January 2014 - EURO-Discuss

NomCom Report Card for December 2013
by Veronica Cretu Jan. 9, 2014

Jan. 9, 2014

Dear colleagues, greetings and a warm hello to you all! Let me wish you a very prosperous 2014, and may it be full of positive surprises, achievements, success stories and much more! As you already know, NomCom shares its monthly report cards and here comes the last Report Card for 2013 - for December! As you will find it from the Report: At its first meeting after the kick-off at ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires a month earlier, the 2014 NomCom reviewed the work of three sub-committees as well as outreach efforts so far and discussed its next steps leading to the call for applications. During the December NomCom call, more updates on the sub-committees related work and outreach efforts have been shared, while next immediate steps have been agreed upon! Will get back with the Report Card for January 2014 as soon as we are ready with our first NomCom meeting of this year! Wishing you all much luck in your initiatives and stay in touch! As ever, Veronica -- *Veronica Cretu * *President, Open Government Institute**Republic of Moldova - www.cmb.md <http://www.cmb.md> * *Member of the Steering Committee, * *Open Government Partnership (OGP);* *http://www.opengovpartnership.org/governance-staff-donors*<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/governance-staff-donors> *Member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group* *To the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)* *http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/ <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/>* *Member of the Nominating Committee of ICANN* *(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbering)* *www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>* *Email: veronicacretu(a)gmail.com <veronicacretu(a)gmail.com> and/or veronica(a)cretu.md <veronica(a)cretu.md>Skype: veronicacretu Phone: 373 067435000*

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Happy Holidays and Thank You!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 6, 2014

Jan. 6, 2014

Dear All, To those of you who celebrate, we wish you the happiest of holidays! To all we would like to thank you for all of your extraordinary efforts this year in advancing the mission of At-Large and of ICANN. At-Large Staff are very much are looking forward to supporting you this next year which will bring many exciting activities. Kind 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<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>

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At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations
by Carlton Samuels Jan. 5, 2014

Jan. 5, 2014

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 7:00 AM, < euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic > Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace > I'm chuffed to see some of us have read and digested the report. Cheryl Langdon Orr and I represented the At-Large on this CCWG. I can tell you we worked together to ensure the ALAC views were articulated before the WG. And we are satisfied that the final report reflected the optimized expectations of the ALAC as we understood them. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================

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RE : Re: [community] At-Large Policy Development > At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace
by jjs Jan. 4, 2014

