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Election Call for ALAC Officers to serve from Dec 2010 to ICANN AGM 2011
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nov. 12, 2010

Nov. 12, 2010

Election Call for ALAC Officers to serve from Dec 2010 to ICANN AGM 2011 *ALAC Officers Election Schedule November December 2010* *12 November 2010 Election Call (sent to lists.)* *26 November 2010 Deadline for Officer Nominations (to be sent to lists.)* *28 November 2010 Chair to post to the public ALAC list an “election summary” message (sent to lists.)* *28 November – 10 December 2010 Nominations are discussed * *3 December 2010 Deadline for Nominees to Accept their Nomination (sent to lists and or as notified and recorded on the relevant Election Pages of th At-Large Wiki.)* *5 December 2010 Start of AGM * *10-11 December 2010 Election of ALAC Officers* *13 December 2010 Election Results announced* *13 December 2010 New ALAC Officers take their seats * *Election Schedule with ROP Explanations* *12 November 2010 Election Call is sent by ALAC Chair * ROP Article 9.1: No earlier than one calendar month and no later than three weeks before the beginning of an ICANN Meeting where an ALAC officer has to be elected, the current Chair Chair of the ALAC will send to the public ALAC list an “election call” message, listing the officers that are to be elected at that ICANN Meeting, asking for nominations, and stating the deadline according to the following paragraph 9.2. *26 November 2010 Deadline for Officer Nominations* ROP Article 9.2: The deadline for nominations for all open officer positions shall be 14 (fourteen) days after the date of the “election call”. Only delegates can nominate or self-nominate, by posting a message to the public ALAC list. Anyone who will or has a chance to meet eligibility requirements after the next ICANN Annual General Meeting can be nominated; it is not necessary for nominees to meet eligibility requirements at the moment of the nomination, but, if elected, they will have to meet them before taking their seat. Nominations of individuals who will not meet the eligibility requirements after the closure of the next Annual General Meeting are invalid. *28 November 2010 Chair to post to the public ALAC list an “election summary” message* ROP 9.4 9.4 After the deadline for nomination acceptance has passed and either: 9.4.1 not less than seven (7) days before the opening of the ICANN Meeting, if a regular election, or; 9.4.2 within seven (7) days from the end of the nomination acceptance period, if a vacancy is being filled between Annual General Meetings the Chair will post to the public ALAC list an “election summary” message. This message will contain a summary of all valid nominations for any open position. In the message, the Chair will also notify the day and time in which the actual vote will happen; such day and time must be either: 9.4.3 For regular elections: between the beginning and the closure of the ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting. In this latter case, the date and time of the vote shall be within the first 48 (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting; thus, the electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC members whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, or: 9.4.4 Where a vacancy arises in mid-year: the electorate shall consist of those delegates who are currently serving ALAC Members *28 November – 10 December 2010 Nominations are discussed * ROP Article 9.5: Nominations shall then be discussed on the public ALAC list, via instant messaging services or by telephone, and/or at the physical ALAC meetings during the ICANN Meetings, as applicable. *3 December 2010 Deadline for Nominees to Accept their Nomination* ROP Article 9.3: Nominations must be accepted by the nominee by sending a message of acceptance to the public ALAC list (or to the person who nominated them, who will then forward it to the public ALAC list, if they do not have posting privileges to the public ALAC list at the time) by the deadline of 7 (seven) days after the deadline for nominations. Nominations that are not accepted are invalid. *5 December 2010 Start of AGM * *10-11 December 2010 Election of ALAC Officers* ROP 9.4: 9.4.3 For regular elections: between the beginning and the closure of the ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting. In this latter case, the date and time of the vote shall be within the first 48 (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting; thus, the electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC members whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, or: 9.4.4 Where a vacancy arises in mid-year: the electorate shall consist of those delegates who are currently serving ALAC Members ROP 9.6: At the day and time of the vote, delegates will be provided (by staff or a delegated disinterested third party) with a mechanism for voting that meets the following requirements: 9.6.1 It allows for each delegate to cast their vote in a confidential manner, so that no other delegate or officer shall know it; 9.6.2 It allows for delegates who are not physically present to cast their vote remotely (also in advance of the day and time of the vote, if they are unavailable at that moment 9.6.3 Each delegate can cast up to one preference for each open position, picking among the list of validly nominated individuals published at rule 9.4. Votes for other individuals are considered equivalent to abstention. *13 December 2010 Election Results announced* *13 December 2010 New ALAC Officers take their seats at the end of the AGM* Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) ALAC Chair 2007-2010

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Registrars: The Internet's Travel Agents? (was Re: [GTLD-WG] ICANN Board Votes to Enhance New gTLDs Competition)
by Evan Leibovitch Nov. 12, 2010

