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Bahrain Internet Society presentation
by Silvia Vivanco Oct. 31, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Dear APRALO members, On behalf of APRALO Chair, please find attached the presentation given by Ali AlMeshal, during the latest APRALO monthly call. Kind regards, Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (202) 570-7119 Fax: +1 (202) 789-0104 Cell/Mobile: +1 (202) 735-7011

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Fwd: URGENT: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October
by Holly Raiche Oct. 31, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Hi Everyone This is the final step for nominations from the RALOs for the BMSPC and he BCEC (apologies for the acronyms - but the email below spells out what they stand for. By way of explanation, one seat on the ICANN Board is reserved for an ALAC nominee. In the past few years, it has been Sebastien Bachollet - whose term will expire and a replacement needs to be nominated. ALAC, under its revised rules of procedure, wants nominees from all five regions involved in the selection process, along with some new faces. My nominations for the BCEC combined a new face - Ellen Strickland from InternetNZ, with a face all of you know and who has experience on the NomCom - and our Vice Chair - Sinanush. For the BMSPC, my nomination was for Fouad - who has been part of the process before, plus Maureen, again someone with experience in RALO. My hope in making the nominations was to bring in experience, plus some new faces, and provide some geographic diversity - from Armenia to the Pacific Islands, with a stop in between. I'm happy to discuss at tomorrow's meeting of APRALO Holly Begin forwarded message: > From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org> > Date: 28 October 2013 10:02:28 AM AEDT > To: "h.raiche(a)internode.on.net" <h.raiche(a)internode.on.net> > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) <ocl(a)gih.com>, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Subject: URGENT: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October > > Hi Holly, > > Could you please confirm that the two people you nominated for the BCEC, Siranush and Ellen, have been supported by APRALO? > > Also, as Rinalia has declined the nomination for the BMSPC, the two current APRALO nominees are Maureen and Fouad. Does APRALO support these two nominees? > > Please could you respond as soon as possible? The ALT will be reviewing the candidates tomorrow, Monday, 28 October. > > Kind regards, > Heidi > > From: Heidi Ullrich > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 4:58 PM > To: fsylla(a)gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa(a)planet.tn) hilaliaziz(a)yahoo.fr; h.raiche(a)internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (siranush_vardanyan(a)hotmail.com) fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com; wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (y.morenets(a)againstcybercrime.eu) 'José Francisco Arce' (josefranciscoarce(a)gmail.com) sylvia@internautabrasil.org;gbruen@knujon.com; DThompson1(a)GOV.NU.CA > Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) > Subject: REMINDER: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October > Importance: High > > Dear RALO Leaders, > > A friendly reminder that, if you have not done so already, please send Olivier and staff a list of your RALO’s supported candidates for the BCEC and BMSPC by 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 27 October. > > The list of current nominees for each group are at: > > BMSPC Member Selection 2014 > > BCEC Member Selection 2014 > > You will see that not all nominees have been officially stated as being supported by their RALO. > > The ALT will be reviewing the nominees during their call on Monday, 28 October. > > Kind regards, > Heidi > > From: Heidi Ullrich > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:54 AM > To: fsylla(a)gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa(a)planet.tn) hilaliaziz(a)yahoo.fr; h.raiche(a)internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (siranush_vardanyan(a)hotmail.com) fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com; wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (y.morenets(a)againstcybercrime.eu) 'José Francisco Arce' (josefranciscoarce(a)gmail.com) sylvia@internautabrasil.org;gbruen@knujon.com; DThompson1(a)GOV.NU.CA > Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) > Subject: IMPORANT: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October > Importance: High > > Dear All, > > Please could you work with your ALSes to identify suitable members from your RALO for the BCEC and BMSPC by 18 October? > > Please note that, according to the scheduled as outlined below, the RALO leadership is to send a list of their RALO’s supported candidates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday, 27 October. > > If you have questions regarding the qualifications for membership, please feel free to ask Olivier. > > Kind regards, > Heidi > > > From: ICANN At-Large Staff > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:47 AM > To: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (at-large(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-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) ICANN At-Large Staff > Subject: REMINDER: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October > > Dear All, > > A friendly reminder that the deadline for nominations to the BMSPC and BCEC is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 October 