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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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Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Heidi Ullrich Oct. 30, 2010

Oct. 30, 2010

Dear All, Please find below a message sent on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the ALAC and the BCEC. ** Dear All, As Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), it gives me great honor to announce that following the Board passing the resolution agreeing to the Bylaws amendments needed to allow for the seating of the At-Large selected voting Board Director during their meeting earlier today (resolution available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+-+Board+Resolution+on+Byla…) the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are identified below in alphabetical order by family name: · Sébastien Bachollet · Pierre Dandjinou · Alan Greenberg The Statements of Interest (SOI) from the 3 candidates as well as the 19 other applicants reviewed are available on the At-Large Candidate Workspace (workspace available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+201…) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 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. A diagram of this time-line is available at Time-Line for At-Large Board Director Selection 2010.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/Time-Line+for+At-L…>. However, please note that this time-line may change slightly pending an extraordinary meeting of the At-Large Board Selection design team scheduled for Monday, 1 November. To provide you with more information on the selection process, a diagram of the 2010 At-Large Board Director Candidate Selection process is available at At-Large Candidate Selection Process 2010 Diagram.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Candidate…>. The BCEC warmly congratulate the slate of 3 candidates and look forward to a stimulating campaigning period. The BCEC were also delighted with, and were full of appreciation for, the extraordinarily high standard of all the conforming applicant SOI's received. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr Chair of the2010 BCEC, Chair of the ALAC 2007-2010 ** 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

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Minutes and Action Items for October uploaded
by Pavan Budhrani Oct. 30, 2010

Oct. 30, 2010

Hello all, The Action Items and Minutes from the last meeting have been uploaded and can be seen at. https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+26+October+2010 Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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APRALO 26 October 2010
by Hong Xue Oct. 25, 2010

Oct. 25, 2010

Please find the updated Agenda for APRALO 26 October 2010 at https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+26+October+2010. Further comments or suggestions are welcome. Hong -- 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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Community Input on gTLD Recommendation 6 Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

Dear All, The ALAC has requested the RALOs to provide input on the Cross Community Working Group report on GNSO gTLD Recommendation number 6. Recommendation 6 states that: Strings must not be contrary to generally accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order that are recognized under international principles of law. The Report includes recommendations to improve the proposed implementation of Recommendation No. 6, related to procedures for addressing objectionable strings, while protecting internationally recognized freedom of expression rights. The public comment period on the Rec 6 report will remain open until 22 October 2010. Evan Leibovitch provided a draft document on Recommendation 6 on behalf of the At-Large community. Evan’s document, including comments from other community members is available under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… Please add your comments by clicking on the “add comment” button on the bottom of the wiki page. In addition to that, we will set up a community call on Recommendation 6 report with Evan Leibovitch next week to discuss the At-Large response. You will shortly receive a Doodle with suggested time slots. ******** Reference Documents: Cross Community Working Group report on GNSO gTLD Recommendation 6 : http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/report-rec6-cwg-21sep10-en.pdf [PDF, 1.06 MB] Public comment announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22sep10-en.htm At-Large Document on Rec 6 Report: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/gTLD+WG+-+ALAC+Draft+Statement+… -- 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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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 19, 2010

Oct. 19, 2010

Dear Yashar, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that the Information Policy Analytical Center has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group¹s interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region¹s list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to staff(a)atlarge.icann.or. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community and can contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you wish to have a user account. They are: African Region: https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/African+Regional+At-Large+Organis ation+%28AFRALO%29 Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/Asian%2C+Australasian+and+Pacific +Islands+Regional+At-Large+Organization+%28APRALO%29 European Region: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/European+Regional+At-Large+Organi zation+%28EURALO%29 Latin America/Caribbean Region: https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/Latin+American+and+Caribbean+Isl ands+Regional+At-Large+Organization+%28LACRALO%29 North American Region: https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/North+American+Regional+At-Large+ Organization+%28NARALO%29 We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): On 16/07/2010 05:16, "Yashar Hajiyev" <yashar.hajiyev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > I was appointed by Information Policy Analytical Center > to apply for membership in At-Large community > > Best regards > > Yashar Hajiyev > > Executive director of IPAC

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APRALO Statement on the .XXX Application
by Matthias Langenegger Oct. 15, 2010

Oct. 15, 2010

Dear All, The draft ALAC statement on the ICM Application for the .XXX sTLD, drafted by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, is now available under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?statement_on_icm_application_for_the_xx… All regions are asked to comment on the draft Statement. Also, if you would like to submit a APRALO statement on the .XXX application, you can send them to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org before the start of the ALAC call on Tuesday, 27 April at 1400 UTC. Regional statements will be appended to the ALAC statement. You can find an overview on the regional statements on the .XXX application under: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?regional_statements_on_the_further… Best Regards, -- Matthias Langenegger Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org Main Tel: +41 (79) 644 65 35 Fax: +41 (22) 594 85 44 Skype ID: matthiaslangenegger

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