October 2012 - EURO-Discuss

DOODLE / EURALO Monthly call time
by At-Large Staff Aug. 26, 2013

Aug. 26, 2013

Dear All, Further to the EURALO call on Tuesday 22 May and the discussion on the timings of this monthly call, please complete the attached Doodle poll to find the most suitable time moving forward for the monthly calls (reminder - calls are scheduled on the THIRD Tuesday of the month): http://www.doodle.com/9rp4u6mst8cgdchy This Doodle poll will close on Friday 8 June 2012 at 1400 UTC - the time will be announced shortly thereafter. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP: At-Large Capacity Building Working Group
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 5, 2012

Nov. 5, 2012

Dear All, On behalf of Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro , Interim Chair of the new At-Large Capacity Building Working Group<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Capacity+Building+Work…>, a call for Members from each Region/RALOs is being made. This Working Group will be focusing on the development of capacity building activities and tools for the At-Large community. If you are interested in being a member of the At-Large Capacity Building Working Group, please send an email indicating your interest to At-Large Staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 16 November 2012. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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At-Large at the IGF in Baku Worspace - and identification of At-Large community members participating
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 1, 2012

Nov. 1, 2012

Dear All, As the 2012 IGF in Baku is fast approaching, staff have created an At-Large Activities at the IGF in Baku Workspace (see: https://community.icann.org/x/-4g3Ag) to assist in facilitating At-Large activities both formal and informal. We have added the information on the AFRALO and APRALO Workshops to this workspace. Please feel free to add any additional At-Large activities to this workspace. If you will be attending the IGF in Baku, please add your name and the dates you will be in Baku to this workspace. Alternatively, please send At-Large staff this information, and we will add it to the workspace for you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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ADDITION: RE: 2012-2013 ALAC Officers and Liaisons - Results of Elections and Appointments
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 31, 2012

Oct. 31, 2012

Dear All, Please note that Edmon Chung was also re-appointed as the IDN Liaison. His term will be between the 2012 AGM and the 2013 AGM. Many apologies to Edmon for this oversight. Kind regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> From: ICANN At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org) Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:39 PM To: alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com) ICANN At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org) Subject: 2012-2013 ALAC Officers and Liaisons - Results of Elections and Appointments Dear All, We are pleased to announce the results of the calls for the 2012-2013 ALAC Officers and ALAC Liaisons: ALAC Officers making up the ALAC Executive Committee: ALAC Chair - Olivier Crépin-Leblond (Two year term: AGM 2012 - AGM 2014) ALAC Vice-Chair - Evan Leibovitch (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Vice-Chair - Carlton Samuels (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Rapporteur - Tijani Ben Jemaa (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Regional Representative - Rinalia Abdul Rahim (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) For additional details, please see the ALAC Officer Election Schedule - 2012<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+Officer+Election+Schedule+…> ALAC Liaisons: ccNSO Liaison - Cheryl Langdon-Orr (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) GNSO Liaison - Alan Greenberg (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) NCSG Liaison - Evan Leibovitch (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) SSAC Liaison - Julie Hammer (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) For additional details, please see the 2012-2013 ALAC Liaison Selection - Schedule and Nominees Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/2012-2013+ALAC+Liaison+Selectio…> All positions were elected or appointed by acclamation by the ALAC. Congratulations to the members of the ALAC Excom and the ALAC Liaisons! Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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2012-2013 ALAC Officers and Liaisons - Results of Elections and Appointments
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 31, 2012

