August 2011 - ALAC-Announce

DOODLE / Community call on Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group approved
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 19, 2012

July 19, 2012

Dear All, Steve Sheng, ICANN Senior Technical Analyst within the Policy Department, will talk about the currently open public consultation on the Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group<http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#ird> in an At-Large community briefing call. In June 2009 the ICANN Board approved a resolution (2009.06.26.18: <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6>) requesting that the GNSO and the SSAC, in consultation with staff, convene an Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG) comprised of individuals with knowledge, expertise, and experience in these areas to study the feasibility and suitability of introducing display specifications to deal with the internationalization of registration data. The working group has produced an interim report that discusses several potential models for internationalizing domain registration data, and is seeking feedback from the community about the models and on other key questions via a public consultation that is open until 14 March 2011. During this call, participants will be able to engage in a discussion of the Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group with Steve and At-Large representatives on the IRD-WG. Please complete the attached Doodle poll to find a suitable time: http://doodle.com/bf8hdikwzvfhvdib Reminder: green = have time yellow = could make time if absolutely necessary red = do not have time If you require interpretation for this call, please note the language next to your name on the Doodle poll - example: "name" + (ES) or (FR).Interpretation will only be provided if there is sufficient demand. This Doodle poll will close on Friday 11 February at 2359 UTC the, date and time will be confirmed shortly thereafter. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Accountability & Transparency - "ATRT" Activities Webinar 31 August, 2011 14:00 -- 15:30 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

Dear All, Please find below an announcement of an upcoming Accountability and Transparency Activities Webinar scheduled to take place Wednesday, 31 August between 14:30-15:30 UTC. ** Are you wondering how ICANN is progressing on its commitments to improve transparency and accountability, and how ATRT improvements will help you? Do you have an opinion to share on the changes made to date by ICANN's Board of Directors, Governmental Advisory Committee, Nominating Committee, and Staff? If so, join the ATRT Activities Webinar on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 from <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Accountability+%26 +Transparency+%E2%80%93+%E2%80%9CATRT%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%93+Activities+Webinar& iso=20110831T07&p1=1240&ah=1&am=30> 14:00 -- 15:30 UTC. The webinar is open to all, and will be conducted in English. If participants find it useful, more sessions will be scheduled. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. No RSVPs are needed. Here's how to connect: * From the US dial Toll Free - 800-550-6865 and enter Participant Code 8752 * From other countries see a list of international numbers posted at <about:blank> http://www.adigo.com/icann/ * To join the Adobe Connect online "room" go to this URL: <about:blank> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atrtimplementation/ Participants will have opportunities to ask questions after each agenda item presentation. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect (in addition to joining the discussion queue on the conference bridge). The session will be recorded, and the slides and an MP3 will be publicly posted. The webinar agenda is included below. Staff will brief you on <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/atrt-project-list-workplans-22jun11- en.pdf> 27 ATRT implementation plans that involve a wide cross-section of ICANN's community, and will discuss key deliverables, schedules, opportunities for public input, and end-goals. ICANN's Board directed that implementation move forward on the Accountability and Transparency Review Team's broad-ranging recommendations. Much has been accomplished and much work lies ahead. This webinar will help you get-up-to-speed on all of these efforts, and will enable you to share your input on completed and planned improvements. For example: * To provide better access to, and insight into, Board decisions, ICANN provides a wealth of <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/> Board meeting information online, including briefing materials, expanded minutes, and rationale statements for Board resolutions, as well as conditions for <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/board-briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11 -en.htm> redaction of posted material. Are you finding these useful? * To help advance the effectiveness of the Governmental Advisory Committee and its interaction with the Board, ICANN increased funding to support government participation in the GAC and multilingual access, and the <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/board-gac-jwg-final-report-07jul11-e n.htm> Board-GAC Joint Working Group recently issued proposed improvements for public comment. Do you have additional suggestions? * To improve the processes ICANN uses to gain public input and develop policy, ICANN's Bylaws have been translated into multiple languages, and ICANN's <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/> Public Comment Webpage has been redesigned. Is the new structure easier to use and more effective? These are just some examples of ATRT-related activities. You can find more detailed information on ICANN's <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/overview-en.htm> Accountability & Transparency web page. Accountability & Transparency - "ATRT" Activities Webinar Agenda 1. Introduction and Overview - Denise Michel, Advisor to the President & CEO 2. Board Operations, Composition & Review of Decisions - Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel - Questions & Comments from participants 3. Governmental Advisory Committee Operations, Engagement, Interaction with Board - Jeannie Ellers, Executive Assistant - Questions & Comments from participants 4. Public input & Multi-lingual Access - Filiz Yilmaz, Senior Director, Participation & Engagement and Christina Rodriguez, Language Services Manager - Questions & Comments from participants 5. Misc., and Measuring Success & Upcoming Activities - Denise Michel 6. General Comments & Questions From Participants ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Proposed Statement on 2012-2015 Strategic Plan Framework
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 29, 2011

