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Fwd: Re: [At-Large] Unsubscribe me please
by Maureen Hilyard Feb. 19, 2017

Feb. 19, 2017

This is an interesting situation. First of all most organisations place a statement along with the link about wanting to unsubscribe from a mailing list, but ICANN expects people to just know how to do this? Secondly, the unsubscribe requests are coming at a time when we are discussing member engagement with ICANN and people are starting to hear about the issues. It is strange that when individual members could be having a say about an important issue that actually involves them, rather than having their say, their preferred response is to unsubscribe? ITEMS must have got that wrong somehow (funny that!) And finally, why does the whole of At-Large get the unsubscribe request? It could start an avalanche of requests now that they are better informed of the process. :) And are staff keeping analytics on these unsubscribers? The latest one was from the UN (?) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "gbruen(a)knujon.com" <gbruen(a)knujon.com> Date: 19/02/2017 6:13 am Subject: Re: [At-Large] Unsubscribe me please To: <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: Seun, there are always too many emails, none channeled to specific > interests or needs. This decades-old "system" of collaboration and > information flow is one of the great failures of ICANN to engage with the > community. Why would anyone want to stay engaged? > > > > On 2/19/17 10:46 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote: > > Hello, > > The URL to unsubscribe is in the footer: > > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > On that note, I wonder why a few people are unsubscribing? Are the mails > too much already ;-) > > Regards > Sent from my LG G4 > Kindly excuse brevity and typos > > On Feb 19, 2017 16:38, "Alexander Forsyth" <aforsyth.pdp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you. >> >> Alexander Forsyth >> www.campominado.org >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/d0c0b46552958ac65c076711d0d4ddd3caa71b4e?ur…> >> www.alexanderforsyth.com >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/8a984b2a36df1d485c9aa65deaa140e357963ab3?ur…> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> At-Large mailing list >> At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing listAt-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.orghttps://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > > > -- > Garth Bruengbruen(a)knujon.com > 617-947-3805 <(617)%20947-3805>http://www.knujon.com > ICANN At-Large Advisory Council > Author: WHOIS Running the Internethttp://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118679555.html > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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Idea for an alternative to the EMM proposed in the At-Large Review
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Feb. 16, 2017

Feb. 16, 2017

Here's an idea for an alternative proposal for At-Large to the EMM model proposed in the At-Large Review My thoughts - The proposed EMM has flaws. Some immediate ones : - it destroys the community and with that, the consensus building of community with replacement of individuals with even less ties to the public community. Such individuals will promote and collude with other individuals to keep themselves in the loop. Also, with many of the policy discussions in GNSO being English, this permanently eliminates persons from developing/emerging economies from non-English from ever participating. - given that any individual could already participate in GNSO, we would be no different from such random individuals - it removes the mandate on oversight and accountability on ICANN activities from end user interests - a thousand individuals in one large country will override 10 individuals from a small country so there will be less diversity in the EMM model only from those countries with large number of individuals. - Nomcom appointees to ALAC new to ICANN will serve as Liasions to other groups is not sensible There are many more problems but I want to focus on a IMO a better At-Large model than the EMM one: - ICANN establishes At-Large Chapters in each country similiar in concept to Rotary or ISOC chapters. - each chapter is open to anyone interested in ICANN from the interests of end users. - ICANN can set guidelines for each chapter - some examples: must do certain level of outreach, have term limits, have a public F2F awareness meeting to recruit new persons. ICANN would need to provide some funding to make this happen but this would be small and the chapters can account to ICANN for expenses. - ICANN can provide the tools (mailing lists, conference tools) to facilitate online discussions. - Because there is a consistent brand - At-Large Chapter in the country, marketing/promoting is greatly simplified and easier to explain. - Given that such chapters are virtual, it makes chapters easy to establish with only a few individuals from a country without the challenges of having formal organisations with bylaws and pay taxes. So an At-Large chapter ends up being a virtual ALS in each country in the ALAC/RALO/ALS model. The RALOs will consist of the chapters from each country in the region with each chapter electing two persons to coordinate the RALO work. The RALO will be better positioned to better fulfil its MOUs with ICANN and the RALO and ALAC would not have to bother with analysing whether an organisation meets the criteria of an ALS. The At-Large chapters will be better able to network with At-Large chapters in other countries and build consensus on policy issues and help promote and grow the At-Large Community. --- Dev Anand

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.africa news
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Feb. 15, 2017

Feb. 15, 2017

.africa delegated and in the root! Best regards, Rinalia

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Re: [ALAC] Idea for an alternative to the EMM proposed in the At-Large Review
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 14, 2017

