January 2015 - EURO-Discuss

New European Commission
by Christopher Wilkinson June 20, 2016

June 20, 2016

Good afternoon: Allow me to draw your attention to the announcement of the composition and portfolios of the new European Commission from the point of view of Digital Economy and Society, the Internet and Internet Governance. http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/commissioners-designate/index_… The Vice President of the Commission for the Digital Single Market will be Andrus Ansip (EE) The Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society will be Günther Oettinger (DE). In particular his responsibilities include: "Working with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President to develop the relationship with strategic partners in order to build a global governance architecture for the Internet which is legitimate, transparent, accountable, sustainable and inclusive. This includes ensuring the Internet remains open, a driving force for innovation and an international resource that benefits the European economy and citizens." I am sure that more detailed reporting and analysis will emerge in the next few days. Meanwhile, I thought that you might welcome a 'heads up' as to these developments.. Regards Christopher Wilkinson

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EURALO candidates for the BMSPC and BCEC
by Wolf Ludwig Oct. 20, 2015

Oct. 20, 2015

Dear all, as discussed this week at our monthly and the following Board call, our region needs to nominate two candidates for the BMSPC (Board member selection process committee) and the BCEC (Board candidates selection committee) each until today. At our Board call we selected some experienced and fresh members who could join one of these important committees and asked them for approval. I have the pleasure to announce that EURALO will be represented with the following members: For the BMSPC – Rudi Vansnick (ISOC-Belgium) and Oksana Prykhodko (European Media Platform, Ukraine). For the BCEC – Veronica Cretu (ind. member, Moldavia) and Jordi Iparraguirre (ISOC-Catalonia). Roberto Gaetano (ind. member, Austria) was selected as Chair of the BCEC already. This composition is well balanced from a gender and regional POV. I would like to thank all our candidates for their interest and willingness to serve on the two committees which are charged with proceedings and selection of the next At-Large member on the ICANN Board (Seat No. 15, currently held by Sébastien Bachollet). 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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New ALS Application received
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 1, 2015

March 1, 2015

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Internet Support Foundation. It is based in Moscow, Russia and would be a member of EURALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. -- -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge

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FOR INFORMATION: “ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values” - Council of Europe Report
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, please find attached a Council of Europe report entitled “ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values” authored by Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Thomas Schneider. This draft report was discussed during the ALAC and Regional Leaders Working Session on Sunday, 12 October. There will also be an open community discussion on A human rights perspective on ICANN’s policies and procedures on Wednesday, 15 October 2014,between 13.15-14.45,in the Encino Room in the ICANN 51 venue. Please find a flyer of this event attached with the details as this session is not on the public schedule. Given the interest in this report, there will be an At-Large Capacity Building Webinar on this topic scheduled for early November. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Welcome to At-Large!
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Feb. 8, 2015

Feb. 8, 2015

> Dear Mikhail, > > ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (215) > Internet Support Foundation been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The > ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users > in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. > > > The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets > the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or > issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its > individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect > end-users. > > > The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your > organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input > on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. > > > We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its > members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN > policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: > > > - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to > <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> identifying the names and email addresses of > one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and > correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. > > > At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; > you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: > <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo> > > The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your > region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the > mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that > list); you are invited to join others as you wish. > > - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the > At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities > to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in > ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form > at the bottom of this note to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> > > - ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org > <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> > <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/%3E> ) is a good source for ICANN news and > information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to > provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate > information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website > are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> > > - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to > distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events > and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are > maintained by the community. They are: > > African Region: > http://www.afralo.org <http://www.afralo.org/> > > Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: > http://www.apralo.org/ > > European Region: > http://www.euralo.org/ > > Latin America/Caribbean Region: > http://www.lacralo.org <http://www.lacralo.org/> > > North American Region: > http://www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org/> > > We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and > At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners Guide to > Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the At-Large > community and how to participate in its activities. > > We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance > individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, > or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > Sincerely, > > The At-Large Advisory Committee > > http://www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > > > > Name: > > Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): > > Mission: > > Member benefits: > > Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): > > Website: > > Other (additional informational you would like included): >

