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REMINDER: EURALO Teleconference Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon Sept. 17, 2011

Sept. 17, 2011

Dear All, The next EURALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 16 August 2011 at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST). The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/DIBSAQ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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Accountability & Transparency - "ATRT" Activities Webinar 31 August, 2011 14:00 -- 15:30 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

Dear All, Please find below an announcement of an upcoming Accountability and Transparency Activities Webinar scheduled to take place Wednesday, 31 August between 14:30-15:30 UTC. ** Are you wondering how ICANN is progressing on its commitments to improve transparency and accountability, and how ATRT improvements will help you? Do you have an opinion to share on the changes made to date by ICANN's Board of Directors, Governmental Advisory Committee, Nominating Committee, and Staff? If so, join the ATRT Activities Webinar on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 from <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Accountability+%26 +Transparency+%E2%80%93+%E2%80%9CATRT%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%93+Activities+Webinar& iso=20110831T07&p1=1240&ah=1&am=30> 14:00 -- 15:30 UTC. The webinar is open to all, and will be conducted in English. If participants find it useful, more sessions will be scheduled. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. No RSVPs are needed. Here's how to connect: * From the US dial Toll Free - 800-550-6865 and enter Participant Code 8752 * From other countries see a list of international numbers posted at <about:blank> http://www.adigo.com/icann/ * To join the Adobe Connect online "room" go to this URL: <about:blank> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atrtimplementation/ Participants will have opportunities to ask questions after each agenda item presentation. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect (in addition to joining the discussion queue on the conference bridge). The session will be recorded, and the slides and an MP3 will be publicly posted. The webinar agenda is included below. Staff will brief you on <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/atrt-project-list-workplans-22jun11- en.pdf> 27 ATRT implementation plans that involve a wide cross-section of ICANN's community, and will discuss key deliverables, schedules, opportunities for public input, and end-goals. ICANN's Board directed that implementation move forward on the Accountability and Transparency Review Team's broad-ranging recommendations. Much has been accomplished and much work lies ahead. This webinar will help you get-up-to-speed on all of these efforts, and will enable you to share your input on completed and planned improvements. For example: * To provide better access to, and insight into, Board decisions, ICANN provides a wealth of <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/> Board meeting information online, including briefing materials, expanded minutes, and rationale statements for Board resolutions, as well as conditions for <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/board-briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11 -en.htm> redaction of posted material. Are you finding these useful? * To help advance the effectiveness of the Governmental Advisory Committee and its interaction with the Board, ICANN increased funding to support government participation in the GAC and multilingual access, and the <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/board-gac-jwg-final-report-07jul11-e n.htm> Board-GAC Joint Working Group recently issued proposed improvements for public comment. Do you have additional suggestions? * To improve the processes ICANN uses to gain public input and develop policy, ICANN's Bylaws have been translated into multiple languages, and ICANN's <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/> Public Comment Webpage has been redesigned. Is the new structure easier to use and more effective? These are just some examples of ATRT-related activities. You can find more detailed information on ICANN's <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/overview-en.htm> Accountability & Transparency web page. Accountability & Transparency - "ATRT" Activities Webinar Agenda 1. Introduction and Overview - Denise Michel, Advisor to the President & CEO 2. Board Operations, Composition & Review of Decisions - Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel - Questions & Comments from participants 3. Governmental Advisory Committee Operations, Engagement, Interaction with Board - Jeannie Ellers, Executive Assistant - Questions & Comments from participants 4. Public input & Multi-lingual Access - Filiz Yilmaz, Senior Director, Participation & Engagement and Christina Rodriguez, Language Services Manager - Questions & Comments from participants 5. Misc., and Measuring Success & Upcoming Activities - Denise Michel 6. General Comments & Questions From Participants ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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NomCom appointee from EURALO
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Aug. 28, 2011

Aug. 28, 2011

I am pleased to report that the ALAC has voted to submit Yrjö Länsipuro for a second term as ALAC's delegate from the EURALO region on the ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Thanks for the hard work you have furnished in the first year you have spent in the NomCom and all the best for the second year! Warmest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] NomCom Appointee from EURALO
by Carlton Samuels Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

Congrats to Yrjo. FWIW, he's demonstrated his diligence and zeal in the NomCom. Given the NomCom's central role in ICANN affairs, Yrjo is, to my mind, the kind of person we should seat. Congrats to EURALO for an excellent nomination. Warm regards, Carlton Samuels ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= >

