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Re: [ALAC] Message Sent On Behalf of ICANN 2010 Nominating Committee Chair - ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Member Selections
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Aug. 31, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010

Joette, in reply to your email below requesting the ALAC endorsed appointments for the Regional voting seats ALAC-1,2,3,4&5, please be advised of the following announcement made earlier today to ALAC / At-Large confirming our selections:- "With 12 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on ALAC NomCom Delegate positions we can confirm that the results are quorate. ****** NomCom Delegates Election 2010 Would you like to endorse the regional advice and nominate the following ALAC Delegates to the NomCom for a period starting at the close of the AGM 2010 and ending at the close of the AGM 2011? Yaovi Atohoun (AFRALO) Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan (APRALO) Yrjö Länsipuro (EURALO) José Ovidio Salgueiro (LACRALO) Eduardo Diaz (NARALO) Number of voters: 12 · Group size: 15 · Percentage voted: 80.00 Yes: 12 (100.00%) No: 0 (0.00%) Abstain: 0 (0.00%) This vote was anonymous. **** You may verify the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1278QzAcMuMUd7CG8CLapEIJ 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: Hawa Diakite James Seng Dr. V.C.Vivekanandan ..." Kindest regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) ALAC Chair 2007-2010 2010/7/17 Joette Youkhanna <joette.youkhanna(a)icann.org> > *Dear All, > > I am writing to you on behalf of the ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Chair, > still to be appointed by the ICANN Board of Directors. > > The purpose of this message is to initiate the selection of individual(s) > from each of your constituencies who will serve, according to the ICANN > by-laws, on the 2011 Nominating Committee. > > The 2011 Nominating Committee will have 22 members, whereof 17 are voting > members. The By-laws state that a voting member may serve at most two > consecutive years, whereas a non-voting member may serve any number of > terms. > > The composition of the 2010 committee, including the contacts used in late > 2009 to obtain the name of the designated committee member, is given below. > Some of the contacts have been updated to reflect known changes in the > internal organization of various constituencies. > > > Group/Constituency Contact/2010 Member > > Non-voting members > > Nomination Committee/ Chair ICANN Board/Wolfgang Kleinwaechter* > > *Previous Chair as Adviser / (automatic) / Tricia Drakes > Associate Chair / Chair / Hartmut Glaser > RSSAC / Jun Murai / Bill Manning > SSAC / Ram Mohan / Jeffrey Bedser > GAC / Heather Dryden / No Representative Appointed > > Voting members > > ALAC-1 / Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Yaovi Atohoun > ALAC-2 / Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Hong Xue* > ALAC-3 / Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Olivier M. J. Crepin-Leblond > ALAC-4 / Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Eduardo Diaz > ALAC-5 / Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Jose Ovidio Salgueiro > > Comm & Business Constit.-1 / Gary Hills / Mike Roberts > Comm & Business Constit.-2 / Gary Hills / Chris Martin > gTLD Registry Constituency / David Maher / Michael Palage > Registrars Constituency / Mason Cole / Elliot Noss > ccNSO / Chris Disspain / Margarita Valdes Cortes* > ISP Constituency / Tony Holmes / Tony Holmes > Intellectual Property Constituency / Steven Metalitz / Mark Partridge > > ASO AC/ Louie Lee / Wilfried Woeber > Higher Education Institutions / ICANN Board / Jan Gruntorad* (no > representative for 2011 NomCom) > Non-commercial Users Constituency / Robin Gross / Norbert Klein* > IAB for IETF / Olaf Kolkman / Henk Uijterwaal > Technical Liaison Group ** / Julian Pritchard / Francisco da Silva** > > * Incumbent has served two consecutive terms* > > *** Position rotates among ETSI (2010), ITU (2011) and W3C (2012) > ** Position rotates among ETSI (2013), ITU (2014) and W3C (2015)* > > *ICANN’s Nominating Committee has historically held two face-to-face > meetings. For the last three cycles, we were able to have the first such > meeting immediately after ICANN's Annual General Meeting. This acceleration > of the schedule compared to previous years was most helpful in allowing the > Committee to function in a timely and effective manner, and I would very > much like to preserve this advantage for the next Chair. > > With this background, I request the following of all of you. Please choose > your representative(s) for the 2011 NomCom as soon as is practical, and not > later than the end of August 2010. Please ensure that the person is willing > to serve, and is willing to attend the first face-to-face committee meeting. > This meeting is expected to occur in Cartagena during 11-12 December 2010. > Nom Com representatives are welcome to attend the entire ICANN meeting also > during 5-10 December 2010. However, hotel costs and expenses for that period > are not covered by the NomCom budget and should be covered by the > representative’s sending organization. > > I would appreciate your acknowledging receipt of this message, letting me > know that you are (or are not) the right person to initiate action within > your constituency, as well as whether you anticipate any difficulty in > identifying a suitable and willing candidate by the end of August. If you > are not the right person to initiate this action, I would appreciate your > forwarding this message to the right person and copying me. > * > *I am copying this to Olof Nordling and Joette Youkhanna. They are ICANN > staff members supporting ICANN NomCom. Please copy them on all reply > correspondence to me. > > Thanks in advance for helping the 2011 committee get off to a good start!* > > *Best regards,* > > *Wolfgang Kleinwaechter* > > *2010 NomCom Chair* > > > > -------- > > > > Joette Youkhanna > > Project Coordinator > > ICANN Nominating Committee & ICANN Project Office > > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > > 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 > > Marina del Rey, CA 90292 > > > > joette.youkhanna(a)icann.org > > >