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Read how we wrapped up last year with our activities in the EMEA
by EMEA Communications Jan. 30, 2015

Jan. 30, 2015

Click here (http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&id=4e9e3ed715…) to view this email in your browser Forward to a friend (http://us3.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&id=4e…) | Unsubscribe from this list (http://icann.us3.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&i…) Jump To: Event Highlights (#highlights) | Activities (#contentactivities) | Community Highlights (#community) | Spotlight (#spotlight) | Upcoming Events (#upcoming) | Get Involved (#involved) ** Happy 2015! ------------------------------------------------------------ If last year was a busy year, then this year is definitely going to be busier for ICANN globally and of course in the EMEA region. 2015 is an important year for ICANN, with the NTIA stewardship transition of the IANA functions and ICANN accountability; so we’re hitting the ground running from the beginning! This edition covers the last quarter of 2014 of EMEA activities, highlights upcoming key events for us in the region as well put in the spotlight some of our community members’ highlights. Happy reading, EMEA Team ** Event Highlights Q4 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------ It’s been a busy last two months for the EMEA region, with a few milestones and firsts. Below are some highlights and spotlights: Registry Roadshow Workshop – Europe & ME [19-21 November] "Really like the team competition - made it fun to learn. Best ICANN event I've attended" – Participant feedback The Registry Roadshow Workshop for Europe and Middle East Region took place on 19-21 November in Istanbul, Turkey where we had more than 50 participants. The in-depth, interactive and hands-on three-day workshop covered a wide range of timely topics. The participants learned about Registry Onboarding, Registry Ongoing Responsibilities, Universal Acceptance, Name Collision, Right Protection Mechanism for SLD block list, Contractual Compliance Process, Security Stability and Resiliency as well as how best to work with the Registry Services team and ICANN GDD staff. The event was designed to include group activities and team competition which got the participants to be on their feet working with each other to find answers and solutions. The team make-up was altered each day to allow maximum networking opportunity for everyone. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive on both the format and content. In this Roadshow, the MVP Award Panel chose to award the Most Valuable Participant award to everyone in attendance, who promised to share the trophy by handing it to one another at each ICANN meeting. The first hand-off will occur at ICANN 52 Singapore during the Roadshow Reunion. Thank you to all who made this Roadshow a great success. A special thanks goes out to the entire Istanbul Hub team who took on the event as a gracious and generous host. ** EMEA Activities at a Glance ------------------------------------------------------------ We have been busy the past couple of months, with our teams engaging heavily in their respective regions: In Europe Jean-Jacques gives a broad look at what we’ve been doing in Europe, from panels to workshops, specifically with increased efforts to inform and generate input on the transition of the stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (‭IANA‬) functions.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann51-and-after-tis-the-season-for-ntia-t… Key events of the last quarter in 2014: * Warsaw Workshop – https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-23-en * gTLD Panel – Internetdagarna Sweden - 24-25 November, 2015 - Jean-Jacques Sahel’s panel: “Internet governance – who will shape the future of the Internet?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPDIAGylmT0&list=PLtDs7N_g_eiY87wxlBFzwl_Fe… ** New gTLD Stories Panel ------------------------------------------------------------ This year, the event featured a track dedicated to New gTLDs, including overviews by ICANN’s Krista Papac and a panel of new gTLD registry operators moderated by yours truly and organized by ICANN. The panelists, from .global, .club and two Chinese IDN TLDs, got questions like “What’s your business idea?”, “What would be success – or failure – and on what horizon?”, “Do you use backend registries?”, “How do you market?” to which they gave enlightening and often similar answers. Eventually the audience chimed in with “What admin difficulties have you experienced?” followed by an exchange regarding the name