August 2009 - ALAC-Announce

Comments Requested on draft At-Large Review Implementation Plan Outline
by At-Large Staff Aug. 31, 2009

Aug. 31, 2009

The At-Large community is requested to review the At-Large Review Implementation Outline. Comments are being taken until 30th September 2009 at https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_review_implementation_out…. At the public board meeting on 26th June 2009 (see http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm (english only)), the Board of ICANN approved all but one recommendation of the At-Large Review Working Group in its Final Report of 6th June 2009 (see http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/final-report-alac-review-28jan09-en.pdf) The ALAC requested that the Staff create a draft At-Large Review Implementation Plan Outline containing all the recommendations and sub-recommendations in the Final Report for the entire At-Large community to review and comment upon. The draft under consultation is that document. Once the consultation is over, the results are to be incorporated into a final Outline plan which the ALAC will vote upon; once ratified the plan will then be transmitted to the Board for review at the Seoul meeting. *Why Is This Important?* The recommendations in the At-Large Review Final Report will have important transformative impacts upon the At-Large community and its interactions with other parts of ICANN. This outline plan is At-Large’s chance to influence these transformations at a high level, and in particular to indicate what priority the various recommendations should have with respect to one another. -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC Meeting 04 August Meeting Action Items and Transcripts now posted online
by At-Large Staff Aug. 31, 2009

Aug. 31, 2009

Dear All, The English, French and Spanish versions of the audio recordings and transcripts from the ALAC meeting from August 4th have now been posted under. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?04_august_2009 Action items and a list with the adopted motions in English are also available under the same URL. French and Spanish versions will be posted shortly. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org ******************************** Action Items 04 August ALAC Meeting: Wendy will get in contact with LACRALO and ask them how many are subscribed to the Spanish language ICANN tweet. Staff will ensure that the selection criteria of the NomCom will be noted in the upcoming election call for NomCom appointees. Staff will ask for a French and a Spanish version of Alan¹s Draft ALAC Position Description and the cover letter to that document and open and 20 day public comment period on the document in those languages when the translations are in. Staff will shortly send out a Doodle with 2-3 proposed timeslots for a meeting with ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. Heidi from Staff will also announce it during the next RALO calls to ensure RALO participation. Staff will set up a 7-day online vote on the following resolutions, which were discussed today: Resolution on Procedure for At-Large Community Consultations on Draft Statements Resolution on Announcement of Public Consultations to Working Groups ALAC Resolution to Amend Minutes of 28th April 2009 Meeting Staff will start a 5-day public comment period followed by a 7-day online vote on the following two resolution, which were discussed during today¹s call: Resolution on Transmittal and Announcement of Adopted ALAC Statements and Advisories Resolution on Creating an At-Large Review WG Implementation Plan

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Welcome the new ALAC Members Appointed by the NomCom
by At-Large Staff Aug. 29, 2009

