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NOW OPEN: APRALO Vote on Board Director Petition Candidates
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 6, 2010

Nov. 6, 2010

Dear All, We have been asked by the Chair of APRALO, Professor Hong Xue, to start an online poll on possible petition candidates for the At-Large Selected Board Director position. The Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) released a final slate of three candidates for the Board Director position on October 29th (see full announcement: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2010q4/000685.html) Additional candidature from among the completed applications can be added to the slate if the petition is supported by at least three RALOs. The question to be put will be the following: Do you support the addition of (name of applicant) to the final slate of candidates for the position of At-Large Selected Voting ICANN Board Director? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain Please note that on the actual online vote, there will be a separate poll for each one of the applicants: Ahmad Al-Shagra Bob Bernatz Robert Bruen Rudi Daniel Avri Doria Ratnesh Dwivedi Nuno Manuel Garcia dos Santos Okore George Tommy Hemmingsson Rahman Khan Natalie Knesek Sundar Kshatriya Thomas Morgan Jordi Palet Martinez Maria Shkarlat Patricia Smith Jean-Jacques Subrenat Kamukoko Tshimanga Danny Younger You can find the complete, publicly available information on the candidates and an overview of the selection process under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010 +Workspace A separate email with their voting credentials was sent to the APRALO ALS representatives recently. You will find the current ALS representative list attached below. Please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you have not received your voting credentials. The vote will be anonymous and remain open until Saturday, 6 November 2010 at 2359 UTC. -- 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 Eligible APRALO voters (total 19): Arab Knowledge Management Society Mahmoud Lattoufi At Large@China Mengxuan Wu Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Prof. Hong Xue Emirates Internet Group Khalid Bin Thani Hong Kong Internet Forum Paul Chow Information Policy Analytical Center Yashar Hajiyev Internet Users Network Izumi Aizu Chief Internet Users Society Niue Stafford Guest ISOC Australia Cheryl Langdon-Orr ISOC Chapter India Chennai Sivasubramanian Muthusamy ISOC HK Edmon Chung ISOC NZ Keith Davidson ISOC Taiwan Chapter Chung Laung Liu National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association Sophie Liang Open Standards and Internet Association Hyun-kook Kahng Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society William (Will) Tibben Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum - India Nimrol Agarwal Internet Society Pakistan Chapter Qasim Y. Khan Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Fouad Riaz Bajwa

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Notice of administrative error in posting of two SOIs for At-Large Board Director
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 6, 2010

Nov. 6, 2010

Dear All, Due to an administrative error, the statement of interest of John Yunker (available at: At-Large <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+…> Director Applicant - John Yunker.pdf) for the position of the At-Large selected Board Director was not posted on the At-Large Director Candidate Workspace (see: https://community.icann.org/display/DirCan/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010…) along with the other applicants that had not been selected for the slate of candidates on 28 October. At the same time, the statement of interest of Ahmad Al‐Shagra, which the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee had judged to be too incomplete to merit further consideration prior to its first round of evaluations, was posted in error. The error has now been corrected on the At-Large Director Candidate Workspace. Staff have informed both parties and the chair of the BCEC. We sincerely apologize for this oversight. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Candidate's campaign for ALAC-ICANN Board Seat #15's by Jean-Jacques Subrena
by Fouad Bajwa Nov. 5, 2010

Nov. 5, 2010

Dear Members, Kindly read ALAC-ICANN Board Seat #15's candidate Mr. Jean-Jacques Subrenat's message below for his campaign to APRALO and your information. I also encourage all ALS's to actively participate in the recent poll and choose your preference for ALAC-ICANN Board Seat #15 recommendations from APRALO. Should any of you have any questions, kindly donot hesitate to contact me or our Chair Hong. Best Fouad ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jean-Jacques Subrenat <jjs.global(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:29 AM Subject: ICANN Board, seat 15. To: hongxueipr, fouadbajwa Dear Hong, Dear Fouad, I am writing to you in your roles as Chair and Vice-Chair of APRALO. After the BCEC established a slate of 3 candidates, the leaders of the At-Large decided they wanted a longer list from which to choose the person they wish to nominate for seat 15 on the ICANN Board. This is to confirm my strong interest in this position. My experience on the ICANN Board, my involvement in matters of interest to the At-Large community, my record in international affairs, as well as my professional experience in a variety of situations, would all be put to the service of the overall Internet and ICANN communities. You have seen my Statement of Interest which contains the necessary information, but I am at your disposal for any other elements you may wish me to provide additionally. Best regards, Jean-Jacques.

