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FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation
by Gomes, Chuck March 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

Please see below a very late request for GNSO participation in a panel that will be discussing the following in Nairobi: "a) What are the three most important improvements ICANN can make to its public participation processes to facilitate greater engagement by developing world stakeholders? b) Should ICANN incorporate a greater focus on the developing world in its work and if so, how? c) How can the work of ICANN be given greater relevance where there is low Internet density per capita - and what priority should be given to reaching stakeholders in countries with the lowest Internet connection density? (see the World Bank statistical link under "Materials and References" below to look up statistical information of the kind referenced)." Note that this conflicts with the "Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report Information Session" on Wednesday afternoon in Nairobi. Because of the late notice on this, it really is not possible to develop a GNSO position on the issues to be discussed, so I believe the best we can do is to identify a volunteer who would for the most part participate in a personal capacity and attempt to represent to the best of her/his ability what they understand to be views of GNSO community members. Is there anyone who would be interested and willing to participate on this panel in Nairobi? Please respond as soon as possible if you are interested. It might be helpful if any volunteers would provide brief personal answers to the three questions to allow other Councilors to comment between now and 10 March and thereby obtain a little broader GNSO input before the session. Chuck ________________________________ From: owner-soac-discussion(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-soac-discussion@icann.org] On Behalf Of Nick Ashton-Hart Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:32 AM To: soac-discussion(a)icann.org Subject: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation Dear SO and AC leaders: On Wednesday 10th from 1600-1730 local time in Nairobi, the Board's Public Participation Committee will hold its public meeting. The PPC has asked me to ask you if a representative from each of the ACs and SOs would care to be a part of the session by participating in a panel, alongside the members of the PPC, to lead the discussion of the various items on the agenda, and of course to participate in the discussion directly. If one of you, or someone you wish to nominate from your community, is unable to attend in-room we can arrange for you to be able to participate remotely via audio bridge. The full agenda may be found at http://nbo.icann.org/node/8950; I have not pasted it below since the hyperlinks would not be usable and as you will see when you browse the agenda the hyperlinks are quite integral to the whole. Finally, I hope you will accept my apologies in advance for posting the agenda assuming that some members of the SOs and ACs would be willing to participate as described. Given the subject, it seemed that I would be on safe ground to make that assumption. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Senior Director for Participation and Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: +33 (450) 42 81 83 USA Tel: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: (Switzerland): +41 79 595 5468 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Reminder: Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC
by Glen de Saint Géry March 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

Reminder: Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC 13 November 2009 Updated 1 March 2010 ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role. Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2010 NomCom for the following positions: * Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN * Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the European and North American regions) * One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN's structure. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. Individuals selected by NomCom will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective. Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those selected will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions. Current Board members who have been selected by the NomCom include: Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Steve Crocker, Dennis Jennings, Gonzalo Navarro, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Katim Touray. Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted through an on-line application form at http://forms.icann.org/cgi/soi.cgi or by contacting nomcom2010(a)icann.org<mailto:nomcom2010@icann.org>. More information regarding the NomCom can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org/. Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received by 2 April 2010 for full consideration. Selections will be announced in early September 2010. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in December 2010. Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be emailed to nomcom2010(a)icann.org<mailto:nomcom2010@icann.org> . A NomCom Workshop will be held at the 37th ICANN Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 10 March 2010. More opportunities to meet NomCom members in person are announced on the NomCom webpage; http://nomcom.icann.org/ Background on Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. NomCom members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws. NomCom members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them. The challenge for the NomCom is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting Organizations and other ICANN entities, individual NomCom members are not accountable to their appointing constituencies. Members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by the Nominating Committee. Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses incurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed. Fluency in English is a requirement for all positions. These positions may involve significant international travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet communications. Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India, France, Egypt, Mexico, Australia and South Korea. Meetings during 2010 are scheduled for Nairobi in Kenya, Brussels in Belgium and Latin America. The diverse locations facilitate participation across the world's Internet community; an aspect of growing importance as ICANN's recently signed Affirmation of Commitments emphasizes ICANN's accountability to the community. ________________________________ Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: [] FW: [] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation
by Gomes, Chuck March 3, 2010

