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Organization Announcement - Congratulations Denise Michel and welcome David Olive
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Dear ICANN Community Members, I am pleased to announce that our VP of Policy, Denise Michel, has accepted the new position of Advisor to the CEO and we have recruited David Olive to serve as ICANN’s Vice President of Policy Development. Denise's new responsibility will draw on her outstanding work at ICANN over the last decade, which included helping to create what is now our global At-Large community, building an excellent ICANN Policy Staff, launching ICANN's independent reviews and restructuring initiatives, and personally shepherding some of ICANN's most important policy initiatives. Denise will help lay the ground work for ICANN's new accountability and transparency initiatives and provide Rod with strategic advice. She will be working, in part, out of ICANN's Palo Alto office. I am really excited to be adding David Olive to our team. He adds both significant strength to ICANN’s management team and senior presence in Washington DC. David joins ICANN from Fujitsu, where he had a successful twenty year career, and was General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative of Fujitsu’s D.C. Office. He advised Fujitsu on business planning, corporate and business development, and public policy issues affecting information technology, the Internet, electronic commerce, electronic government, telecommunications, and science and technology. In addition to his strong track record at Fujitsu, David has been an active participant in various technology-centric organizations, including as a member of the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica, and as a member on the Board of Directors of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in Washington, D.C. He has also worked with many global business groups, including the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), the U.S.-Japan Business Council, and the International Chamber of Commerce. David has been the Public Policy Chairman for WITSA, a consortium of over 70 information technology industry associations from economies around the world. David served as a Fujitsu representative to an OECD group and to the U.S. State Department‘s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. David attended undergraduate studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Princeton University. David will report directly to me and join effective 15 February. I am sure you all will join me in congratulating Denise on her new role, and welcoming David to the ICANN team! Best, Doug -- Doug Brent Chief Operating Officer ICANN Voice: +1 310.301.3871 Mobile: +1 650.996.4447 Fax: +1 310.823.8649

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Two Community Teleconferences on Nairobi logistics and security issues - full details
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent on behalf of Nick Ashton-Hart, Senior Director for Participation and Engagement, providing the full details of the two community teleconferences on Nairobi logistics and security issues that will be taking place on the 28th and 29th January. ** Dear Community: As a part of our efforts to provide more information for attendees and potential attendees of the Nairobi ICANN meeting, the staff are pleased to provide advance notice of an upcoming pair of teleconferences to brief you about about logistical and security arrangements, and allow you to ask questions. The teleconferences will be approximately one hour long, depending upon the length of the Q&A, and held as follows: 1. Thursday, 28th January, 0600 UTC (1130 New Delhi, 0900 Nairobi, 1400 Beijing, 1700 Sydney (for the Eastern Hemisphere) 2. Friday, 29th January, 2000 UTC (1200 Los Angeles, 1500 New York, 1700 Buenos Aires, 1800 Sao Paulo (for the Western Hemisphere) *CONNECTION INFORMATION:* Toll-Free (North America Only): +1 (800) 550-6865 / USA Toll: +1 (213) 233-3193 International Dial-In Numbers: http://www.adigo.com/icann/ Access Code: 3856 Adobe Connect: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/nairobi-logistics/ If a number your country is not listed, please send an email to support(a)adigo.com, with a subject line of 'dial out for ICANN Nairobi Call 1' for the first call, or 'dial out for ICANN Nairobi Call 2' for the second call, providing your name, full telephone number including country code, and your location up to 1 hour before the call you want to attend begins. If you drop from the call or have connection problems, you can send an IM to either adigohelp (skype or AIM). *AGENDA:* 1) Virtual Walk Through of Logistics - Nick Tomasso and Joe Kiragu Nick Tomasso, ICANN General Manager for Meetings and Conferences, will take attendees through a narrative of the logistical arrangements from the point that attendees disembark from the plane through to arrival at the hotel. Following that our Kenyan hosts will take the participants through the process of moving from their hotel back and forth to the other hotels and the conference site. Requirements on arrival will also be recapped. Joe Kiragu, Board Chairperson, Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), will add any comments he thinks appropriate. 2) Review of Security Situation and Arrangements Geoff Bickers, ICANN’s Director of Security, will review security arrangements for attendees. Geoff will also provide an overview of existing security information that has been published with reminders of online links for further information. Board Chairperson, Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), will be invited to make any comments he wishes to add. 3) Remote Participation Options Nick Ashton-Hart will briefly review remote participation arrangements for Nairobi. Q&A: Questions and Answers related to the above subjects will be taken from the audience. Members will be asked to raise their hands in the Adobe Connect room (or ask in Adobe Connect chat to be placed into the queue) wherever possible. Nick Ashton-Hart will call on questioners on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no hard close for the call; the presenters are happy to remain online until all questions have been answered; if for some reason a participant drops or must drop and a question arrives for them, this will be passed along so it can be answered. The agenda and material presented will be identical at each session. Recordings will be posted online for those unable to attend. ** 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://www.atlarge.icann.org>

