Dear Yrjö, dear colleagues,
I do not know if silence is sign of agreement or disagreement, in
Serbia we consider it like agreement. This mail does not mean that I disagree,
I just want to be active ALS member.
For me multistakeholderism is the most often used term in
ICANN, CENTR, EuroDIG and other IG conferences and it means that we must prove
that multistakeholderism is real principle and system that function in
practice. Maybe this is enough for this email to explain my position or
position of ALS where I am one of the member.
As several founders of “Plug In” are or were people
engaged in ICANN, CENTR and national ccTld Registry activities, we have
recognized from the very beginning :
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variety of internet and internet governance issues,
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variety of internet users and their interest and their passive
participation in internet governance and internet policy development
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Long and hard work in order to become established, respected and
equally treated organization
Although our members are people who cover technical , educational,
legal, entrepreneurship, IT, software business area of internet and IT
technology, we are still trying to define and explain each other and to people
what we are, what we are doing and what we want to be. Our main target were
internet, education and promotion of basic internet values, but now after
several years I would say that our target is promotion of multistakeholderism through
our way of function, public events, discussions and conferences, all supported
by services and activities which will bring new values for business,
freelancer and private internet users and will support in financial and
technical sense activities of our association.
We see EURALO, ALSs and ICANN like the best place where we can
find partners to reach our targets and values , and this is reason why I
volunteer in this working group.
In according with all mentioned , I see our taskforce and
organization like united resources that can help us to find right topics, right
steps, right activities and right people and position on global , regional and
local level, and my position looks to me like very close wit Yrjo.
I will finish with this for now. If some words, phrases or
terms are not used in correct way, please forgive me, English is not my native
language.
Kind regards
Nenad
From:
euralo-tf-als-engagement-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:euralo-tf-als-engagement-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf
Of Yrjö Länsipuro
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 16:33
To: ICANN At-Large Staff; EURALO Task Force on ALS Engagement
Subject: Re: [euralo-tf-als-engagement] REMINDER DOOODLE / EURALO Task
Force on ALS Engagement
Dear members of the Task
Force,
A few thoughts on our
task:
1) It is self-evident
that without active ALS's, EURALO (like other RALOs and At Large itself) would
be just an empty shell. The credibility of ALAC/At Large as "the primary organizational home
within ICANN for individual Internet
users" hinges on whether our voice is emanating from the grassroots or
just from a club of "usual suspects".
2)
As we heard from Wolf at the EURALO call (July 26), earlier attempts at enhancing
the grassroots engagement have been resisted by some ALS's as bureaucratic
meddling from EURALO's side. As unjustified as such criticism may be, now we
have to make absolutely sure that our efforts will not be seen in such light,
and don't meet the same fate.
3)
If one looks at the EURALO ALS list (https://atlarge.icann.org/alses/euralo),
two facts jump out. First, the great diversity of the ALS's as to their
nature and areas of interest. Some cover a broad spectrum of internet and
information society issues. Some are interested in a more narrow segment among
them. Some are NGO's engaged in other fields that have joined the At Large
because of the importance of the internet in their core activities. Thus,
their engagement in At Large varies greatly in relevance and subject matter
interest from one ALS to the next. Thus, one size does not fit all. (
The other salient feature is EURALO's lopsided geography, especially the
absence of ALS's in some parts of Europe. That is a separate problem, but our
work may also contribute to solving it)
4)
Enhancing the measurable activity level of ALS's is not an end in itself.
Statistics aside, we are first of all interested in their activities that
support the main role of At Large/ALAC "to consider and provide advice
on the activities of ICANN, insofar as they relate to the interests of individual
Internet users". Thus, all potential expertise "hidden" in the
ALS's should be discovered and leveraged in preparing ALAC advice on ICANN
activities. This would relieve the workload of those few who now do most of
the drafting. Here, the diversity and different fields of specialization of
ALS's could actually be a great asset.
5)
An ALS can play an important role as a component of the multistakeholder
setup at the national level and even as the initiator for national-level
multistakeholder cooperation. To what extent this actually happens, varies
from country to country, with have different traditions of communications
among different sectors of the society, but the potential for improvement seems
to be there. Like charity, multistakeholderism starts at home. The engagement
of ALS´s in national multistakeholder cooperation should be actively promoted
by EURALO, ie. by facilitating their contacts with other national level
stakeholders active in ICANN. (The table prepared by Oksana is a good
beginning for mapping the situation in various countries)
6) In my view, the Task Force should focus on (1) how to encourage the
participation of fresh expert resources from the ALS's, according to their area
of specialization, in the development of ALAC advice to ICANN's policy
development processes and (2) how to encourage ALS's to play an active part in
the multistakeholder processes on the national level.
Looking forward to your thoughts and comments, and to our first
call this coming week. If you haven't yet answered the Doodle, please so
so asap so that we can fix the day and time of the call.
Best,
Yrjö
From:
euralo-tf-als-engagement-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org
<euralo-tf-als-engagement-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of
ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 4:25 PM
To: EURALO Task Force on ALS Engagement
Subject: [euralo-tf-als-engagement] REMINDER DOOODLE / EURALO Task Force
on ALS Engagement
Dear All,
Further to the EURALO call on Tuesday 26 July, please complete the
attached Doodle poll to schedule the first call of the EURALO Task Force on
ALS Engagement.
http://doodle.com/poll/m4aedidkckgku4w6
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Thank you.
Kind regards,
Gisella
From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
Date: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 18:22
To: Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro@hotmail.com>,
"wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net"
<wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net>,
Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>,
At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Subject: Re: Fw: [EURO-Discuss] REMINDER: Meeting Invitation: EURALO
Monthly Call on Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 18:00 UTC
Hello all,
Yrjö has spoken to us about his plan for the Task Force and issued a call for
members. If you are interested in At-Large Structure Engagement in Europe, including
the engagement of your At-Large Structure, then may I suggest this would be a
perfect working group to join. Not too much work, but the work that is
undertaken would be really helpful to improve the engagement of At-Large
Structures in the EURALO region.
You can email Yrjö (CC'ed) & At-Large staff (or me) to get registered in
this new task force.
Kindest regards,
Olivier
On 26/07/2016 14:21, Yrjö Länsipuro wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to add to the agenda an item about the Task Force on ALS Engagement, for which I was made the chair of in absentia at the GA in Helsinki (it clashed with a NomCom meeting, where I had to be).
I would like to have a short initial discussion today to prepare the ground for the first meeting of this task force as soon as possible, taking into account the holiday period.
Best,
Yrjö
From: euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org <euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 1:00 PM
To: Discussion for At-Large Europe
Cc: Lars Hoffmann; Michael Yakushev; Jean-Jacques Sahel; Nick Thorne
Subject: [EURO-Discuss] REMINDER: Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 18:00 UTC
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Dear All,
The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST).
The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at:
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