Feb. 14, 2017

If this, or any other major reorganization of At-Large is to happen, it will need to be with careful planning and attention to details. One of the major flaws of the ITEMS EMM is that it glosses over "details" that are in fact major issues. Two examples are just how is it that people will suddenly know about us and flock here and exactly how do we recognize and track "active" individuals. In this model the questions are different. Here are just a few of them: - Just who is it in ICANN who will establish and organize these chapters, and who will carry out any formalities that are needed to allow them to exist (such as incorporation or creating Bylaws that may be required in some jurisdictions) - How do you ensure that they do not wither following the exuberance of creating them (a major problem with ISOC Chapters)? - How do you handle disputes that may arise between different factions in a country? - How do we transition from where we are now to this new model, without losing the relatively few hard workers we have in each country? This may well be a viable model, and certainly one that could have been created at the start. Given the knowledge of the ISOC Chapter model, I have no doubt it was seriously considered. If it is going to be sold, it needs to be pretty bullet-proof. Alan At 13/02/2017 09:04 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote: >Here's an idea for an alternative proposal for At-Large to the EMM >model proposed in the At-Large Review > >My thoughts - The proposed EMM has flaws. Some immediate ones : > >- it destroys the community and with that, the consensus building of >community with replacement >of individuals with even less ties to the public community. Such >individuals will promote and collude with other individuals to keep >themselves in the loop. Also, with many of the policy discussions in >GNSO being English, this permanently eliminates persons from >developing/emerging economies from non-English from ever participating. >- given that any individual could already participate in GNSO, we >would be no different from such random individuals >- it removes the mandate on oversight and accountability on ICANN >activities from end user interests >- a thousand individuals in one large country will override 10 >individuals from a small country so there will be less diversity in >the EMM model only from those countries with large number of individuals. >- Nomcom appointees to ALAC new to ICANN will serve as Liasions to >other groups is not sensible > >There are many more problems but I want to focus on a IMO a better >At-Large model than the EMM one: > >- ICANN establishes At-Large Chapters in each country similiar in >concept to Rotary or ISOC chapters. >- each chapter is open to anyone interested in ICANN from the >interests of end users. >- ICANN can set guidelines for each chapter - some examples: must do >certain level of outreach, have term limits, have a public F2F >awareness meeting to recruit new persons. ICANN would need to >provide some funding to make this happen but this would be small and >the chapters can account to ICANN for expenses. >- ICANN can provide the tools (mailing lists, conference tools) to >facilitate online discussions. >- Because there is a consistent brand - At-Large Chapter in the >country, marketing/promoting is >greatly simplified and easier to explain. >- Given that such chapters are virtual, it makes chapters easy to >establish with only a few individuals from a country without the >challenges of having formal organisations with bylaws and pay taxes. > >So an At-Large chapter ends up being a virtual ALS in each country >in the ALAC/RALO/ALS model. > >The RALOs will consist of the chapters from each country in the >region with each chapter electing two persons to coordinate the RALO >work. The RALO will be better positioned to better fulfil its MOUs >with ICANN and the RALO and ALAC would not have to bother with >analysing whether an organisation meets the criteria of an ALS. > >The At-Large chapters will be better able to network with At-Large >chapters in other countries and build consensus on policy issues and >help promote and grow the At-Large Community. > > >--- >Dev Anand >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline >X-Microsoft-Exchange-Diagnostics: > >1;DM5PR03MB2714;27:OlX6aU+5ilJYGkCWBr9VC+nQMTZ5q/p8UnI3T/Mu/bC4A5V8b6iXOxCxXT5WLXkkGfp+Ms3PkGdL88763uaqZMnaYlIy2fgUoJPagXmx9AMCDiOLcs80hUeDAIVCL9mk53bgDc4GNivpTix9SZwYGw== >X-Microsoft-Antispam-Mailbox-Delivery: > ex:0;auth:0;dest:I;ENG:(20160514016)(520000050)(520002050)(750028); > >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [ALAC] [At-Large] Idea for an alternative to the EMM proposed in the At-Large Review
by Seun Ojedeji Feb. 14, 2017

