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

Re: [At-Large] [ALAC-Internal] City Top Level Domains
by Annette Muehlberg June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

I can come up with some lines. Did you already prepare the presentation? - so i get an idea how best to put it in best annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com > Gesendet: 27.06.07 20:22:53 > An: <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > CC: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Betreff: Re: [ALAC-Internal] [At-Large] City Top Level Domains > > Hi Annette > Do you have a firm idea or something already drafted for inclusion into the > presentation? > Jacqueline > > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Muehlberg [mailto:Annette.Muehlberg@web.de] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1:57 PM > To: alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Cc: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Subject: [At-Large] City Top Level Domains > > > -- > > All, > after our great workshop on Geo TLDs, especially city TLDs like .paris, > .nyc, .berlin, I think we should make a positive statement on the public > forum on this issue. > > best > annette > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: 6/26/2007 > 11:54 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: 6/26/2007 > 11:54 PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ALAC Official: http://alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > --

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Re: [At-Large] meeting with ccNSO
by Annette Muehlberg June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

it looks that the workshop "keep the core neutral" will be going on for a while. very interesting. annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Izumi AIZU" <iza(a)anr.org> > Gesendet: 27.06.07 19:29:45 > An: "Hong Xue" <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com> > CC: Vittorio Bertola <vb(a)bertola.eu>, alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Betreff: Re: [At-Large] meeting with ccNSO > > I updated the wiki (anyone who has access can do so that's the beauty > of wiki) - the room - San Christobal B: > > izumi > > Wednesday, 27th June > > Time: 1530 - 1600 > Place: San Christobal B > Agenda: ALAC (and other interested community members) to attend the > ccNSO members open meeting to provide any further information or > thoughts subsequent to the Monday meeting. > > > 2007/6/28, Hong Xue <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com>: > > > > Wiki has not been > > updated--https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?san_juan_ccnso_coordination_di… > > > > Hong > > > > > > > > On 6/27/07, Vittorio Bertola <vb(a)bertola.eu> wrote: > > > Hong Xue ha scritto: > > > > > > > > Originally, this joint meeting was at 17:30-19:00pm today. Since ccNSO > > > > reschedules it, how long would it last now? > > > > > > Also, which is the ccNSO room? The one in front of the big main room? > > > Anyway, most of us will be at the "freedom of expression" workshop which > > > ends at 15:30, so we can move to the ccNSO right after it ends. > > > -- > > > vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- > > > --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ALAC mailing list > > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > > > > > -- > >> Izumi Aizu << > > Institute for HyperNetwork Society > Kumon Center, Tama University > * * * * * > << Writing the Future of the History >> > www.anr.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > --

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City Top Level Domains
by Annette Muehlberg June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

-- All, after our great workshop on Geo TLDs, especially city TLDs like .paris, .nyc, .berlin, I think we should make a positive statement on the public forum on this issue. best annette

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APTLD Position on Top Level Internationalised Domain Names
by Hong Xue June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

Please see APTLD Position on Top Level Internationalised Domain Names ( http://www.aptld.org/position/APTLD%20Position%20on%20Top%20Level%20Interna…) This document is formed at APTLD Dubai meeting. It's now being discussed at ccNSO. I don't believe ccNSO has opened the public consultation but nothing prevents us from doing some research right now. Hong

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ConfirmSystem: registrar@icann.org [[f8f15e0449659352]]
by confirmsystem＠icann.org June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

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by confirmsystem＠icann.org June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

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Recommendation regarding ALS approval
by Wendy Seltzer June 26, 2007

June 26, 2007

My proposal: After the RALO recommends for or against approval of an ALS candidate, the RALO's recommendation shall be followed on a no objections basis: namely, if no ALAC member raises an objection, the RALO's recommendation shall be followed. If any objections are raised, a vote of [2/3 majority among all of the members of the ALAC who cast a vote, provided at least nine members of the ALAC cast a vote] shall be required to overrule the RALO's recommendation. The bracketed language is a larger margin than I would have chosen, but comes from the Bylaws. I would have said majority of a quorum. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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Tonight's event in San Juan
by Vittorio Bertola June 26, 2007

June 26, 2007

Some information about tonight that I just received: ==== Tonight's social event is in the Old Town at the Puerto Rico Tourism Company offices at La Princesa Bldg. #2 Paseo La Princesa. This is one of the old Spanish style buildings. There will be craft artisans displaying their crafts, traditional music, folk ballet. There will be finger foods and Bacardi is sponsoring the bar. Buses will be leaving the Caribe Hilton in rotation between 5pm and 7pm. If you are interested in attending, just look at the buses. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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IDN Questions for ALAC Policy Priorities Workshop on Thursday June 28
by Hong Xue June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