Nov. 12, 2010

On 12 November 2010 04:50, Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien(a)bachollet.com>wrote: > > > > And what are the consumer/end-user implications? > > As domain name registrant in a new gTLD you will have just one provider and > it will be able to do what it want with no balanced power. > I've never understood this. Purely from a registrant or end-user point of view, what is "balanced power"? If a TLD allows and encourages name speculation or domain tasting, how much does it matter to the end-user if the speculators are from the manufacturers (registrars) or resellers (registries)? In the previous situation, if there is a current imbalance it appears to favour registrars. Registries are forced to go through them and have no option to sell directly to the public. Registrars do not have to prove their value, they are forced upon TLD operators. And since registries cannot go direct, they are dependent on registrars' willingness to market them. There is the argument, that without competition between registrars prices would be higher than they could be. But that is offset by the fact that registrars introduce a new level of indirection that by design is more complex -- and more costly -- than a system without registrars needs to be. The status quo makes sense when there is a practical monopoly of the TLD that most people want -- .com -- so that almost all of the current competition is between registrars all selling the same TLD. But that is essentially an artificial scarcity. In a world with many gTLDs, the competition will be amongst the TLDs -- which should each be free to decide whether to use resellers or not. Now, registrars can and do provide services that are useful to some registrants, such as management of domain portfolios, automated renewals, etc. And they may call attention to TLD options of which registrants may not be aware. But I see registrars in much the same way as I see travel agents -- they are useful for some, but not all consumers (and not all suppliers) need them. Once travel agents were a mandatory middle step while airline competition was minimal. But as the regulations have been lifted and there are more airlines, the marketplace has benefited from travel agents becoming optional, as airlines are able to act as their own booking agents. And nobody complains about the ability of airlines to change fares -- from minute to minute -- as specific routes become more or less scarce. > The only power to balance those real monopolies is a well organized > At-Large > voice (or voices) - from the ALS to the ALAC and even to the Board. > The most basic answer to this is that ICANN has the power to _eliminate_ the monopolies. Certainly there is some need for regulation, to ensure that handling of issues such as renewals and expiries are not predatory, but that can be done by advancing user rights into all ICANN contracts. User rights can be asserted universally whether registrars exist or not. A vigilant At-Large *and* a truly competitive TLD landscape is most desirable. - Evan

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Re: [ALAC] [GTLD-WG] ICANN Board Votes to Enhance New gTLDs Competition
by Sébastien Bachollet Nov. 12, 2010

Nov. 12, 2010

Sébastien Bachollet sebastien(a)bachollet.com +33 6 07 66 89 33 > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Michele Neylon :: Blacknight [mailto:michele@blacknight.ie] > Envoyé : mercredi 10 novembre 2010 18:21 > À : Evan Leibovitch > Cc : Sébastien Bachollet; <gtld-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; ALAC > Working List > Objet : Re: [GTLD-WG] [ALAC] ICANN Board Votes to Enhance New gTLDs > Competition > > > On 10 Nov 2010, at 17:17, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > > > On 10 November 2010 11:00, Sébastien Bachollet > <sebastien(a)bachollet.com>wrote: > > > >> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm > >> > >> > >> > > So... as someone who was interested in the vertical integration issue > but > > didn't have the time to participate, I'd like to find out... does > this > > resolve the issue > > Yes - unless someone decides to try and persuade the board to backtrack [SBT] I am not sure it solve the problem. But yes it is A decision by the Board and by the way the total opposite from the one taken by the same Board few months ago. Did the working group change opinion ? I haven't see that. Did the Board base his decisions on expert advices (maybe the Board change experts). It is easier than to change the participants of the working group ;) Yes it will be interesting to know the bases of the decision. > > > (of course, not to everyone's liking)? > > > > And what are the consumer/end-user implications? > > Depends who you ask :) [SBT] And it depends also from what perspective If you are a small community willing to start a gTLD for the community and no registrar willing to serve their needs then it is great. For Brand TLDs it will allow them to stay really closed and it is not specially benefic for the customer of those companies. As domain name registrant in a new gTLD you will have just one provider and it will be able to do what it want with no balanced power. The only power to balance those real monopolies is a well organized At-Large voice (or voices) - from the ALS to the ALAC and even to the Board. > > > > Mr Michele Neylon > Blacknight Solutions > Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection > ICANN Accredited Registrar > http://www.blacknight.com/ > http://blog.blacknight.com/ > http://blacknight.mobi/ > http://mneylon.tel > Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 > US: 213-233-1612 > UK: 0844 484 9361 > Locall: 1850 929 929 > Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon > > PS: Check out our latest offers on domains & hosting: > http://domainoffers.me/ > ------------------------------- > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business > Park,Sleaty > Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845

