March 2013 - EURO-Discuss - lists.icann.org

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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Lisbon GA travel bookings for confirmed participants by ICANN CT
by Wolf Ludwig March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

Dear all, as you may have seen, ICANN Constituency Travel has started contacting you (confirmed and funded travellers) to begin making their bookings for the EURALO GA in June in Lisbon. Please note that all bookings must be completed by 3-April-2013 23:59 UTC (= 0.59 CET). Booking by this deadline will ensure that cost effective tickets are booked, hotel reservations are properly made, and per diems can be sent in time. As repeatedly made clear in my previous announcements to this list, any modifications from the approved dates for the EURALO GA incl. EuroDIG (19 and 20 June = 2 nights funded by ICANN) or extra days and nights in Lisbon you may wish (before and after) need to be arranged directly with ICANN Constituency Travel and are NOT covered and thus need to be paid by participants themselves / You! And as stated before, prolongation options for Lisbon are possible and will be fairly considered by ICANN Constituency Travel, "IF this doesn't have financial impacts on low budget flight options and prices". The EURALO 2013 GA will start on Wednesday, 19 June at 17:00 PM (CEST) -- please make sure to arrange your arrival in Lisbon accordingly and to arrive in time (15:00 - 16:00 latest and it takes 20 minutes with a shuttle bus from the airport to the Altis hotel). PLEASE make sure that you can meet the narrow deadline of Wednesday, 3rd April mentioned above (and even over the Easter holidays) to complete your travel arrangements without further complications. Thanks and 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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Inputs and proposals for the Lisbon GA agenda
by Wolf Ludwig March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

Dear all, as discussed and agreed tonight at our monthly call (under agenda point 7), we need to draft the **content part** of our Lisbon GA agenda until our April call (in about four weeks). And as said before, we would like to have broad community inputs and proposals for this agenda drafting. There is some agreement already that our Lisbon discussion should focus on "How to improve member participation at EURALO and its regular activities?" and "How to better represent the voice and interests of European users in At-Large and ICANN?" Some suggestions were already made by some members -- a compilation of these proposals and comments you will find below. Please have a look on it. More inputs, comments and the like are welcome to organize a vivid debate in Lisbon reflecting the questions and concerns of the whole EURALO community! Thanks for your support and kind regards, Wolf _____ Compilation of inputs and suggestions for the Lisbon agenda (received so far): Yrjö wrote 19 March: Sandra's list of questions is a good basis for discussing how to improve the participation of European ALS's in dealing with substantive, sometimes even operational issues like .health. There may be more of that kind when the new gTLD process goes on. Such a discussion is urgently needed. As it was suggested tonight on the EURALO call, we have to concentrate on issues that are of real importance to end users. We don't need to spend precious time of our calls on issues that are far removed from that context, very few of us even understand and nobody wants to comment on. I hope we could devote a part of each call to a substantive discussion on whatever issue is deemed to be important from an end user point of view. As far as communication tools are concerned, the simpler the better. Plain old e-mail is OK, if the topic is interesting enough. As ALS's, we have to try to find out what internet end users in our country/area really think about issues at stake. We are not opinion research institutions and can't afford to commission such studies. But we have our contacts, our networks, our ability to raise an issue and stir a debate. My 2 (€)cents, Bill wrote 19 March: Sandra's proposal makes a lot of sense to me. Oksana wrote 19 March: I would like to support all Sandra's proposition and to add some more aspects. Situation with .health was really very illustrative. ICANN was extremely interested to know what we all (including Ukrainian ALSes) think on this objection process. I do not know anybody in Ukraine, who cares about this .health (except Alexander Kondaurov, who, as a member of WG, spent a lot of his time and efforts to analyze this issue). At the same time, nobody in ICANN is interested to know, what we, Ukrainian ALSes, think about the delegation of Ukrainian IDN .ykp. http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28feb13-en.htm#2… Despite we shared with a lot of ICANN/ALAC/At-Large representatives all our concerns regarding this delegation. Of course we have our own responsibility for missing the agenda of this Board meeting. But even now, what transparency and accountability we are talking about? How did Sebastien vote in this case? How did Bertrand vote? What documents were submitted to the board by Ukrainian applicant? Now both EMP and InAU are members of the Advisory Committee on top level domains at National Regulator. And we really would like to help to bridge different national stakeholders between themselves and with ICANN. In more general case, it is the question how national ALSes can help in communication between ICANN and end users regarding national issues. Do ALSes have any additional rights, responsibilities, tools of communication or even dispute resolutions? Once again - I do not propose just now to discuss any specific issues. Just the role of any ALS regarding both ICANN and local Internet community. Sandra wrote 14 March: I propose we discuss how the participation process within EURALO can be improved or revitalised. The .health objection process was a good example that there is no working mechanism to gather feedback form At-Large or have a discussion on an issue where the ALAC is supposed to vote on in the interest of the end user? Questions to be considered (but not limited to): - Are ALSes aware of the issues currently under discussion at ALAC / ICANN? If not, why? - How can EURALO fulfil it's mandate to represent the end user voice? - How can we better link the levels of At-Large and ALAC? - Is email the right communication tool, if not what are the alternatives? Are there any? - How can ALS activities be linked to ICANN discussions and the other way round? Dick Kalkmann wrote 10 March: On point I like to mention. I support democratization, transparency and improved participation initiatives within ICANN. At this moment I'm also looking at the possibilities to improve the participation of the Dutch internet community within ICANN. I'm very interested to discuss all those issues in Lisbon. Christoph Bruch wrote 7 February: Obviously some EURALO member organizations engage very little and of course one could imagine to attract more member organizations in order strengthen EURALO's voice. I therefore welcome the initiative on inreach, which - I believe – will encompass aspects also relevant for outreach. My message is simple: EURALO will be primarily attractive to organizations/individuals who can afford to spend a lot of time for this engagement if it continues to operate in the way it has been done in the past years. This is meant as observation not as criticism! This translates to: Increasing the involvement of the silent members will be dependent on being able to offer meaningful modes of participation which consume little time. Talking about options for "limited" participation is my suggestion for the agenda in Lisbon. 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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Important: Lisbon GA planning and procedures
by Wolf Ludwig March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013

