May 2007 - EURO-Discuss - lists.icann.org

Streamlining of email lists
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 25, 2007

May 25, 2007

Dear All: In the most recent meeting of the At-Large Advisory Committee, it was resolved to simplify the worldwide set of email lists and to delete the -ALS lists in each region, leaving only the -Discuss lists. This will be done today FYI. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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COMMENTS NEEDED: Terms of Reference for ALAC Review
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 24, 2007

May 24, 2007

Dear All: More big news for At-Large: http://www.icann.org/announcements/ announcement-1-30mar07.htm The Independent Review Terms of Reference are very important - I hope all of you will comment on them so that your views can be taken into account when the final terms of reference are drafted. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 23, 2007

May 23, 2007

Dear All: I'm pleased to report the results of the 2007 EURALO Elections. ALAC COMMITTEE: 2-year Term: CRETU, Veronica 1-year Term: BACHOLLET, Sebastian EURALO BOARD Number of Seats Chosen: All Candidates (from a selection by ballot of 5, 7, 9, or all candidates) Members Elected (in order of election, taking into account Bylaw requirement of nationality diversity with respect to first 5 seats) HOFMANN, Jeannette LUDWIG, Wolf BERTOLA, Vittorio DE QUITO, Paco MILOSHEVIC, Desiree BRUCH, Christophe BANKS, Karen DRAKE, Bill VANSNICK, Rudi Whilst Sebastian Bachollet and Veronica Cretu were also candidates for board seats, the elections process agreed on was that those elected to ALAC seats would not also occupy board seats, though they would be able to attend board meetings. For those who wish to review the details of the election, and to ensure independent verification of the results published, the voting system provides a URL as follows: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb The procedures related to the election can be found at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007 Since one-half of the EURALO board was to be elected every year, as per the Bylaws for the region adopted in Lisbon, it was submitted for consideration by the ICANN staff that the top 1/2 (rounded to the nearest whole number) would serve a 2-year term, and the bottom 1/2 a 1-year term. Given the number of members of the board, that procedure would not resolve whether the top 4, or 5, would be serving 2-years. Perhaps the region will allow the board, in its first meeting, to decide this question. On behalf of the staff of ICANN may I extend extend our congratulations to the newly-elected officers and wish them the best in their new roles. I look forward to working with them all. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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My new blog
by Vittorio Bertola May 23, 2007

May 23, 2007

All, I have finally managed to set up a blog in English about ICANN and Internet Governance issues. I plan to use it to post my updates as a Board liaison (in addition to those given directly to the Committee) and for what regards the other processes I am involved in, to spread news and encourage discussion. Don't expect too many posts, but I'll try to use it whenever there is information that needs to be circulated, statements and explanations to be posted, or other blog postings that I'd like to comment ;) The URL is http://bertola.eu/netblog/ and of course, feel free to forward to other RALOs and lists that might be interested in it. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [EURO-ALS] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 22, 2007