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Re: [ALAC] [board-09georegionswg] Final Interim Report Document Complete and on to Translation
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nov. 11, 2010

Nov. 11, 2010

Thank YOU Rob... Look forward to the call and w'shop plans... re the PC as each of our At-Large Regions will be meeting separately during Cartagena, *if* any of the Regional Leaders wish to have discussion on this in their meeting (ad knowing the translations will be available by then will also assist ;-) I'm forwarding the Working list the PDF in EN as an *advance copy* to assist in their 'pre PC review', and for consideration on adding it to their future Agendas, at Cartagena or in January... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) On 11 November 2010 16:29, Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth(a)icann.org>wrote: > Dear Working Group members: > > Receiving no additional edits to the Final version of the Interim Report > document by COB today, moments ago I transmitted the report to our Language > Services team for translation. For your files, I have attached a copies of > the report in both .doc and .pdf format. I will now work with our web > services team to set up a Public Comment Forum that will be open through 30 > January 2011. > > Thank you, again, for all your efforts on the document. I look forward to > talking with you all next week as you develop plans for the public workshop > in Cartagena. > > Best regards, > > RobH >

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ICANN Board Votes to Enhance New gTLDs Competition
by Sébastien Bachollet Nov. 10, 2010

Nov. 10, 2010

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm Sébastien Bachollet <mailto:sebastien@bachollet.com> sebastien(a)bachollet.com +33 6 07 66 89 33

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Fwd: 5 November 2010 - ICANN Board of Directors Special Board Meeting - Adopted Resolutions Posted
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nov. 10, 2010

Nov. 10, 2010

Thank you John, with this reply to you I am beginning distribution to our relevant lists... Just received this notice from General Council, Staff can we pass this on through our usual announcement to relevant lists please... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey(a)icann.org> Date: 10 November 2010 18:54 Subject: 5 November 2010 - ICANN Board of Directors Special Board Meeting - Adopted Resolutions Posted To: "Chuck Gomes (cgomes(a)verisign.com)" <cgomes(a)verisign.com>, " louie(a)louie.net" <louie(a)louie.net>, "ceo(a)auda.au" <ceo(a)auda.au>, " langdonorr(a)gmail.com" <langdonorr(a)gmail.com>, "Steve Crocker ( steve(a)shinkuro.com)" <steve(a)shinkuro.com>, "Heather.Dryden(a)ic.gc.ca" < Heather.Dryden(a)ic.gc.ca>, "junsec(a)wide.ad.jp" <junsec(a)wide.ad.jp> Cc: "Peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org" <Peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org>, Rod Beckstrom <rod.beckstrom(a)icann.org> SO and AC Chairs, Please note that we have posted the adopted resolutions from a Special Board Meeting that was held on 5 November 2010. We have also posted an announcement regarding a decision that was taken by the Board of Directors regarding New gTLDs on Cross Ownership by Registries and Registrars. Below are the links: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-05nov10-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm best regards, John Jeffrey General Counsel & Secretary ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA USA 90292 direct dial - +1.310.301.5834 mobile - +1.310.404.6001

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Result of APRALO Poll on Board Director Petition Candidates
by Hong Xue Nov. 8, 2010