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Modification of statement submitted regarding At-Large Director Bylaws
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 2010

During a discussion on some of the details of the selection process on the ALAC list, I realized that there was a problem with my suggested wording for ARTICLE VI, Section 4(2). Specifically, under my wording, if a person (for example, and ALAC member) submits a SoI to the BCEC, that person can no longer participate in the selection process or vote. That would be true even if that person was eliminated from the slate and not one of the final candidates. I suggest the following change with the new wording in upper case: No person who serves in any capacity (including as a liaison) on the At-Large Advisory Committee, or who holds the position of chair of a RALO, shall simultaneously serve as a Director or liaison to the Board. If such a person submits a Statement of Interest to be considered as a candidate for Board Seat 15, the person shall not, following such submission, participate in any discussion of, or vote by the At-Large Advisory Committee, RALO chairs or any of the constituent At-Large Advisory Committee sub-committees relating to the selection of the person to hold Board Seat 15 until the selection process has been completed. In the event that a person serving on the At-Large Advisory Committee, or who holds the position of chair of a RALO, submits a Statement of Interest to be considered as a candidate for Board Seat 15, the RALO for the region that the person represents may select a replacement for purposes of the Committee's selection process. In the event that a person is serving as a Liaison to the At-Large Advisory Committee, the group or entity that selected the person may select a replacement for purposes of the Committee's selection process. SHOULD A PERSON SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION NOT BE LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES, THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION NO LONGER APPLY. I understand that it is too late for this new wording to be included in the formal comments, but should my overall comment to this section be acted upon, the new addition will remove a possible disenfranchisement. Alan Greenberg

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Re: [ALAC] Modification of statement submitted regarding At-Large Director Bylaws
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 2010

The process is already very complicated due to the setup that has been adopted by At-Large. Once a person is not on the slate, there is no reason that they cannot be re-enfranchised. I am not sure how any voting can be neutral, as by its very definition it requires people (or organizations if RALO's direct votes) to make very personal decisions. And whether such a person will be replaced in the interim is not at all clear. Although I have suggested such a mechanism in my initial comments, they were not part of the proposed Bylaw revision for all voters. Alan At 25/08/2010 10:03 PM, Hong Xue wrote: >I'm uncomfortable with inclusion of the following all-capitalized >part, which will not only substantially complicated the process >(replacement and then resumption to position) but deviate from >neutral voting (an applicant published --not selected candidate-- >back to be a voter). > > > >SHOULD A PERSON SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION NOT BE >LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES, THE TERMS OF THIS >SECTION NO LONGER APPLY. > > >Hong

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Re: [ALAC] Modification of statement submitted regarding At-Large Director Bylaws
by langdonorr＠gmail.com Aug. 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 2010

HMMM perhaps I can blame the ridiculous number of meetings for ICANN in the last 56 hrs but I have started a discussion when apparently none is called for => I do apologize... Alan informs me that he is not suggesting this as a change to our new Rule 27 (I read it that way Sorry Alan), but rather that his message was " ... augmenting my comment on Bylaws, which were submitted on my own behalf and not ratified (or whatever) by ALAC. New change is to those and not Rule 27." Again my apologies. CLO On Aug 26, 2010 12:03pm, Hong Xue <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm uncomfortable with inclusion of the following all-capitalized part, > which will not only substantially complicated the process (replacement and > then resumption to position) but deviate from neutral voting (an applicant > published --not selected candidate-- back to be a voter). > SHOULD A PERSON SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION NOT BE > > LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES, THE TERMS OF THIS > > SECTION NO LONGER APPLY. > Hong > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac > At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org > ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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Re: [ALAC] Modification of statement submitted regarding At-Large Director Bylaws
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 2010