March 3, 2010

We now have a third name as a volunteer to serve on the Public Participation Committee public session panel, Avri. Please note her responses to the questions below and feel free to respond. I will forward any responses to her. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri@psg.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:25 PM To: Gomes, Chuck Subject: Re: [] FW: [] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation On 3 Mar 2010, at 15:59, Gomes, Chuck wrote: > Thanks Avri. Please answer the three questions and I will forward > your answers to the Council list. Ok, quick answers - i fly tomorrow and am flat out: "a) What are the three most important improvements ICANN can make to its public participation processes to facilitate greater engagement by developing world stakeholders? funding outreach capacity building b) Should ICANN incorporate a greater focus on the developing world in its work and if so, how? yes. One major improvement would be to include the issue of TLDs applications process and capacity building geared toward that the Developing world. As it stands currently, support of developing nation applicants is not only an afterthought, it is excluded from the consideration. c) How can the work of ICANN be given greater relevance where there is low Internet density per capita - and what priority should be given to reaching stakeholders in countries with the lowest Internet connection density? (see the World Bank statistical link under "Materials and References" below to look up statistical information of the kind referenced)." ICANN can solve all problems. The problem of access in not in ICANN's purview, as important as that issue is.. There are however, a sufficient number of developing regions that have sufficient connection density that still do not have the TLD, especially the IDN TLDs their population need for the the Internet to become an integral part of their lives. > The main purpose I am asking for this is to allow Councilors to > interact with potential panel members before next Wednesday. Because > the request came so late, this is about the only way to provide some > input to whoever is on the panel from the GNSO. > > Not sure yet how we will select who will be on the panel. No worries. Just figured I would throw my name into to the pot. > > Chuck > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri@psg.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:38 PM >> To: Gomes, Chuck >> Subject: Re: [] FW: [] Public Participation Committee public session, >> invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation >> >> Hi, >> >> Having always avoided volunteering for these things because i was >> encumbered by my role, i would be happy to volunteer. >> >> a. >>

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RE: [council] FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation
by Tim Ruiz March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

Thanks Olga. I like what you're suggesting. I would add that *outreach* is not best accomplished by holding one of three yearly ICANN meetings in such locations. Such meetings do little to advance connectivity or solve other roadblocks to participation that may exist. But ICANN could be involved in assessing the real issues and play a role in resolving them through facilitation and coordination in an effective manner depending on needs. Some of these developing areas need buy off and support from the Public and Private sectors in order to improve connectivity and encourage participation (not just for a week of an ICANN meeting). In many instances there are already activities, movements, efforts underway by various groups that ICANN could support in various ways. IMHO, that would be far more productive and would be a better use of funds. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation From: Olga Cavalli <olgac(a)fibertel.com.ar> Date: Tue, March 02, 2010 10:56 am To: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes(a)verisign.com> Cc: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Hi, below are my comments, from a personal perspective. I am willing to add other GNSO views and oppinions if other SG or constituencies are interested. Regards Olga 2010/3/2 Gomes, Chuck <cgomes(a)verisign.com> Please see below a very late request for GNSO participation in a panel that will be discussing the following in Nairobi: "a) What are the three most important improvements ICANN can make to its public participation processes to facilitate greater engagement by developing world stakeholders? 1- Lower language barriers, a lot has been done in this sense but threre is still information available only in English. 2- Broaden the perspective of ICANN in the developing world, most of the activities done so far are usually ccTLD related, which is good but it does not reflect all the rest of ICANN processes and activities. These are not well know and they should be clearly communicated on a regular basis. 3- Contact local universities and institutions to explain ICANN mission and goals, provide them with info and also use those involved in ICANN process from developing countries to know where to provide this information. b) Should ICANN incorporate a greater focus on the developing world in its work and if so, how? Yes as it is the essence of ICANN becoming an institution with global representativity, it is also the ground of the Affirmation of Commitments. Some ideas on how to move forward are explained in the previous question. If ICANN gets more involved with the developing world some of the problems of these regions of the world will start to be part of the ICANN agenda, this will enhance participation. c) How can the work of ICANN be given greater relevance where there is low Internet density per capita - and what priority should be given to reaching stakeholders in countries with the lowest Internet connection density? (see the World Bank statistical link under "Materials and References" below to look up statistical information of the kind referenced)." The outreach towards developing countries can start with cities that are already connected, as a first stage. Then once this stage is already consolidated, a next step can be taken towards including those areas with lower connectivity, although there is a lot to be done in areas with Internet connectivity first. Once in contact witht the developing countries, all the proyects to broaden Internet connectiviy can be easliy reveiwed and accessed through local contacts and then a specific strategy can be developed to addrees the needs of these areas. These are only innitial ideas. I would be willing to give many examples on how to implement this in Latin America, if needed. Note that this conflicts with the "Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report Information Session" on Wednesday afternoon in Nairobi. Because of the late notice on this, it really is not possible to develop a GNSO position on the issues to be discussed, so I believe the best we can do is to identify a volunteer who would for the most part participate in a personal capacity and attempt to represent to the best of her/his ability what they understand to be views of GNSO community members. Is there anyone who would be interested and willing to participate on this panel in Nairobi? Please respond as soon as possible if you are interested. It might be helpful if any volunteers would provide brief personal answers to the three questions to allow other Councilors to comment between now and 10 March and thereby obtain a little broader GNSO input before the session. Chuck From: owner-soac-discussion(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-soac-discussion@icann.org] On Behalf Of Nick Ashton-Hart Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:32 AM To: soac-discussion(a)icann.org Subject: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation Dear SO and AC leaders: On Wednesday 10th from 1600-1730 local time in Nairobi, the Board's Public Participation Committee will hold its public meeting. The PPC has asked me to ask you if a representative from each of the ACs and SOs would care to be a part of the session by participating in a panel, alongside the members of the PPC, to lead the discussion of the various items on the agenda, and of course to participate in the discussion directly. If one of you, or someone you wish to nominate from your community, is unable to attend in-room we can arrange for you to be able to participate remotely via audio bridge. The full agenda may be found at http://nbo.icann.org/node/8950; I have not pasted it below since the hyperlinks would not be usable and as you will see when you browse the agenda the hyperlinks are quite integral to the whole. Finally, I hope you will accept my apologies in advance for posting the agenda assuming that some members of the SOs and ACs would be willing to participate as described. Given the subject, it seemed that I would be on safe ground to make that assumption. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Senior Director for Participation and Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: +33 (450) 42 81 83 USA Tel: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: (Switzerland): +41 79 595 5468 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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RE: [council] FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation
by Tim Ruiz March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