2013. > > If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please send a note to At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable experience by the deadline. > > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC > E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> > > > From: ICANN At-Large Staff > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:04 AM > To: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (at-large(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-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) ICANN At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org) > Subject: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee > > Dear All, > > To prepare for the selection of the Board Member selected by At-Large to be seated at the October 2014 Annual General Meeting, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, has asked staff to make an immediate call for members of the two groups who will be responsible for moving the process forward. > > According to the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013), the two groups are the 2014 Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) and the 2014 Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) [please see ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013) Section D.19 – Procedure for Making the Selection to fill Seat 15 on the ICANN Board]. > > The deadline for members of both groups is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 October 2013. > > If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please send a note to At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable experience by the deadline. A record of all applications and nominations will be posted to either the BMSPC 2014 Workspace or the BCEC 2014 Workspace as appropriate on the At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection Workspace. > > The RALO leadership will send a list of their RALO’s supported candidates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday, 27 October. > > The ALAC will name the final membership during the ALAC meeting of 29 October. > > The details of the two groups are: > > 1) Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) > > According to Article 19.2 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013): > > “The ALAC shall name a Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) which shall oversee the entire selection process including the election culminating the process but excluding those responsibilities specifically retained by the ALAC or > given to the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee. The composition of the BMSPC will be regionally balanced and the committee will typically be populated with no fewer than two representatives of each region selected by both the ALAC > and the RALOs. The ALAC shall either name a chair of the BMSPC or may instruct the BMSPC to select a chair from amongst its members.” > > The group is open to both ALAC members and to At-Large community members. However, the membership should include members of the community with significant experience from the 2010 Board Director selected by At-Large process. English will be the working language of this group. > > The group must be regionally balanced, with no fewer than two representatives from each of the five RALOs. > > Please note that no member of the BMSPC may submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large. > > The ALAC will select the Chair of the BMSPC. > > The first meeting of the BMSPC will be scheduled for early November. > > > 2) Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) > > The new ALAC Rules of Procedures state the following on the composition and task of the BCEC: > > “19.3 The ALAC shall name a Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) to compile an initial slate of candidates for election to Seat 15. A new BCEC consisting of two delegates selected by each of the RALOs plus a chair selected by the ALAC will be convened for each Board seat selection process.” > > “19.4 The task of the BCEC is to identify applicants who would each make an excellent Board Director. Applicant selected by the BCEC must meet the criteria specified in the ICANN Bylaws Article VI, Section 3 (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VI-3) These criteria include but are not limited to being: > a) accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making; and > b) persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions of the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN. Moreover, the Director selected by the At-Large Community must understand the mission of At-Large and the needs of the global community of Internet end users.” > > “19.5 No member of the electorate (Paragraph 19.10) may simultaneously serve as a member of the BCEC.” > > According to 19.5, members of the electorate (i.e., members of the ALAC and RALO Chairs who will be serving in 2014) may notbe BCEC members. > > Additionally, no member of the BCEC may submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large. > > Please note that experience on the 2010 BCEC and/or on the ICANN Nominating Committee would be highly desired. > > English will be the working language of this group. > > The ALAC will select the Chair of the BCEC. > > The first meeting of the BCEC will be scheduled for early November. > > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC > E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> > >

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APRALO call meeting notes
by Holly Raiche Oct. 29, 2013

