April 2011 - APAC-Discuss - lists.icann.org

ALAC Statement to the ICANN Board on the RAA Negotiations - Call for Comments
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 4, 2011

May 4, 2011

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ALAC Chairman, please find a draft ALAC Statement to the ICANN Board on the RAA Negotiations drafted by Olivier: URL: https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement++to+the+ICA NN+Board+on+the+RAA+Negotiations+-+April+2011?focusedCommentId=13862676#comm ent-13862676 Short URL: https://community.icann.org/x/zYbT The statement will be discussed during the ALAC Meeting of Tuesday, 26 April. However, comments and suggestions are welcome through 23:59 UTC on Friday, 29 April. Please add your comments directly to the wiki page above or send At-Large staff an e-mail at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. An ALAC vote will begin shortly thereafter. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Reminder - DOODLE / First APRALO Showcase preparation call
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 4, 2011

May 4, 2011

Dear All, Gentle reminder to please complete the attached Doodle poll if you are interested in serving on the APRALO Singapore Showcase WG. This Doodle poll will close at 2100 UTC today. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff From: Microsoft Office User <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:44:13 -0700 To: "apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>" <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Cc: Microsoft Office User <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>> Subject: DOODLE / First APRALO Showcase preparation call Dear All, Please complete the attached Doodle poll to schedule the first call in preparation for the APRALO Showcase to be held at the ICANN Meeting in Singapore in June. http://doodle.com/r4qevd55e5zrmtdt This Doodle poll will close on Friday 29 April 2011 at 2100 UTC – the date and time will be confirmed shortly thereafter. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Internet Governance Across Cultures - IGF Seminar Proposal
by Carlton Samuels April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011

Siva: A very interesting topic indeed. I'm sure some of these issues are relevant to the Latin America Caribbean context so I'm acutely interested in hearing the views teased from our Asia Pacific colleagues. Here's to success.....and an "unrestrained" conversation. Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:34:45 +0530 > From: Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [APAC-Discuss] Internet Governance across cultures: Asia > Pacific Region as a microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional > interests in a global setting > To: APRALO <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > > Hello > > The following topic has been proposed as a theme for an IGF Seminar. > during 27-30 September. This topic is to bring in national and > regional views on local concerns in a global setting. > > I have filed this topic as a Workshop proposal that could possibly be > discussed by?APRALO for support as a workshop from the APRALO region. > The initial description as filed is as below, but workshop proposals > can be amended for some more time. > > Title:?Internet Governance across cultures: Asia Pacific Region as a > microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional interests in a global > setting > > Description:?Asia Pacific is a region of diverse ethnicities of > numerous languages, languages that are not etymologically related > unlike the languages in the Europe and Americas. The cultural > background, the cultural diversity of Asia Pacific is also of a wider > spectrum than the cultural diversity in the Europe, Americas and > Africa. > > What are the special challenges in Internet Governance across Asia > Pacific cultures? For instance, IDNs are desired by the Asia Pacific > region more than any other region in the world. How does Asia Pacific > hope to communicate across IDNs? > How does the region collaborate and how does it stay united as a > region amidst all this diversity? And across the regions, each > different from the other, each with cultures on its own with so many > languages, so many different needs, How is unity in diversity > achieved? > > The topic will elicit an unrestrained discussion on ideologies, ethnic > diversity, policies, politics, conflicts and hopes. The idea of this > workshop is to ask the Asia Pacific region to think transparently and > aloud in a global forum to identify problem areas and opportunities > for the region and also deliberate upon the theme diversity management > in a Global Setting. > > Expanded Questions: How does the region further its regional interests > while being part of the whole? How does the region tune its regional > priorities to the global agenda? ?Is it against gloablism to be > concerned about the region? Is it a zero sum game to further regional > interests? ?To what extent is it appropriate to further regional > interests and what comromises does the region make for the good of the > whole world? ? How would asia pacific region implement its regional > Internet priorities while working towards preserving the unity of the > internet? > > There are answers to some questions, some questions are asked to > provoke thinking with a hope to lead to solutions to problem areas > that are yet to be foreseen, questions that are not yet raised, > questions that one shies away from asking. It is an Asia Pacific topic > but the idea behind this topic is to prompt a thought process about > the pursuit of regional interests in tune with a global agenda. > > Filed Under: Access and Diversity > > Sivasubramanian M > Isoc India Chennai At Large Structure. > > > > ------------------------------ > > > >

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APRALO secretariat
by Edmon Chung April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011

Hi Everyone, >From ISOC HK, we will self nominate ourselves to continue to serve as the secretariat for APRALO. Pavan, Charles and myself will continue to work together to support the works at APRALO, with of course Pavan taking the lead in this capacity. Edmon

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Nomination Charles Monk for role of Chair for APRALO
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011

I note Foaud has self nominated for this role but I cannot at this stage support that nominatation as I also note his role as Vice Chair is not completed for another 12 months and I am concerned that 2 year appointments for our 2 Vice Chars it is Charles's term that has terminated at this point in time being only appointed for the 1 year term to permit proper rotation and transition to shift our both our VC roles again to new people means AGAIN we will have to have one as a 2 year and 1 as a 1 year appointment... Before receiving Fouad's nomination to the list today, I had asked Charles if he would agree to stand if I nominated him and am doing so now... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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Nomination
by Sivasubramanian M April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011

Hello I wish to offer myself as a candidate for the position of Chair of APRALO. Please record this as a self-nomination. Thank you. Sivasubramanian M Isoc India Chennai ALS

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Nomination for Holly Raiche for role of Vice Chair for APRALO
by Charles Mok April 29, 2011

April 29, 2011

Dear all, I would like to also nominate Holly Raiche of ISOC AU to the post of vice chair of APRALO. Thanks and best regards, Charles