Olga, How would you answer the three questions put forward? Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation From: Olga Cavalli <olgac(a)fibertel.com.ar> Date: Tue, March 02, 2010 10:06 am To: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes(a)verisign.com> Cc: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Chuck, I would be willing to participate in this pannel, although I am not sure if it overlaps with other meetings or activities I must be involved in. Regards Olga 2010/3/2 Gomes, Chuck <cgomes(a)verisign.com> Please see below a very late request for GNSO participation in a panel that will be discussing the following in Nairobi: "a) What are the three most important improvements ICANN can make to its public participation processes to facilitate greater engagement by developing world stakeholders? b) Should ICANN incorporate a greater focus on the developing world in its work and if so, how? c) How can the work of ICANN be given greater relevance where there is low Internet density per capita - and what priority should be given to reaching stakeholders in countries with the lowest Internet connection density? (see the World Bank statistical link under "Materials and References" below to look up statistical information of the kind referenced)." Note that this conflicts with the "Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report Information Session" on Wednesday afternoon in Nairobi. Because of the late notice on this, it really is not possible to develop a GNSO position on the issues to be discussed, so I believe the best we can do is to identify a volunteer who would for the most part participate in a personal capacity and attempt to represent to the best of her/his ability what they understand to be views of GNSO community members. Is there anyone who would be interested and willing to participate on this panel in Nairobi? Please respond as soon as possible if you are interested. It might be helpful if any volunteers would provide brief personal answers to the three questions to allow other Councilors to comment between now and 10 March and thereby obtain a little broader GNSO input before the session. Chuck From: owner-soac-discussion(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-soac-discussion@icann.org] On Behalf Of Nick Ashton-Hart Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:32 AM To: soac-discussion(a)icann.org Subject: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation Dear SO and AC leaders: On Wednesday 10th from 1600-1730 local time in Nairobi, the Board's Public Participation Committee will hold its public meeting. The PPC has asked me to ask you if a representative from each of the ACs and SOs would care to be a part of the session by participating in a panel, alongside the members of the PPC, to lead the discussion of the various items on the agenda, and of course to participate in the discussion directly. If one of you, or someone you wish to nominate from your community, is unable to attend in-room we can arrange for you to be able to participate remotely via audio bridge. The full agenda may be found at http://nbo.icann.org/node/8950; I have not pasted it below since the hyperlinks would not be usable and as you will see when you browse the agenda the hyperlinks are quite integral to the whole. Finally, I hope you will accept my apologies in advance for posting the agenda assuming that some members of the SOs and ACs would be willing to participate as described. Given the subject, it seemed that I would be on safe ground to make that assumption. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Senior Director for Participation and Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: +33 (450) 42 81 83 USA Tel: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: (Switzerland): +41 79 595 5468 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Vertical Integration (VI) charter
by Glen de Saint Géry March 1, 2010

March 1, 2010

Dear Councillors, The Vertical Integration (VI) charter has met the projected deadline http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-wg-chartered-objective… and has been posted on pages http://gnso.icann.org/ http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ and in the GNSO Open Council Meeting Agenda for Nairobi http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-10mar10-en.htm as well as in the proposed motion for the Nairobi meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions Thank you, Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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