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ALAC Statement on Expression of Interest Proposal
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Dear Kurt, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the Statement on Expression of Interest Proposal on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. Patrick Vande Walle produced the original draft of this document and published it for community feedback on January 6th 2010. A first revision of this document was published by Patrick on January 17th and further updated on January 26th in accordance with feedback received on the first revision. The ALAC held a vote on the Statement during their monthly teleconference on January 26th, 2010. The result of said vote was that the ALAC decided to endorse the Statement and submit it to the relevant public consultation process with a 11-0 vote. As this is a formal Statement of an Advisory Committee to the Board, we provide it by copy 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, 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 Statement on ICANN Draft Strategic Plan 2010-2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Dear All, With 15 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on the ALAC Statement on ICANN Draft Strategic Plan 2010-2013, we can confirm that the result is quorate. ******* Motion: Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013 for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? As at Poll close: Tuesday 26 January 2010 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 15 · Group size: 15 · Percentage voted: 100.00 Yes: 15 (100.00%) Carlos Aguirre, Alan Greenberg, Adam Peake, Hawa Diakite, Mohamed El Bashir, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, Carlton Samuels, Sylvia Herlein Leite, James Seng, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Dave Kissoondoyal, Beau Brendler No: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) ******************** You may verify the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=uzKMLnhG6MNUNFLPgZRi The document was sent to the public consultation on the Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010-2013 on January 21st with a note saying that the document was undergoing the internal ratification process. The Staff person responsible for this public consultation will shortly be informed about the outcome of this vote. You can find all the results of closed ALAC votes 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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ALAC Statement on ICANN Draft Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Dear Theresa, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Statement on the Draft Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013 on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The Statement has already been submitted to the public consultation on the Draft ICANN Strategic Plan for 2010- 2013 on January 21st with a note that the document was still undergoing the internal ratification process. The ratification process which ended yesterday resulted in the ALAC unanimously endorsing the Statement with a 15-0 vote. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=uzKMLnhG6MNUNFLPgZRi. This document was originally drafted by Sébastien Bachollet, Vice-Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) based on input received from the five At-Large regions (RALOs) and Vanda Scartezini, ALAC Liaison to the Board of ICANN. The RALOs discussed the Draft Strategic Plan during their monthly teleconferences and online and drafted individual regional comments in advance of the At-Large community call on the Strategic Plan held on January 15th 2010. These regional comments are linked to the online workspace on Strategic Planning ( https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?strategic_planning_2010_2013_works…) The draft Statement was made available for community review on January 18th, 2010. On January 21st, the Chair of the ALAC asked the Staff to start a five-day vote on the document. As this is a formal Statement of an Advisory Committee to the Board, we provide it by copy 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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Re: [ALAC-Announce] [At-Large] RES: INVITATION / Community Call: At-Large Director Selection Process / Wednesday 27 January @ 14:00 UTC
by Heidi Ullrich Jan. 26, 2010

Jan. 26, 2010

Dear Sylvia, Thanks in part to your efforts to encourage members of LACRALO to request Spanish translation, the Community Call to discuss the At-Large Selection process will be held in English AND in Spanish. As noted previously by staff, teleconference will take place on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 at 1400 UTC (06:00 PST, 09:00 EST, 11:00 Buenos Aires, 14:00 London, 15:00 CET, 17:00 Nairobi, 22:00 Singapore/Hong Kong, 01:00 Sydney (28.01)) The agenda and participation details are available at: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?27_january_2010_community_call_at_…. Also, thank you for encouraging all those who requested Spanish translation to participate actively in the call. 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 -----Original Message----- From: at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of info(a)internautabrasil.org Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:43 AM To: 'At-Large Worldwide'; alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [At-Large] RES: INVITATION / Community Call: At-Large Director Selection Process / Wednesday 27 January @ 14:00 UTC Dear Staff: Did we reach the minimum amount of Spanish participants to have interpretation in is teleconference? Regards, Sylvia _________________________________________________________ Sylvia Herlein Leite LACRALO-ALAC Liaison Latin America & Caribbean At-Large Regional Organization sylvia(a)internautabrasil.org -----Mensagem original----- De: at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de At-Large Staff Enviada em: quinta-feira, 21 de janeiro de 2010 21:03 Para: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide Assunto: [At-Large] INVITATION / Community Call: At-Large Director Selection Process / Wednesday 27 January @ 14:00 UTC Dear All, Further to the Doodle poll, the At-Large community is invited to a teleconference on the At-Large Director Selection Process on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 at 1400 UTC. 06:00 PST, 09:00 EST, 11:00 Buenos Aires, 14:00 London, 15:00 CET, 17:00 Nairobi, 22:00 Singapore/Hong Kong, 01:00 Sydney (28.01) As the concluding step in the community consultation about the At-Large Director Selection process, this telephonic opportunity is to discuss the recently released White Paper on this important issue (see Director White Paper: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper ). The ALAC seeks this additional At-Large Community feedback on the process to appoint a voting ICANN Board Director in order to submit a FINAL DRAFT process to the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) of the Board We invite you to place your comments - individual or collective at the bottom of this meeting page: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?27_january_2010_community_call_at_l arge_director_appointment_process The draft agenda, participation instructions and background information is also available on the page above. Please let us know if you require a dial-out by emailing staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. This call will be held in English only due to insufficient demand for interpretation. 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 _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann .org At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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DOODLE / Community Call: At-Large Director Selection Process
by At-Large Staff Jan. 26, 2010

