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At-Large Nairobi Agenda / Thursday 11 March 2010
by At-Large Staff March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

Dear All, Please note the following At-Large events scheduled for Thursday 11 March 2010: 13:00 15:30: ALAC & Regional Leadership Wrap-up Meeting (Taifa, Lower Ground) Agenda details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8898 REMINDER: For those of you covering non-At-Large events tomorrow, all meeting attendees are asked to submit a short report of the meetings they covered and publish it on the At-Large wiki. Please post as follows: * Post them directly on the wiki report pages. You can find the daily report pages under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?nairobi_meeting To post your report, go to the daily report page for your meeting and log on with your username and password. Once you are logged in, click the ³edit² button and add your report to the space provided for your meeting. Please do not forget to add your name to the report. You can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you don¹t have a login and password. * Send the report to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Nairobi Meeting Invitation / Friday 12 March / 08h00 - 10h00 Nairobi time
by At-Large Staff March 9, 2010

March 9, 2010

Dear All, For those of you in Nairobi, please join us for a meeting to discuss the AoC Review Team endorsement Criteria on Friday 12 March 2010 from 08h00 to 10h00 Nairobi time. This meeting will be held in the VIP Room, First Floor of the KICC. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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At-Large Nairobi Agenda / Wednesday 10 March 2010
by At-Large Staff March 9, 2010

March 9, 2010

Dear All, Please note the following At-Large events scheduled for Wednesday 10 March 2010: 0830 10:00: At-Large Regional Secretariats (Batian, First Floor) Agenda details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8890 10:00 11:30: AFRALO Monthly Meeting (Taifa, Lower Ground) Agenda details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8892 12:30 14:00: ALAC & Board Meeting (Tsavo B, Ground Floor) 16:00 17:00: New gTLD Working Group Meeting (room 106, First Floor) 19:00 - 23:00 Gala Dinner at Restaurant Carnivore The dress code will be smart casual or national dress. Invitation cards will be issued to all delegates with their registration packages on arrival. Transport will be provided to all delegates from KICC to the gala dinner and back to their hotels. (additional information: http://nbo.icann.org/node/9206) REMINDER: For those of you covering non-At-Large events tomorrow, all meeting attendees are asked to submit a short report of the meetings they covered and publish it on the At-Large wiki. Please post as follows: * Post them directly on the wiki report pages. You can find the daily report pages under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?nairobi_meeting To post your report, go to the daily report page for your meeting and log on with your username and password. Once you are logged in, click the ³edit² button and add your report to the space provided for your meeting. Please do not forget to add your name to the report. You can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you don¹t have a login and password. * Send the report to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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At-Large Nairobi Agenda / Tuesday 09 March 2010
by At-Large Staff March 8, 2010

March 8, 2010

Dear All, Please note the following At-Large events scheduled for Tuesday, 09 March 2010: 0830 10:30: ALAC: Policy Issues Discussion Part 1 (Taifa, Lower Ground) Agenda details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8895 11:00 13:00: ALAC: Policy Issues Discussion Part II (Taifa, Lower Ground) Agenda details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8896 14:00 15:00: ALAC Improvements: Discussion with Interested Members of the SIC and BGC (Taifa, Lower Ground) Agenda Details: http://nbo.icann.org/node/8933 15:30 17:00: ABSdt Meeting (Room 106, Level 1) Agenda details: https://st.icann.org/absdt/index.cgi?09_march_2010 REMINDER: For those of you covering non-At-Large events tomorrow, all meeting attendees are asked to submit a short report of the meetings they covered and publish it on the At-Large wiki. Please post as follows: * Post them directly on the wiki report pages. You can find the daily report pages under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?nairobi_meeting To post your report, go to the daily report page for your meeting and log on with your username and password. Once you are logged in, click the ³edit² button and add your report to the space provided for your meeting. Please do not forget to add your name to the report. You can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you don¹t have a login and password. * Send the report to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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IMPORTANT Remote Participation UPDATE
by At-Large Staff March 6, 2010

