January 2017 - APAC-Discuss

Meeting Invitation: APRALO Monthly Call - Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 06:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 10, 2017

Jan. 10, 2017

Dear All, The next APRALO Monthly Call is scheduled on Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 06:00 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/hnhxmbd The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/463DAw Adobe Connect Room: <https://participate.icann.org/apralo/> https://participate.icann.org/apralo/ Chinese interpretation will be provided on this call. Conference ID's: English: 1638 Chinese: 2038 APRALO wiki workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/4ZMi 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 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: <https://atlarge.icann.org/> atlarge.icann.org Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> facebook.com/icann<facebook.com/icannatlarge><https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> @<@ICANNAtLarge><https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<@ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]

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Workstream 2 meetings ths week, FYI
by Maureen Hilyard Jan. 7, 2017

Jan. 7, 2017

Dear APRALO team, Welcome to 2017 If you would like to join a cross community working group (at this stage as an observer), their details are listed below. To get more involved you just need to contact the working group leader. *Monday 09 January 2017* 19:00 UTC: WS2 Guidelines for Good Faith Conduct https://community. icann.org/x/nhWOAw[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> *Tuesday 10 January 2017* 05:00 UTC: WS2 Ombudsman https://community.icann.org/x/ihWOAw[community. icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> 13:00 UTC: WS2 Jurisdiction Sub Team https://community.icann.org/x/ihWOAw <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> *Thursday 12 January 2017* 13:00 UTC: WS2 SO/AC Accountability Subgroup https://community. icann.org/x/ihWOAw[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> 19:00 UTC: WS2 Human Rights Sub team https://community.icann. org/x/ihWOAw[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> *Friday 13 January 2017* 19:00 UTC: WS2 Diversity Sub group https://community. icann.org/x/ihWOAw[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> Regards Maureen

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Welcome to New Staff Member - Evin Erdoğdu
by Heidi Ullrich Jan. 5, 2017

Jan. 5, 2017

Dear All, I am very pleased to be able to announce that Evin Erdoğdu has joined the ICANN Policy Team and, among her responsibilities, will be supporting the ALAC/At-Large community! Evin joins ICANN in the position of SO/AC Secretariat Operations Support Coordinator. Evin is based in the ICANN Istanbul office. Evin is a graduate of Boston University where she studied International Relations. She also received a certificate of Distinction in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Rice University. Previously, Evin worked as a contracted consultant for two civil society organizations in Turkey administering USAID, EU and UN funded development projects in Turkey and Syria and civil society organizations in the United States. She is fluent in English and Turkish. She may be reached at evin.erdogdu(a)icann.org as well as the At-Large staff email account<mailto:ICANN%20At-Large%20Staff%20(staff@atlarge.icann.org)>. [cid:image003.jpg@01D2675E.B85B65B0] Welcome, Evin! Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Senior Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956 E-mail: Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]

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Meeting Invite: APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar on the topic: (Intermediate) Updates and takeaway from IGF 2016 and what it means for you in APAC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 5, 2017

Jan. 5, 2017

Dear APRALO Members, Please join us for the APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar on “Updates and takeaway from IGF 2016 and what it means for you in APAC”, taking place on Friday 20 January, 2017 at 05:00 UTC For other times see: http://tinyurl.com/jzgy9nh Webinar Information: This is the ninth webinar of the APRALO-APAC Hub webinar series. This webinar will provide an update of the sessions in the recently concluded Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2016, that are relevant to the APAC community. Representatives from APAC who were in Guadalajara will give a readout of the sessions, as well as share their takeaways, including what the discussions mean for you as an end user, and for the APAC community in genera The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/M6-DAw 1. 1. Welcome and Housekeeping – Silvia Vivanco/Kelvin Wong - ICANN (2 mins) 2. 2. Housekeeping Items - Terri Agnew - Secretariat Services Coordinator - GNSO & At-Large (1 min) 3. 3. Welcome & APRALO focus areas and plans for 2017 – Satish Babu, APRALO Chair (10 mins) - TBC 4. 4. Overview of IGF 2016 and session sharing a. Asia and the Next Billion: Challenges in Digital Inclusion - Satish Babu (3 mins) b. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Roundtable and Commonwealth IGF – Maureen Hilyard (3 mins) c. Community sharing: Thoughts and takeaways (15 mins) – Proposed: Izumi Okutani, Ang Peng Hwa, Yannis Li 5. 5. Questions & Answers / Discussion - All (20 mins) 6. 6. Webinar Survey - Terri Agnew - Secretariat Services Coordinator - GNSO & At-Large (5 mins) Conference Details: 1. Adobe Connect (with two-way audio in English): https://participate.icann.org/apralo/ 1. ADIGO Conference ID - EN: 1638 2. ADIGO dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ If you require a dial-out, please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Thank you. Kind regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__atlarge.icann.org_&d=D…> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [cid:image001.png@01D20FF4.6D68B060]

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Regional Advice for NITPAA
by Pavan Budhrani * Jan. 5, 2017

Jan. 5, 2017

Good Afternoon all, Please find the DD for a new ALS NITPAA wishing to join APRALO. Please let me know your feedback by today. Pavan Budhrani

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Fwd: FY18 SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Process - Official Start
by Ali AlMeshal Jan. 5, 2017