You may have seen that ALAC is going to have a Workshop on June 28, 14:00-16:00. One of the topics for discussion is internationalized domain names, which is one of the policy priorities of ALAC. To make our discussions more focused, Siavash and I drafted a list of questions as follows. You're welcome to comment on, rephrase or add on to these questions by Wednesday June 27. After the public consultation, the question list will be sent to the speakers from ICANN staff, GNSO and CCNSO. Hong > Q.1: What is the next step for IDNs? > Staff > > • When will the 3-phase IDN test commence? When will it be > completed? > > • Is there a timetable for an overall IDN implementation? > GNSO > > • Are the new gTLD guidelines intended to accommodate IDN applications as well? > > • Will GNSO apply the same requirements to both IDN gTLD applicants and ASCII gTLDs applicants (E.g., should amount of non-refundable money be paid by the applicant)? > CCNSO > > • Does CCNSO have any recommendation for starting IDN.IDN at ccTLD level? > Q.2: How to evaluate IDN TLDs? > > • How to define "confusing similarity"? > > • Should semantic similarity be an issue? > > • How to prevent user confusion? > > • Do you have any thought on preventing phishing or pharming through IDNs? > Q.3: How to evaluate IDN registries? > > Staff: > > • Who may join the IDN test? > GNSO > > • How to select IDN gTLD registries? > > • Should special consideration be given to the applicant from the > specific language community? > CCNSO > > • How to select IDN ccTLD registries? > > Q.4: How to ensure users' participation? > • > Staff > > • How to involve users in technical development? > GNSO & CCNSO > > • How can users participate the policy-making? > > • How to involve the language community in evaluating an IDN TLD > and its applicant? (this is also a question to ALAC itself)

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RALO next steps?
by Jacqueline A. Morris June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

Paul Twomey just mentioned in his President’s report the need for the RALOs to get going quickly on input to the policy processes of ICANN. He also mentioned this in both RALO meetings on Sunday. We should not focus exclusively on building up heavy structures, creating documents, rules and procedures, but we should focus on and move ahead on obtaining and transmitting the end user perspective on the main issues that are on the table at ICANN right now. Some of these are: · Protection of Registrants in relation to Registrars (RAA amendments) · IPv6 · IDNs · DNSSEC · gTLD process · ICANN Geographic Regions (a joint interest with the ccNSO) Most of these will be the subject of workshops or tutorials this week. For those of you who are here in San Juan, please make time to attend the sessions. Remote participation is available for most of the sessions as well. ALAC members who have focused on some of these issues, building specialties in certain issues, will also be available to discuss the issues with you if you want. We have also created At Large working groups on some of these issues, and you can find this information at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups Thanks everyone Jacqueline PS: Can AP and AF members forward this to those lists? (Alice, Hawa, Mohammed, Cheryl, Siavash, Izumi) I’ve not got access to those lists as yet – working on it. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/865 - Release Date: 6/24/2007 8:33 AM

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San Juan Calendar of events
by Robert Guerra June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

Below is are the URLS for the ical and HTML feed that Evan has so graciously generated of the events at the san juan meeting. http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/h72rnj4ichhk9098v0nikatgcs% 40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=h72rnj4ichhk9098v0nikatgcs% 40group.calendar.google.com thanks evan! regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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ICANN map - global participation
by Jacqueline A. Morris June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

Intereting – Paul Twomey just showed an update to the ICANN website that shows the nationalities of staff, Board members, ccTLD cagreements, registrars, etc on global maps. HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/maps/"http://www.icann.org/maps/ It’s a useful tool that shows how much more is needed to make participation in ICANN truly global. Jacqueline No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/865 - Release Date: 6/24/2007 8:33 AM

