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ATRT Issues Request for Public Comment on its Draft Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) issued a request for public comment on a set of set of draft proposed recommendation today. You can find the full announcement (in English) and the draft proposed recommendations (available in the English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic) under: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03nov10-en.htm The Public Comment period will be open for 30 days and will close on December 3, 2010. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, 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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Revised Timeline for Board Director Selection Process
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, During its extraordinary meeting on Monday, the At-Large Board Director Selection design team (ABSdt) confirmed the following, revised timeline for the Board Selection Process: Please note that petition by RALOs now has a closing date of 7 November 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; 28 October - 15 November: Campaigning period for candidates; On or before 7 November: RALO petition processes to be completed; 12 - 15 November*: A community call with the final slate of candidates will be held; 15 - 22 November** : RALO discussions on candidates 22 - 25 November: First round of online voting on final slate of candidates; 26 28 November: Second round of online voting on final slate of candidates (only if necessary) 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. (*) early UTC time (**) RALOs can extend this deadline until 25 November if desired Attached you find the updated flowchart for the At-Large Board Director Selection process. Detailed information about the candidates and the selection process are available under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010 +Workspace -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, 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: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List.
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Please find below a message forwarded from Jean-Jacques Subrenat. You can find Jean-Jacques¹ Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board under: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+A pplicant+-+Jean-Jacques+Subrenat.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=128832185600 0 Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ------ Forwarded Message From: "jjs.global(a)gmail.com" <jjs.global(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 04:02:42 -0700 To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Subject: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List. Dear At-Large Staff, this is to formally request that my Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board, already presented to and considered by the BCEC, be submitted to the RALOs. The reference for my above request is ³ALAC Internal Rules of Procedure², section 27.6 on ³Final Candidate List². In support of my renewed candidature, I wish to underline three facts: - my candidature was already submitted to and considered by the BCEC for the establishment of its Slate of Candidates, so I am not sending you my Statement of Interest, which you hold and which is now also online; - the time between the online publication of the BCEC Slate of Candidates, and the upcoming deadline for candidatures to be considered and submitted by RALOs (7 November, if I¹m not mistaken), is now extremely short, which is why I request that you, as At-Large Staff, forward this request to the RALOs as soon as possible; - currently attending the ICANN Board Retreat in California, I am quite occupied with my duties as a Board Director. Would you be so kind as to acknowledge receipt of this e-mail, so that I can be certain it has reached you? Thanks. Regards, Jean-Jacques. ------ End of Forwarded Message

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FW: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 2, 2010

Nov. 2, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent by Danny Younger on the subject of the At-Large Board Director selection process. 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 -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:11 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process [Please forward to all the appropriate at-large and RALO lists] Dear members of the At-Large community, By now you are aware that in the At-Large Board Director selection process 43 Statements of Interest (SOIs) were received by the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). Three of those SOIs were from current and sitting members of the ALAC; forty were not. By an amazing coincidence only current and former ALAC members were selected for the candidate slate. On this basis alone, there are some that might wonder whether the at-large director selection process has, in fact, been captured. Others will look at the fact that the BCEC was entitled to select as many as 7 candidates (which would have allowed for more than one gender to be considered, or would have allowed for some "non-insiders" to be considered), and yet the BCEC for some unfathomable reason decided to narrow the field of otherwise qualified candidates down to only the three that were sitting or prior ALAC members... still another reason to suspect capture. We know that the ICANN Board Governance Committee had concerns about capture; their meeting minutes state: "Reviewed the proposed At-Large Board member selection process and potential risks of capture identified within the process." While their assessment was that the risk of capture was low, the preliminary election results tendered can readily lead one to a different conclusion. One also has to look at the fact that 49% of all SOIs were rejected before the process even began (ostensibly because they were deemed to be too incomplete to proceed further). In what other election process are that many candidates rejected out of hand before the election even begins? Clearly there is something seriously wrong with this picture. If the Statement of Interest application form was so poorly written that almost half of all applications were improperly completed, then it is an inescapable conclusion that the process itself was seriously flawed. We know as well that ICANN Staff has provided a certain degree of support to some of the 22 candidates that hadn't fully completed their SOIs. At issue is why Staff didn't offer comparable support to the other 21 applicants who were initially rejected. Additionally, we are confronted with the fact that the at-large director selection process was announced on the internal ALAC-related lists on 21 July, but press releases in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Portugese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish weren't issued until 26 August -- you will note that the deadline for applications was only 11 days thereafter (on 6 September). One has to wonder how many SOIs weren't received owing simply to the the short time span between the international press release date and the final application deadline. One also has to wonder about how much of an advantage was thereby given to "insiders" that were aware of the process for a full month longer than applicants who first heard about the election when the Press releases were issued in languages other than English. Recently, the ABSdt announced a revised timeline that requires the RALO petition process to be completed on or before 7 November, yet no e-mail notices have gone out to any of the candidates to advise them of the timeline changes. Is this fair to the bulk of the candidates that may not even know of the existence of the ABSdt mailing list? All of us intuitively understand that a flawed process can certainly yield a flawed outcome. So what do we do at this point? While I understand the rush to have an at-large director seated (just as I understand the rush to have new gTLDs launched), I also understand that as a community we are better served by "doing it right" than by adhering to the results of what may be perceived as a tainted or seriously flawed election process. Yes, I recognize that it is always exceedingly difficult to stop a moving train, but I remain of the view that this election process has already been damaged to the degree that it should be stopped dead in its tracks for the good of the at-large community. I understand that these views may not be popular with some, but this election process, in my opinion, has proven to be not as fair and properly orchestrated as it could have been. best regards, Danny Younger

