January 2007 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Re: [ALAC] [APAC-ALS] ALAC Postings and Regional ALS lists
by nirmol xxxx Jan. 31, 2007

Jan. 31, 2007

Hi Nick, It looks to be a great idea. However, if the mails from other ALSs could be clearly differentiated in order to avoid confusing it with the regional emails, it would be great. That could be done either by having a specific insertion in the subject or a separate email id for such mails. I guess that way we all would also be able to discuss any international issues at regional/internal level before presenting our view to other committees, if we wish to contribute on an issue which has international ramifications. Regards, Nirmol ISVK India Lawyer Nirmol <nirmol81(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: Note: Forwarded message attached -- Original Message -- From: At Large Advisory Committee <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [APAC-ALS] [ALAC] ALAC Postings and Regional ALS lists To: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org From: At Large Advisory Committee <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [APAC-ALS] [ALAC] ALAC Postings and Regional ALS lists Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, posts from the ALAC Committee's list are flowing through to the ALS lists in each region. This is in order to help the community see and understand the work of the ALAC, and allow the community more of a seamless opportunity to engage with committee discussions, either on a regional or international basis. This is a bit of an experiment - it may be that the additional email load becomes too large and that some or all regions may wish to simply keep the regional list for regional issues, and have individuals interested in following and participating in the discussions with ALAC to join the ALAC list for that purpose. At the moment, the flow of emails is one-way - from the ALAC list to the regional lists - and replies sent to the ALAC list don't go through, and the ALAC list currently allows for the committee members to post, but all other subscribers are moderated, making the ALAC list sort-of a fishbowl. We can of course change any of these arrangements if that is the community's wish and have the ALAC become a 'global conversation' with the committee, with the -Announce lists reserved for announcements. Each region's -Discuss list is unchanged and remains devoted to regional discussions. As you all know, the fact that the At-Large community has control of the configuration of its communications is still a relatively new phenomenon, so we will have to make up the structure you want as we go along. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves. _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org _______________________________________________ APAC-ALS mailing list APAC-ALS(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-als_atlarge-lists.ican…

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[ALAC] .xxx
by Vittorio Bertola Jan. 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007

All, as you might have noticed, .xxx is coming up again, and is under discussion in the community and in the Board. I see more or less two positions - one says that .xxx would just be a "money printing machine" for ICM (the registry), and most registrations would just be defensive ones, to prevent your name from being associated to adult content, so it's better not to create it; the other one says that ICANN should just create TLDs and let the market determine whether they are successful or not, so let's create it. In addition, we know that many governments will be very upset if .xxx is created, partly for moral reasons, partly for the risk that their countries and places are associated with porn; on the other hand, I could imagine that ICM would sue ICANN if it doesn't get the domain. As a committee, do we have an opinion? I would recommend that we release a brief statement on the matter in the next couple of weeks, so that I can bring it to the Board. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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[ALAC] ALAC Postings and Regional ALS lists
by At Large Advisory Committee Jan. 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007

Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, posts from the ALAC Committee's list are flowing through to the ALS lists in each region. This is in order to help the community see and understand the work of the ALAC, and allow the community more of a seamless opportunity to engage with committee discussions, either on a regional or international basis. This is a bit of an experiment - it may be that the additional email load becomes too large and that some or all regions may wish to simply keep the regional list for regional issues, and have individuals interested in following and participating in the discussions with ALAC to join the ALAC list for that purpose. At the moment, the flow of emails is one-way - from the ALAC list to the regional lists - and replies sent to the ALAC list don't go through, and the ALAC list currently allows for the committee members to post, but all other subscribers are moderated, making the ALAC list sort-of a fishbowl. We can of course change any of these arrangements if that is the community's wish and have the ALAC become a 'global conversation' with the committee, with the -Announce lists reserved for announcements. Each region's -Discuss list is unchanged and remains devoted to regional discussions. As you all know, the fact that the At-Large community has control of the configuration of its communications is still a relatively new phenomenon, so we will have to make up the structure you want as we go along. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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[ALAC] Internal rules of procedure, draft 1
by Vittorio Bertola Jan. 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007

All, I have finally managed to finalize a draft of our internal rules of procedure, as promised. It ended up being quite detailed, but once you do the work, I think you have to do it well. There are a couple of brackets here and there, for the rest I tried to reflect our commonly agreed practice and the (not many) opinions that were given on the list (I hope I didn't miss any). So the document has an ample section on officers and their missions, detailed procedures both for election and for recall, and the sections on motions and on meetings. We should also incorporate the minimum participation requirements into it. As always, questions, comments and suggestions are welcome. Regards, -- vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<----- http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...