Nov. 8, 2010

Dear All, Please see the final result of APRALO poll for consideration of additional candidates to be petitioned by RALOs. 9 out of 19 ALSes participated the poll. Thanks all for your kind participation. Here are the result: Avri Doris 5 Yes, 1 No, 3 Abstain Okore George 1 Yes, 4 No, 4 Abstain Raham Khan 1 Yes, 4 No, 4 Abstain Jordi Palet Matinex 1 Yes, 4 No, 4 Abstain Maria Shkarlat 1 Yes, 5 No, 3 Abstain Jean-Jacques Subrent 5 Yes, 1 No, 3 Abstain Danny Younger 3 Yes, 2 No, 4 Abstain Ahmad Al-Shagra got 1 Yes, 5 No and 3 Abstain but cannot be counted because the applicant failed the BCEC's due diligence but was wrongly included in the applicants' list. Please refer to Heidi's email sent on 6 November 2010. All the other applicants got 0 Yes. Since there is no specific procedure to define RALOs' "petition", except that it must be endorsed by at least 3 RALOs. Therefore, APRALO presents the result of the regional polling for the other RALOs to consider. APRALO would agree to petition for any of above-listed 7 applicants who got more than ONE Yes vote. Regards Hong Chair of APRALO On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:09 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > We have been asked by the Chair of APRALO, Professor Hong Xue, to start an > online poll on possible petition candidates for the At-Large Selected Board > Director position. > > The Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) released a final slate of > three candidates for the Board Director position on October 29th (see full > announcement: > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2010q4/000685.html) > Additional candidature from among the completed applications can be added to > the slate if the petition is supported by at least three RALOs. > > The question to be put will be the following: > Do you support the addition of (name of applicant) to the final slate of > candidates for the position of At-Large Selected Voting ICANN Board > Director? > > With possible answers: > Yes > No > Abstain > > Please note that on the actual online vote, there will be a separate poll > for each one of the applicants: > Ahmad Al-Shagra > Bob Bernatz > Robert Bruen > Rudi Daniel > Avri Doria > Ratnesh Dwivedi > Nuno Manuel Garcia dos Santos > Okore George > Tommy Hemmingsson > Rahman Khan > Natalie Knesek > Sundar Kshatriya > Thomas Morgan > Jordi Palet Martinez > Maria Shkarlat > Patricia Smith > Jean-Jacques Subrenat > Kamukoko Tshimanga > Danny Younger > > You can find the complete, publicly available information on the candidates > and an overview of the selection process under: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010 > +Workspace > > A separate email with their voting credentials was sent to the APRALO ALS > representatives recently. You will find the current ALS representative list > attached below. > Please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you have not received your > voting credentials. > > The vote will be anonymous and remain open until Saturday, 6 November 2010 > at 2359 UTC. > > -- > 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 > > > > Eligible APRALO voters (total 19): > > Arab Knowledge Management Society > Mahmoud Lattoufi > > At Large@China > Mengxuan Wu > > Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance > Prof. Hong Xue > > Emirates Internet Group > Khalid Bin Thani > > Hong Kong Internet Forum > Paul Chow > > Information Policy Analytical Center > Yashar Hajiyev > > Internet Users Network > Izumi Aizu Chief > > Internet Users Society Niue > Stafford Guest > > ISOC Australia > Cheryl Langdon-Orr > > ISOC Chapter India Chennai > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > > ISOC HK > Edmon Chung > > ISOC NZ > Keith Davidson > > ISOC Taiwan Chapter > Chung Laung Liu > > National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association > Sophie Liang > > Open Standards and Internet Association > Hyun-kook Kahng > > Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society > William (Will) Tibben > > Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum - India > Nimrol Agarwal > > Internet Society Pakistan Chapter > Qasim Y. Khan > > Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor > Fouad Riaz Bajwa > _______________________________________________ > APAC-Discuss mailing list > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > -- Dr. Hong Xue Professor of Law Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) Beijing Normal University http://www.iipl.org.cn/ 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street Beijing 100875 China

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APRALO Consultation on Board Director Candidates
by Hong Xue Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear Colleagues, As noted during the APRALO call on 26 October 2010, the BCEC released the final slate of candidates for the Board Director position (see full announcement: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2010q4/000685.html) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3 candidates and SOI details; · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. APRALO, in line with the above-mentioned tight schedule, now commences the regional consultation officially. Please note the following steps and measures: a) Candidates/applicants' campaign A slate of 3 candidates and 19 other applicants may campaign to our Community to seek support. We note that Not all the campaigners have the posting rights on the APRALO list. APRALO, in order to ensure their equal opportunity for campaigning, kindly asks all campaigners to send their statements or messages to the Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, who will then forward to the list till the end of campaigning period, 12 November 2010. b) RALOs' petition for additional candidate(s) Petitioned applicant(s) can be added to the slate by a formal request of at least three RALOs. APRALO will launch an online VOTING to let all the ALSes to decide whether to petition for any applicant or applicants out of the BCEC's slate to be a candidate or candidates. Please note that even if APRALO decides to petition for any applicant, the petition may not be successful if no other two RALOs support the motion. Since APRALO, if decides to petition for any one, must consult at least other two RALOs for joint action, the VOTE must be completed timely to allow for cross-RALO consultation. Voting period is tentatively set from 5 November to 12 November 2010. Hong Chair of APRALO -- Dr. Hong Xue Professor of Law Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) Beijing Normal University http://www.iipl.org.cn/ 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street Beijing 100875 China

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Board briefing materials
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

The Board briefing materials for the August 5, 2010 meeting and for the September 24-25, 2010 retreat and Board meeting have been released - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/. Alan

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Board Meeting: Agenda and proposed bylaws amendments as presented to the Board
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 28, 2010

Oct. 28, 2010

Dear All, In advance of the Board meeting that is scheduled to begin in a few hours at 28 October 03:00 UTC, Cheryl Langdon-Orr has requested that At-Large staff send you the following: 1) The link to the Board agenda (see: http://icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-28oct10-en.htm) The agenda item of Approval of Bylaws Necessary to Seat Director from At-Large Community is on the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda are non-controversial items which are voted on in a block rather than individually. However, any Board member is able to request that a consent item be placed on the regular agenda for additional discussion. 2) The proposed bylaws amendments as presented to the Board (please find attached). Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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