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New ALS Application received
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014

Dear All, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from ISOC Yemen. It is based in Sanaa, Yemen and would be a member of APRALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. -- -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC Email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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The Problem of IDNs
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014

Colleagues, This is the link to a recent APTLD Report on a survey involving ccTLDs regarding use of IDNs - http://aptld.org/system/files/survey_report_-_launch_and_use_of_idns_2014.p…. It has statistics from the Asia Pacific and European regions. End user awareness is scored lowest and there is feedback on barriers that limit broad adoption by end users. At the basic level, the problem is that IDNs are not available for use in email, browsers and other applications used by users. Efforts to address the problem are distributed among many parties and they are un-coordinated. There has been some discussions at ICANN on what needs to be done and the role of ICANN. The challenge for ICANN is that it doesn't deal with application level problems. Nevertheless, the successful adoption of IDN TLDs is arguably a success measure for ICANN's TLD programme, so ICANN has a stake in seeing IDNs succeed. Various suggestions have been made on ICANN's role including convene meetings on the topic, raise awareness about the problem through communications channels, gather and centralize information on efforts underway to inform the community, and coordinate the disparate efforts of un-connected parties, etc. *If there are thoughts on what the role of ICANN should be vis-a-vis the role of the community to address the problem of IDN adoption (as part of solving the Universal Acceptance problem), please share.* *APRALO and APTLD: Perhaps a collaboration on way forward to enhance end user awareness and encourage applications developers to meet the market demand? * Best regards, Rinalia <http://aptld.org/system/files/survey_report_-_launch_and_use_of_idns_2014.p…>

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Report on APTLD Workshop on IDN Universal Acceptance
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

FYI: Report on the APTLD workshop on IDN Universal Acceptance held 11 May 2014 in Muscat, Oman. Rinalia

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PLEASE IGNORE: New ALS Application received
by Nathalie Peregrine May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Dear all, My apologies for the confusion due to a typo, this is of course an AFRALO ALS application and not an APRALO one. Kindest regards Nathalie ICANN Policy Staff in support of At-Large -----Original Message----- From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:09 PM To: ALAC Internal List Cc: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: New ALS Application received Dear All, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from ISOC Chad. It is based in Salam, Chad and would be a member of AFRALO if accepted. Please find the application form in French attached. The application in English will be posted to the At-Large website upon reception from the Translation Services. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. -- -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC Email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Universal Acceptance of All TLDs
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

