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Re: [APAC-Discuss] APAC-Discuss Digest, Vol 125, Issue 14
by Rahul Srivastava April 18, 2017

April 18, 2017

This Form is certainly a better way of on-boarding member. I would suggest to mention what are the expectations from members on this form. This would give fair idea to new members what they are getting into.Post membership is approved there should be a welcome guide book sent over the e-mail explaining new members how to start and various ways they can contribute to. RegardsRahul From: "apac-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <apac-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> To: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2017 3:51 PM Subject: APAC-Discuss Digest, Vol 125, Issue 14 Send APAC-Discuss mailing list submissions to apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to apac-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org You can reach the person managing the list at apac-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of APAC-Discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: APRALO Individual membership form for review, comments and approval- Deadline April 26 - 23 UTC (Satish Babu) 2. Re: APRALO Individual membership form for review, comments and approval- Deadline April 26 - 23 UTC (Shreedeep Rayamajhi) Dear all, Thanks to everyone who has responded. Here are a few clarifications: 1. Unaffiliated Individual Members (individual members who are not affiliated to existing APRALO ALSes) have been part of our RoPs from 2014. The concept was introduced largely as a mechanism for admitting interested individuals who either had no ALSes near them, or were unable for any reason to operate through existing ALSes. We had already started admitting UIMs from around 2015. Therefore, this form does not reflect any change in policy, only in procedure. As explained in the March APRALO monthly call, the main reason for introducing a new format is to gather additional information about the individuals who apply for joining us (APRALO's existing admission process is almost automatic once the applicant provides a self-declared affirmation of required criteria). 2. The RoPs state that all UIMs jointly select one representative (Section 27.5.2.6-8) to represent their positions within APRALO. We plan to create the procedure for this process before our GA, scheduled for Oct 2017 (of course, this may be subject to the outcome of the At-Large Review that is currently in its final stage). 3. On the matter of the application form, we had originally planned to do it as a web page (form), but as ICANN's web team is busy at this time, we couldn't get it done. In the meantime, we will be sending the form as a PDF file to individual membership applicants, which they can fill up and return. When we do the web version, we will move out the long list of topics as a pop-up window, without cluttering up the main form (Thanks to Silvia and other Staff for their help!). 4. We plan to incorporate any major suggestions from the community and operationalize the form from the APRALO Monthly call on 27 April. With kind regards, satish (travelling, email responses may be delayed) On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj(a)gmail.com> wrote: Thanks to all who worked on the application form for individual memberships. I didn't check NARALO's rules for individual members, but does the description in the form captures all the rights of these individuals? Are individual member have the same status or rights in RALOs as ALSes? One of my concerns is the weakening of the ALS's on the national level. Also the point was mentioned by Holly, of the possibility of having some kind of entities (as in ISOC special interest groups across boarders within the region) that represents individual members. I believe the above points are critical on the long run, better to be given more thoughts in advance before launching the acceptance of applications from the individual members. On Apr 18, 2017 05:39, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: The term originated with the North American RALO which has had individualmembers who are unaffiliated with any ALS. In the NARALO rules,they are referred to as "unaffiliated individuals", but oncethey join NARALO, the term "unaffiliated member" has beenused. You are correct that "unaffiliated member" is somewhat of acontradiction in that members are implicitly "affiliated" withthe group of which they are a member. It has never been mentioned before,but perhaps it needs to be rethought as we move to having such a categoryin all RALOs. Alan At 17/04/2017 09:38 PM, farzaneh badii wrote: I am not interested anymore inbecoming an Apralo member because I have been affiliated and lead otherparts of this community. But my question is how And why would you become an unaffiliated member? I was firstaccepted as the individual member of apralo. Then they said I become anobserver cause apralo didn't accept indivudal members and didn't have therules in place . now an unaffiliated member ... Unafiliated memberis an oxymoron however you want to define it. Voting non voting member.... The term just doesn't sound right. On 17 Apr 2017 7:49 p.m., "Holly Raiche"<h.raiche(a)internode.on.net> wrote: - Thanks for distributing this - and a reminder to us all that we needto finalise this process. - A couple of comments (and I am repeating myself here) - First, I think we have captured the main comments people havemade. On their interest in public interest/consumer issues, Iâ€ dslightly rephrase to have just one sentence asking for their pastexperience/activites or whatever in representing the publicinterest/interests of end users. -= then end sentence. New sentenceto ask about past/current affiliations - making it clear that we want aclear statement of their interests/involvement in publicinterest/consumer issues. - My other comment - that is a LONG list of topics. Should weshorten it. - Otherwise, Iâ€™m happy. - I think, down the track, we can consider whether we follow othermodels in having one ALS for all unaffiliated members - but that can waituntil we have sufficient numbers to worry about - Holly - On 18 Apr 2017, at 8:26 am, Silvia Vivanco<silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org> wrote: - Dear APRALO members, - - On behalf of APRALOâ€™s Chair Satish Babu, please be so kind toreview the form to become an Unaffiliated APRALO member, posted onthe following wiki page and also attached to this email for yourconvenience. - - https://community.icann.org/di splay/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+of+ Procedures+Review+-+Individual +membership - - Once approved, this