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[Fwd: [gnso-whois-wg] Monday schedule changes]
by Wendy Seltzer June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gnso-whois-wg] Monday schedule changes Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:37:53 +0200 From: GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> To: gnso-whois-wg(a)icann.org Please note that there have been a last minute changes in the schedule today. http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/ Welcome to ICANN San Juan Today is Monday 25 June 2007 - view the schedule Please note: There have been some last-minute changes to the schedule. * The Public Forum now starts at 10.30am * The Protection of Registrants Workshop has been moved forward an hour to 12pm. * The GNSO Public Forum on new gTLDs starts a half-hour later at 2.30pm * The SSAC open meeting is now at 4.45pm ..................................................................................... Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 09:00 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 09:45 Welcome Ceremony San Geronimo webcast Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 10:30 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 11:45 ICANN Public Forum San Geronimo webcast Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 12:00 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 13:45 Workshop: Protection of Registrants San Geronimo webcast Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 13:30 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 14:00 Joint ccNSO/ALAC Meeting San Cristobal B Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 14:00 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 15:45 SSAC Briefing (GAC and ccTLD Operators in Closed Session) San Cristobal A Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 14:30 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 16:30 GNSO Public Forum on New gTLDs San Cristobal B webcast Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 16:00 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 17:00 ICANN Fellowship Participants Meeting Las Olas Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 16:00 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 18:00 GAC and ccNSO Joint Meeting on IDN in cc Space San Cristobal A Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 16:30 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 18:30 ICANN Public Forum: GNSO Improvements San Geronimo webcast Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 16:45 Monday, 25 June, 2007 - 18:15 SSAC Open Meeting San Cristobal B webcast -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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IRC channel for concurrent discussion
by Wendy Seltzer June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

If people want to join the backchannel to discuss the icann meeting, it's #icann on irc.freenode.net. irc://irc.freenode.net#icann gAIM (now Pidgin), Firefox, and other clients have IRC modes. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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Changes in schedule (again)
by Vittorio Bertola June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

Today's workshop on the protection of registrants has now been moved to 12:00-13:45 (so only the last 15 minutes overlap with our meeting with the ccNSO). The Public Forum will be shorter, and the GNSO Forum on new gTLDs will start at 14:30. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Re: [At-Large] Nominations open for ALAC Board Liaison 2007-2008
by Annette Muehlberg June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007

All, I would like to nominate our ALAC member Wendy Seltzer as our Liason to the Board 2007 - 2008. Sincerely Annette Muehlberg > > > The ALAC is currently accepting nominations for Board > Liaison. > > > Timeline: > > > Nominations will be open from today for 2 weeks, until June 18th > at midnight GMT. We have 1 week after that for the nominated persons > to indicate their acceptance of the nominations (until June 25th) > and we will discuss the nominations in San Juan. Voting by the ALAC will be > held immediately after the discussions end. The result will be posted to the > public ALAC list after the vote closes. The new Board Liaison will take > up his/her position at the end of the AGM in Marina Del Rey in October 2007. > > > > > > Nominations are to be made to the public ALAC list - alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org. > > > > > > The Board Liaison will serve for > a term of one year starting from the closure of an Annual General Meeting and > ending at the closure of the following Annual General Meeting. > > > > > > Criteria for Board Liaison: > > > · > Shall normally be a person who is a current or > former member of the ALAC, or is familiar with the activities and functioning > of ICANN and of the ALAC; > > > > > > · > Shall accept to serve on behalf of the ALAC by > acting for the good of the entire Committee, working to bridge differences and > build consensus, but also recognizing difference and enabling different > opinions to be shared; > > > > > > · > Shall accept, while acting in their capacity as > ALAC officer, to put the collective views of the Committee always in front of > their own. > > > > > > Any questions can be addressed to me or to > staff(a)alac.icann.org. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Jacqueline A. Morris > > > ALAC Chair > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > --

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NA RALO - Rules of Procedure
by Robert Guerra June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007

