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[ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2016 ALAC Leadership Team
by Christopher Wilkinson Oct. 10, 2015

Oct. 10, 2015

> > > Dear Alan: > > Without wishing to disturb these otherwise calm waters, may I enquire: > > - as I understand it, the ALAC Chair is eligible for a second term. > That does not necessarily mean that the 'reconduction' is automatic, unless there are no other candidates. > Normally, I would expect the staff also to call for nominations for the Chair. > > - At Large is naturally aware that the current Chair is eligible and willing to be elected for a second term > > - (I am not a candidate for any of the announced positions). > > However it is increasingly evident that ICANN needs a far more crisp, informed and critical ALAC than we have experienced in recent years. > There is a potential vacuum in the representation of civil society and users' interests: It is likely that GAC will abstain from voting participation in the 'Member'. Civil society participants in GNSO have not reined in the contracted parties. Discussion in CCWG is moving towards codifying how the SO and AC are accountable to the 'non-ICANN community'. > > At Large should lead the way. > > Best regards > > Christopher > > > On 10 Oct 2015, at 17:06, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Please see below the call for nominations for members of the 2016 ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) sent on behalf of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC. >> >> =========================================== >> ALAC LEADERSHIP TEAM >> >> Now that it is confirmed that the ALAC Chair, Alan Greenberg, will continue for another term, he has requested that a call for nominations be issued for the other four members of the ALAC Leadership team (ALT) from the four remaining regions: >> >> - Africa >> - Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands >> - Europe >> - Latin America and Caribbean Islands >> >> The ALAC Rules of Procedure call for up to two Vice-Chairs, at the discretion of the incoming ALAC Chair, and Alan has indicated that he would prefer two Vice-Chairs as was the case during the past year. >> >> Nominations are now open for individuals to serve as the two Vice-Chairs of the ALAC and the two non-titled ALT positions. Nominations may be made by any current ALAC Member. Nominees need not be an ALAC Member at the time of the nominations, but must have an expectation of being an ALAC Member after the completion of the upcoming Dublin ICANN Meeting. >> >> Requirements for ALT members can be found in Section 6 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure (http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04) >> >> Nominations will close on Saturday, 17 October 2015 at 23:59 UTC. >> >> Nominations need not be seconded, but it is an ALAC tradition that others may second the nomination as a show of agreement with the nomination. >> >> Nominations other than self-nominations must be accepted within seven days after the close of nominations. Acceptance should be sent to the alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>. >> >> Nominees without access to that list should send their acceptance to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. >> >> Staff will forward all acceptances to ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.rog<mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.rog>. >> >> Following the close of the nominations period and the acceptance or rejection of all nominations, candidates from regions where the position is not contested will be declared to have won by acclamation. >> >> If there are multiple candidates from any region, the candidates, in conjunction with the ALAC, will be given the opportunity to resolve the situation. Failing that, an secret vote of the ALAC will decide the winner. >> >> If the resultant ALT includes two members nominated to be Vice-Chairs, those two will serve in those positions. If there are less than two or more than two nominated as Vice-Chairs, the ALAC Chair will decide who will occupy the Vice-Chair positions. >> >> Regards, >> >> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew >> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC >> E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org >> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icannatlarge >> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC-Announce mailing list >> ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >

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New Public Comment: Preliminary Issue Report on a GNSO Policy Development Process to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 10, 2015

Oct. 10, 2015

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the Preliminary Issue Report on a GNSO Policy Development Process to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rpm-prelim-issue-2015-10-09-en. The dates of the Public Comment will be 9 October 2015 - 30 November 2015 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-rpm-prelim-issue-09oct15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/8alYAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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WEBCAST TODAY: Princeton CITP Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference and Control
by Joly MacFie Oct. 9, 2015