Oct. 29, 2013

Hi Everyone Attached are my notes from yesterday's call. Silvia, please post on the APRALO report for October. Also, Silvia, could we have a wiki in the APRALO space for the Singapore meeting, to include the subcommittee on the Showcase event (Maureen, Ali and Pavan - please be ready to provide a preliminary report for the November meeting) and the Multi-Stakeholder meeting on Consumer metrics (I'll work with CLO, Siranush and Hong) Also, another wiki within APRALO for a draft MoU - again, Maureen, Ali and Siranush, we need input from you within the next week or so so that others can have a look and we can meet with the APNIC CEO to sign something. Rinalia - could you work with Pavan on Saaadun Shahrir and - from what you say is a defunct organisation. If they don't exist or have been inactive for years, then we should delist them - but need to make sure they do not want to continue as an ALS before we do that - so could we either contact them, or at least have evidence for us and ALAC that they really are defunct. And Silvia - Would you also confirm the APRALO meeting time in Buenos Aires for Wednesday 19 Nov at 1700 - it is not on the full schedule on the ICANN website. Thanks everyone Holly APRALO MONTHLY REPORT:October 2013 APRALO Meeting in October: - Action items: Karaitiaana Taiuru will have presented his research on the use of indigenous domain names by December, and can then work with Pavan to develop a webinar on the topic. - Spotlight: Ali Al Meshal talked about the many programs and activities of the Bahrain Internet Society. (his presentation will be circulated) - BCEC/BMSPC: The meeting confirmed the nomination of Siranush and Ellen for the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee. Maureen and Fouad have been nominated for the Board Member Selection Process Committee. - MoU with APNIC. Holly has talked with the CEO of APNIC about the possibility of an MoU with APRALO, and he is supportive of the idea. Maureen noted that APNIC already has an MoU with PICISOC. A Subcommittee of Siranush, Ali and Maureen was formed. - ICANN Meeting in Singapore (23-27 March) A subcommittee of Maureen, Ali and Pavan will plan a ‘showcase’ event for the meeting. Another subcommittee, of Siranush, Cheryl, Hong and Holly, will plan for a Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Consumer Metrics. APRALO meeting in Buenos Aires: The APRALO meeting in November is scheduled for Wednesday 19 November at 1700 Buenos Aires time (UTC -3 hurs) Update on ROP Review Working Group: Cheryl updated the meeting on the APRALO RoP, noting there will be more time on the issue in Buenos Aires. Report on IGF meeting in Bali: Rinalia reported briefly to the meeting on the success of the APRALO meeting on the universal acceptance of IDNs Policy Update: Olivier briefed the meeting on policy before the ALAC including Closed statements on confusingly similar gTLDs, DNS risk management, ccTLD delegation and re-delegation and the Whois privacy and proxy service abuse. Current policies include the ccNSO report on revocation, a revised PICs dispute resolution process, policy and implementation and a response to the ATRT2 draft report. (for details, see https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Policy+Developme…) Next Spotlight November: Siranush Vardanyan Action items on everyone (including staff) - Pavan and KT to work on a webinar on the use of indigenous domain names in December - Ali to provide the meeting with further information on the outcomes for women who attended training sessions with the Bahrain Internet Society - The MoU subcommittee to examine the MoU with AFRINIC, and the APNIC/PICISOC MoU to suggest wording for an APNIC/APRALO MoU - The Subcommittees for a Showcase event and a Multi-Stakeholder Forum for the Singapore meeting report back to the next meeting - All who attended the Bali IGF can provide reports to Pavan, for distribution to APRALO.

