Welcome onboard.
Kind regards,
Otunte Otueneh
From:
afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of ICANN
At-Large Staff
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 3:09 AM
To: president@aciedd.org; adam_ahmat08@yahoo.fr
Cc: Afri-Discuss; ALAC Internal List
Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to At-Large!
Dear
Abdelkerim and Adam,
ICANN's
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that ACIEDD 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.
It¹s 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 don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we¹ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click here if you don¹t have a Skype account. It¹s free and staff are available to help if you run into any
trouble.
Facebook: The At-Large
community has its own Facebook page . It¹s 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 Beginners¹ guide shortly, as it is in the process of being
updated. In the meantime, please refer to the recording of our Informal Welcome
Webinar for new ALSes which took place in July2015. Another series of
on boarding webinars will be scheduled shortly and notification will go out to
all new ALSes.
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