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ALAC/At-Large budgets
by Alan Greenberg April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Nick, with the rest of the community, the ALAC has been asked to comment on the FY10 Operating Plan and Budget Framework. Although perhaps not unreasonable, there is virtually nothing there for us to directly comment on with respect to ALAC and At-Large. It would be very helpful, and perhaps allow us to better focus, if we could see what the projected components are of the budget framework which directly impact us - both from an absolute sense, and understanding how it compares to previous years. As I understand it, this would be in line with the ALAC independant review comments of fiscal transparency. Alan

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Performance Indicators
by Alan Greenberg March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009

In Mexico City, I was asked to lead a group developing a draft set of performance indicators for ALAC members and Liaisons. I would suggest that this include RALO leadership, but purely from the point of view of their interaction with the ALAC. Specifically, there are some tasks related to taking information from the ALAC and sending them on to ALSs, and getting information back, that might be handled by wither the RALO-appointed ALAC members from the region, or by the RALO leadership. I don't think that the ALAC cares which it is in each case, as long as SOMEONE is doing it. A similar committee was created in Cairo, but it never met, and so we are starting again. The members of the original group were We one WG member from each region. Cheryl and Adam have already volunteered. So we now need a volunteer from LACRALO and from AFRALO. Alan

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ALAC Rules of Procedure
by Alan Greenberg March 28, 2009

March 28, 2009

Once of the items on my work plan as Rapporteur is to start a re-write of the ALAC Rules of Procedure RoP. Please note that in addition to the overall revision of the RoP, we will also, in the near future, be looking at two very specific issues: a) Key Performance Indicators and what our expectations are for ALAC members/workers; and b) Rules associated with the Ex-Com (or perhaps abolishment of it). I *know* that there is disagreement on these issues, but please let us not discuss thin in this thread. Although these two issues will be in the final version of the RoP, what I am looking for now are comments and thoughts on the REST of the RoP. To start the process, I would like to collect your thoughts on what needs to be done. Below are a few of the items that are already on my list. - Addition of rules for the selection of Liaisons (currently not there) - Overall review to ensure that we don't have rules which conflict with each other - Clarification of the usage of the terms Motion and Resolution - Cleaning up of the election processes associated with exceptional circumstances - Overall attempt to keep the rules as simple as possible without missing important things - Clarification of the term "delegate" You can find our current RoP (ALAC/2007/1/1.Rev10) in English, Spanish and French at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?rules_of_procedure. Please send you thoughts and comments to the list or directly to me. Alan

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EURALO statement on the Operational Plan and Budget
by Wolf Ludwig March 27, 2009

March 27, 2009

Dear Sir At our last General Assembly (GA) at the beginning of March 09 in Mexico-City we had a briefing on the Draft Operational Plan and Budget and a discussion among our member ALSes. On behalf of EURALO, I would like to submit the following Statement which was handed over to the ALAC Board liaison earlier already but unfortunately not directed to you. Best regards, Wolf Ludwig Chair of EURALO ==== The European Regional At-Large Organization is astonished by the reading of the "Proposed Framework for FY10 Operating Plan and Budget". We note with perplexity that neither the At-Large constituency nor the ALAC is ever mentioned once in the entire body of the document; even in the nine pages of Appendix A, which lists ICANN's operating plan items up to the details of "Coordinate and manage Board website hosting" and "Facilitate payment of Director expenses", the ALAC and the At-Large appear only four times, of which three are actions aimed at "improving their performance" (whatever that means) among that of other bodies. For example, of the 16 action items that constitute section 7 "Constituency support", ten regard support for registries and registrars; two regard the GNSO; one regards the GAC; the remaining three are generic points that include all SOs and ACs. Apparently, no specific effort is planned by ICANN to support the At Large or user constituencies. Moreover, section 9 "Global engagement and increased international participation" describes a huge work programme that only focuses on involving more registries, more registrars and more governments throughout the world; several detailed action items are designed to involve new governments in the GAC. It is unbelievable that no mention is made of the need to increase the participation of the public, either through the At Large or through public participation channels in general. From this plan, it looks like ICANN's operating plan is to promote a business fair or trade cartel for registries and registrars, while pleading with governments not to disrupt the plan, and while ignoring anyone else. We think that global engagement and international participation are a vital part of ICANN's credibility and legitimacy, but definitely not in the sense that ICANN implies with this document. Thus we urge the ICANN Board to check out the corporation's priorities and ensure that appropriate attention, means and budget are allocated to promoting and supporting participation by the global public. ==== comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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Re: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09
by Vanda Scartezini March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009

