September 2010 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

EU's PARADISO latest developments
by Philip Sheppard 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

For information - an EU initiative. PS (FP7) is a public funding scheme. _____ From: Roger Torrenti [mailto:roger.torrenti@paradiso-fp7.eu] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:44 AM Subject: [all] PARADISO latest developments Dear all, As most of you certainly know, the PARADISO initiative developed by the Club of Rome and Sigma Orionis, and supported by the European Commission under FP7, aims at analysing the interaction between Internet and societal developments and at deriving recommendations on research to be developed under FP8. I am happy today to provide you, below, with latest news on PARADISO activities. We count on your involvement in upcoming activities. Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions you may have or information you may need. Kind regards. Roger Torrenti Coordinator of the PARADISO2 FP7 FIRE project :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Meet us at the ICT event (Brussels, Sept. 27-29) * PARADISO will be strongly involved in the ICT 2010 conference and exhibition (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/index_en.htm) PARADISO will benefit from a big stand in the central part of the exhibition area and is also involved in the organisation of two networking sessions devoted to "International cooperation on Future Internet" and to "Internet Science". Should you attend the event, please come and visit our stand and attend these sessions! Registration for the PARADISO workshop of Nov. 23 is open * The 2010 PARADISO workshop will be held at the European Commission, in Brussels, on November 23 on the theme "Understanding the interaction between Internet and societal developments". It will include three plenary sessions: "Exploring the future of our societies", "Exploring the Future Internet", and "How could the Future Internet be better suited to our future?". Keynote speakers from all over the world will contribute to the workshop. The agenda to date is available online (http://www.paradiso-fp7.eu) Registration for the event is free of charge but compulsory and has to be made online. Due to the limited capacity of the venue, it is recommended to register as soon as possible. Applications will be handled on a first come, first served basis. Join the PARADISO community LinkedIn group * If you have not yet joined this recently launched group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular= <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3252823> &gid=3252823 <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular= <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3252823> &gid=3252823> ) please do so. Over 100 members have already joined it and initiated quite interesting discussions. The PARADISO Foundation has been created * The PARADISO Foundation (http://www.the-paradiso-foundation.org) has been founded on Sept. 1, 2010 in Brussels, as a "private foundation" under the Belgian law, by the same stakeholders who have been developing the PARADISO initiative since the first half of 2007. The rationale is to provide the initiative with a more sustainable framework, beyond the one of EU-funded projects thanks to which most PARADISO activities have been undertaken so far. Among planned activities: open events, research, publications, support for innovative projects and initiatives. Roger Torrenti, CEO of Sigma Orionis, coordinator of the ongoing EU-funded PARADISO2 project, is the Managing Director of the Foundation. To support the Foundation or for further information, please contact us at info(a)the-paradiso-foundation.org. PARADISO messages from visionary people and leading experts * An increasing number of visionary people and leading experts are kindly accepting the request from the PARADISO partnership to deliver video messages concerning the future of our societies, foreseen technological developments, and the interaction between them. Several such messages have just been added to the Video channel section of the PARADISO web site (http://paradiso-fp7.eu/resources/video-channel/) from Pranab Bardhan (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley), Mario Campolargo (Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, DG Infso, European Commission), Susan George (Political scientist and writer), Helga Nowotny (President of the European Research Council), Michael Oborne (Director of the International Futures programme of the OECD), Roberto Saracco (Director of Telecom Italia Future Center), Jakob von Uexkuell (Founder of the World Future Council), etc. We can only recommend to those interested by the issues addressed by PARADISO to take time to watch these videos and carefully listen to these messages. International cooperation in the field of Future Internet * Designing the Internet for the future is obviously not only a challenge for Europe but for the other regions of the world. International cooperation has thus to be encouraged in order to more efficiently address this global challenge. This is why PARADISO has warmly welcomed the initiative of the European Commission to launch a focused activity targeting the strengthening of this cooperation, starting with a Networking session at the ICT 2010 event (on Sept. 29, at 14:00, in room 1103C), which PARADISO has been preparing in liaison with the other EU-funded support actions addressing Future Internet and having an international dimension. For any questions you may have or information you may need, please visit http://www.paradiso-fp7.eu or contact info(a)paradiso-fp7.eu