Dear all, until the end of the registration deadline for the Lisbon 2013 GA, we have received 27 confirmations from our members what is more than 80 per cent of the current total (33). Thanks for your support! These 27 participants were listed and sent to At-Large Staff and ICANN Constituency Travel who is preparing the booking arrangements with you at the moment. I assume, you will be contacted directly by CT during the next two weeks to handle your flight bookings with them. A complete list of travellers you can find here https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+ALSes+Representatives+to+… Please check names, ALS and preferred “home” airport again and let us know any changes needed. Your hotel rooms in Lisbon are pre-booked already for the nights from Wednesday 19 and 20 June (incl. EuroDIG) in the Altis hotel what will be the venue for the GA and EuroDIG – see: http://www.altishotels.com/EN/ For Per diem arrangements you will be contacted at a later stage. Please be aware that due to the high percentage of participation, our travel budget is rather tight and we can only offer low budget flights (by Easyjet and the like) wherever possible. But for short-distance flights to Lisbon we consider this as acceptable. To get an idea about potential adventures aspects of it, you can check the YouTube clip ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyl2tOaKxM As indicated before, those of you who would like to extend their stay in Lisbon for a cosy summer weekend should arrange this directly with CT for your individual booking – what shouldn’t effect higher flight fares however. Extra costs for hotel nights in Lisbon will be on your own expenses as well. The planning and preparation of our Lisbon GA agenda will be discussed at our upcoming monthly calls (March and April). Besides the usual and statutory parts of the GA (Board report, re-elections etc.), we would like to draft an interesting *content part* with issues that are relevant for and desired by YOU. Please give us your inputs on the agenda setting and let us know your related ideas ASAP (or until middle of April latest) to compile a complete draft GA agenda in time. (Christoph and Dick submitted their ideas already – thanks!) For any further questions on practical issues, org. and planning procedure or the agenda, please let me know. 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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Pre-Beijing Policy Webinar Presentation
by Heidi Ullrich March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013

Dear All, The Pre-Beijing Policy Webinar presentation from today' webinars has been published on pages: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/presentations The recording and transcript of the Policy webinar can also be found on the following page under 21 March: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#mar and may be viewed directly at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-policy-update-webinar-21mar13 -en.pdf Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Request for comments on the usability of the At-Large wiki
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013