Indeed. Let's try to draft some ideas on this. -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Sébastien Bachollet Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:44 PM To: 'Alan Greenberg'; 'ALAC Working List' Subject: Re: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09 Hello, My only concern is with the liaisons. ALAC have 2 official ones' but also some "no-official ones'" We need to work on "officialising" like ccNSO, IDN, NCSG/NCUC... and hopefully one day GAC... All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr > -----Message d'origine----- > De : alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge- > lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg > Envoyé : vendredi 20 mars 2009 06:12 > À : ALAC Working List > Objet : [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC > meeting - 24Mar09 > Importance : Haute > > As discussed in Mexico City, ICANN is in the process of developing its > 2009-2010 Travel Procedure and Budget, and it was felt important for > the ALAC to quickly identify its needs and formally submit them to > ICANN. > > The draft document is attached in both PDF and WORD format. > > Please take whatever actions are necessary to be able to vote on this > important measure at next week's meeting. You may forward certainly it > to your RALO lists if appropriate. > > Although I am sure they are not very good, I have provided machine > translations for: > French - http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-F.htm and > Spanish: http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-S.htm. > > Regards, Alan _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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ICANN Public Comment on Travel Support
by Alan Greenberg March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009

A public comment period on travel support has been opened. There is no new information published (other than the transcript of the briefing in Mexico City). http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#travel-support-2010 Alan

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Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work on trademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr March 24, 2009

March 24, 2009

Building on the energy and enthusiasm that I trust those of you who were involved in the Mexico Meeting and At-Large Users Summit, still have I want, as Chair of the ALAC, to bring to the attention of At-Large and particularly the leadership of the RALO's and ALS's am matter arising from the Mexico ICANN meeting regarding tho formation and work of the IRT and indeed both the ALAC's and At-Larges input into its activities... Firstly I have included in the body of this message a copy in full, of a formal request from the President of the GNSO's Intellectual Property Constituency, Mr. Steve Metalitz, requesting ALAC specific input into this process in a very short time frame (we will add this to the Agenda for our March 24th ALAC Meeting) and pointing out the opportunity for individual (here I encourage also ALSes and RALO's to also respond directly) submissions to be provided directly to *ip-issues(a)icann.org*<ip-issues(a)icann.org> . Secondly two suitably qualified ALAC Members (in their individual capacity) have offered themselves to the IRT as Members these are Mr. Beau Brendler, and Ms. Vanda Scartezini, I would like at the ALAC Meeting to endorse these two IRT Members as formal representatives of the ALAC to this WG, and encourage discussion in the ALAC Working List regarding this matter prior to our discussion of this as an Agenda item at te March meeting as well... Related to this however is my desire to involve suitably qualified and experienced representatives from At-Large and the ALSes into an Ad Hoc ALAC WG (to operate as a subset of the existing new gTLD WG already established to give support and ensure that a balanced regional view on this important topic is provided (to include for example the matters of Traditional Rights that I heard discussed in the new gTLDs WG at the Summit meeting... I know we have plenty of talent ( all be it time poor talent) in this area of expertise so I want to encourage any one who can contribute over the next few days / weeks on this topic to join the Wiki Work space we will set up for the purpose, by sending your name and details to staff(a)atlarge.icann.orgas soon as possible this will help spread the workload AND ensure a good opportunity for input from "the edges" ... To this end I encourage the RALO leadership in each Region to actively, source, approach and encourage people you know of to step up and assist. I will ask staff to also send out an Announce email once the WIKI Work space is set up... CLO <email message from IPC> Dear Cheryl: During its March 6 meeting in Mexico City, the ICANN Board of Directors passed a resolution calling for the creation of an implementation recommendation team to "develop and propose solutions to the overarching issues of trademark protection in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs." That resolution directs the implementation recommendation team to "solicit input from the interested constituencies." (The full text of the resolution is accessible at* http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm*<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm> .) The Board requested the GNSO's Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) to convene an implementation recommendation team (IRT). Although the IPC is still developing the time line for the IRT's work and the criteria for membership on the IRT, the IPC wishes to begin soliciting input from the constituencies. Accordingly, we write to request that input from the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). In particular, we seek the ALAC's proposals for solutions (new or existing) to trademark protection issues that have been identified in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs, concerns about such solutions, and any other pertinent information your ALAC believes the IRT should have as it begins its work. We encourage you to be as specific as possible. With regard to solutions, it is particularly important that solutions be scalable and fair. Finally, with the exception of identifying support for and/or identifying concerns with specific measures, it is not necessary to submit proposals about solutions that were set forth in public comments on the first draft of the Draft Applicant Guidebook; an IPC team is already hard at work identifying them. Those proposals can be seen by reviewing the public comments sections at <* http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources*<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources>>, and many of them are in short form in section IX of the comment analysis at <* http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments-… *<http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments-…> >. Given the timetable set forth in the Board's resolution, we request your input not later than March 25, 2009. If it is not possible under the internal processes of ALAC to develop and approve any formal submission in the requested time frame, individual submissions from ALAC members are permitted. Your ALAC comments will have significant impact on the quality of the proposal and the speed that it will adopted, so please carefully consider your input, make it as complete as possible and try to respect the objectives of trying to protect consumers from harm while creating a fair and scalable solution. Please direct all submissions to *ip-issues(a)icann.org* <ip-issues(a)icann.org> . Thank you! Steve Metalitz, IPC president -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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GNSO Report
by Alan Greenberg March 24, 2009