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Fwd: FW: [APRICOT-INFO] APRICOT 2014 - Fellowships Now Open
by Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro Oct. 29, 2013

Oct. 29, 2013

Dear ALSes, I would like to encourage you to forward this to your members, and encourage participation from women in your respective organisations. Kind Regards, Sala ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Blandine Cousin <blandine(a)apnic.net> Date: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM Subject: FW: [APRICOT-INFO] APRICOT 2014 - Fellowships Now Open To: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro(a)gmail.com> Hi Sala As mentioned this morning, would you mind circulating this email to your female friends, colleagues and industry contacts and encourage them to apply for the APRICOT 2014 fellowship program? It would be nice to see an increase in female participation in the region. Many thanks Blandine Blandine Cousin APRICOT 2014 Secretariat Join us at APRICOT 2014 in Bangkok in February 2014! http://www.apricot2014.net >_______________________________________________________________________ > >APRICOT 2014 - Fellowships Now Open >_______________________________________________________________________ > >The annual APRICOT conference is a unique and successful educational >forum for Internet builders in the Asia-Pacific region, to learn from >their peers and leaders in the Internet community. > >Senior practitioners from the Asia Pacific and around the world >contribute their time to APRICOT as presenters, teachers and trainers,to >produce a non-commercial high quality conference. > >Since 2000, APRICOT has incorporated a Fellowship Program to provide >opportunities to developing country personnel to participate in APRICOT. > The Program provides financial assistance to selected applicants to >cover some of the expenses associated with attending the workshops or >conference. > >The APRICOT Fellowship Committee now cordially invites applications for >fellowship funding to participate in APRICOT 2014 in Bangkok from 18-28 >February 2014. > >For more information about the Fellowship award package, criteria, and >application form, please visit: > > http://www.apricot2014.net/fellowship > > >Deadline for applications >------------------------- > >Please note, submissions close on Monday, 4 November 2013 (17:00 UTC +7). > > >With best regards, >APRICOT 2014 Fellowship Committee >_______________________________________________ >Apricot-info mailing list >Apricot-info(a)apricot.net >http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apricot-info >_______________________________________________ >Attendees mailing list >Attendees(a)apricot.net >http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/attendees

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October Spotlight ALS Bahrain Internet Society
by Silvia Vivanco Oct. 28, 2013