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ALAC Statement on the Community Working Group Report on Implementation of GNSO New gTLD Recommendation Number 6
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear Margie, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Statement on the Community Working Group Report on Implementation of GNSO New gTLD Recommendation Number 6 on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The Statement has been submitted to the public consultation process on Recommendation 6 on October 22nd with a note saying that the document was currently undergoing ALAC ratification. The online vote ended on October 29th and resulted in the ALAC endorsing the statement with 12-0 votes. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1425xSyrAIDII4siJAWtMCj3 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, Seth Greene, 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 Draft Statement on Rec6 CWG Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear All, The Chair of the ALAC requested the Staff to start a five day online vote on the Draft ALAC Statement on Recommendation 6 Community Working Group Report. ******** The question to be put will be the following: Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Draft Statement on Recommendation 6 Community Working Group Report for communication to the relevant Public Comment process? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain You may may review the draft statement under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+ on+Rec6+CWG+Report The document was sent to the public consultation on the Community Working Group Report on Implementation of GNSO New gTLD Recommendation Number 6 on 22 October 2010 with a note saying that the document was undergoing the internal ratification process (see http://forum.icann.org/lists/cwg-report-rec6/msg00003.html) You can track votes as they come in under: https://www.bigpulse.com/p12786. There is also 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 Friday, 29 October 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, Seth Greene, 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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Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Heidi Ullrich Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

Dear All, Please find below a message sent on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the ALAC and the BCEC. ** Dear All, As Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), it gives me great honor to announce that following the Board passing the resolution agreeing to the Bylaws amendments needed to allow for the seating of the At-Large selected voting Board Director during their meeting earlier today (resolution available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+-+Board+Resolution+on+Byla…) the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are identified below in alphabetical order by family name: · Sébastien Bachollet · Pierre Dandjinou · Alan Greenberg The Statements of Interest (SOI) from the 3 candidates as well as the 19 other applicants reviewed are available on the At-Large Candidate Workspace (workspace available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+201…) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. A diagram of this time-line is available at Time-Line for At-Large Board Director Selection 2010.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/Time-Line+for+At-L…>. However, please note that this time-line may change slightly pending an extraordinary meeting of the At-Large Board Selection design team scheduled for Monday, 1 November. To provide you with more information on the selection process, a diagram of the 2010 At-Large Board Director Candidate Selection process is available at At-Large Candidate Selection Process 2010 Diagram.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Candidate…>. The BCEC warmly congratulate the slate of 3 candidates and look forward to a stimulating campaigning period. The BCEC were also delighted with, and were full of appreciation for, the extraordinarily high standard of all the conforming applicant SOI's received. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr Chair of the2010 BCEC, Chair of the ALAC 2007-2010 ** 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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For Review: Revised ALAC Rec6 CWG statement
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 21, 2010

