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ALAC Chair
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 10, 2015

Oct. 10, 2015

According to the ALAC Rules of Procedure, my first term as ALAC Chair which expires at the end of the Dublin meeting is renewable if I am still an ALAC Member and still am willing to continue in the position. As I will be starting a term as a NARALO-selected ALAC Member, I hereby announce that I am willing to continue in this role for another year. I ask that ALAC staff open nominations for candidates for the rest of the ALAC Leadership Team. Alan ==================================== ALAC RoP 8.2 If the Chair is still a member of the ALAC in the year following his or her selection, is willing to continue in that role and subject to the eligibility rules in Paragraph 5, the Chair's term is deemed to be automatically renewed for a second year without any explicit action of the ALAC.

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Essential reading: GNSO Policy Briefings
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Oct. 9, 2015

Oct. 9, 2015

Dear At-Large members, please be so kind to find attached, the GNSO Policy Briefings which were distributed to the GNSO Council. This document contains *excellent* summaries of all current policy work of the GNSO. For convenience, these GNSO Policy Briefings can also be directly viewed at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/background-briefing-08oct15-en.pdf Highly recommended reading. Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC GNSO Liaison -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [council] GNSO Policy Briefings Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 19:36:49 +0000 From: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org> To: Dear All, On behalf of the GNSO Team, please find attached the GNSO Policy Briefings to aid in your preparations for the Dublin meeting. Please note that thanks to our GDD colleagues, this edition also includes a section on the status of implementation of adopted GNSO policy recommendations. You are encouraged to share the background briefings with your respective groups and/or anyone else that might be interested. Best regards, Marika

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EU High Court Ruling Gutting Safe Harbour
by Carlton Samuels Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

The ruling is here <http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=169195&pageI…> . -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Fwd: [Board Advice Registry] AL-ALAC-ST-0915-05-EN ALAC Statement on the Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments - GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

FYI. >From: Wendy Profit <wendy.profit(a)icann.org> >To: "alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca" <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Subject: [Board Advice Registry] AL-ALAC-ST-0915-05-EN ALAC >Statement on the Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments - GNSO Policy & >Implementation Recommendations >Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:05:45 +0000 > >Dear Alan Greenberg, > >ICANN is in receipt of the ALAC Statement on the Proposed ICANN >Bylaws Amendments - GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations, >reference number AL-ALAC-ST-0915-05-EN. This advice is now in >process. Please note acknowledgement of advice does not imply >acceptance or promise of implementation. An ICANN representative >will be reaching out to you shortly to begin the process of ensuring >that ALAC and ICANN share a mutual understanding of the actionable >items of these recommendations. > >Thank you for your time and the work involved in producing this statement. > >Best regards, > >Wendy Profit >ICANN Board Operations Specialist >12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 >Los Angeles, CA 90094 >Mobile: 1-310-773-6811 >Office: 1-310-578-8695

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Who Makes Up Civil Society
by Carlton Samuels Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

My friend Antonio Medina Gomez of Colombia has it right. You measure first by objective. Civil society organisations work to advance the public interest in one or other thing, be it internet users, people who are handicapped, people who suffer from spousal abuse, people who dance to embrace culture, national literacy, whatever. The objective is what matters most. This discussion is a great example of how the intersection of history and culture impact our concepts of democracy, governance and congruent relationships. Save and except the faith-based ones, Caribbean public interest organisations do not restrict association based on where you live, your politics or what you like to eat. Our first impulse is to include, not to exclude. In our tradition, it is the results that matter most. Therefore so long all subscribe to the common ideals and submit to the same discipline, membership is yours to take. The fact is Caribbean peoples are not as suspicious of their governments. We have a long standing democratic tradition and change governments with regularity, for the most part uneventfully; every 4 - 5 years. Political debates are full and frank. And yes, we sometimes elect crooks. But we never ever elect fools. Our governments are absolutely dependent on people from all areas of life to fully participate in their governance. So they expect people, including those connected to civil society organisations, to serve on public boards for government-owned or funded entities such as school management boards, boards of libraries, even publicly-owned for-profit companies. We are not compensated. All this is considered a contribution to national development and society. In certain cases, our laws sometimes declare how certain civil society organisations must be co-opted to serve in certain areas of national endeavour. Two examples from Jamaica. The Heart Foundation is a public interest organisation dedicated to providing information on heart disease and its prevention to our citizens. The Chairman of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica is a banker. The Council of Voluntary Social Services is an umbrella organisation that coordinate the work of the voluntary sector in helping the poor and disadvantaged live better lives. Membership runs the gamut from the United Way thru youth groups like Boys & Girls clubs to retired citizens clubs to organised groups in the Diaspora with their pet causes. It is funded partially from the public purse and the Chair is a retired school teacher. You could check Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada or Antigua and you see the same referrals. That is our Caribbean reality. And any definition that begins with exclusion automatically disadvantage us. -Carlton Samuels ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Re: [ALAC] Selection of Pre-Dublin ALAC Leadership Training Program attendees
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

