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APRALO Statement on the .XXX Application
by Matthias Langenegger 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Dear All, The draft ALAC statement on the ICM Application for the .XXX sTLD, drafted by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, is now available under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?statement_on_icm_application_for_the_xx… All regions are asked to comment on the draft Statement. Also, if you would like to submit a APRALO statement on the .XXX application, you can send them to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org before the start of the ALAC call on Tuesday, 27 April at 1400 UTC. Regional statements will be appended to the ALAC statement. You can find an overview on the regional statements on the .XXX application under: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?regional_statements_on_the_further… Best Regards, -- Matthias Langenegger Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org Main Tel: +41 (79) 644 65 35 Fax: +41 (22) 594 85 44 Skype ID: matthiaslangenegger

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Action Items from last meeting
by Pavan Budhrani 28 May '10

28 May '10

Hi all, Action items from the last meeting are now up, please take a look, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?action_items_25_may_2010 Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Announcement of Resignation of APRALO ChairKaraitiana Taiuru
by Beau Brendler 27 May '10

27 May '10

I agree...I will miss him too. In the interest of transparency, however, I would like to know more about any non-personal issues that are naturally raised by the sentence, "At the same time, he also requested that his ALS, the Aotearoa Maori Internet Organization, withdraw from the At-Large community." The answer may have something to teach us. If it's simply part of the personal decision, that's fine and certainly respected. -----Original Message----- >From: "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson(a)GOV.NU.CA> >Sent: May 26, 2010 12:02 PM >To: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Cc: alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, James Seng <james.seng(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [ALAC-Internal] Announcement of Resignation of APRALO ChairKaraitiana Taiuru > >Well, I for one will certainly miss Karaitiana and wish him the best in his new endeavours! > >D > >Darlene A. Thompson >CAP Administrator >Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP >P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 >Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 >Phone: (867) 975-5631 >Fax: (867) 975-5610 >E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca > >________________________________ > >From: alac-internal-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Heidi Ullrich >Sent: Tue 5/25/2010 8:12 PM >To: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Cc: alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; ICANN At-Large Staff; James Seng >Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Announcement of Resignation of APRALO ChairKaraitiana Taiuru > > > >Dear All, > > >Karaitiana earlier today tendered his immediate resignation as Chair of APRALO. In tendering his resignation, Karaitiana asked that APRALO be informed that his "personal circumstances unexpectedly changed so much that [he is] relieving [himself] of many of [his] commitments including APRALO. [His] new work commitments have also been interfering with APRALO over recent months". > > > >He does so with much sorrow and regret. At the same time, he also requested that his ALS, the Aotearoa Maori Internet Organization, withdraw from the At-Large community. > >Regarding the process to fill the vacancy made available by Karaitiana's resignation, the APRALO Operating Principles address this circumstance in the following manner: "If a vacancy occurs a replacement for the remainder of the term shall be selected at an extraordinary Meeting" (Part 3. Paragraph 5.5). Therefore, the face-to-face APRALO meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 22 June at 05:00 UTC in Brussels will be designated an Extraordinary Meeting in order to formally select a replacement for the remainder of Karaitiana's term which will run through the 2011 APRALO General Assembly. The resignation of his ALS will also be formally noted during this meeting. This APRALO Extraordinary Meeting, which is scheduled for the normal monthly meeting time of 05:00 UTC, will offer remote participation abilities, including an Adigo phone bridge and an Adobe Connect Chatroom so that all members of APRALO may be able to actively participate in this meeting. > >In the weeks prior to this Extraordinary Meeting, Cheryl, as Chair of ALAC, has requested that the two Vice-Chairs, Les and Fouad, decide which one shall serve as temporary chair (or they may decide to serve as co-chairs) until the time the Chair position is formally filled. The temporary chair(s) are also requested to issue a call for elections for a chair to serve the remainder of Karaitiana's term. > > >Karaitiana had requested that we pass his best wishes to APRALO and notes that he will miss the challenges and meetings. > > > >On behalf of At-Large in ICANN, we warmly thank Karaitiana for his years of service and commitment to APRALO as well as for his participation in At-Large and ICANN. > > > >Kind regards, > >Heidi > > >Heidi Ullrich >Director for At-Large >Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) >Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 >Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 >Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956 > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Internal mailing list >ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > >ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org/> > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Internal mailing list >ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > >ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Announcement of Resignation of APRALO Chair Karaitiana Taiuru
by Heidi Ullrich 27 May '10