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 58, Issue 4
by Siranush Vardanyan Aug. 24, 2011

Aug. 24, 2011

Dear all, I also would like to join in congratulating Yrjo to become a NomCom appointee for the second term from EURALO. This is the best voting results. Congratulations also to At-Large Community Best Siranush > From: euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Subject: EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 58, Issue 4 > To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:02 +0000 > > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NomCom appointee from EURALO (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond) > 2. Re: NomCom appointee from EURALO (Yrj? L?nsipuro) > 3. Re: NomCom appointee from EURALO (Desiree Miloshevic) > 4. Re: NomCom appointee from EURALO (Oksana Prykhodko) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:51:04 +0200 > From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] NomCom appointee from EURALO > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: <4E53F698.6000601(a)gih.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I am pleased to report that the ALAC has voted to submit Yrj? L?nsipuro > for a second term as ALAC's delegate from the EURALO region on the ICANN > Nominating Committee (NomCom). > Thanks for the hard work you have furnished in the first year you have > spent in the NomCom and all the best for the second year! > > Warmest regards, > > Olivier > > -- > Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD > http://www.gih.com/ocl.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:45:24 +0300 > From: Yrj? L?nsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] NomCom appointee from EURALO > To: <ocl(a)gih.com>, <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: <BAY163-W3292549A9A24DC0C16CE40FF2E0(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Dear Olivier, > I want to thank you, and through you, the ALAC, for the confidence and trust you have placed in me. As during the first term, I'm going to do my best to contribute to the NomCom decision-making from an At-large perspective. With the valuable experience from the 2011 NomCom, I think I now can hit the ground running and be even more active from the very beginning of the process. > Best, > Yrj? > > > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:51:04 +0200 > > From: ocl(a)gih.com > > To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > CC: yrjo_lansipuro(a)hotmail.com > > Subject: NomCom appointee from EURALO > > > > I am pleased to report that the ALAC has voted to submit Yrj? L?nsipuro > > for a second term as ALAC's delegate from the EURALO region on the ICANN > > Nominating Committee (NomCom). > > Thanks for the hard work you have furnished in the first year you have > > spent in the NomCom and all the best for the second year! > > > > Warmest regards, > > > > Olivier > > > > -- > > Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD > > http://www.gih.com/ocl.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:50:43 +0100 > From: Desiree Miloshevic <dmiloshevic(a)afilias.info> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] NomCom appointee from EURALO > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: <2E3197A4-B0D0-4D03-AD0F-CFD00CAE7681(a)afilias.info> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Dear Olivier > > Thanks for letting us know the outcome of the ALAC vote. > Congratulations to Yrjo! > > Best > Desiree > -- > On 23 Aug 2011, at 19:51, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > > I am pleased to report that the ALAC has voted to submit Yrj? > > L?nsipuro > > for a second term as ALAC's delegate from the EURALO region on the > > ICANN > > Nominating Committee (NomCom). > > Thanks for the hard work you have furnished in the first year you have > > spent in the NomCom and all the best for the second year! > > > > Warmest regards, > > > > Olivier > > > > -- > > Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD > > http://www.gih.com/ocl.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EURO-Discuss mailing list > > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:48:34 +0300 > From: Oksana Prykhodko <sana.pryhod(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] NomCom appointee from EURALO > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: > <CA+C8XCJF_=fYWBKgDLNinP19K==iYtP-cnXo19NNeCqfnrf70g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear Yrjo, > > Best congratulations from Ukraine! > > Best regards, > Oksana > > 2011/8/24 Desiree Miloshevic <dmiloshevic(a)afilias.info>: > > Dear Olivier > > > > Thanks for letting us know the outcome of the ALAC vote. > > Congratulations to Yrjo! > > > > Best > > Desiree > > -- > > On 23 Aug 2011, at 19:51, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > > >> I am pleased to report that the ALAC has voted to submit Yrj? > >> L?nsipuro > >> for a second term as ALAC's delegate from the EURALO region on the > >> ICANN > >> Nominating Committee (NomCom). > >> Thanks for the hard work you have furnished in the first year you have > >> spent in the NomCom and all the best for the second year! > >> > >> Warmest regards, > >> > >> Olivier > >> > >> -- > >> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD > >> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> EURO-Discuss mailing list > >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > >> > >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EURO-Discuss mailing list > > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > End of EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 58, Issue 4 > *******************************************

