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Re: [At-Large] I: [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ALAC Liaisons
by Ariel Liang Oct. 3, 2016

Oct. 3, 2016

Hello Roberto and all, All At-Large members can nominate eligible At-Large members for those positions. We will record your support for Jean-Jacques. Thank you, Ariel From: <at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com> Date: Friday, September 30, 2016 at 5:27 AM To: "at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [At-Large] I: [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ALAC Liaisons Dear all, I am not sure whether non-voting members like myself can nominate members to these positions – I have browsed the web site but have been unable to find the answer to this question. If I can, please accept my nomination for Jean-Jacques Subrenat. I have witnessed his diplomatic ability (he is a former Ambassador), his command of foreign languages (even Mandarin Chinese) and his strong multicultural attitude in particular while we were working together on the ICANN Board. I am sure that these qualities and experiences are of the upmost importance for the ALAC Liaison to a body like the GAC. If, on the other hand, I cannot nominate candidates, please disregard this email. Cheers, Roberto Da: alac-announce-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-announce-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Per conto di ICANN At-Large Staff Inviato: venerdì 23 settembre 2016 22:23 A: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Oggetto: [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ALAC Liaisons Priorità: Alta Dear All, The ALAC Appointee Selection Committee[community.icann.org] recommended for a full call for nominations for ALAC Liaisons for the 2016-2017 term. Thus, this is a call for nominations for the following ALAC Liaisons. The current Liaison is shown in brackets. - GNSO (Olivier Crepin-Leblond) - ccNSO (Maureen Hilyard) - SSAC (Julie Hammer) - GAC (Yrjö Länsipuro) -.MOBI (Murray McKercher) The one year terms will start at the close of ICANN 57 and end at the close of ICANN 60. The schedule for this call for Liaisons is: Call issued Friday, 23 September Call closes: Monday, 3 October at 23:59 UTC Acceptances due: Friday, 7 October at 23:59 UTC ALAC Appointee Selection Committee Teleconference: week of 10 October ALAC Vote (if multiple candidates from Selection Committee): As soon as practical after Selection Committee announces recommendations Please review the General Liaison requirements and responsibilities located in the revised RoP[tinyurl.com] Section 7. Of particular importance, please note the following: - (As per RoP 7.3) Liaisons to AC/SOs need not be ALAC Members, but they will normally be current or past ALAC Members, or otherwise familiar with the ALAC and At-Large and the TG to whom they will liaise. - (As per RoP 7.8) When representing the ALAC, Appointees have an obligation to solicit ALAC and At-Large views on the matter where practical and possible. Appointees should be selected knowing that in many instances such consultation may not be possible or practical and thus the ALAC needs to select people who understand the philosophies or guiding values and principles of the ALAC and At-Large. - Liaisons should be selected based on their familiarity with the group to which they are appointed. Having worked extensively with them before in some capacity (such as on multiple WGs) is a strong asset. - A level of trust between a Liaison and the group to which they are appointed is mandatory for success and must already exist or it should be demonstrable how or why it may exist in the future. - Liaisons to AC/SOs require a MAJOR time commitment over and above other At-Large responsibilities. - For the SSAC Liaison position, the ALAC only makes a recommendation. The Liaison is a full SSAC Member and must satisfy SSAC criteria and follow SSAC processes for admission to the AC. - For the GAC Liaison position, the potential candidate must be approved by GAC Leadership. - For .MOBI, the prime issue not as much mutual respect and trust, but ensuring that the Liaison understands the business of .MOBI and is well versed in mobile technologies. Liaison reports may be seen here[community.icann.org]. Liaisons are asked to provide monthly reports which summarize activities in the organization to which they are the Liaison. Process for Nomination and Selection: Nominations should be sent to the ALAC list the cc’ing Alan Greenberg and At-Large staff by Friday, 03 October at 23:59 UTC. For nominations made by people without access to the ALAC list, Staff will post to the ALAC list. All Nominees, in their acceptance or self-nomination, must provide an Expression of Interest including sufficient information about their background and experience to allow the ALAC Appointment Selection Committee to review the nominations and decide on whether to forward their candidacy to the ALAC. The Selection Committee may choose to forward one or more candidates to the ALAC for each position. The Selection Committee or its Chair may choose to ask follow-up questions, but it is not obliged to, so submissions should be as complete as possible. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Website: atlarge.icann.org[atlarge.icann.org] Facebook: facebook.com/icann[facebook.com]atlarge[facebook.com] Twitter: @[twitter.com]ICANNAtLarge[twitter.com]