Aug. 29, 2011

Dear all, I have drafted a proposed statement based on the discussions that took place with Kurt Pritz during the ALAC Conference call of 23 August 2011. Please find the statement on: https://community.icann.org/x/cYB6AQ This aims to respond to Item 8 of the comment gathering process, "General Comments on Strategic Plan". The deadline for comments is today, 29 August 2011, but has been open for at-large since 23 August. No suggestions on a statement were received on-line to the statement was written entirely on the input from the ALAC and ALAC ExCom calls. At this stage, may I emphasize that this opportunity to comment is only one of *several* which will be afforded to the ALAC in the run-up to the Dakar meeting. Furthermore, we plan to arrange for a meeting with Kurt Pritz in Dakar, specifically to build on the issues we are addressing. It would be helpful to receive more comments from members in At-Large Structures in the run-up to the Dakar meeting, so as to be able to continue the fruitful discussion that has started and to devise a plan to make sure that our RALO and ALAC requests for funding that fall directly in-line with ICANN's activities stand a better chance of being granted in the future. If you feel like you need to make a last-minute comment prior to the statement being finalised and sent, please make it so on the wiki page referenced above, by Monday 29 August 2011, 20:00 UTC. Warm regards, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ALAC Chair

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ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the LACRALO Region
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 27, 2011

Aug. 27, 2011

Dear All, With 13 out of 14 ALAC Members having cast their vote for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the LACRALO Region, we can confirm that the vote is quorate. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes for the first round is: ********* Question: Question: Please place the candidates below in your order of preference, from highest to lowest, for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the LACRALO Region. With the possible answers being: * Jacqueline Morris: 38.46% * Carlos Vera: 35.90% * Cintra Sooknanan: 25.64% ********* There being no candidate with a clear majority, the weighting of the votes for second and third choice was taken into account following the "instant runoff voting". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting In the second instant runoff vote for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the LACRALO Region, the candidate receiving the largest number of votes is: ********* Question: Question: Please place the candidates below in your order of preference, from highest to lowest, for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the LACRALO Region. With the possible answers being: * Jacqueline Morris: 51.72% * Carlos Vera: 48.28% Jacqueline Morris will therefore be the name from the LACRALO Region sent to the NomCom Chair for consideration. Congratulations Jacqueline! ********* You may verify the results independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1922utdpLV779PLdSanY6CVW As the vote was anonymous, we cannot confirm who participated in the balloting and who did not. You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the APRALO Region
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 27, 2011