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Items to be announced to RALOs: Re registrar collaboration & open meetings
by Seth Greene Aug. 16, 2011

Aug. 16, 2011

Hello, all, During the ExCom meeting on 16 August, the ALAC Chair, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, requested that staff remind members of the RALOs about the following two action items: 1) At-Large members to add input to the following two wiki pages regarding ongoing collaboration between At-Large and Registrars: - Ideas for future ALAC-Registrar meetings<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Future+ALAC-Registrar+meetings+…> (what questions would ALAC members like asked of the Registrars?) - Ideas for the content of educational materials to be developed by At-Large & Registrars<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=15630722> 2) RALO members to be reminded that all At-Large calls (including ALAC, ExCom, and At-Large WG calls) are, unless otherwise noted, open to all At-Large members as observers (and, based on the discretion of the meeting chair, perhaps also as speakers/participants). Please join any meetings that are of interest to you. Furthermore, would the RALO Secretariats kindly announce these two items on the RALO calls? And staff will add them to the RALO agendas. Many thanks, Seth ______ Seth Greene Interim Manager, At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (212) 662-7723 E-mail: seth.greene(a)icann.org<mailto:seth.greene@icann.org>

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WG: [ALAC] NARALO statement on pre-registration
by Wolf Ludwig Aug. 11, 2011

Aug. 11, 2011

FYI - with regards, Wolf _____ Beau Brendler wrote Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:18: >Dear Colleagues, > >The NARALO wants to make a statement warning consumers about the issue of pre-registration. We as a region have developed a text, as follows below. > >I'm writing to ask whether the ALAC would like to endorse this statement and pass it forward to the board. It also occurs to me that it would make an excellent press release in coordination with the appropriate people. I have already done a video spot on the issue for Internet Evolution/Thinkernet, so maybe other press might have some interest. > >Regards, > >Beau Brendler >NARALO Chair > >------------------------------------ > >The NARALO observes that at least one ICANN-accredited registrar, United Domains, is offering what it calls "Free nTLD pre-registration" (see https://www.uniteddomains.com/ntld/pre-register-new-domains) United Domains began the offer in advance of ICANN's new gTLD decision in Singapore, and it continues afterwards, in expectation of greater availability in October 2012. > >United Domains says the pre-registration service is free and non-binding. However, NARALO is concerned the offer of such a service might create consumer confusion and possibly present the opportunity for fraud. In support of this concern, we note that at least one registrar, Blacknight Solutions of Ireland, has issued a press release warning registrants to disregard any such pre-registration offers in new gTLDS, and states that the company "discovered that registrants interested in acquiring domains in rumoured new gTLDs had become confused by these offers, as they are not familiar with how the new TLD implementation might work. This sort of speculative offer is the equivalent of taking a down payment on a concept car that has not been approved for production. It is a false promise." (June 30, 2011, http://www.prlog.org/11565814-blacknight-warn-consumers-against-new-gtld-pr…) > >The NARALO wishes to remind ICANN that approximately 10 years ago, the announcement of pre-registration for new top-level domains (such as .aero, .coop and so-on) prompted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to issue a consumer alert (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt084.pdf) that said, in part, "Some registration services are guaranteeing new top level domain names or promising preferential treatment in the registration process.... > >"But, the agency cautions, these offers may be misleading. >"The FTC advises consumers to protect themselves by: ...Avoiding any domain name pre-registration service that guarantees particular top level domain names or preferential treatment in the assignment of new top level domain names.." > >The NARALO is aware the situation is different now than it was then, and that United Domains and others provide substantial disclosure information about the nature of the pre-registration program. The NARALO also recognizes the FTC action at the time was thought by some in the Internet community to be excessive and alarmist. > >Therefore, the NARALO recommends that, through ALAC, ICANN undertake public communication that makes clear what, exactly, consumers and others might expect from "pre-registration." It should be the organization that administers the domain name system, not the agents of domain sale, who should be defining the nature of Internet "real estate" in the public interest. > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac > >At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >ALAC Working Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(AL… > EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig

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REMINDER: EURALO Teleconference Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:00 UTC
by Marilyn Vernon Aug. 11, 2011

Aug. 11, 2011

Dear All, The next EURALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 16 August 2011 at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST). The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/DIBSAQ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber-White, Seth Greene, Marilyn Vernon, Matt Ashtiani ICANN At-Large Staff

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