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I: [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ALAC Liaisons
by Roberto Gaetano Sept. 30, 2016

Sept. 30, 2016

Dear all, I am not sure whether non-voting members like myself can nominate members to these positions – I have browsed the web site but have been unable to find the answer to this question. If I can, please accept my nomination for Jean-Jacques Subrenat. I have witnessed his diplomatic ability (he is a former Ambassador), his command of foreign languages (even Mandarin Chinese) and his strong multicultural attitude in particular while we were working together on the ICANN Board. I am sure that these qualities and experiences are of the upmost importance for the ALAC Liaison to a body like the GAC. If, on the other hand, I cannot nominate candidates, please disregard this email. Cheers, Roberto Da: alac-announce-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-announce-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Per conto di ICANN At-Large Staff Inviato: venerdì 23 settembre 2016 22:23 A: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Oggetto: [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ALAC Liaisons Priorità: Alta Dear All, The ALAC Appointee Selection Committee<https://community.icann.org/x/VwebAw> recommended for a full call for nominations for ALAC Liaisons for the 2016-2017 term. Thus, this is a call for nominations for the following ALAC Liaisons. The current Liaison is shown in brackets. - GNSO (Olivier Crepin-Leblond) - ccNSO (Maureen Hilyard) - SSAC (Julie Hammer) - GAC (Yrjö Länsipuro) -.MOBI (Murray McKercher) The one year terms will start at the close of ICANN 57 and end at the close of ICANN 60. The schedule for this call for Liaisons is: Call issued Friday, 23 September Call closes: Monday, 3 October at 23:59 UTC Acceptances due: Friday, 7 October at 23:59 UTC ALAC Appointee Selection Committee Teleconference: week of 10 October ALAC Vote (if multiple candidates from Selection Committee): As soon as practical after Selection Committee announces recommendations Please review the General Liaison requirements and responsibilities located in the revised RoP<http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2016-09> Section 7. Of particular importance, please note the following: - (As per RoP 7.3) Liaisons to AC/SOs need not be ALAC Members, but they will normally be current or past ALAC Members, or otherwise familiar with the ALAC and At-Large and the TG to whom they will liaise. - (As per RoP 7.8) When representing the ALAC, Appointees have an obligation to solicit ALAC and At-Large views on the matter where practical and possible. Appointees should be selected knowing that in many instances such consultation may not be possible or practical and thus the ALAC needs to select people who understand the philosophies or guiding values and principles of the ALAC and At-Large. - Liaisons should be selected based on their familiarity with the group to which they are appointed. Having worked extensively with them before in some capacity (such as on multiple WGs) is a strong asset. - A level of trust between a Liaison and the group to which they are appointed is mandatory for success and must already exist or it should be demonstrable how or why it may exist in the future. - Liaisons to AC/SOs require a MAJOR time commitment over and above other At-Large responsibilities. - For the SSAC Liaison position, the ALAC only makes a recommendation. The Liaison is a full SSAC Member and must satisfy SSAC criteria and follow SSAC processes for admission to the AC. - For the GAC Liaison position, the potential candidate must be approved by GAC Leadership. - For .MOBI, the prime issue not as much mutual respect and trust, but ensuring that the Liaison understands the business of .MOBI and is well versed in mobile technologies. Liaison reports may be seen here<https://community.icann.org/x/-pQi>. Liaisons are asked to provide monthly reports which summarize activities in the organization to which they are the Liaison. Process for Nomination and Selection: Nominations should be sent to the ALAC list<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> the cc’ing Alan Greenberg<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> and At-Large staff<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Friday, 03 October at 23:59 UTC. For nominations made by people without access to the ALAC list, Staff will post to the ALAC list. All Nominees, in their acceptance or self-nomination, must provide an Expression of Interest including sufficient information about their background and experience to allow the ALAC Appointment Selection Committee to review the nominations and decide on whether to forward their candidacy to the ALAC. The Selection Committee may choose to forward one or more candidates to the ALAC for each position. The Selection Committee or its Chair may choose to ask follow-up questions, but it is not obliged to, so submissions should be as complete as possible. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: 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 narten＠us.ibm.com Sept. 30, 2016

Sept. 30, 2016

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New Public Comment: Latin American and Caribbean DNS Marketplace Study
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 23, 2016

Sept. 23, 2016

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the ‘Latin American and Caribbean DNS Marketplace Study’ has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lac-dns-marketplace-2016-09-22-en. Public comment will end on 01 November 2016 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-lac-dns-marketplace-22sep16(a)icann.org<mailto:comments-lac-dns-marketplace-22sep16@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/0wy4Aw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: 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 narten＠us.ibm.com Sept. 23, 2016