collision issue. This was a very successful panel and we look forward to organizing similar ones this year! Olof Nordling * Brussels - 4th EU Hackathon on e-democracy at European Parliament * Vint Cerf listening to EC VP Andrus @Ansip_EU @icann cosponsored EU hackathon on e-democracy in Brussels @h4p2014 * Key milestone in Europe, the EU Council on Telecommunication (TTE) issued positive Conclusions on Internet Governance adopted on 27 November 2014. https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-12-02-en In the Middle East Key events of the last quarter in 2014: * DNS Entrepreneurship Centre Workshop –Africa/ Middle East – Cairo * Turkey DNS Forum - https://www.icann.org/news/blog/a-successful-first-edition-of-turkey-s-doma… * Arab IGF – Beirut, Lebanon – https://www.icann.org/news/blog/arab-internet-governance-forum-gaining-more… * IRAN Outreach Visit November 15-18, 2014 Our first visit to Iran, where we held successful informative bilateral meetings with government officials, business leaders, and technical community members on ICANN and how to get involved in the process. ICANN also took part in the RIPE NCC regional meeting that was organized in Tehran around the same time. * SdNOG, and Sudan IGF PM- December 6-7- 2014 ICANN was part of the inaugural Sudan Network Operators Group (sdNOG), a 2-day event that attracted around 100 attendees; mostly the technical community and some university students. ICANN gave a presentation on Internet Governance, and another on DNSSEC. On December 8, ICANN was part of the Sudan IGF Preparatory Meeting providing the necessary expert knowledge on how to move forward. * ITU Telecom World 2014 - Doha, Qatar - 7-11 December ICANN was invited to speak on a panel entitled "The Next Big Internet Step: Moving to IPv6 to Enable Everything on the Internet”. Speakers shared experiences in promoting IPv6 and educating their communities on deploying the technology. http://telecomworld.itu.int/ In Africa Looking back on our activities in Africa during 2014, taking stock of our Africa Engagement Strategy, is a blog penned by Pierre Dandjinou https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-of-our-africa-strategy Key events: * Afrinic 21 - https://www.icann.org/news/blog/eventful-icann-participation-during-afrinic… * AFRICA TELECOM People 2014 - Cote d’Ivoire – 18-19 December, 2014 ICANN attended the 10th edition of AFRICA Telecom People in December, presenting on IPv6 during one of the workshops. ** Community Highlights ------------------------------------------------------------ Interview: Prospective Cyrillic Generation Panel - An interview with Yuriy Kargapolov On 14 October 2014, the Cyrillic community met at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles to organize a Generation Panel to work on Cyrillic Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for the top level. We connected with Yuriy Kargapolov, prospective Chair of the Panel, to get a better understanding of their work. Q: What motivated you to get involved? A: I live in the Cyrillic environment and I am an engineer. I have extensive experience in project management and it’s a new challenge for me personally. Q: What is the main challenge that the prospective Cyrillic panel is facing? A: Firstly, part of the Cyrillic script uses letters (not signs), which are now banned for use in domain names, such as an apostrophe in the Ukrainian, the word мʼясо (meat) is in Ukrainian and word мясо is only in Russian. Secondly, Balkan languages form a group in which there are letters, syntax and semantics inherited by from Old Slavonic variants of the Cyrillic alphabets. At the same time, the Russian language has undergone considerable simplification since 1917. Thirdly, there are communication gaps between different languages in Cyrillic; for example, between the Serbian, Kazakh and Mongolian languages. Finally, there is a significant problem with the cross-confusion between the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. Q: What is the anticipated timeline to complete the Cyrillic label generation rules? A: The prospective Cyrillic Generation Panel has just started its work, but we want to synchronize our schedule with other Generation Panels. We hope to complete the report on Balkan family characters, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarus, Mongolian and Middle Asia family characters and variants by the end of February 2015. ** In the Spotlight ------------------------------------------------------------ .berlin – The Domain for Berliners and Berlin We started with the .berlin project, back in 2004, out of frustration when we tried to register a domain