Cheryl, with so many things going on related to the selection process, perhaps there is a misunderstanding here. My added suggestion was to the comment on the proposed Bylaw amendments that I submitted (on my own behalf, although later supported by a number of ALAC and RALO people). It is not directly linked to our Rule of Procedure 27 and requires no action by the ALAC. Alan At 25/08/2010 08:45 PM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote: >Thanks for this Alan, and indeed it would be possible to make this >as an additional amendment but if ALAC wishes to do so I would >encourage that to happen 'post haste'... So how does the ALAC wish >to proceed ? > >Shall we discuss this amendment to the new Rule 27 of the RoP's for >the ALAC here on this list => say for the next 7 days and then >subject to final wording (or not) based on that discussion take >amended text to an online confirmation vote to run for 5 days after >that? so close on 7th Sept? > >Cheryl Langdon-Orr >(CLO) > > > >On 26 August 2010 03:34, Alan Greenberg ><<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: >During a discussion on some of the details of the selection process >on the ALAC list, I realized that there was a problem with my >suggested wording for ARTICLE VI, Section 4(2). > >Specifically, under my wording, if a person (for example, and ALAC >member) submits a SoI to the BCEC, that person can no longer >participate in the selection process or vote. That would be true even >if that person was eliminated from the slate and not one of the final >candidates. > >I suggest the following change with the new wording in upper case: > >No person who serves in any capacity (including as a liaison) on the >At-Large Advisory Committee, or who holds the position of chair of a >RALO, shall simultaneously serve as a Director or liaison to the >Board. If such a person submits a Statement of Interest to be >considered as a candidate for Board Seat 15, the person shall not, >following such submission, participate in any discussion of, or vote >by the At-Large Advisory Committee, RALO chairs or any of the >constituent At-Large Advisory Committee sub-committees relating to >the selection of the person to hold Board Seat 15 until the selection >process has been completed. In the event that a person serving on the >At-Large Advisory Committee, or who holds the position of chair of a >RALO, submits a Statement of Interest to be considered as a candidate >for Board Seat 15, the RALO for the region that the person represents >may select a replacement for purposes of the Committee's selection >process. In the event that a person is serving as a Liaison to the >At-Large Advisory Committee, the group or entity that selected the >person may select a replacement for purposes of the Committee's >selection process. SHOULD A PERSON SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION NOT BE >LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED FINAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES, THE TERMS OF THIS >SECTION NO LONGER APPLY. > >I understand that it is too late for this new wording to be included >in the formal comments, but should my overall comment to this section >be acted upon, the new addition will remove a possible disenfranchisement. > >Alan Greenberg > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list ><mailto:ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org>ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac > >At-Large Online: <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>http://www.atlarge.icann.org >ALAC Working Wiki: <http://st.icann.org/alac>http://st.icann.org/alac >

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Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] NOW OPEN: ALAC Vote on Vanity Facebook URL
by Evan Leibovitch Aug. 25, 2010

Aug. 25, 2010

So let me get this straight. There's a formal vote on ... how to capitalise the At-Large Facebook page. Really. - Evan On 25 August 2010 08:28, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>wrote: > Dear All, > > As per decision at the ALAC Meeting on 24 August 2010, a five-day online > ALAC vote on the vanity URL for the Facebook At-Large fan page starts today > . > > Facebook offers the possibility to change the current URL of the At-Large > fan page from > http://www.facebook.com/pages/ICANN-At-Large-Community/108562012168 to > something more easily recognizable. > > Please note that the only authorized voters for this election are the 15 > members of the At-Large Advisory Committee. > > The question to be put will be the following: > > ****************** > > Which of the following should be the URL of the At-Large Facebook fan page? > Please vote for URLs in order of preference with 1 (the first click made) > being your first choice, 2 your second and 3 your third. > > With possible answers: > > 1. http://www.facebook.com/ICANN.AtLarge > 2. http://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge > 3. http://www.facebook.com/ICANN.ATLARGE > > **** > > This poll is not anonymous. > > You can submit your vote and track the votes as they come in under: > https://www.bigpulse.com/35571. > > 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 Monday, 30 August 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 > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > -- - Evan

