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Re: [APAC-Discuss] [LAC-Discuss] Newest Member of At-Large Support Staff - MattAshtiani
by carlos dionisio aguirre April 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

Welcome Matt . All the best in your new asignement. Im sure your presence will be very good for ALAC community. Carlos D Aguirre International Director Of AGEIA DENSI Enviado desde mi dispositivo inalámbrico BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:00:51 To: <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; <lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: <ocl(a)gih.com>; <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>; <david.olive(a)icann.org> Subject: [LAC-Discuss] Newest Member of At-Large Support Staff - Matt Ashtiani Dear All, Please see below an announcement from David Olive, ICANN Vice President for Policy Development, on the newest member of the At-Large staff: ** Dear All, I am very pleased to announce that Matt Ashtiani will be joining the Policy Team as the At-Large Coordination Officer. After a brief transition period, Matt will take on the full responsibilities of this position as part of the At-Large Secretariat providing support to the ALAC and At-Large community. Matt joined ICANN as the Constituency Travel Coordinator in June 2009. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a triple Bachelor of Arts in International Developmental Studies, Political Science, History and a minor in Middle Eastern/North African Studies. After his undergraduate career Matt moved to Dublin, Ireland where he completed his Masters of Philosophy in International Peace Studies with a specialty in International Relations from Trinity College Dublin. In addition to English, Matt speaks fluent Farsi and some Spanish. Matt is based at ICANN's headquarters in Marina del Rey, California. Matt can be reached directly at matt.ashtiani(a)icann.org Regards, David Olive ICANN Vice President for Policy Development ** At-Large staff wish to welcome Matt and very much look forward to working with him on supporting the At-Large community. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff _______________________________________________ LAC-Discuss mailing list LAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.lacralo.org Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to the list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#…

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ALAC Statement on the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Proposed Final Report - Call for comments
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ALAC Chairman, please find the draft ALAC Statement on the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Proposed Final Report drafted by Olivier : URL: https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+Post-Exp iration+Domain+Name+Recovery+Working+Group+Proposed+Final+Report+-+April+201 1 Short URL: https://community.icann.org/x/cYLT The public comment announcement for this issue is available at: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#pednr-proposed-final-report. This public comment closes on Friday, 22 April Please add your suggestions or revisions using the comments function on the wiki page above or send At-Large staff an e-mail at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 22 April. An ALAC vote will begin shortly thereafter. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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New draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is now available for public comment
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

Dear All, The new draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is now available for public comment. Guidebook and Public Comment Forum <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> (see: http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm) On 15 Apri; 2011, ICANN posted for public comment the Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. In keeping with the draft timeline <http://icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011. This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee: 1. Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr1 1-en.pdf> & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use) [PDF, 284 KB] 2. GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr 11-en.pdf> [PDF, 91 KB] 3. Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11 -en.pdf> [PDF, 331 KB] 4. Root Zone Scaling <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 286 KB] 5. Market and Economic Impacts <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/market-economic-impacts-15apr11-en.pdf > [PDF, 480 KB] 6. Registry-Registrar Separation <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registy-regsitrar-separation-15apr11-e n.pdf> [PDF, 400 KB] These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by taking into account the current thinking, discussions and public comments received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook. Also being posted today is the ICANN Reply <http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15apr1 1-en.pdf> [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN Board's Notes on the GAC Scorecard). Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans to post a final version of the guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in Singapore <http://singapore41.icann.org/> . Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Just a thought re APRALO Showcase in Singapore ICANN #41
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr April 16, 2011

April 16, 2011

Just finished reading this => 'Singapore Holds First Cyber Security Awareness Day' - http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/asia/singapore-holds-first-cyber-se… Opening Address by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts - Would he be a possible keynote speaker for APRALO Showcase? After all assisting Internet end users in becoming 'Cyber - Savvy' is an important issue for all our ALSes and indeed the region particularly as the next Billions join the Internet after IDN's, using mobile technologies and as a result of improved access... Your thoughts and discussions as well as any other possibilities would be greatly appreciated... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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At-Large Confluence Training Guide available in EN, FR and ES
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 14, 2011

