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Re: [At-Large] "placeholder" reps not placeholders?
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 15, 2009

Oct. 15, 2009

That is what was in the re-drafted NCSG charter and what was approved by the Board as per the 30 July and 30 September Board meeting reports. Since I have not seen prior comments that focused on this particular issue, it could be that it was not recognized or considered. As one of the leaders of a potential new constituency, you should bring this to the Boards's attention (presumably through Rob or Denise). Alan At 15/10/2009 09:35 AM, Beau Brendler wrote: >By the way, is it true what I heard that the three newly appointed >GNSO people have now been hard-wired in to two-year terms? I don't >really see a constituency model working under those circumstances. >Who's going to join a constituency if they have to wait two years to >be able to directly elect a representative? No consumer group I am >aware of is going to want to do that.

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Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] ALAC-NCUC
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 15, 2009

Oct. 15, 2009

We have often done a non-compulsory dinner on Thursday night... At 15/10/2009 11:22 AM, Beau Brendler wrote: >I will check the ALAC schedule. We usually do not have evening events. > >-----Original Message----- > >From: William Drake <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> > >Sent: Oct 15, 2009 10:37 AM > >To: Beau Brendler <beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> > >Cc: investigaciones(a)densi.com.ar, James Seng <james(a)seng.sg>, ALAC > Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide > <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > >Subject: Re: [ALAC] ALAC-NCUC > > > >Hi Beau, et al, > > > >On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Beau Brendler wrote: > > > >> Last week, at the ISOC-NY event with Danny Younger, Milton Mueller > >> and me, more than one person in attendance from ISOC encouraged us > >> to put aside our differences and work to a solution on behalf of > >> users. Milton's presentation was very clear and well-received. So as > >> an elected member of at-large, I see it as a responsibility to do > >> what the voters ask. Would be glad to have a drink. Korean shoju is > >> particularly excellent for breaking the ice, and I've never had a > >> hangover from it yet. > > > >Then you plainly have not drunk enough of it, the stuff can be > >suitably lethal when taken in immoderation. > > > >As Olivier points out, it appears there's an IDN, ccTLD fast track > >reception Monday night, and I am loath to ask people to skip free > >libation and carousing. We could just gather in the lobby afterwards > >and head off somewhere to eat (concierge can recommend), although we > >need to clarify when that would be---the online schedule says it ends > >at 20:00, but the GNSO schedule received this morning from staff says > >20:30. > > > >Alternatively, Thursday night seems open at the moment...not to > >complicate things, but does ALAC have anything then, and if not would > >this be preferable? > > > >Either way, I'm glad to hear people are interested. Let's figure out > >when and then I'll write to NCUC, rather than having two date > >discussions running in parallel. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Bill > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] ALAC-NCUC
by Beau Brendler Oct. 15, 2009

Oct. 15, 2009

Last week, at the ISOC-NY event with Danny Younger, Milton Mueller and me, more than one person in attendance from ISOC encouraged us to put aside our differences and work to a solution on behalf of users. Milton's presentation was very clear and well-received. So as an elected member of at-large, I see it as a responsibility to do what the voters ask. Would be glad to have a drink. Korean shoju is particularly excellent for breaking the ice, and I've never had a hangover from it yet. -----Original Message----- >From: Andrés Piazza <investigaciones(a)densi.com.ar> >Sent: Oct 15, 2009 7:04 AM >To: James Seng <james(a)seng.sg>, alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, William Drake <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> >Cc: ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [ALAC] ALAC-NCUC > > >If it's a dinner, drink or whatever I'll join.. > >Sent from BlackBerry® > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Seng <james(a)seng.sg> >Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:46:19 >To: William Drake<william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> >Cc: ALAC Working List<alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; At-Large Worldwide<at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [ALAC] ALAC-NCUC > >Milton spoke to me a while ago and mentioned there are some issues wrt >to NCUC lately. > >I do not know the exact details yet but I am all ears to learn more. > >So if we can arrange something on Monday night, I would definitely be joining. > >-James Seng > >On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM, William Drake ><william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> No formal meeting between ALAC and NCUC has been set for Seoul, which to me >> is a pity but whatever. However, that doesn't mean that interested folks >> can't get together for more informal chatting about mutual concerns and >> such. At the moment NCUC has nothing programmed for Monday night, don't >> know about ALAC. Might anyone here be available for a drink at day's end, >> or even dinner? If so I'm sure we can rustle up a good NCUC contingent. >> >> Best, >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> *********************************************************** >> William J. Drake >> Senior Associate >> Centre for International Governance >> Graduate Institute of International and >> Development Studies >> Geneva, Switzerland >> william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch >> www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html >> *********************************************************** >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >> ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >> > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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Re: [At-Large] ccNSO liaison
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Oct. 14, 2009