name that was already taken. Within ICANN, we engaged in the guidelines discussion, contributed to the applicant guidebook and participated in working groups and finally applied for .berlin in 2012. On March 18, 2014, we could at last launch .berlin for Berliners and Berlin. From then on it didn’t take long for the first names to become visible in the city, being used, for example, for football championship parties at the football stadium, a huge exhibition on West Berlin, blogs, and much more. When we talk to people about their motivation to register a .berlin domain, we often hear that they are Berliners and their decision for a .berlin name was a decision from the heart. Others claim that a .berlin domain name better describes what they do and where they are located. Also, some underline that the better choice among available domain names in comparison to .DE or .COM tipped the balance. Usually, a key question we face is how a City TLD domain name affects the search engine ranking. To learn more, we partnered with Searchmetrics, pioneer and leading global provider of digital marketing software and services. Searchmetrics analyzed data from Summer 2014 to determine whether .berlin domains provide ranking advantages. Their research results show that .berlin domains rank on average 1,18 positions better than .DE or .COM domains if searches are performed locally. Further research is currently being conducted. When we launched, some aspects of the gTLD program were challenging, like Universal Access, Name Collisions and awareness of new gTLDs in general. But we have overcome most of these issues and can focus on guidance to use and benefit from the new domains. One year after .berlin being delegated, we feel that this domain significantly adds to more choice and competition among domain names for Berliners and Berlin. Genious Communications’ Accreditation Journey – Morocco In early 2011, I decided to take Genious a step further by starting our ICANN accreditation process. I have to be frank; that wasn't an easy task at all. First, being in a developing country, I have to say that everything was twice as hard and twice as expensive when it came to insurance fees, for example; secondly, we feared we wouldn’t get accreditation and all our efforts would go to waste. Especially because at that time there were only 5 Accredited Registrars across the continent and none in Morocco. After 4 months of working day and night to prepare all the paperwork for the accreditations, we finally submitted our file and had to wait the longest 2 months of my whole life but, fortunately for us, we got a positive answer. We started our accreditation process 4 years ago with around 4000 domain names. We are at a bit more than 10,000 domains today and all I can say is we cannot rely on the domain names business only, because even with 100 000 domains and our margins, we’ll be making around 200 000 USD yearly, which roughly covers our fees. However, I can say that our clients’ perception of Genious changed the day we got accredited. We became more trustworthy and that is priceless. Let me explain; Genious Communications is a Web hosting and domain names company. 95% of our turnover is coming from hosting, and that includes dedicated hosting, shared hosting and Cloud servers. With the branding that the ICANN label offered us, we gained more credibility to sell our products easily and, of course, have an international exposure since we are recognized as an Accredited Registrar worldwide, which facilitates business when dealing with foreign clients. If you have to ask me today if I’d do the accreditation process all over, my answer would be, “DEFINITELY YES”. I know that Genious became what it is today because of the ICANN Accreditation. www.Genious.net (http://img.mailchimp.com/404-www.Genious.net) ICANN’s Global Policy Development Support Team Clockwise order from left bottom to right bottom: Terri Agnew, Bart Boswinkel, Steve Chan, Julia Charvolen, Glen de Saint Gery, Gisella Gruber, Julie Hedlund, Lars Hoffmann, Rob Hoggarth, Susie Johnson, Marika Konings, Xinyue (Ariel) Liang, Olof Nordling, Kristina Nordstrom, David A. Olive, Nathalie Peregrine, Karine Perset, Carlos Reyes, Barbara Roseman, Benedetta Rossi, Ozan Sahin, Gabriella Schittek, Kathy Schnitt, Steve Sheng, Heidi Ulrich, Silvia Vivanco, Mary Wong Policy recommendations for the Domain Name System (DNS) are developed and refined by the ICANN community through its Supporting Organizations (SOs) and influenced by Advisory Committees (ACs) – all comprised of volunteers from across the world – in a "bottom-up", multistakeholder, open and transparent process. ICANN’s