April 14, 2011

*La version française est ci-dessous *La versión española está abajo ** Dear Members of the At-Large community, An At-Large Confluence Wiki Training Guide is now available in English, French and Spanish. The Training Guide in the three languages is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At+Large+Wiki+Training+Guides. Regards, ** Chers membres de la communauté At-Large, Un manuel d'instruction At-Large de Wiki de Confluence est maintenant disponible en anglais, le Français et l'Espagnol. Le manuel d'instruction dans les trois langues est disponible à: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At+Large+Wiki+Training+Guides. Cordialement, ** Estimados miembros de la comunidad At-Large, Una guía de entrenamiento At-Large de Wiki de la Confluence está disponible ahora en inglés, francés y español. La guía de entrenamiento en las tres idiomas está disponible en: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At+Large+Wiki+Training+Guides. Respetos, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Criteria for ALS Admission to RALO
by Carlton Samuels April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

Dear Colleagues: The discussion here is of great interest to me not only from the perspective of an ALAC member who will vote to ratify the decision of a RALO but from my personal perspective as a member in good standing of the At-Large community. I share Darlene's perspective: It is not my position that I tell APRALO how to do its business. But it would be ill-advised if financial data for an ALS becomes part of the criteria for admission to the RALO club. I also doubt whether it is useful to encourage auditing of individual members of an ALS' membership. And while I can accept that in RALOS where the rules allows an individual membership, some minimum due diligence might be appropriate, there is no compelling rationale that says a criterion that examines funding/net worth position is necessary or, even desirable. My personal view is that the financial question is intrusive and altogether unnecessary for the purpose At-Large Structures are designed. What I care about is what they tell me. And the rationality of that can be judged by context as well as objective. ALS and individuals under the At-Large umbrella are supposed to provide perspectives on names and numbers policy from the edge. Any particular perspective form an ALS is filtered thru several layers before it becomes one of many that may eventually contribute to the formulation of a policy advice statement from the ALAC to the ICANN Board. Yes, funding and its sources or a person's netw worth may influence the perspective on a given matter from an ALS or individual. But that would not, in itself, render such a perspective illegitimate. And I am sure with the many sieves that will intervene before it gets to ALAC, there are several opportunities, in due course, to disqualify irrational or exuberant views which lack broad support. Best, Carlton Samuels ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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Call for participation for ICANN Singapore Showcase event
by Pavan Budhrani April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

Hello all, APRALO is going to organize a Showcase at ICANN Singapore Meeting in June 2011, which will be a very important outreach to AP Region and the whole ICANN community. Given the importance of the event, one organization committee will be setup. All the members of APRALO is strongly encouraged to participate in organization. A member ALS that is interested in joining the organization committee should send an email to the list stating: ALS Name, Contact Person and Responsible Areas in the organization. All the members of the committee must be responsible for the following one or more areas: a) Budget planning b) Program setting c) Outreach/in-reach d) Logistic support (liaison with staff) e) Financial support (seeking sponsorship) The committee should select a Chair to report to APRALO monthly (March to June). Please let me know if you are interested so we can get started with the planning soon! :) Thanks all Hong -- Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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ALS Application: Netmission.ASIA
by Marilyn Vernon April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from Netmission.ASIA. It is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong and would be a member of APRALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. The regional liaison for Asia Pacific has been informed and will provide us with due diligence for this application in due course. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Nirmol Agarwal April 8, 2011

April 8, 2011

LinkedIn ------------ I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Nirmol Nirmol Agarwal Lawyer at Ernst & Young Gurgaon, India Confirm that you know Nirmol Agarwal https://www.linkedin.com/e/rvrr6r-gm9djlc0-x/isd/2661026806/csYWE23E/ -- (c) 2011, LinkedIn Corporation

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Thanking Professor Hong Xue on behalf of APRALO
by Fouad Bajwa April 7, 2011

April 7, 2011

Dear Hong, I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. I would like to join APRALO members and other colleagues in taking this moment to thank you for your wonderful leadership and work as APRALO's Chairperson. It is true that we had hoped for your active participation till the end of your term. Indeed you have guided us and helped us during our journey towards the right direction and both your knowledge and experience on the critical issues we face cannot be replaced. That is why, we look forward and hope for your continued participation in APRALO and ALAC activities according to your convenience. APRALO enters an important phase now as we move ahead for election to identify the crew to steer the RALO with a long term leadership and your ALSs vote counts! Take care and see you soon! -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa

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