Well, then it looks like the voices of the individual internet users will definitely be heard on this one then! Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson@gov.nu.ca -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:19 AM To: 'At-Large Worldwide' Subject: [At-Large] Preliminary Report of the new gTLDs ad hoc Working Group "We need input RIGHT NOW on the new gTLD document from the GNSO". This appeal to the ALAC community from Ms. Jacqueline A. Morris, Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee, prompted the formation of the ad hoc Working Group on new gTLDs. A formal invitation to join the Working Group was provided by the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society, and the formation of the Working Group was announced on the General Assembly discussion list, on the CPSR Governance list, on the ICANN Public Participation website, on each Regional At-Large Organization mailing list, and on the ALAC mailing list. The work plan of the Working Group: (1) Timeframe of ad-hoc WG: ends on Thursday 25 Oct. (2) Links to reference documents are provided (3) The 20 GNSO new gTLD recommendations are cited (4) WG members will each draft comments on whatever issues they might have with certain recommendations (5) Initial comments due by 22 October (6) First draft of Final Document (incorporating all comments) by 23 October (7) Final Document by 25 October (8) ALAC reviews WG effort in LA and provides Statement to accompany the Final Document for transmission to the ICANN board. Summary conclusions: The Working Group (as of the close of the initial comment period) received no contributions from any member of the ALAC nor any contributions from any of the ninety-four currently certified At-Large structures. Contributions were received from the following members of the community (all of whom spoke in their individual capacity): Wendy Seltzer Vittorio Bertola Jeff Williams Dan Krimm Danny Younger Links to the comments: Wendy Seltzer: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000006.html Vittorio Bertola: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000010.html Jeff Williams: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000008.html and http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000014.html Dan Krimm: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000015.html Danny Younger: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.ican n.org/2007-October/000002.html In deference to the possibility of late submissions, the Working Group will allow another 24 hours for final submissions prior to submitting the First Draft of the Final Document. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@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