Jan. 26, 2010

Dear All, As the next step in the community consultation about the At-Large Director Selection process and to offer a telephonic opportunity to discuss the recently released White Paper on this important issue - see https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper - we invite you to join a conference call to be scheduled at the end of January. A doodle has been set up to assist in the selection of a time for this call that will allow for maximum participation by ALSes, RALO leadership and interested individuals. http://www.doodle.com/5u6dt525n9yin2zf Time-zone active When completing the Doodle poll, please indicate your Yes / No / Maybe options for ALL possible times shown and also indicate any need for interpretation to be made available on this call by indicating FR or ES next to your name please note any other comments on the timing of this community call are also welcome in the comments section. This doodle will close on Thursday 21 January 2010 at 1200 UTC. The call date and time will be announce shortly thereafter. 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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Two community teleconferences on Nairobi security and logistics this week
by At Large Staff Jan. 25, 2010

Jan. 25, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent on behalf of Nick Ashton-Hart, Senior Director for Participation and Engagement. ** Dear Community: As a part of our efforts to provide more information for attendees and potential attendees of the Nairobi ICANN meeting, the staff are pleased to provide advance notice of an upcoming pair of teleconferences to brief you about logistical and security arrangements, and allow you to ask questions. Agenda details will be forthcoming shortly, but we wanted to ensure we got the word out so you could 'save the date'. The teleconferences will be approximately one hour long, depending upon the length of the Q&A, and held as follows: 1) Thursday, 28th January, 0600 UTC (1130 New Delhi, 0900 Nairobi, 1400 Beijing, 1700 Sydney (for the Eastern Hemisphere) 2) Friday, 29th January, 2000 UTC (1200 Los Angeles, 1500 New York, 1700 Buenos Aires, 1800 Sao Paulo (for the Western Hemisphere) The agenda and material presented will be identical at each session. Freephone access dial-in numbers are available for many countries worldwide, with dial-outs upon request where needed. Information on how to attend will be provided along with the agenda in the next few days. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Senior Director for Participation and Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: +33 (450) 42 81 83 USA Tel: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: (Switzerland): +41 79 595 5468 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart ** 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 the ALAC Statement on Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 25, 2010

Jan. 25, 2010

Dear All, In accordance with the At-Large Policy Advise Development Schedule (see http://www.atlarge.icann.org/policycalendar) , an online ALAC vote has recently started on the ALAC Statement on Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013 The questions to be put will be the following: Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Statement on the Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013 for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain The document was sent to the public consultation on the Draft ICANN Strategic Plan 2010-2013 today to meet the deadline for this consultation, with a note saying that the document was undergoing the internal ratification process. 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/p8539 Please note that at the bottom of this page there is a link entitled “See who voted”, 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 Tuesday, 26 January at 2359 UTC. All currently open ALAC votes are linked to a menu page under: https://www.bigpulse.com/m6962 The 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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FW: Public Meet Up with ICANN¹s CEO in Washington, DC on 27th January
by Heidi Ullrich Jan. 21, 2010

Jan. 21, 2010

Dear All, Please see the message below from Rod Beckstrom. Kind regards, Heidi From: Donna Austin Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:47 PM To: Heidi Ullrich Subject: Public Meet Up with ICANN¹s CEO in Washington, DC on 27th January Dear Heidi Could you forward this email to Cheryl and members of the At-Large on behalf of Rod Beckstrom please? Thanks Donna _______ Dear Cheryl and members of the At-Large As you know, I believe that ICANN's CEO should be accessible to the community, but also to those who may not regularly participate in ICANN's processes but are interested in the important work we do. As a part of this effort, I've started holding what I call "Meet Ups" where I make myself available in an informal setting when I travel and my schedule allows. To help ensure as many of people as possible are able to attend if they want, we announce these as far in advance as we can. All you need to bring are your thoughts, ideas, or questions and enough coin to buy your favourite form of refreshment. Here are all the details. If you have any questions, please send an email to my Chief of Staff, Donna Austin <donna.austin(a)icann.org>. Date: 27th January 2010 17:00 to 19:00 local time Place: Buffalo Billiards, Victorian Room, 1330 19th Street, Washington DC 20036 Map: http://tinyurl.com/yakmr9t I hope to see you there! Warmly Rod Rod Beckstrom President & CEO ICANN ------ End of Forwarded Message

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