March 6, 2010

Dear All, Please note the AMENDED Remote Participation for the following meetings Remote Participation will be BOTH Adobe Connect and Adigo Telephone Bridge: * Adigo Phone Brigde with the regular 1638# passcode > * http://www.atlarge.icann.org/teleconference-participation-en * Phone bridge is for SPEAKING & ASKING QUESTIONS > * Questions can be asked in English, French OR Spanish - LIVE interpretation > in the meeting room in Nairobi * Adobe Connect is to CHAT and VIEW PRESENTATIONS ONLY * Audio Streaming (listening) is available in EN, ES and FR please see URL¹s on the meeting pages (all links below) ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session Date: Sunday, 07 March 2010 - 08:30 - 17:30 local / 05:30 14:30 UTC Room: Taifa Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8894 ALAC: Policy Issues Discussion Part 1 Date: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 - 08:30 - 10:30 / 05:30 07:30 UTC Room: Taifa Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8895 ALAC: Policy Issues Discussion Part 2 Presentation: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Update <http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-idn-cctld-fast-track -update-09mar10-en.pdf> Date: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 - 11:00 - 13:00 / 08:00 10:00 UTC Room: Taifa Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8896 ALAC Improvements: Discussion with Interested Members of the SIC and BGC Date: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 - 14:00 - 15:00 / 11:00 12:00 UTC Room: Taifa Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8933 ALAC and Secretariats Wrap Up Meeting Date: Thursday, 11 March 2010 - 13:30 - 15:30 / 10:30 12:30 UTC Room: Taifa Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8898 ALAC Executive Committee Meeting Date: Friday, 12 March 2010 - 14:00 - 17:30 / 11:00 14:30 UTC Room: Batian Meeting Information including Agenda, Remote Participation & Virtual Meeting Room (Adobe Connect): http://nbo.icann.org/node/8899 * Dial-outs: If you require a dial-out, please email staff(a)atlarge.icann.org as soon as possible. Thank you, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Six Nation Summit held at KICC during ICANN meeting
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 5, 2010

March 5, 2010

Dear All, Nick Tomasso, ICANN’s General Manager of Meetings and Conferences has posted a blog post on the ICANN website to inform ICANN meeting attendees about possible inconvenience during the meeting in Nairobi. The article is attached below. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org http://blog.icann.org/2010/03/community-to-face-possible-headaches-at-kicc/ Community to Face Possible Headaches at KICC by Nick Tomasso on March 4, 2010 By Nick Tomasso 5 March 2010 Late Wednesday, my meetings team here in Nairobi was hit with some unexpected and troubling news by the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), the venue for the ICANN meeting. Unfortunately, it is news that could severely impact our community as it attends the meeting here on Monday and Tuesday. Officials at the KICC informed us for the first time Wednesday, that the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will be conducting a major meeting in the KICC on Monday and Tuesday (March 8 & 9) at the same time the 37th ICANN meeting kicks off. The IGAD is made up of six member nations; Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. The group shares the common admirable goal of trying to improve general economic conditions in East Africa. KICC informed us that IGAD Ministers will begin meeting at the KICC on Monday. We are told that with their staffs and security personnel, there will be about 200 people in attendance, and while that is a concern to us in terms of how the ministers and their security teams will impact our meeting, our far greater concern is how the IGAD gathering will affect our meeting on Tuesday. On March 9, we are told that the heads of state of all the IGAD member nations will be at the KICC from 09:00 to 17:00, along with their respective entourages and full security details, which will be substantial. With that many national leaders and scores of security personnel arriving at our meeting venue at one time, we expect it to cause severe inconveniences and at times possibly major disruptions for our community members as they attempt to enter and move around the KICC. While I registered my displeasure that the KICC decided to host the IGAD conference at the same time as ours and asked that they consider moving it to another location, it was readily apparent that no change would be made. The ICANN meetings team is currently working round the clock with the KICC, our hosts, and the Kenyan government to see what we can do to minimize the impact on our community members. In the meantime, in accordance with our philosophy of full transparency, we wanted to let you know about these potential problems as soon as possible. We will keep you advised of any room changes or possible modifications to the schedule as we continue to seek solutions or workarounds to this problem. Nick Tomasso General Manager, Meetings and Conferences ICANN

