March 2009 - EURO-Discuss - lists.icann.org

ALS Application received from E-Seniors
by At-Large Staff April 14, 2009

April 14, 2009

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received a new ALS application from E-Seniors. The organization is based in Paris, France and would be a member of EURALO if accepted. Please note that attached application is in French. We will send you the English version of this application shortly. ICANN¹s regional liaison for Europe has been informed about this application and will provide us with due diligence for this application in due course. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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WG: [IAMCR] Book announcement: 'Innovating for and by users'
by Wolf Ludwig March 29, 2009

March 29, 2009

FYI with best regards, Wolf Jo Pierson sent Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:53: >Book: 'Innovating for and by users' > >Edited by Jo Pierson, Enid Mante-Meijer, Eugène Loos and Bartolomeo >Sapio > >EU Publications Office - COST298 - ISBN 978-92-898-0047-1 > >The book looks at socio-technological transitions and shifting roles >of users in the design and innovation of broadband technologies and >digital media. The different chapters aim to shed more light on the >‘black box’ of design and use of ICTs. In this way we hope to >contribute to the empowerment of people in their relationship(s) with >new media and - through this - to increase the quality of social life. >The title ‘Innovating for and by users’ refers to insights on how to >innovate by involving users more intensely in the design of >technological innovations, which can lead to innovations that create >more benefits for these users. The different authors deliver a timely >reality check on the current information society in Europe from a >users’ perspective, in a general (theoretical) sense as well as in >specific domains (digital television, e-publishing, care sector...). >This is done in an interdisciplinary way by integrating social science >views and engineering approaches. The findings are based on academic >and industry-driven digital media research in various European >countries. > >For more information on this book, please visit: http://smit.vub.ac.be/ifbu > > >Jo Pierson, Ph.D. >IBBT - SMIT, Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication >Vrije Universiteit Brussel >Offices: Pleinlaan 9, 2nd floor >B - 1050 Brussels >Belgium >Tel: +32 2 629 16 27 >Fax: +32 2 629 17 00 >E-mail: jo.pierson(a)vub.ac.be >http://smit.vub.ac.be > > > >_______________________________________________ >International Association for Media and Communication Research >Announcements mailing list >http://iamcr.org/mailman/listinfo/announcements_iamcr.org >http://www.iamcr.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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WG: (...) EURALO GA and Board re-elections approved
by Wolf Ludwig March 27, 2009

March 27, 2009

Dear all, as I have not seen any comments or objections on this list on my circular mail regarding our last GA and Board re-elections (see below) until last Wednesday 25 March 09, the GA recommendations for a renewed EURALO Board are considered as CONFIRMED and VALID. Thanks for your silent support and approval ;-) Best regards, Wolf Wolf Ludwig wrote Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:38: >Dear all, > (...) > >In conjunction with the Summit, EURALO (and all other RALOs) held its 2nd General Assembly on Tuesday 3 March 09. The draft of the GA Meeting minutes was sent to this list by Annette already – thanks again, Annette. One important part of our 2nd GA was Agenda point 8 -- the re-election of Board members: (extract from the minutes) > >“The Board consists of 9 seats in total, one has been vacant since Paris. > >Wolf Ludwig got unanimously supported as Chair. > >Vittorio Bertolla (on the previous board), Lutz Donnerhacke, Olivier Crepin-Leblond and Dessi Greve were unanimously nominated for the Board. > >We have two candidates for the EURALO Secreatriat: Dessi, if she agrees to (in the next two days), if not we all agree that we will have Rudi as secretary.” > >Dessi has confirmed her nomination with her message on this list on Friday 6 March 09. > >With the ALSes present in Mexico we formally attained the Quorum for elections during the GA but the assembly decided to follow the same re-election procedure as we did in Paris: The candidates mentioned above were nominated, approved and recommended by the GA -- >BUT should be CONFIRMED by the EURALO list afterwards. This means, if NO OBJECTIONS are raised on this list within the next ten days from now, or until Wednesday 25 March 09 at the latest, the GA recommendations for a renewed EURALO Board are considered as confirmed and valid. > >Thanks and best regards, >Wolf > > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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ALS Application from the Spanish Internet Users Association
by At-Large Staff March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Asociación de Usuarios de Internet (AUI). The organization is based in Madrid, Spain and would be a member of EURALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. The regional liaison for Europe has been informed and will provide us with due diligence for this application in due course. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Call for Applications: European Capacity Development Programme in Internet Governance (apps. by 10 April)
by Adela Danciu March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009

