotion et le D?veloppement de l'Afrique)BP : 15 151 DOUALA - CAMEROUN T?l. : (237) 67775-39-63 / 24212-9493 Email : capdasiege(a)gmail.com <capdasiege(a)gmail.com> *

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Welcome to At-Large!
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

Dear Dr Hassan and Emmanuel, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (223) High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths 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@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 staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (http://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> - 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 <http://www.apralo.org/> European Region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org <http://www.lacralo.org/> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org/> We have included an Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the ALS Beginners Guide which explains how best to engage within At-Large. 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 staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee http://www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> staff(a)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):

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AFRALO comments on the Transition of the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions
by Aziz Hilali May 23, 2015

May 23, 2015

[English] Dear AFRALO members, During the AFRALO monthly meeting held Wednesday, May 13, it was decided that AFRALO contributes to public comments on the Transition of the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-0…) I transmit you here attached for your comments the draft statement that Seun Ojedeji prepared. This Document would represent the opinion of AFRALO in response to public comments launched by the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG), which will be closed on May 20, 2015. To include your comments in the final version on time, you are kindly requested to send them before May 17 at 18:00 UTC. The statement will be updated, based on your comments and will be sent before May 20 at 23:59 UTC. [French] Chers membres d’AFRALO, Lors de la réunion mensuelle d’AFRALO qui a eu lieu le Mercredi 13 Mai, il a été décidé que AFRALO fasse une contribution aux commentaires publics sur la Transition de la supervision de la fonction IANA (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-0…) Je vous transmets ci-joint le projet de Déclaration que Seun Ojedeji a préparé à l’intention des membres d’AFRALO pour Commentaires. Ce Document devrait représenter la Déclaration commune d’AFRALO en réponse au commentaire public lancé par Groupe de travail inter-communautaire de la transition du rôle de supervision des fonctions IANA sur les fonctions de nommage (CWG) et qui sera clos à la date du 20 Mai 2015. Pour pouvoir compiler vos commentaires et vu l’approche du délai, je vous prie de nous transmettre vos commentaires avant le 17 Mai à 18:00 GMT. Cette déclaration sera mise à jour en fonction de vos commentaires et sera envoyée le 20 Mai avant 23:59 GMT. Best RegardsCordialement Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair

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Translation of CWG IANA 2nd Draft Proposal, Input Template & Public Comment Extension
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 22, 2015

May 22, 2015

Dear All, Kindly note that the CWG IANA 2nd Draft Proposal and its input template have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The translated documents are currently posted in the At-Large Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/XConAw Please also note the following Extension Notice for submitting comments: EN: Due to the late availability of the translated versions of the proposal, those who are reliant on these translated versions to provide input will have the ability to submit their comments until 26 May at 23:59 UTC. For these submissions, CWG-Stewardship requires a covering note explaining that the comments were dependent on the translated versions. For any other submissions the existing deadline of 20 May at 23:59 UTC applies. For any questions, please email grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org<mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org>. AR: [cid:549ABEED-76EF-4815-9496-CE1CAB2F1396] ES: Debido a la demora en la disponibilidad de las traducciones de la propuesta, quienes necesiten recurrir a las traducciones para presentar sus comentarios tienen tiempo hasta el 26 de mayo a las 23:59 UTC. En estos casos, el CWG sobre la Transición requiere la presentación de una nota aclaratoria, en la cual se explique que fue necesario recurrir a las traducciones para presentar los comentarios correspondientes. El plazo de presentación de todos los demás comentarios continua siendo el 20 de mayo a las 23:59 UTC. Ante cualquier consulta, se solicita enviar un correo electrónico a grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org<mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org>. FR: En raison de la mise à disposition tardive des versions traduites de la proposition, le délai pour la présentation de commentaires pour ceux qui dépendent de ces versions traduites est prolongé jusqu'au 26 mai à 23h59 UTC. Le CWG-Transition demande à ce que ces contributions soient accompagnées d'une note explicative précisant que les commentaires dépendaient de la disponibilité des versions traduites de la proposition. Pour toutes les autres contributions, l'échéance du 20 mai à 23h59 UTC reste toujours valable. Pour toute question, merci d'envoyer un mél à grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org<mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org>. RU: Из-за позднего завершения перевода предложений, сторонам, нуждающимся для составления отзывов в переводе, предоставляется возможность направить из до 23:59 26 мая (время универсальное координированное). В этих случаях группе CWG-Координирующая роль будет необходимо направить объяснительную записку и в ней указать, что для составления комментариев был необходим перевод. Во всех остальных случаях срок подачи комментариев сохраняется -- 23:59 20 мая (время универсальное координированное). С вопросами просим обращаться по адресу grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org ZH: 鉴于本提案的译文版本发布较晚，则需要阅读译文才可提交意见的社群的评论截止时间为世界协调时 5 月 26 日 23:59 时。“CWG——管理权”要求提交这类评论的社群需要附上一份解释文件，表明本评论根据译文版而提出。其他评论的提交截止时间仍旧为世界协调时 5 月 20 日 23:59 时。如有其他疑问，请发送电子邮件至：grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org<mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org>。 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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New ALS Application received
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org May 21, 2015

May 21, 2015

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from ISOC Uganda. It is based in Kampala, Uganda, 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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