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July 28 Teleconference
by Pavan Budhrani July 22, 2009

July 22, 2009

Hello All, The July tele-conference will be held on the 28th of July this month and I have uploaded the draft agenda on the wiki, if you would like to add somethings or make some sugestions do let me know, or simply log on and change the things yourself :). Thanks all https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?28_july_2009 Pavan Budhrani Communications Manager, DotAsia Organisation

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Announcement of Upcoming Liaison Election Call
by At Large Staff July 20, 2009

July 20, 2009

La version française est en dessous / La versión en español está por debajo. Dear All, The ALAC Chair has asked At-Large staff to advise the At-Large regions that she will be sending out two election calls shortly. The first election call will be for that of Board Liaison. This call will be followed three weeks later by a second election call for the other liaison positions (GNSO, ccNSO, NCUC, SSAC, IDN issues) and the ALAC appointment to the dotMobi Policy Advisory Board. For the position of Board Liaison, based on discussions between the ALAC and members of the Structural Improvements Committee and the ALAC Review Committee and whilst remaining within the current Rules of Procedure (ROPs) regarding an ALAC Election process, it is planned that in addition to the traditional nomination process previously conducted, the ALAC will explore the effectiveness of the different processes used to create a pool of candidates for potential use in future election calls. Thus, this election call will serve as a trial-run of the type of process that may be utilized for election calls for candidates to become Voting Members to the ICANN Board. Once the ALAC Chair has sent the official 'Election Call' for the very important Board Liaison election, each Region will be requested to forward the names of nominees that have been endorsed by the RALOs and their member ALSes to the public At-Large list within 14 days of the candidates' 'registration' as required by the ALAC ROPs. Nominees should be of the highest possible stature and possess exceptional capabilities, energy, and enthusiasm so as to effectively contribute to the future development of the ALAC. With this notice, the ALAC Chair wishes to heighten awareness within the Regions of the imminent election call so that the Regions may begin the necessary discussions for the process by which they wish to create a pool of candidates. ALAC strongly encourages and desires a wide, global pool of candidates for these positions. Regards, _____________________________________________ Chers amis, La présidente du comité consultatif At-Large a demandé au personnel d'At-Large d'informer toutes les régions At-Large qu'elle lancerait prochainement deux appels d’élection. Le premier appel d’élection concernera le chargé de liaison auprès du Conseil d'administration. Cet appel sera suivi trois semaines plus tard par un deuxième appel d’élection pour pourvoir les autres postes de chargés de liaison (organisation de soutien aux politiques des noms génériques – GNSO, organisation de soutien aux politiques de codes de pays – ccNSO, regroupement des utilisateurs non commerciaux – NCUC, comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la stabilité – SSAC, problématiques IDN) et la nomination de l’ALAC au conseil consultatif sur les politiques dotMobi. Pour la position de chargé de liaison auprès du Conseil d’administration et selon les discussions entre l’ALAC et des membres du comité pour les améliorations structurelles et du comité de revue de l’ALAC tout en respectant les règles de procédure (ROP) actuelles concernant le processus d’élection de l’ALAC, il est prévu, qu’en plus du processus de nomination traditionnel précédemment suivi, l’ALAC examine l’efficacité des divers processus utilisés pour créer une réserve de candidats pour un usage éventuel dans le cadre d’appels d’élection futurs. Ainsi, cet appel d’élection servira en tant qu'essai du type de processus qui pourrait être utilisé pour les appels d'élection de candidats qui deviendraient des membres votants du Conseil d'administration de l'ICANN. Une fois que la présidente de l’ALAC aura lancé l’appel d’élection officiel pour l’élection très importante du chargé de liaison auprès du Conseil d’administration, il sera demandé à chaque