May 22, 2007

Firstly, happy Birthday Wolfgang :) Secondly: Vittorio's long service has borne great fruit and I hope that a vote of congratulations and thanks will be the first order of business at the ALAC meeting in San Juan, and of the first EURALO board meeting :) Third: While a number of EURALO board members will be in San Juan, others will not - however, we can arrange a meeting and telephonic access to it, so that the first board meeting could be held in San Juan. Needless to say, we staff people will be happy to make all the necessary arragements. On 22/05/07, Vittorio Bertola <vb(a)bertola.eu> wrote: > Kleinwächter ha scritto: > > First of all congratulations to all elected. We went through a > > complicated process but at the end of the day we have been sucessful > > to to build a structure and to elect a leadership for our EURALO and > > to give legitimacy to our two reps in the ALAC. > > > > Looking at the results I am also happy that at the end of the day the > > principle of geographical and cultural diversity is reflected in the > > final outcome. I am also satisfied that we have a good balance of > > different institutions in the EURALO Board. This gives us a great > > opportunity to move now from the discussion of procedural issues to > > issues of substance. I am sure that this discussion will produce much > > more unity than we had in the procedural debate. > > > > I would also invite Patrick, even if he was not elected, to give his > > energy and knowledge to the EURALO process. There is no need to have > > a position to give input to the process. And the at large community > > lives to a high degree from individual contributions. > > > > Next step would be the drafting of a workplan. I would also encourage > > a discussion on a strategy paper with some mid-term goals and > > milestones. As you have seen there are two European ICANN meeting > > scheduled now fro 2008 and 2009. This should be seen as a challenge > > for EURALO not only to show the face but to bring fresh ideas and > > actions to the ICANN process. > > > > Hope we have some time in San Juan to discuss the next concrete > > steps. > > I want to join you in the congratulations, and also thank you and the > other people that, while not being candidates in these votes, put a lot > of effort in the last years to make it happen. > > While thanking everyone for the support in the vote for the EURALO > Board, I'd like to point out that this marks the long awaited end of my > four-and-a-half-year-long term in the ALAC. Nobody expected that it > would take so long, and we had to try, struggle, make mistakes, go > through cycles of enthusiasm and disappointment. In the end, we > succeeded, though I agree with some of the comments about the need to > understand what went wrong in these last steps of the process, and > whether we need more adjustments in the future. (And also, congrats to > Veronica and Sébastien, and I'd be happy to set aside a couple of hours > with you, early in San Juan, to pass on some experience and bring you up > to speed.) > > But I disagree with the comment I've read somewhere, that this process > forces good people to exit: actually, this election brings for the first > time into active positions in the At Large constituency several new > people, both relatively new to ICANN such as Veronica and many others, > involved in the past in other constituencies such as Sébastien and > Desiree, or already very expert in Internet Governance matters such as > Jeanette, Bill and Karen. And we need more voices, not less, even if > this costs some time and "pain" to understand and accept each other. > > I agree with you that we need a timeline for the next months. We have > some "meta" issues still open, such as individual participation; also, I > think that the theme of At Large Board seats and other reforms will > likely be on the table during the ALAC review (at least, we've been > working for it). We have to increase our credibility by making our > processes more reliable and less contrasted, and by getting more and > more organizations, of many different kinds, around this table. It's a > big challenge for the EURALO Board and we have to be prepared. > > To be practical, I don't know how do we want to proceed - do we want > ICANN to set up a EURALO Board mailing list, or do we want to work here, > or set one up on our own? We should start working immediately, and > perhaps arrange a meeting for those of us who will be in San Juan, if > enough will (who is going to attend?). > > In the meantime, and to conclude, I've discovered that today is your > birthday, so - happy birthday, Wolfgang! > > Regards, > -- > vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- > --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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: [EURO-Discuss] [EURO-ALS] EURALO elections
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 21, 2007

May 21, 2007

Dear Rena: The address you have given is the one used to send the voting information to you. If you still have not received it, perhaps I should address the message to your personal address - rena(a)bionic.zerberus.de Do let me know. On 20/05/07, Rena Tangens <rena(a)bionic.zerberus.de> wrote: > Hello Nick, hello all, > > Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 2:05:43 PM, you wrote: > > > Please be advised that the election for ALAC candidates, board members and > > number of board seats will commence tomorrow, Wednesday 16th May, at noon > > UTC and will close at noon UTC on Sunday 20th May. > > > The 16 agreed voters will receive an email later today with voting codes and > > access to the polls. > > FoeBuD e.V. is in the list of voters -- but I did not receive the > voting code and the link. I just returned from travel and wanted to > vote and realized I can't do this without code and link. > > Please send the data I need to mail(a)foebud.org. Thank you. > > //Rena Tangens, FoeBuD e.V. > > FoeBuD e.V. > Marktstr. 18 > D-33602 Bielefeld > > Tel: 0521-175254 > Fax: 0521-61172 > Mail: mail(a)foebud.org > Web: www.foebud.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Vorratsdatenspeicherung, RFID-Schnüffelchips, Videoüberwachung... > Da kann man kann ja doch nichts gegen machen? Irrtum. > FoeBuD e.V. / Kto 2129799 / Sparkasse Bielefeld / BLZ 480 501 61 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Online spenden: https://www.foebud.org/spende/ > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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: [EURO-Discuss] Voting Ends Tomorrow at Noon UTC
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 20, 2007

