April 2010 - APAC-Discuss - lists.icann.org

APRALO Brochure and ALS Survey
by Pavan Budhrani May 23, 2010

May 23, 2010

Hello all, How is everything going? This is Pavan Budhrani, Secretariat of APRALO and wanted to contact you about several APRALO issues. The first one was about the APRALO Brochure. Recently we have agreed to do one APRALO brochure, in that, one page will be about the testimonials from ALS’es around the Asia Pacific region. Thus, we would like all ALS’es if you would be kind enough to send us a picture of yourself and some lines about your ALS, and also why it is worthwhile to participate in APRALO. It would be great exposure because we plan to distribute these out during ICANN meetings, other external meetings and even online. This is an example of the brochure done by the Latin America region. http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01mar10-2-en.htm The Second part is that we are now in process of doing a global ALS Survey along with other regional officers and the ALAC. It is a simple form with some multiple choice questions. The main areas to be covered there are about your relationship with the ccTLD in your region and also some other housekeeping items like which communication channel works better and so on. This would be useful information for us to engage more often. There would be in total 3 parts to the survey and the links will be sent across next week. Really look forward to your prompt reply. Please reply back to me and CC the chair and vice chair who are CC-ed in this email, thanks again Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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Vice Chair Elections Reminder
by Pavan Budhrani April 30, 2010

April 30, 2010

Hello all, The Deadline for elections is on the May 3rd 2359 UTC and now 2 of the nominees have their Bio up on the site. https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?2010_election_call_apralo_vice_chair… check the attachments part) We are waiting the Bio of the other nominee. thanks -- Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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NOW OPEN: APRALO Vice Chair Elections 2010
by At-Large Staff April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

Dear All, The online election for the open APRALO Vice Chair positions has started and will remain open until Monday, 3 May 2010 at 23:59 UTC. All registered ALS representatives should have received a personal email with their voting credentials a couple of minutes ago. Please contact staff under staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you have not received them. Attached below you find a list with all eligible APRALO ALS representatives. There are three candidates for the two open Vice Chair positions: Les Allison Fouad Bajwa Sivasubramanian Muthusamy (Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by family name.) You will be asked to indicate your preference for each of the candidates for the two currently open APRALO Vice Chair positions by clicking on the box to the left of each name. The order of preference is from most preferred (your first click), to your lowest preference (the last clicked). You must indicate a preference for each candidate for your vote to be valid. The candidate with the highest preference will be appointed for a two-year term. The candidate with the second highest preference will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term which ends in March 2011. Voting Method: The online election uses the single transferable voting method (STI). This voting method is based on multiple rounds of voting whereas the candidate with the least preferences is taken off the ballot after each round. The preferences from voters having voted for the candidate with the least preference will automatically be transferred over to the remaining candidates. Voters only have to cast their preferences once. Example: Candidate A Candidate B Candidate C Let's assume there is a total of 13 voters. After the first round, both candidates A and B have 5 first preferences while the three voters X, Y and Z gave their first preference to candidate C. It follows that candidate C is taken off the ballot and the second preferences from voters X,Y and Z are redistributed among the remaining candidates. Voter X: 1st preference C, 2nd preference B Voter Y: 1st preference C, 2nd preference B Voter Z: 1st preference C, 2nd preference A Candidate B will get another two votes in the second round from voters X,Y.. Candidate A only receives one additional vote from voter Z. It follows that Candidate B is elected in round two. For additional details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote Voting will be anonymous. However, in order allow for individual reminders to be sent out, it is possible for Staff to identify who has cast his or her vote. The results of the election will be announced on Tuesday, 4 May. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org Eligible APRALO voters (total 19): Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation Karaitiana Taiuru karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Mahmoud Lattoufi mlattouf(a)agip.com At Large@China Asia-Pacific Mengxuan Wu wu.mx(a)hotmail.com Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Dr. Hong Xue Chair o hongxueipr(a)gmail.com Emirates Internet Group Asia-Pacific Khalid Bin Thani Chairman info(a)isoc.ae Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) Asia-Pacific Paul Chow Secretary paul(a)hkif.hk Internet Users Network Asia-Pacific Izumi Aizu iza(a)anr.org Internet Users Society Niue Stafford Guest Secretary sguest(a)niue.nu ISOC Australia Asia-Pacific Cheryl Langdon-Orr langdonorr(a)gmail.com ISOC Chapter India Chennai Sivasubramanian Muthusamy isolatedn(a)gmail.com ISOC HK Edmon Chung sec(a)hkif.hk ISOC NZ Keith Davidson keith(a)internetnz.net.nz ISOC Taiwan Chapter Asia-Pacific Chung Laung Liu liucl(a)mx.nthu.edu.tw National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) Ku Wei Wu kuoweiwu(a)gmail.com Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) Hyun-kook Kahng kahng(a)kkorea.ac.kr Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society (PICISOC) Leslie Allison Chairman leslie.allinson(a)gmail.com Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India Nimrol Agarwal nirmol81(a)yahoo.com Internet Society Pakistan Chapter QasimY. Khan isoc(a)isocpk.org Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Fouad Riaz Bajwa fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com