région de transmettre les noms de candidats approuvés par les organisations At-Large régionales (RALO) et leurs structures At-Large membres (ALS) pour inclusion dans la liste publique At-Large dans les 14 jours à compter de l’enregistrement des candidats, tel que requis par les ROP de l’ALAC. Les candidats désignés devraient jouir de la plus haute réputation et posséder des capacités exceptionnelles, un dynamisme et un enthousiasme qui leur permettra de contribuer de manière optimale au développement futur de l'ALAC. Par cet avis, la présidente de l’ALAC souhaite rendre les régions plus conscientes de l’appel d’élection imminent afin qu’elles puissent entamer les débats nécessaires portant sur le processus qu'elles souhaiteraient adopter pour créer une réserve de candidats. L’ALAC encourage et souhaite fortement la création d'une vaste réserve mondiale de candidats à ces positions. Cordialement, ______________________________________________ Estimados: El Presidente del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) ha solicitado al personal At-Large que asesore a las regiones At-Large acerca de dos elecciones que estará convocando en breve. La primera elección será para la posición de Responsable de Relaciones con la Junta Directiva –posición también denominada Coordinador, Enlace o simplemente Liaison–. Tres semanas después de dicha convocatoria habrá una segunda convocatoria a elección para las otras posiciones de Responsable de Relaciones (Organización de Apoyo para Nombres de Dominio ―GNSO―, Organización de Apoyo para Nombres de Dominio con Código de País ―ccNSO―, Unidad Constitutiva de Usuarios No Comerciales ―NCUC―, Comité Asesor de Seguridad y Estabilidad ―SSAC― y cuestiones de los Nombres de Dominio Internacionalizados ―IDN―) y la nominación del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) para la Junta Asesora de Políticas (PBA) de la compañía dotMobi. Sobre la base de las conversaciones entre el Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC), miembros del Comité de Mejoras Estructurales y el Comité de Revisión del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) ―y al mismo tiempo que permaneciendo dentro de las Reglas de Procedimiento (ROPs) actuales en relación con un proceso electoral del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC)―, está previsto que, para la posición de Responsable de Relaciones con la Junta Directiva y en forma adicional al tradicional proceso de nominación anteriormente realizado, el Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) estudiará la eficacia de los distintos procesos utilizados para crear un grupo de candidatos, para su posible uso en futuras convocatorias electorales. Por lo tanto, esta convocatoria a elección servirá como una prueba del tipo de gestión que puede ser utilizada para las convocatorias electorales en las cuales los candidatos se convierten en Miembros Vocales de la Junta Directiva de la Corporación para la Asignación de Números y Nombres en Internet (ICANN). Una vez que el Presidente del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) haya enviado la “Convocatoria Electoral” oficial para la muy importante elección del Responsable de Relaciones con la Junta Directiva, se solicitará a cada región que transmita los nombres de los candidatos que han sido respaldados por las Organizaciones Regionales At-Large (RALOs) y sus correspondientes Estructuras At-Large (ALSes) a la lista pública de At-Large, dentro de los 14 días a partir de la “registración” de los candidatos conforme a las Reglas de Procedimiento del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC ROPs). Los nominados deben ser del más alto prestigio y poseer capacidades excepcionales, energía y entusiasmo, a fin de contribuir eficazmente a la evolución futura del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC). Con este anuncio, el Presidente del Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) desea aumentar la conciencia dentro de las Regiones respecto a la inminente convocatoria electoral, para que las Regiones puedan comenzar los debates necesarios para el proceso por el cual deseen crear un grupo de candidatos. El Comité Asesor At-Large (ALAC) y alienta enfáticamente ―y desea― un grupo amplio e internacionalizado de candidatos, para estas posiciones. Atentamente, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: [At-Large] RES: IGF workshops
by Sivasubramanian Muthusamy July 7, 2009