May 20, 2007

Rudi: It seems Susie made a mistake in that email. As you may recall, the vote was meant to run for five full days from the start of the vote, which would be through the 21st in this case. On 20/05/07, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be> wrote: > Sorry Nick, but I thought is was scheduled for today Sunday at 1200 UTC ? > > See email send by ALAC Staff on 16/5/2007 : > > Please be advised that the election for ALAC candidates, board members > and number of board seats will commence tomorrow, Wednesday 16th May, at > noon UTC and will close at noon UTC on Sunday 20th May. > > The 16 agreed voters will receive an email later today with voting codes > and access to the polls. > > Regards > At-Large Staff > > Best regards > > Rudi Vansnick > > Nick Ashton-Hart schreef: > > Dear Colleagues: > > > > As promised, I'm reminding you that the voting ends at 1200 UTC tomorrow. > > > > At the present, only three voters have not cast their vote. I have had > > the voting system send them a reminder and the codes and links again. > > > > The vote results will be announced as follows: > > > > 1) The results will be sent by email to the European email lists. > > 2) In that message, a link will be provided to the voting system, > > where a vote-specific URL will allow the results to be directly > > compared to the staff-published results. > > > > The details published will be quite granular in terms of what votes > > were received in what order of preference. The ballot is secret of > > course, so it will not be possible to see how a particular voter cast > > their vote. > > > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Voting Ends Tomorrow at Noon UTC
by Nick Ashton-Hart May 20, 2007

May 20, 2007

Dear Colleagues: As promised, I'm reminding you that the voting ends at 1200 UTC tomorrow. At the present, only three voters have not cast their vote. I have had the voting system send them a reminder and the codes and links again. The vote results will be announced as follows: 1) The results will be sent by email to the European email lists. 2) In that message, a link will be provided to the voting system, where a vote-specific URL will allow the results to be directly compared to the staff-published results. The details published will be quite granular in terms of what votes were received in what order of preference. The ballot is secret of course, so it will not be possible to see how a particular voter cast their vote. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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: [EURO-Discuss] [EURO-ALS] EURALO elections
by FoeBuD e.V. May 20, 2007

May 20, 2007

Hello Nick, hello all, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 2:05:43 PM, you wrote: > Please be advised that the election for ALAC candidates, board members and > number of board seats will commence tomorrow, Wednesday 16th May, at noon > UTC and will close at noon UTC on Sunday 20th May. > The 16 agreed voters will receive an email later today with voting codes and > access to the polls. FoeBuD e.V. is in the list of voters -- but I did not receive the voting code and the link. I just returned from travel and wanted to vote and realized I can't do this without code and link. Please send the data I need to mail(a)foebud.org. Thank you. //Rena Tangens, FoeBuD e.V. FoeBuD e.V. Marktstr. 18 D-33602 Bielefeld Tel: 0521-175254 Fax: 0521-61172 Mail: mail(a)foebud.org Web: www.foebud.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- Vorratsdatenspeicherung, RFID-Schnüffelchips, Videoüberwachung... Da kann man kann ja doch nichts gegen machen? Irrtum. FoeBuD e.V. / Kto 2129799 / Sparkasse Bielefeld / BLZ 480 501 61 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Online spenden: https://www.foebud.org/spende/

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Voting procedure for ALAC seats
by Roberto Gaetano May 20, 2007

May 20, 2007

I take note that you still avoid answering the question. Thanks for confirming what I thought. RG > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Roessler [mailto:roessler@does-not-exist.org] > Sent: 20 May 2007 02:12 > To: Roberto Gaetano > Cc: 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; 'Nick Ashton-Hart' > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Voting procedure for ALAC seats > > On 2007-05-20 01:27:38 +0200, Roberto Gaetano wrote: > > > Incidentally, can we have a list of who can speak, as we > have for the > > time being already excluded Nick, as staff, and yours > truly, as Board > > member, but you still have said nothing to comment the > proclaim I have > > referenced in my previous email (attached again, in case it was > > forgotten), that you have carefully avoided to comment? Is this > > behaviour by a former ALAC Chair acceptable? > > Is *this* behavior by an ICANN Board Member -- mostly, > consisting of putting words into others' mouths (which they > haven't said) -- acceptable? > > I don't think so. > -- > Thomas Roessler <roessler(a)does-not-exist.org>

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