Sept. 23, 2016

Total of 13 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Sep 23 00:53:03 EDT 2016 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 7.69% | 1 | 44.95% | 173812 | wjt at uow.edu.au 15.38% | 2 | 11.97% | 46305 | staff at atlarge.icann.org 7.69% | 1 | 7.01% | 27126 | cveraq at gmail.com 7.69% | 1 | 6.89% | 26630 | roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com 7.69% | 1 | 6.78% | 26231 | apisan at unam.mx 7.69% | 1 | 5.59% | 21618 | isaac at isaacmaposa.com 7.69% | 1 | 3.79% | 14665 | karl at cavebear.com 7.69% | 1 | 3.56% | 13752 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 7.69% | 1 | 2.85% | 11025 | narten at us.ibm.com 7.69% | 1 | 2.28% | 8834 | bzs at theworld.com 7.69% | 1 | 2.26% | 8723 | ocl at gih.com 7.69% | 1 | 2.07% | 7989 | johnl at iecc.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 13 |100.00% | 386710 | Total

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Please Share: At-Large Community Policy Issues - Why End Users Should Care
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 20, 2016

Sept. 20, 2016

Dear All, The At-Large Community Policy Issues – Why End Users Should Care<https://atlarge.icann.org/advice_statements/9895> document has been finalized by incorporating input from the Community. It has also been translated into 6 UN languages and Portuguese. This document aims to provide an overview of key policy issues that the At-Large Community has been working on within ICANN, with a focus on why each issue is relevant or of concern to end users. You may download the finalized document and its translations here: https://atlarge.icann.org/advice_statements/9895. We hope this document would be useful for outreach and capacity building purposes, and would help others understand what At-Large does. Please feel free to share and distribute it among your friends and colleagues. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: 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] On a "consumer" agenda for ICANN
by Garth Graham Sept. 16, 2016

Sept. 16, 2016

This is a footnote to this thread, particularly with respect to the discussion of consumer vs end-user. In the following article, James Losey and Sacha Meinrath describe the role of the “Digital Craftsperson.” They then use the idea of the Digital Craftsperson as a lens to analyze threats to the Internet’s continued existence as an open system: James Losey and Sacha Meinrath. IN DEFENSE OF THE DIGITAL CRAFTSPERSON. Journal of Peer Production. http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-9-alternative-internets/peer-reviewe… It occurs to me that, although the phrase is awkward, it points to a particular type of end-user that might better be the objective of ALAC attention. In community networking, we call such people the stewards of the uses of ICTs for community development. In fact, supporting just such people is the primary mission of many ALSs. It certainly is for Telecommunities Canada. Might a narrowing of the idea of the end-user down to those who play an active role in the evolution of end use towards social ends help with framing ALAC’s real role? GG

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ICANN News Alert -- Proposal for Georgian Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR)‬‬
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 16, 2016

Sept. 16, 2016

Hello All, Please be so kind to note the following public comment on the Proposal for Georgian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR). If you have the language and/or technical expertise, please feel free to submit comments in your individual capacity. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [CANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-09-15-en ________________________________ Proposal for Georgian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 15 September 2016 Open Date: 15 September 2016 Close Date: 28 October 2016 Originating Organization: Global Domains Division Categories/Tags: * Top-Level Domains Brief Overview: The Georgian script community has formed the Georgian script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a Proposal for the Georgian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (Proposal<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-georgian-lgr-15sep16-e…> and Proposal Documentation<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-georgian-lgr-15sep16-e…>). As per the LGR Procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf>, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Georgian script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Georgian script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone. Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/georgian-lgr-2016-09-15-en

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by narten＠us.ibm.com Sept. 16, 2016

Sept. 16, 2016

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On techies versus politicians
by Evan Leibovitch Sept. 16, 2016

Sept. 16, 2016

>From a Facebook post by Andrea Glorioso (unedited): *The problem with engineer-like folks trying to do politics is that most of them don't understand that emotions are often more powerful than facts, and that they are simply not as relevant for the the person they are debating with, or as powerful in the grand scheme of things, as they think.If I had a dime for every "techie" who won the battle of showing he knew more than his counterpart, just to lose the war of actually getting the long-term result s/he wanted, I'd be reasonably well-off (some techies do understand politics - some.)* -- Evan Leibovitch Geneva, CH Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56

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