Aug. 27, 2011

Dear All, With 13 out of 14 ALAC Members having cast their vote for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the APRALO Region, we can confirm that the vote is quorate. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes is: ********* Question: Please place the candidates below in your order of preference, from highest to lowest, for the ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012 from the APRALO Region. With the possible answers being: * Siranush Vardanyan: 51.28% * VC Vivekanandan: 48.72% Siranush Vardanyan will therefore be the name from the APRALO Region sent to the NomCom Chair for consideration. Congratulations Siranush! ********* You may verify the results independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1922utdpLV779PLdSanY6CVW As the vote was anonymous, we cannot confirm who participated in the balloting and who did not. You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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At-Large Representative to the WHOIS Review Team
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 22, 2011

Aug. 22, 2011

Dear All, With 9 out of 14 ALAC Members having cast their vote for the At-Large Representative to the Whois Review Team, we can confirm that the vote is quorate. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes is Wilson Abigaba. ********* Question: Please place the candidates below in you order of preference, from highest to lowest, for the At-Large Representative to the WHOIS Review Team. With the possible answers being: * Wilson Abigaba: 26.66% * Seth Reiss: 21.48% * Eduardo Diaz: 18.52% * Cintra Sooknanan: 17.04% * Garth Bruen: 16.30% ********* You may verify the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1910vNFdk4XIKLzsWImzBEiI As the vote was anonymous, we cannot confirm who participated in the balloting and who did not. You can find the results of all closed ALAC votes under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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ICANN Academy Draft Proposal
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 22, 2011

Aug. 22, 2011

Dear All, The ICANN Academy Draft Proposal has been uploaded to the community wiki: <https://community.icann.org/x/XgBsAQ<https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/ICANN+Academy+Proposal>>. Please be advised that the ICANN Academy Draft Proposal will be discussed on tomorrow's ALAC Monthly Teleconference. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Congratulaions to NomCom Selectees to the ALAC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 12, 2011

Aug. 12, 2011

Dear Rinalia, Titi and Carlton, At-Large staff would like to congratulate you on being selected (or re-selected in Carlton's case) by the NomCom to represent your region on the ALAC. Rinanlia and Titi, as we have informed you in separate e-mail messages, you have been added to the relevant At-Large mailing lists and have been sent log-on information for the At-Large Confluence pages. At-Large staff warmly welcome you and look forward to working with you! Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Singapore Meeting with the Contractual Compliance Team follow-up
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 12, 2011

Aug. 12, 2011

Dear All, now following up on some Singapore meeting action items, I have been contacted by Maguy Serad, Senior Director of Contractual Compliance at ICANN. As you will remember, she just took her new post in Singapore and we ran her into our skillet, pretty close to the fire itself. To remind everyone, the discussion was part of our meeting with her on Tuesday 21st June 2011: https://community.icann.org/x/6IfT The transcript for the session is on: http://singapore41.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/transcript-alac-policy-… I am therefore asking Staff to create a new Wiki page regarding the Compliance Team, to start this process of suggesting and prioritizing "what is broken". Staff will soon advertise the Wiki page location and I ask everyone to either write to the ALAC working list to discuss "what is broken", or comment on the Wiki page. If you wish to comment without logging in, please be so kind to leave your name in the comment. Kind regards, Olivier On 21/06/2011 14:42, Maguy Serad wrote : Thank you and Follow-up Hello Olivier – thank you for the opportunity to meet with ALAC today; As requested at the meeting this morning, I would greatly appreciate a _prioritized list_ of “*What is broken?*” I say prioritized, as just from my brief exposure this morning, I could tell that the team has a lot to share and the last thing I want to do is to assume on importance of topic. How soon can I expect this list please? Thank you in advance I am truly looking forward to working with the team Maguy

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on IRTP Part B PDP
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 9, 2011

Aug. 9, 2011

Dear all, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the ALAC Chair, please find the draft "ALAC Statement on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration" at the following link: https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+IRTP+Pa…. At-Large members are asked to review this draft and, using the "Add Comment" function at the bottom of the same wiki page, to leave their comments. The deadline for comments from At-Large members is 12:00 UTC on Thursday, 11 August 2011. An ALAC ratification vote will begin shortly thereafter. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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