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Fwd: [NCSG-Discuss] Report from the BR meeting local organizing group - Dec 2013
by José Francisco Arce Jan. 9, 2014

Jan. 9, 2014

Dear Olivier, all This is a quick question. Is At-large community thinking in participate? Who, How, when? In whick working group? I know Fatima Cambronero is maybe the person who is most involved. Maybe you can find the way to involved At-large in aWG. Kind Regards Jose Arce.- > ---------- Mensaje reenviado ---------- > De: "Carlos A. Afonso" <ca(a)cafonso.ca> > Fecha: dic 21, 2013 1:37 PM > Asunto: [NCSG-Discuss] Report from the BR meeting local organizing group - Dec 2013 > Para: <NCSG-DISCUSS(a)listserv.syr.edu> > Cc: > > Hi people, > > This is my quick summary of yesterday's meeting of the local organizing > group (LOG) for the BR meeting. This summary is basically oriented to > civil society but may be useful to all stakeholders. Covers basically > the structure of the committees and includes some other useful info. > > I do hope it answers several of the many questions we are receiving. > > fraternal regards > > --c.a. > > ================================ > > 1. Co-chairs of the BR Meeting > > This is a no-brainer: the BR Meeting will be chaired by Virgilio Almeida > (current chair of CGI.br, and member of Brazil's Ministry of Science, > Technology and Innovation), and Fadi Chehadé. > > 2. High Level Multistakeholder Committee > > The HLMC will be responsible for overseeing the political articulations > and for encouraging the participation of the international community. > > It will be composed of government representatives of 12 countries > (precise list still being established by the BR government) plus 12 > non-govs, and two representatives of UN agencies to be chosen by the > UNSG. The 12 non-govs include four of each non-gov stakeholder (civil > society, academia/techies, private sector). All of the non-gov, non-UN > stakeholders' names will be brought to the LOG by 1Net. So the HLC will > be composed of 26 people. > > The HLMC will have four co-chairs, keeping the multistakeholder balance. > One of the co-chairs will be Brazil's Minister of Communications Paulo > Bernardo. > > So civil society needs to indicate to 1Net Steering Committee four > high-level reps as soon as possible. > > 3. Executive Multistakeholder Committee > > The EMC will be responsible for organizing the event, including the > discussion and implementation of the agenda, and the selection of the > participants and the various stakeholders' proposals. The crucial part > of the preparation process resides here, in close coordination with the > Logistics Committee, so people selected for the EMC ought to make > themselves readily available for this challenge. > > The LOG has already selected the eight Brazilian members of the EMC. > There will be four co-chairs as well, and names already appointed are > Demi Getschko (CEO of NIC.br) and Raúl Echeberría (to be confirmed, CEO > of LACNIC). A representative of an international agency will be > appointed as well (by the coordinating body of the UN agencies) to > participate. > > Like the HLMC, non-gov, non-UN members of the EMC will be brought to the > LOG by 1Net. > > For the EMC civil society needs to indicate to 1Net Steering Committee > two names as soon as possible. > > 4. Logistics and Organizational Committee > > The LOC will be co-chaired by Hartmut Glaser, executive secretary of > CGI.br with proven expertise in coordinating the organization of > national and international events. Another co-chair will be indicated by > 1Net. > > 5. Government Advisory Committee > > This is in the hands of the BR government who acts as a facilitator and > coordinator. Two co-chairs will be indicated. This committee will be > open to any government who wishes to act in an advisory capacity. > > 6. Funding > > NIC.br will cover about 50% of the meeting's overall costs. The balance > will be share by international participants/sponsors. Contributions from > ICANN and ISOC are expected. > > 7. Participation > > The meeting is to be held at Hotel Transamérica, in São Paulo, fairly > close to NIC.br headquarters (see attached map). The basic distribution > of participants is envisioned approximately as: > > 450 from govs > 500-550 from non-gov, non-UN stakeholders > 100 journalists > 50 IGOs/UN reps > > Inviting participants, or receiving and approving participation > requests, is one of the tasks of the EMC. > > 8. Expected outcomes as success indicators > > - Official launching of a review process of the global IG frameworks/models; > > - Development of a set of universally acceptable core of principles for > global IG; > > - Tentative draft of a global IG model. > > My personal comment: these ambitious outcomes of course involve a lot of > preparatory process work, especially by the Executive Committee. This is > why we need to conclude the nominations asap in order to start the real > work towards the meeting. > >

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Draft motion on DSSA report
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 22, 2013

Dec. 22, 2013

As requested at the last ALAC meeting, I have drafted a motion for ALAC approval on the DSSA report. It is based on the motion approved by the GNSO, and adds a note of regret regarding the recommendation to not proceed with the phase 2 activities. It can be found at https://community.icann.org/x/szWfAg.