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[ALAC] Testing of Forwarding to Regional Lists
by At Large Advisory Committee Jan. 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007

This is only a test -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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Re: [ALAC] [Afri-ALS] African Region MoU with ICANN / Process Agreed on Today's Teleconference
by At Large Staff Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

Apologies, There was an extra digit in your telephone number that when all the call out numbers were checked was missed, our apologies for that. If you have any problems with conference calls in the future please do let us know immediately as we monitor our emails while the telcons are in progress in case anyone gets dropped off the call and we are normally able to answer a brief phone call if you need to get in touch, for example to say you have not received a dial out call. The draft minutes from the meeting will be available for revision on the Wiki within the next 3 days and the audio recording of the telcon will be available on the Wiki within a couple of days. Once again apologies for this oversight. Susie On 1/29/07, Mohammed EL Bashir <admin(a)isoc.sd> wrote: > > Hi Nick > > I was waiting to be called for the teleconference but i did not got a > call, although my participation have been confirmed earlier with my phone > number . > > Best Regards, > Mohamed EL Bashir > > Nick Ashton-Hart wrote: > > Good afternoon everyone! > > As agreed on the teleconference this afternoon, I have the pleasure to > attach the following: > > 1) A finalised text of the draft Memorandum of Understanding between the > African regional ALSes and ICANN (note that I have added some paragraph > numbers, standardised the formatting, and removed the paragraph which > limited the signatories to only three ALSes so that all present in Lisbon > can sign - see below) > > 2) The redlined text of the above, which has been previously sent around > to the list, for comparison; > > 3) The signed MOU between ICANN and the Latin America & Caribbean Islands, > for reference. > > As was determined by the African ALS representatives on the call, the > following is the process of finalising the text and forming the RALO: > > 1) The document (1) above will be the final text of the MoU, UNLESS an > objection is registered ON OR BEFORE 15th February 2007. Note that none of > the ALSes on today's call objected to any provisions of the attached. > > 2) If there are no objections, this text will be forwarded to ICANN's > legal counsel for a final once-over, and at the same time will go out for a > standard public comment period, which as was explained on the call today is > standard practice whenever ICANN proposes to enter into any significant > contractual arrangement. > > 3) The public comment period will likely be for 30 days (ICANN legal to > confirm), which will easily allow for the MoU to be signed in a public > ceremony at the Lisbon ICANN International Meeting, March 26 - 30 2007. > > AFRALO Meeting in Lisbon: > > Again as mentioned on the call today, ICANN will be able to provide travel > support to allow one representative of each African ALS to attend the ICANN > Meeting in Lisbon so that you can meet together and debate the priorities of > your region with respect to policy development in ICANN, elect the two > representatives of your region to the At-Large Advisory Committee, meet with > the other stakeholders participating in ICANN, and learn more by attending > meetings and seminars on the many areas of activity underway at present. > > ICANN staff will shortly provide more information on the process of making > these arrangements with you by email to the list, and help you to organise > the meetings between yourselves and help to ensure that your meetings do not > conflict with other meetings in Lisbon you may want to attend. > > May I say that I very much look forward to meeting you all, and will be > very happy to help you celebrate the inauguration of African end-user > participation as a formal organisation within ICANN! > -- > Regards, > > Nick Ashton-Hart > PO Box 32160 > London N4 2XY > United Kingdom > UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: > nashtonhart > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart > > FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and > colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, > to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than > ourselves. > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AFRI-ALS mailing listAFRI-ALS@atlarge-lists.icann.orghttp://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-als_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/655 - Release Date: 28/01/2007 > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Mohammed EL Bashir > Chairman - Sudan Internet Society > .SD Registry > ICANN ccNSO Council Member > > Web : www.isoc.sd > Email : admin(a)isoc.sd > > > _______________________________________________ > AFRI-ALS mailing list > AFRI-ALS(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-als_atlarge-lists.ican… > >

