Well, I for one will certainly miss Karaitiana and wish him the best in his new endeavours! D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: alac-internal-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Heidi Ullrich Sent: Tue 5/25/2010 8:12 PM To: apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org; ICANN At-Large Staff; James Seng Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Announcement of Resignation of APRALO ChairKaraitiana Taiuru 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 Maori 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 _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal@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 <http://atlarge.icann.org/>

Dear Heidi, It is definitely a pity that I didn't get a chance to meet our Chair Karaitiana before he left after the elections of the Vice Chair(s) and thus was really looking forward to the Brussels meeting to get to know everyone more closely. This does put us in a situation that requires some important and quick decision making. However, there is an significant point to note here that it would be too early for me to step into Chair related decisions and it would be advisable and my own humble request that my colleague Vice-Chair Leslie kindly serve as temporary chair as Cheryl has requested. In the case that Leslie may not be ready then I am willing to coordinate with him to serve as co-chairs and coordinate the process for issuing a call for elections for a chair to serve the remainder of Karaitiana’s term I would like to join APRALO and the At-Large communities in ICANN to thank Karaitiana for his contributions to the ICANN process. I am looking forward to working with APRALO and At-Large to carry out the necessary tasks at hand now before the Brussels meeting. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa 2010/5/26 Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org>:

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

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