Dear All, The At-Large Technology Taskforce (TTF ; https://community.icann.org/x/FpfbAQ) will be having a wiki training session at the ICANN Beijing meeting to focus on how At-Large can use the wiki for key At-Large activities. Does the At-Large wiki work for you? Is using the wiki a pleasant experience? If not, why not? What were you trying to do or find on the wiki? The TTF welcomes your comments on these questions! Let us know by commenting on the wiki page at https://community.icann.org/x/5ItwAg or emailing the TTF at ttf(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org The TTF will review and attempt to come up with solutions and/or workarounds. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh TTF chair

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2013 Nominating Committee is Actively Seeking Candidates
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013

From: africann-bounces(a)afrinic.net<mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net> [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:20 PM To: africann(a)afrinic.net<mailto:africann@afrinic.net> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] 2013 Nominating Committee is Actively Seeking Candidates https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19mar13-en.htm 2013 Nominating Committee is Actively Seeking Candidates 19 March 2013 ICANN's 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) will be attending the 46th ICANN Meeting in Beijing, China, (http://beijing46.icann.org/) and conduct a number of open meetings to provide detailed information to the community about the NomCom's work and obtain input from the ICANN entities regarding desirable applicant qualities. The NomCom is actively seeking qualified candidates for the following key leadership positions within ICANN: * Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN * Three members of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) (one each from the Africa; Asia/Australia/Pacific; and Latin America/Caribbean regions) * Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted through an on-line application form at http://nomcom.icann.org/apply. Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received by 11:59:59 UTC on 1 May 2013 for full consideration. Selections will be announced in September 2013. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires in November 2013. The 2013 NomCom began its work in October 2012 after the ICANN Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, and since then has organized outreach events in multiple locations around the globe. The NomCom holds regular conference calls to plan and follow-up on its work. More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at: http://nomcom.icann.org/ Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be emailed to nomcom2013(a)icann.org<mailto:nomcom2013@icann.org>. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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REMINDER/Meeting Invitation and Call for Comments - ALAC call to discuss the proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) - Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC
by Heidi Ullrich March 19, 2013