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013
by Holly Raiche Dec. 19, 2013

Dec. 19, 2013

And for those who haven't read it, page 30 has a lovely picture of Rinalia and JJ Holly Begin forwarded message: > From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Date: 19 December 2013 2:15:19 PM AEDT > To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013 > > > > [http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> > News Alert > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18dec13-en.htm > > ________________________________ > ICANN Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013 > > 18 December 2013 > > The 2013 Annual Report for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been published online today. > > The report highlights the organization's achievements and progress from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, including: > > * Continued accountability and transparency efforts. > * Opened new offices to increase ICANN's internationalization. > * Completed evaluation of more than a thousand new gTLDs and preparations to place them in the root. > * Finalized new Registrar Accreditation Agreement. > * Establishment of Trademark Clearinghouse. > > Further content includes: > > * Audited financial statements for fiscal year 2013. > * Biographical details on each of the Board of Directors. > * Messages from the CEO and Chairman. > > The complete annual report is available online at: http://www.icann.org/en/about/annual-report/annual-report-2013-en.pdf [PDF, 6.69 MB] > _______________________________________________ > 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://www.atlarge.icann.org

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Registrants and the transfer process
by Holly Raiche Dec. 17, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013

Hi Everyone Where the ITRP D working group is up to is gathering scenarios where the registrant has lost their domain name. By way of background, in the earlier working group (IRTP C), the possibility of the registrant being able to access the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy dispute mechanism. But for this working group, allowing registrant access to the process is seen to be too hard. But the WG agrees that there must be redress for registrants who have (wrongly) had their domain name transferred away. Some of the scenarios are really not - at their base - an ICANN issue. (the admin contact quits/is fired, and then cancels the name, takes it with him/her, or the web designer gets the site up and running and then doesn't give the name to the person who hired him/her.) But there are many scenarios that do amount to a breach of the RAA/policy. The WG's view at this stage is to have the registrant be able to go to Compliance for enforcement of the transfer rules if the rules/policy has not been followed. What Compliance has done for the group is forward the many situations which will be considered as a breach of the RAA/policy and for which ICANN should be able to order a transfer back of the name to the registrant. Does anyone have any real life scenarios that I can take to the group when it reconvenes in January so that the WG can 'road test' how various scenarios would be played out - i.e., in what circumstances the registrant, with ICANN help, can recover a name transferred away from them that should not, under ICANN rules, not have been transferred. Holly

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Re: [ALAC] Confidentiality
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Dec. 17, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013

Dear Roberto, apologies for this - you must have been muted because I did not hear you. Your comments are well received and I note your last point regarding confidentiality and the hypothesis of having BCEC members share information. The discussion is open. Kind regards, Olivier On 17/12/2013 17:19, Roberto Gaetano wrote: > > I was trying unsuccessfully to ask for the floor after the comments > from Tijani and Alan, maybe my line was muted, then I had to go back > to my meeting, where I am right now. > > I would like to go on record saying that: > > · I share completely what Tijani has said -- as a matter of > fact we had discussed and agreed in Buenos Aires our common position. > The wider the number of people that have access to a piece of > information, the higher the risk that we have leaking data, and from > that on the step to the information being public is very small. > > · BCEC has taken the issue of confidentiality very seriously, > I have consulted with the NomCom Chair and with ICANN General Counsel > and then decided to require the non-disclosure to be signed by all, > before giving access to confidential material. > > · If the principle of access to the current Board member > evaluation by the voters, although being a theoretically valid > question, brings as a corollary the question on why should the voters > also not have access to the reference letters for all candidates. You > see that, step by step, we can undermine completely the > confidentiality, and therefore the trust in the process. > > · The ALAC can decide to open up to a larger audience but I > would strongly recommend, if you do so, to at least require a > non-disclosure similar to the one that BCEC members have signed. I > would also encourage you to look for advice by General Counsel. > > · The hypothesis of having BCEC members to informally share > information with the regional voters is in open violation of the > confidentiality agreement signed by BCEC members. > > Thanks, > > Roberto > > > -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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Possible ALAC Advice to the Board regarding the GNSO IGO/INGO PDP Report
by Alan Greenberg Dec. 17, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013

When we approved our statement on the IGO/INGO PDP Report, we allowed the possibility that the final minority statement could also be sent as Advice to the Board. Should you or the ALAC decide to do so, I would suggest the following text (plus whatever embellishments you may feel necessary). ============= The ALAC wishes to call the Boards attention to a statement that the ALAC has made with relation to the Final Report of the GNSO Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs Policy Development Process. Body (minus title) of the ALAC Minority Statement found at pages 12-13 of http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-minority-positions-10nov13-e…

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Request for ALAC to take action
by Garth Bruen Dec. 12, 2013

Dec. 12, 2013

Dear Olivier and Colleagues, I am requesting that the Chair take action on the attached item. To summarize a contracted party to ICANN is employing an proven invalid privacy service for its registrants. This is not my research alone but has been validated and confirmed by journalists at the Washington Post (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/how-violent-porn-sites-man age-to-hide-information-that-should-be-public/2013/12/06/e0861378-3773-11e3- ae46-e4248e75c8ea_story_4.html). The registrar in question has been aware of the issue for over 2 years. Because of the scale of the issue and in the interests of transparency I am requesting this be logged as an official ALAC matter with At-Large staff and be forwarded to ICANN Compliance by the ALAC Chair for investigation. Please contact me with any questions. -Garth ------------------------------------- Garth Bruen gbruen(a)knujon.com 617-947-3805 http://www.knujon.com Chair of ICANN At-Large North America (naralo.org) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 Blog: http://www.digitalcitizensalliance.org/cac/alliance/blog.aspx?ident=garth Twitter: @Knujon "If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale" -Polybius

