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FW: APNG fellowship extended
by Karaitana Taiuru March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009

The 11th Asia Pacific Next Generation (APNG) Camp is planned to be held on 20 - 22 July 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) in Malaysia, in conjunction with 28th APAN Meeting. Each applicant is required to submit an *application form* according to the format provided on APNG website and submit a *two page paper* along with the presentation material, in the working group that you are interested in. Camp theme: "Value of Innovation with Asia Pacific Next Generation" The details on fellowship program and call for papers are available at: *Fellowship: * http://www.apng.org/11thfe llowship.htm *Call for Papers:* http://www.apng.org/11thcf p.htm Important Dates: *Application Deadline:* 15 March, 2009 NOW extended to March 31 2009

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FW: [ALAC] Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work ontrademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs
by Karaitana Taiuru March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009

Could we have another few members to from AP to joing this group to ensure a fair representation of the region. Presntly NZ Maori(2),Australia and China are represented. Maybe someone from India and Jordon would be a "minimal" participation rate to represent our diversity? Please let me know. Karaitiana Taiuru -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org]On Behalf Of Cheryl Langdon-Orr Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2009 2:31 p.m. To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org; at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [ALAC] Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work ontrademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs Building on the energy and enthusiasm that I trust those of you who were involved in the Mexico Meeting and At-Large Users Summit, still have I want, as Chair of the ALAC, to bring to the attention of At-Large and particularly the leadership of the RALO's and ALS's am matter arising from the Mexico ICANN meeting regarding tho formation and work of the IRT and indeed both the ALAC's and At-Larges input into its activities... Firstly I have included in the body of this message a copy in full, of a formal request from the President of the GNSO's Intellectual Property Constituency, Mr. Steve Metalitz, requesting ALAC specific input into this process in a very short time frame (we will add this to the Agenda for our March 24th ALAC Meeting) and pointing out the opportunity for individual (here I encourage also ALSes and RALO's to also respond directly) submissions to be provided directly to *ip-issues(a)icann.org*<ip-issues(a)icann.org> . Secondly two suitably qualified ALAC Members (in their individual capacity) have offered themselves to the IRT as Members these are Mr. Beau Brendler, and Ms. Vanda Scartezini, I would like at the ALAC Meeting to endorse these two IRT Members as formal representatives of the ALAC to this WG, and encourage discussion in the ALAC Working List regarding this matter prior to our discussion of this as an Agenda item at te March meeting as well... Related to this however is my desire to involve suitably qualified and experienced representatives from At-Large and the ALSes into an Ad Hoc ALAC WG (to operate as a subset of the existing new gTLD WG already established to give support and ensure that a balanced regional view on this important topic is provided (to include for example the matters of Traditional Rights that I heard discussed in the new gTLDs WG at the Summit meeting... I know we have plenty of talent ( all be it time poor talent) in this area of expertise so I want to encourage any one who can contribute over the next few days / weeks on this topic to join the Wiki Work space we will set up for the purpose, by sending your name and details to staff(a)atlarge.icann.orgas soon as possible this will help spread the workload AND ensure a good opportunity for input from "the edges" ... To this end I encourage the RALO leadership in each Region to actively, source, approach and encourage people you know of to step up and assist. I will ask staff to also send out an Announce email once the WIKI Work space is set up... CLO <email message from IPC> Dear Cheryl: During its March 6 meeting in Mexico City, the ICANN Board of Directors passed a resolution calling for the creation of an implementation recommendation team to "develop and propose solutions to the overarching issues of trademark protection in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs." That resolution directs the implementation recommendation team to "solicit input from the interested constituencies." (The full text of the resolution is accessible at* http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm*<http://www.icann.or g/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm> .) The Board requested the GNSO's Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) to convene an implementation recommendation team (IRT). Although the IPC is still developing the time line for the IRT's work and the criteria for membership on the IRT, the IPC wishes to begin soliciting input from the constituencies. Accordingly, we write to request that input from the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). In particular, we seek the ALAC's proposals for solutions (new or existing) to trademark protection issues that have been identified in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs, concerns about such solutions, and any other pertinent information your ALAC believes the IRT should have as it begins its work. We encourage you to be as specific as possible. With regard to solutions, it is particularly important that solutions be scalable and fair. Finally, with the exception of identifying support for and/or identifying concerns with specific measures, it is not necessary to submit proposals about solutions that were set forth in public comments on the first draft of the Draft Applicant Guidebook; an IPC team is already hard at work identifying them. Those proposals can be seen by reviewing the public comments sections at <* http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources*<http://w ww.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm#resources>>, and many of them are in short form in section IX of the comment analysis at <* http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments-1 8feb09-en.pdf *<http://icann.x.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/agv1-analysis-public-comments -18feb09-en.pdf> >. Given the timetable set forth in the Board's resolution, we request your input not later than March 25, 2009. If it is not possible under the internal processes of ALAC to develop and approve any formal submission in the requested time frame, individual submissions from ALAC members are permitted. Your ALAC comments will have significant impact on the quality of the proposal and the speed that it will adopted, so please carefully consider your input, make it as complete as possible and try to respect the objectives of trying to protect consumers from harm while creating a fair and scalable solution. Please direct all submissions to *ip-issues(a)icann.org* <ip-issues(a)icann.org> . Thank you! Steve Metalitz, IPC president -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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New Africa Internet group pushes regional issues at ICANN
by leslie.allinson＠gmail.com March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009

http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2009/03/12/new-africa-internet-grou…

