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Call for Comments: Creating A Consumer Agenda at ICANN
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 3, 2016

Aug. 3, 2016

Dear All, Garth Bruen, the ALAC Member from the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO), has developed the first draft on the Creating a Consumer Agenda at ICANN<https://community.icann.org/x/MASbAw>. This document will serve as a formal At-Large Community proposal to enhance consumer protections and end user accountability within the Domain Name System in order to hold ICANN to mission statement. The goal is to present the finalized document in the ICANN57 Hyderabad meeting. The draft, as well as pertinent resources that provide background to this Statement, can be found in its wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/MASbAw. All At-Large members are welcome to comment on this draft. Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input, 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>. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: 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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Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] Fwd: Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 1, 2016

Aug. 1, 2016

At 29/07/2016 06:36 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote: >Hello Alan, > >Oh so a statement of support was also going to be helpful, was >thinking it was if we had concerns. Thanks for the draft and My +1 >to the statement at it currently stand, if its not too late, you may >consider a few minor comments below: > >1. Can "They play an impactful role in their respective countries >to...." be updated to "They play an impactful role in their >respective countries and within ICANN to...." I think emphasizing >the impact of atlarge within ICANN is quite important. I have always >been of the opinion that atlarge defending the interest of end-users >within ICANN is of more importance than what they do outside of it. >Ofcourse not that, that is also not important. In my mind, what we do inside of ICANN is why we are here! The rest should be a facilitater to make the internal effrots more effective and better reflect what users need. >2. I suggest re-wording of the third paragraph to the following: >"The ALAC recognizes that these changes may make the process of >selecting candidates more difficult, but believes ICANN is making a >wise choice in doing this and would ensure to maintain fairness and >balance in the selection process, especially towards improving >representation of under-served/under developed countries/territories >within ICANN processes " I will make a change to this effect. >Regards > > >On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Alan Greenberg ><<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: > >To: ALAC <<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >From: Alan Greenberg ><<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Subject: Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program > >As discussed during the ALAC call earlier this week, there is a >Public Comment just about to close on changes to the ICANN Fellowship Program. > >Some people in At-Large have been (rightfully) VERY vocal about >perceived problems in the Fellowship program, specifically: > >- people from some countries (such as Argentina) have recently >become ineligible to participate in the Fellowship Program because >the country has had its status upgraded in the World Bank list of >development status (based on income); >- some people, particularly from some island territories were not eligible. > >In both cases, the status of the overall economy might not have met >the criteria, but that did not alter the perception that the people >were not well represented in ICANN. > >The proposed changes to the Fellowship Program address these >problems and more. > >Unfortunately, no one chose to volunteer to draft a brief statement >of support for the changes. > >At the ALAC Leadership Team meeting yesterday, it was decided that >the Fellowship Program is sufficiently important to At-Large, the >people we represent, and to ICANN in general that we MUST submit >something. Accordingly, I drafted a set of notes which Ariel Liang >ably transformed into a statement to be submitted. > >The statement can be found at ><https://community.icann.org/x/LiOOAw>https://community.icann.org/x/LiOOAw. > >The deadline for submission is tomorrow, Friday, 29 July at 23:59 >UTC. I will conduct a Consensus Call for formally ratify the >statement next week, but if anyone has any concern with the >statement, please bring that concern to my attention immediately. > >Alan > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Announce mailing list ><mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org>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>http://www.atlarge.icann.org > > > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Seun Ojedeji, >Federal University Oye-Ekiti >web: <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng>http://www.fuoye.edu.ng >Mobile: +2348035233535 >alt email:<http://goog_1872880453> ><mailto:seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng>seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng > >Bringing another down does not take you up - think about your action! >

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