As we feared, it appears that Harold Arcos will not be able to arrive in time for the LTP. We still expect him to be in Dublin, but our best guess is that he will not arrive prior to the start of the ALAC meetings, but he will be there for several days and the Incoming ALAC Development session on the final Friday. In his place, Humberto Carrasco will be attending. This decision was taken by the ALT as there was insufficient time to do a more widespread consultation or vote. The decision was unamimous. Alan At 22/09/2015 05:58 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote: >As you will recall, the ALAC is allocated five >positions in the Pre-Dublin Leadership Training >Program (LTP). The leadership of each RALO was >requested to identify two candidates. > >The ALAC is asked to identify a selection that >is a mix of relatively new person needing >training and ones with significant ICANN experience. > >AFRALO had previously asked that Seun Ojedeji be >named in order to ensure timely visa processing for him. > >The ALAC and Liaisons to ICANN SO/ACs met in >camera (with no outsiders) today to discuss the >candidates and make a final selection. Those chosen were: > >APRALO: Maureen Hilyard >EURALO: Yrjö Länsipuro >LACRALO: Harold Arcos >NARALO: Judith Hellerstein > >There is a possibility that Harold will not be >able to obtain a visa in sufficient time to >attend the LTP (or perhaps even the entire ICANN >meeting). I will work with LACRALO leadership to >consider alternatives if we discover that the >visa issue for Harold cannot be overcome. > >Alan

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Close Date Extension - CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 2015

Dear All, Given the deadline extension of the public comment period on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures<https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw>, the deadline for commenting on the draft ALAC Statement on this topic has been extended to 21 October 2015 23:59 UTC. The draft, as well as pertinent resources for this Public Comment, can be found in its wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw. If you have input on the draft, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don't have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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ICANN News Alert -- Call for Volunteers for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 4, 2015

Oct. 4, 2015

[ICANN]<https://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-10-01-en ________________________________ Call for Volunteers for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team 1 October 2015 ICANN today published a call for volunteers for community members to apply to serve on the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team. Representatives of the various supporting organizations and advisory committees, as well as independent experts are invited to apply. Read the Call for Volunteers and Apply Now<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/call-volunteers-cct-rt-2015-10-01-en> Under ICANN's Affirmation of Commitments<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/affirmation-of-commitments-2009-09-30…>, the review team must "examine the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice, as well as effectiveness of (a) the application and evaluation process, and (b) safeguards put in place to mitigate issues involved in the introduction or expansion." Team members will be chosen in December 2015 and work is scheduled to begin in January 2016. The CCT Review Team is expected to set its own schedule for data collection, analysis and reporting, with the goal of producing its final report by 31 December 2016. The review team will consider multiple inputs as it deliberates the impact of the New gTLD Program on competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. The ICANN community recommended many of the metrics and data that will support the review team's analysis. ICANN has been collecting data for many of those metrics and recently launched a metrics hub<https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/cct/metrics> on its website. Other metrics were captured in global surveys of Internet users<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-29may15…> and domain name registrants<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-25-en>, and an economic study<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-09-28-en>.

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Update On Steps To Combat Abuse And Illegal Activity - Blog by Allen Grogan
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 3, 2015

Oct. 3, 2015

For your information. ><https://www.icann.org/news/blog/update-on-steps-to-combat-abuse-and-illegal…>https://www.icann.org/news/blog/update-on-steps-to-combat-abuse-and-illegal… > >ICANN Contractual Compliance plans to convene a >roundtable discussion, during ICANN54, to >discuss whether any of these might provide a >model for registrars and registries to >voluntarily adopt standard practices to combat >abuse and illegal activity. This discussion will >revolve around the role that the adoption of >voluntary self-regulatory practices by >contracted parties in these areas may play in >combatting abuse and illegal activity; it is not >intended to lead to mandated practices. > >I look forward to continuing dialogue with the >community regarding ways to address illegal >activity and abuse. Please join us on Wednesday, >21 October 2015 in Dublin for the session >entitled Role of Voluntary Practices in Combatting Abuse and Illegal Activity. > > >David A. Olive >Vice President, Policy Development Support >General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters Istanbul >Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul >Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) > >Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 >Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 >Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 >Email: <mailto:david.olive@icann.org>david.olive(a)icann.org >www.icann.org

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