Aug. 29, 2009

Dear All: We have the pleasure to provide the following note of the Chair of the ALAC: ---- We have our new NomCom appointees from the Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin American & Caribbean regions see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm. A Huge Welcome aboard to all of you I look forward to working with all of you in the ALAC and I'm sure I speak for everyone else in the Regional, ALS, and wider At-Large when I say we look forward to incorporating your expertise, views and energy into our policy development work and discussions over the next 2 years. -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) Announcement text for ALAC NomCom appointments 2009-2011 is copied below... *<snip> ALAC* *James Seng* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory Committee member from Asia/Australia/Pacific. James will bring his significant expertise on IDN (internationalized domain names) to bear on At Large discussions, and can also share his experience of Internet issues in several Asian countries; including Malaysia, Singapore and China where he now resides. James is the CEO of Zodiac Holdings, a company focused on IDN gTLDs in Asia. James is also Chief Technology Officer of the Shanghai Synacast Media Tech. Co, a member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Advance Research and Education Network, and a committee member of the Internet and New Media Committee of Media Development Authority of Singapore. Previously, James has been a partner in Thymos Capital LLP 2007-2008, and worked as Assistant Director, Next Generation Network, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from 2003-2006. James is or has been involved in numerous Internet-related groups and committees including the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force, Internet Engineering Task Force, ICANN's IDN Registry Implementation Committee, Domain Name Technical Committeeof the Singapore Network Information Center, Asia Pacific Internet Association. He also served as Co-chair of the IDN Working Group, Internet Engineering Task Force, 1999-2003 and Chair of the iDNS Working Group, Asia Pacific Networking Group, 1998-2000. James' educational background includes a Bachelor of Information Technology, Software Engineering, Australian National University, 1996-1999 *Carlton Samuels* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory Committee member from Latin America / Caribbean. Carlton brings significant Caribbean experience and knowledge, and also an ability to facilitate consensus-building with the Latin American Internet community from his work as LACRALO secretariat. Carlton works as a consultant and an adjunct lecturer at the Information Science Faculty of Humanities & Education in the University of the West Indies at Mona Kingston, Jamaica. He is a Jamaican and US national. Previously, Carlton has worked as CIO & University Director of IT, University of the West Indies, Managing Director, Mona Informatix, as a registrar for the .jm ccTLD and VP, Network Systems, Neal & Massy Corporation as a senior executive with responsibility for regional network and telecommunications business segment for the largest Caribbean-based multinational. Carlton's current and previous volunteer positions include being a foundation member of and the current secretariat for the Latin America and Caribbean Regional At-Large Advisory Organization (LACRALO), member of the advisory boards of Microsoft Partners in Learning and the Project Advisory Board of the Caribbean Universities Project for Integrated Distance Education (CUPIDE). Carlton has also been a member of the CARICOM ICT Task Force, a regional ICT leadership position charged with developing a cohesive ICT policy framework for Caribbean governments. Carlton's educational background includes a degree in Natural Sciences from The University of the West Indies, a postgraduate degree in management information systems from George Mason University, US, and a postgraduate diploma in corporate strategy from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. *Dave Kissoondoyal* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory Committee member from Africa. Dave will be an invaluable asset to the ALAC given his experience in Internet governance and the Internet Society, whose Mauritius chapter he founded. Dave is Director of Information Technology at Teleforma (Mauritius), Ltd - A US Upstream Company. Previously, Dave was Group Technical Director and Chief Technology Officer for the Bowman Group of Companies. Dave is a member of the Public Interest Registry .ORG Advisory Council, a member of the African Stakeholders Network (ASN) of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force and has been an Ambassador of the Internet Society to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Dave's other volunteer work includes acting at different times as Secretary, Treasurer and President (CEO) of Save the Children Mauritius. He also founded the Internet Society of Mauritius and is its president. Dave's education background includes a qualification in electronics from the University of Mauritius, in information systems management from the Mauritius Institute of Management / University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and in electronics from the City and Guilds of London Institute. He speaks English, French and Hindi. <end snip> -- Regards, *ICANN At-Large Staff* Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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NOW OPEN : ALAC Vote on the Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013
by At-Large Staff Aug. 28, 2009

Aug. 28, 2009

Dear All, As resolved by the ALAC during its 25th August teleconference, an online ALAC vote has recently started on the Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013. The questions to be put will be the following: 1. Do you support the ratification of the Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013 for communication to the Board of ICANN? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain The ALAC Statement has been linked to the voting page, where you will also be able to track the votes live as they come in: https://www.bigpulse.com/p7031/ Please note that at the bottom of this page there is a link entitled ³See who voted², which allows you to see who has voted so far. A separate email with their voting credentials has been sent to the members of the ALAC recently. Please contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you did not receive your credentials so far. The vote will remain open until Wednesday, 2nd September at 23:59 UTC. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013
by At-Large Staff Aug. 28, 2009

Aug. 28, 2009

From: At-Large Staff To: secretary(a)icann.org Cc: Denise Michel; At-Large Announcements; ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: ALAC Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013 Dear Secretary of the ICANN Board of Directors, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013 on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The attached document was initially drafted by ALAC member Adam Peake with contents as requested by members of the ALAC and the Working Group on the Future Structure of ICANN, as a reply to the public consultation ³ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011 - 2013² to be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#meeting-dates. The initial draft was sent to the distribution list of the Working Group on the Future Structure of ICANN and can be found under the following URL: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/icann-future-wg_atlarge-lists.icann .org/2009-August/000059.html It was then subjected to an informal comments process within the ALAC and RALO leaders; the first revision is a consolidation of the various comments by the staff intended to reconcile all those comments received. At its 25th August, 2009 Meeting, the ALAC decided that the document, which missed the deadline for the public consultation on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013, shall be transmitted to the Board of ICANN as an ALAC Advisory with immediate effects. The document was submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors as an ALAC Advisory on 28th August. The document has not yet been ratified by the ALAC. The Chair of the ALAC requested the Staff to open a vote on the document immediately following its transmittal to the Board, said vote opening on 28th August and closing on 2nd September. As this is a formal Statement of an Advisory Committee to the Board, we provide it hereby to the Secretary of ICANN for distribution to the Board with our compliments. The ALAC welcomes any comments the Board may wish to make by reply. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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Board Approves Selection of a Voting Board Member by the At-Large Community
by At-Large Staff Aug. 27, 2009