July 7, 2009

(forwarded as the original message was copied) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [At-Large] RES: IGF workshops To: At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: andrespiazzagpj(a)hotmail.com Hello Silvia, Thanks. It would be great to have LACRALO's perspectives on this idea of opening up classrooms for remote participation. May I write to you a little more elaborately on this ? Thank you. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Sylvia-Pronto <sylvia(a)prontocl.com.br>wrote: > Dear Siva > That´s very interesting! > I´d like to be part in the: > 311. Alexandria Everywhere: Open and Accessible classrooms on the Internet > to bridge the fundamental.. > > Best Regards, > Sylvia > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > Sylvia Herlein Leite > Internauta Brasil > > > > > > > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de > Sivasubramanian > Muthusamy > Enviada em: sexta-feira, 3 de julho de 2009 04:29 > Para: APRALO; At-Large Worldwide; ALAC Working List > Cc: Karaitiana Taiuru > Assunto: [At-Large] IGF workshops > > Hello > > I have proposed, as an individual, affiliated to ISOC India Chennai, four > workshops for the IGF 2009, as I have been an active participant at the IGF > and have been part of IGF related mailing lists such as the Internet > Governance Caucus and other lists and groups. > > These workshops are on topics that extend well beyond the management of > Critical Internet Resources. The workshops proposed are > > *List of Workshops* > > > http://isocmadras.blogspot.com/2009/06/isoc-chennai-igf-workshop-proposals.h > tml > > Openness > > 323. Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy > Concerns< > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?c > hronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=323> > > Security > > 312. Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary > aspects > for Online > Safety< > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chr > onoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=312> > > Development > > 311. Alexandria Everywhere: Open and Accessible classrooms on the Internet > to bridge the fundamental divide in > < > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor > mname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=311> > > education< > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/? > chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=311> > > 319. Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core > Values.< > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?ch > ronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=319> > > > ISOC India Chennai is a certified ALS. Several ALS structures / RALOs have > proposed workshops for the IGF and several participants of At-Large are > participants of the IGF. > > Some of the topics proposed would be of interest to At Large, so I am > posting the links here to share information and to invite support and > participation in these workshops. At Large participants either in their > role > as ALS / RALO / ALAC members or in their individual capacity as IGF > participants are invited to co-participate. > > Thank You. > > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > facebook: http://is.gd/x8Sh > LinkedIn: http://is.gd/x8U6 > Twitter: http://is.gd/x8Vz > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann > .org > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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ALS Application from the Open Standards and Internet Association
by ICANN AtLarge Staff July 5, 2009

July 5, 2009

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA), which is based in Seoul, South Korea and would be a member of APRALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. The due diligence statement on this application will be forwarded to the regional officers in due course. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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IETF Fellowships
by Karaitiana Taiuru July 5, 2009

July 5, 2009

I do apologise if this has already been to the APRALO list. But i can not see it on my records. ISOC is now accepting Fellowship applications for the following meetings: * IETF 76 being held in Hiroshima, Japan, 8 - 13 November 2009 and * IETF 77 being held in Anaheim, USA, 21 - 26 March 2010 Applications are due no later than 31 July 2009. http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/application.shtml Warms regards, Karaitiana Taiuru

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IGF workshops
by Sivasubramanian Muthusamy July 3, 2009

July 3, 2009

Hello I have proposed, as an individual, affiliated to ISOC India Chennai, four workshops for the IGF 2009, as I have been an active participant at the IGF and have been part of IGF related mailing lists such as the Internet Governance Caucus and other lists and groups. These workshops are on topics that extend well beyond the management of Critical Internet Resources. The workshops proposed are *List of Workshops* http://isocmadras.blogspot.com/2009/06/isoc-chennai-igf-workshop-proposals.… Openness 323. Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> Security 312. Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> Development 311. Alexandria Everywhere: Open and Accessible classrooms on the Internet to bridge the fundamental divide in <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> education<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> 319. Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> ISOC India Chennai is a certified ALS. Several ALS structures / RALOs have proposed workshops for the IGF and several participants of At-Large are participants of the IGF. Some of the topics proposed would be of interest to At Large, so I am posting the links here to share information and to invite support and participation in these workshops. At Large participants either in their role as ALS / RALO / ALAC members or in their individual capacity as IGF participants are invited to co-participate. Thank You. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy facebook: http://is.gd/x8Sh LinkedIn: http://is.gd/x8U6 Twitter: http://is.gd/x8Vz