Jan. 4, 2014

I support Wolf's suggestion: the ICANN map of regions is inconsistant with reality. Yes, stiching Armenia onto the fabric of the Pacific is gross. But we need to take this action a step further. It is time to draw attention to the geo-srategic anomalies of the current arrangement. Example: bundling together the whole of Asia and the Pacific has provided some countries (Australia, New Zealand) with an advantage, not only in comparison with much larger populations (China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan...), but also in relation to much smaller ones. While NA and LA broadly reflect reality, ICANN's current geography is unfair in Europe or AP. One is even led to wonder if the initial choice was not made deliberately to favour some countries (say "white" English-speaking) to the detriment of others? It's high time for ICANN to make its map of regions more credible for the twenty-first century. And the ALAC can spearhead such a move. Jean-Jacques. -------- Message d'origine -------- De : Christopher Wilkinson <cw(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> Date : 03/01/2014 8:34 (GMT+01:00) A : Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> Cc : EURALO LIST <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] [community] At-Large Policy Development > At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace Dear Wolf: I agree that EURALO should re-submit the 2011 statement, as you propose. Happy New Year CW On 03 Jan 2014, at 03:12, "Wolf Ludwig (Confluence)" <no-reply(a)icann.org> wrote: > > <avatar_793e33665df27bee6180f6a56831b0e6.jpeg> > Wolf Ludwig added a comment to the page: > <comment-icon.png> At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace > I have submitted an EURALO position already on ICANN's geographic regions during the last consultations round (in January 2011) – with no result or consideration. I think that the first two points of our statement are still relevant from our regional (European) POV: (...) > > 1. However, when we were looking at the key references for the definition of the existing ICANN regions we found out that most of them are UN-based and applied by the UN system. The UN references are predominant and make sense for many parts of the world but they do not necessarily reflect the extraordinary diversity of (ICANN) regions like Asia-Pacific and Europe. From a European point of view and perspective, the standards and definitions set by the Council of Europe (CoE) are broadly relevant, accepted and important. And many countries are part of Europe and its regional definition – according to CoE standards – which are situated in the East – see: http://www.ena.lu/member_states_european_organisations_2008-021000009.html > > Some of these countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan or Georgia are members of the CoE but considered in other classification models (incl. ICANN) as part of the Asian region. We therefore suggest that the definitions and classifications by the Council of Europe are taken into consideration as well in the ICANN context. > > 2. In recent years, EURALO had some discussions with people from Eastern countries like Armenia and Azerbaijan who expressed strong interest in joining and participating in our RALO, arguing that they have a stronger affinity to Europe than to the Asian region (for historical, cultural etc. reasons). We always had to reassure them that they “formally” and, according to ICANN definitions, are part of APRALO. When we were arguing before to maintain the existing regional model at ICANN as a general rule, we would like to suggest some considerations on exceptional or border cases and to introduce a new “principle of self-determination” for such particular border cases. We are conscious that exceptions always need to be well justified to avoid abuses. And such a “principle of self-determination” needs to be further discussed and specified on particular circumstances, procedures of consultations, mutual approval and decision-making. In the given example of Armenia or Azerbaijan, a consultation process with the regions concerned (APRALO and EURALO) would be indispensable. And a decision on any exceptional application could be taken with the approval by both RALOs concerned only (sort of mutual recognition procedure – MRP). We are aware that there is always a justified fear of undesired precedence involved, but such a “principle of self-determination” is recognised in international law as well. > > (...) > > Thanks for taking our concerns into account. > > View Online · Like · Reply To This Stop watching page · Manage Notifications > This message was sent by Atlassian Confluence 5.1.5, Team Collaboration Software _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [community] At-Large Policy Development > At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace
by Christopher Wilkinson Jan. 3, 2014

Jan. 3, 2014

Dear Wolf: I agree that EURALO should re-submit the 2011 statement, as you propose. Happy New Year CW On 03 Jan 2014, at 03:12, "Wolf Ludwig (Confluence)" <no-reply(a)icann.org> wrote: > > <avatar_793e33665df27bee6180f6a56831b0e6.jpeg> > Wolf Ludwig added a comment to the page: > <comment-icon.png> At-Large Request For Written Community Feedback - Geographic Regions Working Group Recommendations Workspace > I have submitted an EURALO position already on ICANN's geographic regions during the last consultations round (in January 2011) – with no result or consideration. I think that the first two points of our statement are still relevant from our regional (European) POV: (...) > > 1. However, when we were looking at the key references for the definition of the existing ICANN regions we found out that most of them are UN-based and applied by the UN system. The UN references are predominant and make sense for many parts of the world but they do not necessarily reflect the extraordinary diversity of (ICANN) regions like Asia-Pacific and Europe. From a European point of view and perspective, the standards and definitions set by the Council of Europe (CoE) are broadly relevant, accepted and important. And many countries are part of Europe and its regional definition – according to CoE standards – which are situated in the East – see: http://www.ena.lu/member_states_european_organisations_2008-021000009.html > > Some of these countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan or Georgia are members of the CoE but considered in other classification models (incl. ICANN) as part of the Asian region. We therefore suggest that the definitions and classifications by the Council of Europe are taken into consideration as well in the ICANN context. > > 2. In recent years, EURALO had some discussions with people from Eastern countries like Armenia and Azerbaijan who expressed strong interest in joining and participating in our RALO, arguing that they have a stronger affinity to Europe than to the Asian region (for historical, cultural etc. reasons). We always had to reassure them that they “formally” and, according to ICANN definitions, are part of APRALO. When we were arguing before to maintain the existing regional model at ICANN as a general rule, we would like to suggest some considerations on exceptional or border cases and to introduce a new “principle of self-determination” for such particular border cases. We are conscious that exceptions always need to be well justified to avoid abuses. And such a “principle of self-determination” needs to be further discussed and specified on particular circumstances, procedures of consultations, mutual approval and decision-making. In the given example of Armenia or Azerbaijan, a consultation process with the regions concerned (APRALO and EURALO) would be indispensable. And a decision on any exceptional application could be taken with the approval by both RALOs concerned only (sort of mutual recognition procedure – MRP). We are aware that there is always a justified fear of undesired precedence involved, but such a “principle of self-determination” is recognised in international law as well. > > (...) > > Thanks for taking our concerns into account. > > View Online · Like · Reply To This Stop watching page · Manage Notifications > This message was sent by Atlassian Confluence 5.1.5, Team Collaboration Software