form will be posted on the APRALO website,applicants will need to download the form, fill it in and send it toAt-Large staff by email. The requests to become individual members ofAPRALO will continue to be handled by staff as per the current APRALOrules. - - Please include your comments in the comment section of the wiki pageif possible or by email bynext Wednesday April 26 at 23 UTC. - - Thank you! - - Kind regards, - - Silvia - - Silvia Vivanco - Manager, At Large Regional Affairs - ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - www.icann.org - - - <APRALO Form - Signable FINAL April2017.pdf>_____________________ __________________________ - APAC-Discuss mailing list - APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.ica nn.org - https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/apac-discus s - Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org - ______________________________ _________________ - APAC-Discuss mailing list - APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.ica nn.org - https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/apac-discus s - Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Microsoft-Exchange-Diagnosti cs: 1;DM5PR03MB2714;27:tsKquhkqw56 ZuSetYDHHhVqkqkEI3AAn+8S3IEc3o 9C4WeLWdx43Ob0ZD5GJN/gAX8Om68L O/sDZft2fdgDDSXsFuWp9kSa+8Codp AOWtr1IcUnUBW+eOa25poMRR0pHSDK aWD1fVlvkIwe1irsjMw== X-Microsoft-Antispam-Mailbox-D elivery: ex:0;auth:0;dest:I;ENG:(201605 14016)(520000050)(520002050)( 750028); ______________________________ _________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.ica nn.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/apac-discus s Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org ______________________________ _________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.ica nn.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/apac-discus s Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org +1 On Apr 18, 2017 8:24 AM, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: The term originated with the North American RALO which has had individualmembers who are unaffiliated with any ALS. In the NARALO rules,they are referred to as "unaffiliated individuals", but oncethey join NARALO, the term "unaffiliated member" has beenused. You are correct that "unaffiliated member" is somewhat of acontradiction in that members are implicitly "affiliated" withthe group of which they are a member. It has never been mentioned before,but perhaps it needs to be rethought as we move to having such a categoryin all RALOs. Alan At 17/04/2017 09:38 PM, farzaneh badii wrote: I am not interested anymore inbecoming an Apralo member because I have been affiliated and lead otherparts of this community. But my question is how And why would you become an unaffiliated member? I was firstaccepted as the individual member of apralo. Then they said I become anobserver cause apralo didn't accept indivudal members and didn't have therules in place . now an unaffiliated member ... Unafiliated memberis an oxymoron however you want to define it. Voting non voting member.... The term just doesn't sound right. On 17 Apr 2017 7:49 p.m., "Holly Raiche"<h.raiche(a)internode.on.net> wrote: - Thanks for distributing this - and a reminder to us all that we needto finalise this process. - A couple of comments (and I am repeating myself here) - First, I think we have captured the main comments people havemade. On their interest in public interest/consumer issues, Iâ€ dslightly rephrase to have just one sentence asking for their pastexperience/activites or whatever in representing the publicinterest/interests of end users. -= then end sentence. New sentenceto ask about past/current affiliations - making it clear that we want aclear statement of their interests/involvement in publicinterest/consumer issues. - My other comment - that is a LONG list of topics. Should weshorten it. - Otherwise, Iâ€™m happy. - I think, down the track, we can consider whether we follow othermodels in having one ALS for all unaffiliated members - but that can waituntil we have sufficient numbers to worry about - Holly - On 18 Apr 2017, at 8:26 am, Silvia Vivanco<silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org> wrote: - Dear APRALO members, - - On behalf of APRALOâ€™s Chair Satish Babu, please be so kind toreview the form to become an Unaffiliated APRALO member, posted onthe following wiki page and also attached to this email for yourconvenience. - - https://community.icann.org/ display/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+ of+Procedures+Review+-+ Individual+membership - - Once approved, this form will be posted on the APRALO website,applicants will need to download the form, fill it in and send it toAt-Large staff by email. The requests to become individual members ofAPRALO will continue to be handled by staff as per the current APRALOrules. - - Please include your comments in the comment section of the wiki pageif possible or by email bynext Wednesday April 26 at 23 UTC. - - Thank you! - - Kind regards, - - Silvia - - Silvia Vivanco - Manager, At Large Regional Affairs - ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - www.icann.org - - - <APRALO Form - Signable FINAL April2017.pdf>_____________________ __________________________ - APAC-Discuss mailing list - APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists. icann.org - https://atlarge-lists.icann. org/mailman/listinfo/apac- discuss - Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org - ______________________________ _________________ - APAC-Discuss mailing list - APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists. icann.org - https://atlarge-lists.icann. org/mailman/listinfo/apac- discuss - Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Microsoft-Exchange- Diagnostics: 1;DM5PR03MB2714;27: tsKquhkqw56ZuSetYDHHhVqkqkEI3A An+ 8S3IEc3o9C4WeLWdx43Ob0ZD5GJN/ gAX8Om68LO/ sDZft2fdgDDSXsFuWp9kSa+ 8CodpAOWtr1IcUnUBW+ eOa25poMRR0pHSDKaWD1fVlvkIwe1i rsjMw== X-Microsoft-Antispam-Mailbox- Delivery: ex:0;auth:0;dest:I;ENG:( 20160514016)(520000050)( 520002050)(750028); ______________________________ _________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists. icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann. org/mailman/listinfo/apac- discuss Homepage for the region:http://www.apralo.org ______________________________ _________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists. icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann. org/mailman/listinfo/apac- discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO Individual membership form for review, comments and approval- Deadline April 26 - 23 UTC
by farzaneh badii April 18, 2017