Below & attached are the NA-RALO rules of procedure that were adopted unanimously here in San Juan. regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377 ORDINARY RULES OF PROCEDURE DEFINITIONS The following terms when used in these Rules of Procedure shall have the meanings here indicated: “General Assembly” or “Assembly” means any meeting or conference, or standing constituent body of the At-Large Community, as well as actual General Assembly sessions of a Regional At-Large Organisation; “At-Large Structure” or “ALS” means any organisation that has applied for, and been granted, such status by the then-current process and according to the then-current requirements as decided by and defined by ICANN. “Virtual Meeting” shall mean a meeting in which all participants are unable to participate synchronously with all other participants, such as a meeting conducted over time via an electronic mailing list. In a Virtual Meeting, any reference in the Rules to ‘speaking’ or to ‘speak’ shall mean ‘communicate’ and vice-versa. I. PARTICIPATION AND ACCREDITATION Rule 1 - Chief Participants 1.1 The two (2) representatives of each accredited At Large Structure on or before the opening of a session of the Assembly may participate in the work of the Assembly. 1.2 The representatives of At Large Structures that have applied for accreditation to ALAC but not yet accredited may participate in the work of the Assembly as observers subject to Rule 7.3. 1.3 Individuals representing themselves or other organizations who have participated in the work of the Assembly through a connection with an ALS previously may participate in the work of the Assembly as observers subject to Rule 7.3. 1.4 The right to vote in the General Assembly is reserved for the representatives of accredited ALSes per Rule 1.1 which have indicated their consent to be bound by the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, as may be amended from time to time, and the Operating Principles or other constitutive instruments of the Region, in the form and manner determined by the Secretariat of the Regional At-Large Organisation. II. ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSEMBLY Rule 2 - Election of Officers 2.1 The Assembly shall elect a Chairperson, at least two (2) Vice- Chairpersons and a Rapporteur by simple majority of accredited ALS present and voting. These offices shall be automatically vacated upon the adjournment of each General Assembly, unless the Assembly shall decide otherwise. The Chair and Vice-Chair of a meeting may be re-elected to serve in those positions by a later Assembly. Rule 3 - Qualification Criteria for Officers All officers must be official representatives of accredited At Large Structures. III. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS Rule 4 - Duties of the Chairperson 4.1 The Chairperson shall open and close each plenary meeting of the Assembly. He/She shall direct the discussions, ensure observance of these Rules, accord the right to speak, put questions to the vote and announce decisions. He/She shall rule on points of order and, subject to the present Rules, shall control the proceedings and the maintenance of order. He/She shall not vote, but he/she may instruct another member of his/her delegation to vote on behalf of the organisation of which he/she is a representative. 4.2 Should the Chairperson be absent during a meeting, or any part thereof, he/she shall be replaced by the Vice-Chairperson. A Vice- Chairperson acting as Chairperson shall have the same powers and duties as the Chairperson. Rule 5 - Public Meetings 5.1 Meetings shall be held in public unless decided otherwise by the Assembly. Rule 6 - Quorum 6.1 A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the accredited and active ALS referred to in Rule 1.1 present and represented at the Assembly. 6.2 The Assembly shall not decide on any matter unless a quorum is present. Rule 7 - Order and Time Limit of Speakers 7.1 The Chairperson shall call upon speakers in the order in which they signify their wish to speak. 7.2 For the convenience of the discussion, the Chair may limit the time to be allowed to each speaker. The chair may also, for the same purpose, limit the number of speakers on a question. 7.3 The consent of the Chair must be obtained whenever an observer wishes to address the Assembly. Rule 8 - Points of Order 8.1 During a discussion, any delegate may raise a point of order; such a point of order shall be immediately decided upon by the presiding officer. 8.2 An appeal may be made against the ruling of the presiding officer. Such an appeal shall be put to the vote immediately and the presiding officer's ruling shall stand, unless overruled by a majority of the delegations present and voting. Rule 9 - Procedural Motions 9.1 During a discussion, any delegate may move the suspension or adjournment of the meeting or the adjournment or closure of the debate. 9.2 Such a motion shall be put to the vote immediately. Subject to Rule 8.1, such motions shall have precedence in the following order over all other proposals or motions before the meeting: (a) Suspension of the meeting; (b) Adjournment of the meeting; (c) Adjournment of the debate on the question under discussion; (d) Closure of the debate on the question under discussion. Rule 10 - Working Languages 10.1 The working languages of the Assembly shall be as decided by the Assembly from time to time. 10.2 Speeches made at the Assembly in one of the working languages shall be simultaneously interpreted into the other working languages, subject to the availability of interpreters and funding for the interpretation service. Rule 11 - Resolutions and Amendments 11.1 Draft resolutions and amendments may be proposed by the participants referred to in Rule 1 and shall be transmitted in writing to the Secretariat of the Assembly, which shall circulate copies to all participants. 11.2 As a general rule, no draft resolution or amendment shall be discussed or put to the vote unless it has been circulated sufficiently in advance to all participants in the working languages of the Assembly. (Added clause below 20/11.2 so as to apply as well to virtual meetings) Rule 12 - Voting 12.1 Each accredited active At Large Structure referred to in Rule 1, subject to Rule 1.4, shall have one vote in the Assembly, save always that observers shall not have the right to vote. 12.2 Subject to the provisions of Rules 6.2 and 16, decisions shall be taken by a majority of the At Large Structures present and voting; for the purpose of the present Rules, the expression "At Large Structures present and voting" shall mean At Large Structures casting an affirmative or negative vote. At Large Structures abstaining from voting shall be regarded as having not voted. 12.3 Voting shall normally be by a show of hands. Electronic voting shall also be permitted where the Chair indicates that this manner of voting shall be used. 12.4 When the result of a vote by show of hands is in doubt, the presiding officer may take a second vote by a roll-call. A vote by roll-call shall also be taken if it is requested by not less than two delegations before the voting takes place. 12.5 When an amendment to a proposal is moved, the amendment shall be voted on first. When two or more amendments to a proposal are moved, the Assembly shall first vote on the amendment deemed by the presiding officer to be furthest removed in substance from the original proposal, and then on the amendment next furthest removed therefrom and so on, until all the amendments have been put to the vote. 12.6 If one or more amendments are adopted, the amended proposal shall then be voted upon as a whole. 