Global Policy Development Team provides support services to these groups with 24 subject-matter and secretariat support experts, located in 9 countries covering 9 time zones, and speaking 12 languages. The policy team: * Facilitates discussions by the ICANN Community to develop implementable and effective policies, advice and guidelines; * Guides a highly participative, fair, and balanced process in a timely and efficient way; * Supports the ICANN Community to inform and educate stakeholders through various policy and related activities and sessions. Policy development or advisory issues under discussion range from domain name transfer policy changes, proxy & privacy services, translation & transliteration of contact information for DNS directory services, mechanisms to protect the names of international organizations, a framework of interpretation on how country code names may be delegated or redelegated, to advisories on the security and stability of the Internet. Volunteer working groups form around an issue and consider it from all angles, making decisions by consensus wherever possible. There are currently 70 working groups on various ICANN policy issues – most are open to everyone in ICANN’s volunteer community. ICANN’s Policy Update You may have read our Policy Update (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/) that provides links to extensive background for each pending policy issue and up-to-date status. To receive the Policy Update via e-mail every month, simply visit the ICANN subscription page (https://www.icann.org/news/newsletter/signup) , enter your e-mail address and other information to subscribe. You may have participated in our Policy Update Webinars prior to each public ICANN meeting and at other regional meetings. Recordings and transcripts from previous presentations are available online. Please join us on the next webinar, to be held on 29 January 2015 - http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/presentations. We welcome any questions or comments you may have regarding the ICANN Policy Update at policy-staff(a)icann.org (mailto:policy-staff@icann.org) . Thank you for your interest and participation in ICANN’s policy development activities - https://www.icann.org/policy. (https://www.icann.org/policy) IANA Transition What are the IANA functions? Watch this simple creative video that explains what the IANA functions are - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Mh3k8ooB4 ** Upcoming EMEA Key Events - 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------ February 6-8 TF-AIDN 3rd F2F Meeting Singapore February 18-19 AITEC East Africa ICT Summit 2015 Nairobi, Kenya February 26-27 Engagement Mission in Rabat, Morocco Rabat, Morocco March 2-5 Mobile World Congress Barcelona, Spain March 9-10 ME DNS Forum Amman, Jordan March 10-11 Days of Internet Domains in Serbia (Dani Internet Domena Srbije) 2015 Belgrade, Serbia March 15-19 DNS Entrepreneurship Center - DNS Operations Course Cairo, Egypt April 23-25 Domaining Europe Valencia, Spain ** ICANN Meeting: ------------------------------------------------------------ ICANN 52 - Singapore - February http://singapore52.icann.org/en/ ** Get Involved ------------------------------------------------------------ 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Nominations are now open for ICANN’s award program that seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees. The award will be presented at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires. More details can be found here (http://icann.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&i…) . Closing date is 2 March. ICANN Leadership Positions Open ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) is inviting interested individuals to submit applications or recommend candidates for several key leadership positions that are currently open. Here is the announcement (http://icann.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&i…) and applications can be emailed to nomcom2015W(a)icann.org (mailto:nomcom2015W@icann.org) . Closing date is 15 March. Follow us and our teams: @icann @icann_ar @pdandjinou @pointjjs @baheresmat ** ICANN EMEA Offices ------------------------------------------------------------ Istanbul Hub Office Tel: +90 212 999 6222 Brussels Engagement Office Tel: +32 2 894 7400 Geneva Engagement Office Tel: +41 22 819 1844 Forward to a friend (http://us3.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&id=4e…) Unsubscribe from this list (http://icann.us3.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=818d573897ed5ea25ee71ebc1&i…) Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.