*sorry for cross-posting* Hello! DiploFoundation in collaboration with Swiss partners is launching a new online program on Internet Governance. The programme is focused on European professionals, in line with the EuroDIG initiative, and it starts on 20 April. Please disseminate through your contact list of European associates (EU but especially non-EU countries). Thank you! Adela Danciu *Call for Applications ** **EUROPEAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE* *(online)* *Organised by* DiploFoundation *Supported by* the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) *Are you a government or civil society expert who needs to know more about international Internet and Internet Governance policies to be more effective? Are you a tech expert who would like to know more about the social aspects of the impact of the Internet on today’s society? Or are you a legal expert who needs to understand a bit more about the technical facets, a teacher who would like to put the small pieces of the puzzle together to help your students understand the current big picture?... Join us if you would like to learn about and discuss who governs the Internet, IP and DNS issues, the role of Internet Service Providers and regulators, jurisdiction and legal mechanisms, intellectual property rights, cyber-security, privacy and freedom of speech, e-commerce, cultural diversity online, multilingualism and more!* * * We are currently accepting applications for the European Capacity Development Programme in Internet Governance. This Programme is designed to improve Internet Governance (IG) related knowledge and skills for European policy-makers. The Programme is organised through online training, policy research and policy immersion. *THE PROGRAMME – TRAINING & RESEARCH* The programme offers places for professionals from diverse stakeholder backgrounds in IG-related fields and is open to 20 individuals from European countries. The programme will start on 20 April 2009, and will last for 12 weeks. *The training is conducted entirely online*. Participation takes place through an online learning platform enabling a variety of interactive learning and communication tools and encouraging sharing of knowledge and experiences. Participants will work under the guidance of certified Diplo online tutors and with support from trained professionals and experts from the region. Learning activities take place in an online classroom and include the analysis of course materials, interactive group discussions, assignments and exams. The Programme includes policy research on IG issues of relevance of particular countries in Europe. The policy research will result in short case study-based research papers. The online training consists of a 12-week long course covering the following topics: 1) *Introduction to Internet Governance* (Evolution of Internet Governance, International Context, Basic Terminology, Approaches and Patterns, Guiding Principles, Analogies and other Cognitive Tools for IG) 2) *Infrastructure and Standardisation Basket* (Telecommunications Infrastructure, Domain Name System, Root Servers, Internet Service Providers, Internet Bandwidth Providers, Economic Models of Internet Connectivity, Internet Security and Safety) 3) *Legal Basket* (Legal Mechanisms, Jurisdiction, Arbitration, Intellectual Property Rights, Cybercrime) 4) *Economic Basket* (E-Commerce, Consumer Protection, Taxation, Digital Signatures, E-Banking and E-Money) 5) *Socio-Cultural Basket* (Content Policy, Privacy and Data Protection, Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity, Global Public Goods, Education) 6) *Development Basket* (Digital Divide, Universal Access, Developing Telecommunications and Internet Infrastructures, Socio-Cultural Aspects, Telecommunication Policy and Regulation) 7) *Internet Governance Process* (Process, Actors, Negotiations) Successful participants will receive a certificate of completion of the programme. The most successful participants will be awarded a policy fellowship to participate at the EuroDIG meeting in September 2009 in Geneva. The selected participants will have the opportunity to present findings of their research. *LANGUAGE* The programme materials and platform are fully in English. Applicants are asked to consider whether their reading and writing skills in English are sufficient to follow university level materials and discussion. *PARTICIPANTS* The training programme seeks applications from: § Officials in government ministries and departments dealing with IG-related issues; § Postgraduate students and researchers interested in IG issues; § Civil Society activists in the IG field; § Journalists covering IG issues; § Educators § Individuals in Internet-business fields (e.g., ISPs, software developers, Registrars etc). Applicants from European countries – member states of Council of Europe – are eligible to apply. Priority in the selection process will be given to participants from countries in transition. *TIMELINE* § 10 April - application deadline § 13 April - selection results § 20 April - start of the course § 17 July - end of the course & submission of research projects *FEE* There is no participation fee. Selected participants will be provided by scholarships offered by the Swiss Federal Office for Telecommunication (OFCOM) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). *DEADLINE* The deadline for applications is *10 April 2009, by midnight UTC/GMT*. *HOW TO APPLY* For further information and to apply, please visit: http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/ Do not hesitate to contact us at ig(a)diplomacy.edu. ------------------------------ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len>. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 26204 of my spam emails to date. 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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 17
by Christopher Wilkinson March 22, 2009

