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FWD message from Karaitiana Taiuru, regarding recent discussions on these lists...
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

Dear list subscribers despite me stating the thread was at an end I will make this exception because Karaitiana has asked me to pass the following on to you all... The pity is he had to take the time to do so *sigh*... However I promised him I would pass it on, and now I have... => back to END of DISCUSSION and as list(s) moderator *I can make that ruling*.... <snip from email sent to me from Karaitiana earlier today > Hi Cheryl, I noticed my resignation has caused some questions and concerns amongst the ALAC community. Perhaps you could pass this on. I would like to assure ALAC that my resignation is solely to do with unexpected personal circumstances and nothing at all to do with ICANN or politics or any other thing other than personal reasons. The swiftness of the acceptance of my resignation was a sign of respect that I appreciate. I believe in the RALO's and ALAC and will always be an advocate for it. The removal of the ALS from APRALO. This has been a long time coming and despite my best efforts to revive the organisation it has recently become redundant. The removal of our web site was the last piece in our redundancy process. Essentially we did our job so well that we no longer need to exist. The original people we represented are no longer our stakeholders and thus we are not a representative group for APRALO. InternetNZ is still an ALS from New Zealand and will by default absorb our stakeholders. I trust this will clear the matters up. Warm regards, Karaitiana Taiuru<end snip> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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Regarding your question related to the Announcement of Resignation of APRALO Chair Karaitiana Taiuru
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

Beau in reply to your question 'for transparency sake' let me assure you and all list subscribers, both as Chair of the ALAC and as an APRALO representative to the ALAC, that KT's decision was most certainly, (as you put it) "simply part of the personal decision" ... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 25 May 05:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?25_may_2010 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, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>

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APRALO Brochure and ALS Survey
by Pavan Budhrani May 23, 2010

May 23, 2010

Hello all, How is everything going? This is Pavan Budhrani, Secretariat of APRALO and wanted to contact you about several APRALO issues. The first one was about the APRALO Brochure. Recently we have agreed to do one APRALO brochure, in that, one page will be about the testimonials from ALS’es around the Asia Pacific region. Thus, we would like all ALS’es if you would be kind enough to send us a picture of yourself and some lines about your ALS, and also why it is worthwhile to participate in APRALO. It would be great exposure because we plan to distribute these out during ICANN meetings, other external meetings and even online. This is an example of the brochure done by the Latin America region. http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01mar10-2-en.htm The Second part is that we are now in process of doing a global ALS Survey along with other regional officers and the ALAC. It is a simple form with some multiple choice questions. The main areas to be covered there are about your relationship with the ccTLD in your region and also some other housekeeping items like which communication channel works better and so on. This would be useful information for us to engage more often. There would be in total 3 parts to the survey and the links will be sent across next week. Really look forward to your prompt reply. Please reply back to me and CC the chair and vice chair who are CC-ed in this email, thanks again Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 25 May 05:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon May 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?25_may_2010 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, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org>

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Results of the APRALO Vice Chair Election 2010
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 5, 2010

May 5, 2010

Dear all, With 12 out of 19 APRALO ALS representatives having voted in the recent APRALO Vice Chair 2010 Elections we can confirm that the results are quorate. ************* APRALO Vice Chair Elections 2010 The question that was put was the following: "Please indicate your preference for each of the candidates for the two currently open APRALO Vice Chair positions. Your preference is indicated by clicking on the box to the left of each name. The order of preference is from most preferred (your first click), to your lowest preference (the last clicked). You must indicate a preference for each candidate for your vote to be valid. The candidate with the highest preference will be appointed for a two-year term. The candidate with the second highest preference will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term which ends in March 2011. " The election result is as follows: Rank Candidate 1 Les Allison 2 Fouad Bajwa 3 Sivasubramanian Muthusamy ************ Les Allison will be appointed to the Vice Chair position for a two-year term. Fouad Bajwa will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term. For the full results, please consult the following URL: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=zXtuaY8C2MzgNsWST2bt Please note that only the candidate with the highest preference is listed as elected on the voting page. Fouad is therefore listed as not elected on the voting page. However, since there were two open positions and as noted in the introduction to the vote the runner-up is elected for the second APRALO Vice Chair Position which ends in March 2011. Attached you find a detailed explanation. It's a detailed narrative explanation on how the result came about. In addition to that, you will find a explanation of the voting method. Voting Method: The online election used the single transferable voting method (STV). This voting method is based on multiple rounds of voting whereas the candidate with the least preferences is taken off the ballot after each round. The preferences from voters having voted for the candidate with the least preference will automatically be transferred over to the remaining candidates. Voters only have to cast their preferences once. For additional information on STV voting see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote We thank all candidates for their participation in this election! -- 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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Vice Chair Elections Reminder
by Pavan Budhrani April 30, 2010