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LAST CALL - Opportunity for ALSes to serve as Hub at ICANN52
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 26, 2015

Jan. 26, 2015

[English] Dear All, We are pleased to announce that for the ICANN 52 Meeting scheduled to take place in Singapore between 08-12 February 2015, At-Large Structures (ALS) will be able to apply to serve as Hubs for remote participants. Important points include: - Types of hubs - There will be two types of hubs, 1) Listen only hubs (no limit on numbers) and 2) Two-way hubs. - Multi-lingual technical assistance - Technical assistance will be available in English, French and Spanish to the approved hubs. - Date of Operation - Hubs will be in operation on Monday 09 February, Wednesday 11 February, and Thursday 12 February 2015. - Reimbursement - ICANN will offer reimbursement to selected ALSes serving as hubs. Additional details will be posted shortly. If your ALS is interested in applying to serve as a Hub, please follow the following steps: - Ensure your ALS will be able to meet the technical requirements: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg - Complete the online survey by 26 January 2015, 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Additional Information may be found on the At-Large Remote Hub for ICANN 52 Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** [FRANÇAISE] Bonjour à tous, Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que, pour la réunion de l'ICANN 52 qui aura lieu à Singapour entre 08-12 Février 2015, At-Large Structures (ALS) seront en mesure d'appliquer pour servir de Hubs (plaques tournantes) pour les participants à distance. Les points importants sont les suivants: - Types de hubs - Il y aura deux types de plates-formes, 1) Hubs pour écouter seulement (pas de limite sur le nombre) et 2) Hubs à double sens (écouter et parler) - Support technique multilingue – le support technique sera disponible en anglais, français et espagnol dans les Hubs agréés. - Date de l'opération - Hubs sera en fonctionnement que le jeudi 09 Février, 11 Février et 12 February 2015. - Remboursement - ICANN va offrir le remboursement des couts pour les ALS sélectionnés servant de Hubs. Des détails supplémentaires seront disponibles sous peu. Si votre ALS est intéressé à postuler pour servir de Hub, veuillez suivre les étapes suivantes ci-dessous: - Vérifiez que vos ALS seront en mesure de répondre aux exigences techniques: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg - Remplissez le sondage en ligne avant le 26 Janvier 2015 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Des informations supplémentaires peuvent être trouvées sur l’espace de travail wiki pour At-Large hub a distance pour l'ICANN 52: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** [ESPAÑOL] Estimados todos, Estamos complacidos en anunciar que las estructuras de Alcance (ALS) podrán postular para servir como “Hubs” para facilitar la participación remota durante la reunión de ICANN 52 en Singapur a llevarse a cabo entre el 08-12 Febrero 2015. Los siguientes son detalles importantes: - Tipos de hubs – Habrán dos tipos de hubs, 1) Hubs para escuchar solamente (sin límites de números de Hubs ) y 2) Hubs de dos vías - Asistencia Multilingüe - Asistencia técnica será disponible en Inglés, Francés y Español para los Hubs aprobados. - Fechas de operación – Los Hubs estarán en operación solo un día, el 09 de Febrero, 11 de Febrero y 12 de Febrero. - Reembolso - ICANN ofrecerá reembolso a ALSes seleccionadas que sirvan como Hubs. Detalles adicionales sobre este punto serán publicados en breve. Si vuestra ALS está interesada en postular para servir como Hub, por favor siga los siguientes pasos: - Asegúrese que su ALS podrá cumplir con los requisitos: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg - Complete la encuesta online hasta el 26 de Enero 2015, 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Puede encontrar información adicional sobre los Hub Remotos At-Large de ICANN 52 en el siguiente WIKI: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** ［中文版］亲爱的朋友们, 我们高兴的宣布在新加坡举办的ICANN52届大会期间，网络普通用户组织（ALS）可以申请成为远程参与中心。要点如下： - 远程参与者中心有两种类型：1）收听中心（没有数量限制）和2）双向中心。 - 获批准的远程参与中心将会得到英语、法语和西班牙语的技术支持。 - 远程参与中心将在2月9日，2月11日和2月12日投入运营。 - ICANN将会为被选中作为远程参与中心的普通用户组织（ALS）提供津贴。其他详情将于稍后公布。如果您的ALS有兴趣成为远程参与者中心，请按以下步骤申请： - 确保您的ALS能够达到技术要求： https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg - 在2015年1月26日以前提交申请表： https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q 其他信息请见普通用户群体ICANN52远程参与中心工作区： https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Wolfgang's 2015 IG Outlook
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 23, 2015

Jan. 23, 2015

Hello, just for all those who have not seen Wolfgang's article and IG Outlook 2015: Two Processes, Many Venues, Four Baskets http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150103_internet_governance_outlook_2015_2_p… It is - as usual - an interesting reading providing orientation. Best, 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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REMINDER: **DATE change/ Meeting invitation: EURALO monthly meeting - Wednesday 21 January 2015 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Dear All, **Due to other meeting conflicts, date has been adjusted. The next EURALO call is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/A4cQAw Adobe Connect room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo EURALO Work space: https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@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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Opportunity for ALSes to serve as Hub at ICANN52
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 20, 2015