March 22, 2009

Dear Sébasitien: Thankyou. I support the orientation of the draft ALAC travel policy paper. Regards, Christopher. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:38:54 +0100 > From: S?bastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] TR: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding > for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09 > To: "'Europe Discuss'" <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: <017801c9a982$bf621a90$3e264fb0$@bachollet@isoc.fr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > I would like to let you know about this working document about travel > support form ICAN budget. > I (and I am sure my European colleagues for Europe in Alac) will be happy to > know if you have comments or additional points on that matters. > We will take them to the ALAC conference call next week. > Thanks for your support. > All the best > > Sébastien Bachollet > Président d'honneur - Isoc France > sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr > www.egeni.org > www.isoc.fr > ? > > -----Message d'origine----- > De?: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg > Envoy??: vendredi 20 mars 2009 06:12 > ??: ALAC Working List > Objet?: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC > meeting - 24Mar09 > Importance?: Haute > > As discussed in Mexico City, ICANN is in the process of developing its > 2009-2010 Travel Procedure and Budget, and it was felt important for the > ALAC to quickly identify its needs and formally submit them to ICANN. > > The draft document is attached in both PDF and WORD format. > > Please take whatever actions are necessary to be able to vote on this > important measure at next week's meeting. You may forward certainly it to > your RALO lists if appropriate. > > Although I am sure they are not very good, I have provided machine > translations for: > French - http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-F.htm and > Spanish: http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-S.htm. > > Regards, Alan >

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TR: [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09
by Sébastien Bachollet March 20, 2009

March 20, 2009

Hello, I would like to let you know about this working document about travel support form ICAN budget. I (and I am sure my European colleagues for Europe in Alac) will be happy to know if you have comments or additional points on that matters. We will take them to the ALAC conference call next week. Thanks for your support. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président d'honneur - Isoc France sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr -----Message d'origine----- De : alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg Envoyé : vendredi 20 mars 2009 06:12 À : ALAC Working List Objet : [ALAC] Draft statement on travel funding for approval at ALAC meeting - 24Mar09 Importance : Haute As discussed in Mexico City, ICANN is in the process of developing its 2009-2010 Travel Procedure and Budget, and it was felt important for the ALAC to quickly identify its needs and formally submit them to ICANN. The draft document is attached in both PDF and WORD format. Please take whatever actions are necessary to be able to vote on this important measure at next week's meeting. You may forward certainly it to your RALO lists if appropriate. Although I am sure they are not very good, I have provided machine translations for: French - http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-F.htm and Spanish: http://alangreenberg.org/ICANN/Travel-S.htm. Regards, Alan

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EURALO meeting yesterday
by Rudi Vansnick March 19, 2009

March 19, 2009

Dear all, It was a pleasure again talking to you all at our monthly conference call. Sorry Annette, even with all the sms'es we exchanged you had to wait so long for getting into the call. Murphy can really be hard to avoid. As a result of the meeting of yesterday, and to make things easier for everyone in regards the non-resolved question of election of secretary of Euralo, I herewith congratulate Dessi with her election as secretary of Euralo. I hope she will enjoy the job and assist Wolf in the marvellous job he is doing for Euralo. Furthermore, as the liaison function has no travel funding, I have to mention that I will not be at the next ICANN meetings, Sydney and Seoul, which I really regret. I'm sorry but without funding these travels are to expensive to pay out of my own pocket (as I did already for Paris and Cairo). As promised yesterday, I will deliver the comments on the second draft of the guidebook for applicants for new gTLDs, based on the previous comments from Patrick and the comments we have produced during the WG session in Mexico. Kind regards, Rudi Vansnick

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WG: [ALAC-Announce] At-Large Response to the IRT (Trademark Issues in gTLDs) Process Forming - Join the Effort!
by Wolf Ludwig March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009