Oct. 9, 2015

CITP's first conference of the academic year. It will be archived on YouTube, but not for a few days, so best to tune in live. joly posted: "Today, Friday October 9 2015 the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy aka CITP will present a Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control which will examine questions like: What is the current state of internet accessibility" <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…>Today, *Friday October 9 2015* the *Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy <https://citp.princeton.edu/> *aka CITP will present a *Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> *which will examine questions like: What is the current state of internet accessibility, and what technologies and policies can help protect international security and human rights in this area? This conference will explore research by both computer scientists and political scientists into internet censorship, interference, and control. We will consider interdisciplinary perspectives on relevant contemporary questions: What is the state of the art in network measurement, and how can information about social and political conditions better inform future measurements? How should computer scientists measure and study offensive technologies, such as China’s denial of service attacks on Github, and what role should policy play in responding to these security threats? How extensive are national firewalls, internet surveillance, and filter bubbles, and how should citizens and governments respond? Speakers include *Wendy Seltzer* and *Roger Dingledine*. The conference will be streamed live via *Princeton Media Central <http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/>* *What: CITP Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> Where: Princeton University, NJ When: Friday October 9 2015 9am-3:30pm EDT | 13:00-19:30 UTC Agenda: https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer… <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> Webcast: http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/ <http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/> Twitter: @PrincetonCITP <https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%40PrincetonCITP&src…>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Essential reading: GNSO Policy Briefings
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Oct. 9, 2015

Oct. 9, 2015

Dear At-Large members, please be so kind to find attached, the GNSO Policy Briefings which were distributed to the GNSO Council. This document contains *excellent* summaries of all current policy work of the GNSO. For convenience, these GNSO Policy Briefings can also be directly viewed at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/background-briefing-08oct15-en.pdf Highly recommended reading. Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC GNSO Liaison -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [council] GNSO Policy Briefings Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 19:36:49 +0000 From: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org> To: Dear All, On behalf of the GNSO Team, please find attached the GNSO Policy Briefings to aid in your preparations for the Dublin meeting. Please note that thanks to our GDD colleagues, this edition also includes a section on the status of implementation of adopted GNSO policy recommendations. You are encouraged to share the background briefings with your respective groups and/or anyone else that might be interested. Best regards, Marika

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Oct. 9, 2015

Oct. 9, 2015

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New Public Comment: Phase 1 Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 7, 2015

Oct. 7, 2015

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the Phase 1 Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/competitive-effects-assessment-2015-0…. The dates of the Public Comment will be 28 September 2015 - 7 November 2015 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-competitive-effects-28sep15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/g6VYAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Re: [At-Large] New Public Comment: IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws
by Carlton Samuels Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

I'm not sure how the ALAC would wish to deal with this. But quite frankly, it is time ICANN desist from aiding and abetting scofflaws under colour of contract. And that would be my recommendation for comment. Simply put, these procedures are intended to assist contracted parties to channel and navigate ignoring their own national privacy laws. You might wish to refer the recent EU High Court ruling on privacy in the Safe Harbour context here <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-06/eu-u-s-data-sharing-pact-…> for guidance. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:21 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff < staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the IAG Initial Report > and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with > Privacy Laws has now gone live: > https://www.icann.org/public-comments/iag-whois-conflicts-privacy-2015-10-0… > . > > The dates of the Public Comment will be 5 October 2015 — 17 November 2015 > 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via > comments-iag-whois-05oct15(a)icann.org. > > As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public > Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet > users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the > wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the > ALAC. > > If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public > Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. At-Large Staff will > follow up and help you understand the procedure. > > Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement > is here: https://community.icann.org/x/mKNYAw. All pertinent resources > for this public comment can also be found there. > > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie > Peregrine and Terri Agnew > ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC > E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> > atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> > Twitter: @ <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge > <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

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New Public Comment: IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 6, 2015

Oct. 6, 2015

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/iag-whois-conflicts-privacy-2015-10-0…. The dates of the Public Comment will be 5 October 2015 - 17 November 2015 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-iag-whois-05oct15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/mKNYAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Close Date Extension - CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 2015

Dear All, Given the deadline extension of the public comment period on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures<https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw>, the deadline for commenting on the draft ALAC Statement on this topic has been extended to 21 October 2015 23:59 UTC. The draft, as well as pertinent resources for this Public Comment, can be found in its wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw. If you have input on the draft, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don't have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Oct. 2, 2015

Oct. 2, 2015

Total of 7 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Oct 2 00:53:02 EDT 2015 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 42.86% | 3 | 40.35% | 34261 | staff at atlarge.icann.org 28.57% | 2 | 33.64% | 28566 | devtee at gmail.com 14.29% | 1 | 15.59% | 13236 | cw at christopherwilkinson.eu 14.29% | 1 | 10.42% | 8848 | narten at us.ibm.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 7 |100.00% | 84911 | Total

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