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[ALAC] Towards Lisbon: Draft EURALO Bylaws / MoU and Lisbon Meetings
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

Hello Europe! As has been previously mentioned, the upcoming European ICANN International meeting in Lisbon is approaching fast (March 26-30 - http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/) ICANN would like to provide for the European ALS community to come to Lisbon to finalise - at least - the Memorandum of Understanding between the European ALS community and ICANN and - ideally also - to conclude work on the Bylaws of the RALO. Whilst the Bylaws are in an advanced stage of work, there are still some areas where consensus has not yet been reached. What I would like to suggest to you as a plan of work is as follows: We should have a teleconference of all ALSes in the next couple of weeks to do the following: 1) Identify the remaining areas where work has to be done on the Bylaws; 2) Identify any areas with respect to the draft Memorandum of Understanding which need further review. The outcome of this teleconference will then give us the next steps with respect to both documents, and we can work during the remaining several weeks before Lisbon to further accelerate work, so that we can plan an agenda for meetings in Lisbon which gives time not only to finish the work on these documents but also to talk about the priorities of the EURALO in the coming year, and to work on policies currently under discussion in ICANN which the EURALO wishes to make representations about. I have attached a draft MoU to this email; it can also be found by navigating to www.euralo.org and choosing the RALO Organising Instruments page from the main menu. All European ALSes should have an account to login and edit the Wiki which is now the 'front page' of the euralo.org site (if you don't please let us know so we can get you an account). This draft incorporates the provisions of the Latin America and the Caribbean Islands' MoU, already agreed with ICANN, as well as some additional provisions from the current state of the Asia Pacific regional MoU (in the final stages of negotiation between the community now), and it allows for some of the specific needs identified by the European ALS community in the current draft Bylaws, without prejduging the outcome of some of the provisions in the Bylaws. I hope that the draft is seen as useful and that it may prove to be a document which is seen as largely acceptable - of course if the region wishes to choose differently it is entirely up to you, as always. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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[ALAC] African Region MoU with ICANN / Process Agreed on Today's Teleconference
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

Good afternoon everyone! As agreed on the teleconference this afternoon, I have the pleasure to attach the following: 1) A finalised text of the draft Memorandum of Understanding between the African regional ALSes and ICANN (note that I have added some paragraph numbers, standardised the formatting, and removed the paragraph which limited the signatories to only three ALSes so that all present in Lisbon can sign - see below) 2) The redlined text of the above, which has been previously sent around to the list, for comparison; 3) The signed MOU between ICANN and the Latin America & Caribbean Islands, for reference. As was determined by the African ALS representatives on the call, the following is the process of finalising the text and forming the RALO: 1) The document (1) above will be the final text of the MoU, UNLESS an objection is registered ON OR BEFORE 15th February 2007. Note that none of the ALSes on today's call objected to any provisions of the attached. 2) If there are no objections, this text will be forwarded to ICANN's legal counsel for a final once-over, and at the same time will go out for a standard public comment period, which as was explained on the call today is standard practice whenever ICANN proposes to enter into any significant contractual arrangement. 3) The public comment period will likely be for 30 days (ICANN legal to confirm), which will easily allow for the MoU to be signed in a public ceremony at the Lisbon ICANN International Meeting, March 26 - 30 2007. AFRALO Meeting in Lisbon: Again as mentioned on the call today, ICANN will be able to provide travel support to allow one representative of each African ALS to attend the ICANN Meeting in Lisbon so that you can meet together and debate the priorities of your region with respect to policy development in ICANN, elect the two representatives of your region to the At-Large Advisory Committee, meet with the other stakeholders participating in ICANN, and learn more by attending meetings and seminars on the many areas of activity underway at present. ICANN staff will shortly provide more information on the process of making these arrangements with you by email to the list, and help you to organise the meetings between yourselves and help to ensure that your meetings do not conflict with other meetings in Lisbon you may want to attend. May I say that I very much look forward to meeting you all, and will be very happy to help you celebrate the inauguration of African end-user participation as a formal organisation within ICANN! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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Re: [ALAC] [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: Staff appointment: Director, At-Large
by Christian Hess Araya Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