Feb. 14, 2017

+1 to the 3 points listed as well. However, this effort already started both at RALO and ALAC level (before the current review). I think one of the challenge with a volunteer community is the burnout tendency, hence that effort may seem slow, but there is also a possibility that if we are able to accelerate the efforts, it will ultimately reduce burnout rate. Regards Sent from my LG G4 Kindly excuse brevity and typos On Feb 14, 2017 04:32, "Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch" <apisan(a)unam.mx> wrote: > John, > > indeed the size of the organizations varies widely. That is one of the > facts that guided the design. > > Some organizations may claim to have 150,000 members and others 50. The > Web-of-trust concept applies first to obtain some certainty about the > validity of these claims. The vetting process allows for that too. And you > more or less know, at least within the region of the RALO, whom you are > actually speaking with. > > Another significant point against Dev's and in general "ICANN chapter" > designs is that ALSs are diverse in another sense: functional diversity. > Some would be primarily engineering or technical organizations (though in > practice most of these abhor the At Large), others are lawyers' > associations, others are primarily oriented to the defense of consumer or > other rights, etc. This is one of the design principles that has more or > less panned out. > > We could do much better if we assessed ALSes for 1. fit under ICANN's > mission, 2. ability to represent or transmit users concerns, 3. relevant > activity - and repeat this assessment periodically. The salutary effects of > this practice would reverse much of what the ITEMS study correctly calls a > problem. > > Alejandro Pisanty > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Dr. Alejandro Pisanty > Facultad de Química UNAM > Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico > > > > +52-1-5541444475 <+52%201%2055%204144%204475> FROM ABROAD > > +525541444475 <+52%2055%204144%204475> DESDE MÉXICO SMS +525541444475 > <+52%2055%204144%204475> > Blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty > Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/ > 22285/4A106C0C8614 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/apisanty > ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > ------------------------------ > *Desde:* at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [ > at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] en nombre de John Laprise [ > jlaprise(a)gmail.com] > *Enviado el:* lunes, 13 de febrero de 2017 14:47 > *Hasta:* 'ALAC Working List'; 'At-Large Worldwide' > *Asunto:* Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Idea for an alternative to the EMM > proposed in the At-Large Review > > I think we’re missing a point that the report inadvertently revealed and > which it is trying to indirectly address. > > > > The RALOs are all very, very different. Size, state of the Internet, and > concerns of the region, not to mention the governments that tend to be > prevalent. Creating a one size fits all type of RALO will be hard. If we > seek to restructure the concept of RALOs, the new structure has to address > the diverse ecosystems that exist within these geographical areas. > > > > Best regards, > > > > John Laprise, Ph.D. > > Consulting Scholar > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jplaprise/ > > > > > > > > *From:* at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@ > atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Javier Rua > *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2017 2:31 PM > *To:* John R. Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> > *Cc:* ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; At-Large > Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > *Subject:* Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Idea for an alternative to the EMM > proposed in the At-Large Review > > > > Two sovereign states. "A country may be an independent sovereign state or > one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly > sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets > of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct > political characteristics." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country > > Javier Rúa-Jovet > > > > +1-787-396-6511 <+1%20787-396-6511> > > twitter: @javrua > > skype: javier.rua1 > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua > > > > > On Feb 13, 2017, at 4:24 PM, John R. Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> wrote: > > There are 8 territories in NA region > > > These are countries: > > > * Canada > > * United States > > > These are US territories whcih for historical reasons have ISO 3166 codes: > > > * American Samoa > > * Guam > > * Northern Mariana Islands > > * Puerto Rico > > * United States Minor Outlying Islands > > * Virgin Islands, U.S. > > > The minor outlying islands are uninahbited, the rest other than Puerto > Rico are tiny with a combined population less than Wyoming, the smallest US > state. > > Really, there are two countries in the NA region, the US and Canada. It > is vanishingly unlikely there will ever be an ALS from any US territory > other than Puerto Rico because they are so small. > > Canada also has three thinly populated territories but since they are > contiguous with the rest of Canada, ISO 3166 never noticed them. > > Canada is divided into provinces and the US into states, but in both > countries the large provinces and states are vastly larger than the > smallest ones so they're not a very good way to subdivide, either. > > We now return you to whatever we were talking about before. > > R's, > John > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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Re: [ALAC] [At-Large] Idea for an alternative to the EMM proposed in the At-Large Review
by Maureen Hilyard Feb. 14, 2017