12.7 A motion is considered an amendment to a proposal if it merely adds to, deletes from or revises part of that proposal. 12.8 The Assembly shall endeavour, when discussing any non-procedural question, to decide issues before it by general agreement. Voting shall be relied upon only to the extent that is necessary in cases where general agreement cannot be reached. Where a vote on a non- procedural question shall be required, the measure shall be carried if it receives a two-thirds vote of those ALSes present and voting. 12.9 The number of votes cast for or against any motion shall be limited by the following calculation with respect to any Assembly that is international in nature: a) The number of countries or territories covered by the entire membership of the Assembly shall form the numerator. b) The denominator shall be 100. c) The result of the division of (a)/(b) shall be multiplied by 100. d) The result of 12.9(c) shall be known as the Maximum Percentage. e) The votes cast by delegates representing ALSes normally domiciled in any one country may not in the aggregate exceed the Maximum Percentage. This calculation shall be separately applied to votes for and against any motion. Suspend 12.9 to be revisited by or at the Los Angeles (Fall 2007) ICANN meeting. Rule 13 - Procedures for the Presentation of Candidatures 13.1 The Secretariat shall ask all accredited ALS whether they intend to stand for election in the General Assembly at least two months prior to the opening of the General Assembly. Candidature must be declared and filed with the Secretariat at least four weeks prior to the opening of the General Assembly. 13.2 At least four weeks prior to the opening of the General Assembly the Secretariat shall send to all accredited representatives the list of ALS and their candidates. This list of candidatures may be revised as necessary, subject to other qualification rules that may be adopted by the General Assembly. 13.3 This list of candidatures shall be finalized and closed at least 48 hours before the opening of the General Assembly. IV. SECRETARIAT OF THE MEETING Rule 15 - Secretariat 15.1 The Secretariat shall be elected on an annual basis by the General Assembly. He/She shall not vote, but he/she may instruct another member of his/her delegation to vote on his/her behalf. He/ She may, at any time, make either oral or written statements to the Assembly on any question under discussion. 15.3 The Secretariat shall receive, translate and distribute all official documents and shall arrange for the interpretation of the discussions, as provided in Rule 10. It shall also perform all other duties necessary for the proper conduct of the work of the Assembly. 15.4 The Secretariat shall act as Chair of the meeting in order to conduct elections for the Chair and Vice-Chair, and shall cease to be Chair upon the election of the referenced officers. 15.5 Where there is a fee for membership of the organization of which the Assembly is the decision-making body, the Secretariat will provide information on the status of all compulsory and voluntary contributions to all requestors, as applicable, prior to the opening of the Assembly. V. ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE Rule 16 - Adoption The General Assembly shall adopt its Rules of Procedure by a decision taken in plenary meeting by a simple majority of the representatives of ALS present and voting. Rule 17 - Amendment The Assembly may amend these Rules of Procedure by a decision taken in plenary meeting by a two-thirds majority of the representatives of ALS present and voting. VI. ADDITIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE Rule 18 – Invocation of the UN General Assembly Rules of Procedure 18.1 Any delegate may, on a point of order, invoke any rule or rules of the then-current United Nations General Assembly Rules of Procedure where certain of those Rules would, in their view, facilitate the work of the Assembly. Subject to Rule 18.6, any UNGA Rule may be invoked. 18.2 The Chair of the Assembly may likewise invoke any rule or rules from the same source for the same reasons. 18.3 When Rule 18.1 or 18.2 is invoked, the Chair may terminate the operation of the rules so invoked at a time of his or her choosing, or, if he believes that the invocation is not in the interests of the Assembly, may refuse to allow the invocation. 18.4 Where the UNGA Rules of Procedure are invoked through the provisions of Rule 18.1 or 18.2, should a conflict arise between the rule or rules invoked and these rules, these Rules shall take precedence, except where the combination of these Rules and those invoked would result in an impractical or unworkable process in the judgment of the Chair. 18.5 The following terms in the UNGA Rules of Procedure shall have the following meanings when invoked under this Rule: “President” shall mean “Chair” Vice-President” shall mean “Vice-Chair” “Member” “Members”, or “Members of the United Nations” shall mean that class of delegate referred to in Rule 1.2 of these Rules “Secretary-General” shall indicate the senior person responsible for the operations of the Secretariat. “United Nations” shall mean “Regional At-Large Organisation” or the relevant other process or body of the At-Large community, including the entire community where that would be the logical intent in the context of the rule, which is availing itself of these Rules of Procedure. “Important Questions” shall mean “matters of substance” “Security Council” shall mean “At-Large Advisory Committee” 18.6 The following UNGA Rules may not be invoked under either Rule 18.1 or 18.2. Where a range of rules is indicated, that range shall be inclusive of the indicated beginning and ending Rules: Rules 4, 49, 51, 52, 55, 98(a), 98(b), 134 – 138, 142 – 151 VII. MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES WHERE A VIRTUAL MEETING IS HELD 19 When a Virtual Meeting of the Assembly is held, the following Rules shall not apply: 6, 12.3 20 When a Virtual Meeting of the Assembly is held, the following Rules shall replace the original: 6.1 A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of all active and accredited ALS’s. 7 The Chair shall communicate the beginning and the ending of the debate upon a given topic. Members shall be out of order if they continue to communicate to the meeting on a question after the Chair has communicated the ending of debate and out of order communications shall not form a part of the record of the Assembly. 11.2 As a general rule, no draft resolution or amendment shall be discussed or put to the vote unless it has been circulated sufficiently in advance, but in no case less than two weeks, to all participants in the working languages of the Assembly. Should a vote in a virtual meeting not be quorate, then the chair shall extend the close of the vote for an equal amount of time as the original voting period. By the end of this extension, no quorum will be required. 12.4 All Voting shall be conducted electronically. The Chair shall declare the length of time not less than 14 days during which votes shall be cast, and the date and time of the closing of the vote. The Secretariat shall ensure that the results of the vote, including the votes cast and by which voter, are available to all representatives.