ENGLISH: I would also like to join Carlton in wishing Nick the best in his new position. When possible, please be sure to let us know who will be taking over his current responsibilities. Warm regards to all. ESPAÑOL: Me uno a Carlton en desearle a Nick lo mejor en su nuevo cargo. Cuando sea posible, por favor háganos saber quién asumirá sus actuales responsabilidades. Cordiales saludos a todos(as). Msr. Christian Hess Araya Oficina: Tel. (506) 295-4721, fax (506) 295-3712, web: www.poder-judicial.go.cr/salaconstitucional/ Personal: www.hess-cr.com <http://www.hess-cr.com/> San José, Costa Rica _____ De: lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:lac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] En nombre de Carlton A Samuels Enviado el: lunes 29 de enero del 2007 07:02 Para: nashton(a)spamcop.net; apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; 'LAC Discuss'; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org CC: 'Denise Michel'; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Asunto: Re: [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large Heartiest congratulations to Nick! We are sure this appointment is a boon to the At-Large Community in general and LACRALO in particular. Carlton _____ From: lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:lac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Nick Ashton-Hart Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:48 AM To: apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; Discussion for At-Large Europe; LAC Discuss; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Denise Michel; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large FYI. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue to work with such a great community of passionate, dynamic, and dedicated people in the At-Large community. I am certain that though there may be many viewpoints about policy, process, and structure in the community, everyone cares about making a positive difference for the individual Internet user in the important policy areas in ICANN's remit. I believe this community can do great things and look forward to doing my part to help support your efforts! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Date: 26-Jan-2007 13:51 Subject: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac(a)icann.org> ICANN is pleased to announce that Nick Ashton-Hart has been appointed as Director for At-Large after an intensive recruitment and consideration process which involved members of the At-Large Advisory Committee, At-Large and civil society community members, and members of ICANN's Communications and Global Partnerships Departments. The primary responsibility of this role is to encourage and support the global individual Internet user community's (At-Large's) participation in ICANN, including helping to advance At-Large's organizing and advocacy efforts worldwide and supporting the activities of the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Regional At-Large Organizations. Nick is based in London. He will be assisted in this role by multi-lingual administrative staff currently based in London and Marina del Rey, California. All can be reached via email to <staff(a)alac.icann.org>. Nick has nearly 20 years of experience in managing international projects involving non-governmental organizations, civil society and corporate interests in the Internet, media, and communications arenas. Prior to joining ICANN, he served as the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum, managed international IT projects for numerous companies, and led multilateral programs involving the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization. This position reports to the Vice President, Policy Development, Denise Michel. We welcome Nick to this role and wish him every success. Regards, Denise Michel Vice President, Policy Development ICANN www.icann.org denise.michel(a)icann.org _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com <mailto:nashtonhart@mac.com> / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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[ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large
by Denise Michel Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

ICANN is pleased to announce that Nick Ashton-Hart has been appointed as Director for At-Large after an intensive recruitment and consideration process which involved members of the At-Large Advisory Committee, At-Large and civil society community members, and members of ICANN's Communications and Global Partnerships Departments. The primary responsibility of this role is to encourage and support the global individual Internet user community's (At-Large's) participation in ICANN, including helping to advance At-Large's organizing and advocacy efforts worldwide and supporting the activities of the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Regional At-Large Organizations. Nick is based in London. He will be assisted in this role by multi-lingual administrative staff currently based in London and Marina del Rey, California. All can be reached via email to <staff(a)alac.icann.org>. Nick has nearly 20 years of experience in managing international projects involving non-governmental organizations, civil society and corporate interests in the Internet, media, and communications arenas. Prior to joining ICANN, he served as the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum, managed international IT projects for numerous companies, and led multilateral programs involving the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization. This position reports to the Vice President, Policy Development, Denise Michel. We welcome Nick to this role and wish him every success. Regards, Denise Michel Vice President, Policy Development ICANN www.icann.org denise.michel(a)icann.org

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