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Re: [APAC-Discuss] REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference - Tuesday, 30 August 05:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon Aug. 24, 2011

Aug. 24, 2011

Dear All, The next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 August 2011 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/tIBeAQ Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/apralojuldec2011/ 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. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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Postpone meeting to Aug 30
by Charles Mok (gmail) Aug. 19, 2011

Aug. 19, 2011

Dear all, Pavan and I would like to propose to postpone the conference call meeting from the 23rd to the 30th (Tue), because of scheduling issues. Please indicate if this is ok with you?? Thank you! Charles Mok APRALO Chair

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference - Tuesday, 23 August 05:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon Aug. 19, 2011

Aug. 19, 2011

Dear All, The next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 23 August 2011 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/tIBeAQ Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/apralojuldec2011/ 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. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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Items to be announced to RALOs: Re registrar collaboration & open meetings
by Seth Greene Aug. 16, 2011

Aug. 16, 2011

Hello, all, During the ExCom meeting on 16 August, the ALAC Chair, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, requested that staff remind members of the RALOs about the following two action items: 1) At-Large members to add input to the following two wiki pages regarding ongoing collaboration between At-Large and Registrars: - Ideas for future ALAC-Registrar meetings<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Future+ALAC-Registrar+meetings+…> (what questions would ALAC members like asked of the Registrars?) - Ideas for the content of educational materials to be developed by At-Large & Registrars<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=15630722> 2) RALO members to be reminded that all At-Large calls (including ALAC, ExCom, and At-Large WG calls) are, unless otherwise noted, open to all At-Large members as observers (and, based on the discretion of the meeting chair, perhaps also as speakers/participants). Please join any meetings that are of interest to you. Furthermore, would the RALO Secretariats kindly announce these two items on the RALO calls? And staff will add them to the RALO agendas. Many thanks, Seth ______ Seth Greene Interim Manager, At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (212) 662-7723 E-mail: seth.greene(a)icann.org<mailto:seth.greene@icann.org>

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Fwd: Now Open: ISOC Community Grants Programme
by Rajnesh D. Singh Aug. 16, 2011

Aug. 16, 2011

This may be of interest to some ALS'. Note the focus areas. Raj The current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications are: • IPv6 • Local content creation (encouraging demand for and use of the Internet for a specific community) • Encouraging the multi-stakeholder approach to technical and policy issues • Interconnection and traffic exchange ----- Forwarded Message ----- Subject: Now Open: ISOC Community Grants Programme Dear Colleague: The Internet Society is now accepting applications for its Community Grants Programme. The application cycle will be open until 16 September 2011. Decisions will be announced in mid-November. To learn more about the programme, and to apply, please visit our website at [English] https://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/ [French] https://www.isoc.org/fr/isoc/chapters/projects/ [Spanish] https://www.isoc.org/es/isoc/chapters/projects/ Any questions may be sent to projects [at] isoc.org.

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Call for comment/input on the 2012 to 2015 Strategic Plan
by Pavan Budhrani Aug. 2, 2011

Aug. 2, 2011

Hey everyone :) Please take a look at the following link which is about the formulation of the 2012 to 2015 Strategic Plan http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29jul11-en.htm See what input or comment you might have :) and let me know too so I can get the Chair to endorse it -- Pavan Budhrani Director of Business Development DotAsia Organisation

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Small Island State Geographical Grouping
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

Dear William Tibben, I am referring to the item of any other business which your raised on the recent APRALO call. "Yes I just had a question from somebody in ISOC about the proposal for Small Island State grouping that was a topic of I think on the - a couple of meetings ago we discussed it briefly. And I was just wondering if there was discussion of this in Singapore? Or does anybody know the current status of discussion working group?" Upon thinking about this, I now recall that this was all the work of the Grographical Regions Working Group. The ALAC has issued a statement in February: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/correspondence-2-07feb11-en.htm This was based on a working page: https://community.icann.org/x/-wOB The original public comment call was on: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201101-en.htm#geo-reg… I believe that the working group, which is an ICANN Cross-Community group, will continue its work, based on the input it received. Its charter was on: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/charter-26jun09-en.htm An update was given by Dave Archbold & Robert Hoggarth in Singapore: http://singapore41.icann.org/node/24531 I hope this helps, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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Ignorance of issues will also lead to inequities - can more time and resources be given to communicating issues to stakeholders?
by William Tibben July 29, 2011

July 29, 2011

Thank you for giving the opportunity to respond to the Second Milestone Report. The response is a little rushed and has not been endorsed by the PICISOC board or APRALO (where I represent PICISOC) though these points have been discussed on the PICISOC members list Four points have been developed in response the WG's Second Milestone Report 1. The primary criteria of financial capacity tis appropriate. However, while this is necessary and I would argue that the issue of ignorance (poor understanding of the implications of these changes) stands as a similar threat to to achieving equity of access to gTLDs. 2. The potential for culturally uniques symbols either in graphical or text format to be appropriated without the knowledge of respective cultural groups represents a significant challenge to equity of access. 3. The WG should consider financial assistance for those who are not able to seek re-dress through channels particularly if legal costs of stakeholders are prohibitive. 4. More time and further attention to spreading the message about the work that WG is undertaking is required (see Maureen Hilyards post in this forum) Will Tibben Co-Vice Chair PICISOC Board PICISOC rep on APRALO

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference - Tuesday, 26 July 05:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon July 26, 2011

July 26, 2011

Dear All, The next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 26 July 2011 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/poAfAQ Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/apralojuldec2011/ 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. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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Nomination of At-Large representatives to the NomCom
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 26, 2011

July 26, 2011

Dear All, Please see the schedule below for the nomination of At-Large representatives to the NomCom as outlined by the ALAC ExCom: 1. Nominations Open: 10 July 2011 2. Nominations Close: 27 July 2011 3. Nomination Acceptance Deadline: On or before 30 July 2011 4. ALAC Notification: RALOs to transmit all accepted nominations (with a recommendation for a preferred candidate if the RALO wishes to provide one) on 3 August 2011 5. ALAC Selection and Endorsement On-Line Vote: 4 August 2011 to 12 August 2011. 6. Notification to NomCom of Appointees: No Later than 15 August 2011 For more information, please see the 2011 At-Large Election Page wiki <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Elections+2011>. Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff

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