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Action Items
by Pavan Budhrani April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Hello all Action items from the APRALO meeting held today are attached here. Thanks https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?action_items_27_april_2010 Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 27 April 05:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 27 April 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?27_april_2010 If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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APRALO Vice Chair Election Process and ALS Representative List
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 21, 2010

April 21, 2010

Dear All, All nominees for the APRALO Vice Chair positions have accepted or declined their nominations. The following candidates will stand for election (in alphabetical order by family name): Les Allison Fouad Bajwa Sivasubramanian Muthusamy To expedite the election process, the APRALO Chair decided to advance the start of the online elections by one week. The new starting date for the APRALO Vice Chair elections is Monday, April 26th. (additional information available under: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?2010_election_call_apralo_vice_chair…) The online election is anonymous. You will be asked to rank the candidates by order of preference. The candidate with the highest preference will be appointed for a two-year term. The candidate with the second highest preference will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term which ends in March 2011. You will receive additional details on the voting method before the start of the election on Monday. In view of the elections, we would like to confirm the ALS representatives participating in the online election and the email address where the voting credentials will be sent to. Attached below you find to list with all regional ALSes representatives and the corresponding contacts according to our current information. This email is sent to all ALS representatives and copied to the APRALO mailing list. Please respond to us by Sunday, April 25th if the information for your ALS need to be changed. You ONLY need to reply to this message if the information for your ALS is INCORRECT. Please do not reply to all recipients of this message, you can simply send to message to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org . We will send out an updated list before the start of the elections. -- 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): Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation Karaitiana Taiuru karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Mahmoud Lattoufi mlattouf(a)agip.com At Large@China Asia-Pacific Mengxuan Wu wu.mx(a)hotmail.com Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Dr. Hong Xue Chair o hongxueipr(a)gmail.com Emirates Internet Group Asia-Pacific Khalid Bin Thani Chairman info(a)isoc.ae Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) Asia-Pacific Paul Chow Secretary paul(a)hkif.hk Internet Users Network Asia-Pacific Izumi Aizu iza(a)anr.org Internet Users Society Niue Stafford Guest Secretary sguest(a)niue.nu ISOC Australia Asia-Pacific Cheryl Langdon-Orr langdonorr(a)gmail.com ISOC Chapter India Chennai Sivasubramanian Muthusamy isolatedn(a)gmail.com ISOC HK Edmon Chung sec(a)hkif.hk ISOC NZ Keith Davidson keith(a)internetnz.net.nz ISOC Taiwan Chapter Asia-Pacific Chung Laung Liu liucl(a)mx.nthu.edu.tw National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) Ku Wei Wu kuoweiwu(a)gmail.com Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) Hyun-kook Kahng kahng(a)kkorea.ac.kr Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society (PICISOC) Leslie Allison Chairman leslie.allinson(a)gmail.com Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India Nimrol Agarwal nirmol81(a)yahoo.com Internet Society Pakistan Chapter QasimY. Khan isoc(a)isocpk.org Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Fouad Riaz Bajwa fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com

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New Vice Chair
by Karaitiana Taiuru April 19, 2010

April 19, 2010

Dear all, Mahmoud A. Lattouf our Vice Chair has sent his apologoies to APRALO as he can no longer act as our Vice Chair and has great difficulty committing to our monthly meetings. I thank Mahmoud for his input while he was available. As part of the plan to get greater representation from APRALO across the board on ICANN consultations we require a new Vice Chair. Please submit names and suggestions to the list. I am still awaiting staff to let me know the formal procedures. But the candidate should be prepared to travel and to take ownership of certain ICANN consultations. Please contact me in person for a confidential discussion if you so wish. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru Karaitiana Taiuru Ph/SMS: +64 21 070 7507 Web: http://www.taiuru.maori.nz | Blog: <http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/>http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/ Email karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz | Skype/MSN/GoogleTalk ktaiuru | AIM/Yahoo KaraitianaTaiuru Twitter: @ktaiuru Bio: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru>http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru PO Box 10286 Christchurch 8145 New Zealand

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Fwd: [At-Large] FW: ICANN Fellowship Webinar: 28 April
by James Seng April 14, 2010