April 30, 2010

Hello all, The Deadline for elections is on the May 3rd 2359 UTC and now 2 of the nominees have their Bio up on the site. https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?2010_election_call_apralo_vice_chair… check the attachments part) We are waiting the Bio of the other nominee. thanks -- Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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NOW OPEN: APRALO Vice Chair Elections 2010
by At-Large Staff April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

Dear All, The online election for the open APRALO Vice Chair positions has started and will remain open until Monday, 3 May 2010 at 23:59 UTC. All registered ALS representatives should have received a personal email with their voting credentials a couple of minutes ago. Please contact staff under staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you have not received them. Attached below you find a list with all eligible APRALO ALS representatives. There are three candidates for the two open Vice Chair positions: Les Allison Fouad Bajwa Sivasubramanian Muthusamy (Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by family name.) You will be asked to indicate your preference for each of the candidates for the two currently open APRALO Vice Chair positions by clicking on the box to the left of each name. The order of preference is from most preferred (your first click), to your lowest preference (the last clicked). You must indicate a preference for each candidate for your vote to be valid. The candidate with the highest preference will be appointed for a two-year term. The candidate with the second highest preference will be appointed for the remainder of Mahmoud Lattouf's term which ends in March 2011. Voting Method: The online election uses the single transferable voting method (STI). This voting method is based on multiple rounds of voting whereas the candidate with the least preferences is taken off the ballot after each round. The preferences from voters having voted for the candidate with the least preference will automatically be transferred over to the remaining candidates. Voters only have to cast their preferences once. Example: Candidate A Candidate B Candidate C Let's assume there is a total of 13 voters. After the first round, both candidates A and B have 5 first preferences while the three voters X, Y and Z gave their first preference to candidate C. It follows that candidate C is taken off the ballot and the second preferences from voters X,Y and Z are redistributed among the remaining candidates. Voter X: 1st preference C, 2nd preference B Voter Y: 1st preference C, 2nd preference B Voter Z: 1st preference C, 2nd preference A Candidate B will get another two votes in the second round from voters X,Y.. Candidate A only receives one additional vote from voter Z. It follows that Candidate B is elected in round two. For additional details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote Voting will be anonymous. However, in order allow for individual reminders to be sent out, it is possible for Staff to identify who has cast his or her vote. The results of the election will be announced on Tuesday, 4 May. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org Eligible APRALO voters (total 19): Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation Karaitiana Taiuru karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Mahmoud Lattoufi mlattouf(a)agip.com At Large@China Asia-Pacific Mengxuan Wu wu.mx(a)hotmail.com Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Dr. Hong Xue Chair o hongxueipr(a)gmail.com Emirates Internet Group Asia-Pacific Khalid Bin Thani Chairman info(a)isoc.ae Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) Asia-Pacific Paul Chow Secretary paul(a)hkif.hk Internet Users Network Asia-Pacific Izumi Aizu iza(a)anr.org Internet Users Society Niue Stafford Guest Secretary sguest(a)niue.nu ISOC Australia Asia-Pacific Cheryl Langdon-Orr langdonorr(a)gmail.com ISOC Chapter India Chennai Sivasubramanian Muthusamy isolatedn(a)gmail.com ISOC HK Edmon Chung sec(a)hkif.hk ISOC NZ Keith Davidson keith(a)internetnz.net.nz ISOC Taiwan Chapter Asia-Pacific Chung Laung Liu liucl(a)mx.nthu.edu.tw National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) Ku Wei Wu kuoweiwu(a)gmail.com Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) Hyun-kook Kahng kahng(a)kkorea.ac.kr Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society (PICISOC) Leslie Allison Chairman leslie.allinson(a)gmail.com Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India Nimrol Agarwal nirmol81(a)yahoo.com Internet Society Pakistan Chapter QasimY. Khan isoc(a)isocpk.org Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Fouad Riaz Bajwa fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com

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Action Items
by Pavan Budhrani April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Hello all Action items from the APRALO meeting held today are attached here. Thanks https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?action_items_27_april_2010 Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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REMINDER: APRALO Teleconference: Tuesday, 27 April 05:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

Dear All, This is to remind you that the next APRALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 27 April 2010 at 05:00 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?27_april_2010 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, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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