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Rule 27 - At-Large Director selection
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 25, 2010

Aug. 25, 2010

Thanks you all for your comments and support for getting this new RoP section done in record time. I am attaching the final version of Rule 27 to be incorporated into the Rules of Procedure. The final version differs from the draft in the following ways: 1. Explicit reference to electronic votes. 2. Including documents related to creation of the selection process in the history to be kept. 3. A provision saying that a person cannot simultaneously be a BCEC member and part of the designated elector group (ALAC member or RALO Chair). 4. A requirement that in the case of a tie, the specific election be re-held once if time permits. Regarding the last item, I think we all agree that an election (or candidate elimination) selected by random draw is NOT the best outcome. If someone can come up with a better alternative, there is still time to change it. In some groups, one person's ballot is not counted unless there is a tie (often the Chair). That would work in the case of the final vote but not necessarily to eliminate a tie for 3rd place. Also, withholding a vote can cause one candidate to win where using the vote would give a tie (this effectively says that the vote withheld causes the "Chair's choice" to loose - less than optimal). But there must be other ideas as well. Alan

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ALAC Endorsement of applicants having provided ICANN with SoI's for future Review Teams
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Aug. 25, 2010

Aug. 25, 2010

Dear Rod and Heather, Regarding the recently closed public Call for Applicants for the Position of Volunteer Review Team Member- Review Team 2: Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS and Review Team 4: WHOIS Policy - It is my pleasure to inform you that at our monthly meeting of the ALAC, held earlier today (August 24th), the ALAC unanimously voted to endorse and there was no dissenting discussion only specific support for the qualities, qualifications and experience of the applicants from the ALAC, in addition to the Regional Leadership and At-Large members also on the call. Therefore please note our formal ALAC endorsement of the following three applicants for the three positions on the RT's as listed below with an implicit priority order as listed, for each RT. for a. Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-2-en.htm> (noting ALAC will have one representative on the SSR RT) ALAC Candidates<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-2-applications-en.htm> : 1. Alejandro Pisanty and 2. Lutz Donnerhacke and for *b.* Whois policy<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-4-en.htm> (noting ALAC will have two representatives on the Whois Policy RT) ALAC Candidates<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-4-applications-en.htm>: Lutz Donnerhacke and Olivier Iteanu kindest regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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Re: [ALAC] Outcome from ALAC Meeting earlier today re New gTLD Recommendation 6 Cross-Community Working Group => Your response required :-)
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Aug. 24, 2010

Aug. 24, 2010

Excellent [?] I will inform the co-Chairs and the WG list... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) On 25 August 2010 05:47, Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I accept. Thanks for the confidence. > > - Evan > > > > > > On 24 August 2010 15:33, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Evan you have been pinged in Skype (I think) re this, but here is the >> formal call for your response... >> >> As part of our discussions on *New gTLD Recommendation 6 Cross-Community >> Working Group ToR's * in our ALAC Meeting earlier today we endorsed >> (subject to a few minor matters date of report / final vs "a report" as >> stated in my note to the discussion list) and we discussed >> the formal selection of the ALAC Liaison as per "The ALAC, GAC and GNSO >> Council must identify at least one person who will serve as a primary >> liaison between the Rec6 CWG and their respective organizations." from >> those ToR's. Your name was put forward as a nomination for this role and >> has the support of those at the meeting :-) So I am now asking you if you >> would be willing to accept this role in this Work Group, and I look forward >> to your (affirmative) reply. >> >> >> Cheryl Langdon-Orr >> (CLO) >> >> > > > -- > - Evan >

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Outcome from ALAC Meeting earlier today re New gTLD Recommendation 6 Cross-Community Working Group => Your response required :-)
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Aug. 24, 2010

Aug. 24, 2010

Evan you have been pinged in Skype (I think) re this, but here is the formal call for your response... As part of our discussions on *New gTLD Recommendation 6 Cross-Community Working Group ToR's * in our ALAC Meeting earlier today we endorsed (subject to a few minor matters date of report / final vs "a report" as stated in my note to the discussion list) and we discussed the formal selection of the ALAC Liaison as per "The ALAC, GAC and GNSO Council must identify at least one person who will serve as a primary liaison between the Rec6 CWG and their respective organizations." from those ToR's. Your name was put forward as a nomination for this role and has the support of those at the meeting :-) So I am now asking you if you would be willing to accept this role in this Work Group, and I look forward to your (affirmative) reply. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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