Dear all, as discussed at our yesterday's EURALO call, we are looking for volunteers/interested persons from EURALO to participate in the ALAC WG to discuss and prepare an At-Large Response to the IRT Process -- further details you can find below. If anybody feels him/herself familiar with the subject and formulating a consumer point of view, please give me a short note and subscribe to the At-Large new gTLD Working Group on the IRT Process. Thanks and regards, Wolf At-Large Staff wrote Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:04:5 >Dear Community Members: > >Many of you have expressed an interest in being involved in the At-Large New >gTLD working group as it focuses on the work of the Implementation >Recommendation Team ("IRT") which is to draft a report for the Board by 24th >April. > >WHAT IS THE IRT? > >As provided by the Board resolution of 6 March 2009: > >³... based on the public comment submissions received regarding the New gTLD >Draft Applicant Guidebook, ICANN Staff has determined that the >implementation issues involving trademark protection need additional >community input and analysis. These issues exist today within the existing >gTLDs. > >Whereas, members of the community with knowledge and expertise in this area >have proposed a way to synthesize the comments received in this area, and, >with input from the broader community, including WIPO, propose solutions to >the Staff on these issues in a timely manner. > >Whereas, the board recognizes that resolution of these issues would be >beneficial to the introduction of new gTLDs, it is > >Therefore resolved (2009.03.06.06), that the Board requests the GNSO's >Intellectual Property Constituency in consultation with staff to convene an >Implementation Recommendation Team comprised of an internationally diverse >group of persons with knowledge, expertise, and experience in the fields of >trademark, consumer protection, or competition law, and the interplay of >trademarks and the domain name system to develop and propose solutions to >the overarching issue of trademark protection in connection with the >introduction of new gTLDs. ³ > >Further information (English only) may be found at: >http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-6-06mar09-en.htm. > >Anyone who wishes to participate in the At-Large new gTLD Working Group on >the IRT Process is welcome to do so - please subscribe to the New GTLD >Mailing list at this link: >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg_atlarge-lists.icann. >org. NOTE: If you have previously sent an email to the staff, or in >community mailing lists, you should still join the mailing list directly as >all At-Large lists are self-service, you have not been subscribed by a >third-party. > >A microsite for the At-Large working group on the IRT is being established >at >https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?at_large_irt_process_working_gro >up. Check back often as content will be added often. > >The IRT process itself is likely to be conducted in english-only. The >At-Large community members participating in discussing the work of the IRT >can be supported in English and Spanish, with respect to telephonic meeting >interpretation, and to the extent possible document translation, so don't >let language stand in your way of participating in this key policy >development process. The Staff do not guarantee that all documents will be >translated. > >For those of you who have asked how to directly participate in the work of >the IRT, please note that the list of participants is now closed. There are >volunteers from At-Large who responded before the deadline; the At-Large >working group on the IRT will be closely connected to those individuals and >they will be helping to ensure that At-Large¹s views are represented in the >IRT¹s work. > >-- >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms >ICANN At-Large Staff >email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Announce mailing list >ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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WG: [ALAC-Announce] Mexico City Briefing Note Published
by Wolf Ludwig March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009

FYI At-Large Staff sent Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:48: >Mexico City Briefing Note Published > >9 March 2009 > >A briefing note <http://mex.icann.org/briefing-note> on the Mexico City >meeting of 1-6 March 2009 has been published. > >ICANN's 34th international public meeting was hosted by ICANN, the Mexican >Internet Association (AMIPCI), the Network Information Center (NIC) Mexico, >and the Internet Society (ISOC) Mexico. Representatives of over 90 entities >from ICANN's global individual Internet user community also gathered at the >At-Large Summit which was an integral part of the meeting. > >The briefing note summarizes key developments at the meeting and outlines >next steps and sources of further information for each. The topics included >are: > > * New generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) > * Internationalized Domain Names and the IDN Fast Track > * At Large Summit > * Amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) > * The Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC) consultation > * GNSO Improvements > * Independent Reviews > * A summary of Board resolutions > >The briefing note is an informal summary. The authoritative records of >meetings are be available in published and adopted minutes. > >Further information about the meeting, including presentations and >transcripts, is available at http://mex.icann.org/. The At-Large Summit >microsite is accessible at http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit. > >Information about the next meeting which will be from 21-26 June 2008 in >Sydney, Australia can be found at its dedicated website at >http://syd.icann.org. > >Related links: > >Mexico City briefing note: http://mex.icann.org/briefing-note > >Mexico City meeting website: http://mex.icann.org/ > >Sydney meeting website: http://syd.icann.org > >-- >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Marie-Hélène >Bouchoms, Gisella Gruber-White >ICANN At-Large Staff >email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Announce mailing list >ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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