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ATRT Issues Request for Public Comment on its Draft Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) issued a request for public comment on a set of set of draft proposed recommendation today. You can find the full announcement (in English) and the draft proposed recommendations (available in the English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic) under: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03nov10-en.htm The Public Comment period will be open for 30 days and will close on December 3, 2010. -- 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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Revised Timeline for Board Director Selection Process
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, During its extraordinary meeting on Monday, the At-Large Board Director Selection design team (ABSdt) confirmed the following, revised timeline for the Board Selection Process: Please note that petition by RALOs now has a closing date of 7 November 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; 28 October - 15 November: Campaigning period for candidates; On or before 7 November: RALO petition processes to be completed; 12 - 15 November*: A community call with the final slate of candidates will be held; 15 - 22 November** : RALO discussions on candidates 22 - 25 November: First round of online voting on final slate of candidates; 26 28 November: Second round of online voting on final slate of candidates (only if necessary) 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. (*) early UTC time (**) RALOs can extend this deadline until 25 November if desired Attached you find the updated flowchart for the At-Large Board Director Selection process. Detailed information about the candidates and the selection process are available under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010 +Workspace -- 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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FW: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List.
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Please find below a message forwarded from Jean-Jacques Subrenat. You can find Jean-Jacques¹ Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board under: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+A pplicant+-+Jean-Jacques+Subrenat.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=128832185600 0 Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ------ Forwarded Message From: "jjs.global(a)gmail.com" <jjs.global(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 04:02:42 -0700 To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Subject: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List. Dear At-Large Staff, this is to formally request that my Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board, already presented to and considered by the BCEC, be submitted to the RALOs. The reference for my above request is ³ALAC Internal Rules of Procedure², section 27.6 on ³Final Candidate List². In support of my renewed candidature, I wish to underline three facts: - my candidature was already submitted to and considered by the BCEC for the establishment of its Slate of Candidates, so I am not sending you my Statement of Interest, which you hold and which is now also online; - the time between the online publication of the BCEC Slate of Candidates, and the upcoming deadline for candidatures to be considered and submitted by RALOs (7 November, if I¹m not mistaken), is now extremely short, which is why I request that you, as At-Large Staff, forward this request to the RALOs as soon as possible; - currently attending the ICANN Board Retreat in California, I am quite occupied with my duties as a Board Director. Would you be so kind as to acknowledge receipt of this e-mail, so that I can be certain it has reached you? Thanks. Regards, Jean-Jacques. ------ End of Forwarded Message

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FW: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent by Danny Younger on the subject of the At-Large Board Director selection process. 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 -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:11 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process [Please forward to all the appropriate at-large and RALO lists] Dear members of the At-Large community, By now you are aware that in the At-Large Board Director selection process 43 Statements of Interest (SOIs) were received by the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). Three of those SOIs were from current and sitting members of the ALAC; forty were not. By an amazing coincidence only current and former ALAC members were selected for the candidate slate. On this basis alone, there are some that might wonder whether the at-large director selection process has, in fact, been captured. Others will look at the fact that the BCEC was entitled to select as many as 7 candidates (which would have allowed for more than one gender to be considered, or would have allowed for some "non-insiders" to be considered), and yet the BCEC for some unfathomable reason decided to narrow the field of otherwise qualified candidates down to only the three that were sitting or prior ALAC members... still another reason to suspect capture. We know that the ICANN Board Governance Committee had concerns about capture; their meeting minutes state: "Reviewed the proposed At-Large Board member selection process and potential risks of capture identified within the process." While their assessment was that the risk of capture was low, the preliminary election results tendered can readily lead one to a different conclusion. One also has to look at the fact that 49% of all SOIs were rejected before the process even began (ostensibly because they were deemed to be too incomplete to proceed further). In what other election process are that many candidates rejected out of hand before the election even begins? Clearly there is something seriously wrong with this picture. If the Statement of Interest application form was so poorly written that almost half of all applications were improperly completed, then it is an inescapable conclusion that the process itself was seriously flawed. We know as well that ICANN Staff has provided a certain degree of support to some of the 22 candidates that hadn't fully completed their SOIs. At issue is why Staff didn't offer comparable support to the other 21 applicants who were initially rejected. Additionally, we are confronted with the fact that the at-large director selection process was announced on the internal ALAC-related lists on 21 July, but press releases in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Portugese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish weren't issued until 26 August -- you will note that the deadline for applications was only 11 days thereafter (on 6 September). One has to wonder how many SOIs weren't received owing simply to the the short time span between the international press release date and the final application deadline. One also has to wonder about how much of an advantage was thereby given to "insiders" that were aware of the process for a full month longer than applicants who first heard about the election when the Press releases were issued in languages other than English. Recently, the ABSdt announced a revised timeline that requires the RALO petition process to be completed on or before 7 November, yet no e-mail notices have gone out to any of the candidates to advise them of the timeline changes. Is this fair to the bulk of the candidates that may not even know of the existence of the ABSdt mailing list? All of us intuitively understand that a flawed process can certainly yield a flawed outcome. So what do we do at this point? While I understand the rush to have an at-large director seated (just as I understand the rush to have new gTLDs launched), I also understand that as a community we are better served by "doing it right" than by adhering to the results of what may be perceived as a tainted or seriously flawed election process. Yes, I recognize that it is always exceedingly difficult to stop a moving train, but I remain of the view that this election process has already been damaged to the degree that it should be stopped dead in its tracks for the good of the at-large community. I understand that these views may not be popular with some, but this election process, in my opinion, has proven to be not as fair and properly orchestrated as it could have been. best regards, Danny Younger