Feb. 14, 2017

+1 On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Aida Noblia <aidanoblia(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with Alejandro and with the three points of his propose. They are > a good global solution for to improve the funcionality of ALs, and resolve > the problems ITEMS saw. > > Regards > > Aída Noblia > > > 2017-02-14 0:31 GMT-03:00 Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan(a)unam.mx>: > >> John, >> >> indeed the size of the organizations varies widely. That is one of the >> facts that guided the design. >> >> Some organizations may claim to have 150,000 members and others 50. The >> Web-of-trust concept applies first to obtain some certainty about the >> validity of these claims. The vetting process allows for that too. And you >> more or less know, at least within the region of the RALO, whom you are >> actually speaking with. >> >> Another significant point against Dev's and in general "ICANN chapter" >> designs is that ALSs are diverse in another sense: functional diversity. >> Some would be primarily engineering or technical organizations (though in >> practice most of these abhor the At Large), others are lawyers' >> associations, others are primarily oriented to the defense of consumer or >> other rights, etc. This is one of the design principles that has more or >> less panned out. >> >> We could do much better if we assessed ALSes for 1. fit under ICANN's >> mission, 2. ability to represent or transmit users concerns, 3. relevant >> activity - and repeat this assessment periodically. The salutary effects of >> this practice would reverse much of what the ITEMS study correctly calls a >> problem. >> >> Alejandro Pisanty >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty >> Facultad de Química UNAM >> Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico >> >> >> >> +52-1-5541444475 <+52%201%2055%204144%204475> FROM ABROAD >> >> +525541444475 <+52%2055%204144%204475> DESDE MÉXICO SMS +525541444475 >> <+52%2055%204144%204475> >> Blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty >> Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/ >> 22285/4A106C0C8614 >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/apisanty >> ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> ------------------------------ >> *Desde:* at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [ >> at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] en nombre de John Laprise [ >> jlaprise(a)gmail.com] >> *Enviado el:* lunes, 13 de febrero de 2017 14:47 >> *Hasta:* 'ALAC Working List'; 'At-Large Worldwide' >> *Asunto:* Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Idea for an alternative to the EMM >> proposed in the At-Large Review >> >> I think we’re missing a point that the report inadvertently revealed and >> which it is trying to indirectly address. >> >> >> >> The RALOs are all very, very different. Size, state of the Internet, and >> concerns of the region, not to mention the governments that tend to be >> prevalent. Creating a one size fits all type of RALO will be hard. If we >> seek to restructure the concept of RALOs, the new structure has to address >> the diverse ecosystems that exist within these geographical areas. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> John Laprise, Ph.D. >> >> Consulting Scholar >> >> >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jplaprise/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto: >> at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Javier Rua >> *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2017 2:31 PM >> *To:* John R. Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> >> *Cc:* ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; At-Large >> Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Idea for an alternative to the EMM >> proposed in the At-Large Review >> >> >> >> Two sovereign states. "A country may be an independent sovereign state >> or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly >> sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets >> of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct >> political characteristics." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country >> >> Javier Rúa-Jovet >> >> >> >> +1-787-396-6511 <+1%20787-396-6511> >> >> twitter: @javrua >> >> skype: javier.rua1 >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 13, 2017, at 4:24 PM, John R. Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> wrote: >> >> There are 8 territories in NA region >> >> >> These are countries: >> >> >> * Canada >> >> * United States >> >> >> These are US territories whcih for historical reasons have ISO 3166 codes: >> >> >> * American Samoa >> >> * Guam >> >> * Northern Mariana Islands >> >> * Puerto Rico >> >> * United States Minor Outlying Islands >> >> * Virgin Islands, U.S. >> >> >> The minor outlying islands are uninahbited, the rest other than Puerto >> Rico are tiny with a combined population less than Wyoming, the smallest US >> state. >> >> Really, there are two countries in the NA region, the US and Canada. It >> is vanishingly unlikely there will ever be an ALS from any US territory >> other than Puerto Rico because they are so small. >> >> Canada also has three thinly populated territories but since they are >> contiguous with the rest of Canada, ISO 3166 never noticed them. >> >> Canada is divided into provinces and the US into states, but in both >> countries the large provinces and states are vastly larger than the >> smallest ones so they're not a very good way to subdivide, either. >> >> We now return you to whatever we were talking about before. >> >> R's, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> At-Large mailing list >> At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> At-Large mailing list >> At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> > > > > -- > Aida Noblia > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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Re: [ALAC] [At-Large] Idea for an alternative to the EMM proposed in the At-Large Review
by Javier Rua Feb. 13, 2017