FYI > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140519_universal_acceptance_of_all_tlds_now/ > > > > A piece by Stéphane Van Gelder on Universal Acceptance of TLDs. > > > > > > Universal acceptance of top level domains hasn't really meant much to most Internet users up until now. As long as .COM was basically the default TLD, there wasn't much of an issue. > > > > No longer. With 263 delegated strings (according to ICANN's May 12, 2014 statistics) adding to the existing 22 gTLDs that were already live on the net after the 2004 round of Internet namespace expansion, the problem of universal acceptance gets very real. > > > > What is the issue? Being able to use any TLD with any browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox...) or email client (outlook, Apple mail...), no matter what the environment (Mac, Windows...). Non-ASCII Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) have made the issue even more crucial because universal acceptance is needed to fulfil their promise: giving millions of people who use different keyboards and scripts access to an "own language" Internet use they've never been able to experience up until now. > > > > Non-Latin script TLDs are considered one of the most important Internet naming innovations of the last decade because they are key to reducing the digital divide between those who are comfortable typing ASCII web addresses and those who are not. Those whose native alphabets are Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic or others have jumped at the chance to type their own scripts into the address bars. The high registration volumes reached by IDN ccTLDs like .рф (Romanised as .RF for Russian Federation) or more recently the Chinese character new gTLDs launched by TLD Registry .在线 (.ONLINE) and .中文网 (.WEBSITE) are clear indications of the pent-up demand for non-Latin script web addresses. > > > > > > Ensuring new web addresses can be used everywhere, by everyone > > > > Because they are that important, ICANN's new gTLD program has given deliberate priority to IDNs. The 104 applications for non-Latin script TLDs were allowed a faster track through the evaluation and delegation process if they wanted it. > > > > Despite that, most new gTLDs that have gone live so far are of the traditional ASCII kind. But as TLD Registry's suffixes show, the Internet is not going to stay all-Latin for long. Others also have ambitious plans to bring Internet navigation to new audiences using different alphabets. Stable Tone is one such registry operator. It will soon be launching 世界, (.WORLD in Chinese) with an innovative plan to bring international brands to Chinese audiences. > > > > Without universal acceptance, those plans will suffer. The products will be out there, but their intended audiences won't actually be able to use them. Why? Because in many ways, the Internet still works as if there had never been an expansion of its namespace. There are 3 main issues. > > > > Internet browsers tend to carry out summary checks when a destination is typed into their address bars. Some browsers will actually filter out anything that doesn't resemble the "classic" TLDs. Type www.example.guru, one of the new TLDs that is already proving very popular, and browsers expecting .COM or something similar will either tack that suffix on the end and search for www.example.guru.com, or take the user to a search engine to try and "help". > > > > The rate of expansion is also an issue. In 2004, only a very limited number of TLDs were added to the Internet root. So as suffixes like .BIZ and .INFO came online, browser developers had time to adjust. But the new gTLD program means an increase of several orders of magnitude for the number of TLDs becoming valid Internet namespaces. How can developers of browser, email and other Internet services keep up? > > > > IDNs have brought a third universal acceptance issue. Users must be able to type, and see, their URLs in the intended native script. If it's a Chinese address, you should be able to type that in as easily as if it was ASCII. Having to resort to some kind of encoder to get the Chinese script complicates the user experience to such an extent that there's a risk users simply won't bother. And that could ultimately mean the failure of IDN TLDs that, ironically, Internet users actually want. > > > > There's a fourth, slightly separate but equally important issue: mobile device use. Browsing and emailing environments tend to be even more technically limited on smartphones and tablets than they are on desktop computers. Yet those are the devices which the next billion Internet users, those that stand to benefit from new TLDs and especially IDNs, are most likely to use. > > > > All that leads to a situation where currently, there is a lack of universal acceptance for these new TLDs. Take those mentioned earlier. A web address like 房地产.在线 (RealEstate.online) simply isn't reachable using the majority of web browsers running on PCs and mobile devices in China. A part-ASCII address like nic.在线 has the same issues. > > > > Chinese data shows that around 50% of the browsers used in the country are not compatible with Chinese IDN gTLDs and that on mobile devices, tha vast majority of the browsers available aren't compatible. > > > > > > Single focus > > > > So what to do? Awareness of the problem isn't new. ICANN, for instance, has been working on it since 2004, when it opened a discussion forum on universal acceptance, and even before. Technically there are no major hurdles to universal acceptance. For example, the technology needed to correctly render IDN web addresses was developed even before the new gTLD program, when work was being done on the IDN ccTLD program designed to give a path to non-ASCII country codes to countries such as Russia, where .рф is considered the second national suffix after the ASCII .RU. > > > > The major stumbling block for universal acceptance today is probably coordination. And let's face it, that's an area where organisations like ICANN have traditionally not been very strong. ICANN, the technical community's IETF, and others, are very good at taking on a variety of problems at once. They are not so good at focusing their collective energies on a single problem. > > > > Yet that's exactly what's needed to guarantee universal acceptance. Across-the-board efforts targeting all aspects of this one problem. For example, if technical operators such as browser developers are not made sufficiently aware of new gTLDs by the governance community, then how can they be expected to adapt their products to suit? > > > > It's incumbent on the technical and governance communities to ensure that demand is met. Disappoint these non-ASCII hopefuls now, and new gTLDs as a whole will suffer the consequences.