April 18, 2017

I am not interested anymore in becoming an Apralo member because I have been affiliated and lead other parts of this community. But my question is how And why would you become an unaffiliated member? I was first accepted as the individual member of apralo. Then they said I become an observer cause apralo didn't accept indivudal members and didn't have the rules in place . now an unaffiliated member ... Unafiliated member is an oxymoron however you want to define it. Voting non voting member. ... The term just doesn't sound right. On 17 Apr 2017 7:49 p.m., "Holly Raiche" <h.raiche(a)internode.on.net> wrote: Thanks for distributing this - and a reminder to us all that we need to finalise this process. A couple of comments (and I am repeating myself here) First, I think we have captured the main comments people have made. On their interest in public interest/consumer issues, I”d slightly rephrase to have just one sentence asking for their past experience/activites or whatever in representing the public interest/interests of end users. -= then end sentence. New sentence to ask about past/current affiliations - making it clear that we want a clear statement of their interests/involvement in public interest/consumer issues. My other comment - that is a LONG list of topics. Should we shorten it. Otherwise, I’m happy. I think, down the track, we can consider whether we follow other models in having one ALS for all unaffiliated members - but that can wait until we have sufficient numbers to worry about Holly On 18 Apr 2017, at 8:26 am, Silvia Vivanco <silvia.vivanco(a)icann.org> wrote: Dear APRALO members, On behalf of APRALO’s Chair Satish Babu, please be so kind to review the form to become *an Unaffiliated APRALO member*, posted on the following wiki page and also attached to this email for your convenience. https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+ of+Procedures+Review+-+Individual+membership Once approved, this form will be posted on the APRALO website, applicants will need to download the form, fill it in and send it to At-Large staff by email. The requests to become individual members of APRALO will continue to be handled by staff as per the *current APRALO rules.* Please include your comments in the comment section of the wiki page if possible or by email by*next Wednesday April 26 at 23 UTC*. Thank you! Kind regards, Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At Large Regional Affairs ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers www.icann.org <APRALO Form - Signable FINAL April 2017.pdf>_____________________ __________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org

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DATE CHANGE / Meeting Invitation: APRALO Monthly Call on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at 06:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

APRALO Monthly Call has been postponed to Thursday, 27 April 2017 due to the travel plans of some key players. Please find the updated meeting invitation below. Dear All, The next APRALO Monthly Call is scheduled on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at 06:00 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/mzxyp67 The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/09HRAw Adobe Connect Room: <https://participate.icann.org/apralo/> <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> 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> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Regards, 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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Meeting Invitation: APRALO Monthly Call on Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 06:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

Dear All, The next APRALO Monthly Call is scheduled on Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 06:00 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/kntvvsd The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/09HRAw Adobe Connect Room: <https://participate.icann.org/apralo/> <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> 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> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Regards, 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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Regional Advice for Armenian Internet Traffic Exchange Foundation (ARMIX)
by Pavan Budhrani April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

Good Evening everyone! We have received an application from Armenian Internet Traffic Exchange Foundation (ARMIX). Please find the DD attached here. Let me know of your input at your earliest convenience. Pavan Budhrani