Oct. 31, 2012

Dear All, We are pleased to announce the results of the calls for the 2012-2013 ALAC Officers and ALAC Liaisons: ALAC Officers making up the ALAC Executive Committee: ALAC Chair - Olivier Crépin-Leblond (Two year term: AGM 2012 - AGM 2014) ALAC Vice-Chair - Evan Leibovitch (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Vice-Chair - Carlton Samuels (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Rapporteur - Tijani Ben Jemaa (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) ALAC Regional Representative - Rinalia Abdul Rahim (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) For additional details, please see the ALAC Officer Election Schedule - 2012<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+Officer+Election+Schedule+…> ALAC Liaisons: ccNSO Liaison - Cheryl Langdon-Orr (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) GNSO Liaison - Alan Greenberg (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) NCSG Liaison - Evan Leibovitch (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) SSAC Liaison - Julie Hammer (AGM 2012 - AGM 2013) For additional details, please see the 2012-2013 ALAC Liaison Selection - Schedule and Nominees Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/2012-2013+ALAC+Liaison+Selectio…> All positions were elected or appointed by acclamation by the ALAC. Congratulations to the members of the ALAC Excom and the ALAC Liaisons! Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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FOR COMMENT: Translated versions of the Universal Acceptance of All TLDs Informational Flyer
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 26, 2012

Oct. 26, 2012

Dear All, ICANN Staff have prepared an informational flyer on the Universal Acceptance of All TLDs. As requested by the ALAC, this document has been translated into the six UN languages. The translated versions have been posted on the At-Large Universal Acceptance of All TLDs Informational Flyer Workspace at: https://community.icann.org/x/xYc3Ag. The Project Team is requesting comments from the At-Large community through 10 November 2012. Please could you add your comments on the translated versions using the comments function on the wiki workspace? Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Sorry, long message
by Roberto Gaetano Oct. 21, 2012

Oct. 21, 2012

Hi all. I am not sure whether it is appropriate to send this email to these lists, but please feel free to use the delete key. I have been following the recent events, including the Toronto meeting, from the distance. Now that I have a little more time, I would like to become more active, and I am trying to figure out which is the best way. The question is basically where can I provide an added value, and what are the topics that are more interesting to me (there is no point in taking commitments to do things that I feel unimportant or uninteresting, as the logical consequence would be to drop the commitment eventually). My main problem with ICANN is that, as I also told the new CEO in Prague, the stakeholder model is not fully operational. There are stakeholder groups that are less influential in the policy making process for a number of reasons. Although I agree on the fact that ICANN should not become a parliament, where each component of the internet community has to be exactly represented according to some metrics, nevertheless we must aim at having all voices heard and at having the decision making process to take into account all those voices. My "natural" constituency is the AtLarge: I have no direct commercial interest nor specific contractual or technical role in the internet community, so ALAC fully represents my profile. My choice is therefore to become active in ALAC, and specifically within my local community, the EURALO. I have no affiliation with any ALS, but EURALO accepts individual members. The areas in which I would like to concentrate the always insufficient time and effort are described below (not necessarily in priority order). . Outreach and participation We all know that outreach is important for every stakeholder group, but it is even more important for ALAC. Our community is sparse, composed of individuals and organizations that have a "mild" interest in ICANN, in the sense that their daily life is not perceived as being affected by internet policy decisions, because either their income does not depend from the internet, or because their problems related to the internet are more depending on issues outside the scope of ICANN (for instance, basic connectivity is more important than the introduction of new gTLDs). However, we are aware that the active part of ALAC has the consistency of a rounding error compared to the potential AtLarge community: people who have never heard of ALAC or that have no interest in joining vastly outnumber the volounteers that are active in ALAC. Under these circumstances, the growth of ALAC and the increase in active participation in policy development is of the paramount importance for our recognition. An incredible amount of work has been done on this topic, with excellent results, but I do believe we have to do more to further increase the number and variety of stakeholder represented by us. Therefore, I would like to participate in the outreach sub-committee. . Alliances and synergies We have established, thanks to the current and previous leadership and hard work by the volounteers, excellent relationships with large parts of the internet community. I remember in the early days of ALAC the way other ICANN constituencies were suspiciously looking at us, and often considered us unable to provide added value to ICANN (and even in more recent days, when I was on the Board, it has been very difficult to convince some fellow Directors that ALAC deserved the recognition of a full Board seat). However, even in this case, I believe we need to do more. One of the areas where I can help is the ccTLD community. I have always said that there are huge similarities between the ALAC and the ccTLD community: for instance, we both must "think globally" when we develop policy positions, but must at the same time "act locally" because our membership is deeply rooted in the local community. Incidentally, we share this same structural feature with the GAC: they also have a strong "local" responsibility. When I was at ALAC/EURALO, I tried to liaise with CENTR: I participated to CENTR meetings, presenting ALAC and the potential synergies with the ccTLDs. I did not achieve immediate results, the close connections we have today are the effect of the good work of the people following me. Nevertheless, I think that the plant has grown also because I have participated to plant the seed, and that I can provide further contribution in this direction. I am not posing a candidature for the succession of Cheryl, once she will move to a different task, but I believe I can be of some help in liaising with the ccTLD community. . Internet governance Although this item is abundantly covered by the excellent people we have, who are very active in the different internet governance fora, I believe that my past experience with international organizations could be helpful. I will not have the resources (time and finance) to attend meetings, but I can read documents and exchange opinions by email. . ALAC recognition This is another sticky point. You have witnessed my rant on the issue of the collection of input on policy and its processing by the Board. This is a key issue: the community will have no incentive to provide volounteer work if the result is not affecting the Board's decisions, but on the other hand failure from the community to provide input on policy will give an excellent excuse to the "ALAC-skeptical" party on the Board for dismissing our contribution and role. There is no easy solution: produce input on policy issues, and follow up, demanding justification on Board decisions that might look as not having taken contributions into account. In summary, this is what I would like to contribute on. Of course, with the constraints of the limited time I have and the very limited budget I have for participation to events. And of course provided that the points I list are considered strategic priorities. Best regards, Roberto