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] [PICISOC] Congratulations
by leslie.allinson＠gmail.com March 9, 2009

March 9, 2009

Please welcome two PIC participants to ICANN 34, Mexico City, who attended under fellowships assisted by Save Vocea, ICANN Pacific. Thanks Save. They are: Tepua Ngamamta <tngamata(a)pmoffice.gov.ck> ICT Director, Office of the Prime Minister Rarotonga COOK ISLANDS Scan Mitiepo <support.iso(a)mail.gov.nu> ICT Manager, INFO.SYS OFFICE Admin & Services Department Government of Niue NIUE Look forward to Tepua and Scan participating in forthcomming APRALO issues Cheers Les 2009/3/7 Karaitana Taiuru <karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz>: > I want to public ally congratulate Les for being elected as the Vice Chair > of APNG as your PICISOC representative. > > Along with Pacific and Oceania representation we also have a Gordian and a > Hong Kong in office positions. > > I hope this gives you all some incentive to look at joining APRALO so your > voice can be heard and represented at the ICANN level. It was good to see 2 > PI fellows and several participants from PI at Mexico meeting. > > Regards, > Karaitiana Taiuru > APRALO Chair > > > _______________________________________________ > PICISOC members discussion mailing list > PICISOC(a)picisoc.org > Unsubscription and other options: > http://picisoc.org/mailman/listinfo/picisoc_picisoc.org > PICISOC Web site: > http://www.picisoc.org/ >

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Minutes- APRALO
by Phoebe Yu March 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

Dear APRALO, Here is the minutes for the APRALO meeting we had on March 3. Could someone help upload them on to the site. Thanks ! Regards, Phoebe

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Heidi - summary for the web if enough time.
by Karaitiana Taiuru March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

APRALO is speaking about Web 2.0 tools for outreach. A way to think out of the box and grasp emerging and current technologies that our end users utilise - Now it is time for RALO's to do the same.

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(no subject)
by Karaitiana Taiuru March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

Dear APRALO coleauges, It has been good to catch up with you all over the past few days. I can confirm that we do have an Agenda, it will differ slightly from the printed out version you will receive in the morning as our ICANN staff were extra efficient and printed the agenda out early this morning. Please find the final agenda attached with extra business at the end of the agenda. Heidi has just informed me that there is additional ICANN housekeeping material that we will receive tomorrow. So depending how urgent this is, we will leave it as is or move it to the first agenda item. Please note, Markus from the IGF secretariat will be in attendance prior to morning tea. The agenda for this meeting will be as follows:a) Introducing APRALO to Markus--Chair Karaitiana b) A brief introduction of IGF--Markus c) APRALO's participation in IGF d) A future of mutual understanding and support Apologies for any confusion but APRALO we have now provided an updated electronic version. I look forward to seeing you all in the morning at 9am. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru

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Details of your ALS
by Karaitiana Taiuru March 2, 2009

March 2, 2009

Dear APRALO, Could you all please let me know your ALS name and web addresses so we can include it in the Summit presentaion. ALso any details that you want added. I can guess your details in the meantime but i wouldn't trust me. Hear from yo soon, thanks Karaitiana Taiuru

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Introduction to Phoebe Yu and welcome
by Karaitiana Taiuru Feb. 28, 2009

Feb. 28, 2009

Hola everyone, I would like to introduce Phoebe Yu. Phoebe is relieving Pavan as Secretary for the duration of this ICANN meeting. On behalf of APRALO i would like to thank Phoebe and .asia for her time to attend this meeting ensuring that we still have a Secretary. Welcome to you all and please approach me with any concerns or questions you may have. I am in room 1925 at the Meila, fell free to ring me also. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru APRALO Chair

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FW: Call for the Summit Faire and Poster session
by Karaitana Taiuru Feb. 24, 2009

Feb. 24, 2009

Dear all, this is to announce a rather important programme segment of the Summit which is called: *Fair and Poster Session* and is scheduled for Saturday, 28 Februar 09, 19:30 - 21:30. More details on this session you will find in the document attached but let me highlight some essential point of it: YOU are the ones conductiong this session and making it to a success! It�s all about the variety of the ALS and RALO communities, to present yourself or the organisation you are representing in Mexico -- by means of flyers, brochures, booklets, posters (or whatsoever hand-outs) from your ALS and *in an inter-active way*. As the title says, it�s not a conventional meeting or a thematic session but a *Faire* where you can expose and demonstrate the work you are doing in your day-to-day ALS-life. There will be a short welcome and introduction and afterwards you can present your material, discuss with people from other parts of the world. It�s an informal get-together, get-to-know-each-other, exchange of views and experiences, making contacts and for networking etc. And it�s understood as an important element for the community building within and among RALOs at ICANN�s first user Summit (more details you will find attached). We therefore encourage you to bring along with you what you can carry (but be aware that no reimbursements for overloads of luggage � more than 20 kg � are foreseen ;-). What we need to know ASAP is whether you need any kind of sophisticated technical equipment for your presentations during the evening. Tables, pin-boards, beamers and standard equipment like this will be provided. Any *further technical requirements or equipment* must be announced to me until Wednesday 11 February (to be forwarded to and organised by the Summit event management). We are looking forward meeting you soon in Mexico! Best regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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