Oct. 28, 2013

Dear Ali, Just a reminder that you are schedule to present your ALS during the next APRALO monthly teleconference ( Agenda to be updated shortly). If you would like to use a Power point presentation or would like any document posted on the AC room, kindly send it to us in advance. https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+ALSes+Spotlight Thank you! Kind regards, Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (202) 570-7119 Fax: +1 (202) 789-0104 Cell/Mobile: +1 (202) 735-7011 From: Silvia Vivanco Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 5:59 PM To: Ali AlMeshal; Siranush Vardanyan Cc: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: RE: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO ALSs active participation Dear Ali, Thank you for volunteering Bahrain Internet Society in the October Spotlight section. Staff will place your organization logo and basic information on the Spotlight wiki page<https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+ALSes+Spotlight>, if you would like to highlight any specific information please send it to us and we will place it in the WIKI. Thank you! Kind regards, Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (202) 570-7119 Fax: +1 (202) 789-0104 Cell/Mobile: +1 (202) 735-7011 From: Ali AlMeshal [mailto:dralialmeshal@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 3:08 PM To: Siranush Vardanyan Cc: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO ALSs active participation God day Siranush, I will be more than happy to book October to present Bahrain Internet Society , part of the monthly call for APRALO ALSs Spotlights . Regards On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Siranush Vardanyan <siranush_vardanyan(a)hotmail.com<mailto:siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com>> wrote: Dear APRALO colleagues, First of all, congratulations with the starting of the new education year, I hope this year will bring more development and more inclusive communication among ourselves for the prosperity of At Large community. Secondly, there are several action items, discussed during our last call, which I would like all of you participate actively and bring your contribution. Those who participated in our monthly call on August 27 may already know about this, but I would like to make sure that all ALSs are aware. 1. APRALO Rules of Procedure: APRALO has an intention to form a Working Group (WG) to review current APRALO Rules of Procedure (ROPs) see: https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/RALO+Organising+Documents so they are in line with the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure; see https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure. We have asked for volunteers for this WG and Cheryl Langdon-Orr already volunteered to be a member of this group. We are asking for more volunteers to work in this group to revise the ROPs and come up with suggestions. Please, those who would like to volunteer, send your names via our mailing list. As soon as several people will volunteer to form this group, the WIKI page as child page of the RALO Organising Documents, entitled "APRALO Rules of Procedures Review 2013" which has been created by the staff for the intention for all of you to visit and post your comments, even if you are not a member of this group and several calls will be organized for this purposes. 2. Updating APRALO ALSs information in Wiki see: https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+ALSes; - This relates to ALL ALSs: please, visit this wiki page and update or post the information about your ALSs there. We need all updated information. Please, post your organization's logo and the brief information there. If you have technical issues to do that, please, ask the staff for the support and send the information via staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> 3. Participation in APRALO monthly calls. As you all know we have monthly conference calls and the information about our calls is being posted and reminders are being sent constantly via APRALO mailing list. We urge you all to participate actively in those monthly calls. A Working Group is developing a matrix to measure everyone's participation. It will be one of the tools we will be using when deciding who will be part of the At large Summit II (ATLAS II), which will take place in London, June, 2014. We are hoping you will be there, so we'd like to hear you all for our monthly meetings. 4. APRALO ALSs Spotlights - https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+ALSes+SpotlightAs you all are aware and this suggestion was proposed by many of you during our meeting in Beijing, from now on we will be having one ALS per call to present their ALS. This is a new initiative intended to showcase one APRALO ALS per month. The monthly APRALO Spotlight ALS will be asked to introduce their ALS during the APRALO monthly call. In addition information and activities of the featured ALS will be posted in this Workspace. We encourage you to volunteer for the coming months for this initiative and send in advance the information to the staff to post in Wiki space. During August call Satish Babu presented his ALS, Computer Society of India (CSI). We intend to post one week in advance to our calls the name of the ALS, which will be presented, for everyone to prepare the questions and comments to the presenter, to make this initiative more interactive and not just a presentation. Enjoy you day and thank you once again for your active participation. Best, Siranush VardanyanAPRALO Vice ChairArmenia _______________________________________________ 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 -- Thanks Ali AlMeshal 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<mailto:dralialmeshal@gmail.com> ali.almeshal(a)bis.org.bh<mailto:ali.almeshal@bis.org.bh> www.bis.org.bh<http://www.bis.org.bh/> Twitter :@internetBH

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Agenda for APRALO meeting 29 October
by Holly Raiche Oct. 27, 2013

Oct. 27, 2013

Hi Everyone My proposed agenda for the next APRALO meeting is: - Spotlight - it is the Bahrain Internet Society presentation (Ali, do you want to send anything to Silvia for your spotlight?) - MoU with APNIC. I have had a chat with the CEO of APNIC at the Oz IGF - and he is very interested in an MoU with us - and wants to talk about what would be in it. The model is the one between LANIC and AFRALO - but ours would be different - APNIC already provides a lot of regional training, and I"m not sure we want the same level of funding since the APAC region's needs are different. But please have a look at the attached, and at the APNIC site (APNIC.org) to see all that they offer anyway. I'd like to be able to finalise something with APNIC in BA - and need to know what the APAC needs are first. - planning for Singapore. I know, it's a few months off, but we need to start planning for a showcase event now - and I"ll need some willing committee members - Report on the Bali IGF. I know a lot of you were there, and what I'd like to hear are the issues of importance to the APAC region and APRALO. (Pavan - you were there and can start the discussion - others are welcome to chime in) - Update from KT on indigenous domain names - can we start planning for the webinar? - policy update (it could be rushed - sorry) Thanks - and talk soon Holly

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REMINDER/ Meeting invitation/ APRALO Monthly October call - Tuesday 29 October 2013 at 0500 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 25, 2013

Oct. 25, 2013

Dear All, The October APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday 29 October 2013 at 05:00 UTC. For other times: http://tinyurl.com/qxefwje The draft agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/ThuMAg 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(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> One World, One Internet