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RE : Re: [lac-discuss-en] Happy Holidays and Thank You!
by jjs Jan. 2, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

Hear, hear ye all, the praise Carlton has sung, and which Olivier so justly deserves. And instead of just typing "+1", I will add that it takes confidence, fairness and humour to weather the storm of activity in the ALAC and At-Large: this too you have demonstrated, Olivier. Thank you. I wish you all peace, good health and success in 2014! Jean-Jacques. -------- Message d'origine -------- De : Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels(a)gmail.com> Date : 30/12/2013 19:49 (GMT+01:00) A : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> Cc : lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org,euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org,ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>,afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org,alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org,apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org,na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] [lac-discuss-en] Happy Holidays and Thank You! Dear Olivier: It must also be said that the notice now being received by the At-Large in ICANN affairs is decidedly also a testament to the leadership of the ALAC. I for one would wish to record my own sense of the outstanding role you play in this development as Chair - lead diplomat and delegate in chief to other areas of ICANN. Yours has been an arduous task, one that you have accepted and worked with a diligence that makes some of us concerned for your wellbeing. Take a bow. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com>wrote: > Dear members, staff, and friends, > > as we near the end of the calendar year, the traditional holiday season > allows us to take a week where we can reflect on this year's past > challenges and the ones we have ahead of us. > > Looking back at the year, I am really delighted with the advances this > community has made. We now have active working groups with a very > diverse membership. Some people take part in one or two working groups, > or take part in regional activities, and they bring in the valuable > diversity of input that is needed in a geographically balanced, > bottom-up multi-stakeholder system. Others promote this community by > performing outreach in fora outside of ICANN. Others work behind the > scenes designing courses and capacity building for newcomers and for > those members who are not yet taking an active part in this community. > Some are very active in enhancing their RALO's capability at helping > their members with understanding and taking part in ICANN processes. > Some people are active in GNSO working groups. I could go on for a long > time to explain all of the activities of this community. As ALAC Chair, > I try to keep aware of all of the work that our members do for this > community, but occasionally I am surprised by people who are taking part > in an ICANN process but have not directly "advertised it" - such is the > humbleness of some people in our community. > > When interacting with the Board and in other fora, I often receive > congratulations from people who tell me that they are so pleased that > At-Large has matured over the years. They are so pleased with the > quality of the Statements that we draft and send to them. I tell them > that this would not be possible without the great Team that I have on > the ALAC and in the RALOs. So I wanted to thank you for the work you are > doing as volunteers. It is truly inspirational to a lot of people in ICANN. > > Next year is about to arrive and there are a lot more challenges coming > up. Our work in Policy Development will continue to grow as we now need > to expand our competencies beyond commenting on ICANN processes but also > in Internet Governance as a whole and the defense of the > multi-stakeholder model as practised in ICANN. I have concerns that a > few people have done the majority of the work in "holding the pen" when > drafting Statements - so I look forward to new volunteers adding to the > list of writers. Remember, you could co-draft Statements and you do not > need to be an ALAC member to be a pen-holder. Policy work is very > important to improve ICANN as a whole and I am thankful that many in our > community care enough to take the time to propose constructive comments > to improve ICANN's processes. > On Organisation building, there is a lot of ongoing work in Capacity > Building. This is an integral part of building our community. Outreach > brings more people and organisations in At-Large to share the workload > among more people and to reach more parts of the world and more diverse > communities. In-reach makes sure that our At-Large Structures are more > actively involved. However, after three years as ALAC Chair, I am still > not satisfied that we have done enough to help engage our At-Large > Structures. > Thankfully this year we will have the second ever At-Large Summit (ATLAS > II) which will take place in London in June 2014. This is an opportunity > for every At-Large Structure named delegate to experience an ICANN > meeting but also to learn about the bottom-up multi-stakeholder process > of governance. It is the opportunity for participants to meet face to > face and discuss the challenges facing ICANN and this community. The > Summit is being entirely prepared by At-Large Structures, for At-Large > Structures. It is vital that our Capacity building programs continue to > expand since without knowledge, it would be impossible for At-Large > Structure representatives to engage more in policy work. Capacity > building is the first step to involvement of Internet end users at all > levels of policy - please make sure you make use of the ATLAS II > opportunity to enhance your knowledge! > With efforts on the way to make ICANN more accountable after the end of > the second round of Accountability & Transparency Review (ATRT 2), it is > also important to recognise that our community is taking steps to make > the ALAC and At-Large more accountable. Whilst I am delighted to see a > significant number of organizations having signed up as At-Large > Structures, it is equally as important for our RALOs to check on the > existence of their members and to report back to the ALAC if an > organisation's status has changed. Equally, ALAC members, selected by > their RALOs and by the Nominating Committee, should be effective in > their position. Non participation is to let down the community that has > chosen them to assume this position and puts an unfair workload on other > ALAC representatives from the region. As ALAC Chair, I am therefore > delighted to see that our community is looking at Metrics to more easily > identify matters which need to be improved. These are all small but > significant steps to make our community more effective and more > answerable to Internet end users and to therefore continue to improve > its legitimacy when bringing input into the ICANN processes. > > Our bottom-up multi-stakeholder model is not perfect and still needs > much improvement but it is a work in progress! I am proud to be able to > work with you all in what I consider to be a cutting-edge experiment in > bottom-up governance. I am proud that so many of us are actively trying > to make the model work, to find its limits and shortfalls, but also to > find its force and its opportunities. Some days, the model works beyond > my expectations - what a great surprise! Some days it fails miserably > and we are then able to learn from our mistakes. You are pioneers and > just being able to work with all of you has been an immensely rich > experience. It is so unique, I don't believe there is any other process > like it out there. > > And for this, I thank you all, volunteers and staff, and I send you my > Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and for the New Year 2014. Prepare > for an exciting year. Prepare for a lot of work. Prepare for a lot of > rewards. Expect the unexpected, but never give up. > > Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond > ALAC Chair > > > _______________________________________________ > lac-discuss-en mailing list > lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en > _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] ¡Buenas fiestas y gracias!
by Alfredo Lopez Jan. 2, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

*Que el 2014, sea muy prospero para todos. Feliz Año* El 31 de diciembre de 2013, 12:12, <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> escribió: > > [[--Translated text (en -> es)--]] > > Asunto: Re: Re: Re: ¡Buenas fiestas y gracias! > De: Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com > > Happ Nueva año 2014 para todos. > > > - > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com / lordmwesh > kenya.or.ke | El Kenya sabemos > _______________________________________________ > > > > [[--Original text (en) > http://mm.icann.org/transbot_archive/34f4a383ca.html > --]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > lac-discuss-es mailing list > lac-discuss-es(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-es > > http://www.lacralo.org > -- *Que en estas festividades, la paz, la armonía y el amor, inunden nuestros corazones; y el año 2014 el Señor Jesucristo nos bendiga con Éxito, Prosperidad, Salud y Sabiduría.Alfredo López Hernández*

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