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Nomination for Holly Raiche for role of Vice Chair for APRALO
by Charles Mok April 29, 2011

April 29, 2011

Thank you so much Holly for accepting! Charles On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche(a)internode.on.net>wrote: > Thanks Charles - and yes, I accept, noting that I will inform my Board of > this. > > Holly > > On 29/04/2011, at 10:18 AM, Charles Mok wrote: > > Holly, pls be reminded u need to accept it on the list by today! Thanks!! > > Cheryl said we can nominate you first and there is still a period of > acceptance of the nominations so we can use that time for you to get the ok > from your board. We better move forward first anyway! > > Thanks! > Charles > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Charles Mok <mok(a)hknet.com> > Date: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:17 AM > Subject: Nomination for Holly Raiche for role of Vice Chair for APRALO > To: Holly Raiche <h.raiche(a)internode.on.net> > Cc: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, ICANN AtLarge Staff < > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr(a)gmail.com> > > > Dear all, > > I would like to also nominate Holly Raiche of ISOC AU to the post of vice > chair of APRALO. > > Thanks and best regards, > Charles > > > > > > Kind regards > > Holly Raiche > Executive Director, > Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) > ed(a)isoc-au.org.au > Mob: 0412 688 544 > Ph: (02) 9436 2149 > * > * > *The Internet is For Everyone* > > > > >

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Call for Community Volunteers for IDN Variant TLD Case Study Teams
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 28, 2011

April 28, 2011

Dear All, Please see below a message sent on behalf of the ICANN IDN Variant Issues Project Team calling for community volunteers for IDN Variant TLD Case Study Teams. The deadline for applications is 19 May. ** Dear Members of the Community, The delegation and management of variant TLDs remains an important issue. The ICANN community seeks to develop solutions to enable the delegation of Variant TLDs for the benefit of users around the world. After consultation with the community, ICANN outlines its approach to move forward by publishing the Final Proposal for the IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project ( http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-delegation-20apr11 -en.pdf) and the Call for Volunteers ( http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-call-for-volunteer s-case-study-teams-20apr11-en.pdf) The Project will undertake work to identify issues associated with the beneficial and safe delegation of IDN variant TLDs through six case studies include the following scripts: Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, and Latin. Each team will be comprised of the following: team coordinator, community representatives, linguistic experts, DNS and IDNA experts, security & scalability experts, policy experts, and registry/registrar operations experts. The call for volunteer document describes the details of expertise needed, as well as the volunteer selection process. Successful completion of the project depends on having team members with the right skills in each of the six case studies to perform the substantive work. Therefore ICANN, through its supporting organizations and advisory committees, and through its contacts with the international Internet community, is soliciting the participation of community volunteers in each of the six case study teams. Interested experts are invited to submit their résumé and an expression of interest statement demonstrating how they meet the qualifications for one or other of the expertise areas in a specific case study. Applications should be sent to idnvarianttlds(a)icann.org no later than 19 May 2011. Additionally, ICANN would welcome proposals from organizations interested in volunteering to provide local host facilities to each of the six IDN Variant Issues Project case study teams. Local host organizations are expected to provide meeting and other facilities to support the case studies work. However, it should be emphasized that it is not necessary to have a local host organization for a case study to proceed. Interested organizations should send an expression of interest to idnvarianttlds(a)icann.org no later than 19 May 2011. Warm regards, ICANN IDN Variant Issues Project Team P.S. The announcement is also available at: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20apr11-en.htm. ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Internet Governance across cultures: Asia Pacific Region as a microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional interests in a global setting
by Sivasubramanian M April 28, 2011

April 28, 2011

Hello The following topic has been proposed as a theme for an IGF Seminar. during 27-30 September. This topic is to bring in national and regional views on local concerns in a global setting. I have filed this topic as a Workshop proposal that could possibly be discussed by APRALO for support as a workshop from the APRALO region. The initial description as filed is as below, but workshop proposals can be amended for some more time. Title: Internet Governance across cultures: Asia Pacific Region as a microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional interests in a global setting Description: Asia Pacific is a region of diverse ethnicities of numerous languages, languages that are not etymologically related unlike the languages in the Europe and Americas. The cultural background, the cultural diversity of Asia Pacific is also of a wider spectrum than the cultural diversity in the Europe, Americas and Africa. What are the special challenges in Internet Governance across Asia Pacific cultures? For instance, IDNs are desired by the Asia Pacific region more than any other region in the world. How does Asia Pacific hope to communicate across IDNs? How does the region collaborate and how does it stay united as a region amidst all this diversity? And across the regions, each different from the other, each with cultures on its own with so many languages, so many different needs, How is unity in diversity achieved? The topic will elicit an unrestrained discussion on ideologies, ethnic diversity, policies, politics, conflicts and hopes. The idea of this workshop is to ask the Asia Pacific region to think transparently and aloud in a global forum to identify problem areas and opportunities for the region and also deliberate upon the theme diversity management in a Global Setting. Expanded Questions: How does the region further its regional interests while being part of the whole? How does the region tune its regional priorities to the global agenda? Is it against gloablism to be concerned about the region? Is it a zero sum game to further regional interests? To what extent is it appropriate to further regional interests and what comromises does the region make for the good of the whole world? How would asia pacific region implement its regional Internet priorities while working towards preserving the unity of the internet? There are answers to some questions, some questions are asked to provoke thinking with a hope to lead to solutions to problem areas that are yet to be foreseen, questions that are not yet raised, questions that one shies away from asking. It is an Asia Pacific topic but the idea behind this topic is to prompt a thought process about the pursuit of regional interests in tune with a global agenda. Filed Under: Access and Diversity Sivasubramanian M Isoc India Chennai At Large Structure.

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