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Pre-Buenos Aires ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 24, 2013

Oct. 24, 2013

Pre-Buenos Aires ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation 7 November 2013 In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires, remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on: Thursday 7 November at 12.00 UTC (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx) and Thursday 7 November at 19.00 UTC. (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/lj8jqep) summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on: * Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation * Thick Whois * Protections of IGO/INGO Identifiers in gTLDs * Policy & Implementation * Draft Guidelines on ccTLD's Financial Contribution The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:policy-staff@icann.org>. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 12.00 UTC (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/mygn6xx) or Thursday at 19.00 UTC (for other places see: http://tinyurl.com/lj8jqep) We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.

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Pre-IGF Yesterday [Update from Bali]
by Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro Oct. 23, 2013

Oct. 23, 2013

*Update from Bali – Pre- IGF* This year’s Pre-Internet Governance Forum which was held yesterday set the tone for this week. Today is Day 1 of the IGF! It’s finally here!!! Yesterday was like a barometer testing how stakeholders generally would be engaging in the discussions and dialogue on the diverse issues on Internet Governance. Remote participation is available over IPv6! :) *About Indonesia* It was also great to hear the CTO of Telecom Indonesia give a general update on ICT and the Internet in Indonesia. By the way Indonesia is also the world’s second largest biodiversity and the fourth largest country on the earth being home for 250, 588, 688 people. If you are curious about their resource allocations visit: http://bgp.potaroo.net/iso3166/v4cc.html In 2011, Indonesia ranked 95 on the ICT Development Index, see: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2012/MIS20… *IGF Schedule* * * To see today’s Schedule, visit: http://igf2013.or.id/schedule/** * * *Snippets from Yesterday* * * *High Level Leaders Meeting* It was a great meeting for testing the mercury levels of how institutions were feeling about Internet Governance. There seemed to be consensus that there needs to be improvement when it comes to Internet Governance. The meeting was hosted by the Indonesian Government where representatives of public sector, civil society and private sector were invited. *What I Heard* * * *[There were many speakers but am picking that which stood out]* The nature of improvement is at this stage ambiguous except for the Japanese Government making calls for increased functionality of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) within ICANN. Brazil’s Government representative wants more democracy on the Internet and advised the delegates that they would be hosting and Internet Governance meeting in Brazil next year. There was overwhelming consensus by governments that cyber security is critical in the wake of vulnerabilities and threats. The US Government representative pointed out those unlawful non state activities that threaten the Internet should be addressed. The Chinese Government advocated social and economic rights. APNIC CEO Paul Wilson, Chair of the Number Registry Organisation (NRO) and MAG member emphasized the need to rebuild trust and leaders to collaborate and have aggressive cooperation. Citizen’s Lab advised that there should be caution in terms of the reaction of stakeholders to recent revelations by Edward Snowden and the threats of excessive regulation by governments. Google representative said that Surveillance was nothing new and done by all and not just the US government. Jovan Kurbalija, Director of Diplo Foundation said, “Make no mistake, Internet Governance is in crisis”. Kurbalija suggested that there are challenges and there needs to be change and empathy. *What I Observed [How I interpreted what they were saying]* I won’t go into all of the speakers but just some key snippets that in my view helps set the tone and context for the IGF this year. *US* When the US government made comments about unlawful activity by non-state actors which in my view canvasses stakeholders within the private sector such as when Google had to pay $22.5million in fines for Safari tracking. The US government has to be commended for having machinery that allows for redress when it comes to corporate surveillance. However not countries have policies and laws that enable regulators to address breaches. Google has come under fire by Australian Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand Police – Cyber Crime Unit. There are other commercial stakeholders who exploit big data for commercial purposes. VeriSign reports in its recent quarterly update that Transparency Market Research highlighted that Global Big Data market