Aug. 27, 2009

Dear Community: It is our pleasure to inform you that the Board has resolved unanimously as follows: ‘IT IS RESOLVED THAT the recommendation of the BRWG to add one voting director appointed from the At-Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors, and removing the present ALAC Liaison to the Board, is approved in principle for implementation. Staff is directed to identify all steps required to achieve the implementation of this principle, after issuing of the BRWG Final Report.’ Upon unanimous passage of the resolution, the Chair of the Board, Peter Dengate-Thrush, congratulated the whole Board, and requested the Staff to immediately inform the At-Large community. -- Regards, *ICANN At-Large Staff* Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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VOTE RESULT: ALAC Vote on ALS Applications August 2009
by At-Large Staff Aug. 25, 2009

Aug. 25, 2009

Dear all, With 14 out of 15 ALAC Members have voted in the recent vote on the current ALS applications, we can confirm that the result is quorate. ********************* 1. ALS Application Vote on Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) Should the regional advice from APRALO for applicant (129) Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) be rejected? The regional advice was to accept the application. As at Poll close: Monday 24 August 2009 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 14 · Electorate size: 15 · Percentage voted: 93.33 ACCEPT the regional advice and accredit this ALS: 14 (100.00%) Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Adam Peake, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Thu Hue Nguyen, Beau Brendler REJECT regional advice and do NOT accredit this ALS: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ********************* 2. ALS Application Vote on San Francisco Bay ISOC Should the regional advice from NARALO for applicant (128) San Francisco Bay ISOC be rejected? The regional advice was to accept the application As at Poll close: Monday 24 August 2009 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 14 · Electorate size: 15 · Percentage voted: 93.33 ACCEPT the regional advice and accredit this ALS 14: (100.00%) Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Adam Peake, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Thu Hue Nguyen, Beau Brendler REJECT regional advice and do NOT accredit this ALS: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ********************* 3. ALS Application Vote on Greater Toronto Area Linux Users Group (GTALug) Should the regional advice from NARALO for applicant (130) Greater Toronto Area Linux Users Group (GTALug) be rejected? The regional advice was to accept the application As at Poll close: Monday 24 August 2009 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 14 · Electorate size: 15 · Percentage voted: 93.33 ACCEPT the regional advice and accredit this ALS: 14 (100.00%) Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Adam Peake, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Thu Hue Nguyen, Beau Brendler REJECT regional advice and do NOT accredit this ALS: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ********************* You may verify the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=AqFSCXQN6WduNNqMKcLu When announcing the results of voting, we have been requested by the Chair to provide a listing of those who have not voted. Accordingly, we can confirm that the following ALAC member did not participate in the balloting: Carlos Aguirre -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC Member and Liaison Position Description Under Revision - Comments Requested
by At-Large Staff Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Dear Community: As discussed by the ALAC and regional leaders in Sydney, work is progressing on setting up policies to ensure active participation of ALAC members as well as greater clarity regarding the time and other obligations of members, as well as of liaisons from ALAC to other parts of ICANN. This effort is intended to help those who are interested in being candidates for these positions understand what is required, whether as elected members from RALOs or as appointees to the ALAC from the Nominating Committee; it also forms the foundation of how to evaluate the performance of those serving in these positions. There were two decisions that came out of the Sydney meeting: 1. At-Large needs a comprehensive Position Description for these positions before a policy on how to enforce it can be drawn up. 2. ALAC should continue work on this as a committee-of-the-whole (that is, the entire ALAC). At the request of the Chair, ICANN staff were asked to draft an initial Position Description ("PD"). It was reviewed at the ExCom meeting of 28 July 2009, (following some significant discussion on various lists). Three changes were made: 1. A change was made to ensure that the PD was aligned with the recommendations of the ALAC Review Report as accepted by the ICANN Board. 2. A section on recommendation to the Nominating Committee was removed. 3. Sections were numbered to make it easier to comment on particular parts. The revised PD can be found at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd. The PD has been open for ALAC comments for two weeks. Those made to date may be seen on the page above. We've been asked to ask the community for comments at this time. Please review this document and add comments at the bottom. This is easily done by clicking the 'Comment' button at the top of the page. To make sure that everyone is commenting on the same document, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE PD ITSELF, even if you have editing rights. If you agree with someone else's comments, do feel free to say so. If you disagree with any of the original text or someone else's comments, you are also invited to note your disagreement.. Please note that this document is the Draft Position Description, not the policy on how it will be enforced, as that is being drafted as a separate process. We will be providing a translation of the draft PD shortly. This will be announced as soon as it is available. -- Regards, *ICANN At-Large Staff* Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Solicitud de Comentarios sobre la Descripción de Puesto Preliminar de los Miembros y Responsables de Relaciones del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC)
by At-Large Staff Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Estimados, Tal como fuera conversado en Sídney por el Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) y los dirigentes regionales, la labor sobre una descripción de puesto detallada para los miembros y Responsables de Relaciones del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) está progresando. Esta iniciativa del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) está destinada a ayudar a garantizar tanto una participación activa de los miembros del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC), como una mayor claridad con respecto al tiempo y otras obligaciones de los miembros y Responsables de Relaciones del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC). Este esfuerzo también tiene la intención de ayudar a entender a aquellos que estén interesados en ser candidatos para cubrir estos cargos, qué es lo que eventualmente se esperará de ellos; también conformando la base de la forma de evaluar el desempeño de aquellos que ocupan estas posiciones. A partir de la reunión de Sídney surgieron dos decisiones: 1. Antes de poder establecer una política acerca de cómo hacer cumplir las responsabilidades inherentes a estos cargos, debe haber una Descripción de Puesto detallada para los mismos. 2. El Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) debe continuar su labor sobre este asunto como un comité-en-su-totalidad (es decir, con una participación total del Comité Asesor At-Large ―ALAC―). Por pedido del Presidente del Comité, se solicitó al personal de la Corporación para la Asignación de Números y Nombres en Internet (ICANN) un borrador de la Descripción de Puesto ("PD"). El borrador fue revisado en la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo (ExCom) del 28 de julio de 2009. Se hicieron tres cambios: 1. Se realizó un cambio para asegurar que la Descripción de Puesto (PD) estuviera alineada con las recomendaciones del Informe de Revisión del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC), tal como fuera aceptado por la Junta Directiva de la Corporación para la Asignación de Números y Nombres en Internet (ICANN). 2. Se eliminó una sección sobre recomendación al Comité de Nominaciones. 3. Las secciones fueron numeradas para facilitar la realización de comentarios sobre determinadas partes en particular. Puede acceder a la Descripción de Puesto mediante el siguiente enlace: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_es Se ha abierto un período de dos semanas para comentarios del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) sobre la Descripción de Puesto, y ahora se solicita la revisión y comentarios de la comunidad más amplia de At-Large. Por favor, revise este documento y agregue sus comentarios debajo. Puede presentar sus comentarios fácilmente presionando el botón “Comentario” ubicado en tanto en la parte superior como inferior de la página. Se aceptan comentarios hasta el día 4 de septiembre. -- Atentamente, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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Commentaires demandés quant à l¹Avant-projet de la description des postes pour les membres et liaisons ALAC
by At-Large Staff Aug. 24, 2009