27 May '10

Dear All, Karaitiana earlier today tendered his immediate resignation as Chair of APRALO. In tendering his resignation, Karaitiana asked that APRALO be informed that his “personal circumstances unexpectedly changed so much that [he is] relieving [himself] of many of [his] commitments including APRALO. [His] new work commitments have also been interfering with APRALO over recent months”. He does so with much sorrow and regret. At the same time, he also requested that his ALS, the Aotearoa Māori Internet Organization, withdraw from the At-Large community. Regarding the process to fill the vacancy made available by Karaitiana’s resignation, the APRALO Operating Principles address this circumstance in the following manner: “If a vacancy occurs a replacement for the remainder of the term shall be selected at an extraordinary Meeting” (Part 3. Paragraph 5.5). Therefore, the face-to-face APRALO meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 22 June at 05:00 UTC in Brussels will be designated an Extraordinary Meeting in order to formally select a replacement for the remainder of Karaitiana’s term which will run through the 2011 APRALO General Assembly. The resignation of his ALS will also be formally noted during this meeting. This APRALO Extraordinary Meeting, which is scheduled for the normal monthly meeting time of 05:00 UTC, will offer remote participation abilities, including an Adigo phone bridge and an Adobe Connect Chatroom so that all members of APRALO may be able to actively participate in this meeting. In the weeks prior to this Extraordinary Meeting, Cheryl, as Chair of ALAC, has requested that the two Vice-Chairs, Les and Fouad, decide which one shall serve as temporary chair (or they may decide to serve as co-chairs) until the time the Chair position is formally filled. The temporary chair(s) are also requested to issue a call for elections for a chair to serve the remainder of Karaitiana’s term. Karaitiana had requested that we pass his best wishes to APRALO and notes that he will miss the challenges and meetings. On behalf of At-Large in ICANN, we warmly thank Karaitiana for his years of service and commitment to APRALO as well as for his participation in At-Large and ICANN. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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FWD message from Karaitiana Taiuru, regarding recent discussions on these lists...
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr 27 May '10

27 May '10

Dear list subscribers despite me stating the thread was at an end I will make this exception because Karaitiana has asked me to pass the following on to you all... The pity is he had to take the time to do so *sigh*... However I promised him I would pass it on, and now I have... => back to END of DISCUSSION and as list(s) moderator *I can make that ruling*.... <snip from email sent to me from Karaitiana earlier today > Hi Cheryl, I noticed my resignation has caused some questions and concerns amongst the ALAC community. Perhaps you could pass this on. I would like to assure ALAC that my resignation is solely to do with unexpected personal circumstances and nothing at all to do with ICANN or politics or any other thing other than personal reasons. The swiftness of the acceptance of my resignation was a sign of respect that I appreciate. I believe in the RALO's and ALAC and will always be an advocate for it. The removal of the ALS from APRALO. This has been a long time coming and despite my best efforts to revive the organisation it has recently become redundant. The removal of our web site was the last piece in our redundancy process. Essentially we did our job so well that we no longer need to exist. The original people we represented are no longer our stakeholders and thus we are not a representative group for APRALO. InternetNZ is still an ALS from New Zealand and will by default absorb our stakeholders. I trust this will clear the matters up. Warm regards, Karaitiana Taiuru<end snip> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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Regarding your question related to the Announcement of Resignation of APRALO Chair Karaitiana Taiuru
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr 26 May '10

26 May '10

Beau in reply to your question 'for transparency sake' let me assure you and all list subscribers, both as Chair of the ALAC and as an APRALO representative to the ALAC, that KT's decision was most certainly, (as you put it) "simply part of the personal decision" ... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 25 May 05:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff 24 May '10

24 May '10

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?25_may_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 <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>

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APRALO Brochure and ALS Survey
by Pavan Budhrani 23 May '10

23 May '10

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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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 25 May 05:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon 20 May '10

20 May '10

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?25_may_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<http://www.atlarge.icann.org>

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Results of the APRALO Vice Chair Election 2010
by ICANN At-Large Staff 05 May '10

05 May '10

Dear all, With 12 out of 19 APRALO ALS representatives having voted in the recent APRALO Vice Chair 2010 Elections we can confirm that the results are quorate. ************* APRALO Vice Chair Elections 2010 The question that was put was the following: "Please indicate your preference for each of the candidates for the two currently open APRALO Vice Chair positions. Your preference is indicated 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. " The election result is as follows: Rank Candidate 1 Les Allison 2 Fouad Bajwa 3 Sivasubramanian Muthusamy ************ Les Allison will be appointed to the Vice Chair position for a two-year term. Fouad Bajwa will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term. For the full results, please consult the following URL: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=zXtuaY8C2MzgNsWST2bt Please note that only the candidate with the highest preference is listed as elected on the voting page. Fouad is therefore listed as not elected on the voting page. However, since there were two open positions and as noted in the introduction to the vote the runner-up is elected for the second APRALO Vice Chair Position which ends in March 2011. Attached you find a detailed explanation. It's a detailed narrative explanation on how the result came about. In addition to that, you will find a explanation of the voting method. Voting Method: The online election used the single transferable voting method (STV). 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. For additional information on STV voting see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote We thank all candidates for their participation in this election! -- 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

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