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Meeting Invitation / PRE-ATLAS II Capacity Building Program: Topic of Policy Issues
by At-Large Staff May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Español después de la versión Inglés Français en bas de ce message ******** Dear All, This is an invitation to attend the seventh PRE-ATLAS II Capacity Building Program on the Topic of Policy Issues. The trainer will be Avri Doria <https://community.icann.org/x/WYdEAg> , ex GNSO Chair and NCSG representative in the GNSO Council. This webinar is scheduled on Thursday 22 May 2014 from 21:00 - 22:00 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/nylqlkz The draft agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/_T-RAg French ad Spanish interpretation will be provided. Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/ <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/> Conference IDs: EN: 1638 ES: 1738 FR: 1838 http://adigo.com/icann/ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org with your preferred number. All the webinars are listed on the following page: https://community.icann.org/x/ciDRAg IMPORTANT: The attached evaluation sheet will provide us with your valuable feedback. Please fill it in at the end of the webinar session and send it back to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org You can also ask questions related to each session on the Wiki : https://community.icann.org/x/ST-Rag (https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ATLAS+II+Capacity+Building+Webi nars++-+Questions+and+Answers+Workspace) within one week from the session¹s date; The trainer will answer it not later than 2 weeks from the date of the presentation. Thank you. Regards, ******************* Estimados todos, Esta es una invitación para asistir al séptimo webinar del Programa de Desarrollo de Capacidades PRE-ATLAS II. El tema sera Tema de Politica. El instructor será Avri Doria <https://community.icann.org/x/WYdEAg> , exPresidente de la GNSO y representativo NCSG en elConsejo de la GNSO. Este Webinar está programado para el jueves 22 mayo 2014, a las 21:00-22:00 UTC. Para ver las horas en sus respectivos paises vea : http://tinyurl.com/nylqlkz El orden del día y detalles de la llamada se pueden encontrar en: https://community.icann.org/x/_T-RAg Se proporcionará interpretacion en francés y español. Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/ ID de la conferencia: ES: 1638 ES: 1738 FR: 1838 http://adigo.com/icann/ Si necesita una llamada a su telefono, por favor póngase en contacto con el personal de At-Large en staff(a)atlarge.icann.org con su número preferido. Todos los seminarios webse enumeran en la siguiente página: https://community.icann.org/x/doPhAg IMPORTANTE: La hoja de evaluación adjunta nos dará una retroalimentación importante. Por favor, sirvase llenarla al final de la session del webinar y enviela staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Tambien puede preguntar respecto a cada session en la pagina Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/ST-Rag (https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ATLAS+II+Capacity+Building+Webi nars++-+Questions+and+Answers+Workspace) dentro de una semana despues de la sesion. El orador respondera a mas tardar en 2 semanas desde la fecha de la presentación . Gracias. Saludos cordiales, ********************* Chers Tous, Nous vous invitons à assister au septième webinar du programme de Renforcement des Capacités PRE-ATLAS II sur le thème de Questions de Politique Générale. La formatrice sera Avri Doria <https://community.icann.org/x/WYdEAg> , ex Présidentedu GNSO et représentante du NCSG au conseil du GNSO. Ce Webinar est prévu le jeudi 22 mai 2014, de 21:00-22:00 UTC. Pour voir votre heure locale: http://tinyurl.com/nylqlkz L'ordre du jour et les détails de l'appel sont disponibles à la page suivante: https://community.icann.org/x/_T-RAg Cet appel sera interprété en français et espagnol. Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/ <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/ > <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/preatlas2cb/ > ID pour la conférence: EN: 1638 ES: 1738 FR: 1838 http://adigo.com/icann/ Si vous avez besoin d'un dial-out, merci de le communiquer au personnel At-Large à staff(a)atlarge.icann.org avec votre numéro d'appel préféré. Tous les webinaires sont listés sur la page suivante: https://community.icann.org/x/coPhAg IMPORTANT: La fiche d'évaluation ci-joint nous permettra de recueillir vos commentaires qui nous sont importants. Merci de bien vouloir la remplir à la fin de la session du webinar et de la renvoyer à staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Vous pouvez également poser des questions liées à chaque session sur le Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/ST-Rag (https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ATLAS+II+Capacity+Building+Webi nars++-+Questions+and+Answers+Workspace) dans la semaine suivant le webinar; Le formateur y répondra au plus tard deux semaines après la date de la présentation. Merci beaucoup. Cordialement, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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Meeting Invitation / APRALO May Monthly call
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