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CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP: ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 18, 2012

Oct. 18, 2012

Dear All, On behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Interim Chair of the ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+Subcommittee+on+Outreach>, a call for Members and Formal Representatives from each Region/RALO is being made. These positions will be that of both Sub-Committee liaison for their Region/RALO as well as a point of contact for the organization of future outreach activities. As the Outreach Sub-Committee will have a meeting in Toronto on Tuesday, 16 October between 17:00-18:00 in the Regatta Meeting Room (see details at: http://toronto45.icann.org/node/34361) and begin activities immediately following the Toronto Meeting, volunteers for the positions of Formal Representative are requested to indicate their interest by no later than Friday, 26 October 2012. General Membership will remain open. If you are interested in being a Formal Representative to the ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach, please send an email indicating your interest to At-Large Staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 26 2012. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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Document of the CoE with regard to new gTLD
by Wolf Ludwig Oct. 18, 2012

Oct. 18, 2012

Dear all, I would like to bring to your attention a document issued by the Council of Europe (CoE - I mentioned this morning) and written by some of its experts: Comments Relating to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association with Regard to New Generic Top Level Domains I think aspects of this may be considered in our related discussions. Kind regards, Wolf 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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FW: [At-Large] Comments from At-Large for consideration of objections to new gTLD applications due November 7 2012
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 8, 2012

Oct. 8, 2012

Dear All, Please see a message below prepared by Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Chair of the At-Large Review Group, regarding the deadline for comments from At-Large for consideration of objections to new gTLD applications. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org -----Original Message----- From: at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Dev Anand Teelucksingh Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:20 PM To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: [At-Large] Comments from At-Large for consideration of objections to new gTLD applications due November 7 2012 Dear All, The At-Large new gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG ; https://community.icann.org/x/u7-bAQ) is seeking comments from ICANN At-Large on the new gTLD applications and applied for strings received by ICANN for its New gTLD program (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about) The At-Large comments will be used by the gTLD RG to decide whether to draft a formal objection statement to a gTLD application on limited public interest or community grounds for RALO's consideration and ALAC's during the Objection Period as part of ICANN's Objection and Dispute Resolution Process. All At-Large comments received will be kept at the At-Large new gTLD Applications Dashboard at http://bit.ly/newgtld For comments to be considered by the gTLD RG for drafting a formal objection statement on limited public interest or community grounds for RALO's and ALAC's consideration, such comments must be submitted by November 7 2012. Visit the At-Large new gTLD Applications Dashboard at http://bit.ly/newgtld to learn how to review information about the gTLD applications and applicants, read At-Large comments on gTLD applications and strings and how to submit your comments to the gTLD RG. A one page summary of how ALAC files an objection to a new gTLD application can be viewed at https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/34608480/At-Large-Objectio… Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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