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Consolations about Nelson Mandela's passing away
by Wolf Ludwig Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 9, 2013

Hello, this may not be the right place / list but I just realized with deep sorrow that Nelson Mandela passed away today -- after everything he left behind for us and the world: his wisdom, visions, integrity, honesty, sense of freedom and justice, reconciliation (after 27 years in prison) and much more. His dreams and visions about equality and justice will be always valid, even in the digital age regarding rights and principles. There is hardly anybody in contemporary history I admired more! And who, if not him, will rest in peace? I share all consolations with our friends from AFRALO and beyond. Kind regards, Wolf EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig

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Fwd: A follow-up from the ALAC and LACRALO about the Brasil Conference and 1net
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Dec. 8, 2013

Dec. 8, 2013

FYI -- after some discussion with the ALAC Leadership Team and seeing the continuous discussion on the /1net mailing list, I have sent the following enquiry to Adiel Akplogan, AFRINIC CEO and Fadi Chehadé, ICANN CEO. Best regards, Olivier -------- Original Message -------- Subject: A follow-up from the ALAC and LACRALO about the Brasil Conference and 1net Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:50:02 +0100 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> To: Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade(a)icann.org>, "Adiel A. Akplogan" <adiel(a)afrinic.net> CC: David Olive <david.olive(a)icann.org>, Theresa Swinehart <theresa.swinehart(a)icann.org>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, Rodrigo de la Parra <rodrigo.delaparra(a)icann.org>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> ALAC Correspondence: AL-ALAC-CO-1213-1-00-EN Dear Fadi, Dear Adiel, in my capacity as ALAC Chair, I am following up on the ICANN week's announcements and progress in Buenos Aires with several requests for clarification, prompted by the At-Large Community. Please find attached a Statement from our Latin America & Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO) region published in Buenos Aires on 21 November 2013 asking for several points of clarification regarding /1net and proposing their help in developing the agenda in the region. Within the past few days, it appears that the process by which the /1net initiative is being implemented, has started with a designation of the people that will make up several organising committees in the run-up to the Brazil conference. Several of my colleagues are voicing concerns that other parts of ICANN are negotiating a position on the committees irrespective of the wider ICANN issue. I would therefore like to make sure the participation of the At-Large Community is not overlooked at the table and would therefore seek your advice on how to go about making sure that this is not the case. I remind you that the ALAC supported the Montevideo Statement and the proposed Brazil meeting *before* the Bali IGF (See ALAC Ref: AL-ALAC-CO-1013-02-00-EN attached to this email) so this has been on our radar for a long time. I look forward to your kind reply to transmit to the At-Large Community. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair

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Re: [ALAC] Consolations about Nelson Mandela's passing away
by Fatimata Dec. 6, 2013

Dec. 6, 2013

yes, indeed, Madiba is one but Long Life his Spirit. His wisdom will remain with humanity for ever. See one of his lessons for a good coach and a true leader ( humility)... "It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea." - Nelson Mandela Fatimata Seye Sylla Sent from my iPad On 6 déc. 2013, at 01:16, "Tijani BENJEMAA" <tijani.benjemaa(a)topnet.tn> wrote: > Thank you very much Wolf, > > > > All Africa mourns Mandela ... > > All Africa is in mourning. > > Mandela was the militancy, the sacrifice, the wisdom, the tolerance, and the > forgiveness ..... > > How much we need Mandela today!!! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Tijani BEN JEMAA > > Executive Director > > Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) > > Phone: + 216 41 649 605 > > Mobile: + 216 98 330 114 > > Fax: + 216 70 853 376 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Wolf Ludwig > Envoyé : vendredi 6 décembre 2013 00:26 > À : ALAC Working List > Objet : [ALAC] Consolations about Nelson Mandela's passing away > > > > Hello, > > > > this may not be the right place / list but I just realized with deep sorrow > that Nelson Mandela passed away today -- after everything he left behind for > us and the world: his wisdom, visions, integrity, honesty, sense of freedom > and justice, reconciliation (after 27 years in prison) and much more. His > dreams and visions about equality and justice will be always valid, even in > the digital age regarding rights and principles. There is hardly anybody in > contemporary history I admired more! And who, if not him, will rest in > peace? > > > > I share all consolations with our friends from AFRALO and beyond. > > > > Kind regards, > > Wolf > > > > EuroDIG Secretariat > > http://www.eurodig.org/ > > mobile +41 79 204 83 87 > > Skype: Wolf-Ludwig > > > > EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation > > http://euralo.org > > > > Profile on LinkedIn > > http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(ALA > C) > > _______________________________________________ > 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: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL…

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