was worth USD $6.3 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD $48.3 billion by 2018, at a compound annual growth rate of 40.5 percent from 2012 to 2018. I would have preferred if the US Government representative sat next to other country representatives rather than ICANN and ISOC CEO to be less clique and more global. In diplomacy, even seating arrangements speaks volume. *China* They are probably relieved to have the spotlight on government surveillance shift from them to the US (tongue in cheek). They highlighted social and economic aspects of human rights over the internet. To me this is diplomatic speak for increase in access and empowering communities to build stronger IP backbones and would include things like culture such as multilingualism and diversity on the Internet in forms of expression as well as through Internationalized Domain Names. * * *Japan* The suggestion to increase GAC functionality is a cry for more robust representation from governments into the policy processes. Indirectly they were saying that they are happy to have institutions carry on with their administration functions except to instill incremental changes. *Brazil* I am assuming that Brazil wants increased participation and to have forums more democratic. It remains unclear whether they are referring to administration or meaningful participation from other nation states and stakeholders in the coordinating bodies. It is helpful to separate this core issue from the other notion that they alluded to in their speech and increasing local Internet Exchange points to avoid local traffic getting routed offshore and being exposed. From an end user perspective having local IXPs have a direct correlation to greater room for increasing local content, lower costs and increasing infrastructure which is in sync with building a vibrant and open internet community. * * *Civil Society*** It would be great for the two speakers from civil society to have invited comments from the rest of civil society as they were developing their speeches. Whilst they identified the security and vulnerabilities, I felt that they could have done more to clearly and concisely highlight the solutions. Throughout this week as, civil society engages in the various workshops, it is critical that we not only raise the issues and vulnerabilities but also suggest solutions. Today, the IGC is meeting during lunch hour where we will discuss a few things, one of which is how we can coordinate civil society input into workshops aside from administrative matters. For those who wish to skype into the session let us know by emailing: coordinators(a)igcaucus.org * * *GigaNet* Apparently for much of the day, there was standing room only. I attended two sessions at the Giganet where a Panelist presented a Study on Transferring Blocks and Routing Information. The other session that I attended was on Surveillance and Snowden. *Final Thoughts and Wish List*** I am personally not worried about the future of the Internet Governance. However, I feel that we need to create a culture where we can openly discuss concerns without retreating into our caves. I find that in the 8thInternet Governance stakeholders need to zero into the core critical issues rather than skirting superficially over the issues. For me, my list is clear: 1. Meaningful participation: a. In Policy processes, representations into various administration b. Capacity Building c. Multilingualism – Freedom of Expression, IDNs 2. Strengthening Integrity of National and Global Standards bodies and building trust in light of the following situations a. Patenting things which are RFCs eg. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121011_perspective_on_verisign_patent_appli… b. Compromised Algorithms http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/can-you-trust-nist/?utm_source=te… (I have been told that the issue was not the standard but the implementation of the standard) 3. Increasing Accountability and Transparency in the way things are governed and administered both on a global, regional and national scale. 4. Deliberate and Conscious Strategic Engagement on Shifting Away from Territorialism of Actors and stakeholders in Internet Governance to aggressive collaboration, coordination of resources and energy to create a robust and open internet. 5. Pursue dialogue using the Internet Governance Human Rights principles as a base for complex policy discussions. 6. Bug the MAG to arrange for a sports side event where people can just learn to relax and disagree on certain issues and not take it personally where constituencies become insulated instead of porous. *What is your wish list?* * * * * *Social Media* As per Anriette’s email: For everything: #IGF2013 Internet as engine for growth - #IG4D Human Rights, Freedom of Expression - #HR Security - Legal and other frameworks - #SEC Principles of Multistakeholder Cooperation - #MS Internet Governance Principles: #IGP

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Fwd: IGF 2013 APRALO-ICANN Workshop on Next in IDNs
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Oct. 23, 2013