Oct. 21, 2010

Dear All, Following todays drafting call on the ALAC Rec6 CWG, the revised 2nd version is now available for your review at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+o n+Rec6+CWG+Report Please add your comments to the above wiki page using the comments function at the bottom of the page by tomorrow, Friday, 22 October at 18:00 UTC (10:00 PDT; 14L00 EDT; 20:00 CEST; 05:00 Sydney +1 day). Evan will incorporate the comments prior to the document being submitted as an ALAC comment (which is undergoing the ALAC ratification procedure) to the Public Consultation on the Community Working Group Report on Implementation of GNSO New gTLD Recommendation Number 6. A formal ALAC vote will begin on Monday, 25 October. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Meeting Invitation / At-Large Community call to draft the ALAC statement on Rec 6 CWG final report: Thursday 21 October @ 1800 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

Dear All, The At-Large Community is invited to participate in the drafting of the ALAC Statement on the Rec 6 CWG final report on Thursday 21 October at 1800 UTC. (1100 PDT, 1400 EDT, 15:00 Buenos Aires, 1900 London, 2000 CEST, 2300 Karachi, 0200 Hong Kong, 0500 Sydney on Fri 22.10) The draft agenda (to be updated) and participation instructions are available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Drafting+of+the+ALAC+Statement+… Adobe Connect: TBC (this will be updated on the meeting page shortly). The policy development wiki page for this issue is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… Please let us know if you require a dial-out by emailing:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. We currently have Cheryl and Sebastien on the list. This call will be held in English only due to insufficient demand for interpretation. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff On 18/10/2010 12:39, "ICANN At-Large Staff" <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>> wrote: Dear All, The At-Large Community is invited to participate in the drafting of the ALAC Statement on the Rec 6 CWG final report. The policy development wiki page for this issue is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… Please complete the attached Doodle poll to find a suitable time this week. http://www.doodle.com/qrapyduidehrdpa4 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 Monday 18 October 2010 at 2000 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 _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER: Community Input on gTLD Recommendation 6 Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

Dear All, This is to remind you that the ALAC has requested the RALOs to provide input on the Cross Community Working Group report on GNSO gTLD Recommendation 6. Under the following URL you can find the CWG report as well as a draft At-Large document on Recommendation 6 provided by Evan Leibovitch, with comments by Alan Greenberg: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… You can submit your comments: * by adding them directly to the wiki page (click on the “add comment” button on the bottom of the page) * by sending them via email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org (we will then add it to the wiki page) * through a RALO representative participating in the community call on Rec 6 on Thursday, 21 October at 1800 UTC (see https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Community+Call+on+Rec+6+-+21.10…) -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org ------ Forwarded Message From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:01:14 -0700 To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: "afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, APRALO <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Community Input on gTLD Recommendation 6 Report Dear All, The ALAC has requested the RALOs to provide input on the Cross Community Working Group report on GNSO gTLD Recommendation number 6. Recommendation 6 states that: Strings must not be contrary to generally accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order that are recognized under international principles of law. The Report includes recommendations to improve the proposed implementation of Recommendation No. 6, related to procedures for addressing objectionable strings, while protecting internationally recognized freedom of expression rights. The public comment period on the Rec 6 report will remain open until 22 October 2010. Evan Leibovitch provided a draft document on Recommendation 6 on behalf of the At-Large community. Evan’s document, including comments from other community members is available under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… Please add your comments by clicking on the “add comment” button on the bottom of the wiki page. In addition to that, we will set up a community call on Recommendation 6 report with Evan Leibovitch next week to discuss the At-Large response. You will shortly receive a Doodle with suggested time slots. ******** Reference Documents: Cross Community Working Group report on GNSO gTLD Recommendation 6 : http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/report-rec6-cwg-21sep10-en.pdf [PDF, 1.06 MB] Public comment announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22sep10-en.htm At-Large Document on Rec 6 Report: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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