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ICANN 2010 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
by Marilyn Cade 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Dear membersPlease see that announcement of new Board members and the new appointees to ALAC, GNSO Council, ccNSO Council below. As some of you know the new Board members and new appointees, I will leave it to you to offer your personal welcome. The BC will welcome all three new Board members to a dialogue with the BC at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Cartagena. A reminder that we have a BC Members call Friday, and that the bridge will be sent out shortlyfrom ICANN. We will transcribe the call so that members who cannot participate in the Members Update can review the transcript. Best Regards Marilyn Cade, BC Chair http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07sep10-en.htm ICANN 2010 Nominating Committee Announces Selections 7 September 2010 The 2010 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for seven leadership positions within ICANN. The NomCom’s Chair, Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, said "We are proud to announce this year’s selectees to ICANN’s leadership. They include highly accomplished and experienced individuals from Albania, Argentina, Egypt, France, Germany, and the United States. The Committee noted with deep satisfaction that so many highly qualified individuals had put their names forward for these positions. At the same time, this made the Committee´s work particularly complex, with difficult choices between numerous excellent candidates to fill just a handful of positions. The final selections, a consensus after long deliberations in the Committee, combines renewal with expertise and experience in a way that we trust will reinforce ICANN and meet the community's expectations. Furthermore, for the first time in ICANN’s history, since 1998, the Committee has selected a representative of the Arab speaking community to the Board, which underlines the importance of ! further internationalization of ICANN." NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN’s leadership. NomCom is mandated to ensure, that overall, ICANN’s leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. The basic criteria is that selectees are people of integrity, objectivity and sound judgment, can support decision-making within groups, can work effectively in English, have an understanding of ICANN’s mission and operation, are committed to its success, experienced in world affairs, contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and can work long and hard as volunteers in the global public trust. NomCom evaluated over eighty candidates, many of whom with exceptional qualifications in relation to the key criteria as set out in the ICANN Bylaws. With such a rich pool of candidates and very few seats to fill, NomCom found itself unable to appoint all the applicants the Committee members would have desired to see on the Board and on the other bodies. Selectees listed for each ICANN body, in alphabetical order by family name. (Biographies of these individuals will be posted soon) ICANN Board of Directors Cherine Chalaby, Egypt Bertrand de La Chapelle, France * Erika Mann, Germany ALAC Sébastien Bachollet, France Marc Rotenberg, United States GNSO Council Carlos Aguirre, Argentina ccNSO Council Sokol Haxhiu, Albania These individuals will take up their positions at the end of ICANN’s Annual General Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, on 10 December 2010. This year’s Nominating Committee received 82 Statements of Interest from candidates all over the world (four female and 78 male), during its open nomination period from 2 December 2009 to 15 April 2010. The regional breakdown of this year’s candidates is: 11 from Africa, 20 from Asia/Australia/Pacific 23 from Europe 7 from Latin America/Caribbean 21 from North America For more information about NomCom, please visit http://nomcom.icann.org/ * In the attached letter [PDF, 40 KB], Bertrand de La Chapelle has confirmed to the NomCom that, in order to comply with Article VI, section 4.1 of the ICANN Bylaws, he will leave his position as Thematic Ambassador and Special Envoy for the Information Society in the French Foreign and European Ministry prior to taking his seat as an ICANN Director.

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BC Members Update Call/Friday, Sept 10, 9 a.m. EST/6 a.m. PST/4 p.m. Europe/6 p.m. Pakistan
by Marilyn Cade 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Dear Members A lot is happening within the GNSO Council, and other activities relevant to the BC. I am announcing a members update call on Friday, Sept 10at the times above. See agenda below. Apologies for the short notice, but we will sk for a transcript so that if you miss the call, you can get the update. PLEASE RSVP TO ME OFF LIST at marilynscade(a)hotmail.com or let me know that you can't participate. ICANN WILL PROVIDE A BRIDGE WHICH WILL BE POSTED SEPARATELY. IF YOU NEED DIAL OUT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY WEDNESDAY. We will also announce meeting dates/Call for October and November on that call. AGENDA FOR CALL: Friday, September 10, 2010 – 9 a.m. EST/6 a.m. PST/3 p.m. Brussels/6 p.m. Pakistan/ Chair opens /starts recording for transcript- Roll Call 1) CSG Related Topics – Sarah Deutsch, CSG Liaison – 10 min · Update on RT vote/process re SSR and · Timeline to update Charter and timelines for CSG and BC Charter drafting/review 3) Policy Updates -- Steve DelBianco, V.Chair Policy Coordination; Zahid Jamil and Mike Rotenbaugh, Councilors - 20 min 4) Update on Adm/Finance/Operations: Chris Chaplow, V.Chair, Finance and Operations - 15 min · Membership renewal status · Financial Report /Status · Overview of planned BC “Newsletters” for rest of year · Announcement of Finance SubCommittee members appointments · Work status on shared secretariat exploration with IPC 5) Chair's Roundup - 10 min · Meeting agenda for Oct event/CSG/BC Charter discussions · Planning for Cartagena · Schedule for Elections for Councilor and V.Chair/rest of term - Oct timing/to be completed. · Welcome new members to BC

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