Oct. 14, 2009

Thank you for doing this proforma nomination for Rudi to meet our ROP's Sebastien Rudi's work with Ron our liaison from ccNSO is indeed at an important point of progression so my personal thanks for this go to you and the public record... CLO 2009/10/9 Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr> > Dear Rudi (and Joly and...) > Please see the mail of Cheryl: [ALAC] ELECTION CALL ALAC Officers, > Liaisons and Appointments for 2009 - 2010 (copy bellow). > I think you need to be nominated by a current ALAC member (and seconded > even > if not necessary also by current ALAC members). > I am please to do so. > I would like to nominate Rudi Vansnick as ALAC Liaisons to the ccNSO > Councils. > All the best > > *ELECTION CALL Nominations are currently open for:* > > *- ALAC Liaison (other than the Board Liaison {finalised}); > - ALAC Appointments (such as WHOIS AND IDN);* > *- ALAC Officer Positions.* > > Please refer to ROP's here http://tinyurl.com/levxyf which in brief state > that:- > - Only ALAC members serving after the Seoul meeting may be nominated for > Officer positions. > - Only current ALAC members may submit nominations. > - Self nominations are allowed. > - For Liaisons and Appointments there are no formal restrictions regarding > ALAC membership, but the ROP's say "They shall normally be persons who are > current or former members of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the > activities and functioning of ICANN and of the ALAC." It should be noted > that budget allocation for travel to ICANN Meetings is only assured for > serving ALAC Members and therefore a non-ALAC Member Liaison or Appointment > nominee should certify to the ALAC their ability to undertake all aspects > of > their job descriptions (including attendance at all three ICANN > Meetings), without receiving travel support to do so. > > *All nominations and acceptances etc., are to be sent to the public ALAC > List* "ALAC Working List" <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > > All details and the repository for nominee details is found at > https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009 > > <https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009> > Relevant > text from this page is copied below: > <Start SNIP> * Other Liaison positions > * > The elections for ALAC Liaisons to the Bylaw mandated GNSO and ccNSO > Councils as well as the SSAC, GNSO User House/NCSG/NCUC {subject to > discussions at Seoul meeting and agreement from the receiving party} and > the > liaison appointments to IDN and WHOIS Policy Processes will be conducted > through a single, global election process. The ALAC will vote on the list > of > candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>, as provided in Rule > 10.4 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure. This means they will rank each > candidate, from most preferred to least preferred, using the electronic > voting system regularly used for ALAC voting. > > **Election timetable:* > * > During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted timetable for the Liaison > elections (now modified to allow call to occur after Board Liaison election > is completed yet still fit with ROP's): > > Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th > October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: > 1 > November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes > are held over a 5 or 7 day period > > > **Requirements and Obligations:** > > Please click here < > > https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala > c_liaisons> > for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC > Liaison > positions as specified by the organising instruments. Interested candidates > may also want to review the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members and > Liaisons <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd> which was > prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for comments > from the At-Large community. > > > ------------------------------ > > ** > > *ALAC Officers* > > According to the two motions of the ALAC, which were adopted during the 25 > November 2008 ALAC > > Meeting < > https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?25_november_2008_summary_minutes> the > ALAC Officers consisting of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs, and a Rapporteur > shall > represent different ICANN Geographic Regions. As our adopted ROP's have not > as yet been altered to reflect a method of ensuring this diversity this > will > be a subject for discussion and decision at the Seoul Meeting of the ALAC. > > * *Election Timetables** > > Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th > October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: > 1 > November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes > are > 5-7 days in length > > > * *Requirements and Obligations** > > Please click here < > > https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala > c_officers> > for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC > Officer > positions as specified by the organising instruments. > > > > -- > Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)ALAC Chair 2007-2009 > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org ALAC Working Wiki: > http://st.icann.org/alac > > > > > Sébastien Bachollet > Président d'honneur - Isoc France > sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > www.egeni.org > www.isoc.fr > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large- > > bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Rudi Vansnick > > Envoyé : vendredi 9 octobre 2009 09:08 > > À : At-Large Worldwide > > Objet : [At-Large] ccNSO liaison > > > > Dear all, > > > > Being in stage of launching the final draft of my proposal for a > > project* *"Develop relationship between ALSes and ccTLDs" I would like > > to go for another year as ccNSO liaison. So this should be considered > > as > > a self-nomination. > > > > Best regards, > > -- > > > > Rudi Vansnick > > President Internet Society Belgium vzw > > Voorzitter TIK vzw > > Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN) > > > > Tel: +32 (0)70 77 39 39 > > GSM: +32 (0)475 28 16 32 > > www.isoc.be <http://www.isoc.be> - www.vansnick.eu > > <http://www.vansnick.eu> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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Board request for GNSO input on specific trademark issues in the Draft Applicant Guidebook
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 14, 2009

Oct. 14, 2009

Please see the attached letter to the GNSO Council. As noted in the letter, the deadline for a GNSO Council reply is 14 December 2009. Although I am sure that this will result in immediate discussion on the GNSO mailing list (which can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/) the first opportunity to formally discuss this and decide on how to proceed will likely be in Seoul, probably starting on Saturday, 24 October. That would leave 6 weeks after Seoul to come to closure as the letter is quite explicit about this being a hard deadline. It is possible that the Council will form a working group with the potential for ALAC/At-Large involvement, but that remains to be seen. Since the Board is explicitly requesting advice from the GNSO Council, some other mechanism may be chosen. I welcome any comments or advice prior to Seoul. To the extent that such comments can represent coordinated efforts within the ALAC/At-Large instead of individual views, so much the better. Alan >From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> >To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org>, liaison6c > <liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org> >CC: Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> >Sender: "owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org" <owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org> >Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:04:37 -0400 >Subject: [council] Board request for GNSO input on specific trademark issues > in the Draft Applicant Guidebook > >Dear GNSO Council members: > >Attached is the Board's letter to the GNSO Council requesting input on >the URS and Clearinghouse recommendations in the gTLD Applicant >Guidebook version 3. > >Regards, >Denise > >Denise Michel >ICANN Vice President >Policy Development >denise.michel(a)icann.org >+1.408.429.3072 mobile >+1.310.578.8632 direct

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Reminder: Invitation to attend ICANN Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 15 October at 12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC
by Denise Michel Oct. 13, 2009

Oct. 13, 2009

*Invitation to ICANN Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 15 October at 12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC* *RSVP via email to ** <http://gnso%2Esecretariat@gnso.icann.org/>** <** gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <http://gnso%2Esecretariat@gnso.icann.org/>* *> **) **by 23:00 UTC Tuesday 13 October to receive the connection details. **Please indicate which call you would like to join (12:00 UTC or 18:00 UTC). * *Title: *ICANN Policy Update Webinar *When: *Thursday 15 October *Time: *12.00 UTC and 18.00 UTC Dear ICANN Community Members: This is a reminder for those interested in receiving an update on ICANN gTLD and ccTLD policy activities in advance of ICANN's Seoul meeting. All are welcome to attend this ICANN Policy Department webinar. RSVPs are needed by tomorrow so connection details can be sent to you. Two sessions are being held for the convenience of our global community; please indicate your choice in your email. Material from these sessions will be publicly posted for those interested but unable to attend. *Brief Session Description*: Through brief presentations and a question & answer period, this webinar will provide an update on ongoing GNSO and ccNSO activities, including a status report on the restructuring of the GNSO, ongoing policy development processes, and other working group activities. Updates will be provided on: - IDN ccTLD policy development process - IDN ccTLD Fast Track - ccTLD delegation, redelegation and retirement - Other ccNSO Working Groups - GNSO Restructuring - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) - Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) - Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) - Whois Studies - Possible changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) - Other GNSO Working Groups The webinar is scheduled for 90 minutes, and will be conducted in English only at this time. The content will be presented in PowerPoint along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. There will be time at the end of the session for Q&A. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the Q&A function of Adobe Connect. Should we run out of time or if you have additional questions after the session, please send them via email to *policy-staff(a)icann.org*. *Meeting Details: *As space is limited, this is an *invitation-only* event. If you would like to participate, please RSVP by 23:00 Tuesday, 13 October via email to the GNSO Secretariat (*gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<http://gnso%2Esecretariat@gnso.icann.org/> *) to secure your place. Please indicate which call you would like to join (12.00 UTC or 18.00 UTC). We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. *Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members' e-mail address*. Regards, Denise Michel ICANN VP Policy