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Changes in schedule
by Vittorio Bertola June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007

The workshop on registrant protection (post Registerfly), which is one of our hottest issues, is now scheduled for Monday, 13:00 to 15:30. I will be on the panel. It totally overlaps with our meeting with the ccNSO, so we might have to split. The workshop on Internet Governance has been moved from Monday to Thursday, 12:15 to 13:15, with the NARALO signing being moved one hour earlier, from 12:00 to 12:15, and the Public Forum being shortened by one hour (but the one on Monday is now 30 minutes longer). -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Re: [At-Large] ccNSO-GAC IDN WG Issue paper
by Hong Xue June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007

ccNSO-GAC IDN Working Group DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION (Version 2) was published on June 20. It is at < http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/draft-issues-paper-idn-cctlds.pdf>. The WG raised a lot of questions but so far are not ready to answer most of them. Hong

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FW: Draft document on GNSO review posted
by Jacqueline A. Morris June 23, 2007

June 23, 2007

Hi all Vittorio posted this report to the At Large list on June 19th. Have any of you had time to look at it or any comments on it? NCUC has developed some comments and we will be discussing it with them (among other things) on Tuesday afternoon. We'd like your feedback if any. Thanks Jacqueline -----Original Message----- From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:vb@bertola.eu] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:01 PM To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: [At-Large] Draft document on GNSO review posted The GNSO Review Working Group of the ICANN Board, of which I am a member, has posted an initial working document about possible changes in the structure and procedures of the GNSO: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19jun07.htm The document is the result of several weeks of discussion among the working group members, drawing on the external review of the GNSO released last year by the London School of Economics, and on other inputs and considerations. It is not a draft report, but rather a document that examines some of the rationales and possible consequences for implementing the LSE recommendations. One of the main threads of thoughts emerging from this work is the desire to reduce the internal controversies in the GNSO, by moving from policy discussions that are shaped by the constituency structure and focused on attempts to outvote each other on competing proposals to a consensus-based online working group model much similar to the ones adopted by the IETF or the W3C. Personally, I think that the GNSO Council should keep a role of oversight and strategizing, but policy should be discussed in open working groups that aim at promoting and reaching rough consensus, if not full consensus, among all participants. The document also raises again the long-standing issue of a possible new Individual Registrants Constituency in the GNSO, which would in my opinion be a good addition, even if of course its relationship with the ALAC should be studied. Generally speaking, the membership and internal rules of all constituencies should become more transparent and accountable. Moreover, the document discusses the possibility of collapsing the constituencies into four broad groupings - registries, registrars, business users and non-commercial users - that would then be sub-divided in the individual constituencies. This is just a first step to foster the discussion online and in person, at a workshop that will be held in San Juan. I encourage people to read the full document and submit comments. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/853 - Release Date: 6/18/2007 3:02 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/862 - Release Date: 6/22/2007 3:04 PM

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Call for Statements of Interest | NA RALO Seats on ALAC
by Bret Fausett June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