March 19, 2013

When: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:00 PM-10:30 PM. GMT Standard Time Where: 2100 UTC - Adigo EN 1638, ES 1738, FR 1838 /(for the time in various time-zones click here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ALAC+meeting+for+f inal+review+of+the+revised+ROPs&iso=20130319T21> ) Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac ** On behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, and Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group, please see the important note below regarding an upcoming ALAC Meeting to review the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoPs): ** Dear All, As per a previous discussion and agreement of the ALAC on 22 January 2013, the ALAC will be holding a single purpose teleconference call to discuss the proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) before a Call to Vote to Ratify and Adopt these (or not) which is to be conducted online and prior to the 46th ICANN Meeting to be held in Beijing 7-11 April 2013. This special meeting of the ALAC, which is open to all members of the At-Large Community, especially RALO Leadership and ALS members, is now announced. This call will be held on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC (2100 UTC =1400 PDT, 1700 EDT, 2200 CET, 5am Hong Kong (+1 Day) and 8am Sydney (+1 Day). The Wiki page for this meeting is found at <https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg> https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg. FR and ES interpretation has been confirmed for this meeting. All Members of the ALAC and members of the At-Large Community are requested to RSVP their attendance at this call to At-Large Staff ( <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org) indicating if they will be joining one of the interpreted channels. IMPORTANT: The 15 Members of the ALAC are encouraged to place any comments they have in the COMMENTS section of the meeting page (see: <https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg> https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg) or e-mail to the ALAC Working List ( <mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org) particularly if they will not be able to attend this meeting. Members of the At-Large Community who wish to have any input or comments on these proposed new RoPs considered at this meeting should send these contributions to one of the ALAC Members from their Region or via email to the Chair of the Rules of Procedure Working Group, Cheryl Langdon-Orr ( <mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com> langdonorr(a)gmail.com) Background on these proposed new ALAC RoPs and opportunity for final ALAC review: This final version of the new ALAC RoP (see: <https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi> https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi and attached) is the product of an extensive process carried out by some 33 members of the At-Large Community (ALAC Members, formal Regional representatives as well as individual ALS and RALO members of the At-Large Community who volunteered to the ALAC Metrics and RoP Review WG(s). These volunteers have, in face-to-face and teleconference meetings of the Working Group (WG) as a whole and of the new Rules section Drafting Teams (DTs), committed well over 500 person-hours in review of the current RoPs and support material including previous versions, discussion of all rules merits, and in drafting of and editing this new Rules proposed text. A summary of who participated in the various RoP meetings can be found at: <https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg> https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg. In addition, and unfortunately difficult to measure and capture, is an extraordinary amount of time spent by the WG's Drafting Teams (DTs) leadership and section pen-holders (noting each DT was in itself, like the RoP Review WG as a whole, a deliberately regionally balanced group) and even more hours and effort again contributed by several current and previously serving ALAC Members during the final stages of integration and editing of the version you are presented with here. The majority of the ALAC has been directly involved with the Rules of Procedure WG and DTs activities and in several cases served as Leads and/or Pen-Holders for the discussion and drafting, and therefore it is unexpected and doubtful that any significant or substantial omissions or edits will be proposed for discussion either at or before the conference call. Also it is recognised that the ALAC has at its regular meetings been continually appraised of the progress of this Rules Review and also that all business of the Review WG/DTs has been done in an open and transparent manner with archives and records being held and publicly available on the relevant ALAC wiki pages. It must also be noted by the ALAC as a whole and by the wider At-Large Community in general, that virtually every concept and issue relating to these proposed new ALAC RoPs was discussed extensively, prior to any drafting, and often reviewed line by line, mostly over several visits / revisits at several meetings. Anything that was even slightly controversial or where people had differing views was debated and in virtually all cases, what has ended up in these Rules has a strong consensus of those working on the original drafting team and the final reviewers. It is also important to note that several of the 'Adjunct Documents' referred to in these new Rules are not as yet completely finalised nor have they been reviewed (as such) by the ALAC. However, they are all to be drawn from existing ALAC policy and practices and will be shortly available. The vote for the adoption of these new ALAC RoPs does not need to be delayed until they are prepared and circulated, but rather the new RoPs will not come into effect until those Adjunct Documents are all approved by the ALAC. Specific details on the ALAC vote plans and procedures relating to these new ALAC Rules will be discussed during this special ALAC meeting on 19 March 2013, but it is our hope that the vote can commence shortly after the ALAC monthly call on 26 March 2013. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Olivier Crepin-Leblond 11 March 2013 ** Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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REMINDER & dial-out?/ ALAC Briefing Session on the RAA - Monday 18 March 2013
by At-Large Staff March 18, 2013

March 18, 2013

Please confirm your dial-out request (with preferred number) to STAFF ONLY: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Please do not reply to all lists. *********** Dear All, As a means to develop an ALAC policy advice statement on the recently opened Public Comment on the Proposed 2013 RAA (see At-Large Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment Workspace at: https://community.icann.org/x/xZRwAg) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has requested an At-Large Briefing Session on this topic. This Briefing Session is scheduled for Monday, 18 March at 16:30 UTC (see other times at: http://tinyurl.com/atho2yk ). The agenda page, including dial in information, is available at: https://community.icann.org/x/N5dwAg. Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alacraa2013/ Guest speakers include Margie Milam, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at ICANN; Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel at ICANN; and Alan Greenberg, ALAC Member from NARALO and ALAC Liaison to the GNSO. There will be a question and answer session as well as information on the schedule for the development of the ALAC policy advice statement. Only ES interpretation will be provided due to insufficient demand in French. Kind regards, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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Meeting Invitation / ALAC Briefing Session on the RAA - Monday 18 March 2013
by At-Large Staff March 15, 2013

March 15, 2013

Dear All, As a means to develop an ALAC policy advice statement on the recently opened Public Comment on the Proposed 2013 RAA (see At-Large Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment Workspace at: https://community.icann.org/x/xZRwAg) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has requested an At-Large Briefing Session on this topic. This Briefing Session is scheduled for Monday, 18 March at 16:30 UTC (see other times at: http://tinyurl.com/atho2yk ). The agenda page, including dial in information, is available at: https://community.icann.org/x/N5dwAg. Guest speakers include Margie Milam, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at ICANN; Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel at ICANN; and Alan Greenberg, ALAC Member from NARALO and ALAC Liaison to the GNSO. There will be a question and answer session as well as information on the schedule for the development of the ALAC policy advice statement. FR and ES interpretation will be provided upon the receipt by At-Large staff of 3 requests or more for each language (please confirm to STAFF as soon as possible) Kind regards, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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