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] AP STAR
by Karaitiana Taiuru July 3, 2009

July 3, 2009

Dear Hong, Although i have yet to view the action points of the Sydney meeting, please go ahead. Thanks for your assistance. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru At 08:32 p.m. 3/07/2009, Hong Xue wrote: >Dear Karaitiana, > >According to APRALO Sydney Meeting action items, I've talked with >the co-chair of the APTLD Beijing meeting and I will give an update >on APRALO. Since this proposal has been discussed and approved twice >at the APRALO monthly calls (please check minutes of May & June >call), I assume it is okay for me to go ahead. > >Regards > >Hong > > > > >-- >Hong Xue, Ph.D. >Professor of Law >Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law >Beijing Normal University >19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street >Beijing 100875 China

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] AP STAR
by Karaitiana Taiuru July 3, 2009

July 3, 2009

Dear AP Star Secretariat, I would like to advise that Rajnesh Singh (immediate past Chair) of APRALO will provide the update to AP Start this year in regards to APRALO. Thank you again for your continuing support of APRALO and the opportunity to provide your organisation with APRALO updates. Kind regards, Karaitiana Taiuru APRALO Chair Ph: +64 21 0707507

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Fwd: Draft Jioint Statement on the IRT Report
by At-Large Staff June 24, 2009

June 24, 2009

Dear APRALO Members: Below you will find the draft text of a proposed joint statement. A newer draft will be forthcoming, however, the changes are expected to be restricted to changing "ALAC" to something like "those ALAC members and certain ALS representatives attending the Sydney meeting" to reflect the fact that the At-Large community as a whole has not been able to review the text and comment on it, so making it an official ALAC statement was not in order. Cheryl has asked if you could review this and let the list know if you have any issues with the text. Time is short, though, as the idea being discussed is to present this at the Public Forum in Sydney tomorrow morning. For those of you who wish to read the report to which this statement is related, you may find that at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-29may09-en.htm. Unfortunately at the present time the report is available in English only. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Draft ioint Statement on the IRT Report From ALAC and NCUC Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:24:13 +1000 From: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick(a)vande-walle.eu> Reply-To: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Organization: My very own private disorganization To: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> * Here is the result of the work today (tonight ?) of the joint ALAC/NCUC. All the ALAC members that were present in the room support the document. Could thiose who were not there state their position ? Thanks Patrick The At-Large Community, the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Non-Commercial Users Constituency of ICANN strongly support the creation of new gTLDs. Having said that, the process to move forward with changes to the Draft Applicant's Guidebook requires the legitimacy of full community participation and full transparency. In the case of the IRT Report, we had neither transparency nor openness. The IRT Report and its recommendations harm the interests of domain name Registrants and Internet end users, and consequently we must object to the vast bulk of its recommendations. To be more specific: 1. The Globally Protected Marks List – the GPML database- is a matter well beyond ICANN's scope and its core competence. It presumes to be able to resolve an issue that continues to divide full-time trademark experts. 2. The attempt to create the GPML has already revealed numerous substantial challenges; its development has the strong potential to delay, rather than to speed, the implementation of new gTLDs. 3. The GPML takes no consideration of the actual limits of rights and protections allowed to trademarks. In the real world, trademark owners apply for a trademark in a specific class of goods and services, and their use is bound to that class or classes and subject to territorial and other well known recognized limitations. In particular, trademark law does not regulate non-commercial speech. By protecting a string of letters in all new gTLDs, the GPML would extend trademarks into new gTLDs far beyond the bounds of their class of goods and services, far beyond existing national laws and international treaties. 3. We have serious issues with the Uniform Rapid Suspension Service (URS) as proposed. For instance, the URS mechanism subverts conventional UDRP practice as it gives entirely insufficient time for notice to the registrant of the pending dispute. Thus, the registrant is unfairly limited in his/her right of response and the process is missing the fundamental principle of due process. 4. We are opposed to the IRT proposal´s policy recommendation to move to a Thick Whois without doing a privacy analysis, nor taking into account national laws nor International Privacy Standards, such as 1980 OECD Guidelines, the Privacy Convention 108 and the EU Data Protection Directive. Overall, we wish the result were different. We wish the IRT had delivered a balanced proposal for the protection of trademarks and privacy. But the product delivered is far outside the scope and core competence of ICANN, and outside the bounds of trademark and privacy law. We can do better; we must do better. In its current form, the IRT proposal is unacceptable. Signed ALAC NCUC __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________* _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: Draft Jioint Statement on the IRT Report
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 24, 2009