CALL FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST | NORTH AMERICAN R.A.L.O. IN FORMATION | 18 MAY 2007 Consistent with Paragraph 10 of the Draft Operating Principles ("OP") for the North American RALO in Formation, I am pleased to open the Call for Statements of Interest for persons interested in serving on ICANN's At Large Advisory Committee. Consistent with Paragraph 9 of the OP, the only requirement for service is that a candidate live in the North American region. This initial call for Statements of Interest is to elect two (2) members of the ALAC. One person will serve a two year term and the other will serve a one year term. The ALAC members will be elected by the voting members of the NARALO, only if and after its members ratify the Operating Principles now out for a vote. Each year hereafter, the NARALO will elect one (1) person. This Call for Statements of Interest will remain open from today, Friday, 18 May 2007 through and including Friday, 22 June 2007 (11:59 pm HST). If you are interested in applying, please send an email to Nick Ashton-Hart (nick.ashton-hart (at) icann.org) and to me (bfausett (at) internet.law.pro) with the following information: -- START -- (a) Your name: first name, FAMILY NAME (in capital letters) (b) Your e-mail address. (c) Your telephone number(s) and/or Skype/Yahoo!/Mac or other VOIP or Audio Chat ID. (d) Your country of citizenship. If you hold multiple citizenships please state all. (e) Your city and country of residence and your preferred mailing address. (f) Education and professional background. Summarize your educational background, such as degrees achieved and the university(s) where you studied, and the three most recent places of employment and positions held. (g) Internet Involvement and Interest in ICANN. Help us understand the skills and experience you would bring to the ALAC and how you would help the ALAC achieve its mission. (h) Conflicts of Interest. Please refer to the ICANN Conflicts of Interest policy http://www.icann.org/committees/coi/coi-policy-04mar99.htm. This document is aimed at conflicts for ICANN Directors and Officers, but should provide guidance for all ICANN leadership positions. If you have had any relationship with an ICANN accredited registry or registrar (other than registering a domain name) or any organization that has been in dispute with ICANN, please describe that relationship here. Conflicts of interest are not necessarily disqualifying, since we anticipate that many experienced people may have such relationships. -- END -- PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL RESPONSES WILL BE PUBLIC AND WILL BE POSTED FOR REVIEW ON THE ALAC WEB SITE AND THE NA-RALO MAILING LISTS AS APPROPRIATE. Please let me know if you have any questions. Bret Fausett Interim Chair, North American RALO General Assembly Member, WEB405, Accredited ALS

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ALAC Review Terms posted
by Izumi AIZU June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007

The review of ALAC will start in the 2nd Quarter of 2007 - http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-20jun07.htm There is no deadline I could find to submit the proposal, but should be very soon. izumi

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Guidelines for evaluating ALS applications
by Alan Greenberg June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007

Folks, as a diversion from talking about meeting logistics and organizations, I thought perhaps we could focus for a bit on issues. One of the issues to be discussed by the ALAC in San Juan is what criteria should an candidate ALS meet to be certified as an ALS. The ICANN Bylaws, as appropriate for their level of control, are suitably vague. They say: The criteria and standards for the certification of At-Large Structures shall be established in such a way that participation by individual Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries within the Geographic Region (as defined in <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-5>Section 5 of Article VI) of the RALO will predominate in the operation of each At-Large Structure within the RALO, while not necessarily excluding additional participation, compatible with the interests of the individual Internet users within the region, by others. This has generally been interpreted by the ALAC to mean that individual members of the organization must either directly (that is, classical Athenian democracy where all members participate in decisions) or more likely, indirectly, by selecting/electing the groups leaders (managers, board, whatever). There has also been another generally accepted philosophy that the group must have a practical way of communicating with its members and there should be some mechanism for getting input back from these members. This has worked for the vast majority of applicants. However, a number of scenarios have come up where the current interpretation does not seem to come up with the right answer: - Recently there have been a number of applicants which do not have individual members but rather have other organizations as members. In at least some of the cases, they are known by trusted individuals to be "good ALS material" - that is, they believe in and practice those ideas which we would normally associate with an ALS. - there are entities that could (vaguely) be called members, but with virtually all relevant communication going outwards only. In essence, the participants are effectively users of a web site. But again, the organizations principles and sympathies are in line with those we associate with an ALS, and conceptually, incoming communications could be easily added. - Although it seems generally accepted that an ALS should not primarily be a for-profit business, and there are other venues in ICANN for such businesses, the current rules would not refuse ALS status to for-profit organizations that otherwise meet the criteria. It is vitally important that ICANN sets and uses an understandable and implementable set of criteria for certifying ALSs. Specifically, the ALAC must establish a process under which all ALAC members are using the same criteria for judging an ALS candidate. Although each member may certainly come to different conclusions about whether criteria are met, they need to be using the same criteria. Moreover, the criteria cannot change capriciously from month to month. If we do not adhere to these principles, we put ICANN in an ethically and legally awkward position. Therefore, we need to decide on just how we are interpreting the Bylaw wording, or if necessary to achieve our goals, recommend new wording to the Board. Prior to the Lisbon meeting, Nick distributed a proposed criteria for ALS membership. It (and French and Spanish translations) can be found at the very bottom of https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?lisbon_documents. I think that it is a good start, but I find there are a number of problems with it. With no attempt to re-word the document here, I propose that the criteria be altered to include the following: 1. If an organization is composed partly or solely of other organizations, either it can be an ALS, or one or more of its component organizations can be an ALS, but not both. 2. Although an ALS need not have any specific legal organization, but it cannot exist for primarily for-profit reasons. 3. The proposed Criteria 1 be altered to make it clear that an ALS has a responsibility to disseminate information on behalf of ICANN and its RALO, and to solicit feedback from its individual user participants. 4. If any of the criteria which qualify an ALS for certification changes, the ALS is obliged to bring this to the attention of its RALO which must in turn involve ICANN At-Large support and/or the ALAC. Comments from ALAC members and from interested individuals PRIOR TO THE SAN JUAN MEETING would be very helpful, both on Nick's original document as well as my thoughts here. Alan