Dear All, The May APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday 27 May 2014 at 05:00 UTC. Tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/kh6wvm2 The draft agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/AIHhAg Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/apralo 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@atlarge.icann.org. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> One World, One Internet _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:APAC-Discuss@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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APTLD Newsletter highlighting MOU with APRALO
by Siranush Vardanyan May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

Dear AP colleagues, Also would like to share with you APTLD Newsletter as of April 8, posted on their website (www.aptld.org) highlighting APRALO MOU signing during ICANN Singapore meeting. You can view/download the newsletter directly from APTLD website as well. Best SiranushAPRALO Acting Chair

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FW: APNIC 38 Fellowships now open
by Siranush Vardanyan May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

Dear APRALO members, This announcement, sent by Fahd Batayneh may be interesting for some of you, which is a great opportunity for those who are in Asia Pacific. Those who are close may participate even without fellowship. Best SiranushAPRALO Acting Chair -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:41 AM Subject: [Apnic-announce] APNIC 38 Fellowships now open _______________________________________________________________________ APNIC 38 Fellowships now open_______________________________________________________________________ APNIC is committed to supporting Internet growth in developing Asia Pacific economies, and we understand that it may be difficult for our Members and stakeholders from these economies to attend APNIC Conferences. In response, APNIC provides several Fellowship awards to allow people to attend and participate in the APNIC Conference free of charge. Benefits of APNIC Fellowships----------------------------- - Acquire hands-on experience in technologies such as IPv6, DNSSEC, and Network Security- Attend all workshops and tutorials at the APNIC 38 Conference- Participate in policy discussions that will affect how your organization accesses Internet number resources- Network and meet with a wide range of Internet industry members from around the world APNIC promotes gender equality and creates opportunities for all. The APNIC Fellowship program encourages women in the Internet industry to participate and contribute during the Conference, including the APNIC Open Policy Meeting. For more information about the Fellowship award, terms, and application, please visit the APNIC 38 website: http://conference.apnic.net/38/fellowship Deadline-------- The deadline for Fellowship applications is Friday, 13 June 2014 at23:59 (UTC +10). ________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat(a)apnic.netAsia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 31996 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net_______________________________________________________… * Sent by email to save paper. Print only if necessary.

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Music for APRALO at ICANN London
by Pavan Budhrani May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

Hey there everyone, Some of you have been real helpful in sending some songs over to me. This is a final call to anyone else who wishes to send some songs over for the APRALO region. I will gather all the songs and upload them in mp3 format onto the WIKI by the end of May. Please send over all songs before that to me. Thanks so much everyone! -- [image: DotAsia Organisation]<http://www.dot.asia/%20http://keepclicking.asia/> Pavan Budhrani / Director of Business Development +852-58022505/ pavan(a)registry.asia DotAsia Organisation Office: (852)58022505 / Fax: (852)58022502 12/f, Daily House, 35-37 Haiphong Road, TsimShaTsui, Hong Kong http://www.dot.asia/ http://keepclicking.asia/ [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pavanb> [image: Twitter]<https://twitter.com/pavzy> [image: Skype] <http://htmlsig.com/pavanb16> This e-mail message may contain confidential or legally privileged information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is prohibited. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, or contain viruses. Anyone who communicates with us by e-mail is deemed to have accepted these risks. Company Name is not responsible for errors or omissions in this message and denies any responsibility for any damage arising from the use of e-mail. Any opinion and other statement contained in this message and any attachment are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.

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