June 24, 2009

Dear APRALO Members: Below you will find the draft text of a proposed joint statement. A newer draft will be forthcoming, however, the changes are expected to be restricted to changing "ALAC" to something like "those ALAC members and certain ALS representatives attending the Sydney meeting" to reflect the fact that the At-Large community as a whole has not been able to review the text and comment on it, so making it an official ALAC statement was not in order. Cheryl has asked if you could review this and let the list know if you have any issues with the text. Time is short, though, as the idea being discussed is to present this at the Public Forum in Sydney tomorrow morning. For those of you who wish to read the report to which this statement is related, you may find that at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-29may09-en.htm. Unfortunately at the present time the report is available in English only. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Draft ioint Statement on the IRT Report From ALAC and NCUC Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:24:13 +1000 From: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick(a)vande-walle.eu> Reply-To: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Organization: My very own private disorganization To: ALAC Internal List <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> * Here is the result of the work today (tonight ?) of the joint ALAC/NCUC. All the ALAC members that were present in the room support the document. Could thiose who were not there state their position ? Thanks Patrick The At-Large Community, the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Non-Commercial Users Constituency of ICANN strongly support the creation of new gTLDs. Having said that, the process to move forward with changes to the Draft Applicant's Guidebook requires the legitimacy of full community participation and full transparency. In the case of the IRT Report, we had neither transparency nor openness. The IRT Report and its recommendations harm the interests of domain name Registrants and Internet end users, and consequently we must object to the vast bulk of its recommendations. To be more specific: 1. The Globally Protected Marks List – the GPML database- is a matter well beyond ICANN's scope and its core competence. It presumes to be able to resolve an issue that continues to divide full-time trademark experts. 2. The attempt to create the GPML has already revealed numerous substantial challenges; its development has the strong potential to delay, rather than to speed, the implementation of new gTLDs. 3. The GPML takes no consideration of the actual limits of rights and protections allowed to trademarks. In the real world, trademark owners apply for a trademark in a specific class of goods and services, and their use is bound to that class or classes and subject to territorial and other well known recognized limitations. In particular, trademark law does not regulate non-commercial speech. By protecting a string of letters in all new gTLDs, the GPML would extend trademarks into new gTLDs far beyond the bounds of their class of goods and services, far beyond existing national laws and international treaties. 3. We have serious issues with the Uniform Rapid Suspension Service (URS) as proposed. For instance, the URS mechanism subverts conventional UDRP practice as it gives entirely insufficient time for notice to the registrant of the pending dispute. Thus, the registrant is unfairly limited in his/her right of response and the process is missing the fundamental principle of due process. 4. We are opposed to the IRT proposal´s policy recommendation to move to a Thick Whois without doing a privacy analysis, nor taking into account national laws nor International Privacy Standards, such as 1980 OECD Guidelines, the Privacy Convention 108 and the EU Data Protection Directive. Overall, we wish the result were different. We wish the IRT had delivered a balanced proposal for the protection of trademarks and privacy. But the product delivered is far outside the scope and core competence of ICANN, and outside the bounds of trademark and privacy law. We can do better; we must do better. In its current form, the IRT proposal is unacceptable. Signed ALAC NCUC __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________* _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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