January 2012 - ALAC-Announce

VOTING ANNOUNCEMENT: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 14, 2012

Jan. 14, 2012

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held on the proposed "ALAC Statement on the Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31163628/ALAC+Statement+on…>" for communication to the relevant parties. ***** Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31163628/ALAC+Statement+on…>" for communication to the relevant parties? ***** Additional information on this Statement can be found on the At-Large Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/7ITbAQ>. Please note that the poll will be open from 14-Jan-2011 00:30 UTC to 20-Jan-2011 11:59 UTC. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC Statement on the "IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31165244/ALAC-response-to-V IP-Integrated-Report.pdf?version=1 <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31165244/ALAC-response-to- VIP-Integrated-Report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1326387657767> &modificationDate=1326387657767 in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. A copy of the proposed Statement can also be found on the At-Large IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/PIvbAQ. The Public Comment Announcement for this issue is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en. htm . Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by Friday, 20th January at 23:59 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Call for At-Large Project Submissions to include in ICANN's Fiscal Year 2013 Operational Plan and Budget
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 7, 2012

Jan. 7, 2012

Dear All, ICANN is developing an Operational Plan and Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 to accomplish the goals and priorities of ICANN's Strategic Plan for 2012-2015 (draft version at http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/draft-strategic-plan-2012-2015-clean- 03oct11-en.pdf ). In preparation for this, ICANN's Finance Team has asked the ALAC to submit project requests to be budgeted in ICANN's Draft Operational Plan and Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 by 20 January 2012, giving consideration to the number of requests and to the priority of the requests. In turn, ALAC's Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC; https://community.icann.org/x/n4XT ) has requested that RALOs submit their FY13 project requests for consideration by the committee by 10 January 2012. The Sub-committee would appreciate that each RALO indicate its top three projects, should more than three be submitted. As requested by ICANN's Finance Team, all FY13 project suggestions must use a template which can be found on the At-Large Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Development Workspace at https://community.icann.org/x/yofbAQ . The form asks RALOs to describe in detail the actual scope of the activity being proposed, how it relates to the current Strategic Plan, and how the funds are to be implemented. RALOs may wish to review last year's ALAC's FY12 Budget proposals at https://community.icann.org/x/IASB. ALAC's FBSC will be reviewing the RALO submissions in an attempt to prioritize requests for submission to ICANN Finance in time by 20 January 2012. It is important to note that ONLY projects showing positive impact to ICANN's Strategic Plan 2012-2015 or to ICANN Policy Development will likely be approved. Also, please note that all project submissions sent by the ALAC will be included in ICANN's 2013 Draft Operational Plan and Budget and published for public comment. FY13 Budget requests may be either posted directly on the At-Large Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Development Workspace or sent to At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Kind regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on ŒThick¹ Whois
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 6, 2012

Jan. 6, 2012

Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft "<https://community.icann.org/x/mAnPAQ>ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on ‘Thick’ Whois<https://community.icann.org/x/mAnPAQ>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. A copy of the proposed Statement can be found on the At-Large Preliminary Issue Report on "Thick" Whois Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/mAnPAQ Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by Friday, 23 December 2011, 11:59 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Fwd: [soac-discussion] New Years greetings
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Jan. 2, 2012

Jan. 2, 2012

Dear all, please find a message from ICANN Board Chair, Steve Crocker. -------- Message original -------- Sujet: [soac-discussion] New Years greetings Date : Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:12:45 -0500 De : Steve Crocker <steve(a)shinkuro.com> Pour : Icann-board ICANN <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Staff <icann-staff(a)icann.org>, soac-discussion(a)icann.org Copie à : Steve Crocker <steve(a)shinkuro.com> ICANN Board, ICANN staff and chairs of the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, [SO and AC chairs, please feel free to pass this along to your members.] I write to bring you a brief greeting going into 2012. I won't attempt to cover the full set of accomplishments for the past year nor the full set of challenges and goals for this new year, but I do want to note just a few. In terms of immediacy, the opening of the window for applications for new gTLDs is January 12, ten days from now. This is occupying a large fraction of our attention and is also the source of much attention from our stakeholders and others watching us. An enormous amount of work has gone into the program and I, among many, many others, are eager to see what will happen. The opening of the window on January 12 will be a noteworthy day, but the closing date, three months later and the publication date for the names a bit later will also be quite noteworthy. I know there is a bit of controversy over some specific aspects of the program, but I am confident the program is well constructed and will run smoothly. I expect by the time we meet in Prague in June we'll have much to discuss along this line, and I look forward to hearing an initial assessment at that time. June will also mark the transition period for our CEO. Rod Beckstrom has brought enormous energy to the position and has greatly increased the visibility of ICANN around the world. The search process for the next CEO is now in full swing. Applications have started coming in and I believe there will be an announcement in the Economist shortly. George Sadowsky is leading the Board committee steering the process, and I know first hand how hard he and the whole committee are working. Another major event on the horizon is the determination of the next IANA contract. Our proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce a few weeks ago, and I have every reason to believe it will be accepted. The IANA team, led by Elise Gerich, has done a first rate job providing the core service that was the raison d'être for the creation of ICANN. I expect the decision will be made sometime within the next two months, with perhaps a bit more time to iron out the details. These events -- gTLD launch, CEO transition, IANA contract -- will naturally attract a lot of attention both within our community and from the press and others, but they are obviously not the totality of our mission nor even the most important things for us to focus on. ICANN was created a little over thirteen years old. I believe we're well established and have demonstrated competence in our mission. However, like most teenagers, we still have some room to grow and become smoother. I'm sure each of you has his or her own list of improvements we should aim for. Here's my two in broad terms. *Effectiveness.* We often emphasize our commitment to a multi-stakeholder model. There's no question this is important. However, from my point of view, we are organized around broad participation from all parties because it's a system that has worked well in the Internet ecology. And "working well" means the job gets done. If we are not effective and reasonably efficient at doing the job we were created to do, the details of our processes will matter very little. We have many processes in place to measure ourselves in terms of transparency, accountability and other attributes of fairness. I applaud and support all of these, but I would like us all to keep in mind that in addition to these very important measures that we also focus on making sure that we deliver the service our community needs. *Cooperation and Rapport.* ICANN has some unique characteristics, but it is also just one among many organizations involved in supporting the development of the Internet and management of its critical resources. Despite the misconceptions sometimes appearing in the press, ICANN does not run the Internet, is not responsible for either the growth or the problems of the Internet, and has very little power over the very big challenges for the future. We have a vital and important role, but it's within a much larger ecology. I look forward to cementing and deepening the relations we have with the other organizations that created the Internet and hence created the environment that led to our creation, particularly the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), the TLD registries, the ISPs, the many and varied providers of content, and, perhaps the least easy to define, the innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs who continuously mine the rich set of possibilities made possible by the openness of both the Internet architecture and the lightweight governance structures that evolved. And as important as all of these non-governmental organizations are, it is equally vital that we continue to cement and deepen our relations with governments around the world and provide them with confidence that the service we are providing to the entire community is balanced, predictable, effective and consistent with broadly shared values. I have had the good fortune to be involved in the network community for more than forty years, and it continues to be a privilege to be allowed to serve. I look forward to a vigorous and successful 2012, and I particularly look forward to the pleasure of working with all of you. My very best wishes to each of you both personally and professionally. Steve Crocker Chair, ICANN Board of Directors

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