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Welcome Seth Greene to At-Large Team
by Heidi Ullrich March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Seth Greene has joined ICANN's At-Large team on a consultancy basis as the Project Manager for At-Large Improvements. Seth will be responsible for managing the implementation of the At-Large Improvements project, through working with the chairs and members of the At-Large Working Groups, members of the ALAC, and the wider At-Large community, in order to ensure that the aims and objectives are met. In particular, Seth will monitor the implementation of various tasks, including allocation of tasks and task development, as set out in the At-Large Improvements project. Seth will be participating remotely in several At-Large meetings on the topic of the At-Large Improvements during the meeting in Nairobi. Seth has an extensive background as an editor and project manager in the financial and nonprofit sectors. At J.P. Morgan, he served as Senior Editor of Emerging Markets Research, focusing on Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa. Later, as Morgan's Head of Communications and Marketing for Global Markets Research, he managed a variety of projects, including an overhaul of the bank's fixed-income research publications and the development of its first bankwide client Web site. On the nonprofit side, Seth has worked for The World Bank, the Microfinance Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, and the Open Society Institute. In this capacity, he worked closely with a diverse global community, including microfinance institutions and policy makers, as well as microfinance clients lacking access to traditional financial services. Seth is the coauthor of The State of Microfinance in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States, published by The World Bank. In addition, as an arts editor early in his career, he wrote numerous articles on the art market and related topics. Seth is based in New York City and can be reached at seth.greene(a)icann.org<mailto:seth.greene@icann.org>. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

March 2nd, 2010 TO: ISOC Liberia FROM: ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) SUBJECT: At-Large Structure Certification Dear Charles, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that ISOC Liberia has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group’s interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact you identify 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. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) 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 staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - At-Large Regional Websites. 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 and can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you wish to have a user account . 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/ 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(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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VOTE RESULT: ALAC Vote on ALS Application from ISOC Liberia
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

Dear all, With 14 out of 15 ALAC Members have voted in the recent vote on the current ALS application from ISOC Liberia, we can confirm that the result is quorate. ********************* ALS Application Vote on ISOC Liberia Question: Should the regional advice from AFRALO for applicant (102) Internet Society Chapter Liberia be rejected? The regional advice was to accept the application. As at Poll close: Sunday 28 February 2010 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 14 · Group size: 15 · Percentage voted: 93.33 ACCEPT the regional advice and accredit this ALS: 14 (100.00%) Adam Peake, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, Sylvia Herlein Leite, James Seng, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Dave Kissoondoyal, Beau Brendler, Carlos Aguirre, Carlton Samuels 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=eNKRiHGsZGMkeV4BxpRd 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 members did not participate in the balloting: Alan Greenberg -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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NOW OPEN: ALAC Vote on ALS Application ISOC Liberia
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 27, 2010

Feb. 27, 2010

Dear All, The Chair of the ALAC requested the Staff to start an online ALAC vote on the ALS Applications from Internet Society Liberia. The vote will remain open until Sunday, February 28th at 2359 UTC. The questions to be put will be the following: ******** Should the regional advice from APRALO for applicant (102) Internet Society Libera Chapter be rejected? The regional advice was to accept the application. With possible answers: ACCEPT the regional advice and accredit this ALS REJECT regional advice and do NOT accredit this ALS Abstain ******* An email with background information on the applications has recently been sent to the ALAC-internal list. Additionally, the members of the At-Large Advisory Committee received an email with their voting credentials. If you did not receive your voting credentials, please contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. You can find this online vote under: https://www.bigpulse.com/30575 All currently open ALAC votes are linked to a menu page under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m6962 Results of closed ALAC votes may be reviewed under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097 -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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