Jan. 20, 2015

[English] Dear All, We are pleased to announce that for the ICANN 52 Meeting scheduled to take place in Singapore between 08-12 February 2015, At-Large Structures (ALS) will be able to apply to serve as Hubs for remote participants. Important points include: * Types of hubs - There will be two types of hubs, 1) Listen only hubs (no limit on numbers) and 2) Two-way hubs. * Multi-lingual technical assistance - Technical assistance will be available in English, French and Spanish to the approved hubs. * Date of Operation - Hubs will be in operation on Monday 09 February, Wednesday 11 February, and Thursday 12 February 2015. * Reimbursement - ICANN will offer reimbursement to selected ALSes serving as hubs. Additional details will be posted shortly. If your ALS is interested in applying to serve as a Hub, please follow the following steps: * Ensure your ALS will be able to meet the technical requirements: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg * Complete the online survey by 26 January 2015, 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Additional Information may be found on the At-Large Remote Hub for ICANN 52 Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** [FRANÇAISE] Bonjour à tous, Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que, pour la réunion de l'ICANN 52 qui aura lieu à Singapour entre 08-12 Février 2015, At-Large Structures (ALS) seront en mesure d'appliquer pour servir de Hubs (plaques tournantes) pour les participants à distance. Les points importants sont les suivants: * Types de hubs - Il y aura deux types de plates-formes, 1) Hubs pour écouter seulement (pas de limite sur le nombre) et 2) Hubs à double sens (écouter et parler) * Support technique multilingue – le support technique sera disponible en anglais, français et espagnol dans les Hubs agréés. * Date de l'opération - Hubs sera en fonctionnement que le jeudi 09 Février, 11 Février et 12 February 2015. * Remboursement - ICANN va offrir le remboursement des couts pour les ALS sélectionnés servant de Hubs. Des détails supplémentaires seront disponibles sous peu. Si votre ALS est intéressé à postuler pour servir de Hub, veuillez suivre les étapes suivantes ci-dessous: * Vérifiez que vos ALS seront en mesure de répondre aux exigences techniques: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg * Remplissez le sondage en ligne avant le 26 Janvier 2015 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Des informations supplémentaires peuvent être trouvées sur l’espace de travail wiki pour At-Large hub a distance pour l'ICANN 52: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** [ESPAÑOL] Estimados todos, Estamos complacidos en anunciar que las estructuras de Alcance (ALS) podrán postular para servir como “Hubs” para facilitar la participación remota durante la reunión de ICANN 52 en Singapur a llevarse a cabo entre el 08-12 Febrero 2015. Los siguientes son detalles importantes: * Tipos de hubs – Habrán dos tipos de hubs, 1) Hubs para escuchar solamente (sin límites de números de Hubs ) y 2) Hubs de dos vías * Asistencia Multilingüe - Asistencia técnica será disponible en Inglés, Francés y Español para los Hubs aprobados. * Fechas de operación – Los Hubs estarán en operación solo un día, el 09 de Febrero, 11 de Febrero y 12 de Febrero. * Reembolso - ICANN ofrecerá reembolso a ALSes seleccionadas que sirvan como Hubs. Detalles adicionales sobre este punto serán publicados en breve. Si vuestra ALS está interesada en postular para servir como Hub, por favor siga los siguientes pasos: * Asegúrese que su ALS podrá cumplir con los requisitos: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg * Complete la encuesta online hasta el 26 de Enero 2015, 23:59 UTC: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q Puede encontrar información adicional sobre los Hub Remotos At-Large de ICANN 52 en el siguiente WIKI: https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg ** ［中文版］亲爱的朋友们, 我们高兴的宣布在新加坡举办的ICANN52届大会期间，网络普通用户组织（ALS）可以申请成为远程参与中心。要点如下： * 远程参与者中心有两种类型：1）收听中心（没有数量限制）和2）双向中心。 * 获批准的远程参与中心将会得到英语、法语和西班牙语的技术支持。 * 远程参与中心将在2月9日，2月11日和2月12日投入运营。 * ICANN将会为被选中作为远程参与中心的普通用户组织（ALS）提供津贴。其他详情将于稍后公布。如果您的ALS有兴趣成为远程参与者中心，请按以下步骤申请： * 确保您的ALS能够达到技术要求： https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg * 在2015年1月26日以前提交申请表： https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMXTQ3Q 其他信息请见普通用户群体ICANN52远程参与中心工作区： https://community.icann.org/x/IyjxAg Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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