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ESeniors organisation : ICT and seniors ...with the link!
by epstein monique Oct. 11, 2009

Oct. 11, 2009

Hi! Just to show you that the activities of our E-Seniors association - i.e. computer courses and memory workshops (with interactive computer and console games) - meet quite a large success in France...pleas have a look at this article just published this week in "Femme Actuelle" withe link : http://www.e-seniors.asso.fr/cequonditdenous.htm femme actuelle -- Monique Epstein Association E-Seniors +33 . 6 24 39 64 34 www.e-seniors.asso.fr <http://www.e-seniors.asso.fr> www.eseniors.eu <http://www.eseniors.eu> tandemsgo.eseniors.eu <http://tandemsgo.eseniors.eu> www.eseniors.eu/llm <http://www.eseniors.eu/llm> www.e-juniors.fr <http://www.e-juniors.fr> e-seniors.over-blog.com <http://e-seniors.over-blog.com/>

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ESeniors organisation : ICT and seniors
by epstein monique Oct. 11, 2009

Oct. 11, 2009

Hi! Just to show you that the activities of our E-Seniors association - i.e. computer courses and memory workshops (with interactive computer and console games) - meet quite a large success in France...pleas have a look at this article just published this week in "Femme Actuelle" femme actuelle -- Monique Epstein Association E-Seniors +33 . 6 24 39 64 34 www.e-seniors.asso.fr <http://www.e-seniors.asso.fr> www.eseniors.eu <http://www.eseniors.eu> tandemsgo.eseniors.eu <http://tandemsgo.eseniors.eu> www.eseniors.eu/llm <http://www.eseniors.eu/llm> www.e-juniors.fr <http://www.e-juniors.fr> e-seniors.over-blog.com <http://e-seniors.over-blog.com/>

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RES: ccNSO liaison + all other candidacies
by Vanda UOL Oct. 11, 2009

