Welcome ISOC Ghana Chapter to At-Large.
Kind regards,
Otunte Otueneh
Nigeria
From:
afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of ICANN
At-Large Staff
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:31 PM
To: roger.baah@gmail.com; marcus.adomey@isoc.gh
Cc: Afri-Discuss; ALAC Internal List
Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
Dear Roger and Marcus,
ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
is pleased to inform you that Internet Society Ghana Chapter has been certified
as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your
group's interest in involving individual users in AFRALO and ICANN and looks
forward to working with you and your colleagues.
The ALAC is eager to promote a productive
working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and
ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be
greatly appreciated.
Itıs very important to keep the members of
your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information
on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest.
Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful:
The At-Large wiki space is where you can
find most of the relevant information:
The At-Large
introductory page help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is
where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google
calendar at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a
meeting!
From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki,
you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top
left hand corner of the page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the
latest At-Large Policy
Development Activity , find out more about the Regional
At-Large Organizations (RALOs), and about At-Large
Working Groups . For the most up to date information about
At-Large meetings during ICANN Public meetings, it is worth
bookmarking this wiki
page!
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
At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many
At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your
subscriptions at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo .
The primary and secondary points of contact you have identified in the
application form 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.
ALAC website. The ALAC website 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 At-Large
staff.
ICANN website: The ICANN website is where all announcements are posted, and
where you can find practical information about ICANN Public meetings .
Skype chat: At-Large community
members and staff use Skype group chats extensively. A group chat exists for
most Working Groups and RALOs. So please donıt hesitate to send At-Large Staff
your Skype ID and weıll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please
click here if you donıt
have a Skype account. Itıs free and staff are available to help if you run into
any trouble.
Facebook: The At-Large community
has its own Facebook
page . Itıs useful to keep up with announcements and helpful
information
Twitter: Members of At-Large
tweet extensively and are particularly active during ICANN Public meetings.
Follow At-Large on
Twitter !
We will forward the At-Large Beginners’
guide shortly, as it is in the process of being updated. In the meantime,
please refer to [any recent recording of a welcome event] . You may also like
to refer to (RALO Outreach Strategic Plan] for further engagement
opportunities.
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@atlarge.icann.org.
Sincerely,
The At-Large Advisory Committee