March 24, 2009

A report has been posted covering GNSO activities at the Mexico City meeting, and a short note about the upcoming GNSO meeting later this week. The formal minutes from Mexico City are not yet out - once they are, if it appears that I have left anything important out here, I will update the report and send out a notice. Please specifically note the sections on the RAA Registrant Rights Charter and the possible PDP on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (in BOLD in the report). Alan

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Final draft - Travel comments
by Alan Greenberg March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009

Attached is a marked up version showing the changes from the previous version 3 as well as a clean final version. Their are no major changes in content, although there are many in grammar and emphases. Thanks to Adam for a great editing job. The final version is also posted on the Wiki under the agenda for tomorrow's ALAC meeting. Alan

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Re: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09
by carlos aguirre March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009

the statement is another show of the great job produced by ALAN. I also agree with Sebastian comment. thank's Carlos Dionisio Aguirreabogado - Sarmiento 71 - 4to. 18 Cordoba - Argentina - *54-351-424-2123 / 423-5423 www.derechoytecnologia.com.ar http://ar.ageiadensi.org > From: sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > To: alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:44:07 +0100 > Subject: Re: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09 > > Hello, > My only concern is with the liaisons. > ALAC have 2 official ones' but also some "no-official ones'" > We need to work on "officialising" like ccNSO, IDN, NCSG/NCUC... and > hopefully one day GAC... > All the best > > Sébastien Bachollet > Président d'honneur - Isoc France > sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > www.egeni.org > www.isoc.fr > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge- > > lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg > > Envoyé : vendredi 20 mars 2009 06:12 > > À : ALAC Working List > > Objet : [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC > > meeting - 24Mar09 > > Importance : Haute > > > > As discussed in Mexico City, ICANN is in the process of developing its > > 2009-2010 Travel Procedure and Budget, and it was felt important for > > the ALAC to quickly identify its needs and formally submit them to > > ICANN. > > > > The draft document is attached in both PDF and WORD format. > > > > Please take whatever actions are necessary to be able to vote on this > > important measure at next week's meeting. You may forward certainly it > > to your RALO lists if appropriate. > > > > Although I am sure they are not very good, I have provided machine > > translations for: > > French - http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-F.htm and > > Spanish: http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-S.htm. > > > > Regards, Alan > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org > ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac _________________________________________________________________ ¿Querés cuidarte y estar bien? Conocé MSN Salud y Bienestar http://salud.latam.msn.com/

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