Dear All, Karaitiana earlier today tendered his immediate resignation as Chair of APRALO. In tendering his resignation, Karaitiana asked that APRALO be informed that his “personal circumstances unexpectedly changed so much that [he is] relieving [himself] of many of [his] commitments including APRALO. [His] new work commitments have also been interfering with APRALO over recent months”. He does so with much sorrow and regret. At the same time, he also requested that his ALS, the Aotearoa Māori Internet Organization, withdraw from the At-Large community. Regarding the process to fill the vacancy made available by Karaitiana’s resignation, the APRALO Operating Principles address this circumstance in the following manner: “If a vacancy occurs a replacement for the remainder of the term shall be selected at an extraordinary Meeting” (Part 3. Paragraph 5.5). Therefore, the face-to-face APRALO meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 22 June at 05:00 UTC in Brussels will be designated an Extraordinary Meeting in order to formally select a replacement for the remainder of Karaitiana’s term which will run through the 2011 APRALO General Assembly. The resignation of his ALS will also be formally noted during this meeting. This APRALO Extraordinary Meeting, which is scheduled for the normal monthly meeting time of 05:00 UTC, will offer remote participation abilities, including an Adigo phone bridge and an Adobe Connect Chatroom so that all members of APRALO may be able to actively participate in this meeting. In the weeks prior to this Extraordinary Meeting, Cheryl, as Chair of ALAC, has requested that the two Vice-Chairs, Les and Fouad, decide which one shall serve as temporary chair (or they may decide to serve as co-chairs) until the time the Chair position is formally filled. The temporary chair(s) are also requested to issue a call for elections for a chair to serve the remainder of Karaitiana’s term. Karaitiana had requested that we pass his best wishes to APRALO and notes that he will miss the challenges and meetings. On behalf of At-Large in ICANN, we warmly thank Karaitiana for his years of service and commitment to APRALO as well as for his participation in At-Large and ICANN. 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