Aug. 24, 2009

Chers membres, Tel que discuté à Sydney par les leaders régionaux et ceux de l¹ALAC, les travaux progressent quant à la description détaillée des postes pour les membres et liaisons ALAC. Cette initiative de l¹ALAC a pour but d¹assurer une participation active des membres ALAC et d¹offrir un meilleur aperçu des obligations des membres et liaisons ALAC. Cet effort a aussi pour but d¹aider ceux qui sont intéressés à présenter leur candidature en leur offrant une meilleure compréhension des obligations relatives à chaque poste; les descriptions servent également de référence afin d¹évaluer la performance de ceux occupant les postes. Deux décisions ont été prises à cet effet lors de la réunion de Sydney: 1. Une description compréhensive des postes est nécessaire avant de pouvoir établir une politique relative à ceux-ci. 2. L¹ALAC devrait continuer de travailler sur ce processus en tant que comité plénier (soit l¹ALAC au complet). À la demande de la chaire, le personnel ICANN a rédigé une description initiale des postes («DP») qui fut révisée à la réunion ExCom le 28 juillet 2009. Trois changements ont été apportés. 1. Un changement a été apporté afin de s¹assurer que la description des postes reflète les recommandations du Rapport de révision ALAC tel qu¹accepté par le conseil ICANN. 2. Une section portant sur les recommandations au comité de nomination a été enlevée. 3. Les sections ont été numérotées afin qu¹il soit plus facile de commenter certaines sections en particulier. La description révisée se retrouve au https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd_fr Le document DP est sujet aux commentaires des membres ALAC depuis les deux dernières semaines et on demande maintenant à la communauté At-Large d¹offrir ses commentaires. Veuillez réviser ce document et ajouter vos commentaires au bas. Vous n¹avez qu¹à cliquer sur le bouton «Commentaires» qui se trouve au haut de la page. Les commentaires sont acceptés jusqu¹au 4 septembre. -- Salutations, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org

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