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Re: [At-Large] RES: Internet access at the Caribe Hilton
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

Breakfast is not included in the room price of either hotel. On 20 Jun 2007, at 15:08, sylvia wrote: > and what about breakfast at Courtyard Miramar Hotel? > > Sylvia Herlein > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > ONG: Internauta Brasil www.internautabrasil.org > > messenger: silvialeite(a)hotmail.com > > skype: Sylvia_Leite > > > > De: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac- > bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de RJGlass | America@Large > Enviada em: quarta-feira, 20 de junho de 2007 07:34 > Para: Alan Greenberg > Cc: At-Large Worldwide > Assunto: Re: [At-Large] Internet access at the Caribe Hilton > > > > They advertise free access: > > " > > Courtyard San Juan Miramar > > 801 Ponce de Leon Avenue > San Juan, 00907 Puerto Rico > Phone: 1 787 721 7400 > Fax: 1 787 722 1787 > Sales: 1 787 721 7400 ext. 5551 > Toll-free: 1 800 289 4274 > Hotel Highlights > > 136 rooms including 10 Suites/ large working desk, ergonomic chair > and FREE high speed internet > 24 hrs Food Marketplace, 24 hrs Self Laundry Service, 24 hrs > Internet area and 24 hrs Fitness Room > Two boardrooms, two on-site restaurants. Wireless HSIA: lobby, pool > & restaurants" > > > On 6/15/07, Alan Greenberg < alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: > > They claim that it is in all rooms and that the current fee is > $14.95. The ICANN web site says that there is "wireless access in the > meeting rooms, public areas and participants rooms in the conference > hotel only". Since presumably they are not going to charge us for > access in the meeting rooms, that sentence sounds like room access > has been negotiated into the $170 price. However, it is *possible* > that for rooms booked and paid for by ICANN, they negotiated an > Internetless price. > > Alan > > At 15/06/2007 05:01 PM, John L wrote: > >I've stayed there. There's Internet in most if not all of the > rooms, but > >they charge the usual $10/day unless ICANN negotiated a better > deal for > >its rooms. > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge- > lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > > > > > -- > ------------------------- > AmericaAtLarge.org > RJPacific.com > DDMF.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge- > lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nashton(a)consensus.pro Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Remote Participation in San Juan ICANN At-Large Events
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

Dear All: I'm happy to announce that the remote participation options, as well as the agendas of At-Large Related events at the San Juan ICANN Meeting, have been finalised. You are requested to review: For LAC Attendees: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi? san_juan_icann_meeting For NA Attendees: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? puerto_rico_icann_meeting For the ALAC: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?san_juan_meeting Those who live in countries where no free telephone access number exists may request that the conference service calls them - please send such requests to staff(a)alac.icann.org, with your name and your first and second preference telephone numbers to be called on. Due to logistical concerns we do need 48 hours notice in advance of the meeting you wish to be called out for in order to arrange this for you. If you participate remotely, please review the following tips on how to make the remote participation service work most effectively for you: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?remote_participation For those unable to attend a session, recordings will be available after the meeting ends (allow 24 hours delay) for review. Documents of concern to the community in translated editions are available from: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?san_juan_documents with more being made available every day. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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