Oct. 11, 2009

Dear all. I have been without computer the last few days and lost some emails but want to reinforce my intention to nominee or second the following colleagues a) Cheryl Langdon-Orr to chair position b) Sebastien Bacholet to Vice chair position c) Alan Greenberg to Vice chair position + GNSO Liaison d) Carlton Samuels to Rapporteur position e) Rudi Vansnick to ccNSO liaison f) James Seng to IDN liaison best -----Mensagem original----- De: at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de Sébastien Bachollet Enviada em: sexta-feira, 9 de outubro de 2009 05:11 Para: 'ALAC Working List' Cc: 'At-Large Worldwide' Assunto: Re: [At-Large] ccNSO liaison Dear Rudi (and Joly and...) Please see the mail of Cheryl: [ALAC] ELECTION CALL ALAC Officers, Liaisons and Appointments for 2009 - 2010 (copy bellow). I think you need to be nominated by a current ALAC member (and seconded even if not necessary also by current ALAC members). I am please to do so. I would like to nominate Rudi Vansnick as ALAC Liaisons to the ccNSO Councils. All the best *ELECTION CALL Nominations are currently open for:* *- ALAC Liaison (other than the Board Liaison {finalised}); - ALAC Appointments (such as WHOIS AND IDN);* *- ALAC Officer Positions.* Please refer to ROP's here http://tinyurl.com/levxyf which in brief state that:- - Only ALAC members serving after the Seoul meeting may be nominated for Officer positions. - Only current ALAC members may submit nominations. - Self nominations are allowed. - For Liaisons and Appointments there are no formal restrictions regarding ALAC membership, but the ROP's say "They shall normally be persons who are current or former members of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the activities and functioning of ICANN and of the ALAC." It should be noted that budget allocation for travel to ICANN Meetings is only assured for serving ALAC Members and therefore a non-ALAC Member Liaison or Appointment nominee should certify to the ALAC their ability to undertake all aspects of their job descriptions (including attendance at all three ICANN Meetings), without receiving travel support to do so. *All nominations and acceptances etc., are to be sent to the public ALAC List* "ALAC Working List" <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> All details and the repository for nominee details is found at https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009 <https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009> Relevant text from this page is copied below: <Start SNIP> * Other Liaison positions * The elections for ALAC Liaisons to the Bylaw mandated GNSO and ccNSO Councils as well as the SSAC, GNSO User House/NCSG/NCUC {subject to discussions at Seoul meeting and agreement from the receiving party} and the liaison appointments to IDN and WHOIS Policy Processes will be conducted through a single, global election process. The ALAC will vote on the list of candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>, as provided in Rule 10.4 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure. This means they will rank each candidate, from most preferred to least preferred, using the electronic voting system regularly used for ALAC voting. **Election timetable:* * During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted timetable for the Liaison elections (now modified to allow call to occur after Board Liaison election is completed yet still fit with ROP's): Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are held over a 5 or 7 day period **Requirements and Obligations:** Please click here < https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala c_liaisons> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Liaison positions as specified by the organising instruments. Interested candidates may also want to review the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members and Liaisons <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd> which was prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for comments from the At-Large community. ------------------------------ ** *ALAC Officers* According to the two motions of the ALAC, which were adopted during the 25 November 2008 ALAC Meeting < https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?25_november_2008_summary_minutes> the ALAC Officers consisting of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs, and a Rapporteur shall represent different ICANN Geographic Regions. As our adopted ROP's have not as yet been altered to reflect a method of ensuring this diversity this will be a subject for discussion and decision at the Seoul Meeting of the ALAC. * *Election Timetables** Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are 5-7 days in length * *Requirements and Obligations** Please click here < https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala c_officers> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Officer positions as specified by the organising instruments. -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)ALAC Chair 2007-2009 _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr > -----Message d'origine----- > De : at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large- > bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Rudi Vansnick > Envoyé : vendredi 9 octobre 2009 09:08 > À : At-Large Worldwide > Objet : [At-Large] ccNSO liaison > > Dear all, > > Being in stage of launching the final draft of my proposal for a > project* *"Develop relationship between ALSes and ccTLDs" I would like > to go for another year as ccNSO liaison. So this should be considered > as > a self-nomination. > > Best regards, > -- > > Rudi Vansnick > President Internet Society Belgium vzw > Voorzitter TIK vzw > Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN) > > Tel: +32 (0)70 77 39 39 > GSM: +32 (0)475 28 16 32 > www.isoc.be <http://www.isoc.be> - www.vansnick.eu > <http://www.vansnick.eu> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.icann .org At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: Rapporteur position
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 11, 2009

Oct. 11, 2009

For your consideration. Alan >Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:38:31 -0400 >To: ALAC Working List <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Subject: Rapporteur position > >As the person holding the position of Rapporteur for the last year, >I thought I would make some comments regarding the position. > >Many of our ALAC/At-Large rules are based on United Nations >documents, and the term Rapporteur is part of that. You can find the >original usage in the UN General Assembly Rules at >https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/index.cgi?rules_of_procedure. > >I could not readily find a formal definition within the UN >documents, but the sense with respect to a committee is someone who >summarizes and reports on the deliberations of the committee. In the >wider UN context, the terms is also used as someone who is sent to >investigate some situation and report back - as in a Special >Rapporteur on Human Rights who may be sent to some country believed >to be violating human rights. > >Within the ALAC Rules of Procedure, the definition is "An >independent critical friend; a person acting as a monitor to >processes, who is responsible on behalf of the committee to ensure >correct process have been carried out." The only place I could >locate anything close to this definition was in an online >English-Turkish dictionary. > >Someday, we should probably change the name... > >In any case, on thinking what this officer could and should >reasonably be responsible for, I looked at what major problems we >have had over the last year where adding leadership might help. > >I think the one function that was not performed well by any officer >or by staff was the overseeing of the policy process within >ALAC/At-Large. We were continually in a position where time: >- time had passed on known issue deadlines; >- we had not yet taken sufficient action; and >- we had no choice but to scramble to do something in very short order. > >I would suggest that the Rapporteur take charge of this (with staff >support). I hesitate to be very prescriptive, since whoever occupies >the position should decide for themselves (along with the other >officers and the ALAC) exactly what needs to be done. Nevertheless, >in my mind, what we need is someone who can analyze what level of >effort will be needed, set reasonable time-lines, and monitor >performance. All of this in support of ensuring that the ALAC and >At-Large deliver, in a timely manner, what the ICANN community and >the user community needs. > >Alan

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