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FW: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent by Danny Younger on the subject of the At-Large Board Director selection process. 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 -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:11 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process [Please forward to all the appropriate at-large and RALO lists] Dear members of the At-Large community, By now you are aware that in the At-Large Board Director selection process 43 Statements of Interest (SOIs) were received by the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). Three of those SOIs were from current and sitting members of the ALAC; forty were not. By an amazing coincidence only current and former ALAC members were selected for the candidate slate. On this basis alone, there are some that might wonder whether the at-large director selection process has, in fact, been captured. Others will look at the fact that the BCEC was entitled to select as many as 7 candidates (which would have allowed for more than one gender to be considered, or would have allowed for some "non-insiders" to be considered), and yet the BCEC for some unfathomable reason decided to narrow the field of otherwise qualified candidates down to only the three that were sitting or prior ALAC members... still another reason to suspect capture. We know that the ICANN Board Governance Committee had concerns about capture; their meeting minutes state: "Reviewed the proposed At-Large Board member selection process and potential risks of capture identified within the process." While their assessment was that the risk of capture was low, the preliminary election results tendered can readily lead one to a different conclusion. One also has to look at the fact that 49% of all SOIs were rejected before the process even began (ostensibly because they were deemed to be too incomplete to proceed further). In what other election process are that many candidates rejected out of hand before the election even begins? Clearly there is something seriously wrong with this picture. If the Statement of Interest application form was so poorly written that almost half of all applications were improperly completed, then it is an inescapable conclusion that the process itself was seriously flawed. We know as well that ICANN Staff has provided a certain degree of support to some of the 22 candidates that hadn't fully completed their SOIs. At issue is why Staff didn't offer comparable support to the other 21 applicants who were initially rejected. Additionally, we are confronted with the fact that the at-large director selection process was announced on the internal ALAC-related lists on 21 July, but press releases in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Portugese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish weren't issued until 26 August -- you will note that the deadline for applications was only 11 days thereafter (on 6 September). One has to wonder how many SOIs weren't received owing simply to the the short time span between the international press release date and the final application deadline. One also has to wonder about how much of an advantage was thereby given to "insiders" that were aware of the process for a full month longer than applicants who first heard about the election when the Press releases were issued in languages other than English. Recently, the ABSdt announced a revised timeline that requires the RALO petition process to be completed on or before 7 November, yet no e-mail notices have gone out to any of the candidates to advise them of the timeline changes. Is this fair to the bulk of the candidates that may not even know of the existence of the ABSdt mailing list? All of us intuitively understand that a flawed process can certainly yield a flawed outcome. So what do we do at this point? While I understand the rush to have an at-large director seated (just as I understand the rush to have new gTLDs launched), I also understand that as a community we are better served by "doing it right" than by adhering to the results of what may be perceived as a tainted or seriously flawed election process. Yes, I recognize that it is always exceedingly difficult to stop a moving train, but I remain of the view that this election process has already been damaged to the degree that it should be stopped dead in its tracks for the good of the at-large community. I understand that these views may not be popular with some, but this election process, in my opinion, has proven to be not as fair and properly orchestrated as it could have been. best regards, Danny Younger

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APRALO Consultation on Board Director Candidates
by Hong Xue Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear Colleagues, As noted during the APRALO call on 26 October 2010, the BCEC released the final slate of candidates for the Board Director position (see full announcement: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2010q4/000685.html) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3 candidates and SOI details; · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. APRALO, in line with the above-mentioned tight schedule, now commences the regional consultation officially. Please note the following steps and measures: a) Candidates/applicants' campaign A slate of 3 candidates and 19 other applicants may campaign to our Community to seek support. We note that Not all the campaigners have the posting rights on the APRALO list. APRALO, in order to ensure their equal opportunity for campaigning, kindly asks all campaigners to send their statements or messages to the Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, who will then forward to the list till the end of campaigning period, 12 November 2010. b) RALOs' petition for additional candidate(s) Petitioned applicant(s) can be added to the slate by a formal request of at least three RALOs. APRALO will launch an online VOTING to let all the ALSes to decide whether to petition for any applicant or applicants out of the BCEC's slate to be a candidate or candidates. Please note that even if APRALO decides to petition for any applicant, the petition may not be successful if no other two RALOs support the motion. Since APRALO, if decides to petition for any one, must consult at least other two RALOs for joint action, the VOTE must be completed timely to allow for cross-RALO consultation. Voting period is tentatively set from 5 November to 12 November 2010. Hong Chair of APRALO -- Dr. Hong Xue Professor of Law Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) Beijing Normal University http://www.iipl.org.cn/ 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street Beijing 100875 China

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Fwd: ALAC BoD Candates
by Fouad Bajwa Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear Members of APRALO, the following message was sent to me by the ALAC Board Candidate Avri Doria as part of her campaign. This is being sent to list as this is part of the official process for further discussion and your views to help shape APRALO's decision for the vote. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org> Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 4:55 PM Subject: ALAC BoD Candates To: Fouad Bajwa Dear Fouad, I would appreciate it if APRALO would consider endorsing my application as a petition candidate. My statement can be found at: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+…> I am available to answer any questions the RALO might have. Thank you, Avri -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa

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