Feb. 13, 2017

Two sovereign states. "A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country Javier Rúa-Jovet +1-787-396-6511 twitter: @javrua skype: javier.rua1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua On Feb 13, 2017, at 4:24 PM, John R. Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> wrote: >> There are 8 territories in NA region > > These are countries: > >> * Canada >> * United States > > These are US territories whcih for historical reasons have ISO 3166 codes: > >> * American Samoa >> * Guam >> * Northern Mariana Islands >> * Puerto Rico >> * United States Minor Outlying Islands >> * Virgin Islands, U.S. > > The minor outlying islands are uninahbited, the rest other than Puerto Rico are tiny with a combined population less than Wyoming, the smallest US state. > > Really, there are two countries in the NA region, the US and Canada. It is vanishingly unlikely there will ever be an ALS from any US territory other than Puerto Rico because they are so small. > > Canada also has three thinly populated territories but since they are contiguous with the rest of Canada, ISO 3166 never noticed them. > > Canada is divided into provinces and the US into states, but in both countries the large provinces and states are vastly larger than the smallest ones so they're not a very good way to subdivide, either. > > We now return you to whatever we were talking about before. > > R's, > John > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [ALAC] Replacement Electors
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 13, 2017

Feb. 13, 2017

The restriction of a candidate not voting in the election is a requirement from the ICANN Bylaws. That is not likely to change. The process to allow a RALO to name a replacement elector is in the ALAC RoP. The rules were carefully crafted so as to not negatively impact a NomCom appointed ALAC member if they chose to run for the Board seat - in the absence of such a rule, the vote would simply be uncast. If the ALAC so wishes, that can be changed at some point in the future, but this current selection is being run under the current RoP. The replacement elector is bound by the same rules as other ALAC members. They MUST NOT cast a directed vote but must be what the elector (and I quote RoP 19.10.4) "believes to be in the best interests of At-Large, the ALAC and ICANN". What is listed and what is not listed here was deliberately crafted. Alan At 10/02/2017 02:54 PM, you wrote: >Hello, > >Actually I do think the simple fix is to allow any nominee to be >able to cast his/her vote if the nominee happen to be an elector. I >don't see any major reason why we restrict them in the first place >as their "singular" vote wouldn't get them elected. > >I was able to cast my vote as member of AFRINIC for the election >that placed me on the Board and ofcourse my vote wasn't the deciding >factor(it could have been as well). > >On that note, we may perhaps just put a condition that the nominee >vote cannot break a tie(if that happens), even I still don't think >we need to put any restriction. > >Regards >Sent from my LG G4 >Kindly excuse brevity and typos > >On Feb 10, 2017 17:08, "Carlton Samuels" ><<mailto:carlton.samuels@gmail.com>carlton.samuels(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I add my support for Fatima to replace Leon as elector for the Board >member election. > >Notwithstanding my support here, the rule that makes the RALO the >determining voice for the vote of a NomCom appointed ALAC member is >hopelessly flawed. > >Maybe it was unintentional but this impugns the independence of the >member. The unfettered independence of the NomCom appointed ALAC >member is a major objective of that process and is meant to insulate >that person from regional passions. That independence is especially >valuable when that is an elector for the Board member. should not be >conscripted. > >-Carlton Samuels > > >============================== >Carlton A Samuels >Mobile: 876-818-1799 >Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround >============================= > > > >_______________________________________________ >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: ><https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL…>https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL… > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline >X-Microsoft-Exchange-Diagnostics: > >1;DM5PR03MB2714;27:4oW8EnYpNWQzsFt5ID1twH7YGMrxV1DLkJKr8HfWuHFb06B3hVz0hOe6O64J5+vGSeeOg8QOfQTgAbiz/851SjFE/mZKgiUvqOIPbgB7saFztkgnZr3hY/dVXCeSncWz68pbQg3W7jed1wWdaDRuuA== >X-Microsoft-Antispam-Mailbox-Delivery: > ex:0;auth:0;dest:I;ENG:(20160514016)(520000050)(520002050)(750028); > >_______________________________________________ >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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CEO Report to the Board
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Feb. 12, 2017

Feb. 12, 2017

CEO and Management Report to the Board below. Enjoy it! :) https://www.icann.org/presidents-corner Best regards, Rinalia

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Re: [ALAC] .africa news
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 10, 2017

Feb. 10, 2017

If I understand correctly, the denial of the injunction allows ICANN to proceed with delegation. However the basic lawsuit is still pending. The denial of the injunction does lower the probability that the lawsuit will succeed though. Presumably if the lawsuit ultimately was won by dotconnectafrica, the TLD would then have to be redelegated to them (if all appeals are exhausted). Is that your understanding as well Rinalia? Alan At 10/02/2017 02:58 AM, Rinalia Abdul Rahim wrote: ><https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2017-02-09-en>https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2017-02-09-en. > >Best regards, > >Rinalia

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