Oct. 23, 2013

Hello, everyone. Please join us for the ICANN-APRALO workhop at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 23 October 2013. *IGF Workshop #32 - **Next in IDNs: Linguistic Diversity in the Internet Root* Date: 23 October 2013 (Wednesday) Time: 14:30 - 16:00 local time (UTC 0630 - 0800) Room: Room #1, Nusa Dua Hall 2, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) *Workshop Title* Next in IDNs: Linguistic Diversity in the Internet Root *Workshop Theme* The Internet as Engine of Growth and Development *Workshop Organizers* APRALO – Asia Pacific Australasia Regional At-Large Organization ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers *Workshop Description* The introduction of IDN variants in the root zone serves to enhance the Internet’s multilingualism and cultural diversity at the level of Top Level Domains (TLDs). The ICANN community has studied the viability of this introduction and has developed a process that will make it a reality. This process has implications for language communities. Language communities that share a script (e.g., Chinese, Japanese and Korean, which share the Han script) must agree on rules related to variant script characters in order to proceed. Furthermore, while allowing language communities to self-mobilize and proceed at their own pace, there are advantages to being an early participant or first mover. This process of allocating Variant TLDs in the Internet root* *requires language communities to collaborate and will require effective facilitation. This joint APRALO-ICANN workshop will provide an overview of the ICANN process, discuss the issues implicating language communities and outline the way forward. *Key Discussion Questions* *Process* – What is the process and what are the structural constraints of the process? How was the multistakeholder model deployed in the development of the process and how will it evolve in moving forward? How will language and technical communities be engaged? *Variants *– What are the key variant issues for scripts such as Arabic, Han, Indic, Latin and Cyrillic that have a large community of users worldwide and whose script is shared across different language communities and across national borders? What variant issues can realistically be addressed within the structural constraints of the process? *Community* - How can the readiness of language communities for IDN Variant TLDs be supported? How can the disadvantage to late entrants be minimized? What models of engagement can be used to support the collaboration of language communities that transcend national borders? What best practice models of dispute resolution can be deployed to address disputes among language communities that span the globe? * * *Workshop Role-Players* *A. Moderators* · On-Site Moderator – *Rinalia Abdul Rahim* (Executive Committee Member, ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee; APRALO Representative & Executive Council Member, ISOC Malaysia Chapter) · Remote Moderator – *Maureen Hilyard* (APRALO Representative, Cook Islands & Board Chair, Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society) * * *B. Panel of Technical Experts* · *Ram Mohan* (Chair, ICANN Board IDN Variants Working Group & Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Afilias Limited) · *Andrew Sullivan *(Principal Architect, Dyn, USA) · *Sarmad Hussain* (Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Center of Language Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan) · *Akshat Joshi* (Project Engineer, GIST Group, Center for Development of Advanced Computing, India) · *Edmon Chung* (CEO, dotAsia & Vice-Chair, Internet Society Hong Kong) * * C. *Panel of Internet End User Representatives * · *Mohamed El Bashir* (Manager, Technical Affairs Department, ictQATAR, Qatar) · *Hong Xue* (Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University, China) · *Satish Babu* (Director of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, India) * * *Workshop Agenda* 1. Moderator’s welcome and introduction (5 min) 2. Overview of the ICANN Process for Developing Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone by Ram Mohan and Andrew Sullivan (15 min) 3. Responses from Panel of Internet End User Representatives - Mohamed El Bashir (4 min) - Hong Xue (4 min) - Satish Babu (4 min) 4. Responses and Views from Panel of Technical Experts - Sarmad Hussain - Arabic Script (8 min) - Akshat Joshi - Indic Script/Devanagari (8 min) - Edmon Chung - Han Script (8 min) 5. Discussion involving panelists and participants (30 min) 6. Wrap up *Workshop Organizers * *Rinalia Abdul Rahim*, Managing Director, Compass Rose Sdn Bhd ( rinalia(a)compassrose.my) * * *Baher Esmat*, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East, ICANN ( baher.esmat(a)icann.org)

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