Jan. 5, 2017

Dear All, Request your full attention to this email and looking for your input. As per the timeline the 15/1/2017 is the final day to submit the request but you have to send it at least 2 days before for APRALO LT review and initial approval. So should you have any funding request which meet the criteria (Read the attached doc) then please do send it to me as soon as possible. Thanks Ali AlMeshal APRALO Vice Chair Bahrain Internet Society - BIS Board Member & Director of Strategic Alliances Professional Public speaker in ICT and e-Business Payment Industry Expert Advisor Mobile: +973 39440025 Skype: alialmeshal email: dralialmeshal(a)gmail.com ali.almeshal(a)bis.org.bh www.bis.org.bh Twitter :@internetBH ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN-Controller <controller(a)icann.org> Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:47 AM Subject: [Finance-sc] [community-finance] FY18 SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Process - Official Start To: "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org> Dear Community Members and Leaders, 15 December 2016 marks the launch of the FY18 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request process. As you know, this process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget. The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows: FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Timeline Start End Kick off and Submission period 12/15/2016 1/30/2017 Preliminary review of requests by ICANN staff 1/31/2017 3/10/2017 SO/AC consultations at ICANN 58 (by request, during Constituents' Day) 3/11/2017 3/16/2017 Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN staff 3/20/2017 4/14/2017 ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting 5/15/2017 5/31/2017 Action items In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents attached with this email: * FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline * Principles that govern ICANN's request assessment work * FY18 template request form https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=63153499 We look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY18! Regards, ICANN Staff _______________________________________________ community-finance mailing list community-finance(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/community-finance _______________________________________________ Finance-sc mailing list Finance-sc(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/finance-sc

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Regional Advice for ISOC Afghanistan
by Pavan Budhrani * Jan. 5, 2017

Jan. 5, 2017

Dear All, Please find attached the DD for ISOC Afghanistan. Let me know your input by today. Pavan Budhrani

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Year 1 Implementation Plan for the MEAC Strategy
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 3, 2017

Jan. 3, 2017

Please see below and the attachment. From: Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org> Date: Friday, December 30, 2016 at 4:15 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Cc: Baher Esmat <baher.esmat(a)icann.org>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca>, "Walid Al-Saqaf (walid(a)al-saqaf.se)" <walid(a)al-saqaf.se> Subject: RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy [To be shared with the ALAC] Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you the Year 1 Implementation Plan for the MEAC Strategy. You can also find this document, and other relevant documents, on the MEAC Strategy working space at https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN From: Fahd Batayneh Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 3:46 PM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Cc: Baher Esmat; 'Alan Greenberg'; Walid Al-Saqaf (walid(a)al-saqaf.se) Subject: RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy [To be shared with the ALAC] Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you the final version of the MEAC Strategy document; which, you can download from https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59642230. As a next step, the MEAC Strategy Working Group are working on finalizing the Year 1 Implementation Plan, and we hope to share the final version with you once it is finalized. Once again, thank you for your interest in the MEAC Strategy and ICANN’s Middle East regional work, and for your valuable comments. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Manager, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East ICANN From: Fahd Batayneh Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:55 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Cc: Baher Esmat; Alan Greenberg; Walid Al-Saqaf (walid(a)al-saqaf.se<mailto:walid@al-saqaf.se>) Subject: RE: Ratified: ALAC Statement on the Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016-2019 Strategy Dear Colleagues, We trust this finds you well. Thank you for your valuable comments on the draft Middle East and Adjoining Countries Strategy Document. We received, it total, 10 comments. The staff report on the public comments received has been published at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/meac-strategy-2016-10-27-en. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Manager, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East ICANN

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New Year Greetings from APRALO!
by Satish Babu Jan. 1, 2017

Jan. 1, 2017

Dear all, On behalf of all of us on the APRALO Leadership Team, I'd like to wish everyone in the APRALO community a very productive New Year! I'd like to use this occasion to share with you a short update on APRALO for 2017. *1. At-Large Review*As you would be aware, the ICANN At-Large Community is going through a scheduled review process, and at present the Review Party is discussing the initial findings of the review team. Once we have a consensus on the draft recommendations, there will be a wider consultative process where the Community will have an opportunity to comment, and I hope you will make your voices heard. This review is particularly important as it may result in modifications to the current At-Large structures and functions. *2. 2017 Focus areas* As discussed in the December call, our priority areas for 2017 are: - Taking up Capacity Building activities - Enhancing participation in ICANN Policy Processes - Enhancing Community Engagement within APRALO - Contributing to regional community initiatives with our partners and ICANN - Continuing the Mentoring Programme As we go forward, we will be refining the first four areas into action plans (the Mentoring Programme is already under way). In the meantime, if you have any suggestions on any of the above, kindly pass them on to us. *3. APRALO General Assembly (October 2017)* We are presently planning for our General Assembly during ICANN60, which is scheduled for Abu Dhabi, UAE. We will be inviting active member ALSes to participate. The earlier practice has been to provide travel support to one person per invited ALS, and we may follow the same pattern this time as well. As announced in earlier calls, we would be inviting only active ALSes to the 2017 GA. The following metrics will define 'active' ALSes: - At least one ALS representative participates in the monthly APRALO calls - The ALS participates in any activity where ALS participation is requested (such as periodic surveys, feedback or short presentation on ALSes during the monthly calls) - The web page of ALS on the APRALO Wiki is updated with reasonable frequency (with leadership team data, 2017 activity/work plan etc) These metrics will be collected starting from Jan 2017. *4. APRALO Newsletter* APRALO has been considering launching a Newsletter. We invite volunteers for the Editorial Panel, each of whom would serve as the Guest Editor for the Newsletter for a month on a rotating basis. If you have the skills for this task, kindly contact me. We will launch the newsletter if there is sufficient response. Once again, I wish you a very fruitful year ahead, and also hope that we can work together to accomplish our mandate. Thanks and regards, satish

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