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Regional Advice for Internet Development Initiative (IDI)
by Pavan Budhrani April 12, 2017

April 12, 2017

Good Morning all! We have received and application from Internet Development Initiative (IDI) to be an APRALO ALS. Please find the DD attached here and let me know of your feedback by this week.   Pavan Budhrani

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Subscription
by Anju Mangal April 11, 2017

April 11, 2017

Dear APAC members, Please subscribe me to the mailing list. Thanks Anju

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APRALO ALS Survey
by Satish Babu April 9, 2017

April 9, 2017

Dear APRALO Community, As informed earlier, APRALO would like to elicit feedback from our members regarding their capacities/capabilities for participating in APRALO and ICANN processes. Here is the link to the survey: https://goo.gl/forms/O2vhWbhIUKtzSECH3 Kindly submit the filled-up form before 22 April 2017. Please also note that we are planning a separate survey for policy priorities of our members, which will be sent out in June/July. Please restrict this survey to non-policy feedback. Both the surveys will feed into the planning process of the APRALO 2017 General Assembly during ICANN60. Happy Holidays for those who are celebrating festivities this week, With kind regards, satish

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Update from APRALO
by Satish Babu April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017

Dear all, Greetings !! This is an update from the Leadership Team. We last met during the March Monthly call/meeting during the ICANN58 meeting at Copenhagen. As you are aware, our General Assembly is scheduled at Abu Dhabi for October 2017, which is slightly over six months from now. >From now to then, there is quite a bit of work to be done and also some important processes (such as selections to leadership positions) to complete. Please note that one representative of each *active ALS* would be invited to the GA at Abu Dhabi (please see below for what constitutes an "active ALS"). Here are a few points that we would like to update you on: *1. At-Large Review:* As you are aware, both ALAC and the RALOs responded separately to the public comment process of the At-Large Review. APRALO took an active role in creating the RALO response to the draft document. The RALO report as well as the ALAC report were submitted towards the end of last month. The RALO report incorporated over 30 contributions from the community. *2. APRALO ALS/Member Survey:* We have been working on a survey of ALSes and Individual Members for the last few weeks. It will be circulated separately over the next couple of days. All ALSes and individual members are requested to respond. *3. Selection to APRALO Leadership Positions:* As already announced, several leadership positions are due to be filled in May. The positions that are currently open are: - APRALO Vice Chair - ALAC Member from APRALO - NomCom member from the region (selection is by ALAC, APRALO can suggest names) - NomCom appointee from Asia Pacific to ALAC (selection is fully by ICANN NomCom) - APRALO Secretary (discretionary) Staff will be announcing details of the selection process in May 2017. Community members who are interested may kindly participate. *4. APRALO Individual Membership Admission*: APRALO has been admitting individual members since 2015. The Leadership Team, during its meeting at Copenhagen, decided to create a form that would be administered to individual membership applicants to collect baseline information. We will be shortly circulating the form for community comments. *5. Planning for the GA*: We would need community volunteers for various aspects of the GA, including Programme, Finance, Organizing and ALS Outreach. We will be putting out a call for volunteers. Kindly participate if you have some time to spare. *6. Identifying "Active" ALSes*: We would like to invite all our active ALSes to the GA at ICANN60. Noting that our last GA was in 2014 (during ATLAS II) and the next one would be several years from now, we request all ALSes to utilize this opportunity. To achieve the status of an Active ALS, we expect that *ALSes participate in APRALO activities such as Monthly Calls, Surveys, Webinars, Working Groups relevant to the ALS, and also update your information & activities at the APRALO web site. *In particular, please ensure that your primary and secondary contact information is up-to-date. In case you have any questions or clarifications on any of the above topics, kindly contact us. With kind regards, satish -- Satish Babu Chair, APRALO

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Comments on At-Large Review with specific relevance to RALOs/ALSes
by Satish Babu April 2, 2017

April 2, 2017

Dear APRALO Community, As you are aware, At-Large has been undergoing a review process, and the draft report has now been made available for public comments. More details are available here: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-02-02-en As part of the public comments process, the Leadership of the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) have been working on collating responses of particular relevance from the perspective of RALOs and At-Large Structures (ALSes). Accordingly, issues identified as especially pertinent to RALOs and ALSes have been compiled into a Google document that is available at the following URL: http://bit.ly/ralos-alses Kindly incorporate into this document any review comments that you may have that relate to specifically to RALOs/ALSes. If you do not have a Google Account, kindly add your name to the comment that you enter (if you are logged in into a Google Account, your name would be automatically captured). The comments entered here will be collated and submitted to the public comments process. Thanks for your time, satish

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