April 14, 2010

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vanda UOL <vanda(a)uol.com.br> Date: Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:49 AM Subject: [At-Large] FW: ICANN Fellowship Webinar: 28 April To: Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr(a)gmail.com>, olgacavalli(a)gmail.com, Fatimata Seye Sylla <fsylla(a)gmail.com>, alice <alice(a)apc.org>, marilynscade(a)hotmail.com, At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cheryl, Olga, Marilyn, Alice, Fatimata , all Could you spread a word in your interested communities? See below. Olga, can you forward to South School students? appreciate Thanks Kisses to all VANDA SCARTEZINI On 28 April 2010, ICANN staff will describe the Fellowship Program in an interactive webinar, to be held at 18:00-19:00 GMT/UTC. We would like to engage you in outreach on ICANN's behalf, to distribute the announcement of the Webinar on the Fellowship Program to your constituency, your community and individuals. Please encourage those who may not be aware of the program, have shown interest but are still not sure about the program's intent or benefits, or need a refresher course to register on the eLearning page of the ICANN website and call into this webinar later this month. With outreach and engagement, we will bring new participants into the ICANN community, and with new participants, eventually new ideas and leadership to continue carrying the mission and vision of a truly global internet into the future. Fellowship Program Overview - Register <http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/e71529160/event/registration.html> Thank you as always for your supportJand feel free to listen in yourselves! _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
by Karaitiana Taiuru April 13, 2010

April 13, 2010

I would like to nominate Les back to his position of Vice Chair as he has done a great job supporting me in his role and i value hi input and sugestions. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru At 05:41 p.m. 05/04/2010, you wrote: >Dear APRALO Colleagues, > >I would like to announce the open of the APRALO nomination period >for the following two positions. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >1. Vice Chairperson for an one year term for the position of >Vice-Chair currently held by Les Allison. > >2. Vice Chairperson for a the remainder of the two year term (March >or the GA in 2011) of the position previously held by Mahmoud Lattouf. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Nominations will close two weeks from today at UTC 23:59, April 19 2010. > >Nominees will then be asked to accept the nomination no later than 7 >days later at UTC 23:59, April 26 1010. > >Election deadline: The election shall begin no later than one week >after the end of the acceptance deadline and end no later than two >weeks later. Though traditionally APRALO has not gone to this stage >due to lack of interest. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Contrary to the past, the 2 Vice Chairs should be prepared to >regularly travel to ICANN meetings. You will also be expected to >accept responsibility for current ICANN consultations which will be >divided by the chair and two vice chairs with the support of the >Secretary. The ALAC meetings will also require APRALO presence which >will be divided equally amongst the officers. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Nominations should be sent to this APRALO list ><apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>. Likewise acceptance of >nominations should also be sent to this list. > >For any questions or for more information please contact me. > >Regards, >Karaitiana Taiuru >APRALO Chair. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >APAC-Discuss mailing list >APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > >Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org Karaitiana Taiuru Ph/SMS: +64 21 070 7507 Web: http://www.taiuru.maori.nz | Blog: <http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/>http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/ | Tel: <http://ktaiuru.tel>http://ktaiuru.tel Email karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz | Skype/MSN/GoogleTalk ktaiuru | AIM/Yahoo KaraitianaTaiuru Twitter: @ktaiuru Bio: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru>http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru PO Box 10286 Christchurch 8145 New Zealand

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO Brochure in local languages
by Karaitiana Taiuru April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010

Dear Nirmol, Many thanks for your email and offer of assistance. Perhaps if you liase with Pavan who is taking the lead on the brochure. I hope you can join in the next Skype meeting on this topic. FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43357213049 . Regards Karaitiana Taiuru At 10:58 p.m. 04/04/2010, Jurisonline in wrote: >Dear All, > >Recently I came across, an AFRALO Brochure in Arabics. I think it is >a great idea and in view of the internationalization of ICANN and >domain name, i feel we being teh largest RALO should also initiate >such exercise on an urgent basis. Please let me know if we have a >similar brochure prepared in English for APRALO. > >I hereby offer to undertake similar act for the South Asian Region >begining with, getting the text translated in 'Hindi', 'Urdu' and >'Tamil' the three prime language of the region which will cover >Pakistan, Sri lanka, parts of India and Singapore. > >Please if any one can send me the English version of AFRALO brochure >I shall be greatful. (for your convenience I am attaching the arabic >version published by AFRALO) > >Dear Karaitiana, > >Please let me know if we have a community in APRALO's name on >'Orkut' or 'facebook' or 'any other community chatting portal' so >that i can join the same and be updated on the current events and >discussions as it is not always possible for me to attend the monthly meetings. > >Kind regards, > >Nirmol K Agarwal >ISVK India > > >Content-Type: application/pdf; name="AFRALO-Brochure-AR.pdf" >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="AFRALO-Brochure-AR.pdf" >X-Attachment-Id: f_g7lqnis10 Karaitiana Taiuru Ph/SMS: +64 21 070 7507 Web: http://www.taiuru.maori.nz | Blog: <http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/>http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/ | Tel: <http://ktaiuru.tel>http://ktaiuru.tel Email karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz | Skype/MSN/GoogleTalk ktaiuru | AIM/Yahoo KaraitianaTaiuru Twitter: @ktaiuru Bio: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru>http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru PO Box 10286 Christchurch 8145 New Zealand

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