Excellent work! http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-dec11-en.htm#12 12. At-Large Advisory Committee Continues Exceptional Pace of Policy Statements At a Glance *The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) continued its exceptional pace of preparing statements in response to ICANN public comments submitting three during November 2011. The ALAC ratified statements on the Draft 2012-2015 Strategic Plan, the Variant Issues Project case studies and on the Draft Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group. With the adoption of these three policy statements during November 2011, the number of ALAC statements for the year to date totals a record 35. The ALAC is preparing several additional statements during December.* Recent Developments The ALAC statements submitted in November are: - ALAC Statement on the Community Input on Draft 2012-2015 Strategic Plan<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/correspondence-3-25nov11-en.htm> - ALAC Statement on the Variant Issues Project Case Studies<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/correspondence-2-25nov11-en.htm> - ALAC Statement on the Draft Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/correspondence-25nov11-en.htm> More Information - All ALAC statements may be viewed on the At-Large Correspondence page<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence> Staff Contact Heidi Ullrich <heidi.ullrich@icann.org>, Director for At-Large ------------------------------ 13. At-Large Community Expands to 138 At-Large Structures At a Glance *The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) recently certified two organizations as At-Large Structures (ALSes): Together against Cybercrime (TaC) and the Internet Society Costa Rica Chapter (ISOC – Costa Rica). These two new ALSes expand the regional diversity of the At-Large community, which represents thousands of individual Internet end-users. With the addition of these two new organizations, the number of accredited ALSes now totals 138.* Recent Developments The ALAC has certified Together against Cybercrime and the Internet Society Costa Rica Chapter as ALSes. The certification process included due diligence carried out by ICANN staff and regional advice provided by the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) and the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO). Additional information on the new At-Large Structures: Together against Cybercrime (*Ensemble contre la Cybercriminalité*) is located in Strasbourg, France. The mission of TaC includes informing Internet end-users of the dangers of cybercrime, providing support to end-users for the safe and secure use of new technologies, and serving as a source of information on cybercrime. This organization will be an ALS within EURALO. The Internet Society Costa Rica Chapter (ISOC – Costa Rica) is located in Heredia, Costa Rica. The organization's members are drawn from various sectors including government, academic and private. Areas of interest include Internet governance, IPv6, and DNSSEC. This organization will be an ALS within LACRALO. Background One of the strengths of the At-Large community is that it incorporates the views of a set of globally diverse, Internet end-user organizations, or ALSes, organized within five RALOs. The views of these grassroots organizations are collected through an internal, bottom-up, consensus-driven policy development process and find representation in the official documents of the ALAC. More Information - A complete list of certified and pending ALSes<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/applications> - Statistical information on global ALS representation<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Structures> - Global map of certified ALSes <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/members> - Information on how to join At-Large<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/structures-app.htm> - ICANN At-Large web site <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> Staff Contact Silvia Vivanco <silvia.vivanco@icann.org>, Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -